Blues and Jazz Off Topic/Chat Thread!

[sre9981]

Get the BJ, it kicks ass, great cleans and a really grody dirty sound

Incidentally, does anyone else use the word grody as an adjective? I find it so descriptive and onomatopoetic.

[imgooley]

Get the BJ, it kicks ass, great cleans and a really grody dirty sound

Incidentally, does anyone else use the word grody as an adjective? I find it so descriptive and onomatopoetic.
I do all the time, when ordinary depictions of disgust and revulsion don't fit

[TheDev01dOne]

Grody reminds me of valley-girl talk and bad 90s chick movies like Clueless that my sisters used to watch daily.

Today I shall record a blues song.. It is my goal for the day. I dunno what song yet, but hopefully it turns out good. Might even just use some basic structure and write my own. I'd like to write an insomniac blues since I've been up all night but there'll never be any better than 'Too Tired' by Gary Moore and Albert Collins.. Maybe I'll do it anyway.

[imgooley]

I am so fucking bored right now.......

Somebody suggest me something obscure to download

[TheDev01dOne]

Collard Greens and Gravy! :) Do It! (Self titled album is the best)

Or..

The Climax Blues Band.. any album I guess, just got them tonight myself. I seen them on the weekend and never realised they were so well established, I just thought it was some old guys jamming blues! Great though.

[theneildeal]

just woke up after 38 hours of sleep deprivation. Lets never do that again! Imgooley, download some rodrigo y gabriela!! they are just incredible. go onto youtube and watch their cover of stairway to heaven.

[TheDev01dOne]

Weee I just got an email from a drummer who sees really keen to drum for me! Gotta meet up with him, hopefully he's cool and I'll have a full band and can start rehearsing and get our **** together to start gigging and get f@m0uzzz!!!!!1!!one!!!

That made my day. Everyone. Be happy for me! :peace:

EDIT: Do you guys think 'Mexico Way' is a good name for a blues, blues/rock band?
Taken from Hey Joe.. ("Where you gonna run to now" .. "I'm goin' way down south.. Way down Mexico way")

[imgooley]

Weee I just got an email from a drummer who sees really keen to drum for me! Gotta meet up with him, hopefully he's cool and I'll have a full band and can start rehearsing and get our **** together to start gigging and get f@m0uzzz!!!!!1!!one!!!

That made my day. Everyone. Be happy for me! :peace:

EDIT: Do you guys think 'Mexico Way' is a good name for a blues, blues/rock band?
Taken from Hey Joe.. ("Where you gonna run to now" .. "I'm goin' way down south.. Way down Mexico way")
That actually sounds coool.


The only thing is that people might confuse you for an ethnic band

[TheDev01dOne]

Blues is ethnic to the UK anyway but I get what you mean. Oh well I suppose we can change it later if we don't like it.

[ze monsta]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFTSm_LX8kE
^Great interview kinda thing with Lightnin' Hopkins!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU_UJwN3WnE&feature=related
The incredible Mississippi Fred McDowell!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77pmWCpMNkI&feature=related
And finally some incredible talking blues from the immortal John Lee Hooker!

Just thought I'd share. :)

[nightraven]

get the blues junior. you should know now that the BJ is well accepted in this forum :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

get the blues junior. you should know now that the BJ is well accepted in this forum :p:

That's the truth.. Not many of us will turn down a good BJ.

[Carswell98]

get the blues junior. you should know now that the BJ is well accepted in this forum :p:

oh I know that, it's just that the crate, had a slightly less nice clean tone, and could do full blown distortion as well, along with having separate gain/volume knobs and it was cheaper

so my question is that is the less versatile but slightly better sounding and more expensive BJ worth it over the crate?

I should add the Crate is a 2x12 with alnico blue speakers as well, whereas the BJ is a 1x12

[Carswell98]

double :mad:

[TheDev01dOne]

The bottom line is they're both great, pretty well evenly matched amps so you just have to decide which YOU PERSONALLY liked the best.

[Carswell98]

The bottom line is they're both great, pretty well evenly matched amps so you just have to decide which YOU PERSONALLY liked the best.

yeah, I think I still want the BJ

I just know it'll hold up better, and I don't play distorted enough to care about that

alright, it's settled

[nightraven]

a bit off topic, but i've been practising neon for ages now :p:

i'm improving, love this song! :D :D :D

[gopherthegreat]

i've been thinking of saving up for the blues deluxe seeing as how at the music shop i go to its not much more then the blues junior. thoughts?

[Dimebag22]

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Eric (GD_GC)
Happy birthday to you!!

:D


It's Eric's birthday so wish him all a happy birthday or else! :p:

:cheers: dude.

[Mental-lica]

Happy B-day

[imgooley]

Man the pit really is the pit of hell..... there is a thread right now about pimples in the groinal area...


Ok so I'm doing an album review for my Rhetoric class and I was thinking about doing Rage Against the Machine, the self titled. I was also thinking about doing JB Lenoir, but I can't find any of his stuff anywhere.....

Dilemma

[Dimebag22]

I posted this on the other page but right after, it changed to a new one...
Plus this is a very important matter :p:


Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Eric (GD_GC)
Happy birthday to you!!

:D


It's Eric's birthday so wish him all a happy birthday or else! :p:

:cheers: dude.

[theneildeal]

Happy Birthday Eric!!!!! Have a great day mate!

[gopherthegreat]

happy birthday eric!!!

[sre9981]

*cough*

[Carswell98]

So I jut bought my first harmonica today, a Hohner Marine band in A

and I've been fiddling with it, and actually managed to figure out bending notes, the only problem is, I can only bend on the first hole

does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

[aetherspear]

^hey I just found my old harp and started practicing. the 1 hole is really easy to bend. Theres a guy named Adam gussow who does blues harp videos on youtube that are awesome and he really knows his stuff. It really helped me, heres the first one, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRWZ1mO-vnI . He also wrote a book called mister satan's apprentice about his experiences playing the blues in harlem. I'd recommend this book to any blues guy, I really liked it, and it's better than reading the dozenth biography about BB or Hendrix.

[Carswell98]

^hey I just found my old harp and started practicing. the 1 hole is really easy to bend. Theres a guy named Adam gussow who does blues harp videos on youtube that are awesome and he really knows his stuff. It really helped me, heres the first one, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRWZ1mO-vnI . He also wrote a book called mister satan's apprentice about his experiences playing the blues in harlem. I'd recommend this book to any blues guy, I really liked it, and it's better than reading the dozenth biography about BB or Hendrix.

:haha

I'm actually listening to one of his video's as I type this

[aetherspear]

:cheers:

[GD_GC]

Hey thanks guys!

:cheers:

I got quite the birthday treat, at my blues jam I go to, Eddie Van Halens guitar tech was there, and he thought I was amazing. He told me all about what he does, and said I have a ton of promise as a guitarist, and he gave me this EVH pick and said there were only about a couple hundred of them in the world. So it was pretty beast :)

[aetherspear]

^that's awesome. Did you get any gear or anything else?

[Dimebag22]

Sweet stuff man! :)

[sre9981]

Sweet, sounds like an awesome birthday!

(and since i never said it in the first place, happy birtday!)

[aetherspear]

If anybody wants too, they could critique my new version of Stormy Monday http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=811111 , it's one of my first with vocals.

[GD_GC]

^that's awesome. Did you get any gear or anything else?

I'm either getting new tubes or new pickups sometime soon, not sure which yet. And I got the SRV Live at the Montreux DVD, an SRV Music Video DVD, and the Crossroads 2 DVD. I also got some thing that I can put my iPod into to play it, and $65 for itunes. Not pirating music FTW! :haha It was a pretty sweet birthday, and only like 1 more month until I can drive

[Dimebag22]

^ Dude, that sounds like an amazing birthday! :) You should get the Texas Specials though dude! Is it driving for your actual license or your learners permit??

[GD_GC]

^ Dude, that sounds like an amazing birthday! :) You should get the Texas Specials though dude! Is it driving for your actual license or your learners permit??

Actual liscense, I still need like 20 more behind the wheel hours though, so its gonna take me at least another month.

But about the pickups, it has been confirmed by an old guitar teacher that I had that my amp sucks at high volumes cause the tubes suck. So I think I'm gonna replace the tubes insted of get the pickups. But I MIGHT be able to get enough money from my relatives to do both, we'll see.

[aetherspear]

^the crossroads DVD is so good. I have both and I was at the 07 festival. the dvd really represents it well.

[Dimebag22]

^the crossroads DVD is so good. I have both and I was at the 07 festival. the dvd really represents it well.
Now you are just trying to make us jealous! :p:

[aetherspear]

aww you're right i guess. the thing is I was pretty much as far away from the stage as you could be, so it was just like watching a video of the festival on those big screens. even with binoculars I could barely see the stage.

[imgooley]

So I am thinkin about getting a big muff..... Anyone play blues with one? or another type fuzz?

[theneildeal]

So I am thinkin about getting a big muff..... Anyone play blues with one? or another type fuzz?

:haha :haha :haha :haha :haha

muff in england means pussy








ive got such an immature sense of humour

[imgooley]

Yes I know and I absolutely love the muff













































:cheers:

[syk3d]

Haha. It ruins the sentence completely. Can anyone play blues with their muff?

[imgooley]

Sorry but I am an AMERICAN!!!! I didn't think pussy when I wrote muff...

So doe anyone use an ELECTROHARMONIX BIG MUFF PI DISTORTION/FUZZ PEDAL for play blues music?

[syk3d]

Well, now you've just ruined that underlying immaturity.

[imgooley]

The Pit

This ain't it

[TheDev01dOne]

^hey I just found my old harp and started practicing. the 1 hole is really easy to bend. Theres a guy named Adam gussow who does blues harp videos on youtube that are awesome and he really knows his stuff. It really helped me, heres the first one, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRWZ1mO-vnI . He also wrote a book called mister satan's apprentice about his experiences playing the blues in harlem. I'd recommend this book to any blues guy, I really liked it, and it's better than reading the dozenth biography about BB or Hendrix.

Seem like awesome videos I'm so watching them! Been trying to learn blues harp for a while now and still suck at it.. I have extra motivation now because I can do something I've always wanted to do.. Howling Dog Blues!!.. We just got a new puppy and it howls along when you play harp, or flute, or random wind instruments, so I really wanna record a howling dog blues!

Might look for that guys book aswell, seems like my kinda thing to read!

[theneildeal]

Sorry but I am an AMERICAN!!!! I didn't think pussy when I wrote muff...

So doe anyone use an ELECTROHARMONIX BIG MUFF PI DISTORTION/FUZZ PEDAL for play blues music?

:haha :haha :haha :haha :haha :haha :haha

[TheDev01dOne]

What happened to the harmonica thread? I can't find it.. Or am I blind?

[imgooley]

I hate you neil

[gopherthegreat]

i also thought it was funny

[nightraven]

uhh****imtoolate

happy birthday eric! :D

[Dimebag22]

:haha There's also one called the little big muff, a micro muff, a double muff, and a metal muff :p:

[imgooley]

Damn you people!!!!!!!!!!





























:sad:

[Carswell98]

I don't make sex jokes...

It's degrading the English language it is, I remember when one could use the word "gay" and not mean ass bandit, now you can't, oh no no, same goes for "poofy", perfectly acceptable word in my time, now it conjures up all sorts of things

:mad:








If anyone gets that, I will :heart: you forever.

[GD_GC]

:haha There's also one called the little big muff, a micro muff, a double muff, and a metal muff :p:

:haha :haha :haha

[Dimebag22]

I personally like the micro muff and the double muff the best :haha

Oh God, we are so immature :p: Braedon is the only one with a sense of maturity in him :p:


But I personally agree with you on how people shouldn't use 'gay', 'homo' ect as a derogatory term.

[GD_GC]

Yeah, I agree too. Same with retarded. Some people are just really immature, oh well.

[gopherthegreat]

speaking of the word retarded, im gonna volunteer at the NH special olympics again this year. its wicked fun.

[Dimebag22]

That's sweet bro. Good on ya.

I volunteered for the PGA Tour when it came to my old community a couple years ago and they made us pay for uniforms and stuff which I thought was weird because we were doing them a favor :haha

[gopherthegreat]

That's sweet bro. Good on ya.

I volunteered for the PGA Tour when it came to my old community a couple years ago and they made us pay for uniforms and stuff which I thought was weird because we were doing them a favor :haha
what the hell? :haha

how much were they?

[Dimebag22]

what the hell? :haha

how much were they?
Um I forget, it was pretty expensive though, maybe like $50 or something. I still is pretty funny how they made us pay for it.

[gopherthegreat]

you should have unleashed the focking fury on them (http://www.blabbermouth.net/yngwie_tokyo_flight.mp3)

[Dimebag22]

^ I even gave them my cookbook full of cheesecakes and various pastry's and they still made me pay :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

You got ripped off man! Not your cookbook aswell!!! :(


I've become addicted to those Adam Gussow videos, whoever posted them, I love you forever! Downloading one of his "Satan and Adam" albums now, should be good. I think I hve a new obsession in the blues harp now that I can bend notes and actually sound half decent!

[gopherthegreat]

cheesecake is one of my favorite foods! those bastards!

how was it, anyway?

[Dimebag22]

You got ripped off man! Not your cookbook aswell!!! :(


I've become addicted to those Adam Gussow videos, whoever posted them, I love you forever! Downloading one of his "Satan and Adam" albums now, should be good. I think I hve a new obsession in the blues harp now that I can bend notes and actually sound half decent!
I can't seem to get how the hell you bend. :mad: The lesson said something about using your tongue and some crap, I have no idea how to do it.

[aetherspear]

You got ripped off man! Not your cookbook aswell!!! :(


I've become addicted to those Adam Gussow videos, whoever posted them, I love you forever! Downloading one of his "Satan and Adam" albums now, should be good. I think I hve a new obsession in the blues harp now that I can bend notes and actually sound half decent!

You're welcome and I feel the same way. get his book "Mister Satan's Apprentice" its really good.

[TheDev01dOne]

I can't seem to get how the hell you bend. :mad: The lesson said something about using your tongue and some crap, I have no idea how to do it.

I only figured it out properly today.. You need to do a good solid, single note draw.. The 4 or 5 holes bend really easy.. So draw in with medium force and then drop your jaw down low... Then use the very back of your tongue to kinda open and close your throat.. I find pushing the harp hard into my lips helps.. And when you move your tonge around (The back of it, not the front) it changes the airflow somehow to make the note bend.

It just takes practice man, just do it over and over until you get it to sound right, Its like riding a bike or singing and playing guitar at the same time.. Takes ages at first, but once it finally clicks you can do it easily.

AetherSpear - I've been looking for his book but can't find it anywhere. I really want it now he seems like a really cool and smart guy. When he starts rambling about the blues and stuff he reminds me LOADS of John Mayer when he gets on some rambling story about music. I love listening to fellow music nerds talk :haha

[Dimebag22]

I only figured it out properly today.. You need to do a good solid, single note draw.. The 4 or 5 holes bend really easy.. So draw in with medium force and then drop your jaw down low... Then use the very back of your tongue to kinda open and close your throat.. I find pushing the harp hard into my lips helps.. And when you move your tonge around (The back of it, not the front) it changes the airflow somehow to make the note bend.

It just takes practice man, just do it over and over until you get it to sound right, Its like riding a bike or singing and playing guitar at the same time.. Takes ages at first, but once it finally clicks you can do it easily.

AetherSpear - I've been looking for his book but can't find it anywhere. I really want it now he seems like a really cool and smart guy. When he starts rambling about the blues and stuff he reminds me LOADS of John Mayer when he gets on some rambling story about music. I love listening to fellow music nerds talk :haha
Cool thanks a lot bro. :cheers: I'm gonna try that out later when I get back home.

BB King tells killer stories when he plays :haha.

[Carswell98]

^ the thing that helped me most were two things

make sure your embouchure is correct

and whistle, then make the tone go lower, the exact same mouth movement is what makes you bend

[TheDev01dOne]

Good analogy Carswell, never realised the whistling thing. Wish someone told me tht at first! Lol

Blues harp is fun, too bad I can't pay at 3am :(

[Dimebag22]

Thanks Breadon :) I wanna try it out but my parents are asleep in the next room :( :haha

[Jimmy94]

I've gotten close to getting bends right, it's hard!

[imgooley]

Good analogy Carswell, never realised the whistling thing. Wish someone told me tht at first! Lol

Blues harp is fun, too bad I can't pay at 3am :(
Fuck it dude, play the damn thing

[Carswell98]

Thanks Breadon :) I wanna try it out but my parents are asleep in the next room :( :haha

play anyways. :p:

yeah, I dunno, either the harmonica is an easy instrument or it just clicked, I've only owned this damn thing for 24 hours and I think I'm doing alright.

it's so damn fun I can't put it down! :)

edit-

is there any reason for my 3 draw to be really ****ty, or is this just a natural problem?

[theneildeal]

recognise the guitarist???????

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=GaIxswG7d84&feature=related

[TheDev01dOne]

play anyways. :p:

yeah, I dunno, either the harmonica is an easy instrument or it just clicked, I've only owned this damn thing for 24 hours and I think I'm doing alright.

it's so damn fun I can't put it down! :)

edit-

is there any reason for my 3 draw to be really ****ty, or is this just a natural problem?

If you watch the 17th video (im pretty sure its 17) of that Gussow thing he shows you how to adjust the reeds to make it play better.

The hardest thing I find is doing a bent note only.. I can't just play it bent I have to play it natural and bend it down, suppose it's just more practice.

Harmonica is the new black.

[gopherthegreat]

recognise the guitarist???????

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=GaIxswG7d84&feature=related
its hendrix! yay!


http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=OM55c7rLUfo&feature=related

^^^anyone know what the deal is with this video?

[theneildeal]

haha, thats strange. If you had hendrix on your show, would you really consign him to miming??? At least when people do mime, they make it look realistic. There´s no mic, no amps, the guitars aren´t plugged in, and the camera never gets close to him!

The end of the solo is awesome. the sound suggests that he should be saying "ohhhh, come on baby, whoa", but the camera is up to his face and he´s saying nothing!!

A low/easy money part of the great man´s life...

[Carswell98]

If you watch the 17th video (im pretty sure its 17) of that Gussow thing he shows you how to adjust the reeds to make it play better.

The hardest thing I find is doing a bent note only.. I can't just play it bent I have to play it natural and bend it down, suppose it's just more practice.

Harmonica is the new black.

I have the same problem with the bending, I can do it alright, but only after I've started playing.


I actually used that video to set it up the minute I brought it home, so it should be fine, it's probably just me, I'll get more used to it. :)


its hendrix! yay!


http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=OM55c7rLUfo&feature=related

^^^anyone know what the deal is with this video?

promo videos dude, they were really common in the 60's

they were the predecessor of the music video

like this
http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=1rOrp2u-rSc

[imgooley]

Hey guys, I am looking for a cheap mic to mic up my amp, anyone know a good cheap one?

[GD_GC]

Hey guys, I am looking for a cheap mic to mic up my amp, anyone know a good cheap one?

Nah, I don't know **** about mics or recording. Maybe just check on Musician's Friend and see what they have?

[imgooley]

I am lookin on GC online and they got a few cheap ones that come with a stand, but IDK about the quality.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Nady-SP1-Microphone-and-Stand-Package-277031-i1127105.gc

that is the one that I have been looking at

[TheDev01dOne]

You want a decent dynamic mic for micing amps. Shure SM57 is the standard that everyone uses.. But there are other good 'clones' of the SM57 that do pretty well. I know there is a company on Thomann.de that sells Shure SM58s (vocal mics, not instrument mics) that are rebranded, made in the same factory and ****, just a different brand name.. aybe they make SM57s aswell so I'll try find it and see if they do.

I don't really know alot about mics but Behringer, although they make ****ty amps, are pretty good vlue for money with stuff like PA gear and microphones etc. so maybe check them out?

EDIT: Here it is here .. http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_mb75.htm .. Called a T Bone MB75.. They're supposed to be exact clones of Shure SM57s for like 1/4 of the price. We have an SM58 of them and A/B tested it with a real Shure and it sounded exactly the same. Maybe check around and see if you can find them in USA.

[imgooley]

You want a decent dynamic mic for micing amps. Shure SM57 is the standard that everyone uses.. But there are other good 'clones' of the SM57 that do pretty well. I know there is a company on Thomann.de that sells Shure SM58s (vocal mics, not instrument mics) that are rebranded, made in the same factory and ****, just a different brand name.. aybe they make SM57s aswell so I'll try find it and see if they do.

I don't really know alot about mics but Behringer, although they make ****ty amps, are pretty good vlue for money with stuff like PA gear and microphones etc. so maybe check them out?

EDIT: Here it is here .. http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_mb75.htm .. Called a T Bone MB75.. They're supposed to be exact clones of Shure SM57s for like 1/4 of the price. We have an SM58 of them and A/B tested it with a real Shure and it sounded exactly the same. Maybe check around and see if you can find them in USA.
So the thing to look for is a Dynamic mic? Ok I can find one of those then...

And I searched for that tbone mic, but all I got were european sites.

[TheDev01dOne]

Ah that sucks, they're really good. But yes you definitely want a dynamic mic, actually for everything in a live band (except maybe orchestras, wind instrument stuff) you use dynamic mics. They are less sensetive , and more focused directionally so that ambient noise/crowd noise can't get into the mic and so that when you are close-micing your guitar cab with your tube amp on 10, the microphone doesn't distort and just sound like crap.

Studio stuff is different sometimes you mic guitar amps with both a dynamic and condenser mic and mix the 2 signals but still generally speaking you can get away fine just using a dynamic and probably lots of people do just use dynamic mics for everything.

Pretty much any dynamic mic will work, just obviously the better it is the better it will sound but I think with microphones the increases in price and increases in sound quality are not neccesarily equal.. Meaning just because one mic is 10x more expensive, it won't neccesarily sound 10x better.. Technology and cheaper manufacturing costs are pretty advanced these days, even with a cheaper mic it will still sound good enough.

All that said it depends what you're doing with it to justify the price differences.. If you're recording for a pro album you want the 100% best sound possible, so it is worth getting a Shure SM57 for whatever ridiculous amount of money they cost.. If you just want it for micing your amp at gigs or home recording projects then you don't neccesarily need something so expensive, just a decent mid-range mic will do the job perfectly.

I tend to ramble don't I? Sorry..

I kinda learned to play Stormy Monday on Harmonica today. Only simple melody and chordy stuff, no fancy improv solos there yet but I'm working on it Lol I might do a quick recording of it tomorrow, it's a fun song to play. The dog has stopped howling when I play though! That is a bad bad thing, I wanna do howling dog bluesss :(

[imgooley]

Ah that sucks, they're really good. But yes you definitely want a dynamic mic, actually for everything in a live band (except maybe orchestras, wind instrument stuff) you use dynamic mics. They are less sensetive , and more focused directionally so that ambient noise/crowd noise can't get into the mic and so that when you are close-micing your guitar cab with your tube amp on 10, the microphone doesn't distort and just sound like crap.

Studio stuff is different sometimes you mic guitar amps with both a dynamic and condenser mic and mix the 2 signals but still generally speaking you can get away fine just using a dynamic and probably lots of people do just use dynamic mics for everything.

Pretty much any dynamic mic will work, just obviously the better it is the better it will sound but I think with microphones the increases in price and increases in sound quality are not neccesarily equal.. Meaning just because one mic is 10x more expensive, it won't neccesarily sound 10x better.. Technology and cheaper manufacturing costs are pretty advanced these days, even with a cheaper mic it will still sound good enough.

All that said it depends what you're doing with it to justify the price differences.. If you're recording for a pro album you want the 100% best sound possible, so it is worth getting a Shure SM57 for whatever ridiculous amount of money they cost.. If you just want it for micing your amp at gigs or home recording projects then you don't neccesarily need something so expensive, just a decent mid-range mic will do the job perfectly.

I tend to ramble don't I? Sorry..

I kinda learned to play Stormy Monday on Harmonica today. Only simple melody and chordy stuff, no fancy improv solos there yet but I'm working on it Lol I might do a quick recording of it tomorrow, it's a fun song to play. The dog has stopped howling when I play though! That is a bad bad thing, I wanna do howling dog bluesss :(
That was awesome thanks. Since I am a broke ass mofo, I will have to go with the bargain basement though.

[gopherthegreat]

last night i watched wedding crashers for the first time. it was pretty hilarious.

[ze monsta]

I played football (soccer) for 3 hours on about 2 hours full sleep...God am I tired. I went to my friends house and played football in a park for about 2 hours with some chavs until we got into an argument and left, then we went to Sainsburys and as we came out saw some other chavs waiting for us, so we decided to walk along the river (at 7 pm) thinking we could either run from them or they wouldn't realise.
So off we went, walking along the Thames in the dark with no street lights. And some drunks offer us some acid and strongbow. We said no and then one of them fell in a bush :p: . We carried on walking...just.
Then we realised the other chavs had followed us and were running after us so I yelled "Run you fuck ing ****s!" to which they didn't...
So I was about 100 meters from them and another of my friends was about 5 meters from them. I ran about 20 meters past the turn off to my friends house and had to leg it back there, then I ran an extra 30 meters going down the wrong alley :eek: ... and we finally got back to his house!
The next morning, we found that the half a mile or whatever we walked/ran from the chavs would have been 20 yards, had we just walked past them in the first place! :p:

Hind sight, I love it. :rolleyes:

We then had inter-house football on 2 hours sleep and had to get up at 7:45... We were not good.

[GD_GC]

I played football (soccer) for 3 hours on about 2 hours full sleep...God am I tired. I went to my friends house and played football in a park for about 2 hours with some chavs until we got into an argument and left, then we went to Sainsburys and as we came out saw some other chavs waiting for us, so we decided to walk along the river (at 7 pm) thinking we could either run from them or they wouldn't realise.
So off we went, walking along the Thames in the dark with no street lights. And some drunks offer us some acid and strongbow. We said no and then one of them fell in a bush :p: . We carried on walking...just.
Then we realised the other chavs had followed us and were running after us so I yelled "Run you fuck ing ****s!" to which they didn't...
So I was about 100 meters from them and another of my friends was about 5 meters from them. I ran about 20 meters past the turn off to my friends house and had to leg it back there, then I ran an extra 30 meters going down the wrong alley :eek: ... and we finally got back to his house!
The next morning, we found that the half a mile or whatever we walked/ran from the chavs would have been 20 yards, had we just walked past them in the first place! :p:

Hind sight, I love it. :rolleyes:

We then had inter-house football on 2 hours sleep and had to bet up at 7:45... We were not good.

I wish I had cool stories like that to tell :sad: that's what you get living in a USA Suburb though :rolleyes:

[gopherthegreat]

I played football (soccer) for 3 hours on about 2 hours full sleep...God am I tired. I went to my friends house and played football in a park for about 2 hours with some chavs until we got into an argument and left, then we went to Sainsburys and as we came out saw some other chavs waiting for us, so we decided to walk along the river (at 7 pm) thinking we could either run from them or they wouldn't realise.
So off we went, walking along the Thames in the dark with no street lights. And some drunks offer us some acid and strongbow. We said no and then one of them fell in a bush :p: . We carried on walking...just.
Then we realised the other chavs had followed us and were running after us so I yelled "Run you fuck ing ****s!" to which they didn't...
So I was about 100 meters from them and another of my friends was about 5 meters from them. I ran about 20 meters past the turn off to my friends house and had to leg it back there, then I ran an extra 30 meters going down the wrong alley :eek: ... and we finally got back to his house!
The next morning, we found that the half a mile or whatever we walked/ran from the chavs would have been 20 yards, had we just walked past them in the first place! :p:

Hind sight, I love it. :rolleyes:

We then had inter-house football on 2 hours sleep and had to bet up at 7:45... We were not good.
english people have cool stories about chavs :sad:

[ze monsta]

It was actually pretty terrifying at the time! I mean it was almost pitch black. But I had just had a can of red bull. I think it did actually give me wings, 'cause I ran like the bloody devil!

[gopherthegreat]

pffft. red bull is shit. monster and amp are were its at :cool:

[Dimebag22]

:haha Neil can be our official story teller. :p:

Dude, I kinda agree with the Redbull but Monster is way better than Amp. Redbull is ok... depends on what mood I'm in.

[GD_GC]

Energy Drinks in general = fail. I can't stand them! They just taste like shit, and honestly, the don't do a thing to "give you more energy" or make you feel less tired or whatever they're supposted to do. But mostly they just taste horrible :haha

[ze monsta]

I like energy drinks, other than Powerade. It tastes like crap and doesn't do anything. Red Bull makes me kinda hyper, and Lucozade is tasty :liplick: but pretty useless. I eat bananas when playing sport. :liplick:

*waits for Neil to be immature about bananas*

[Dimebag22]

Energy Drinks in general = fail. I can't stand them! They just taste like shit, and honestly, the don't do a thing to "give you more energy" or make you feel less tired or whatever they're supposted to do. But mostly they just taste horrible :haha
You = fail! :mad:

:p:

Nah, I like the odd energy drink. I actually like the taste.

[GD_GC]

I like energy drinks, other than Powerade. It tastes like crap and doesn't do anything. Red Bull makes me kinda hyper, and Lucozade is tasty :liplick: but pretty useless. I eat bananas when playing sport. :liplick:

*waits for Neil to be immature about bananas*

bananas :haha :haha :haha

[GD_GC]

On a more on topic note, I just got every Robert Johnson recording in exsistance, as well as the Allman Brother's Live at the Filmore East, 2 Derek Trucks Albums, SRV's Soul to Soul (thus completing my SRV Discography), and a sweet Gov't Mule Live album. I have so much new music I need to listen to now!

[theneildeal]

I like energy drinks, other than Powerade. It tastes like crap and doesn't do anything. Red Bull makes me kinda hyper, and Lucozade is tasty :liplick: but pretty useless. I eat bananas when playing sport. :liplick:

*waits for Neil to be immature about bananas*

sexual innuendo maybe??

[ze monsta]

Maybe! :haha

[theneildeal]

:haha Neil can be our official story teller. :p:



Yeah, ill take that post. Ill tell you all a story soon...

[gopherthegreat]

ya, monster is way better than amp, but amp is still good.

[Mr.Cuddles]

hey! i just got back home, got to see BB.King play in pensylvania(?) on friday
it was awsome.
just wanted to share that.

[ze monsta]

^
...I hate you...

[gopherthegreat]

i cant play **** right now, because the feel of my ibanez feels weird to me right now (i usually just play garage rock with it, so it usually doesnt matter too much)

[imgooley]

i cant play **** right now, because the feel of my ibanez feels weird to me right now (i usually just play garage rock with it, so it usually doesnt matter too much)
What kind do u have?

[gopherthegreat]

What kind do u have?
a jet king. its because im really used to playing my jay turser.

[gopherthegreat]

guys, the best sticky ever is in the pit. i'll link to it.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=813086&page=1&pp=40

i cant believe that was stickied :haha

[GD_GC]

guys, the best sticky ever is in the pit. i'll link to it.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=813086&page=1&pp=40

i cant believe that was stickied :haha

:haha :haha :haha that is amazing!

[imgooley]

guys, the best sticky ever is in the pit. i'll link to it.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=813086&page=1&pp=40

i cant believe that was stickied :haha
/facepalm

[TheDev01dOne]

That person must be a bit egotistical to think they're the first person to ever figure that out. Either that or someone just has an awesome sense of humor :haha

I'm listening to Seasick Steve, just got one of his albums.. Pretty good music I gotta say, I thought it would be really gimmicky but the sound is there so I guess that makes up for it.

[GD_GC]

That person must be a bit egotistical to think they're the first person to ever figure that out. Either that or someone just has an awesome sense of humor :haha

I'm listening to Seasick Steve, just got one of his albums.. Pretty good music I gotta say, I thought it would be really gimmicky but the sound is there so I guess that makes up for it.

I saw 2 seconds of a video of him once, it did seem really gimmicky. But I've never really given him a proper listen, I'll check it out sometime.

[imgooley]

I saw 2 seconds of a video of him once, it did seem really gimmicky. But I've never really given him a proper listen, I'll check it out sometime.
Do it. It may seem gimmicky, but he's the real deal

[Firebread]

guys, the best sticky ever is in the pit. i'll link to it.

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=813086&page=1&pp=40

i cant believe that was stickied :haha


Not only was it stickied but it was stickied in the wrong forum....

[Jimmy94]

my brand new hagstrom viking is in the mail right now, pics once I get it!

[TheDev01dOne]

Nice man! Does yours have a 3x3 headstock or one of the strat-shaped headstocks.. the strat style ones look so wrong and weird on a semi-hollow.

[imgooley]

Nice man! Does yours have a 3x3 headstock or one of the strat-shaped headstocks.. the strat style ones look so wrong and weird on a semi-hollow.
That is the one that Seasick Steve plays.

Have you ever seen an old Starcaster? that headstock just looks wrong

[Iceman 420]

my brand new hagstrom viking is in the mail right now, pics once I get it!
Awesome, did you get the Deluxe? Tell us how it plays, I've been looking at the Viking for a semi-hollow. Oh, and TheDev01dOne, I think they come with 3 x 3, Strat headstock's just seem...off on anyone semi-hollow.

[TheDev01dOne]

lots of them have headstocks like this according to google images

http://www.scottymoore.net/images/eguitars/viking.jpg

Looks uber weird. I think the guy from the Dandy Warhols plays one of thise ones..

[Iceman 420]

Hmmm, well, I don't think many, or any, of the new (depending if he bought new) ones seem to have the 6 in-line headstock. Or maybe I'm just not looking around enough.

Edit: Nevermind, found a few with that headstock, but I also think they have bolt-on necks, and bolt-on necks and a semi-hollow guitar like that...it just doesn't mix with me.

[TheDev01dOne]

Looks really weird. I wouldn't buy one if they had that headstock, it's just off-putting.

I'm uber-bored. Been playing harp all day in the car whilst driving to pick up some gear I bought.. Now my lip are starting to dry out and it's annoying. I've seriously become obsessed, I just carry my harmonica around in my pocket with me now and play it whenever I can.

[imgooley]

Now my lip are starting to dry out and it's annoying.
Stick you mouth on a Muff. That might wet em up a bit

[TheDev01dOne]

Stick you mouth on a Muff. That might wet em up a bit

I would be she's asleep.. actually nah if she was awake then I could play more harmonica!

[imgooley]

I would be she's asleep.. actually nah if she was awake then I could play more harmonica!
So what? Just flick clicky switch and boom. She is turned on

[Jimmy94]

it's the 3x3 headstock, and it is the viking deluxe, the only difference between the deluxe and standard is the finish as far as I can tell.

[Iceman 420]

^ Nice. But I kinda like the Cherry finish on the ordinary Viking, but the fret markers on the Deluxe...Still, for just a $50 difference, might as well go all out.

[imgooley]

So Jim, what do you think about the Muff?

[Dimebag22]

So Jim, what do you think about the Muff?
I like the Double Muff the best, it's the only one that fits my cable :p: I heard that Logan uses the Micro Muff though :haha

[TheDev01dOne]

Muff was over like 3 days ago guys, get with the program.

I've heard the black russian muffs are the best though..

[Jimmy94]

aren't you guys 14 years old? You guys wouldn't know what to do with a muff if one fell on your lap!

:p:

[imgooley]

aren't you guys 14 years old? You guys wouldn't know what to do with a muff if one fell on your lap!

:p:
But I know what to do with one when it falls on my face. I like the little big muff because it's mature, and tight at the same time.

I'm 19 BTW

[theneildeal]

what´s a muff?

[imgooley]

^^
:haha :haha :haha :haha :haha

muff in england means pussy








ive got such an immature sense of humour

[TheDev01dOne]

Recorded a new song and put it on my myspace if anyones interested, has my harmonica recording debut. Tell me what you think if you listen to it, not the best mix but it only took like 30mins to record it all. I wrote the lyrics when I was really sick with the flu just after xmas and was stuck in bed for like 2 weeks.

[gopherthegreat]

I like the Double Muff the best, it's the only one that fits my cable :p: I heard that Logan uses the Micro Muff though :haha
:mad:


........:haha

[ze monsta]

I have the double muff, it's sitting on my desk right now infact. :liplick:
It's really powerful and responsive if you use it right. :sexsmile:

[gopherthegreat]

i dont have any muffs

[GD_GC]

:haha :haha :haha

This whole page is just total win :haha

[GD_GC]

^and as soon as I post that it starts a new page :rolleyes:

[ze monsta]

Yeah, epic page...












phail

[GD_GC]

Yeah, epic page...












phail

:haha Whatever, you know it was epic.

[ze monsta]

:p:

[Dimebag22]

What made it total win?? Was it my burn on Logan? :p: Probably just our immature behavior :p:

[GD_GC]

What made it total win?? Was it my burn on Logan? :p: Probably just our immature behavior :p:

Just the immature behavior. I've never heard of muff being slang for that before, I'll never be able to read another thread asking if a muff can do a certain style of music in the same way ever again :haha

[ze monsta]

^ You said muff.
:haha

On a lighter note, I had the hottest teacher ever for French today...she was a sub though, sadly.

She looked like a cross between Pamela Anderson and Jessica Alba.
Her name was like Miss Clittendon or something.

So if you were gonna make a joke 'bout it, we already did. I seriously think it was a pr0n name :p: .

[ze monsta]

Anyway, night guys.

I'm gonna go collapse into bed.

[GD_GC]

^ You said muff.
:haha

On a lighter note, I had the hottest teacher ever for French today...she was a sub though, sadly.

She looked like a cross between Pamela Anderson and Jessica Alba.
Her name was like Miss Clittendon or something.

So if you were gonna make a joke 'bout it, we already did. I seriously think it was a pr0n name :p: .

:haha that's pretty amazing. I've yet to have a really amazingly hot teacher. My homeroom teacher was a'ight last year, but nothing special.

[Dimebag22]

^ I just got home from school :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

This thread makes me feel really old.

All you guys talk about is girls and hot teachers and muff.. I live with my girlfriend who I've been with for like 4 years and moved halfway around the world for, and I'm taking back to Australia with me in a year or so, and will probably marry in the not-too-distant future..

[GD_GC]

This thread makes me feel really old.

All you guys talk about is girls and hot teachers and muff.. I live with my girlfriend who I've been with for like 4 years and moved halfway around the world for, and I'm taking back to Australia with me in a year or so, and will probably marry in the not-too-distant future..

hehe you said muff.....

But really, I'm not actually that immature, I just like to get a good innocent laugh every once in a while.

[imgooley]

This thread makes me feel really old.

All you guys talk about is girls and hot teachers and muff.. I live with my girlfriend who I've been with for like 4 years and moved halfway around the world for, and I'm taking back to Australia with me in a year or so, and will probably marry in the not-too-distant future..
Blame Neil. I was innocent in this :peace:

[gopherthegreat]

This thread makes me feel really old.

All you guys talk about is girls and hot teachers and muff.. I live with my girlfriend who I've been with for like 4 years and moved halfway around the world for, and I'm taking back to Australia with me in a year or so, and will probably marry in the not-too-distant future..
neil got that started, and hes like 22 :haha

im not actually this immature in real life

[theneildeal]

me???????? i just happened to mention it, and then you kids took it way too far! im 20 by the way.












lol muff

[TheDev01dOne]

I wasn't saying muff jokes were bad. I love a good muff joke as much as the next guy.

I'm almost 20 for the record.

[Carswell98]

I for the record, did not participate in your muff discussion, and I'm 18 :p:

[theneildeal]

seriously, there´s a simple formula:

guys + off topic internet thread = sex conversations + immature humour

[imgooley]

I for the record, did not participate in your muff discussion, and I'm 18 :p:
It's alright, we know you wanted to.

19 beatches




























































muff :peace:

[Dimebag22]

I'm getting owned in the Blues Duels :sad:

[Jimmy94]

Wow, this girl I was with last night had the BEST pussy....



I'm talking about her CAT you perverts!






























That cat was the best fuck I've had in months

[TheDev01dOne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab6lr2b66Ig

Awesome video, learning this song to cover when I got a band together!

EDIT: You can't embed youtube videos in UG posts?? I swear I've done it before..

[GD_GC]

So I found it: the best lyric in all of blues. Well maybe not, but its damn awesome. From the Allman Brothers.

"Well yes, people, I am a poor drunken hearted boy.
People I am a poor drunken hearted boy.
I've got a whole ocean of troubles,
and just a little half a pint of joy."

That is so blues.

[Carswell98]

^ that is pretty good

but "How Blue Can You Get" is as blues as it gets, I love the lyrics to that song :p:

[GD_GC]

^ that is pretty good

but "How Blue Can You Get" is as blues as it gets, I love the lyrics to that song :p:

Yeah man, that is an awesome song.

[imgooley]

^ that is pretty good

but "How Blue Can You Get" is as blues as it gets, I love the lyrics to that song :p:
I bought you a ford....

[Dimebag22]

Eric, that's total blues lyrics right there :p: Very clever.

These are some of my favourites from 'How Blue Can You Get?'


My love is like a fire
Your love is like a cigarette
My love is like a fire
But baby yours is like a cigarette
I watch you step down on it baby and crush it
Tell me how, tell me how, how blue can you get


I gave you a brand new Ford
and you just said I want a Cadillac
I bought you a ten dollar dinner
You said Thanks for the snack
I let you live in my penthouse
You said it was just a shack
I gave you seven children
and now you wanna give 'em back

[imgooley]

Lynyrd Skynyrd did a cover of that (kinda) and it's on the Thyrty album. Greatness

[TheDev01dOne]

I am a back door man.
I am a back door man.
Well the men don't know, but little girls understand.

It's not so much the lyric as how he sings it I guess! Trying to learn this song now, it's kinda 16 bar blues.. Weirdness but it sounds good.

[imgooley]

Blues Lyric thread.

Use it

[ze monsta]

I'm so excited that theres a new Rac's album coming!!!!

And i finish school for easter tomorrow!

[imgooley]

what key is Red Rooster in?

[theneildeal]

So im back from barcelona, with stories to tell...

On the plane
So on the way there, i was sitting next to this young couple. Just as the plane's about to take-off, the girl says "oh wait, ive got nothing to suck", so the guy replies with "i've got something that you can suck right here baby", and points at his crotch. I looked at him with confusion/intrigue because he was a fat, greasy, spotty nerdy teenager, and i thought "there is no way that you could pull that off, mate!!" That made me giggle for an hour or so...

Barcelona

http://i30.tinypic.com/346nzhh.jpg

Its such a beautiful city, and if you have a chance to go, take it! Ill tell you about all the best places to go! So ive done the whole tourist thing, so i just did the normal things: shopping, eating out etc. On Sunday, we went to an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant. Now, once i pay for something, i want to get my money's worth, and as the food keeps coming, i kept eating.... Anyway, an hour after starting, i realised that i ate far too much, and raw fish isn't the best thing to get full on!

http://i30.tinypic.com/2djdrf6.jpg

We went to the cinema afterwards to see Vantage Point, which is an awesome film by the way, but i have one query for those that have seen it. (SPOILER ALERT) at the end of the film, the newsreader says that one of the terrorists was arrested. Who was it??? the Morrocan guy, the guy looking for his brother, the woman, or the Spanish policeman?? Me and Raquel weren't sure, but her brother told us earlier that he was going to go see it before us, so we went home and asked him......... but he had decided to watch the Carmen Electra film instead... Teenage boys, don't you just love them??!

So anyway, later on, me and the missus are talking, and i try to be romantic:
Neil: I love you more than you could ever imagine.... but you should spend your life finding out how much
Raquel: jeez, do you want some wine with that cheese!
Neil: Yeah, that was bad. I'm not very good at the romantic talk at the moment. Maybe i should stop writing that romantic film that i've been working on.

at which point i burst out in hysterical laughter for 10 minutes, until i had laughed so hard that i gagged, i had to put my head over the toilet in fear of seeing the sushi again.. But its strange, because reading it back, its not funny, raquel didn't laugh, and im not actually working on a romantic film script!

All in all, i had a great time, but i have to study now.....

Well, i say study, but let's face it, ill procrastinate for 10 days, and then panic because i have 4 essays to write in 4 days!

[GD_GC]

So im back from barcelona, with stories to tell...

On the plane
So on the way there, i was sitting next to this young couple. Just as the plane's about to take-off, the girl says "oh wait, ive got nothing to suck", so the guy replies with "i've got something that you can suck right here baby", and points at his crotch. I looked at him with confusion/intrigue because he was a fat, greasy, spotty nerdy teenager, and i thought "there is no way that you could pull that off, mate!!" That made me giggle for an hour or so...

Barcelona

http://i30.tinypic.com/346nzhh.jpg

Its such a beautiful city, and if you have a chance to go, take it! Ill tell you about all the best places to go! So ive done the whole tourist thing, so i just did the normal things: shopping, eating out etc. On Sunday, we went to an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant. Now, once i pay for something, i want to get my money's worth, and as the food keeps coming, i kept eating.... Anyway, an hour after starting, i realised that i ate far too much, and raw fish isn't the best thing to get full on!

http://i30.tinypic.com/2djdrf6.jpg

We went to the cinema afterwards to see Vantage Point, which is an awesome film by the way, but i have one query for those that have seen it. (SPOILER ALERT) at the end of the film, the newsreader says that one of the terrorists was arrested. Who was it??? the Morrocan guy, the guy looking for his brother, the woman, or the Spanish policeman?? Me and Raquel weren't sure, but her brother told us earlier that he was going to go see it before us, so we went home and asked him......... but he had decided to watch the Carmen Electra film instead... Teenage boys, don't you just love them??!

So anyway, later on, me and the missus are talking, and i try to be romantic:
Neil: I love you more than you could ever imagine.... but you should spend your life finding out how much
Raquel: jeez, do you want some wine with that cheese!
Neil: Yeah, that was bad. I'm not very good at the romantic talk at the moment. Maybe i should stop writing that romantic film that i've been working on.

at which point i burst out in hysterical laughter for 10 minutes, until i had laughed so hard that i gagged, i had to put my head over the toilet in fear of seeing the sushi again.. But its strange, because reading it back, its not funny, raquel didn't laugh, and im not actually working on a romantic film script!

All in all, i had a great time, but i have to study now.....

Well, i say study, but let's face it, ill procrastinate for 10 days, and then panic because i have 4 essays to write in 4 days!


:haha Neil, will you ever run out of stories?

[ze monsta]

at which point i burst out in hysterical laughter for 10 minutes, until i had laughed so hard that i gagged, i had to put my head over the toilet in fear of seeing the sushi again.. But its strange, because reading it back, its not funny, raquel didn't laugh, and im not actually working on a romantic film script!



:haha :haha :haha

That made you seem like the biggest loser ever! :haha :p:

It's like you have aspergers and just didn't realise... :haha

[gopherthegreat]

So im back from barcelona, with stories to tell...

On the plane
So on the way there, i was sitting next to this young couple. Just as the plane's about to take-off, the girl says "oh wait, ive got nothing to suck", so the guy replies with "i've got something that you can suck right here baby", and points at his crotch. I looked at him with confusion/intrigue because he was a fat, greasy, spotty nerdy teenager, and i thought "there is no way that you could pull that off, mate!!" That made me giggle for an hour or so...

Barcelona

http://i30.tinypic.com/346nzhh.jpg

Its such a beautiful city, and if you have a chance to go, take it! Ill tell you about all the best places to go! So ive done the whole tourist thing, so i just did the normal things: shopping, eating out etc. On Sunday, we went to an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant. Now, once i pay for something, i want to get my money's worth, and as the food keeps coming, i kept eating.... Anyway, an hour after starting, i realised that i ate far too much, and raw fish isn't the best thing to get full on!

http://i30.tinypic.com/2djdrf6.jpg

We went to the cinema afterwards to see Vantage Point, which is an awesome film by the way, but i have one query for those that have seen it. (SPOILER ALERT) at the end of the film, the newsreader says that one of the terrorists was arrested. Who was it??? the Morrocan guy, the guy looking for his brother, the woman, or the Spanish policeman?? Me and Raquel weren't sure, but her brother told us earlier that he was going to go see it before us, so we went home and asked him......... but he had decided to watch the Carmen Electra film instead... Teenage boys, don't you just love them??!

So anyway, later on, me and the missus are talking, and i try to be romantic:
Neil: I love you more than you could ever imagine.... but you should spend your life finding out how much
Raquel: jeez, do you want some wine with that cheese!
Neil: Yeah, that was bad. I'm not very good at the romantic talk at the moment. Maybe i should stop writing that romantic film that i've been working on.

at which point i burst out in hysterical laughter for 10 minutes, until i had laughed so hard that i gagged, i had to put my head over the toilet in fear of seeing the sushi again.. But its strange, because reading it back, its not funny, raquel didn't laugh, and im not actually working on a romantic film script!

All in all, i had a great time, but i have to study now.....

Well, i say study, but let's face it, ill procrastinate for 10 days, and then panic because i have 4 essays to write in 4 days!
:haha

btw, your girlfriends name reminded me of the movie "rachel rachel" from seinfeld

[theneildeal]

:haha :haha :haha

That made you seem like the biggest loser ever! :haha :p:

It's like you have aspergers and just didn't realise... :haha

haha, my problem is that i speak without thinking, and then regret it afterwards. My girlfriend says that i remind her of John Mayer's My Stupid Mouth


....and she's got a point!

[Dimebag22]

haha, my problem is that i speak without thinking, and then regret it afterwards. My girlfriend says that i remind her of John Mayer's My Stupid Mouth


....and she's got a point!
That's my #1 played song on Last.fm. :p: It's at like 120 or something plays =/.

But yeah, I usually think before I speak which has saved me a lot in the past because I've thought about saying some pretty stupid shit. I didn't used to do it that much and I've said so many things that I regretted.

[theneildeal]

its strange. sometimes when i speak without thinking, i say something really funny or clever, and sometimes i say something either offensive, stupid, or completely irrelevant! But its like a 70-30 split, so ive got no reason to change my ways.

[gopherthegreat]

the solos in ride on by ac/dc are awesome

[ze monsta]

I'm on holiday!!!!!

Tis goin' to be good.

[GD_GC]

the solos in ride on by ac/dc are awesome

DUDE! I thought I was the only one who knew that song! It is honestly the ONLY AC/DC song that I really like. What a badass song.

[gopherthegreat]

DUDE! I thought I was the only one who knew that song! It is honestly the ONLY AC/DC song that I really like. What a badass song.
i love all of their songs. angus is a killer guitar player, imo.

[theneildeal]

for me, angus is overrated

[gopherthegreat]

that was the fastest response i've ever seen in this forum. ever.

[theneildeal]

haha, it felt like an important and necessary comment to make!

[GD_GC]

Angus is VERY overratted, I agree. He is good, but very repetative. But I love some of their older, pre Brian Johnson stuff, like Ride On. It had so much more variety and was very bluesy. That's just my opinion.

[ze monsta]

I like Angus, he's energetic and crazed!

Apparently he has had his arse seen by the most people in the world! :confused:

[TheDev01dOne]

Angus is overrated, Malcolm Young wrote all the classic riffs and stuff, he let Angus choose whether he wanted to be lead or rhythm guitarist, Malcolm was actually a way better guitarist supposedly.. Angus had great stage presence though, you can't deny that.

[theneildeal]

but its the same with most bands like that. Izzy Stradlin wrote most Guns N Roses songs, but Slash just had the stage presence that was unsurpassable!

Angus has amazing stage presence, and the whole "school uniform" thing gives him the je ne sais quoi that all great guitarists need

[gopherthegreat]

the pre-brian stuff is better, i agree. but i still like it all.

izzy stradlins solo albums are good.

[theneildeal]

Apparently he has had his arse seen by the most people in the world! :confused:

Paris Hilton maybe?

[ze monsta]

Maybe. :haha

But I meant in a non porno way... Pervert :p:

[theneildeal]

Maybe. :haha

But I meant in a non porno way... Pervert :p:

haha, everyone's seen that film. It's like 2 girls 1 cup, but in a non-disgusting fetish way. Everyone is talking about it, so you want to check it out.

[ze monsta]

Oh don't worry Neil.
I've seen it... :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

2 girls 1 cup? Explain.. in detail please. Or, better yet, link me.

Was just watching some of The Last Waltz, Robbie Robertson is actually a pretty good tasteful guitarist when he tries. Great movie, Dr John is the coolest dude ever.

[theneildeal]

2 girls 1 cup? Explain.. in detail please. Or, better yet, link me.



Honestly??????

Well, i made the mistake of watching it, so ill spare you that horror.

In the first 8 seconds, two girls are kissing and groping. The next scene is the asian girl having a **** into a cup, and then the two girls start licking it like an ice cream.

What happens after that?? i don't know, because i turned it off in fear of nausea.

Theres a funny John Mayer parody of it. It will be on youtube.

[TheDev01dOne]

Lol I seriously have never even heard of it, that's a good thing I guess. Will youtube for the JM thing..

[sre9981]

*sigh*

Blues has been kinda boring for me recently, I've been on a huge alternative kick the past few weeks listening wise. Radiohead has seriously been on repeat for like 3 days straight.

I played in a jam session last night and it was fun to play some jazzier blues things. I think I'm just getting more advanced with my listening so I'm starting to appreciate some things a little more complex. Who knows... A good blues solo still tickles my heart though

[theneildeal]

every time that i got bored with a genre, i always moved on to jazz. Its a genre that's so diverse and it's the perfect genre to appreciate more complex music.

But with some bands, they were played non stop for ages, so i just got bored of them. At the moment, i can't listen to Guns N Roses, Led Zep, John Mayer, and RHCP just because i listened to them too much.

Its strange at the moment though. Everytime i listen to some music, if i can't imagine myself playing it on solo guitar, i won't listen to it. For example, i won't listen to simple acoustic/alternative because it doesn't have the wow factor. Metal bores me, but artists like SRV, Clapton etc are the people that i listen to most, because i can imagine playing them, and the audience looking at me in awe! ha, i don't know, maybe its just my thing, but its just a phase that im going through at the moment!

[TheDev01dOne]

I try to keep my listening as diverse as possible to keep myself from burning out my passion for something.. Even withing JUST blues though there's so many different sounds to listen to I can listen to just that without ever getting bored.. Acoustic blues, harp blues, delta blues, blues/rock, "nu-blues", shredder type guitarist blues, slide guitar blues, chicago blues, texas blues, jazzier blues, piano blues.. I have so much blues, it's awesome.

Been listening to Rory Gallagher loads today, Cradle Rock is such an awesome riff.

[sre9981]

Its strange at the moment though. Everytime i listen to some music, if i can't imagine myself playing it on solo guitar, i won't listen to it. For example, i won't listen to simple acoustic/alternative because it doesn't have the wow factor. Metal bores me, but artists like SRV, Clapton etc are the people that i listen to most, because i can imagine playing them, and the audience looking at me in awe! ha, i don't know, maybe its just my thing, but its just a phase that im going through at the moment!

Funny, I've been the exact opposite lately. I've discovered, at least for live music, that I think the spotlight shouldn't be on one player, but the whole band instead, the whole sound. I appreciate technical playing of course, but I find it much more fun to just listen to people having a good time playing music, it doesn't matter how technical it is. As long as the audience is having fun, then so am I ;)

[Beakwithteeth]

Funny, I've been the exact opposite lately. I've discovered, at least for live music, that I think the spotlight shouldn't be on one player, but the whole band instead, the whole sound. I appreciate technical playing of course, but I find it much more fun to just listen to people having a good time playing music, it doesn't matter how technical it is. As long as the audience is having fun, then so am I ;)


Amen

[Dimebag22]

I really don't care what I listen too. I've been in a really slow rock and country theme lately. I have no idea why, I just really like the slow stuff. I've got so much music though, so I don't usually get bored of one certain genre. :) I've also started getting into BLS again. (I used to be obsessed with their slower stuff) It's probably because summer is coming again and that is what I listened to all last summer :p:

[theneildeal]

yeah, my music tastes vary depending on the weather! when its cold or wet, smooth/soft jazz or blues is perfect, but when its sunny, latin music is perfect. of course, us brits don't have sunny days, so its going to be a long jazz filled summer!

[ze monsta]

I listen to a mixture of Piedmont Blues and Chicago when I'm happy. Then when I'm sad or angry, Delta, the likes of Charley Patton, Son House and Blind Willie Johnson, because I realise their blues was so much greater.

[imgooley]

I'm just wondering..... Clean blues or dirty blues? as in Do y'all like fuzzy, distorted tones or clear clean tones in your blues?

Oh and I never get tired of blues. ever.

[theneildeal]

I'm just wondering..... Clean blues or dirty blues? as in Do y'all like fuzzy, distorted tones or clear clean tones in your blues?

Oh and I never get tired of blues. ever.

Hmm, clean blues. But hey, it depends on my mood!

[GD_GC]

Yeah, same here, it depends.

[ze monsta]

I'm just wondering..... Clean blues or dirty blues? as in Do y'all like fuzzy, distorted tones or clear clean tones in your blues?

Oh and I never get tired of blues. ever.

Neither do I, I just listen to different things in different moods and different states of mind.

I like dirtier tones...A bit of grit, nothing over the top, just a tube amp starting to break up.
But I'd much rather hear the sweet voice of Blind Willie McTell and the haunting slide playing of Blind Willie Johnson before I'd hear an electric guitar. :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

No way. Dirty, dirty swamp blues.. Telecaster or 335 tuned to open G, fat brass slide and a valve amp turned up to 11..

Is swamp blues an actual genre? I like to think of it as electrified delta blues.

[ze monsta]

^ Electrified Delta Blues as in The White Stripes version of Death Letter?

I've never really heard the term Swamp Blues used a lot, only a few times. Yeah, it's pretty awesome I guess. I like the sound of a slide more than the sound of fingers.

[TheDev01dOne]

Yeah I was thinking stuff like that aswell but more straight blues.. Like Ry Cooder's electrified slide stuff or Collard Greens & Gravy.

If swamp blues doesn't exist then I want to make it exist. I know exactly how it should sound.

[ze monsta]

I never really liked Ry Cooder. To showy off for me.

I'm listening to a preview of the new Raconteurs album, it sounds awesome!!!

[TheDev01dOne]

I really like his soundtrack stuff, like the soundtrack to 'Last Man Standing' with Bruce Willis has loads of awesome acoustic country/slide/blues on there. Killer movie too.

I'm getting more into slide now, getting the hang of it a bit better. I find it hard to get an original sounding groove though, it's like everything has been done already and I just lapse into Death Letter or Rollin & Tumblin.

[gopherthegreat]

i've been playing the dead kennedys and the sex pistols way too much lately (i love punk if you didnt know that)


but i never get bored of blues, it seems

[TheDev01dOne]

duh-duh duh-duh DUH.. I LIKE SHORT SONGS!!

Dead Kennedys are awesome, I was never into much punk stuff but I've always loved DK for some reason.

Punk and Blues aren't too different, both pretty simple musics with strong messages etc.

[gopherthegreat]

in a way, yes. but i would never compare robert johnson to black flag......

[imgooley]

in a way, yes. but i would never compare robert johnson to black flag......
But I would compare Black Flag to a more contemporary blues artist, just waaaay faster. That and The Ramones played a I IV V progression ALL the time.

And Swamp blues is a genre, like CCR type stuff, and also Lightnin Slim and Slim Harpo.

I personally like real gritty dirty blues over cleaner stuff. Like I would rather listen Howlin Wolf than BB. The more grit and nastiness, the better to me.

[TeXaS_db]

Sweet i made it on the UG Album. Did anyone else here make it?
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=816214&page=1&pp=20

The signup for the 2nd Ug Album is up, go sign your self up

[theneildeal]

Sweet i made it on the UG Album. Did anyone else here make it?
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=816214&page=1&pp=20

The signup for the 2nd Ug Album is up, go sign your self up

They just copied the idea from the blues album!

Congratulations though!!

[TheDev01dOne]

I never knew there was a UG album. Nice work though TeXaS, your stuff is great, you deserve to be on there fo sho.

The UG BLUES & JAZZ album will pwn that album though.

[imgooley]

I never knew there was a UG album. Nice work though TeXaS, your stuff is great, you deserve to be on there fo sho.

The UG BLUES & JAZZ album will pwn that album though.
Blues and Jazz>All

[Beakwithteeth]

The Blues and Jazz Album should be awesome, the Ug Album was pretty great though.

I am gonna try to get some bluegrass on the next UG Album.

[Jimmy94]

I got my hagstrom viking yesterday and I love it, pics coming soon!

[Carswell98]

So....
my night you ask, it was alright until:

I was accidentally ditched because my friends left to the bar when I was in the shower

so I was left in my apartment with my friend, her new boyfriend and one of my best friends, and we were talking and somehow the conversation shifted to a problem one of them was having, and so that other best friend and I had a sort of informal intervention about it, and she pretty much went insane.

and my best friend in the entire world, the guy i was supposed to be drinking with this whole time, the guy I would swallow the fires of hell for is in the hospital with alcohol poisoning because my other friend who was supposed to be with him and keeping a eye on everyone just let it happen, and when he gets home he says; "don't worry he'll be alright and we are going to the hospital really early tomorrow", and then, the dip**** has the ****ing brains to chug a half a 26er of Crown before passing out, so now, I'm trying to sober up well enough to drive us to the ****ing emergency room tomorrow morning to pick up the guy he should have been watching out for, I mean jesus, how hard is it to see someone is so drunk they can't function?

Fuck!

oh and I was so pissed, I wrote a fucking song about it

and that helped a little, but I still want to kill a few babies to quell my rage.


*big exhale*

well, now, that made me feel a little better

[imgooley]

So....
my night you ask, it was alright until:

I was accidentally ditched because my friends left to the bar when I was in the shower

so I was left in my apartment with my friend, her new boyfriend and one of my best friends, and we were talking and somehow the conversation shifted to a problem one of them was having, and so that other best friend and I had a sort of informal intervention about it, and she pretty much went insane.

and my best friend in the entire world, the guy i was supposed to be drinking with this whole time, the guy I would swallow the fires of hell for is in the hospital with alcohol poisoning because my other friend who was supposed to be with him and keeping a eye on everyone just let it happen, and when he gets home he says; "don't worry he'll be alright and we are going to the hospital really early tomorrow", and then, the dip**** has the ****ing brains to chug a half a 26er of Crown before passing out, so now, I'm trying to sober up well enough to drive us to the ****ing emergency room tomorrow morning to pick up the guy he should have been watching out for, I mean jesus, how hard is it to see someone is so drunk they can't function?

Fuck!

oh and I was so pissed, I wrote a fucking song about it

and that helped a little, but I still want to kill a few babies to quell my rage.


*big exhale*

well, now, that made me feel a little better
Write a song.

[Carswell98]

oh and I was so pissed, I wrote a fucking song about it

and that helped a little, but I still want to kill a few babies to quell my rage.


Write a song.
:p:

[imgooley]

:p:
Please excuse my missing of ONE phrase in your epic wall of text. I want to hear the song now though...

[Carswell98]

Please excuse my missing of ONE phrase in your epic wall of text. I want to hear the song now though...

haha, it was all in good fun dude,

I'll take anything for a larf right now

and is something bothering you?

you seem edgy if you don't mind me saying

[imgooley]

haha, it was all in good fun dude,

I'll take anything for a larf right now

and is something bothering you?

you seem edgy if you don't mind me saying
It is the end of finals week and the beginning of spring break, so I should be happy. However, I failed calculus for the second time and I am depressed about it. That and I am back home in Sacramento, and my brother, who also plays guitar is pissing me off. He owns an Epi special 2 and a marshall MG and tries to talk to me about electric guitars, implying that he knows more than me. Sure, he has been playing 2 months longer than I have, and he is better technically, but he is damn boring to listen to. We played some blues today and he was all over the place playing as fast as he could through some runs and going off beat and it was pissing me off. That and I am hella tired.

/rant.

srsly record that song. songs that are written in a heightened state of emotional consciousness are always the best.

[ze monsta]

^ Clapton for example.

Seems like I'm the only one having an alright time recently...

[Carswell98]

It is the end of finals week and the beginning of spring break, so I should be happy. However, I failed calculus for the second time and I am depressed about it. That and I am back home in Sacramento, and my brother, who also plays guitar is pissing me off. He owns an Epi special 2 and a marshall MG and tries to talk to me about electric guitars, implying that he knows more than me. Sure, he has been playing 2 months longer than I have, and he is better technically, but he is damn boring to listen to. We played some blues today and he was all over the place playing as fast as he could through some runs and going off beat and it was pissing me off. That and I am hella tired.

/rant.

srsly record that song. songs that are written in a heightened state of emotional consciousness are always the best.

ugh, dude

I've been there, school pressure sucks, being around irritating family members is just hell

go learn some angry licks to express yourself :p:

[imgooley]

ugh, dude

I've been there, school pressure sucks, being around irritating family members is just hell

go learn some angry licks to express yourself :p:
Yeah I got pissed of so I started playing Raining blood because he wouldn't switch from lead to rhythm when I wanted to take a solo. And he had been soloing for a full 36 bars. :bonk:

[GD_GC]

Wow, sounds like everyone is haveing a rough time latley. Not me, life is pretty awesome for me right now!

[Dimebag22]

I've got nothing to complain about...

[TheDev01dOne]

Me either yo', life is good. Which sucks when you just feel like playing blues.

Do you guys think Hey Joe is blues? It has blues themes and **** I guess but I'm not sure if I consider it blues or rock. Gonna try record it this week.

[Dimebag22]

I would probably call it blues-rock. ^

[ze monsta]

^
I'd say it's blues

Anyways.

I went to my music shop, had a look around fiddled around on some strat and stuff, then thought, I'll have a look at the acoustics!
So off I went, it's just up some a half flight of stairs and it's all kinda open so theres no doorways or corridors or w/e. So you can pretty much hear everything in the shop. Anyhow, I went up an looked around and found such a gorgeous resonator. I had to play it. :p:

I picked it up and was astounded by how heavy it was, it was all metal. And Ive only played wooden Dobro's before. It sounded sooooo sweet. Four people came up to talk to me and were like " Wow I love it when kids play the blues!" , "You got the Son House slap kinda thing goin on there, great playing." etc etc. It was pretty cool, and when I finished I got applause from the staff :haha

Then they gave me a discount on a slide, a patch lead and some new strings! Then they offered me the resonator down from £450 to £360. But my family is broke right now. My dad was pretty surprised by all the generosity. I think my dad was seriously tempted to buy it for me though!

I'm really happy now. :)

[TheDev01dOne]

Nice work man. It's moments like that that really keep me going on playing, when just random people tell you you're good. I guess that's what being a musician is all about really, making other people enjoy your music.

You should so convince your dad to buy you a resonator! My GF's dad has a resonator mandolin, it's so awesome.. sounds like mandolin being played through a really old fashioned radio.

[ze monsta]

Erhh, my parents are having to pay University stuff for my brother, and sister, something for our drains which are causing rising damp, and we have to pay off the rising damp thing we had done twice and hasn't worked because of the drains which weren't considered the first time... blah blah blah, we are broke. :p: Never gonna happen.

MONSTA EDIT: I think i'll probably get a resonator for my birthday, in August. It's a while granted, but I can't do much about it. :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

Plan B: Make one out of an old biscuit tin or a oil can!

[ze monsta]

Plan B: Make one out of an old biscuit tin or a oil can!

Could work...but I wouldn't want to wreck my guitar when I can get a nice resonator eventually.

[ze monsta]

Actually, **** my local music shop; I could get the same thing off the net for £319. :haha

[TheDev01dOne]

I think it could work, just make a piece of wood the right length.. draw some line roughly for the frets.. glue it on to a metal tin somehow.. Add a piece of wood for the bridge and some make shift tiuners! Doesn't need to be a proper neck if it's just gonna be for slide Lol

I might have to take on this challenge!

[ze monsta]

I'd like to see it. :p:

THAT would be rock n roll. :haha

MONSTA EDIT:

http://www.bem-music.com/list.pl?id=109155
Resonator mandolin!

[TheDev01dOne]

If Bo Diddley can play a cigar box..

They actually use oil-can guitars in Africa, I remember seeing loads on eBay once. I think it could be done pretty easy, just attaching the neck securely would be the hardest part. I shall research..

EDIT: I'm seriously going to attempt this now, gonna cost like £50, maybe less. I just need an oil can to use. Watching some on eBay now Lol Gonna make it a 5 string for open G .. This could be the greatest project ever undertaken on UG..

[ze monsta]

^ Could be...
Then again could completely suck in the end.

[TheDev01dOne]

It could but it'll be fun trying.