bloc: The Brand Name Of Instruments You Play

AnotherBrick 05.17.09	1. Gibson/line6 or vox....in need of a new amp
shade 05.17.09	4-IbanezSR500 2-Acoustic B200
bloc 05.17.09	benzum is a one man army
Waior 05.17.09	1) Godin Solidac, has Piezo pups on it, makes beautiful electric and acosutic tones. Fender Stratocaster, mm blues. And an Epiphone SG, but blah. Who needs that. 2) Line 6 Spider II, 2x10, Traynor 2x12 (with le strat), and (bass) a Hartke head with a 1x20 Yorkville cab. 4) Ibanez five string SDGR
bloc 05.17.09	now waior is attempting to be an army, very original.
Athom 05.17.09	1. ESP 2. VOX 4. Fender 5. Emu
Waior 05.17.09	redsky, my next amp is going to be a 2x12 Vox Valvetronix, or at least, that's the plan. what model is yours? Thanks, Benzum. The Ibanez is a nice one for sure, but the Solidac is my one true love.
bloc 05.17.09	now now, don't be modest. yep, i'm a bit jealous of that 5 stringer too. gimme.
myhigherpie 05.17.09	BC Rich Stealth : Chuck Shuldiner Tribute I have a shitty starter amp though... hardly worthy of chuck shuldiners legendary guitar.
Waior 05.17.09	Yeah, bloc, we need details.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	1)ESP EC-500, ESP Viper 250 (first guitar), Gibson Explorer (getting in a few weeks) 2)Orange AD140HTC 3)Tama/Alesis Drum machine 5)Korg MicroKorg
Waior 05.17.09	If I wasn't a broke missionary, I'd have an Orange...
bloc 05.17.09	1. Ibanez S520ex 2. Marshall Mg30 (STOP, yes i know it sucks, i want to get a Peavey Vypyr combo asap) 4. dick around with my friend's epiphone embassy iv 5. casio ht-700
myhigherpie 05.17.09	Im hoping to get a peavey XL this christmas.
Waior 05.17.09	You kids and your shredder guitars.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	I used to have an Ibanez...couldn't stand the frikin thing...
bloc 05.17.09	haha, i can't shred. although i aspire to. i used to have an epi les paul classic, traded it in.
myhigherpie 05.17.09	wee wee diddley doo weeeeeeee scribbly scrabbly doooooo
Waior 05.17.09	If I were to get a collection of guitars, I'd get an Ibanez, but I'd way rather just have a guitar that is diverse. That isn't tied to one particular use.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	and orange is where it's at... by the way no effects pedal love?
myhigherpie 05.17.09	my first guitar was a fender squier. Piece of shit, but it kept me playing.
Waior 05.17.09	6) The Line 6 built in models are useful, so channel switcher. Stompboxes: Boss Distortion, Boss Chorus, Boss Blues Driver. Jim Dunlop Cry Baby Classic.
Waior 05.17.09	I have (and still do have) a Squier Strat actually. I think I'm going to strip the finish off of it. It's a perma-DADGAD guitar.
bloc 05.17.09	what a popular list. personally, i like to keep my signal clean, so i use no effects. yeah, for practise i can't complain about the mg. but when it comes to plying with others, i really could go for another. i always had the feeling krank was a one trick pony? as a collector, i'd def want a tele, take out those pups, and put in hot rails.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	haha way to just add it in... I have a POD X3 but I've gotten fed up with digital crap lately so I'm getting proper pedals. MI Audio Crunchbox, MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ernie Ball volume pedal. I'm now broke btw :(
Athom 05.17.09	Waior, its just the 30 watt valvetronics combo. I have noticed though on most Valvetronics combos that its pretty damn near impossible to get a good clean at anything over 1/4 volume though. It breaks up so fast.
po0ty 05.17.09	Acoustic- Martin and an old aria electric- old aria but never use it
bloc 05.17.09	what's everyone's tuning? mine is standard down half step.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	Pedals don't mess with your signal, unless you're using crappy boss/digitech pedals...all mine are true bypass so yeah.
myhigherpie 05.17.09	Whatever the song is that i am trying to learn.
Athom 05.17.09	I'm usually in D standard and capo up to E.
Waior 05.17.09	Brent, I had a POD X3 Live for a bit too, but argh. Also, if you're using that volume pedal for swells, I rebuke ye. That's what volume knobs are for. redsky, Really? That's quite disappointing.
Waior 05.17.09	You know, when I was playing with a band every second day, I was in E standard, but recently I've been in D standard, or drop C. I have my Strat for DADGAD, and my acoustic is tuned to... god knows what. It sounds good though.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	EMG's don't volume swell correctly...that's the only part of my guitar I can't stand...
Waior 05.17.09	Ahh, okay. Well, volume swell + delay + warm clean sound is like all I ever do... haha.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	EC-500 stays in Eb standard or drop Db The other one is in either F-Ab-C-F-C-F or New Standard Tuning most of the time
Waior 05.17.09	ew flat tunings
Athom 05.17.09	yeah, the gain knob acts too much like a volume knob so when you actually take the time to set a good clean the distance from the clean channel is a huge drop. It does give a bunch of "clean" presets but they are all broken up to some degree, but it does make them pretty good for blues and I've gotten some monstrous post-rock tones out of it (took a while to find though)
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	crossnote tunings ftw! I also use Db-Gb-Db-Fb-Bb-Db sometimes but that's just if I'm really bored
bloc 05.17.09	cool, never seen that F tuning before
bloc 05.17.09	always gets me mad when there's a song i really want to learn that's in a tuning other than mine. with a damn tremolo, we all know how that goes.
Athom 05.17.09	ugh, i hate locking trems.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	If you're interested in heavy open tunings then Csus4 and B modal are pretty cool.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	Yeah locking trems are retarded...main reason I got rid of my Ibanez
Waior 05.17.09	bloc01, I just change the pitch of the song I'm trying to play. That way I don't have to tune at all.
Youwithoutme 05.17.09	1. Epiphone Les Paul Custom 2. Fender Frontman 15g
bloc 05.17.09	yeah, that's the only dislike i have on my guitar. although ibanez pups are pretty shitty too. i intend to swap em for dimarzios soon. shit, maybe i should makes a list of what the best pickup combination is......
Phantom 05.17.09	1. ESP MH-400NT, ESP M-207 (7 string), Yamaha and some no make acoustic 2. Line 6 Spider II 150
Waior 05.17.09	Also, I'm going to start demanding picture proof. I'm calling your bluffs.
Mr. Lizard 05.17.09	1. Washburn X50 Pro Fe which i've had for a few years and is basically an awesome metal guitar. 2.Line 6 Spider III 250/Marshall Mg15 for practising. I'm getting a jackson dk2m dinky on wednesday which owns. BTW @Marksellsuswallets Csus4 is drop C right?, and is B modal B standard?
bloc 05.17.09	phantom, you just HAD to mention it was 7 string, didn't you?
bloc 05.17.09	anyone who doesn't believe me, i got facebook to back me up.
Waior 05.17.09	I would detest a seven string actually
bloc 05.17.09	waior, then you'd hate that i was gonna say i wanted an 8 string at one point. something about them seems so exclusive that i would play em so much better than a 6er.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	C sus4 is drop C on the E A and D strings but where the G B and E strings are normally FAD they're tuned to GCF And B modal is BF#C#F#BD#
bloc 05.17.09	i hear good things about the IBZ/Dimarzio ones in the prestige models, but nothing good on the lower inf ones. i totally get you on the tone thing though, i fiddled with my tone knob one time, could have sworn it was broken.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	C-G-C-G-C-F It sounds fairly major at first but for me it's easier to fret odd sounding chords and do diminished patterns and things like that
Waior 05.17.09	I'm not too lazy. 1) Solidac; sex = http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3803/photo45.jpg 2) Strat; okay = http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9065/photo43n.jpg 3) Ibanez; love = http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1206/photo42y.jpg
bloc 05.17.09	reminds me of devin townsend tuning with a sharper 1st string.
foreverendeared 05.17.09	3. Tama drum kit with 14" Zildjian A Custom Hi-Hats, 21" Paiste Signature Dry Heavy Ride, 17" Paiste Thin crash, 16" Paiste Medium-Thin crash, 10" Paiste 2002 Series Splash, 16" Paiste PST 5 Series Rock Crash, and an 18" Paiste Signature Mellow Crash.
bloc 05.17.09	bass looks great waior. how does the godin play?
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	I forgot I have an acoustic but I never use it. I have a nylon string classical also but that's my school guitar haha.
bloc 05.17.09	haha, i love that gemini video! and foreverendeared, we're starting a band right??????
Mr. Lizard 05.17.09	with csus4 I assume you raise the top two strings by a semi-tone right?
Waior 05.17.09	The Godin plays amazing. I couldn't of picked a better guitar (for myself at least)
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	yeah, semi-tone up from standard
foreverendeared 05.17.09	oh shit, i forgot me pride and joy, 6.5 x 14" Gretsch Phosphor Bronze snare :]
Waior 05.17.09	back off bloc01, foreverendeared's mine
Mr. Lizard 05.17.09	thanks man, just realising how stupid that last question was lul.
Waior 05.17.09	benzum, thanks. i love 24 frets.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	who needs a drummer when you've got Reason 4?
bloc 05.17.09	only kind of neck i don't like are the ones that are too flat where the palm rests, example is the ultra thin necks from esp. that's just me. waior, we need to take this outside.
Waior 05.17.09	who needs Reason 4 when you've got companionship? oh, also looking to get a spector five string to phase out the ibanez, deepest condolences.
foreverendeared 05.17.09	sorry bloc01 and Waior, but i've stopped playing in bands. Too much work with very little payoff. I'm guessing that probably wouldn't be the case if the band i was in was actually good, but that's yet to happen
Waior 05.17.09	bloc, we can BOTH have him. rock paper scissors for who gets lead guitar
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	Omg Spector...mmmmmmm
bloc 05.17.09	those spectors are mighty expensive right? they do look great though, same as warwicks.
Waior 05.17.09	Yeah, they are. But I've basically got everything I want guitar-wise (without becoming too indulgent), so that's my next "goal." Aim high. Haha.
bloc 05.17.09	foreverendeared, your story filled my eyes with tears. now, hop on a plane and meet me in toronto. waior, i pick paper crumpled up into a rock, nothing shall defeat it!
Waior 05.17.09	gar, fine. i'll take rhythm. also: http://www.spectorbass.com/bass_perf_leg5cus1.html And NOT just because dan briggs plays it. they play awesomely
bloc 05.17.09	finger lickin' good bass.
Epilogue 05.17.09	1. ESP LTD DV-200/Mitchell Acoustic 2. Line 6 Spider III 4. Fender Strat Bass
foreverendeared 05.17.09	Benzum's generalizing makes me a sad panda :[
bloc 05.17.09	OH MY, benzum are we releated or something? did i get a lobotomy and did a part of brain go to you? i say the exact same thing about drummers, especially the one in my band.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	I really want a Les Paul double cutaway but then I'd just look like a Thomas Erak copycat :(
Waior 05.17.09	Yes, Erak would be displeased. And so would I, because Les Pauls are not my bag of beans.
ninjuice 05.17.09	1 - Gibson Les Paul (Starburst I believe? woodbody with double humbuckers) plus that crappy Strat-looking First Act somewhere in my room 2 - Fender G-DEC
bloc 05.17.09	they weigh a bloody ton.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	I don't like them much either but I played this double cutaway once and it had a different shaped neck and it played awesomely...
Waior 05.17.09	yeah, but rickenbackers weigh like elephants. hmm. that's interesting
bloc 05.17.09	i've always wanted to play a ricky. honestly, they look light as a feather.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	Have you ever played a rick though? They play like butter
foreverendeared 05.17.09	I have lot's of discipline and and a long attention span :[
ninjuice 05.17.09	my Les Paul is relatively light, oddly enough
Phantom 05.17.09	Mmm our drummer is like that, playing random crap when we're trying to talk about song parts.
Waior 05.17.09	nah, i meant the rickie basses. those things are anvils.
Phantom 05.17.09	He has spares so we usually DO throw them at him. And yeah I've been in about 3 bands. The current one is going most solidly so far, taking a break at the moment due to Uni exams though.
bloc 05.17.09	phantom, you still have exams???
JAV 05.17.09	Ibanez S540, Gibson Les Paul, some generic Washburn and Marshall avt50
Phantom 05.17.09	I have 5 left. They're like modular exams which make up the whole degree. Although one exam is a resit cause I was lazy last year and failed that module. They're all spread out loads which is both annoying and helpful because I can revise more for each one. Last one is on 4th June I think.
londoncalling457 05.17.09	1. Gretsch Pro Jet w/ Bigsby tremolo, epiphone dot 2. Vox, forget specific type, 30w 3. tama imperialstar with zidijan/meinl cymbals 4. brownsville violin bass
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	Only been in one band and I'm still in it...it's really only two of us and we get people we know to help out with drums and stuff. Our old drummer was amazing and we meshed really well but he decided to be an idiot and move halfway across the country for a girl (who was like 15...).
Phantom 05.17.09	My sputnik visit ratio is probably higher than it should be compared my revising ratio, but it works. We had a drummer leave the band and piss his family off for a girl, who promptly cheated on and subsequently dumped him.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	It seems like every drummer who has been in our band has either (a) gotten married (happened twice) or (b) broken up with their girlfriend of like 4 years for no reason...
Waior 05.17.09	haha i'm going to mess up whatever band I end up in by eloping, fer sureee. there goes a perfect cup 'o tea.
Phantom 05.17.09	At the moment no. We're planning on going into a studio and recording an EP over the summer so we'll have stuff up after that. I'll give you a heads up then.
bloc 05.17.09	what genre does your band play phantom?
TheNewWhack 05.17.09	Shure SM58
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	The only song we have in the player was recorded live, outside, when we first started, with a terrible terrible drummer, and we're basically in a completely different genre now. We have a few videos up but one's a Refused cover, one is another really old song, and the other one is a new song but my volume pedal was broken so I couldn't do this thing in the middle section and it's really boring in that part...haha.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individualvideoid=56107290 That's the first song we ever wrote. Pay no mind to the humidity afro I have going on...we're usually more energetic but we were standing on this awkward tiny bobo "stage" that was just a few inches higher than the ground around it so it made for awkward falling moments if we moved more than a few inches.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual &videoid=56107290 I think what happens is suptnik is deleting the ampersand...if it's gone then put it in the place where there is a space haha.
Athom 05.17.09	The only thing i have up on the internets is some acoustic shit on myspace from like a year ago.
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	It's on our band's thing so it shouldn't be set to private haha. Maybe there's a space in the link when you copy/paste it? Anyways I'll send a friend request one moment...
Athom 05.17.09	http://www.myspace.com/keepitlike This was all recorded rather shittily. Now I use Sonar 8 and write stuff that either sounds like Alcest or warped-tour pop punk (odd i know)
marksellsuswallets 05.17.09	myspace.com/thesplinterthewoods don't listen to the song in the player haha.
Phantom 05.17.09	Eugh getting distracted by Call Of Duty. We play prog/tech death metal. Only recording any EP because we can't afford to pay for the studio time for a full length at the moment, haha.
Waior 05.17.09	Brent, I got your video working. I'd like to see a higher-def video of whatever the hell you were doing about a minute in.
marksellsuswallets 05.18.09	Do you mean the guitar solo at the beginning or the tapping part after the first part with vocals? haha
Waior 05.18.09	mm, just the whole song, okay? haha
marksellsuswallets 05.18.09	sadly that's the only video of that song... well there is another one but it was from our first show, we played horrendously, and I weighed like 35 pounds more than I do now...so I do believe I won't be finding that one...haha and wow this turned into a pretty epic thread...
kitsch 05.18.09	1. PRS - electric acoustic - yamaha, seagull 2. peavey and fender 3. dont have any 4. fender p bass 5. yamaha keyboard and grand piano
bloc 05.18.09	and bloc01 stared down at his creations and said, "this is good." thanks for making it a success people.
marksellsuswallets 05.18.09	I feel like we've come to know each other a great deal better than before...ahh fraternity...
Waior 05.18.09	the stringed instruments that brought us together
bloc 05.18.09	i agree, although it was incredibly hard to answer the multiple questions brought up in this thread lol.
bloc 05.18.09	shhhh! you're ruining the epic thread ending benzum!
natey 05.18.09	list is to olon g form e t o take seriously
bloc 05.18.09	...whatever will be, will be....
natey 05.18.09	www.myspace.com/natesniffen i'm mainly a bass player and have a schecter stiletto c-5 thing but record music with a cheap condensor and line 6 podxt live thing. half the time i don't even put a bassline in my music ironically
Athom 05.18.09	oh snap. this guy is like jesus without the hangups
Athom 05.18.09	indeed. i enjoyed what i heard.
Avirov 05.18.09	Italia guitars with my Peavey amp and fender amp are my favs.
Douglas 05.18.09	3 - DW Maple Custom SPECS: TOMS - 12" 13" 16" SNARE: 14" Sleishman floating snare (my pride and joy) DW 5000 - double kicl pedal Cymbals: Hi hats - Zanki 14" Jazz Hats (Sound awesome for Vintage hats) 16" Crash - HHX Sabian 18" Crash - Z Custom Zildjian 16" China - Zildjian Oriental Trash 20" Ride - K Zlidjian Dry No wonder I am broke!
burnafterbreeding 05.18.09	1. Schecter Hellraiser 7-string. All man.
GoodApollo12492 07.07.09	ibanez k-7
xNintendoCorex 07.07.09	well...better late than never! 1 1992 MIJ Fender Tele, Epiphone les paul 2. Marshall vintage modern 2466 (if youre interested im looking to sell it to downsize) 3. piss off 4. some awful yamaha (i dont really play bass often, im just a filler for some bands) 5. no. 6. heres where the fun starts, Effects pedals (in order): boss volume pedal, Tu2, marshall jackhammer, maxon od808, ehx creamy mod big muff, boss re20 boss dd20, boss dd7 (mostly analog and modulate with FS-5U connected), boss dd6 (mostly warp mode and looping via hold function) if only boss would sponsor me
ExcavatedSkull00 04.20.10	Got my own little recording studio up an running in spare room do it all myself still learning all the time Jackson js 30 king v, js strat,tanglewood bass rebel 4k,session pro dd 506 drum pads, line-6 spider 2 amp, and my trusty little korg d4 home studio can make my own demo cds.