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I owned a 6 string Corvette for a while before I realized that I had no business owning a 6 string. But it played incredibly. Would love a 4 string but don't play enough to justify it these days

I guess thats my point. I don't care and I really want to care about what they are doing. I kind of hope one day they might at least reunite with Newstead and decide to put out a seriously heavy record and let Jason contribute to song writing. Kind of like when Iron Maiden got back with...

Wow. Just read the original post and lots of good info. I don't have time to read through 7 years worth of posts though. Can someone recommend a good listening list of finger style death metal players by specific albums?

I am a bigger Cliff fan simply because I play finger style. But I love both bands and both players

I am all for bands growing. One of my favorite bands of all time is Opeth. They have been around 20 years, one original member, many line up changes and their last couple of albums are basically full on prog rock getting away from their progressive death metal roots but I still enjoy their...

Does anyone think it is a good match? I am a huge Cliff era Metallica fan and the Justice album and have been since I discovered them when I was 12 (around when Justice came out). I completely gave up on them after the Black album but I decided to watch the Through the Never movie since it's...

It's not to say I only listen to metal or that's all I'm into. I'm 37 and over the years I've expanded my horizons. I like a lot of music from jazz, hip hop, pop, reggae, prog, and various rock that wouldn't be considered metal but I keep coming back to the bands I grew up with. I guess those...

I started playing again a few months ago after about an 8 year hiatus. I went into it thinking I would expand my influences. Learn some Jaco and Jamerson stuff, maybe some Wooten and generally learn to play more styles then my core musical interest which is metal. After a few months of trying...

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Looking for a good pair of headphones for silent practice in the $30-50 range. I currently use Sony MDR-V150 on the ear headphones that cost about $20 and would like to upgrade a little. Over the ear would be prefered

True. I may be over thinking it. Maybe a better usb interface is the way to go

Thanks. I have seen some used ones so that's an option. I did have a different Zoom pedal probably 8-10 years ago and I found that most of the effects were useless to me. They sounded like like bad synths and I mostly want some decent amp emulation that just sounds like I am playing through...

I'm looking for something to use mainly for silent practice. I have been using a cheap $10 usb interface from china that I got on ebay. I currently use that with an amp simulator on my laptop. The device is 44k and has all the noise and hiss and hum you would expect for a super low budget usb...

Seems most people are into players that are part of bands that make great music more so then being into the virtuoso guys with the most incredible chops. Also pleasantly surprised by the amount of metal bassists amongst everyone's favorites

no particular order: -Steve Harris -Steve Digiorgio -Geezer -Geddy -Jack Bruce -JPJ -Jamerson -Cliff -Squire -John Entwistle