Recent content by Gilsdorf

i truly believe the drummer i play with is going to be looked at like neil peart one day. but that beehatch is still getting replaced with a drum machine to save money on gigglebush one day :roflmao:

Prolly just need some "stretch training" as u called it but also be sure to only stretch as much is comfortable. It shouldn't be uncomfortable, and FWIW I'm 3 inches taller than u and I'll still typically kinda move my hand up from moving from 1st to 4th

The Floppotron is the one true funk machine

See this is surprising to hear, because the ones at my GC (Joliet) that I've futzed around with were actually probably better than most of the other stuff normally hanging on the wall.

Aww dude I've seen you guys before! Totally nailed it

So I've been pretty much confined to bedroom playing for the last 4 or 5 months after getting used to playing at least 3 shows a month, with practice at least twice a week. I haven't gotten to play with a group since the spring, and now I'm playing with a fairly popular local group doing...

If you swapped the necks on these two and hit the new one with a nice brown tort I think everyone would win

Ooo I just made one of these threads the other day. Normally, as an outsider looking in, it's pretty easy to tell someone to run for the hills when things aren't good. It's a bit harder to judge when you're involved, usually because you'll have closer relationships with the person/people in...

Thank you all again for your responses. Everyone seems to be saying what I was kinda thinking but didn't want to accept :crying: I'm gonna try to sit down with our drummer a little later tonight and talk about some of this. I know he's as concerned as I am, but I haven't really brought up that...

Thanks for all of your replies so far. The issue with talking to him is that I have. He can be pretty manipulative, and he's really good about coming off as more in control than he is. Knowing that, I'm wary to take all of what he says to heart, but at the same time, I find it hard to just...

Alright everyone, I've been mulling this over for a couple weeks now, and I just honestly don't know what to do, so I've come to you guys. Without getting into the nitty gritty of the details, mostly out of respect to my singer/guitarist (from here on out he'll be addressed as "M"), things...

I played a headliner spot at a decent venue after having ingested a certain fungus (because I am an adult ;-)) and then proceeded to play dead notes for about 30 seconds of our first song. After that I just giggled a lot and probably looked like a fool.

Weirdly enough I was talking to the bassist of a band that's playing with mine in a couple weeks just yesterday about this same debate. Personally, I feel like the pres in the subs are just too hot stock. It may also be my general preference to passive basses, but after playing both of them (and...

Still a newer bass (at least in my possession, only a few months), but I can't imagine I'll ever get rid of this guy right here. Between the beefy neck and how crazy aggressive the tone can get, I haven't found anything else since that can do as much.

Dammit I need to start reading before replying >:-((