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by warhead dime
Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:46 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Pickup wiring help
Replies: 13
Views: 11459

Most theory books are made to study along with a piano right? Well the piano is basically designed to western theory, so I think playing the piano would help you to understand theory. It's in C major, which has no sharps or flats, and its really simple to switch to all the different modes of that s...
by warhead dime
Thu May 21, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Music software torrents
Replies: 17
Views: 12982

Re: Music software torrents

Anyone have any? I don't want to pay money. I'm looking for ableton, logic, battery 3 or reaktor or whatever. This could be a get your free software thread :) If I recall you're in the Sac/Roseville area right? You can have my legit copy of Battery 3 if you want, I don't use it anymore. Yeah I am. ...
by warhead dime
Wed May 20, 2009 6:10 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Vox 847A wah pedal
Replies: 1
Views: 4855

Vox 847A wah pedal

So I just picked one of these bad boys up, complete with its own complementary jockstrap. http://www.airportmusic.com/images/LargerPics/Vox_V847A_wah_complete.jpg Apparently it's their new version of the 848 Clyde McCoy series made popular by Hendrix and Clapton, the only modern feature being it has...
by warhead dime
Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:34 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Music software torrents
Replies: 17
Views: 12982

Are you just focusing on outside instruments? What type of music are you into playing now? I'm getting into sampling and arranging on the computer. Been playing more keyboards obviously as it controls computer instruments. I don't really know how to explain the type I'm playing. I'm just trying to ...
by warhead dime
Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:32 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Music software torrents
Replies: 17
Views: 12982

Seriously? Damn that's unbelievable. I sure don't listen to it :lol: I don't think that recording was a very good representation of us, after all we were around for like 2 years after that album came out and never made another. That EP was children's songs compared to what we did later, which got wa...
by warhead dime
Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:46 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Music software torrents
Replies: 17
Views: 12982

Hey you're a great guitarist, what practice schedule do you use and what scales? Any good instuctional videos you recommend? When have you heard me play? I don't really have a practice schedule honestly. Stretching my arms, wrists, fingers, and rubbing hands/fingers to get the blood flowing was pre...
by warhead dime
Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:55 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Music software torrents
Replies: 17
Views: 12982

Music software torrents

Anyone have any? I don't want to pay money. I'm looking for ableton, logic, battery 3 or reaktor or whatever. This could be a get your free software thread :)
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:22 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Check out this delusional prick
Replies: 17
Views: 12610

Absolutely terrible. Delusional prick... definitely fits that mold. :lol:
by warhead dime
Mon Jan 26, 2009 12:30 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Whatcha think about Orange?
Replies: 62
Views: 44756

I had an AC30. It was a fucking tank and loud as fuck. Great instrument, but I needed cash so flogged it. Yeah that was a big reason why I opted for the head and 2x12 cabinet version instead of the combo. Hauling two 30-40 pound boxes is less of a bother than one 70 or 80 pound box. If I ever get t...
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:35 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Whatcha think about Orange?
Replies: 62
Views: 44756

Well the dude who was selling it had it listed at first for like 1150, and then when that auction ended he put it back up for 1050, then finally when he had it at 950 I just shot him an email asking him if he had the matching cabinet and if so, how much he would be willing to part with the pair. He ...
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:22 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Whatcha think about Orange?
Replies: 62
Views: 44756

Yeah I'm the same way. I get bored way too easily with one instrument, and one sound, so the best approach for me to keep evolving is coming up with as many different textures and approaches as possible, and the Vox is a big partner in that, allowing me lots of exploration. Keep on explorin brotha. ...
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:31 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Can somone point in the right direction of time signatures
Replies: 25
Views: 16049

Yeah and remember if it is in 7/4 the measure takes longer to complete because a measure would be consisting of 7 quarter notes. If it was 7/8 you'd be counting it faster as it's counting in 8th notes. And it's also good to note that the odd time signatures start again on the upbeat, it's like a fli...
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:15 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Whatcha think about Orange?
Replies: 62
Views: 44756

Only 500 of these made. African-Mahagony cabinet, mmmm.

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by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:11 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Can somone point in the right direction of time signatures
Replies: 25
Views: 16049

Tap your foot and get used to how the odd times feel against it.
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:48 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Whatcha think about Orange?
Replies: 62
Views: 44756

Right. A while back I got sick of metal rhythm tone, you're already at 11 and there's no breathing room. With the Vox you get this slunky, heavy sound with a "clean" tone. When you play light it's very ethereal and pretty but without changing anything but your pick attack you can make it g...
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:35 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Whatcha think about Orange?
Replies: 62
Views: 44756

Yeah basically just get an AYB or ABY however it's spelt. Should cost you at most 50 bucks for a good one. At this point I still haven't even gotten one, because there's so much you can do tone-wise with one channel that you won't even think about switching channels. You have infinite "channels...
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:15 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Whatcha think about Orange?
Replies: 62
Views: 44756

Not sure about those particular models but I've played some nice Fenders. I definitely dug it, but ever since I got that Vox, nothing else sounds as articulate to me. If you get a chance to play one, I highly recommend it. I'm playing a USA telecaster through it and they were just made to make music...
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: I haven't learned a song in a while
Replies: 41
Views: 28573

Stanley Clarke is fucking rediculous. Journey to Love is the shit.
by warhead dime
Fri Jan 23, 2009 2:38 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Whatcha think about Orange?
Replies: 62
Views: 44756

I found an amazing deal on this last summer and got this. Vox = :tup: :tup: :tup: . Honestly the cleanest, chimiest, clearest, and at the same time snarling, sizzling and powerful amp I've ever played. This thing is its own fucking instrument. http://www.yamahamusic.com.au/products/musicalinstrument...
by warhead dime
Mon Dec 15, 2008 12:37 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: OK, so somebody explain this to me
Replies: 25
Views: 15199

PABassPlayer wrote:
hektik wrote:
warhead dime wrote:Pantera tuned everything 90 cents below whatever tuning the song was described in. So on the CFH album for example, which was in mostly in "standard", it was really set 90 cents below that.
I thought it was -40?
inflation, my friend.
:lol:

Yeah hektik, 40 is probably right.
by warhead dime
Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:58 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: OK, so somebody explain this to me
Replies: 25
Views: 15199

Pantera tuned everything 90 cents below whatever tuning the song was described in. So on the CFH album for example, which was in mostly in "standard", it was really set 90 cents below that.
by warhead dime
Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:56 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Anyone here use POD stuff?
Replies: 19
Views: 12814

I'm with Kellan on the line 6 stuff. I think it's a good brand if you don't have a lot of time or money to invest in some effects and you want stuff to mess around with, but as far as any actual good sounding distortion/effects it just won't work for me. I need something that sounds real.
by warhead dime
Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:05 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: how to break the news?
Replies: 45
Views: 29316

metal can easily be very advanced in difficulty Difficulty isn't only about speed and precision. Metal largely ignores dynamics, improvisation, feels other than "hard and fast", playing off other musicians, and sonic experimentation. If you had Paul Bostaph record Reign In Blood with all ...
by warhead dime
Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:48 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: how to break the news?
Replies: 45
Views: 29316

wal wrote:you can suck his cack
smoke this cack
by warhead dime
Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:07 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Gibson release What the Flying Fuck? V
Replies: 21
Views: 14685

It's Karl Sanders' (of Nile) custom guitar, and it looks fucking retarded.
by warhead dime
Wed May 28, 2008 6:33 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Pantera Tab Question...
Replies: 17
Views: 10739

Re: Pantera Tab Question...

13steps wrote:
BonestorM wrote:
~101 From Hell~ wrote:Does anyone know where I can get a completely accurate tab for the solo in Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks??
that song doesn't have a solo :lol:
que the fuck? :lol:
Yes it does.
by warhead dime
Thu May 22, 2008 2:06 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: anyone know a lot about solid state amps?
Replies: 10
Views: 7429

It's the top boost model with six inputs. It sounds absolutely amazing - I can't really vouch for the reliability because it's second hand. I have really pushed it since getting it retubed (reamping for hours at maximum volume) and it seems to be holding up fine. They do tend to hum quite loud thou...
by warhead dime
Tue May 13, 2008 4:08 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: anyone know a lot about solid state amps?
Replies: 10
Views: 7429

Solid state amps breaking is reallly adding insult to injury :tdown: Like kellan said, it could be a plug fuse. It could also be a weak solder/pcb joint that's melted or been snapped, or a shitload of other things. I wold feel sorry for you, but i spent almost $400 getting my AC30 repaired this spr...
by warhead dime
Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:26 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Meshuggah's New Album!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 7398

Better than any metal these days that I know of. Everything else is pretty much boring.
by warhead dime
Mon Feb 04, 2008 3:27 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: NEW JIMMY PAGE GAT (it will give you a boner)
Replies: 30
Views: 17903

:roll: A band that was part of the cock rock era of the 80's is just "oranges" to Led Zeppelin's "apples"? Come on, think now, you must have more intelligence than that.
by warhead dime
Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:29 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: NEW JIMMY PAGE GAT (it will give you a boner)
Replies: 30
Views: 17903

Who really cares about that anyways. I just want to hear good music and good musicians. Motley Crue has neither.
by warhead dime
Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:26 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: NEW JIMMY PAGE GAT (it will give you a boner)
Replies: 30
Views: 17903

Jimmy Page rules. Anything he'd want to play in whatever style he does is badass. That's why I love Led Zeppelin, diverse as shit. And I don't consider them metal either. They contributed to it in certain aspects, but they weren't a heavy metal band. Their music was too all over the map stylisticall...
by warhead dime
Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:46 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Replacing tubes in 5150
Replies: 13
Views: 8729

I love that sound. Like on Led Zeppelin's No Quarter or Echoes by Pink Floyd, even though the Leslie rotary sound is being used on a keyboard not a guitar. Regardless, I think I'll come up with some cool atmospheric shit. Speaking of which. Anyone have a recommendation for the other pedal spot I'm t...
by warhead dime
Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:40 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Replacing tubes in 5150
Replies: 13
Views: 8729

Yeah it's really not a big deal. I'm fine with keepin that gain knob at that level. I'm still adding to a pedal board to so I can put it on clean and get some smoother distorted + reverb and/or delay tones when I need to. Also planning on getting a rotary pedal and maybe one more "odd" sou...
by warhead dime
Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:33 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Replacing tubes in 5150
Replies: 13
Views: 8729

Thanks for the advice. As far as the 5150 goes, I usually use the distortion between 3 and 4 because when I go up higher the distortion gets less clear and more muddy/bassy, and it has way more distortion than I'll ever need. So I'm not looking for a crazy distorted metal tone in particular, I'm mor...
by warhead dime
Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:01 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Replacing tubes in 5150
Replies: 13
Views: 8729

http://dougstubes.com/ as for installing, get someone who's done it before to show you. you need to rebias the amp, something I've never done as I've never changed tubes myself, and if you do it incorrectly then I think you can fuck your tone over even more. Thanks for showing me this site. You rul...
by warhead dime
Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:11 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Scales for beginners
Replies: 12
Views: 7769

I guess to start a foundation on leads, you'll want to learn, like Ben said, natural minor and pentatonic minor, which is built off of the nat minor scale. At the same time, learn natural major and pentatonic major. Once you see how the major and minor scales are related up and down the neck, it wil...
by warhead dime
Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:04 am
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Replacing tubes in 5150
Replies: 13
Views: 8729

http://dougstubes.com/ as for installing, get someone who's done it before to show you. you need to rebias the amp, something I've never done as I've never changed tubes myself, and if you do it incorrectly then I think you can fuck your tone over even more. Yeah I was definitely going to take it i...
by warhead dime
Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:54 pm
Forum: Musicians Corner
Topic: Replacing tubes in 5150
Replies: 13
Views: 8729

Replacing tubes in 5150

So the tubes in my 5150 are about 4 years old and the tone is nowhere near what it was. I don't really know shit about tubes, but it's apparent I need to put in all new ones. I was trying to find some reviews on what tubes are good but I'm not getting much luck. Who here can give me some good inform...