Musicians thread

I thought with there being quite a few guitarists that there should be a thread for us to chat and discuss.

I'll start it off with something BioPulse found. Its a spinkee website teaching loads of cool tricks etc.

http://www.guitarshredshow.com/

Has some really interesting effects, but I can't do some of them (my amp is wierd and bassy and I'm sure number 8 is achievable only on a strat shaped guitar).

Music you play-
Heavy metal (your usual stuff), death metal (Soilwork/In Flames), a bit of rock here and there (like Foo Fighters or The Hives) and occasionally some obscure stuff.

Favourite Guitarist/s (and why)-
Mattias IA Eklundh - Aka "Freak Guitar", hes master of harmonics, and does some really neat sweeping and other stuff that most other guitarists don't do (such as a chainsaw effect that I recently worked out).

Dave Mustaine - I love megadeth, and the riffs and solos are always that little bit more interesting than other bands have to offer. Alot of odd notes pop in here and there.

Marty Friedman - Amazing guitarist, does alot of wierd notes like Dave Mustaine, but he does it at insane speeds, and often does solos that are in a different key to the backing riff.

Equipment-
I have a Warlock Platinum pro with EMG 81's and floyd rose (its my main guitar) then I have a warlock bronze (which I tune to B tuning) and a Squier Strat which I tune to anything else (cus its crap, but its also my only guitar with normal pickups instead of humbuckers). I then use a Line 6 Spider 150w amp. Also have glass slide, capo and all those little gubbinz...

I also play drums, but I won't go into that.

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<span style="color: orange;">Music I play-

<span style="color: white;">Classic rock, mostly. I play loads of Zeppelin, Hendrix, AC/DC... you know... good music :smile:

<span style="color: orange;">Favourite Guitarists-

<span style="color: white;">Jimmy Page, because he was what made Zeppelin happen. And since they're the best band ever, it's wrong not to like him.

Hendrix, because he was the one who helped start it all

Chuck Berry, for the same reasons as Hendrix

The guitarist from Queen. (forgot his name) because him and freddy Mercury kicked so much ass togerther.

<span style="color: orange;">Equipment-

Nothing special. I have a DeArmond 6-string electric (cheap fender ripoff)

I'm getting a very sexy acoustic guitar hopefull soon. (my dad said he'd get me one, I just don't know when)

I have a Fender amp, not sure about anything else, but it's quite small.

Overdrive/Distortion, Chorus, and T-Wah pedals.

Glass slide - Best kind

Capo

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oooh i wanted to post that link :sad: heheehhehe

Music you play-
Heavy metal ,death metal (Soilwork), neo classical, metal shred!! i can play all the tremolo s**t on that site now hehehe and most tapping licks :biggrin: .

Favourite Guitarist/s (and why)-
Jason Becker, Marty Freidman, Yngwie , Tony Macalpine

Equipment-
Squire showmaster Skull & Bones HH with original floyd rose trem :biggrin:
I do have an amp but it's hardly an amp realy hheeh, but it works fiine, roland cube 15 mini amp :smile:

I'll record some music if i get my new pc :smile: mebby i'll post some here then

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Hell, is an half-filled auditorium

/me gets jealous thinking about the post that the doc might make

anyone that plays an acoustic should put in some serious hours on a 12 stringer, if only to feel how easy a 6 stringer is afterwards.

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Favourite Guitarists:

Buckethead, Slash, my dad :smile:

Equipment:

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Got a Framus Dual-Guitar (or whatever it is
called - 6 String and 12 String - Like the one at French Toast's Avatar) - I can't play on it but I am trying
to learn how to play the 5-String bass.

I am still a newbie in guitar-related stuff but this is my dad's last
year on the band so I can use all the guitars of him from now on.
Hopefully I am able to play well in the future.

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Music: I mostly play my own stuff. I created a style that I call the mettalic blues(Blues based metal). It's based mostly on the Em,Am and gM pentatonics and polytonics.

Fav Guitarists: Slash of Guns n' Roses, Bob Dylan, the lead guitarist of Billy Idol, Lead Guitarist of ZZ-Top.

My Gear: I make do with what i have. My guitar is a 1998 Marshal Fat Rocket. My amp is a 45 watt marshall mg with a built in valve tone converter. I'm getting a G&L Commanche guitar.

I can put some music on my Comp and let anyone listen to it. Mettalic blues is pure ownage for those who understand the true way of the guitar.

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Got a Framus Dual-Guitar (or whatever it is
called - 6 String and 12 String

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I believe it is best known as a double neck.

My friend just got a Gibson Double Neck... lucky s.o.b :smile:

I don't see the hype about Gibsons... Sure its good for some stuff, but theres other guitars out there, and more recently I've come to realise it almost doesn't matter- IA plays on the worst Caprison guitar there is, and look at him go!

Also, if you look on ebay worldwide, you'll occasionally see triple neck guitars! Crazy. I've always wanted a dual neck flying V like Mustaine used to use live. 12 string on top, 6 string with trem on bottom. Pure l337ness. No Chorus pedal ever sounds as good as a 12 string.

Finally, anyone here tried making thier own guitar? I'm in the planning stages of mine atm, but waiting a bit before I get a good book on it. Gunna try and slip in every little method and trick there is, from mini cavities to spinkee electronics, and 27 frets o' goodness :biggrin: Apart from that all I know about my guitar is that its gunna be a semi neck-thru, 6 strings, floyd rose and the finish will be natural with white wash and some coloured strip on it.

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Music you play-
Anything accousticable. Mostly classical or finger-style stuff.

Favourite Guitarist/s (and why)-
Bill Mize because of The Road Scholar, Eric Clapton because, well duh!, Eric Johnson A song for life, Yngwie Malmsteen.

Equipment-
I play a 1960's Alvarez Regent.

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Finally, anyone here tried making thier own guitar?

Indeed. I did most of the work in making my friends Flying
V. It was pretty sweet. We spent a lot of time in his dads
shop making everything.

Oh, great experience :smile:

<DIV class=quotetitle>? posted by fishy</DIV>
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/me gets jealous thinking about the post that the doc might make

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who?...me fishman???... :heee:
psssttt....i dont want to bore em bud....

Doc B... :dodgy:

hell....i surely didnt mean to kill this post man.....
screw it.....here goes.....

this is the list of active gear im using....

guitars....96 strat, w/ dimarzio's, and a floyd rose...
74 les paul custom, starburst
88 kramer focus 6000 w/ seymour duncans and floyd
74 ibanez paul copy, seymours and scalloped from 12th fret up
martin 12 sting (my baby... :smile: )
esteban 6 string....cheap guitar, but sweet action for a tank...

effects...chameleon rack w/ roland 257 midi controller
2 eq's
berringer ultrafex pro
sabine rack tuner rt-1601
crybaby, morley wahs

amps.....marshall jcm 800's w/ 4x12 slants and straights, modified randall

gotta go to work gents, ill look later and update this with all my other crap.... :heee:

Doc Brasso.... :dodgy:

j00 forg3tt3d y0ur favourte gu1rIsts.

Yer foo! Also, what are scalloped frets like to play on? From what Malmsteem said (he invented scalloped frets on guitars) he said it slows you down, but makes the notes clearer... Is this true Dr Brasso?

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long day....whew.....short hours.....whew... :smile:

64 strat...never gets played
74 les paul custom w/ pearl finish , pearl and gold inlay, also, never gets played
59 gibson st125 acoustic, also, never gets played
59 es 335, red, also, never gets played :smile:

ive got all kinds or stuff laying around thats accumulated over the years, art effects, stomp boxes, etc etc....enough guitar parts to probably build 4 or five complete "frankensteins"....muhahaha

lets see....

drums....rogers single bass 9 piece w/ zildjans and sabiens
all sorts of perc stuff frombongos and congas and blocks and shaker s**t to chimes and bells to, well, even a digeree do (sp?)

basses....ibanez 86 something or other..... early 70's fender precision.....early 70's richenbacher stereo

keys....dx7, old moog ms20 synth, oberheim bx, upright and baby grand piano

what else.... well, such a comglomeration of s**t that i wont bore ya with all of it.....i can outfit 2 bands with full pa's, and record them in the basement....

......and page, hendrix, and clapton were, and still are, the s**t... :wink: alot of firsts associated with those guys in my life....wink wink :wink:
malmsteen, satriani, vai, shredders deluxe......

theres more, ill update later maybe....

yep, scallops slow ya down, but they add a dynamic to to note textures that is really nice...the lesser material of a scalloped fret as applied by the fingertips results in less backing pressure and a cleaner more uniform tone....but its not for everyone....its actually a much different feel imho: you can float too far off intonation especially during sloer riffs where the applied pressure is not as automatically uniform.....follow? a natural shredder trained on a scalloped fretboard will sound cleaner because the string is sounding by more of a bend than an impact. example....vai is faster, but malmsteen is cleaner and more melodic...and both shred like theres no tommorrow....but....stevies 64th notes will be just a hair faster than yngwies....

Doc B... :dodgy:

ps....you guys would tell me if i was boring you wouldnt ya's???....

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<DIV class=quotetitle>? quoting fishy</DIV>
<DIV class=quotetext>/me gets jealous thinking about the post that the doc might make</DIV></DIV>

indeed. and that's just for the odds and ends that are lying around.

why not played, Doc? they sound too nice to be ornaments.

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i eat paint

well i dont play guitar

im a drummer and just now started bass

but i felt the need to post because

i cant pass up a chance to praise

G3-Vai, Satriani, and Malmsteen

....so. lets chat then guitarists. i can kill a topic better than anyone i know. please dont let this be the one that proves it...

fishman....which is exactly why i dont play em ....once in a blue moon....maybe. but when i get wound up with a good axe in my hands, i can get...well....a little rambunctious...and they devaluate exponentialy..... :wink:

ill have to dig out , or take, some photos and ya might appreciate what im saying a bit more....

a couple are worth some bucks bud. changes the whole game.

....fatstrings....post away man. i play much percussion as well, we just havent gotten that far in the post yet./// :heee:

where are my manners??....myrk, thats a sweet set of guitars there m8. impressive to look at....ive always been fond of the action on bc rich guitars for shredding, and the designs are cool for dramatic stage shows....i used to have a warlock and a "Bitch"....fast....whew. i had a problem with the balance vs "appendages stickin' out of it" aspect tho ....got cumbersome :sad:

<DIV class=quotetitle>? posted by Myrk-</DIV>
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I don't see the hype about Gibsons... Sure its good for some stuff, but theres other guitars out there, and more recently I've come to realise it almost doesn't matter- IA plays on the worst Caprison guitar there is, and look at him go!

its what you grow with man, as a guitar becomes an appendage. you find the zone, feel the meld, work as a team. heart ans soul man, heart and soul......i still have parts of my first guitar.....litterally wore it out.

however.

when you speak of gibsons, the first thing that comes to mind for me is a pearl white les paul custom. it is my stratovarious....(sp?) you can hook any effects or rack to it, and you will , and you can still tell its a les paul. same with true strats from way back when. old pauls and strats are worth alot of cash for that very reason. and with both, imho, they sound the best clean straight to a good amp rig...loud.........maybe a slight compression , but not much else. then they are at their best.

frenchtoast, im stealing your avatar. :heee: </DIV>
Doc B.... :dodgy:

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The Bich is a very sharp edges guitar I have to admit, but I find the warlock to be a nice shape. Also fits on your knee really well too, unlike flying V's (which look cool, but you can't play them sitting down!)

On the note of me building a guitar, if anyone has any ideas for shapes or anything, even rough pictures for ideas, I'd appreciate it as I can't think of anything yet!

Finally, I had a feeling this thread would wander, so now its all about all instruments, not just guitars. I also play drums, so I'll start off the percussion section with a boom!





Sorry for the crappy photo :razz: If anyone wants to know whats there exactly (theres alot more than you see! then check the txt document >here<). I've been playing for just over a year, play death and heavy metal (can't quite do double peddling as fast as Judas Priest lol!). My kit is very unique though- it is infact a tripple bass- one of my pedals requires me to use my toe and heel to double bass with 1 foot (which I still can't do that fast) but when combined with the other single foot it creates the fastest triplet you'll ever hear! (which one day I may duplicate to make it quadrouple bass!).

This kit is currently up for sale too! I'm saving to buy a Roland TD-20 electronic kit, but its gunna crater my finances! Has to be done though- from september onwards I can't play that thing, because I'm living on a middle floor flat! Hardly think my neighbours above and below will appreciate alternate snare and bass bashing at extreme speeds :razz: Even when I go electric, I'm still getting another bass as soon as I can afford one- Single bass really is crap now tbh- I'll never go back!

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I use my brothers bass to play Chili Peppers songs. I also play Sax, but not that superbly.

Aight, here be my array of subpar instruments.

From left to right; My electric, my brothers bass, my acoustic, my first guitar

Keep in mind that the pictures aren't great. FOr instance, the
bass is huge, and my first guitar is tiny, it just doesn't come across
in the photos well.

sorry no camera but

drumset:

Ludwig Accent Custom Pro-green shell

cymbols:

B8 thin 14" hats

B8 thin 14" crash

B8 thin 16" crash

B8 thin 2o" ride

AA 17" crash

Gibralter twin pedal

Bass:

just started so all ive got is a crappy generic bass by Galueston

ive allready had to sauter outputs to the amp twice

im looking at an ibanez though

EDIT:i play sax as well

i have a yamaha allegro

and at one time i played the banjo

it be interesting to get back to that

/offtopic

I see that you finally cleaned your room myrk. Yah, I win the most messy room prize! :razz:

Until later...

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It'll be messy again soon! Its all coming out tomorrow to go to uni, and the drumkit will probably never be played again (Just found out my neighbours below are doing Law! Eep!). I'll force them to learn instruments :razz:

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it's big -_- the durm kit wouln't even fit in mine xD ( one of the main reasons i play guitar and not drums :razz:

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Hell, is an half-filled auditorium

That's the one I was talking about - It got almost destroyed completely
so my dad hat to restore it many years ago which makes it unique:

looks nice man :smile:

i wish i had a second guitar, tuning mine with the tremolo etc is so awkward, tuned it down to b tuning and htat took me like an hour to get the trem sorted, and when i tuned it back it took another hour LOL

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Hell, is an half-filled auditorium

Sigh I wish i had a good guitar. My guitar plays so thin.

Looks good, and I have to say, I've never seen a double neck like that! Most double necks tend to be those epiphone gibson copies and stuff. Though its only got 21 frets- no good for any kind of metal soloing :razz: Also I'm not sure if its my eyes, but on the 12 string neck are the higher frets scalloped? Thats wierd for a 12 string if it is!

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nice....how does that puppy handle?....used to have a paul copy by framus.....decent. and may i ask a general date on it?

Doc B... :dodgy:

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Here is my collection, i have been playing for 2 years now, havent got any lessons yet. Though a friend thought me most of the chords and how to play them.

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The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.

nice....how does that puppy handle?....used to have a paul copy by framus.....decent. and may i ask a general date on it?
Doc B... :dodgy:

According to my dad this guitar was build in 1968-1970. He's not 100% sure.

ahh.....thought it might be.....has a certain deco look to it.....styles of the times... cool.

Doc B... :dodgy:

ran across this list in my e_travels....thought it might stir up some s**t...
personally, i dont agree with half of it, but wth....

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_newguitar.html

Doc B... :dodgy:

wow thats quite a list

I agree with hardly any of that! Firstly, no way is James Hetfield 200th best! Also I think it needs super resorting- Hammet above Michael Romeo from Symphony X?! I mean cumon, you seen him play, and the stuff he comes up with? It really is amazing watching his fat fingers go!

Also I didn't see Eklundh on that list- hes definitely one of the best there is- no one plays like him, hes just so unique.

Also for everyone who plays drums or any other instruments, who are your fav. musicians for instruments you play?

For me drumming, my favourite drummers have to be Thomas Lang (amazing) and Henry Ranta (original drummer from soilwork) for his uber l337 splash fills and shizzle.

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Drummer: Neil Peart from Rush ... not that I play drums or am even close to good on any instrument.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

neil pert, and "bonzo" bonham....have to be my all time favs.....

i used to jam with a guy named john franier.....double bass tama set, 16 piece, black killer set....i miss him. best drummer i ever worked with actually, and the sob f**kin' killed himself over a damn woman....go figure. i didnt see it coming. and i still carry a load of guilt around because of it.....god has a strange sense of humor... :/

didnt mean to downer this thread, i just needed to get that off my chest....thanx for letting me do so....

Doc B... :dodgy:

Don't play any stringed instruments, I'm a keyboardist basically. I have a Korg Karma, and an old Ensiniq ESQ1. I also have a Fender Rhodes 88 and a Hammond B3 sitting under plastic in my carport, both need complete restoring though.

Favorite guitarists?

Alan Holdsworth, (,search for a song called "Heavy Metal Fatigue" and an album from a band called UK.).

Prince, for the ease and skill he demonstrates (Even Eddie Van Halen quotes him as one of the top guitarists)

Robert Fripp, and Adrienne belew of King Crimson

Allen Morse of Spocks beard.

The Unknown John Clark, (The only album I have heard him on is a Bill Bruford Solo project called "Gradually Going Tornado".).

Favorite drummers are Bill Bruford, Terri Bozzio(Spellcheck please)and of course Carl Palmer.

I recently saw Spocks Beard live and they have two drummers, because their lead singer Neal Morse left the band. The original drummer stepped up to do vocals, His name is Nick D'Virgilio, and he's as good as anybody I've ever heard.

Im suprised there are so many musicians in here. We should do a song together somehow.

I usually sit here and play some guitar to myself sometimes, but thats pretty much it. I tend to make up my own stuff and i realize, ,man this was awesome, and i try to remember what the hell i did, but i cant remember.
I also like putting together some weirdo songs on the computer as well, using a midikeyboard and software synths. Its fun as hell to just make up insane things and sometimes some retro nintendo songs. Thats my little interest besides mapping.

Anyone up for making a song together somehow? could be awesome. Its so fun to do music together over the internet. The result could be interesting.

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and "bonzo" bonham

Woo!

I don't really know many drummers, but I'd say Bonzo and Phil Collins are my favourites.

Bonzo because of those half hour drum solos ( :smile: ) and of course because he helped make the best band ever that much better...

And Phil Collins, not because I think he's an extremely exceptional
drummer, but because he has the inhuman coordination skills to sing and
drum at the same time... and I like his stuff :smile:

ive only heard of 2 drumming vocalists

phil collins

aaron gillespie- underoath

thats quite a feet

levon helms...The Band.... wasnt a "virtuoso" vocalist, but they rocked pretty damn well back in the day .....i know im dating myself, bwth :heee:

found another list on that site.....controversy....woot! note all the neil peart entries...yeah !

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_drumperf.html

Doc Brasso... :dodgy:

The Eagles. I'm not naming anyone specifically because they can all play every instrument ever while singing ... it's bizarre that they're not very good on their own ... or together

(I'm talking about their song writing skills, not their command of instruments)

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

roflmao....you love dipping yer toes in s**t dont ya crono....

Doc B... :dodgy:

levon helms...The Band

Thank you so much. I was at a Barenaked Ladies concert
(they kick ass live btw) and they brought out some really really old
guy who played accordian and they said he was from The Band... I was
kind of left out in the open :smile:

Loads of drummers sing, but I've never heard of any that do lead singing, apart from this 1 emo hardcore band- the drummer does really amazing off beat double peddling and hes doing lead vocals half the time!

As for a Snarkpit song, could do, but not much point tbh. Me and BioPulse sometimes mess around with Guitar Pro 4 midi tabbing, but thats it really. I also have an online student- I teach him guitaring ways.

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Loads of drummers sing, but I've never heard of any that do lead
singing, apart from this 1 emo hardcore band- the drummer does really
amazing off beat double peddling and hes doing lead vocals half the
time!
As for a Snarkpit song, could do, but not much point tbh. Me and
BioPulse sometimes mess around with Guitar Pro 4 midi tabbing, but
thats it really. I also have an online student- I teach him guitaring
ways.

that might be underoath they are a christian scremo band

and theyre a christian band that actually sings about christ

UGH, going to through the painfully painful process of completely
restringing my acoustic. I hate nylon strings, but it had to be
done. The strings were about 4 years old, losing their sound
quality.

On the weekend I'm going to get a steel stringed acoustic, which will
be so nice. The acoustic that I'm using now is a classical one,
so all the strings are farther apart, and the neck is quite short.

Oh wait, not guitarist thread...

Well I thought that it's worth a try to learn how to play a guitar.

I've started around 2 weeks ago (since my first post in here with the double-neck)

Here is my current equipment (which I got - thanks god - from my dad to use it).

He said that the double-neck isn't that good for practise but I don't care that much.

• The Framus Double-Neck Custom

• Roland Amp Jazz-Chorus 120 (I bet it is from the '70s)

• Effects with original Big Muff distortion (or whatever it is called)

and some phaser effects. (And a lot of other gizmos in it I even don't
know the name)

• Ibanez Delay-thing

nice

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