im gonna get crap for this...

beyondthe48 · #1 07-07-2008, 09:51 AM

my guitarist is looking for a good site like this, but for guitar of course. i told him that talkbass is really comprehensive and meets my needs for bass info. he says he hasnt found a great site like this for guitar and always has to surf around - any suggestions?

there has to be some guitards on here.

beyondthe48 · #2 07-07-2008, 09:52 AM

woops - mods maybe move this to general discussion? or a better suited thread? my bad

nicfargo · #3 07-07-2008, 12:45 PM

Tell him tough luck...Guitards aren't smart enough to put something together as comprehensive as Talkbass.com.

SpankyPants · #4 07-07-2008, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by beyondthe48

im gonna get crap for this...

Here ya go.

OhThePeacock · #5 07-07-2008, 12:55 PM

I'd have to say the Gear Page www.thegearpage.net

I personally don't like how it's layed out because the effects section is bunched into the accessories and I can never seem to find a post your pedalboard thread but it seems to me like the most guitar friendly forum. Harmony Central might not be to bad either.

René_Julien · #6 07-07-2008, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SpankyPants

Here ya go.

Okay, anyone can post such a pic and be funny.

But SpankyPants,

How were you able to emit that smell from my speakers?

I have to break out the air freshener.

Thanks a lot.

SpankyPants · #7 07-07-2008, 01:01 PM

Always looking to help, my friend. It's just my nature.

(Go to KLSU right now! I'm on da air. I are in ur radio waves, infiltratin ur spekers.)

JanusZarate · #8 07-07-2008, 01:19 PM

SPANKY LIVES!

Geez, man, you never come on TB nowadays...

How've you been?

neurotictim · #9 07-07-2008, 01:52 PM

Try GuitarVoice - bunch of great guys on that board, with a ton of members, but only a handful actually contribute. That being said, there's a lot of knowledge there.

JohnnyPustular · #10 07-07-2008, 02:05 PM

I'm recently returning to the beloved bass world from guitar hell-- I'd tell him to avoid Harmony Central. The guitar section is full of people arguing about the most devastating kung fu move they have (yeah- come time to throw down, I'm hoping there's a guitar player around) or whether chubby girls can be pretty or not. I kid you not. I believe the average age on the site is 12 years old.

God, I love being a bass player again!!!

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #11 07-07-2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by OhThePeacock

I'd have to say the Gear Page www.thegearpage.net

I personally don't like how it's layed out because the effects section is bunched into the accessories and I can never seem to find a post your pedalboard thread but it seems to me like the most guitar friendly forum. Harmony Central might not be to bad either.

The Post Your Pedalboard thread on The Gear Page has over 12,000 posts in it- how could you miss it?

SpankyPants · #12 07-07-2008, 02:09 PM

Nuts...

In Feb I caught the flu, which turned into bronchitis, which became strep, which turned into pneumonia. I dropped 30 lbs in a little over a month. Do you know how much weight a skeleton can afford to lose? None.

I wasn't getting any better, and I had a ton of school to catch up on and a new job. We kept doing tests to figure out what was up, but it was a slow and frustrating process. Did a blood test for mono, saw my liver enzymes were "abnormal." I stayed sick, always green in the face, exhausted. I kept forgetting really simple things - it honestly felt like I had Alzheimer's. For example, one day I completely forgot where my classes were. No joke. I was SO confused. I didn't figure it out until a classmate called me to check up. I was so overwhelmed with trying to catch up with school and work that I started to forget more important things. I missed a month and a half of work, so I needed money. I was working overtime while sick... it was ridiculous. I'd forget that we had a report due (it was like 30% of our grade); hell I forgot we even had a book to read. I'd forget tests, names, people. I thought I was going crazy. It may have been the medicine over-drugging me since I lost the weight. Maybe it was the liver stuff. Maybe it was a recurring sinus problem...

So I got a CT scan and an ultrasound. I had hundreds of gall stones (wth?). They said they've never seen a youngun' with such a bad gall bladder. My sinuses had also swollen shut and filled with pus and polyps. I finished the semester (I'd have been damned if I had to withdraw again), and had the surgeries in late May. I was out until the first weeks of June. One surgeon released me on the 2nd, the other released me on the 4th. My boss scheduled me for the 2nd... I tried to call him the week before, but he wouldn't answer or return the calls. He's a tiny Thai man that's filled with a lot of rage. I didn't get fired; he just wouldn't tell me if I was on the schedule.

"Sam, am I on the schedule this week?" *In honky asian accent* "IhavenoideaIverybusyG'bye!"

So I've been working as a DJ for LSU's radio station, and I just got another serving job. Trying like hell to save up for when I transfer to CSUN in August, but I'm still poor as hell, haha. I sound like an old man... Back surgery, gall surgery... At this rate, I won't have much left to take out.

Just been trying to make ends meet. Plus, I don't need the extra GAS. Still playing, though. Doing recordings with bass, been playing drums around town with a friend's solo act.

How've you guys been? I saw all kinds of new stuff from EHX...

rustynuts · #13 07-07-2008, 02:17 PM

Damn dude! Just when I think my life sucks you go and prove me wrong!

Man, I hope things are on the uphill side for you from now on. That really sucks.

thesteve · #14 07-07-2008, 02:21 PM

TGP is a cool place. It gets a bit high-falutin' for me at times, but it is a great resource.

OhThePeacock · #15 07-07-2008, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan R. Tyler

The Post Your Pedalboard thread on The Gear Page has over 12,000 posts in it- how could you miss it?

I can never seem to find it when I go there, and of course they don't have a search button that I can find either.

**Bryan R. Tyler** · #16 07-07-2008, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by OhThePeacock

I can never seem to find it when I go there, and of course they don't have a search button that I can find either.

Just go to the pedals forum and arrange the threads by post count- it's the biggest thread in the forum. And the the search function is right at the top- it's a V Bulletin setup, exactly like TalkBass has. Are you not a member there? Some V Bulletin forums have Search disabled if you're not signed in.

Deluge Of Sound · #17 07-07-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SpankyPants

Always looking to help, my friend. It's just my nature.

(Go to KLSU right now! I'm on da air. I are in ur radio waves, infiltratin ur spekers.)

So I went to your stream, and I heard Nirvana covering the Meat Puppets.

You're a good man, SpankyPants.

Joe Gress · #18 07-07-2008, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by SpankyPants

How've you guys been? I saw all kinds of new stuff from EHX...

Damn, hope your on the up stage of life now.

Yeah a micro BMS, Bass muff, a DI/Distortion/Compressor, and another distortion. Pretty cool.

idoru · #19 07-07-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by beyondthe48

my guitarist is looking for a good site like this, but for guitar of course. i told him that talkbass is really comprehensive and meets my needs for bass info. he says he hasnt found a great site like this for guitar and always has to surf around - any suggestions?

there has to be some guitards on here.

For Telecasters (and the odd Strat), you can't beat the TDPRI.

c-

thebean · #20 07-07-2008, 09:29 PM

Tell him to go to hugeracksinc.com. It has a lot of good info.