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I like Robert Trujillo but not Metallica. His talents are completely wasted with that band. I'm also a bit of a Duff fan but can't stand GNR. He played on an Alice In Chains tribute which is when I realised just how good he is. Really like The Cure but can't stand Robert Smith.

Actually I'd go so far as to say their first album was OK. Their second record was just dreadful but made them very rich so they stuck with the format. Wes Borland (guitarist) has proven with his side projects that he can make really quite decent and interesting music.

I love a bit of Ministry but they should never have covered Black Betty. Everyone and their mum has covered this song and this is not a good one

The title of this thread included "...by bands who should know better" nu metal bands wouldn't have been nu metal if they knew better. Machine Head weren't really nu metal but Robb Flynn is an absolute tool

I just looked at flatwounds. £90 for a five string extra long scale set!

I found I had to boost everything before to get half way to where I wanted it and then cut what I didn't want in the amp which messed with the sounds out of my overdrive pedals. Now I can boost the bass and mid without having to boost the treble which I don't really want.

Yes but options are really limited in extra long scale

Just done this, I didn't get much from it to be honest

Thanks. I'll give that a bash as well Not quite. It sounds "bigger" rather than louder. Like boosting everything on the eq

Here's the video I got it from. He's an odd chap but one of my favourite bass youtubers

I tried a little wiring alteration on my SRMS805 this morning. This boosts the preamp output by 6db. It's sounding a bit less thin without having to boost everything to max. I found out about it through a video by Low End Lobster on YouTube, he did it to his EHB1005 (same preamp) All I did was unplug the wires from the far right block and move them to the next one on the left. The photo is after the change.

@CiciBass keep doing exactly what you're doing. Some of us appreciate seeing and hearing something different. There's a heap of people making videos of traditional playing styles with no effects for those who want that.

Are there any good replacements? I'm guessing there's nothing that will just drop straight in

I have a question for anyone playing modern metal/post metal on an Ibanez with Bartolini pickups. What are you using as a dirt pedal to get a really, clanky metal tone? I'm not quite getting there with a Darkglass B3K overdrive, Cali76 compressor and Two Notes Le Bass preamp. It's just not getting that really sharp bite to cut through the guitars. It worked with my P bass ok but not my SRMS805

Would the people not interested in a sub group scroll past this thread and therefore not click on the poll which will give a misleadingly positive result?

Balls deep - Disorder

Top tip for jam nights. Learn 12 bar blues and when someone says "who's going to start us off" you get in there with a 12 bar blues.

As others have said, get along to jam sessions. I went to one, it was mostly pop/blues/jazz but I got chatting to one of the drummers there and we're now in a stoner metal band together.

I've been listening to Brutus a lot since seeing them last week at Arctangent Festival. Great band and I've never seen anyone drum and sing at the same time while doing both to such a high level. A seriously talented lady

My wife wants to wear our bands t shirt at a gig and I'm unsure whether even that is acceptable. We will absolutely not wear our t shirt while playing. Me and the drummer have turned up with the same unicorn death metal t shirt purely by coincidence once though.

I did an engineering degree through OU. It was f*****g hard

Thanks. That's something we've talked about. She's also be offered an apprenticeship as a veterinary nurse so maybe that plus session work on the side might be an option. I think I'd be happiest to see her in a stable job and enjoying music with her band, I may be biased but I think they have potential as an alt rock originals group with some real talent. But it's all her choice as long as she can pay for a nice care home for me!

This morning it's Birds In A Row. A French post hardcore band who I really enjoyed at Arctangent festival last week. The bassist is a bit of a beast, mostly playing a rhythm guitar part. The music just has a ton of energy.

I started out with an Ibanez SR300 and after going through Fender, Epiphone, Squier, Peavey and Musicman, I'm back at Ibanez again. This time it's an SRMS805. I'm really liking it. It plays beautifully and I'm getting some evil distorted sounds out of it.

I wanna be your daaaawwwwggggg - The Stooges