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Metallica: Some kind of Monster. Bass players.
SteveXFR replied to TimR's topic in General Discussion
I think Cliff would have been amazing in a stoner metal band. Who knows, maybe he'd have lead them in that direction if he'd lived long enough to hear Kyuss or Fu Manchu -
Metallica: Some kind of Monster. Bass players.
SteveXFR replied to TimR's topic in General Discussion
Possibly a bit controversial but Jason Newstead was the best Metallica bassist. Cliff was an amazing bassist possibly better than Jason but I think Jason suited Metallica better -
Metallica: Some kind of Monster. Bass players.
SteveXFR replied to TimR's topic in General Discussion
Trujillos audition was amusing when he suggested playing Battery and Lars questions whether he can play that fast without a pick, it's just obvious that he's worried he can't drum that fast any more. -
Metallica: Some kind of Monster. Bass players.
SteveXFR replied to TimR's topic in General Discussion
Some kind of monster is just car crash viewing. It was commissioned by the band and I don't understand how they watched the finished product and thought "yeah we come across well, let's release it" -
An extra heavy bass could double as a weapon to fight your way out of really rough venues. If I ever play a flat roof pub, I'd rather a Peavey T40 than an Ibanez SR just in case things get a bit lively.
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Are YOU having a problem with the weight? If not then don't worry about what others think
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F**kin up - Paul Young
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Yeah, I think maybe I'm just not the right person to be in a band
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My final gig tonight and I didn't go out on a high. Hand cramp meant I could barely hold my pick in the last few songs and my playing sucked. We were opening for a Motorhead tribute and unfortunately, the crowd weren't in to our stoner/sludge metal. Not a good night. Even the drive home was horrible with the wind and rain.
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It's an Ibanez SRMS805 in brown burst. I like it but the close string spacing means it's not for everyone. Brown burst does sound like result of a bad takeaway
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We had a great one last night. Our disgusting racket seemed to go down well. Everything went right and we really enjoyed ourselves.
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I'm just about there now. Gigs tonight and tomorrow night and that's me done.
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I've seen some fairly big metal bands using a vintage pro live. Cult Of Luna was one that was particularly memorable, his bass tone was huge. I sold mine to the current Hawkwind bassist
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To be honest, I associate Rex more with Spector than a Thunderbird
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I'm a big Rex fan, a huge Pantera fan and I loved my old Thunderbird but £1400? Not a chance. I paid a third that price for a new Vintage Pro only three years ago and that thing was brilliant. I really wish I still had it.
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Bullet with butterfly wings - Smashing Pumpkins
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One inch man - Kyuss
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Demon Cleaner - Kyuss
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Matt Freeman - Rancid Rex Brown - Pantera Jeff Matz - Mutoid Man & High On Fire Al Cisneros - Sleep, Om & Shrinebuilder Scott Reeder - Kyuss, Fireball Ministry & The Obsessed Lemmy
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Peaches - Stranglers
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I don't get why people complain about Behringers plastic casings. They're proper tough.
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My Ibanez multiscale uses the same strings as Dingwalls. Options are still limited and expensive. My favourite strings on my old 4 string were DR black beauties but they're not available in XL scale
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I've had someone tell me I should use old strings and not change them because Jamerson used old strings. I don't remember Jamerson playing much metal though. Maybe he played on Justice For All
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My XL scale strings are £55 a set plus the Ibanez individual multi scale bridges are a bastard.
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Another metal top tip is get some now strings. Nothing cuts through like new stainless round wound strings. I change my strings every two months which is rather expensive with my extra long scale bass but worth it.
