Supergrunged

How long you staying for man? I'm sure you'll enjoy England, it's quite nice. If you're in London be sure to check out Denmark Street, I just picked up a Rickenbacker 330 from a store there today. Some shops can be OTT with prices, but you can find some excellent bargains there like I did with my Ric. Besides, it's next to Charing Cross Road which is great if you like bookshops. Besides the obligatory London bus tour (which I've done many a time), head to the British Music Experience at the O2, that's rather interesting. And do catch a gig or two in Camden Town, there's some great bands to be found playing venues like the Barfly and the Purple Turtle.
If you're in the Midlands I know Birmingham has a PMT superstore there, which I've never visited myself but I have heard has a massive range of gear. There's a GuitarGuitar in Birmingham too, which is another big chain over here, and they get some really awesome gear on their website. Have fun in England dude!

Yeah, the V70 is like the acceptable estate car over here besides an Audi RS4; they're damn sexy! Alfa Romeos have... a few reliability issues as far as I know. Shame, they're such nice cars as well! Project wise, I just joined a new band who were struggling so I wrote them a song and stuff, they seem pretty keen to work, and I had a recording job last night which I ended up playing drums and bass on, just gotta' overdub some guitars. I'll upload it to a Myspace later and I'll send you the link dude!

Old school grunge is the way! Oh, I'm more than familiar with Katy Perry ;D On the radio all the time here. And a new Volvo? Very nice, very nice! Which model?

I think it's about a month 'til I go, so I'm looking forward to that. I tried to get tickets for Stone Temple Pilots but couldn't get any, which is disappointing. I love stumbling upon bands. Yesterday, I found Mission Of Burma, and I bought an album straight away! Inspiring stuff.

Dude, I checked out Science Vs Romance. They're like Jimmy Eat World but English! That's pretty cool if you ask me!

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Well thats awsome! I'd think that would be better then seeing U2, but thats just me. Check out Science Vs. Romance sometime! I'm jelous their from your side of the pond!

Thank you very much sir! I certainly am! I got Pearl Jam tickets!

I'd go for the LP. You could use the extra weight for that glorious fatness associated with stoner. And it's versatile enough, especially if your get 4-conductor (tappable) pickups.

Have you recently moved locations? Different power outlets and relationships to lights can make a huge difference. You need to do a step by step troubleshoot. Get each amp (one at a time) plug...

I really think the easiest way to go about this is just taking your regular Tele bridge to a reliable metal-working dude.

Hmmm .... I'm intrigued by the G3X, but I haven't found many reviews that featured decent Metal patches. Some of the vids I watched made my brain hurt as the patches were k'in chronic. I've had a...

I'm waiting for that from a compressor. Preferably one that isn't half the size of my pedalboard like the Joe Meek. -Bats

I almost bought a Rebel a while back. They're as reliable as most Sino made, pcb based tube amps. Certainly better than a Bugera or something like that. B52 was out of LA and are unreliable as f@@k....

Yeah it is the nature of the beast. You can't have pinned amps boosted without noise with a gate. No pedal will have dramatically less noise at that point unless it has a built in gate. I also...

I know the guy doing the demo. heh! I'll post more when I am done work.

The stock tubes were probably the same brand. Certainly Chinese. It is not unusual to get a bad Sino tube new out of the box. Once the amp is running look for a NOS or even good used RCA preamp...

lol My first computer had a 5 1/4"-disk drive. And it's scary wrong. Would you be happy to know you're actually not banging your wife, but a hologram of your wife perfectly entwined with that...

Try G&L. I was amazed at how good a "cheap" Japanese S-500 sounded, and I believe the Koreans can still blow most Fenders out of the water.

Most Bugeras are known for bad connections, usually with ribbon connectors and such. A truly experienced tech might not need a schematic. If you do not know how to service the amp yourself, take it...

You might have to just make one. 1/4" rod stock is dirt cheap. If you have a vice and a die to thread it it is not that difficult. Or maybe find a kid in metal shop or adult night school, or even a...

Have you tried the amp through a different speaker cab and a different cable? Sounds like the amp blew and I would suspect the cable. We're you using a speaker cable? If it is a tube amp it should...

I am not insulting you. You said nothing about multiple amps and more tubes. I naturally assumed you were discussing the same issue. But, I can tell you, by the questions you are asking, you are...