It's gotten ominously quiet on the Instruments board as of late...

Karl Hungus

We used to have blazing discussions going on for countless pages, gas-inducing threads showcasing lots of fancy things, and overall it was possibly one of the most enjoyable, and friendly boards, but it's seemed to have ground down to a halt recently. What gives?

This place used to be such a hotbed for great discussion, that it's kinda sad to see it in this state.

DeadSkin

Karl Hungus wrote:

We used to have blazing discussions going on for countless pages, gas-inducing threads showcasing lots of fancy things, and overall it was possibly one of the most enjoyable, and friendly boards, but it's seemed to have ground down to a halt recently. What gives?

This place used to be such a hotbed for great discussion, that it's kinda sad to see it in this state.

Ahh, it won't be long more now Karl, we are fast approaching that time of year again , where the GAS gland gets tickled and teased, where we all here try and justify or get folk here to approve a big purchase
But yeah, it has been unusually quiet in here for a wee while, nothin to worry about

Dord

Sorry I'm just trying to pay off my credit card bill now

There may be another GAS related thread from me next month, me gots a trip to Germany on the cards!


I agree though, the latest threads just seem to be about repairs / breakages and useless comparison threads. I mean how the fupp can you compare a Tele and an SG?!? Two totally different beasts.

[/rant]

feylya

We just have to wait for Winter NAMM and Christmas for the big threads to appear.

Karl Hungus

DeadSkin wrote:

we are fast approaching that time of year again , where the GAS gland gets tickled and teased

There's a season for gas? Is it in the pollen or something? Do antihestimines help?

Voodu Child

It has been a bit quiet alright all the same..probably lost a few old regulars or something..

Karl Hungus

voodoo_child wrote:

It has been a bit quiet alright all the same..probably lost a few old regulars or something..

Yeah, the Doc ain't around much lately, but I wouldn't think that's the sole cause of this lull.

feylya

Loads of people aren't around as much. Doc, Ancient1, John, me.

Karl Hungus

feylya wrote:

Loads of people aren't around as much. Doc, Ancient1, John, me.

Yeah, well nobody minds you not being around.

It's true though, there's quite a few people missing. Maybe we should let Rozie back in just to heat up discussion again? We can have threads about how to make fart noises with a fuzz factory.

leninbenjamin

yeah.... all the discussions in the instruments forums just depress me. i got's no monies for new toys

DeadSkin

Karl Hungus wrote:

There's a season for gas?

Yep all year round..........or just when one has sufficient funds

Karl Hungus wrote:

Is it in the pollen or something?

Nah, it lies deep deep inside oneself

Karl Hungus wrote:

Do antihestimines help?

Bloody hope not, I quite enjoy my bouts of GAS

Parsley

Well hopefully I'll have sufficient grounds to post a new thread in a couple weeks! With lotsa pictures.......

-=al=-

im hardly ever on here anymore to busy

Ancient1

I'm still here - don't despair!

I do check in almost every evening just to see what's happening, but I just haven't had the time or energy to post, discuss, contribute or drool.

I've just been so insanely busy in work for the last 3-4 months (it's seasonal in my job), that by the time I get home I just don't have the energy or interest to post. But I do keep an eye out for threads of interest (such as the Gentlemen Behold Thread Series, ha).

I've also been dealing with some other personal sh1t and I'm up to my eyes in debt, so it's probably a good thing that it's been quiet around here, you bunch of GAS-inducing mofos...:p

It'll pick up again, don't worry KH

Oh, and as far as I know Doc still doesn't have broadband at home. But he assures me he does have electricity and running water.

Morf

Ancient1 wrote:

Oh, and as far as I know Doc still doesn't have broadband at home. But he assures me he does have electricity and running water.

He doesn't deserve either until he coughs up a bacchus . . .

Sofaspud

Ancient1 wrote:

Oh, and as far as I know Doc still doesn't have broadband at home. But he assures me he does have electricity and running water.

The dude needs to sort out his priorities.

highlydebased

Its a been a bit quiet......

.....miss the countless threads asking how reliable Thomann are for shipping stuff! lmfao!!

leninbenjamin

lol, someone needs to make a thomann sticky

feylya

leninbenjamin wrote:

lol, someone needs to make a thomann sticky

Do it then.

fish-head

Could it be....... people are practicing?!

Quattroste

There is a lot of reading but not much to post about. Like most of you I'm here everyday (almost) reading, and as Karl said the discussion, debate etc has stopped temporarily.

It will be bach soon. (note the incorrect spelling of back)
Right there | LOOK!

Karl Hungus

fish-head wrote:

Could it be....... people are practicing?!

It's a sad sad day when people are practicing instead of talking about gas.

Quattroste wrote:

There is a lot of reading but not much to post about. Like most of you I'm here everyday (almost) reading, and as Karl said the discussion, debate etc has stopped temporarily.

Yeah, I should probably go post a thread about gas.

How's that Lonestar going for you anyway? It is you who has one, isn't it?

dazberry

Did my best while I could... but if another guitar appears in the house I maybe killed - maybe...

sei046

i aint been around either... Nobody cares! i wouldnt mind but i have been buying gear left right and center lately!

The_g-man

Originally Posted by Doctor J
Patience sucks, mach schnell mit der up to date pics

Could be a bigger factor in the lull than we ever realised.

If anyone feels like starting a gear of the year thread I'd have a few pics to add on in a week or two(fingers crossed:rolleyes:).

fourmations

FWIW I have started going to more specific sites
relating to my interests

jazzmaster - offset guitars.com
les paul - mylespaul.com
toob amps - ampage.com

these get an awful lot more traffic
and hence more answers

whats the point in asking about the bridge issues
on a jazzmaster when no-one here owns one!

I have also found that its predominately
metal related discussion here,
on "offsets" there is really good discussion on my kind of music

half the threads here are
..."heres my new ibanez shredder"...thread!! :eek:
(black with seven strings active emg's etc etc) sorry karl!

still like the place though, its just been a bit boring recently

its seems that a lot of people here stumble in from the rest of boards!
with threads like "first guitar" "choose an amp" etc, which is all fine
its just not that intersting for someone who's playing 15yrs+

rgds

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Karl Hungus

fourmations wrote: »

half the threads here are
..."heres my new ibanez shredder"...thread!! :eek:
(black with seven strings active emg's etc etc) sorry karl!

Karl uses DiMarzios, not EMGs! Also, red would be the prefered guitar colour. The only thing you got right is the 7 strings bit.

Voodu Child

fourmations wrote: »

whats the point in asking about the bridge issues
on a jazzmaster when no-one here owns one!

You should put a floyd rose in there; clear the bridge issues right up...

Karl Hungus

voodoo_child wrote: »

You should put a floyd rose in there; clear the bridge issues right up...

Fantastic idea.

fourmations

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Fantastic idea.

ha!
a floyd indeed! i dont think i'll swap my dreamy vibrato for a divebomber!
it's be like putting texas specials in an RG!!
(i have a floyd guitar anyway for my metal moments)

I wonder if Fender have any plans for a seven string jazzmaster
they could sharpen up the horns and ditch the scratchplate
and do something with that headstock and damned 7.25 fretboard!!

there you go, bit of banter was all I needed to come home!

rgds

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Karl Hungus

fourmations wrote: »

it's be like putting texas specials in an RG!!

Mmm, SRV style.

That could be interesting indeed.

NeMiSiS

I may be posting a Les Paul GAS thread soon..
I just need a few quid.. and to make a phone call or two.. and to maybe flog another geetar..

TK

Karl Hungus

Well, I have to say, things have certainly picked up here for the better. What do you guys think?

DeadSkin

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Well, I have to say, things have certainly picked up here for the better. What do you guys think?

Yeah sure has, looks like a lot of us were droppin' in alright but nothin' really tickled our fancy.
Ya throw up a few pics and hey presto, GAS rears it's ugly head
Think a GAS sticky might help??

Karl Hungus

DeadSkin wrote: »

Think a GAS sticky might help??

Nah. Throwing all the gas into one thread would be messy as hell. As it is, you can have seperate gas threads about your 27 fret floyd equipped shred machine, or threads about your vintage twanger, or amps or effets. Some things I think are best kept to seperate discussions where they can breathe and grow on their own.

John

feylya wrote: »

Loads of people aren't around as much. Doc, Ancient1, John, me.

The world of science needs me. I've only been able to pop my head into the odd thread here, normally skip by the GAS ones because they depress me. Although there might be some mini-GAS threads from me soon.

fish-head wrote: »

Could it be....... people are practicing?!

I am actually! Well was, band is on hiatus for the moment but studio excursions are planned...

Doctor J

There isn't really much in the way of actual discussion going on, there seems to be very little of the excitement about new brands or designs that made the forum interesting a couple of years ago, or even just soaking up the beauty of a battered strat or some other pic put up by someone. Everybody's got their little brand list in their sigs and there's very little deviation from those brands regardless of what the topic is. I still check the forum out once or twice a week, but there ain't much to see tbh.

Karl Hungus

Hmm, I'd agree with you there Doc about the little excitement about new stuff. There's quite a few new things that have come out recently, and the lack of excitement is kinda crap. Can't blame people about sticking to their brand though, that's always happened and it's really nothing new.

I do think I've managed to squeeze some more juice back into the old girl with this thread and some others. I mean, when was the last time we've seen a Chris Guitars thread? Old times, eh?

Voodu Child

There's no shortage of new people posting here, but most of it is just for help or advice, and they're never to be seen again after getting their answers.

The guys getting into heated dicussions (or arguments ) are mostly still the old regulars, and I guess there's only so many times you can discuss the same things without some new opinions being injected in.

fish-head

You know.. since I got my Gretsch, my GAS has been practically non-existant.

slavetothegrind

Hey Lads!

I have a floyd trem on my old BC rich custom ( twas made for Jimmy Smith, ye oldies may remember him!)
I have a block of wood unceremoniously jamming it at present to get the action down a bit. Jimmy had it set high for slide work.

Anyhow i was thinking of trying to get hold of an old Ibanez rg550 coz when i was younger i wanted one but could not afford it. At one stage it was THE guitar to have if you were a metal fan! Now i am older and more of a blues and anything interesting fan.

Love the BC rich though, needs a paintjob as worn to bits!

Recently bought a fender 1000 amp, too powerful but nice sound, tube preamp solid state power. Lovely clean and nice on mild distortion.

Am also expecting arrival of a Roland cube this week. Will post impressions upon trial!!!!

Quattroste

Wow.Only getting to reply now cos the site was down on Thursday, Wedding on Friday, Hangover on Saturday, and drinking again now . I spent the afternoon trying out bits form Guitarmasterclass.net. Pretty cool site for learning new bits and pieces.

Karl. Yes I have the Mesa Lonestar but unfortunatly its is not used as often as it should. I keep it up in the attic room but can only really play at the weekend in between all the family **** that needs to be done . In the evening it is too loud so I generally play and practise using the Cube and the Tonelab.

It is a really sweet amp and when I eventually find that detached house on land with a detached garage I'll play the **** our of it. I wait patiantly and patiently I wait. Don't think I'll need another amp for what I like playing but whoever says you NEED all the amps eh!

Gaspode

fish-head wrote: »

Could it be....... people are practicing?!

Practising their thread writing?

Karl Hungus

Quattroste wrote: »

Karl. Yes I have the Mesa Lonestar but unfortunatly its is not used as often as it should. I keep it up in the attic room but can only really play at the weekend in between all the family **** that needs to be done . In the evening it is too loud so I generally play and practise using the Cube and the Tonelab.

It is a really sweet amp and when I eventually find that detached house on land with a detached garage I'll play the **** our of it. I wait patiantly and patiently I wait. Don't think I'll need another amp for what I like playing but whoever says you NEED all the amps eh!

Sweet indeed.

I don't know if you need all the amps, but one amp that does a lot of things is always good. See that big Mesa Boogie I posted over in the Amps thread? The one with all the knobs? That'd be the Roadster, and the first 2 channels are taken straight from the Lone Star, the next 2 being Rectifier, so there's quite a bit of versatility to be had there.

Voodu Child

Karl Hungus wrote: »

That'd be the Roadster, and the first 2 channels are taken straight from the Lone Star, the next 2 being Rectifier, so there's quite a bit of versatility to be had there.

Even better; it's got the Clean and Fat modes from the Lonestar, but also two extra modes, Tweed and Brit as well. There is a LOT of sounds in there, damn versatile amp.

Karl Hungus

voodoo_child wrote: »

Even better; it's got the Clean and Fat modes from the Lonestar, but also two extra modes, Tweed and Brit as well. There is a LOT of sounds in there, damn versatile amp.

Oh, wow. Now it's a pity you have to switch those manually. If only there was an amp that had all those modes, but they were midi switchable... Oh wait!

Voodu Child

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Oh, wow. Now it's a pity you have to switch those manually. If only there was an amp that had all those modes, but they were midi switchable... Oh wait!

Well man, the truth is, an EQ, gain or volume setting that works well on the Brit mode won't necessarily sound good on the Fat mode (or whatever).

Karl Hungus

voodoo_child wrote: »

Well man, the truth is, an EQ, gain or volume setting that works well on the Brit mode won't necessarily sound good on the Fat mode (or whatever).

Ah fair enough.

Quattroste

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Sweet indeed.

I don't know if you need all the amps, but one amp that does a lot of things is always good. See that big Mesa Boogie I posted over in the Amps thread? The one with all the knobs? That'd be the Roadster, and the first 2 channels are taken straight from the Lone Star, the next 2 being Rectifier, so there's quite a bit of versatility to be had there.

Yeah that is one mofo amp but I'm one of the less is better types (old you see). I tend to find one or two tones that I really like and then subtly change them with the way I play. At least that's the theory anyway

Karl Hungus

Quattroste wrote: »

Yeah that is one mofo amp but I'm one of the less is better types (old you see). I tend to find one or two tones that I really like and then subtly change them with the way I play. At least that's the theory anyway

Yeah, I've currently got a 2 channel amp, and I really want to upgrade to a 4 channel. I've got an insane hankerin' for more channels.

John

Get Digital, there's loads of channels on that