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There are some metal riffs that only use the D and G strings, 46 & 2 by Tool is one that comes to mind and (I think) Bridge Burner by Mutoid Man but generally, its mostly on the E and A. Maybe its the clanky, trebley tone commonly used in metal makes the higher strings mostly unusable

So you agree? Metal is noise to you, jazz is nonsense to me. I don't see the difference.

To me, yes. To those who get it no. Im sure a lot of the metal I enjoy is just meaningless noise to jazz fans.

Nope. Too much jazz, not enough punk Don't tell anyone else here but I don't like the sound of fretless. It sounds like a mental kazoo to me.

Did Jaco play doom? I can't be listening to that jazz nonsense but if he made a doom record, I should have a listen.

Owlwood - Cult Of Luna

Be quiet and drive (far away) - Deftones

Forgive me father for i have sinned

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DR Dragonskin strings for my Spector. Nice bright, zingy tone and they feel nice. Boss CEB3 Chorus pedal. Put infront of my Two Notes Revolt, a bit of chorus with the dirt channel engaged on the preamp, absolutely disgusting tone. It really makes the distortion stand out and adds a nice bit of bottom end.

You may as well take the mid and treble knobs off your amp while you're at it.

Im getting lots of emails telling me my X account has been hacked. Ive never had an X/twitter account so it can't have been hacked. Oddly the emails appear to have actually come from X. I guess its all AI operated and like most AI, it's got it wrong.

Not for hydraulic brakes!

Id need to file the nut and bridge to accept the thicker stings. I can only just get a .110 string in the E string slot in the bridge.

I have done that in the past. The only thing that puts me off now is the thought of modifying the expensive bridge and brass nut on my Spector to accept the heavier strings and the cost of putting it back to original. Maybe I should trade it for a 5 string.

I realised that I don't touch my G string (the one on my bass) while playing with either of my metal bands or while playing any of my favourite covers at home. Is this unusual? I play notes that exist on the G but find they sound better on the D or A string. I have quite a bright tone with quite a lot of high mids so maybe Ive made it unusable. Whatever the reason, I replaced a probably unused G with the rest of my strings earlier.

RHCP at their absolute best. Funky, great songs, interesting, original, utterly meaningless lyrics. The only similarity in their later stuff is the lyrics.

Jaco didn't need more than 4 strings but then Jaco didn't play technical death metal. Maybe if he'd lived longer and played other styles he'd have used an extended range instrument.

Im Jaco and so is my wife

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons This is an absolutely dreadful song. Seriously bad. Go and listen to it but make sure there no sharp implements or rope nearby.

And out come the wolves by Rancid Matt Freemans bass is what takes the songs from good to amazing.

Savages. My favourite post punk band.

There's certainly nothing wrong with modern music, bands now are as good as they've ever been. Its the dinosaurs who listen to Planet Rock who just won't listen to bands they don't know. Its their loss, there's a whole heap of new music they'd probably love if they were more open minded. Discovering new bands is something I love, finding they have a couple albums for me to check out and enjoy and hear new, good stuff. I love Sabbath, they've probably influenced every band I love but Id probably only put one of their songs in my top 10.

Free community music festival in Komedia in Bath last night. There were a lot of musicians who made me feel very inadequate. Crooked Snout, Mute TV and Kill Mirror Image were all amazing. The headliner, Meryl Streek is an Irish solo punk vocalist. Its just him and a backing track but he really puts on a hell of a performance. Very angry and tells stories with his songs. He's starting to get some decent success and last night was the start of his British tour. We chatted with him after the show, top bloke, loves what he does.