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  1. Sermo Lupi

    Dream Theater

    They do jam the songs, though, at least judging from all the behind-the-scenes material I've ever seen. I don't think the process is the issue on the recent albums, it was the vision. Losing a big part of DT's identity in Portnoy as co-producer will do that. I won't make the assumption that...
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    EBMM launches custom design bass orders

    The custom finish I alluded to looking up earlier was a slime green sparkle that one of the Chelsea Grin guys had done. It's looks to me like it's sort of between the original Gremlin Green sparkle (the early 2000s one with the big flake) and the martini olive green used for the original...
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    Dream Theater

    I was somewhat surprised by how quickly things have been moving along as well. The recording aspect doesn't worry me. Portnoy has done so many albums that he could track his drums in a week even if he was half asleep, so most of that time between late January and April would've been spent...
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    EBMM launches custom design bass orders

    32 colours is definitely great. Good variety among them, too. Hard to say what the guitars will get...the existing finishes would work for the Sabre, but I can't see most of those trans finishes being in-demand on JPs. It'd be more sensible if they kept the CDE colourways within the model...
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    EBMM launches custom design bass orders

    Hardware, too. I remember guys buying JPX and Koa JPs back in the day just to get their hands on black or gold hardware to swap onto their main guitar that came with the default nickel. I think going with default model specs will be fine. Colourways constitute customisation for like 80% of...
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    What's a good "Valley Arts" (Lukather/Landau/Huff) type guitar for a working musician?

    I was watching a Michael Nielsen vid recently that went into quite a bit of detail about Tyler's optional control set and the utility that has for running into studio effects (i.e. the mid-boost preamp, the mid-boost preset and bypass controls, and the lead/rhythm circuit with the mini-toggles...
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    EBMM launches custom design bass orders

    I think EBMM hung onto the JP16 for several years specifically to cater to that market because it's easier to offer a different model than one model with a bunch of options. I could see inlays returning as an option. I doubt sans-piezo will ever be an option again, especially where the Majesty...
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    EBMM launches custom design bass orders

    They'd been teasing this for a while, going back to 2021 at least. I stumbled across it yesterday when trying to find the name of a custom JP15 colour. It's a big step forward for EBMM for anyone that's followed the company over the last decade or two. Given past actions, I'd expect that EBMM...
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    Inferno Fest 2024 - ICS Vortex, Tjodalv and Mustis playing one song with Dimmu LOLZ

    You mean have a laugh at the expense of the oxymoronic hippy-fascists who loved to dress up and LARP in the woods like Efteling superfans? I would never :lol:
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    Inferno Fest 2024 - ICS Vortex, Tjodalv and Mustis playing one song with Dimmu LOLZ

    Well if you were a real black metal fan, you'd know it's not about the music but the kvlture. And nothing speaks to the superior pagan heritage of Scandinavia better than...uhh...Tolkien's fiction?
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    Inferno Fest 2024 - ICS Vortex, Tjodalv and Mustis playing one song with Dimmu LOLZ

    When I was listening to Dimmu Borgir around 2003, they were called posers, sellouts, hacks, and whatever else by fans in the black metal community back then, too. They've never been 'trve kvlt' enough for black metal purists (who are usually completely insufferable anyway), so in that sense...
  12. Sermo Lupi

    NGD PRS Custom 24 Floyd 10 Top

    Looks great! Love a PRS with a Floyd.
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    Official Daemoness Guitars Thread

    I've no patience for companies offering services they cannot render, particularly online marketplaces who gut their customer support systems because they feel they shouldn't be held to the same standards as a brick-and-mortar. However, it's been the case since the beginning of internet commerce...
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    Anyone here own a Jackson Misha sig?

    OP didn't state he was tightening the rod, so presumably he is loosening it. He said he was being paid for the job, so I'm assuming he knows which way to adjust the trussrod.
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    Anyone here own a Jackson Misha sig?

    I checked an archive of the Jackson website from 2017 (which I believe is the first year the import models were available) and there's no info on the trussrod type. By 2019 (can't seem to retrieve the 2018 info), they'd swapped to caramelised maple and started advertising the heel-end trussrod...
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    NGD: Jackson Concept Series RR24 FR H

    I felt this guitar was a brilliant addition to the concept series line when it was first announced (and still do), but I really wish they would've pinstriped the back of the guitar like they did on the CS Jacksons that inspired it. It's a comparatively small detail that adds a lot to the visual...
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    IA Eklundh leaves Caparison guitars.

    Occam's razor. It is more likely that Eklundh is telling the truth about fretting over the decision than making it up, though he likely framed it the way that he did because he spent two years feeling torn between respecting Caparison's loyalty to him and his desire to pursue innovation at...
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    Slipknot split with Jay Weinberg

    The only mystery about Eloy being the new drummer is whether he was picked before Weinberg's firing, or after he was heavily promoted on the internet as his replacement (most notably by El Estepario Siberiano). Eloy's split with Sepultura the other week removed whatever shred of doubt was left...
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    NGD- An Immediate Return

    I'd switch retailers. I tried a mahogany DK24 in a local shop about 6 months ago that was great. I probably wouldn't have guessed it was MIM if not for the price.
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    Alternatives to Kalium?

    Does anyone offer custom sets of coated strings? I ordered a couple 8-string custom sets from Stringjoy a while back. I haven't put the strings on the guitar yet, so I can't attest to the quality aside from saying it was an enjoyable customer experience overall. The owner is friendly and...


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