Are YOU in a band?

Rincewind · Sun 08/08/2004 21:58:28

Quote from: shbazjinkens on Sat 07/08/2004 06:01:38
Plus, if you play guitar through a tube amp, the influence it has on your music is undeniable, IMO.Ã,Â

Heh, I didn't think of that, actually, but we do play through a tube amp...

An old Fender Super Reverb Amp from 1965 has been used while recording two of our demos.Ã,Â
So, in other words, sorry for the mockery above.

shbaz · Mon 09/08/2004 00:57:10

Quote from: Rincewind on Sun 08/08/2004 21:58:28
Quote from: shbazjinkens on Sat 07/08/2004 06:01:38
Plus, if you play guitar through a tube amp, the influence it has on your music is undeniable, IMO.

Heh, I didn't think of that, actually, but we do play through a tube amp...
An old Fender Super Reverb Amp from 1965 has been used while recording two of our demos.
So, in other words, sorry for the mockery above.

:o You have a blackface Super Reverb??

http://search.ebay.com/blackface-super-reverb_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8

There are only a couple up right now but a BF SR is a hot item among blues players (Stevie Ray Vaughn loved them).

Oliver · Mon 09/08/2004 22:46:00

If you're in a band (all you guys/girls who are)then what kind of a intstrument you have. What firm I mean? I play the guitar and I have a Fender Squier guitar (wich i love) and a crappy Ibanez amp. Hoping to get a new amp soon!

I'm just curious.

Meowster · Mon 09/08/2004 23:08:50

Guitar, man!

When my pay comes through this month, I shall be purchasing (another) very awesome electric guitar and amp which I have been silently courting every time I pass the Music Store. Like some kind of weirdo.

On the other hand, I wish I hadn't learned the guitar. I wished I'd learned the drums or something. Because, even though I love the guitar, pretty much everybody plays it too.

I hear the cool people nowadays play the Banjo...

Oliver · Mon 09/08/2004 23:29:06

Banjo? OMG

I had a banjo...I broke it

I wanted to learn the drums too at first...but after I saw the price of a good drum set...I decided not to bother

So I started learning the guitar. I think I'm going to start playing bass guitar soon. Bass just seems cooler to me.

shbaz · Mon 09/08/2004 23:57:56

Quote from: Oliver on Mon 09/08/2004 23:29:06
Banjo? OMG

I had a banjo...I broke it

I wanted to learn the drums too at first...but after I saw the price of a good drum set...I decided not to bother

So I started learning the guitar. I think I'm going to start playing bass guitar soon. Bass just seems cooler to me.

Have you seen the price of a good guitar/amp combo? Drums aren't much worse.. except miking them.

Quote from: Flamboyant PC Salesman on Mon 09/08/2004 23:08:50
On the other hand, I wish I hadn't learned the guitar. I wished I'd learned the drums or something. Because, even though I love the guitar, pretty much everybody plays it too.

I hear the cool people nowadays play the Banjo...

In Oklahoma, the Banjo is a hot instrument.

Also, there's no reason you can't learn multiple instruments. I could be a rock band if I had more arms.

dasjoe · Tue 10/08/2004 00:44:30

electric bass,
my amp: clarion car-audio hifi-amp

my bass: a hohner professional pj
my level: never really played yet

Harvester · Tue 10/08/2004 02:20:39

Well, I bought a bas guitar about two weeks ago (I'm 25 and if you tell me I'm too old to start playing an instrument now, I'm gonna kill you). It's Fender Squier P-Bass. Nice white colour, they say it's a good one for beginners. Since I've been playing with it for only two weeks, naturally I suck. I can play some easy things, like Nirvana's Come As You Are. I'm currently practising Money (by Pink Floyd) and Riders On The Storm by Doors. I don't know why everyone wants to play guitar. Bass seems endlessly more interesting to me. Hitting an open E string really hard is one of three biggest pleasures in life (the other two are eating and sleeping, naturally).
I hope I'll find someone to make a band, but it's not gonna be easy. Everyone here likes only classic rock, and I'd like the band to be more progressive, with looooooong jams and even some ambient parts. Kinda like Can, that great German art rock band.

n3tgraph · Tue 10/08/2004 13:36:13

Hey I am in a band

check it oouuuut
http://www.thebadgers.nl

Ishmael · Tue 10/08/2004 17:12:36

I got an ESP LTD M-50 guitar and a Roland Microcube, which I proudly hide in the basement, hoping I some day get enough money for a Squier M-77, an ESP LTD AX-350 and a somewhat bigger and better amp... :

Al_Ninio · Tue 10/08/2004 17:51:37

I have a Squier Affinity Strat, and a surprisingly good sounding Fender 15w amp.
Saving for a Gibson SG.
I should have it by 2035.

Gregjazz · Tue 10/08/2004 18:22:38

Quote from: Harvester on Tue 10/08/2004 02:20:39
Well, I bought a bas guitar about two weeks ago (I'm 25 and if you tell me I'm too old to start playing an instrument now, I'm gonna kill you). It's Fender Squier P-Bass. Nice white colour, they say it's a good one for beginners. Since I've been playing with it for only two weeks, naturally I suck. I can play some easy things, like Nirvana's Come As You Are. I'm currently practising Money (by Pink Floyd) and Riders On The Storm by Doors. I don't know why everyone wants to play guitar. Bass seems endlessly more interesting to me. Hitting an open E string really hard is one of three biggest pleasures in life (the other two are eating and sleeping, naturally).
I hope I'll find someone to make a band, but it's not gonna be easy. Everyone here likes only classic rock, and I'd like the band to be more progressive, with looooooong jams and even some ambient parts. Kinda like Can, that great German art rock band.

I have the Squier Precision bass, too. The black one with the white pickguard. It's a really great bass for the price.

Here's what you can do to turn it into an even better bass:

1. Replace the pickups with Bassline ones. (they make specific replacements pickups)
2. Line the inside with more aluminum foil (and put electrical tape over that to prevent it from shorting)
3. Play that funky music, white boy.

Oliver · Tue 10/08/2004 20:28:25

I found my dream amp on Ebay :o

200 W....awsome...and a little expensive. Like some, I should have it by 2035 :

but if there will be a 2035, Haley's comet is gonna hit our beautiful planet in 2019

(not funny, but I'm laughing, I'm a mean bi*ch

) Proabbly I'm wrong, just trying to scare you all

Harvester · Wed 11/08/2004 01:27:55

Quote from: Geoffkhan on Tue 10/08/2004 18:22:38
Quote from: Harvester on Tue 10/08/2004 02:20:39
Well, I bought a bas guitar about two weeks ago (I'm 25 and if you tell me I'm too old to start playing an instrument now, I'm gonna kill you). It's Fender Squier P-Bass. Nice white colour, they say it's a good one for beginners. Since I've been playing with it for only two weeks, naturally I suck. I can play some easy things, like Nirvana's Come As You Are. I'm currently practising Money (by Pink Floyd) and Riders On The Storm by Doors. I don't know why everyone wants to play guitar. Bass seems endlessly more interesting to me. Hitting an open E string really hard is one of three biggest pleasures in life (the other two are eating and sleeping, naturally).
I hope I'll find someone to make a band, but it's not gonna be easy. Everyone here likes only classic rock, and I'd like the band to be more progressive, with looooooong jams and even some ambient parts. Kinda like Can, that great German art rock band.

I have the Squier Precision bass, too. The black one with the white pickguard. It's a really great bass for the price.

Here's what you can do to turn it into an even better bass:

1. Replace the pickups with Bassline ones. (they make specific replacements pickups)
2. Line the inside with more aluminum foil (and put electrical tape over that to prevent it from shorting)
3. Play that funky music, white boy.

Hey, thanks for the tips! When I was in the music store, I saw "your" bass right next to mine. It was a bit more expensive, so I bought this one.

Btw, a question for all you guitarists and bassists: Do you prefer to play with your fingers or you use a pick?

shbaz · Wed 11/08/2004 01:50:26

Here's some of my advice if you're planning to go under the pickguard.

So far as lining the cavity with aluminum foil.. I wouldn't recommend it. It's cheap, but there are better ways. The aluminum can short your connections if you aren't careful with it, and it won't help much if you don't make sure it is continous electrically. There is always metal foil tape and special conductive paints that will work as well (AC repairmen keep metal film tape for taping up air ducts, if you know of one who will spare a small bit). If you replace all of the internal wire with shielded wire, you have no use for a shielded cavity anyway. I hope you're good with a soldering iron! The basic gist of it is very simple, just remember to heat the joint and apply the solder rather than heating the solder and applying it to the joint.

Eh, what else.. I'm gonna get a little heavy here, this stuff can be minor but in the end will make your guitar or bass electrically great. Ceramic caps are bad. If you don't believe me, check out this page. The difference may be minor, but it can help cut out boominess. If there are carbon comp resistors, you can replace them with metal film ones and they'll be practically noiseless. Your cable is also an important part that you probably don't think about. Those twisted wires help to create one long capacitor, so the longer the wire, the more the capacitance, and the more of your treble going down the drain. Try plugging in a 20 footer and then a small 6" cable. The clarity difference here is actually huge. The moral here is to not buy cheap cords, because they really do suck and there is a difference.

Those Mexican guitars are great, they're basically the same thing as the more expensive American-made guitars except for the electronic portion. They use cheap pickups and shield poorly, which is an easy fix that they use to justify the $600 extra you spend for an American guitar.

Eigen · Wed 11/08/2004 17:08:37

I have an Apollo guitar, a crap company actually. But sounds great. Very good to play palm mute, as it's quite needed in punk-rock. Amp is much better; 25W Ibanez Tone Blaster!
Anyway, our "band" recorded a song today. The link is below. It was recorded at my place using a speaker. If any of you wonders, then a speaker records way better than mic. The song has no real title, but for the time being it's called New Stuff. So listen to it and convert to punk-rock.

Wuzzy Nation - New Stuff

-Eigen

Oliver · Wed 11/08/2004 17:14:22

Quote
Btw, a question for all you guitarists and bassists: Do you prefer to play with your fingers or you use a pick?

I ALWAYS use a pick, I like to play with a pick more. In punk rock, there really isn't any other way, seems to me.

Evil · Wed 11/08/2004 18:30:07

Eigen, that intro sounds like Weezer's "Photograph".

As far as the pick goes, I lose mine too often. Usually I drop them, so I've learned to play with my fingernail just as well as I would a pick.

Oliver · Wed 11/08/2004 22:21:28

Omg, Eigen, not again Eigen, you did a song that is just like another song. Doh, 2 time. He made a song before too, that was just like some Offspring tune. Oh well, guess we have to think for something else.

Btw I lose my picks too, I'm still looking for my favourite pick, a black one. :

Ben · Wed 11/08/2004 23:01:04

Quote from: Eigen on Wed 11/08/2004 17:08:37
So listen to it and convert to punk-rock.

Wuzzy Nation - New Stuff

Well, I'M SOLD!!