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Think I'm going to replace the PF-1 with an MBK-2 black + logo in the MA-25T
Fair enough, just remember that those black covers usually have the finish come off in no time (unless it's been sorted recently?)
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That rug really ties the room together.
Looks good. Install a PF-1 next time around
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Hey thanks a lot Jaicen! It's great to know we have your appr...
Awkward.
....From what I've heard of the live version of break it to me, the solo is fairly different. I imagine it was pieced together in the actual recording using who knows what.
But I'm wondering if he's using a kaoss pad in the live version at all. Or was that already obvious?
If so...
Awkward.
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Anyone still here? nerd herd? Matthijs? Jaicen?
....Bs?
@nerd herd, the offer is still on the table for those fret erasers (at least until #afterbreakfast) but I've just tried out Music Nomad FRINE
I might switch to this. While it doesn't remove scratches like the more abrasive fret erasers do, it removes all the texan mojo and does it a lot quicker.
They warn you not to get any on the fretboard itself (guards are included for this) but supposedly it's harmless if it's cleaned off right away.
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The question is whether musecasters is just being cheeky, or rust_relic doesn't realize he's logged into musecasters' account
Or maybe he does realize it...
One of the things we'll never know the answer to. Unlike the switch on the floyd rose guitars, thanks to musewiki.
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Santa 2.0 coming this month, hopefully
Did anyone here get any of the new MB models?
Technically... yes.
I don't mean to spread rumors, but I do believe #MBHimself has requested one. He can come forward and say which one if he wishes to.
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You mean the V4B?
Those are great amps, just I think he's had his modified for an even more extreme midrange and more gain... that or he's altering the sound after it's profiled.
Quite curious about what's been done to the Marshall. That's the same one he's been using since the BHAR tour, and it's been used to record too. I recall he said it was used for the main riff in Supremacy.
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I didn't even look at the names of half of the shops, but there was scaffolding all up one side of the street so that covered a lot of them.
That bit about upgraded Squires being American Fenders is pretty special. There isn't a massive jump between Mexican & American Fenders from the ones I've played though, but both of mine are Mexican so I might be biased a bit.
Yeah, the one that I would suggest avoiding is sort of in the center on the right side of the street.
I'd agree with that. You mainly get a slightly fancier spec with the USA ones. Rolled fretboard edges and that... which is sort of pointless if the guitar needs any kind of fretwork out of the box (which is certainly possible)
I'd have a nice MIJ over anything else really.
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It may well have been shit Didn't see any pre-CBS Fenders anywhere though which was a surprise, but Hank's had quite a lot of snazzy old stuff.
But... the shop is the best place to try the gear
Getting a free patch cable is decent though.
edit: also, happy new year!
Happy new year
Hank's probably has the best inventory overall. The staff seems pretty nice as well.
There is also a shop at the beginning of the strip on the right. Can't remember what it's called, but worth visiting as they had songs off SFTD and Rated R playing. Respect.
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I'm not sure what part is the most
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Good read, thanks
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I ALMOST FORGOT
I didn't speak about this here, but since you mentioned Denmark Street on instagram... Last time I was there, I was trying out some pedals in the "yellow" shop with one other guy... we essentially got kicked out after 30 minutes. The employee's excuse was that they had customers coming in and out and it wasn't really the place to try out gear. Was a poor excuse really, as no one had been by in the past 10-15 minutes. Plus one of the people that did come through gave the thumbs up on the QOTSA riff I was playing. Lad.
Worst part is that this was after I actually paid for something. I have a feeling it was the other employee (who mysteriously disappeared a few minutes before...) that told him to do this, as I think he felt a bit guilty and gave us a free patch cable... Bit of a shame really. It used to be my favorite shop there, but the inventory isn't what it used to be, and the customer service used to be the best of the lot... now it's the worst. Probably since a certain individual left (Jaicen knows who I'm talking about... such a fine girl)
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Might throw in a bottle of old recipe irn bru as well.
Do you have yours tuned to AEADGBE?
Also that moment you get the chance to play a ‘65 Jazzmaster but are too scared to do it
Deal.
Nope, BEADGBE. I think I'd need a heavier 7th string for anything lower than that.
And why? It's technically CBS era, so the only thing to be scared of is it being shit
I don't worry so much about damaging something like that, but more that I know I'm not going to buy it and it's probably going to waste their time.
That said, Hank's was quite accommodating when I asked to try out a 60s Strat they had. It wasn't one of those super special ones behind the glass though, nor was it sunburst.
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Oaft I need one of those.
...£5 and a mars bar?
Final offer?
Because I was going to accept that anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cny0ZRj63I
I've never actually had mine in that tuning. No idea what string gauge you'd use either.
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@nerd herd
Today I saw this and I thought of you
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Merry Christmas.
Why was this guy putting his nuts on a fretboard in the first place though?
https://www.gearnews.com/improve-your-guitar-fretboard-with-jefs-secret-walnut-trick/
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I vaguely remember something about the Line 6 "insane" patch being used for parts of stockholm syndrome.
Also, here's one. Not sure if a larger version exists, but you can clearly see one destroyer and 007 (this would have been after the repair)
This is brutal! I haven't seen that before.Not as brutal as what happened to the destroyer on the 20th! Makes the one in Hullabaloo look (almost) tame, although the outcome was pretty similar...
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Can't remember whose idea it was, but someone would pick names of K&T members and they'd buy some small gear related thing and post it to whoever they got picked. Not very practical though
Ah, I must've been mixing the DVD up with a video of another absolution gig or hullabaloo.
Ehmagerd physcho rif. Wonder how the 4x12 and 007 were after that
Does look really fun to do though.Oh right, where everyone gets an OC-2?
I don't know of ANY Absolution era gig where he destroys an ibanez besides the second Earls Court show. There were plenty of them during the OOS tour though, which is probably what the record refers to... but then many of them were given away too.
Also, sort of related, but he had those two guitars in his rack for at least six months it seems. You can see the necks at 3:59.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqCOzgYQsKI
Guess it's possible that they were originally bought to prevent 007 from getting damaged again.
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Well, he does have more knobs...
Aw we forgot to do that K&T secret Santa idea, though it’d be pretty easy to figure out since there’s only really you, jaicen, matthijs and me left
I think he smashes an Ibanez on the absolution tour dvd, but I might be getting that mixed up with the one from hullabaloo. Did 007 get split/broken a bit in 2004 and that’s why it wasn’t used at Glastonbury, or have I been reading musewiki too much?
I can confirm that this rumor is true.
What was that idea? I can't actually remember.
He does, but it's not on the DVD. I have a super #LoRes video with no sound - he really goes for it instead of swinging it around a few times then throwing it away like the night before.
And yes I believe that's why it wasn't used. It certainly wasn't in his rack at that show, and he was definitely throwing it around a bit in mid 2004.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tvAfHoesFo
Also notice how the 4x12 falls off the front of the stage. Damn.
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Whoops, that's me banned.
Kind of... maybe. It's probably got the pickups/electronics out of the original one, but since it's a new body on presumably the same neck it kind of is a different guitar... or not.
And there we have my shittest argument in the history of K&T.
First that and now posting outside of K&T? It's almost like you're ditching me for Bs...which is sort of kinky (but in all the wrong ways) because I still consider Bs my bff
You'll have to wait until Macaroon is here if you want a threesome... and then some...
And I suggest we continue this stimulating and soon to be heated discussion.
Maybe it's just a way to avoid getting into the The Guinness Book of World Records again. Surely he's broken more than on the Absolution tour?
...Which has to be incorrect anyway
I can't think of any examples besides Earls Court night 2 where something actually got destroyed. Can't really count 007, and I don't think the Ibanez from Earls Court night 1 got any major damage. -
The little 'yeah' and laugh?
And yay the BITM scale... Love it! and yesssss I was so happy to hear the twinkly piano in Algorithm I think I actually said yesssssss out loud
Omg so we were listening to Rage at a party recently and drunkenly spaffing about Tom Morello and someone was like 'i mean, who can scratch, like that, on a guitar??' and I was like ... Ah I won't say because I talk about muse way too much
Well there's that too, but also a very distant robotic sounding voice underneath the main vocal track at the beginning (although only for certain parts of it)
And yeah, I've been liking how he's been adding the Morello influenced stuff into the live songs. Specifically that bit in Hysteria
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The reeeally distant, spacey backing vocals in the Blockades’ pre-chorus and the roboty/synthesized ones in BITM’s chorus.
To add to that, the ones in the pressure intro. Actually didn't notice it until I removed the center track.
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exactly that.
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So it's similar to the MBC-1 but with a different looking switch bamboozled. Also, since both models of that have been discontinued there might be a new one next year...
Yeah, all the pre 2012 stuff is accurate as far as I know (unless someone has edited the 007 page with the built in phase 90 thing). Bit puzzled why there's not a page for the rebuilt version of the mirror since it's technically a different guitar, but there's a page/section for each matt black
What did I say about spreading rumors? Your post has probably been copied to musewiki already.
Is it a different guitar though? After all, there was that recent interview where Matt said only the neck or body will usually break and need replacing.
So unless you replace both at the same time, it's still the same guitar... is it not?
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That's what I mean, it got bashed about loads but finally got wrecked by the curtain thing. The behemoth double neck one probably landed on it as well
Reverse kill switch?
Some of the shite on the musewiki gear pages now is quite funny... at times
Might be how it survived really
Here's the interview I mentioned. Watch his hand movement closely in this video at around 5:22 and 5:32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKGChUTiVXI
And yeah, that was the point of updating the K&T FAQ a few years back. I had left out any information that I knew wasn't true or couldn't be confirmed.
Still a decent reference for the pre-T2L era stuff I guess.
Just got a #stealth one to replace an MBK-3 with.
Didn't see any pre-CBS Fenders anywhere though which was a surprise, but Hank's had quite a lot of snazzy old stuff.
worthy.
Does look really fun to do though.
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it's not really a club... but congrats
What guitar is it?