Recent content by jaymeister9195

To each their own, I personally dont give a crap what genre anybody thinks Metallica is in, and I doubt they do either. Cliff Burton played for a great influental metal band. Call them thrash, call em speed metal, or just plain metal. They were original in their time. I remember first...

After all that how about Cliff Burton? Is there anyone here who actually saw him play live? I didnt get to see Metallica before he died, wish I had. Ive been to a few Metallica shows and IMO they put on the best show.

I hate to take this anymore off topic, but I respectfully disagree. First I never said Thrash metal was a sub genre of metal. Thrash is certainly a sub genre of metal. As for death metal or balck metal or anything else coming before or after, I could debate that for a few pages. If Venom is...

This whole thing about one band being thrash and another being metal, or speed metal, or any other metal is all a matter of opinion. The big four of Thrash were Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, and Megadeth. Now I know that all of these bands considred themselves Speed Metal. I remember back...

Let me throw something out there that will shock a few people here, I think Ringo Starr sucked on drums!!! But look at how many people adore him (to say the least). He isnt considered great because he was such a good drummer. It was because he and the rest of the Beatles revolutionized rock n...

I remember a post here where somebody stripped all the finish off an SX (granted not a Lakland). He used a chemical paste to take off the poly and paint. It was left with a natural alder body that looked amazing.

Anybody tried this? I saw it on ebay and was curious if it was any good. Below is a link to it on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/Guitar-Parts-FRET-LEVELING-DRESSING-KIT-Luthier-Tools_W0QQitemZ110217200892QQihZ001QQcategoryZ7266QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Im suprised its more a percentage than a usual dollar amount. I used to buy rifles wholesale and they were rarely more than a $100 markup from the wholesale price regardless of price. Is there a dollar amount that big retailers (ie GuitarCenter, Sam Ash) typically expect? Like say for a...

Anybody know the typical markup for a new bass and/or guitar? Just out of curiosity more than anything, and to hopefully improve my skills when I need to buy another bass!

Wow, I got to stop in this place. I looked at their website. They got anything from late '50s Fenders to brand spankin new 2008 basses. Prices range on the website from $700 to well over 10,000. I would go nuts looking around there. Heres their website: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

An SX is the perfect Bass if you want something cheap to start with that you can upgrade as time goes on. Heres what you are looking at getting into an SX: Price w/shipping: about $120 Setup: 0 (because any sub $400 bass is going to need a setup anyway.) Strings: $25-30, get rid of those...

Hey by all means, if you got the bucks and you want it, go for it! Rolls Royce might have been a bad example, nice looking solid car, but not the most reliable thing in the world, my dad used to have one. If he played the bass he would have had the $10,000+ bass! Whats the name of the place...

I can see a difference between a $500, $1000, and $2000 bass. Ive never tried a $4000 bass, but even for arguements sake lets say its marginally better than a $2000 bass. But a $8000+ bass???? Thats just insane. The only point in that is to try and impress yourself or somebody else with how...

I will never understand the point in spending over $2000 for a bass. IMO the only real reason to spend that kind of money on a bass is to say you spent that kind of money on a bass.

Well, apparently cheap does not equal lower quality because they are on par or better than Squiers. My first bass was a MIJ Squier Bullet, and my most recent is a SX SJB-75 LTD. It looks just like the Squier Vintage shown above except it has a white pickguard and white blocks. Oh, and better...