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  1. SteveXFR
    Last band I joined was really unstable and there were two reasons, alcohol and drugs.
  2. SteveXFR
    Is it just me or is now a bad time to sell? Certainly towards the lower end of the market <£500 prices seem to be very low. £150 for a neck thru Peavey Zephyr and £120 for a modern Ibanez SR300 seems ridiculous
  3. SteveXFR
    A "relic" instrument. They never look quite right and it seems dishonest to try to make an instrument look like it's been used on 15 world tours when it's fresh out of the factory. Also Epiphones with Gibson logos and Squire's with Fender logos. The music equivalent of putting GTI badges on basic spec cars.
  4. SteveXFR
    Isn't fuzz a square wave where overdrive/distortion is a clipped sine wave?
  5. SteveXFR
    Come on. Everyone loves a Hail Satan Russian fuzz or a good Proco Rat You've just got to know how and when to use them.
  6. SteveXFR
    Some like distortion, some don't. If you don't like it, stay clean. If you do like it the fill yer boots with filthy distortion. I'm guessing those who dislike it probably don't like the styles of music most likely to use it anyway. I love a disgusting tone. I wish I could get somewhere near Lemmy's tone
  7. SteveXFR
    Hysteria sounds so much better with fuzz. It loses the character with the bass clean. I'm sure Chris Wolstenholme tried it clean before deciding it needed fuzz on the record and live.
  8. SteveXFR
    Muse Hysteria (fuzz) Royal Blood - Out of the Black (overdrive and octave) Cliff Burton - Anesthesia (fuzz wah)
  9. SteveXFR
    Bass yes
  10. SteveXFR
    I've got a GP12 /4001 head. It sounds fantastic, really nice preamp but as I found out the power amps are a bit fragile, not helped by their age. Mine is currently being rebuilt with a modern power amp. Yours looks similar age to mine, mid 90's. It's well worth getting a Trace cab if you can find one with original speakers.
  11. SteveXFR
    They're difficult to define. Fuzz can be anywhere from a nice smooth Fuzz like on some Muse songs right up to fully disgusting fuzz tones like Sleep or Church of Misery would use.
  12. SteveXFR
    Some say he sold his and his mother's soul to Satan in exchange for that tone.
  13. SteveXFR
    He always picks way up on the neck like that so I guess it makes sense. His tone is absolutely disgusting in a good way
  14. SteveXFR
    I'm starting to record a few bits to share with the band with a fairly basic DI and DAW and I'm using headphones at the moment but I'd rather have some speakers. Are there any recommendations for speakers around or under £100? Do they just plug in to the jack socket of the digital interface box?
  15. SteveXFR
    With the exception of the Thunderbird and Fender Jazz, they're all really ugly. The Fodera is seriously fugly
  16. SteveXFR
    To be fair, as a metal bassist you have to expect to tune low and in stoner, sludge or doom it's going to be at least down to C. In black metal it'll be lower than Satan's basement.
  17. SteveXFR
    We're making no money but it's early days. For me, it'll be fun above money with the ambition to play some good support gigs and some festivals. If I could give up the day job that'd be amazing but I'm not counting on it. I'm thinking a grand is a good budget. I'm going to see if I can try out an Ibanez EHB1005MS multiscale 5 string
  18. SteveXFR
    I'm certainly committed to the music and band. I think there's a lot of potential to make great noises. I will be upgrading my bass, whether it's a Dingwall is another matter.
  19. SteveXFR
    That's the badger. An early 90's 4001 head with the GP12SMX preamp built in. Shape button is definitely off.
  20. SteveXFR
    It sounds OK I guess. I've never really liked the pickups, even when it was in relatively normal tunings. My Thunderbird and Peavey Zephyr sound much better but both kill my back so they're for home use only.
  21. SteveXFR
    Guitarist has a LOT of kit. Loads of amps, effects, drums, studio and recording kit.
  22. SteveXFR
    We're all in our 40's and don't exactly look metal. Image isn't an issue
  23. SteveXFR
    I don't think the look even comes in to it to be honest
  24. SteveXFR
    It's just an occasional bit of fuzz. Mostly just a bit of tube gain in the preamp
  25. SteveXFR
    I was thinking a Hoffner violin bass or Danelectro longhorn
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