Recent content by 5StringThunder

I am just getting back into playing after not having really touched an instrument for a couple years. I have discovered that I have two basses that have the same active ESP pickup set in them and both of them will drop out entirely. I can get roughly 5 minutes out of them and then nothing...

Hey so I posted some covers of a handful of songs onto soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/5stringthunder and I was wondering if y'all had any feedback on them. I did a RATM, RHCP, Velvet Revolver covers and one original from my band. Feedback on anything is welcome. The RATM and Velvet Revolver...

We play modern metal, djent type stuff. But we play the King of the Hill theme song right before we bust into our last song, that always fires people up.

Dude! Yes! I didn't even realize it until you said it, but nowhere near me has long enough shorts.

Yesterday at practice after our guitarist stopped playing twice mid song to pull his phone out and text and I told him to put it on top of his amp and never do that again: "it was my dad telling me he was making dinner, besides, I know that song anyway"

Welcome to the Jungle

Another thing that occurred to me is that if use a boss TU-2, or other pedal with a buffer in it you get some of your signal back that gets lost with a long cable. (I think someone mentioned this already).

I've seen people put there tuners in all sorts of places, the beginning, the middle, and the end. Where do you put yours and why? Personally, I like mine at the beginning because that's the cleanest signal that it's going to get to ensure the best tuning. I also functions as a mute, which is...

Yeah. I've got an ESP B-206SM that I'm going to swap the bridge for a hip shot A style and get some Circle K strings. But I think this could also be a cool and different way to go.

SolarMan's bass looks great an has inspired me to try this. Quick question though: somebody earlier said something about "the wrong sander" I have a palm sander (forget what make/model, it's at my shop and I'm not) that is not the mouse or cat mentioned earlier. Will any palm sander work? Is...

Being in a band where one guitarist plays an 8 string tuned to drop E and the other one played a 7 string tuned to drop E, I could see this as being a pretty fun thing to have. Seeing as how in don't have a bass that can get down lower than them (yet).

Do you know of any that would do the trick?

So, I'm out of projects and had an idea. My guitarist has an epiphone SG bass (not sure the model) that's a 30.5" scale that he's looking to get rid of for cheap. Would it be possible to turn it into a baritone guitar, similar to the fender bass vi? Obviously it would need new everything. I...

He likes to play average speed polyrhythm grooves, I like to play fast thrash. We but heads occasionally but always find a good compromise.

Make sure you're not standing in a puddle. Our guitarist once spent an entire practice getting shocked by every single one of his guitars. He was wearing just socks on his feet and when I suggested he put shoes on to ground him he gave me a death state. Turns out his socks were wet and that's...