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Gav's here, you reminded me that i havnt posted in the bass forum in forever. Oh well.[/QUOTE]

I was wondering where you trailed off to...I remember you used to have Green Day avatars and stuff, so I figured you'd be posting in here.

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-Gav

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]I was wondering where you trailed off to...I remember you used to have Green Day avatars and stuff, so I figured you'd be posting in here.

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-Gav[/QUOTE]

Ha, found by the Green Day avatars.

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]
So yeah...here I am, listening to After School Knife Fight.
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After School Knife Fight is awesome.

Yeah, i noticed that too.

I liek Kite Flying Society.

I'm listening to Leftover Crack now, Punks probably my faveoutite genre again.

WE NEED MORE CONTESTANTS TONIGHT !

[QUOTE=Mute Print]After School Knife Fight is awesome.[/QUOTE]

<3! I love the song Chipped Tooth Smile because of the random break down with clapping.

Yeah, Kite Flying Society is pretty good, but City of Caterpillar pretty much owns them.

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-Gav

YOU'VE IGNORED 2 POSTS BY ME SAYING I'D DO IT AGAIN.

God sake Dan.

<3 Kite Flying Society.

I haven't heard any City of Caterpillar.

Yeah, sorry J, you can be back in at 9, ok ? Be prompt.

Oh shi, I'm missing the F2 and F3 keys on my keyboard.

And I can't find them as my light is broke. Its like living in a bloody Shanty.

And no Problem dan.

Someone remind Adam (Excursions) that it's half and hour early tonight, as i'm off now.

So I have a strep throat...:upset:

That's why I'm on here. I'm sitting here doing homework now.

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-Gav

I have a cold.

Strep sucks though.

Im quite happy, i dont have any homework, but ive left my bass at college, so am a bit bored. Well neighboughs is on.

^ You have no idea. :(

I scream in a few bands, so my throat's already on edge. I woke up yesterday morning and my throat felt as if it were on fire. I decided to go to school anyway, since I'm in a crapload of tough classes and can't really afford to miss any. I got there and my throat hurt too bad, so I went to the nurse after first period to grab some throat drops. She asked to see my throat, and when she did, she was like, "Oh God, you can't be here...go home. That looks like strep."

I'm waiting for the results to come in, but holy crap, does my throat hurt. :lol:

I don't even scream from my throat, really...I use my gut. I sound like Dave from Fear Before the March of Flames meets Dallas from (old) Underoath. I got recordings...

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-Gav

[QUOTE=Untitled]Im quite happy, i dont have any homework, but ive left my bass at college, so am a bit bored. Well neighboughs is on.[/QUOTE]

Squier P-Bass, you pop-punker you? :p

I forget what bass you have, but I'm going to be a jerk and assume it's a Squier P because you're into pop punk.

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-Gav

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]Squier P-Bass, you pop-punker you? :p

I forget what bass you have, but I'm going to be a jerk and assume it's a Squier P because you're into pop punk.

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-Gav[/QUOTE]
Haha, no, i have a Squire J. But my next bass will most likly be a Fender P. :cool:

[QUOTE=Untitled]Haha, no, i have a Squire J. But my next bass will most likly be a Fender P. :cool:[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I was close. :p

I have a Fender J with DiMarzio Ultra Jazz pickups and a Schecter Stiletto Elite 5 (I think you knew that, though)...oh man, they're both amazing basses. The hot output on my J is unparalleled, and the Schecter is just overall sexy sounding. :D

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-Gav

Hmph, you make my Washburn look as if it cost me £80.

>_>

<_<

I prefer guitars, yo.

^ :lol:

Washburns are alright...I'm really into growl and attack, so Warwicks do it for me. :)

But enough about bass. :p

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-Gav

[QUOTE=Rancid Dan]I prefer guitars, yo.[/QUOTE]

/bans ;)

What kinda guitar do you have? I have a Squier Strat. It's a piece of crap, but it's cool to write simple melodies on for my bands and stuff. I try to contribute as much to songwriting as possible. Because I scream, I write all the lyrics (with their input on them, of course), but I try to come up with riffs and basslines and stuff, too.

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-Gav

What's with signing every post ?

Spare Ribs for tea, yum.

[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]/bans ;)

What kinda guitar do you have? I have a Squier Strat. It's a piece of crap, but it's cool to write simple melodies on for my bands and stuff. I try to contribute as much to songwriting as possible. Because I scream, I write all the lyrics (with their input on them, of course), but I try to come up with riffs and basslines and stuff, too.

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-Gav[/QUOTE]

123 man.

It's a nice strat though, me teacher says it's one of the nicest strats he's played, i'm getting much better, palying and learnign more complex stuff and it doers me for the time being, i'm getting a cool multi effects pedal/s for xmas.

^ I do my sig on every post...it's a habit I started when first posting on MX.

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-Gav

[QUOTE=Rancid Dan]123 man.

It's a nice strat though, me teacher says it's one of the nicest strats he's played, i'm getting much better, palying and learnign more complex stuff and it doers me for the time being, i'm getting a cool multi effects pedal/s for xmas.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, my Strat sucks, but other Strats are actually really really good for the price.

Enjoy the pedal. I'm just ordering myself some shirts from Rockett for Christmas. :p

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-Gav

Yeah, i'm ordering some teeshirts from interpnk for xmas too.

I'm getting a Rancid, Against Me!, NoFx and Thrice tee i think, and maybe a Coheed Jacket.

I think an amp for me is in order.

I badly need one.

[url]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=325[/url]

Check that beast. That's what i'm getting. :D:D

[QUOTE=Explosivo]Yeah, lets form all our opinions on statistics that are conjured up from a census that doesn't actually contain even half of the actual population of the country. Statistics are worthless IMO.[/quote]
What statistics are you talking about? I'm talking about the ones that deal with direct parallels between driving drunk and accidents. Or drug abuse and violence. (Not saying you abuse them, but you said there's no correlation between drugs and being irresponsible, and I disagree)[quote]
Also, I'm not sure where you derive your definition of the term 'hypocrisy', but I fail to see how it's hypocritical to be able to say, "Yeah, I did morphine (as an example) and I can say it's definitely not something worth trying twice and I wouldn't recommend doing it once because these are the effects I experienced.." I consider than an informed, valuable opinion. If someone wants to still try said item anyway, that's their choice because like I said, there's a first time for everything. Everyone has a different experience.
[/quote]I'd say it's hypocritical to try something out, and then criticize other people for doing it. Sure you can rationalize that it was "just an experiment" but that doesn't in my mind negate the fact that you still did it. I understand your point, don't get me wrong. If someone who has experience with it tells me not to do it I'm more liekly to listen, but that doesn't mean no one else has the right to tell me I shouldn't do something. If it did our law system wouldn't work.[quote]Just because someone died from driving drunk, does that mean I'm going to? Maybe, maybe not. Most likely not, since I'm a careful driver anyway. Does that mean I [i]should have[/i] driven drunk? Of course not, but at least now I can say I know what it's like to perform that activity under those conditions. Driving under adverse conditions just makes you a better driver in the long run anyway. You achieve your best after performing at your worst.[/quote]See, this is where I have the biggest problem. You assume that you're a good driver (and maybe you are maybe you aren't I have no basis to judge) but in so doing you basically cast off any insecurities of driving drunk. People get in more accidents drunk. It's a fact. I am all for learning experiences, but not when you're risking learning with other people's lives in the balance as well. It doesn't mean you will get in an accident, but is there really a valid reason to risk it? No.
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Having been in the army, I've been around plenty of people that could be considered murderers. A lot of them, however, came away from their situations with a new sense of value towards the lives of others having taken lives themselves. Shooting heroin? No thanks, I'm squeamish around needles. However, I've taken chronic laced with heroin before so I have an idea of the effects. Also, I take a synthetic opiate called Methadone on occassion which has the same effects of heroin and speed anyway so I have an understanding and respect for the effects brought on by those narcotics. Knowing what I know from my experience helps me understand people that actually have problems with those substances to better deal with/help them later on.
[/quote]A lot of people have a line drawn between murderers and killers. But I am aware that after leaving the army many people are more fond of life than ever. But that only strengthens my point I think. People know not to kill, and then after they do so they regret it even more. So should they have even done it in the first place? I'm glad you know first hand how a drug affects you.[quote]
I'm not euphemising anything, I'm stating facts. I know the effects first-hand, so I have an informed opinion. There's nothing hypocritical about that.[/QUOTE]
Man, you're making yourself out to be some sort of a hero. You "put [yourself] on the line" to try these new things. That's total BS. You might not be a bad person, but you're certainly not a hero for it either.
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I didn't plan on it. Apparently when you do something once it becomes a chronic issue necessary of immediate treatment and/or retribution. At least that's what a lot of these little 14-year old kids seem to think. Well, Vince isn't 14, but he acts like it sometimes with his holier-than-thou judgemental bs.[/QUOTE]Of course not. Most if not all of my friends have done weed and even harder stuff. Some are habitual users. They're still my friends. I mean, I'd love if they didn't do it but in the end it is their choice and I'm not going to deny them the right to make their own choices. You're acting like I told you doing all these drugs is gonna get you sent to hell or something. I'm not, I'm just saying the "try everything once" mentality is a really stupid mentality. I'm not a good person either and I know that so I don't get where you think I'm acting like I'm better than you. I just don't approve of the rhetoric you spew.
[QUOTE=I0Play0Bass]
I hear you guys are almost as nice as we are in the bass forum, too. ;)

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-Gav[/QUOTE]
They were mean to me last time I went there :upset:

Welcome though.[QUOTE=Bad Blood][url]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=325[/url]

Check that beast. That's what i'm getting. [/QUOTE]
Only 1 12"?

Mine has 2 :D

The bass forum's been locked.

:-\ ++

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Only 1 12"?

Mine has 2 :D[/QUOTE]

It doesn't bother me really. It would be nice to have 2 though.

It's an awesome price, too, methinks.

[QUOTE=Bad Blood]It doesn't bother me really. It would be nice to have 2 though.

It's an awesome price, too, methinks.[/QUOTE]
Eh, seems pricey to me, but everything in Britain is more expensive than in AMerica as far as instruments go :-\

Yeah, that's true.

Gay British.. stuff.

I could have got a 50W for £189 or the 100W for £220.

Yeah, American stuff rules, i could buy something from an American online store, it woudl eb cheaper.

Vince, do you want to be in the comp today or will yu be in class ?

In 2 hours exactly btw.

[QUOTE=Rancid Dan]Yeah, American stuff rules, i could buy something from an American online store, it woudl eb cheaper.

Vince, do you want to be in the comp today or will yu be in class ?

In 2 hours exactly btw.[/QUOTE]
I'll be in class.

That's why I didn't sign up to particiapte in any :-\

I'll be back about 30 mins after that...

Haha, normally it's at half past but i have to go at half past tonight.

Ah, oh well.

Sorry. :( We'll see if I can't hurry back and make it but I doubt it.