New Years Resolutions

[Psycho Ward]

Congradulations Mark! I truly wish you all the best.













Remember if they ask you if you want to cut the cord, you ask them if they will knock off a few hundred bucks off the hospital bill, if not, let them do it.

 

[radiotrib]

All the best Mark ... Enjoy every minute of it .. I'm getting my second installment right now .. I'm a 2x grandpa (soon to become 3x) and that's really fun too.

 

[Golem]

Golem,

Here are some guitar playing tips.

* Strum it only between the nut and the tuning pegs.

* If the guitar has a tremolo bar, rest your strumming arm on it at all times.

* Raise the pickups so that they double as string mutes.

That ought to keep your from developing excess skill.

Nachos grackleglass. No trem bar, but it has a trapeze tail. Also, are the tuning keys supposed to be set to any particular angle for best tone? I'm using flatwound 13s so it feels closer to my bass. My GC picks are turning to red confetti. Should I get picks made from endangered species?

 

[Golem]

More tips:

- Turn everything up to 11 and don't pay any attention to people who tell you to turn it down. Claim you can't hear yourself if you don't crank it. Alternatively, claim that the amp only sounds good if it's being driven as hard as possible.

- Shoot for as much feedback as possible.

- Expect everyone else to follow you. Why else would the call it LEAD guitar?

- Ignore everything except what you're doing. This includes things like the end of songs.

- Hit every chord as hard as you can. Subtlety is for p*ssies.

- Insert as many Eddie Van Halen pinch harmonics and tapping lines as possible. Play them all on the wrong fret, at the wrong tempo.

- Don't mute anything....let those strings breathe!

- Stand with your feet as far apart as possible and sling your guitar so low that you can't play anything articulate...'cause it looks cool.

- Always wear a "guitar god" grimace.

- Play with your thumb over the top of the neck.

- Upstroke? What's an upstroke?

- Play the wrong chord and INSIST that it's the right one (works really well if you choose one that's in key).

- When others are talking between songs, randomly play something (anything) to drown them out.

Cool. BTW, who is this Edgar von Whalen dood?

 

[Golem]

-Getting in better shape (I know, a classical one)
-Finding a nice girlfriend (I'm fed up with being alone )
-Finding a great band to join
-Do lots of archaeological excavations (always fun )

1. Shape? Not so square? Ditch the tux?
2. This is at odds with #3.
3. [see #2.]
4. Never hurts to clean the music room, huh?

 

[Golem]

"Stankface, life is a wonderful journey," and size does matter!!! 10's are quicker than 15's. Is all you need to know.

"I-80 in the winter, I-90 in the summer, keep on truckin'." All you need to know. My shrink was hauling freight X-country before he was a shrink. This simple philosophy is always relevant. It's pretty much the same as "Never interupt someone when they are talking to themself." These things are much broader and deeper than they appear at a casual reading.

 

[tkarter]

Mine is to make it to my 30th wedding anniversary.

Mark you will do fine with fatherhood. Make all the memories good ones is the best key to that end, other than being the provider.

tk

 

[SteveB]

Nachos grackleglass. No trem bar, but it has a trapeze tail. Also, are the tuning keys supposed to be set to any particular angle for best tone? I'm using flatwound 13s so it feels closer to my bass. My GC picks are turning to red confetti. Should I get picks made from endangered species?

* Turn each tuning key until the string breaks, then back off a quarter turn.

* Picks made from Dodo beak are preferable. If you can't find those, substitute a drummer brain.

 

[ricplayer]

Nachos grackleglass. No trem bar, but it has a trapeze tail. Also, are the tuning keys supposed to be set to any particular angle for best tone? I'm using flatwound 13s so it feels closer to my bass. My GC picks are turning to red confetti. Should I get picks made from endangered species?

Boy, if I didn't know you better, I'd say you are one strange bassist....

 

[radiotrib]

... If you can't find those, substitute a drummer brain.

Nope .. drummer brain's no good ... its too soft and flaky .. at least, the one our drummer keeps picking out through his nose is ....

 

[Dr Stankface]

My thread almost has 1,000 views.

For once, my thread doesn't suck!!!

Andrew

 

[Golem]

* Turn each tuning key until the string breaks, then back off a quarter turn. ......

Just tried that today. Sounds great, exactly once. Flatwound 13s aint exactly cheap neither.

 

[ricplayer]

My thread almost has 1,000 views.

For once, my thread doesn't suck!!!

Andrew

Ya did good son, ya did good!!!

 

[Dr Stankface]

Ya did good son, ya did good!!!

It's about time

Andrew

 

[Dr Stankface]

Anymore resolutions?

 

[Figjam]

1280 x 960

 

[Dr Stankface]

1228800

 

[bovinehost]

This thread sucks.

 

[Figjam]

how bout now

 

[bovinehost]

I think I'm having a seizure.