s.i.r.e. posted:

Well since you asked for it:


My Steinberger Spirit, because I'm too poor to afford a high end model (lol gently caress that); I bought this off eBay for under $300 I believe. The guy who sold it to me sold me an acrylic wallmount with it, apparently these things are really rare, so rare that guy messaged me half a year later asking if I'd sell the mount back to him, turns out he's the founder of some conservative thinktank or some poo poo.

As for the mods:
- The headstock is aftermarket, it's a string adapter so I can use any brand of string with the guitar without having to be double-ball ended... this doesn't really work because the locking mechanisms just break thinner strings.
- The two Humbuckers are Seymour Duncan Black Winters, because I play Black Metal stuff and because the case for the pick-ups look like a lovely Black Metal EP cassette tape (seriously, it loving owns). The middle pick up is still connected and sounds like poo poo.
- Dunlop strap locks, I loving love these things along with the Levy's No. 1 stretch strap.
- White volume and tone knobs because why not, same goes for the orange tip pick-up selector.
- The trem bar was second hand on ebay, the guitar didn't come with one and I couldn't find black sadly.
- Pick holder and tuner are double sided taped to the side because why not.
- The stickers because I had them lying around.


Now to the major mod:
- I wanted a killswitch like my Buckethead LP has, so my friend's step-dad hooked it up for me, he had to move the output jack to the bottom of the guitar, move the volume knob to the lower side where output jack used to be and then drill in the hole for the arcade switch that was placed in the area where the volume knob was. He did such a god drat good job at it and he's an electrician and knows nothing about being a guitar tech. I paid him with a bottle of Don Julio.

I also got it signed by Marty Friedman at the end of August before a show:


There's my stupid music poo poo guitar, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else. I honestly love it to death, it's complete lack of weight doesn't gently caress my back up like other guitars do (I have a bad back).

s.i.r.e. posted:

I think it's a collection of generic djenty trash without a good riff or melody line. Remove the guitar parts and there's something of interest but once those pieces of poo poo come on, faaaaaaart. I love the game to death and I remember all of it, from the kills, weapons and levels almost by heart but I can't hum a single riff from the soundtrack. BFG Division is the same riff for 9 minutes; it's an absolute chore. I've tried listening to the soundtrack on it's own several times and I've never made it through. Then again, I wouldn't consider myself a big metalhead so it probably just isn't for me.

NonzeroCircle posted:

According to one of my lecturers many years ago, he saw Swans in the 80s and it was so loud the venue couldn't hear the telephones ringing with complaints about the volume.

Wark Say posted:

It's because we've been looking at the wrong place all this time. Misha Mansoor? Tosin Abasi? Ola Englund? Who gives a gently caress about those nerdlingers! Taylor Swift is where it's at!

The Muppets On PCP posted:

who the hell are those guys i thought that was the band with sammy hagar and joe satriani that nobody listens to

Wark Say posted:

Chickenfoot? (Satch, Hagar, Michael Anthony and Will Ferrell Chad Smith).

Man, it still surprises me the number of bands who still released stuff after the 2003-2006 period (what I like to call "The Myspace Era"). These Switchfoot guys are among those. Out of the whole "Summer of Screamo" bands, there were maybe... 10 good bands?

The Muppets On PCP posted:

pretty sure they're the remaining holdouts still buying cds

Trig Discipline posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c24Wp4N34oA

Don't dream it, be it.

Shugojin posted:

does this count

https://twitter.com/PageSix/status/993611527965028352

Kilometers Davis posted:

The new APC songs are really good.

whiter than a Wilco show posted:

Isis is hipster tool

Kilometers Davis posted:

A lot of modern players want to have this flawless combination of perfect playing and perfect production but don’t seem to experiment or let themselves fail enough. I understand it though. I’m working on an EP and I never make progress because I’m always chasing something better and more refined. The internet has been wonderful for music/guitar but also invites many new ways to self criticize and compare yourself to what you feel is expected in the modern industry.

s.i.r.e. posted:

Record everything in one take and leave it as lo-fi as possible just to get it done. Refine it later. That's what I did with my stupid "EP."

A human heart posted:

Guys who can barely play their instruments are a lot cooler than guys who are super technical

Concatenation posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVv8EYlMuyE

massive spider posted:

My submission for stupid music poo poo: bands which have formed like, a month ago making 10 second “teasers” on social media for their forthcoming material.

Danyull posted:

MattO posted:

I got a new strap too

Gringostar posted:

lol if your low string isn't tuned to D or D# at all times

NonzeroCircle posted:

What does the drop d switch do?

fzA455 posted:

Tool's Maynard James Keenan Accused of Raping a 17-Year-Old Girl in 2000
https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/tools_maynard_james_keenan_accused_of_raping_a_17-year-old_girl_in_2000.html

Dang It Bhabhi! posted:

adjust latency and or bounce tracks with tons of cpu-sucking plugins down to just an audio track and mute the originals.