SteveXFR

This is the only Christian song for me.

Some bloke from Hull

Amen brother. I feel the unholy power of Satan. I can't lie. I believe in nothing but Satan has better music than Jesus.

I've looked up Quicksand, a band I used to listen to a lot in my late teens. I forgot how good they were and as a bonus they have a new album which is awesome. I never realised before but their bassist, Sergio Vega replaced Chi Cheng in Deftones after his accident.

I think Ultramega OK is an underrated album. It didn't have any big hits. Its on my regular play list but Superunknown is still my favourite album. Soundgarden had everything, they were all great musicians, they had the great songs and Chris Cornell was one of the greatest ever rock vocalists.

I've got a couple Stingray style basses. I've got a Sterling Ray 35 and a far Eastern Ray5. Both are really nice to play. Both necks are the same width & profile and apart from a slightly nicer finish on the Ray 35 neck they feel exactly the same to play. The SUB is a bit lighter. There is quite q big difference in how they sound, the Ray35 being much more punchy and having more bottom end and a bigger sound, to me it sounds much better. I have put a Darkglass preamp in the SUB which adds a lot of punch and clarity and more midrange, I think it's a big improvement. I will put a Seymour Duncan pickup and I think that'll make it as good as the Ray35 but it'll then have cost the same as well (I bought both used).

Bit of a stinky poo survey. You can't skip the questions you don't have an opinion on. How many people will choose one at random because they're not interested in best jazz fusion player and want to get on to the next question. I just answered Geezer Butler for every category

We're all double jabbed plus we're all anti social which greatly reduces the risk as well. I would be happy to go with whatever needs to be done to make sure everyone in happy that they're safe.

@Doctor J that'll do it! Exactly what I was looking for and there's plenty of tabs online.

I've promised to find some modern metal music played on a 5 string for my daughter to learn but since most of the modern bands I like are just old blokes ripping off Sabbath or Bad Brains I haven't got a clue. There must be some! She's annoyingly good with a 4 string so looking for some interesting stuff. Kind of goth, emo, maybe a bit progressive.

Warning, contains an angry Canadian and some naughty words

Is that any good? The only review I've seen of Klark Teknik kit ended with a sledge hammer!

Basically I played my Stingray through an 1176 in a studio and it sounded amazing isolated and in a mix. I'd like to get as close to that as possible for under £300. I appreciate I'll never get exactly the same sound because I don't own a vintage Ampeg SVT although I played through the SVT with and without the compressor and it was with the 1167 that it really come alive.

It would be the FET mode that would interest me since that'll be closest to the 1176. I didn't think the 1176 was overly transparent with my Stingray, it had a fair effect on the tone.

@garyt Thanks, I'll take a look at that one.

I want to hear a Christian black metal band. Buddhist grundcore would be interesting as well.

Hold on, religious punk is a thing? How does that work? How can you be non conformist and follow a religion?

Are there any compressor pedals other than the Cali 76 that are based on the 1176 studio compressor?

For crust punk, dreadlocks and a complete lack of personal hygiene are essential. You should be offended by the smell when you see a photo of them

Typical punk tone - use whatever kit you find in a skip and hit it hard with a home made pick while jumping around.

Mine isn't as loud as my Orange 500 watt head. I'm not sure what effect the different impedance has on that though.

I'm definitely thinking the problem is my Trace 1x15. I've done some research and it seems they're really inefficient speakers plus it's over 30 years old. I'm going to try a modern Celestion speaker in that cab to hopefully draw less power.

The last singer I played with was a hippy woman who stank of patchouli, when she actually bothered to turn up for practice. She lived in a caravan and didn't have a shower so covered herself in patchouli. It got a bit overwhelming in a small rehearsal room. Good singer though.

My favourite Tool album is Fear Inoculum. I think there's some of their best work on there, Pneuma is as good as anything they've done. Aenema is a close second though.