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whiskey@throttle 
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Posted on: Apr. 28 2001,18:52 |
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So, I started a live drum&bass band recently, and while things have been going really well (it's quite a novelty to play d&b entirely live) I quickly learned that it is very hard to compete with the large walls of sound system intensity djs use. Combined with the fact that I can't find an accomplished bass player (or any bass player that could play this style of music) I decided to take it upon myself. So I'm buying this, and this, and most likely this as well. Just a side note: this combo could rumble the ass off an elephant while putting cracks in the street. Killer shit.  (p.s. - pay no attention to the retail prices, as they are highly inflated) Anyhow, whenever I prepare to spend a sizable (read: ridiculous) amount of money on something, I start scouring my house for shit I don't really need. I found some stuff. Chances are, I'll probably head over eBay, but then again, I am extremely lazy and impatient. And eBay requires a certain degree of both those virtues. So, I offer the savings directly to you! Besides, for some reason I trust you scamps more than the fiends on eBay. - Black and White/Mechwarrior3.Okay, not only do I not have any time to play these games, I'm beginning to hate B&W anyway. Yeah, that's probably not the best sales tactic, but I just fucking loathe the entire RTS genre. It's still a cool game, though. The graphics and engine are AMAZING, and the creative premise behind the game is ubercool. I'm just not a big fan of micromanagement and "playing God." Still, as I'm sure many will tell you, this game is very addicting. As a matter of fact, I'd be lying if I didn't say I wasn't addicted for the past week since I bought it.
But now I'm rehabilitated, so buy the fucking game. Everything is in perfect shape (the cd case has a blemish in the corner, however) and I haven't even registered it. Comes in original box. Oh, btw, Mechwarrior 3 has never been opened, but is chock full of multi and single player action. It came with Worms Armageddon (now that's a fun game) and has just been collecting dust on my floor. I offer you the both of them for ษ. You can't beat it. - Jaco Pastorius. I am selling the corpse of Jaco Pastorius.
Seriously. Okay...okay, it's just a 24-bit remastering if his 1976 debut recording. It has two unreleased bonus tracks, and features Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Randy&Mike Brecker, Dave Sanborn, Lenny White, and many more. Pat Methany, guitarist extraordinare, does the liner notes. The CD also includes a killer set of session photos. Kuru, you may enjoy this if you haven't already: it has the song "Kuru" on it. As you will note with the following item, I have two of these (my birthday luck), so I need to get rid of one. It's yours for บ. In flawless condition. More on the album here. - GusGus vs. t-world. A very unique brand of ambient beats and ethereal techno. Peter Gaston of CDNOW:
"Biggi Thorarinsson and Herb Legowitz helped transform GusGus from a collective of artists, filmmakers, actors, and photographers into a musical conglomerate that busted out of Iceland with a mellow but upbeat brand of trip-hop...[it] contains tracks that seem to mimic Iceland's volcanic terrain as placid layers of beats and synthesized keys surround a hollow core." Definitely cool, indeed. And track 1 ("Anthem") is a veritable classic. Listen to it here. It's yours, in brand new/mint condition, for พ.
Shipping should only be ū.20 for each item when sent via US Priority. p.s. - I am also willing to trade for other cds, games, drugs, etc.
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melk0r
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Posted on: Apr. 28 2001,22:30 |
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ill trade you the gus gus for 14 dollars worth of smack. im sure you'll have a lot of use for that above a gus gus cd.
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whiskey@throttle
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Posted on: Apr. 29 2001,16:52 |
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Yeah, sorry again. I had originally posted, "SOLD!" But then I looked...Anyhow... For guitar, I play out of an Ampeg 4X10 with a 70s Sunn Model T (man, I love tubes). The Sunn has the bass, mids, and highs all turned to about 7, and the reverb at about 5. I used to play a Les Paul Studio, but now I play an SG with 490 humbuckers. The SG sounds so frickin' raw, it's amazing. Now I only use the Les if I break a string, etc. For effects I use a Virtual Sound Route 66 Overdrive w/ Compression box, mixed in before a Crybay Variable Q wah (with the Q all the way up). It's amazing what you can really do with this simple setup. Then again, I'm not really one for heavy distortion or tons of guitar fx...I guess I just don't like anything getting taken away, so to speak. For the d&b stuff, I leave the trippy sounds and ambience up to a synth player or computer player (interesting how the cpu's become a legitimate instrument these days ). To be honest with you, I'd rather just have string players w/ a (somewhat) natural sound, but it seems the more electronic stuff is kind of mandatory for crowd pleasing purposes. When I play bass, I usually keep it clean and warm, but I also like hooking up my wah and a Boss Bass Synth pedal for that 'sonic electrobass' sound. I think the trick to getting a good bass sound is to not limit yourself to one size speaker: go with 1-2 15" subs, 2-4 10" speakers, and a 4" tweeter/horn. You can get a nice, crystal clear tone a very high volumes this way, no matter where you are on the fretboard. Plus, it leaves alot of room for a good sized amp to do the trick, and it's great to actually feel those LFO-ish lines. I think the most important thing amp-wise (guitar and bass) is to have enough watts to spare. If you have a 500 and you're running it through one cabinet with the knob up to 7, you're going to get a really shitty sound. You should never use more than 60\% of your power; personally, I don't like turning past 4 or 5. Combine this with a split cabinet (or one with stereo capability) and you can split up the available watts to get a very balanced sound. I was playing an Epiphone Eb1 fretless (the violin one), but it was such a peice of dog shit I got rid of it. I don't know what I was supposed to expect for 跾 and the Epiphone seal of approval, but man, that bass BLEW WADS. The ad said it had a hollow body and a clef-hole. When I got it, I found out it was a multi-peice semi-hollow with a painted on f-hole! I scampered back to the ad and saw that in the picture, the painted hole is craftily obstructed by another guitar. Fuckin' shysters. Anyhow, I'm rambling. I have some brief clips of some of our stuff (and the d&b tracks I produce by myself). So, if you'd like, I'll send them to you/post them.
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That is sooooooo low! I gotta make a note of that...