Rack Gear?

[Tempest]

I can vouch for the FCB1010,  I use one to control my multi-effects unit.  Works VERY well, isn't too heavy or anything.

 

[Cagey]

I can vouch for the FCB1010,  I use one to control my multi-effects unit.  Works VERY well, isn't too heavy or anything.

I don't know what you're using to carry it around with, but you can get a really nice case like this for it...

For only $59.95 here.

 

[Tempest]

I can vouch for the FCB1010,  I use one to control my multi-effects unit.  Works VERY well, isn't too heavy or anything.

I don't know what you're using to carry it around with, but you can get a really nice case like this for it...

For only $59.95 here.

Nice, I've got an SKB case for it already, thanks though.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Aside from the Gulf War, Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, Clinton impeachment, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger and a couple of EJ albums, the 90's were a black hole to me.

That's a pretty broad statement.  :icon_scratch:
I know you and I have different taste in music, but what about these artist from the 90's?
All of which I really liked. I'm sure in this list there must be some you like?
Many of which I would think are right up your alley for musical styles:

Pearl Jam?
Radiohead?  
R.E.M.?
U2?
Oasis?
Dave Matthews Band?  
Foo Fighters?
The Black Crows?
Lenny Kravitz?  
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones?
Blind Melon?
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Matchbox Twenty?
Blues Traveler?

BTW, Clinton wasn't impeached, but he should have been.  Yes, Clinton WAS impeached. Impeachment DOES NOT mean "removal from office".  :icon_thumright:

Pearl Jam? = Decent...one of the 3 bands that ALL the other Grunge bands tried to copy (the other 2 were Nirvana and Soundgarden).
Temple of the Dog? = Not terrible, but not spectacular either.
Radiohead?  = Never did much for me.
R.E.M.?  = SUCK... I mean REALLY suck.
U2? = Not a '90s band. They are an '80s band. Great band by the way.
Oasis? = SUCK
Dave Matthews Band? = Excellent musicianship, but sh!tty music and vocals.
Foo Fighters?   = 'Nothing special. F### Dave Grohl.  
The Black Crows? = Good band, not a Grunge band.
Lenny Kravitz?  Very talented. Cool tunes. Not Grunge.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones? = Never heard any of their stuff.
Blind Melon?  = SUCK....Absolutely SUCK.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band? =Awesome. Blues, not Grunge.
Matchbox Twenty? =SUCK. Sh!tty music AND sh!tty singing. That guy's a fag.
Blues Traveler? = Totally shi!tty music. So what if the guy can play harmonica really fast? He sings like sh!t, and his playing has NO soul. Stevie Wonder is far better on the harmonica, and so are a thousand other players.

BTW, Clinton wasn't impeached, but he should have been.  Yes, Clinton WAS impeached. Impeachment DOES NOT mean "removal from office".

 

[Strat Avenger]

PCB vs. point to point is a matter of construction, cost, and maintenance, not a matter of tone.  (Assuming the PCB wasn't designed by a monkey who runs the high-power nets too close together... but you could have shiteeety lead dress cause interference in a point to point amp just as easily.)

PCB is way cheaper to mass-produce, but point-to-point wins all other categories.  But no tone difference.  I'd make the same $1000 bet as Street Avenger... no way you could HEAR the difference if the circuit and components were the same.

And now we veer wildly off topic so I can flame this guy.

I still love my grunge music, no matter how much you try to trash it.

Well, fortunately, it is out of style and will never be back in-style. It was just a way for record companies to make a quick buck off guys who were not very good musicians (and couldn't play a guitar solo). It was also a form of rebellion against all the cookie-cutter hair-Metal/Glam bands that became so ridiculous by the late '80s/early '90s.

Um, OK.    Why should we care what's in style?  Justin fricking Beeber is in style. 

And go back to dinosaurrockguitar.com if you're going to be a douche like that.  They will happily join in your anti-grunge ranting.  Who cares if they play solos or not?  Just because you are unable to distinguish "good" from "fast and complicated" doesn't mean the rest of us can't. 

Here are the Melvins playing pure grunge in 1984.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJu4Fgl58Bs
They're still playing today and are more popular then ever.  If Kurt Cobain hadn't died, Nirvana would probably still be playing too.  In conclusion, you don't know shiteee and should shut up.

Edit: added smiley face

No need for name-calling.  Apparently I was not exactly clear in making my point. I don't car, nor will I ever care whether or not a particular music style is "in style" or not. In fact, MOST of what i like is no longer in-style. I was just rejoicing that Grunge is finally out, as I never liked it to begin with.

And no, you don't have to play a guitar solo to be a "good musician", however the fact remains that MOST of those Grungers COULD NOT play solos, and simply used the cop-out that their style of music "doesn't have guitar solos". MOST of them were NOT good musicians. Much of what people enjoyed about that music was a result of production, not musicianship.

And since you can call me a "douche" for stating my opinion, and get away with it, I should have no problem getting away with calling You a FAG.

Now piss-off, you know-it-all prick.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Aside from the Gulf War, Clinton/Lewinsky scandal, Clinton impeachment, Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger and a couple of EJ albums, the 90's were a black hole to me.

That's a pretty broad statement.  :icon_scratch:
I know you and I have different taste in music, but what about these artist from the 90's?
All of which I really liked. I'm sure in this list there must be some you like?
Many of which I would think are right up your alley for musical styles:

Pearl Jam?
Radiohead?  
R.E.M.?
U2?
Oasis?
Dave Matthews Band?  
Foo Fighters?
The Black Crows?
Lenny Kravitz?  
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones?
Blind Melon?
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Matchbox Twenty?
Blues Traveler?

BTW, Clinton wasn't impeached, but he should have been.  Yes, Clinton WAS impeached. Impeachment DOES NOT mean "removal from office".  :icon_thumright:

Pearl Jam? = Decent...one of the 3 bands that ALL the other Grunge bands tried to copy (the other 2 were Nirvana and Soundgarden).
Temple of the Dog? = Not terrible, but not spectacular either.
Radiohead?  = Never did much for me.
R.E.M.?  = SUCK... I mean REALLY suck.
U2? = Not a '90s band. They are an '80s band. Great band by the way.
Oasis? = SUCK
Dave Matthews Band? = Excellent musicianship, but sh!tty music and vocals.
Foo Fighters?   = 'Nothing special. F### Dave Grohl.  
The Black Crows? = Good band, not a Grunge band.
Lenny Kravitz?  Very talented. Cool tunes. Not Grunge.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones? = Never heard any of their stuff.
Blind Melon?  = SUCK....Absolutely SUCK.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band? =Awesome. Blues, not Grunge.
Matchbox Twenty? =SUCK. Sh!tty music AND sh!tty singing. That guy's a fag.
Blues Traveler? = Totally shi!tty music. So what if the guy can play harmonica really fast? He sings like sh!t, and his playing has NO soul. Stevie Wonder is far better on the harmonica, and so are a thousand other players.

BTW, Clinton wasn't impeached, but he should have been.  Yes, Clinton WAS impeached. Impeachment DOES NOT mean "removal from office".

Try reading a little more carefully, I never said anything about them being grunge bands. SuperLizard said the 90's were a black hole for him. I listed bands that produced very good music in the 90's.  :icon_scratch:

I always wonder how somebody can come into a forum and make broad statements about how gold/platinum selling groups generally SUCK. I guess those groups bought their own product just to say they sold millions.  :doh:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Do you know Rob Thomas personally to be calling him a FAG??

Last I checked he's married to a very beautiful woman.

 

[kboman]

And no, you don't have to play a guitar solo to be a "good musician", however the fact remains that MOST of those Grungers COULD NOT play solos, and simply used the cop-out that their style of music "doesn't have guitar solos". MOST of them were NOT good musicians. Much of what people enjoyed about that music was a result of production, not musicianship.

Hey man. Don't use cop-outs if you want to be taken seriously, especially if you're kind of the new guy.

And since you can call me a "douche" for stating my opinion, and get away with it, I should have no problem getting away with calling You a FAG.

Now piss-off, you know-it-all pick.

...oh nevermind...

 

[Patrick]

"You dont like the same music as i do? That means i should go off on a rant that nobody will really care about!"  :laughing7:

ahh some people just crack me up

 

[Rouse]

I always wonder how somebody can come into a forum and make broad statements about how gold/platinum selling groups generally SUCK. I guess those groups bought their own product just to say they sold millions.  :doh:

Just because a band/person sold millions doesn't mean they are good, look at mainstream today. SUCKS. I love some of the music from the '90s IMO it was the last time good innovation was in music. Now, everyone copies each other and music is going down the hole, I just can't stand it, it makes me sick. We need some kind of revival.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

I always wonder how somebody can come into a forum and make broad statements about how gold/platinum selling groups generally SUCK. I guess those groups bought their own product just to say they sold millions.  :doh:

Just because a band/person sold millions doesn't mean they are good, look at mainstream today. SUCKS. I love some of the music from the '90s IMO it was the last time good innovation was in music. Now, everyone copies each other and music is going down the hole, I just can't stand it, it makes me sick. We need some kind of revival.

But to say all those groups suck, that's just being ridiculous. Those groups actually played their instruments. They weren't just some American Idol wanna be.

 

[Patrick]

thats what im saying: just because you dont like it doesnt mean it sucks

 

[Superlizard]

I always wonder how somebody can come into a forum and make broad statements about how gold/platinum selling groups generally SUCK. I guess those groups bought their own product just to say they sold millions.  :doh:

I gotta say that just because an album sells a ton doesn't necessarily prove it doesn't suck.

Take this list for ex:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide

At #4 all time, with 44 million copies sold, Whitney Houston's "The Bodyguard" soundtrack, featuring that insipid tune, "I Will Always Love You".

At #7 all time, with 42 million copies sold, the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack.

At #8 all time, with 40 million copies sold, the "Millenium" album by the Backstreet Boys

At #9 all time, with 40 million copies sold, the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack featuring the Bee Gees.

In fact, if you go through the list, there's quite a bit of crap.

What does this show?  Merely that given albums were popular, not necessarily good.

And it shows that the average joe/jane (those who snarfed up copies) is a complete idiot and listens to crap.  :icon_biggrin:

So, using a stat (how many sold) which is directly influenced by the clueless masses doesn't say much.

 

[GoDrex]

This is some entertaining stuff.  :laughing7:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Take the "snobbery" out of the picture. It's a matter of taste. Say you don't like it personally, because that's really the issue. I know many people who can't stand Michael Jackson, but he holds the #1 spot with "Thriller". And I'm sure somebody will chime in and says it's crap too.

 

[GoDrex]

Street Avenger seems like a very bitter guy. Must have been really bummed out when Warrent couldn't sell any more records. :laughing7:

 

[GoDrex]

Take the "snobbery" out of the picture. It's a matter of taste. Say you don't like it personally, because that's really the issue. I know many people who can't stand Michael Jackson, but he holds the #1 spot with "Thriller". And I'm sure somebody will chime in and says it's crap too.

no - these guys know for a fact what is crap and what isn't. to say different is to submit to the PC police.  :laughing7:

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Street Avenger seems like a very bitter guy. Must have been really bummed out when Loverboy couldn't sell any more records. :laughing7:

Fixed.  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[GoDrex]

Street Avenger seems like a very bitter guy. Must have been really bummed out when Loverboy couldn't sell any more records. :laughing7:

Fixed.  :icon_jokercolor:

thanks - I knew something was off with mine, but I couldn't put my finger on it. :icon_thumright:

 

[Patrick]

Street Avenger seems like a very bitter guy. Must have been really bummed out when Loverboy couldn't sell any more records. :laughing7:

Fixed.  :icon_jokercolor:

:laughing7: :laughing3: :laughing11: :laughing8: