Recent content by Masashi is God

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    Demystifying Metal styles, how to make fingerstyle playing heard in Metal

    So true! I saw the Versailles last year, for the first song Masashi played finger style so fast and accurately, it was unbelievable, I thought he's definitely the best bassist in world...but the for the second song he played with a pick, it still sounded good, but I kinda thought, actually...
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    Let's see the best homemade pedalboard! Post em'

    Still a WIP, need to get some proper decals made.
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    Amp hunting for beginners?

    Dude check out your local gumtree too, at least you can try the amp first, which can be a bit tricky with the bay...
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    Looking for pedal suggestions - Xerograph or...?

    Do electronic cigarettes count as giving giving up? I bought one about six months ago, haven't had a prop per smoke since, but still get all my nicotine goodness :-)
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    Where to put steel leather and ehx freeze?

    Hey dudes Hoping for some advice on chain order. I'm using the Ebs valve drive as an always on effect, just get a bit of tube warmth and a sans amp driver for overdrive. Where would you put the ehx freeze and steel leather, at the moment I've got Mxr comp Ebs valve drive Clean boost Sans amp...
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    Alternatives to shire sm57

    Hey guys I'm looking at purchasing an sm57, are there any better mice in the same price range? I've tried my sm58 and it sounds nothing like what I hear commingle out of the cab :-) I'll be recording clean and driven tones from an ampeg svt-210 cab. Any hints on mic placement for maximum...
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    connecting 2 svt210's to a micro vr

    Hey dudes and dudettes I've just got another cabinet for my Ampeg micro VR, is there a preferable way to connect it? The head has 2 outputs, but all the svt210 cabs have an output also. I tried it both ways and left the cabs daisy chained, just using the one head output. Not sure if it's just...
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    do you warm up your ebs valve driver?

    Hey dudes, I've just got my ebs valve drive though, I was kinda expecting to see a note in the blurb to say, 'turn on thirty minutes before using' or something similar, but it didn't Can you just turn it on and use it straight away?
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    EHX Steel Leather

    Just bought one of these, just beacause it was so cheap really... What are peoples thought on this pedal? I've only used it playing on my own, so can't comment on the cutting through the mix thing, but seems it's best for accenting string noise :)
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    EHX 2ube Vs EBS Tube drive?

    Thanks for the info, anyone tried both?
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    EHX 2ube Vs EBS Tube drive?

    Hey Guys What are your thoughts on the EHX 2ube Vs EBS Tube drive? Just to add a little bit of tubey goodness, not really needed for Drive, more of an always on stomp Many thanks
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    Board Help

    Hey folks I've decided to make my first pedalboard, I don't play guitar all that often, but thought as I have a couple of guitar pedals, I might as well incorporate them too. I've made a diagram of the poposed build below, the build itself should be easy enough, but aside from the POD X3...
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    Fret buzz?

    Well everyone on here seems to love fret buzz... but imho there is a tonal difference, even if you can't here the buzz through the amp, do the notes sound as round and have as much sustain than with a higher action? Try it and see where your happy tonaly and play ability wise.