What's on your mind?

[FatherAlabaster]

Thank you FA' date=' yeah I have been sick since Saturday, pretty sure one of the people at the party I went to had it.........since I am never around people I was an easy target, hehe. How are you and the family doing???[/quote'] We're ok, thanks. Hopefully we're past all of the colds and stuff that have been going around. Now it's time to start getting real sleep... Ha!

[Black Milk]

if you could put your head on a robot body, would you?

[Atrocity]

if you could put your head on a robot body' date=' would you?[/quote'] Only if I were deathly sick and much older.

[FatherAlabaster]

Only if I were deathly sick and much older.

Careful, talk like that gets Relentless all hot and bothered.

[Atrocity]

Careful' date=' talk like that gets Relentless all hot and bothered. [/quote'] I shall hush now.

[jfk36]

Thank you FA' date=' yeah I have been sick since Saturday, pretty sure one of the people at the party I went to had it.........since I am never around people I was an easy target, hehe. How are you and the family doing???[/quote'] Get well soon.

[ODMKING]

if you could put your head on a robot body' date=' would you?[/quote'] Yeah, then I can ask someone to program me to be ridiculously good at guitar and shred so hard that the world implodes

[isaac_hunt]

My neighbour's fookin power washer is on my mind. Yesterday evening and this morning he's washing his back and front yard, about 6 hours in total. Whiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..... !!!Fuck Off!!!

[FatherAlabaster]

I finally took the plunge with my beloved Gibson Explorer, and wired the bridge pickup right to the output jack. The pots are old (last replaced about six years ago), and I've always harbored a suspicion that they sucked some of my tone away even when they were new. I like the tonal flexibility it had, but truth be told I never used it. I've never regretted performing similar lobotomies on other guitars, but this was my first really good electric and I have a sentimental attachment. Excited to see if the surgery was effective. Edit - FUCK YES. More clarity, more treble, higher output. My main problem with this guitar has been that it didn't have enough definition to present the riffs I wrote on my Steinberger clearly. Pretty sure the problem is solved.

[jfk36]

Great news, the lass's operation was a complete success, she is already on her feet. What pickups are in the explorer? Just out of curiosity more than anything else?

[FatherAlabaster]

Great news, the lass's operation was a complete success, she is already on her feet. What pickups are in the explorer? Just out of curiosity more than anything else?

Awesome, I'm glad to hear that! That Explorer has the stock 490-R in the neck - a really sweet sounding pickup that I just never use, which is why I felt ok with at least temporarily taking it out of commission. The bridge pickup is a Bareknuckle "Cold Sweat", sort of a "vintage hot" ceramic pickup that I put in for more clarity over the stock 498-T. The 498-T currently resides in my Steinberger, where it sounds fucking amazing - the Steinberger has several issues that keep it from being a good live guitar for me, and I've been wrestling with it for tone's sake for years.

[BlutAusNerd]

Our demo recording session was... interesting. Everyone showed up late and unprepared, except our bass player, who only came by a couple of hours after we started to quit the band and pick up his gear. We were unable to get Mike's mixer to work, so with only 2 inputs, we had to mic the drums and the two guitars together and basically do a live demo. Our drummer is still relatively new and didn't feel confident with playing without the rest of us, so I guess we would have had to take that route anyway. Configuring the setup was a nightmare, with only having the two mics, we had to fuck with placement and levels for quite a while to get it balanced. Once we did though, we got a decent sound going, but we had lost so much time that we only got one track done. We're going to get together again next weekend and have left our setup alone so that we don't have to waste time again, as the next two songs that we're laying down are a bit more difficult. We were only going to do two initially, but we've decided that we want to re-record Bleak the way that we sound now, so we'll see how that goes. It's really just going to be a rough sounding demo, but it will give us something to let our fans sample, and give our artist Cody something to work with so that he can proceed.

[FatherAlabaster]

Our demo recording session was... interesting. Everyone showed up late and unprepared' date=' except our bass player, who only came by a couple of hours after we started to quit the band and pick up his gear. We were unable to get Mike's mixer to work, so with only 2 inputs, we had to mic the drums and the two guitars together and basically do a live demo. Our drummer is still relatively new and didn't feel confident with playing without the rest of us, so I guess we would have had to take that route anyway. Configuring the setup was a nightmare, with only having the two mics, we had to fuck with placement and levels for quite a while to get it balanced. Once we did though, we got a decent sound going, but we had lost so much time that we only got one track done. We're going to get together again next weekend and have left our setup alone so that we don't have to waste time again, as the next two songs that we're laying down are a bit more difficult. We were only going to do two initially, but we've decided that we want to re-record Bleak the way that we sound now, so we'll see how that goes. It's really just going to be a rough sounding demo, but it will give us something to let our fans sample, and give our artist Cody something to work with so that he can proceed.[/quote'] He just quit just like that? Shitty! I hope you can find someone regular. Honestly, you guys are great candidates for one of the 8 or 16 track standalone hard disk recorders from Zoom or Tascam. Just make sure you get something with eight inputs so you can really mic the drums up. S400-$500, no computer needed. Make your recordings better and your lives easier.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Well BAN that sucks. Hope you find a new drummer soon. Just got back from a solid weekend of racing. Not great solely because my time trial was ruined by a minor crash and having the chain come off. Cost my brother and I 3 minutes but we still averaged 34.7km/h in very windy conditions on an undulating course. Were it not for that slight dilemma we would have averaged 36-38km/h and placed on the podium. Today's road race was...interesting. After the 6km neutralised zone was over the pace lifted so quickly two tandems (myself and another) were isolated. Rolling turns at 50km/h wasn't enough to bridge the gap (in fact it continued to grow) so we just continued to roll off each other until the other tandem was dropped on a short climb. From there it was basically a 20km time-trial to the finish. With 6 weeks until nationals I have a short time in which to improve but I'll be pushing myself to the limit in each and every session (and making some minor changes to my diet) to get everything I can out of my body. Genuinely excited about my cycling.

[BlutAusNerd]

Well BAN that sucks. Hope you find a new drummer soon.

It was our bass player, but we saw it coming. He had been missing a bunch of practices and not putting himself into it for a while, so we weren't surprised, nor were we hurt. Playing bass parts for the recording won't be a problem, but it does set us back for playing live anytime soon. We'll find a better fit, I'm not worried about it.

[RelentlessOblivion]

Oops I could have sworn I typed bass player

[ODMKING]

Pretty drunk, came back from some club and danced to some really bad music usual weekend for mr. odm

[RelentlessOblivion]

Gettin' on me grog, me jolly, jolly grog, 'cause I bloody well earned it.

[~Mere~]

Kid free today till tomorrow night What to do.....

[MacabreEternal]

Call a house party on open invite on Facebook and see how many thousands turn up?

[~Mere~]

Call a house party on open invite on Facebook and see how many thousands turn up?

Hahahahaha! Yeah, no. No one even talks to me on there so I'm sure no one would show up lol That made me chuckle Macabre

[MacabreEternal]

I could challenge you to a transatlantic drinking contest over the internet? I have never been drunk under the table across the internet before!

[Midi]

I don't remember a single thing from last night, but somehow I woke up at home only to find I now have a ukelele.

[MacabreEternal]

I don't remember a single thing from last night' date=' but somehow I woke up at home only to find I now have a ukelele.[/quote'] Now there's a top night out! Well done that man!

[~Mere~]

I could challenge you to a transatlantic drinking contest over the internet? I have never been drunk under the table across the internet before!

Drinking is on my list of things to do tonight. Actually it's the only thing on my list so I accept that challenge. But does that mean I have to start soon