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    Can I get some quick tips for finger bass technique?

    I don't do this myself, but some bassist use a "ramp" : https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2013/04/03/bass-ramps-the-how-and-why/ In a Billy Sheehan instructional video he talks about playing with his fingers actually over the top of the big neck humbucker on his Yamaha bass. He's basically using...
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    New Metal Music Thread

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    Will Russia invade Ukraine again? (Yes, yes they did)

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    Live metal album recommendations

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    New Metal Music Thread

    Pretty cool stuff! thanks for posting this. Since the video was shot on a beach somewhere I really feel an opportunity was missed to have a pirate ship in the background, or at least some nod to Alestorm.
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    New Metal Music Thread

    I think this song is pretty good! It is the best of the 3 recent ones they have released. If Arch Enemy did a straight up Unleash The Archers style power metal song I'd probably be into it. I really like much of what Alissa did in The Agonist, and this approaches the clean/growling mix of that...
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    What appears to be a pretty nice gig bag for $50 (wasn't sure where to post this)

    I was looking at that one also, seems pretty good for the price!
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    What do you think about wah?

    Michael Amott gets some good sounds out of the wah. Although he is much maligned, Kirk Hammett has some good wah moments too. Come to think of it, Tony Iommi made great use of wah at times. So yeah, wah can be great with the right player.
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    A Sustainiac is Sreaming for my tax return.

    I don't know about the Sustainiac Stealth Pro specifically, but I have a Schecter KM-7 FR-S that comes with one stock. I haven't been able to do the type of stuff you mention wanting to do with it. When I hit a sustained note (fretted or open), and try to play lead notes under it they are plinky...
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    Risk of blowing speaker with 8 string? What amps do you use?

    Thanks for the responses. I can set my mind at easy about using my guitar amps with this thing now.:deathm:
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    Risk of blowing speaker with 8 string? What amps do you use?

    When I was a teenager many decades ago, I blew out the speaker in my first guitar amp playing bass guitar through it. I replaced it with a PA speaker of some sort and used it for guitar and bass for a couple of years before selling it. I have heard of others blowing guitar amp speakers in a...
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    Best Peavey Bandit for Metal

    I had a bandit as one of my first amps a zillion years ago, seemed indestructible but not great sounding. Weirdly enough recently I had a bass player in a band who was using one as a bass amp for low volume stuff. I was telling him he would blow up the speaker, and he said "nah, I have been...
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    Vintage NGD - 1965 Gibson Melody Maker

    That is awesome. I had one back in the 80's when they were dirt cheap, and I put some high output pickup in it. Since yours already has a pickup swap that is a plus as it makes it more usable, and less collectable which is better for actually playing. I guess there are some people that liked the...
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    Good deals at Adorama on Schecter KM-7

    $699 is a pretty good deal: https://www.adorama.com/l/?sf=savings&st=de&SearchInfo=schecter+keith+merrow+km-7 "open box never used" is pretty much 100% new, but getting around minimum pricing, based on a recent order I made from there. As far non 7 string guitars go, they have the Schecter...
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    Line 6 HX Stomp for home recording?

    Thanks for mentioning the Helix Native - I downloaded the free 2 week trial version of it and am going to mess around with it a bit and see what I can get up to with it. When playing with my band I barely use any effects in practice, and even less live so I guess the HX stomp 6 block constraint...
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