Musician General

[KY]

Same, Vinny.

I LOVE THIS FUCKING PEDAL.

Also, dat Ibanez Artcore, Commie. That was my third electric guitar. Although I wish I had picked up the one with the deeper cutaway, those high frets are hard to reach without it.

[Communism1]

Yeah, I have the one without the deep cutaway and it's a pain in the ass; otherwise, it's a great guitar. I love playing jazz/blues on it :3

[Gargegecko]

Same, Vinny.

I LOVE THIS FUCKING PEDAL.

Also, dat Ibanez Artcore, Commie. That was my third electric guitar. Although I wish I had picked up the one with the deeper cutaway, those high frets are hard to reach without it.

Yeah KY, it's great.  I got my hands on an 80s re-issue (I'll post a pic of the circuit board later but it looks like something like this)



OLDDDD SCHOOOOOOL, but I think age gave it an even richer tone and personally, I find it more versatile than a Fuzz Face.

[Brophonics]

Just ordered this because good god it's sexy. A Washburn Taurus T25 5-string bass.

Makes both my other basses look like abortions.

[Communism1]

Oh god, brophonics...I just jizzed a little; I hope it sounds as sexy as it looks.

[Gargegecko]

dat bass. 0_0

[Xeno]

Don't hate.


My first guitar: an Ibanez rg120. Used for weird tunings and equipped with heavier gauge strings. (10-52)


My second guitar: an Ibanez rg350DX. Used for not very much lately because of a particularly frustrating Floyd Rose bridge.

I'm self taught and have been playing for about five years.

[Communism1]

Xeno, we not hatin'. Anyways, I guess you play metal?

[Xeno]

Xeno, we not hatin'. Anyways, I guess you play metal?

I started out playing metal, and still play it often, but I can't really define my style right now. I use a lot of alternate tunings and natural harmonics.

[Gargegecko]

Prepare your bodies for my love child.

[Daisytrap]

Don't mind me and my not-guitars. My main instrument is Euphonium, and I love it. I've performed on Euphonium/Baritone, Trombone, Xylophone, Marching Cymbals, Trumpet and Bass Clarinet. I was Brass Captain in my high school marching band. Some of the best times with the people there. Bass Clarinet was a lot of fun, completely different feel than what I was used to with brass instruments. Within a few weeks of playing, I had a much better tone than the girl that was teaching me, although she could destroy me when it came to technical parts (I'm so modest, I know). I played Xylophone for an indoor percussion show, then marched cymbals the next year. I even got a bitchin' Flexatone solo. Trumpet was for my school's jazz band. I did that for 10th and 11th grade. I didn't make the cut my senior year because I walked into my audition without an instrument saying that I hadn't played in 7+ months (hue). I've been wanting to learn piano, so I'm ready to go home for Summer and steal my brother's keyboard.

[Communism1]

Haha, Daisytrap. You are not alone when it comes to being a band nerd. I started playing sousaphone my Freshman year for marching band, so of course I picked up euphonium on the side. Started playing trombone and trumpet as well just for fun. I'm a cellist, so you'd think that I'd be able to pick up trombone easier since it has the muscle memory stuff and it has a closer embouchure to tuba/euphonium, but trumpet is way easier. Anyways, I've spent a good third of my time at high school in the band room. I was logistics officer for the marching band last year (which means I was in charge of losing the field markers) and this year I was drum major. Band is so hype, haha

[Daisytrap]

Ooh, Cello. If I were to learn any string instrument, it would definitely be Cello. I would not be able to do Sousaphone, way to heavy. I had way too much trouble holding the marching Baritone ;_;. I think of my 32 classes I took in High School, 10 of them were band classes, so not quite a third for me, ha. I promised myself I'd never be drum major around my 11th grade year, when my section leader did Drum Major. It was a shame because he was so damn good and was off the field. I dated the Drum Major my Senior year, and the arm waving gave her stronger arms than me. She beat me in arm wrestling, which she was embarrassed about but I thought was pretty neat, ha. I had a lot of trouble with range on Trumpet, probably because we practiced once a week and I don't quite have the work ethic to practice at home. I just used being used to Euphonium as an excuse, but the guy playing Euphonium two years younger than me can outrange most of our trumpets.... He's really damn good.

[Communism1]

Haha, yeah, waving my arms around was pretty damn rough the first game we did, but I got used to it. I think by the end of marching band, I could've done a marathon, conducting session if I needed to. It isn't so much how long you're conducting for...but how fast the songs are! I mean Christ, I love taking leading, but after playing pep band tunes like Crazy Train followed by Rock Lobster followed by Land of a Thousand Dances followed by "Song the drum major is taking at about 150+ bpm"...your arms start to die on you, haha.

As for sousa, I never had to much of a problem with the weight even though I'm a small guy and I don't have much mass. I broke my left collarbone playing football with friends sophomore year, though, and ever since I've never been totally comfortable while playing

[Gargegecko]

This will be coming in the mail someday.