Recent content by ShootTheGlass

Im tempted to get a new amp. Right now I have a Peavey bandit, which sounds quite good but my god it rattles the windows. I also have a Line 6 Spider 2; its ok, but seems to get quite muddy once a bit of gains introduced. I had a look around in the local shop the other day, and the Fender...

A couple of the shops I tried did seem to have an element of snobbery; more from the customers (mostly kids with those stupid side-swept haircuts) who seemed hellbent on trying to (badly) outshred each other. They shot me disapproving glances when it was obvious I wasnt going to play at 500mph...

I laughed hard at that :) Dave Mustaine doing rhythm backing for a Clapton eyes-shut solo.

This man speaketh the truth. I have the Paul Gilbert Intense Rock, and although its pretty full-on, he does play each example nice and slow and the tab is clear at the bottom of the screen. Tremonti has said that if it wasnt for Intense Rock and other Paul Gilbert stuff, he wouldnt be able to...

Thanks guys Its a neck-through, compound radius; it goes from a 12" at the nut to a 16" at the body. Feels really natural to play, like its the way all guitars should be. It sounds really good, Ill try to get some clips of it, but Ive had problems for ages trying to get my sound card (cheesy...

That looks wicked. The finish is always in the preparation, and it deffo shows that you took the time on it. Cant beat guitars with character and a story behind them, they play better than normal ones ;)

Well, its been a while coming, promised I wouldnt get myself anything else til Id progressed a bit and was enjoying it a lot more (thanks to those of you on here for all the encouragement and advice). I have progressed and am enjoying it so much that while at work, I cant wait to play every day...

I think on some it works, seems to depend on the guitar style/body shape. A guy I know painted his guitar to match his car, which was a strong sparkly mid-green. Id have thought it was going to be awful, but looked really good. Not sure about that silvery one you posted though :S

Ive been there as well, and I believe I vented on here as well! I put my guitar away for a couple of weeks and when I went back to it, I was aching to play it! On the advice of a few good people on here, I just gathered up a load of interesting riffs, tabs and articles from the likes of total...

Looking forward to seeing him play at the end of the year, missed him the last time round; guy I know saw him and said it was a fantastic gig with one of the best sound setups he's heard.

10 years! Thats great you got it back, Im not big on my Tele's, but I like the colour and headstock shape on yours, looks sweet.

Deffo not, Ive started re-clearcoating it already - itll take a while as Ill need to build it in very fine layers otherwise the solvent in the lacquer will make the signatures run everywhere. Itll be back getting played next week :)

I had 9s on my RG when I bought it, but I only realised when I replaced the strings in due course with 10s, and it pulled the bridge way out! The 9s were nice and light, but I dig into the strings so 10s suited me better.I find bending on 10s easy - maybe as when I got my first guitar, the...

This is guitar related, so Ill put it in here :) Well, today I went to WH Smith and bought permanent silver and gold markers. Then I went to HMV with my guitar. Then.... I got Mastodon to sign it. They were doing a signing of their new CD at HMV. As I work there, I managed to meet the guys...

Its a logarithmic increase though; 3dB is twice as loud, -3dB is half as loud :) I never understood why guitarists would say 10w from a tube is more powerful/louder than 10w SS:technically speaking its incorrect, but tung summarized that nicely, in that once clipping occurs, your signal is shot...