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My only question is when I can get my hands on a 28"-32" 9 or 10 string. I want to make toilet noises.

One of the first times I went to a studio was with my high school band and I was stoked because dude had all kinds of boutique amps and cabs we could use, but our other guitarist insisted on using his DOD dirt boxes and his crate head into a Marshall MG cab because it was “his sound”. The...

It matters to the extent that in a live performance setting people want to see the entertainers looking like they're enjoying themselves. Sonically, guitar cabs are fucking awful speaker systems and don't really sound "good" anywhere except whatever spot the guitarist has decided to dial the...

It's true. When we play out the only people that even MIGHT give two fucks about what gear I'm playing through are the other guitarists in the room. I've never had some random come up after a show to tell us they enjoyed the music but it would have been better if the sound guy mic'd a cab. I've...

If every IR you try sounds "phasey and hollow" something is wrong with your setup or the way they are implemented.

I really don't think I have a preference, because it's very music-dependent. Like I wouldn't want to hear Don Caballero music with the Monuments mix, but I wouldn't want to hear Monuments with a Don Caballero mix. Then there's stuff like the last Devourment record where it sounds like they went...

It really does seem like some people mixing in certain genres all watched the same 6 YouTube tutorials and all bought the same 5 sample packs. But you're right. Modelers and IRs aren't the reason everything sounds the same. It's the artist and engineers decision to sound the same.

A "unique tone" doesn't make mediocre music better, the same as an amazing tone doesn't, either. But a "unique tone" that is bad will have a detrimental effect on good music.

My favorite part of the Firehawk FX was the app bug that would immediately play whatever was first in your iTunes library at top volume as soon as bluetooth was connected. Super fun if you had your headphones on.

Just get a little old Tascam cassette recorder and get your lo-fi tracks recorded into it and bounced back to digital. Without the lengthy list of analog processing and a high-dollar R2R machine, the majority of the "vibe" of tape is as easy to get with a couple of plugins. At the end of the day...

Who are you playing with in Green Bay?

If this was made by Zoom and $500 cheaper I'd probably give it a shot.

Looks like it was a cool spot, too bad it closed. I feel like ya'll think I'm not supportive of anything, which is pretty far from accurate. I just don't think "because it exists" is a good enough reason to sit through bands that I don't enjoy/don't practice or go to a venue that always gives me...

Maybe it's different in different markets, but supporting stuff that sucks historically just gets you more stuff that sucks around here. Keep going to that venue with shitty sound and no pay? They're not gonna upgrade the PA or pay the bands, because bands keep playing and people keep going...

This thread made me think about this last night at practice. I use the green Dunlop 420s (I can never seem to get there in time to get the Winspear picks I want and the 420s suffice) that are 4.20mm, and don't flex at all. But in thinking more about it as I'm playing, I'm adjusting my...

I guess maybe the difference is that there is a show almost every night here, so I can pick one or two a week where I can see music I like and it doesn't feel like I'm blowing anything off. But part of it is that I don't want people coming to my show if they don't like the music. Those are fake...

How does a thin pick let you dig harder? The only time I want a thin pick is if I'm strumming on an acoustic. And I'm only strumming on an acoustic when there aren't any real guitars around or I'm stuck at someone's house and there is an acoustic. So, in conclusion, your take is bad and you...

Component Modeling > Profiling/Amp Capture

I'm just thinking I can't be the only one that utilizes the Helix this way.

Kind of irrelevant, because I will be. I'll be playing to a click with tracks and sending a mix from my rack to whatever awful PA is down there, too. Just because everyone else is gonna sound like dried turds doesn't mean I have to as well. I'll probably also be set-up and tore down faster than...