Cruising music

[riffer]

Oops forgot about Meshuggah

Oh and for fun, here was my guitarist killing bass rig (replaced the GK head with a 1kw power amp later on).

Nice Stuff Devil. If I'm not mistaken that's a very tasty 8 x 10 inch Ampeg stack there too - always loved the sound of those - more punch than the equivalent Gallien Kruger 8 x 10's.

I reckon you would have had that Alex Van Halen bottom end sound sussed with that rig.

Is that a Musicman bass?

My live setup was 2 1987 Marshall 50W heads (the 80's version of the JTM45 plexi head), with the 2 channels bridged together, running either side of the stage for stereo. I had the amps switched to 220v to run a bit hot, and they each went into 1960A & B cabinets (slant and square fronts).

Guitars were a 1988 Gibson Les Paul Custom with a 1975 Maple Top Gibson Les Paul Standard for backup, going to the amps trough a Roland Boss GT-3 running in stereo, with an external Tube Screamer (brown mod) and Dunlop wah.

Metalhead heaven.

I've downgraded now to just the Les Paul Custom, GT-3 and 1 Marshall Head and 1 cabinet. Still pretty loud, especially in the gargre.

[Devil]

Heh yeah thats a Musicman Stingray5. Actually just selling it now as I dont play anymore (Offers anyone? $2800? mint condition, come on, help a man pay off his motorbike).

The main rig I ended up with in the end was that bass, with the Ampeg 8x10, a Peavey CS1000X power amp and a Sansamp PSA-1 preamp. Love the sansamp/musicman combo. Enormous punch. Blew a few practice room lightbulbs by shaking the filaments to pieces

My ideal rig would have been that bass, the sansamp but with a Mesa Boogie Bass 400+ (mmm 500watts of tube bass amp!) with maybe a mesa 8x10. The Ampeg 8x10 sounded great *most* of the time, but sometimes its a bit heavy on the low mids, especially with the stingray.
Just like Christian Olde Wolbers from FearFactory (well minus the bass anyway).

[Posh Tourer :P]

Sorry Jim2, but I cant help it....

How do you know when a drummer is delivering your pizza?



The doorknocking is out of time and he doesnt know when to come in......







And that was told to me by a part-time drummer/keyboardist...

[James Deuce]

Sorry Jim2, but I cant help it....

How do you know when a drummer is delivering your pizza?



The doorknocking is out of time and he doesnt know when to come in......







And that was told to me by a part-time drummer/keyboardist...

How do you know when a BMW rider got overtaken on a group ride and left behind in the dust?

When a central European state embraces fascism and enslaves a big chunk of Europe and Russia.

Ahahahahahahaa

How do you know when a BMW got kicked out of power and lost a war?

They spend the next 50 years saying, "I feel I must apologise for how slow BMWs were in ze war".

Ahahahahaha

[riffer]

Sorry Jim2, but I cant help it....

How do you know when a drummer is delivering your pizza?



The doorknocking is out of time and he doesnt know when to come in......







And that was told to me by a part-time drummer/keyboardist...

Yes, obviously a part-timer. Amateur.

[Paul in NZ]

Currently I’m on a Bluegrass kick… Del McCoury Band’s version of Richard Thompson’s ’52 Black Lightening’ is something to behold!!!! Possible the best motorcycle song ever apart from the Rockabilly great….

BLACK DENIM TROUSERS AND MOTORCYCLE BOOTS
(Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller)
THE CHEERS (CAPITOL 3219, 1955)

He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up 'cycle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101
Well, he never washed his face and he never combed his hair
He had axle grease imbedded underneath his fingernails
On the muscle of his arm was a red tattoo
A picture of a heart saying "Mother, I love you"
He had a pretty girlfriend by the name of Mary Lou
But he treated her just like he treated all the rest
And everybody pitied her 'cause everybody knew
He loved that doggone motorcycle best
He wore black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
He had a hopped-up 'cycle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101
Mary Lou, poor girl, she pleaded and she begged him not to leave
She said, I've got a feeling if you ride tonight I'll grieve
But her tears were shed in vain and her every word was lost
In the rumble of his engine and the smoke from his exhaust
He took off like the devil, there was fire in his eyes
He said, I'll go a thousand miles before the sun can rise
But he hit a screamin' diesel that was California-bound
And when they cleared the wreckage, all they found...
Was his black denim trousers and motorcycle boots
And a black leather jacket with an eagle on the back
But they couldn't find the 'cycle that took off like a gun
And they never found the terror of Highway 101


That line…

“He had a hopped-up 'cycle that took off like a gun
That fool was the terror of Highway 101”

Bwahahahaha! Great stuff…


If I was going to suffer listening to Eric Clapton it would be something old or up to Derek and the Dominos era….

If I want to listen to something good….

Peter Green!!

[Hitcher]

How do you know when a BMW rider got overtaken on a group ride and left behind in the dust?
When a central European state embraces fascism and enslaves a big chunk of Europe and Russia.
Ahahahahahahaa
How do you know when a BMW got kicked out of power and lost a war?
They spend the next 50 years saying, "I feel I must apologise for how slow BMWs were in ze war".
Ahahahahaha

Go Jim!

After all, what is it that all great bands have in common? A great rhythm section! What is it more than anything else that cements a band's sound? The rhythm section.

Bands that would be nothing without their rhythm sections include:
The Rolling Stones
U2
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Queen
Dire Straits
Fleetwood Mac
AC: DC
Deep Purple
Alien Ant Farm
Police
... You get the picture...

[Paul in NZ]

I dunno....

Fleetwood Mac was shite without Peter Green...

The Police without Sting??? (actually, even with him they were terrible)

:cool2:

[jrandom]

After all, what is it that all great bands have in common? A great rhythm section!

Yes, but any monkey can whack on a drum set. It's just a matter of feeding them enough bananas before studio sessions.

(sprints for cover)

[scumdog]

My choices? Born to be Wild, Dead or Alive, The Immigrant Song, Bad to the Bone, Highway Star, etc - good soothing stuff for a troubled mind

[scumdog]

Mmmmm V twin deceleration

Haaah! raises the hackles on my neck too

[Paul in NZ]

Haaah! raises the hackles on my neck too

You should try it on my Mk2. It's LOUD, was not fitted with air filters from the factory (has little pods now) and has a C/R straight cut gearbox. Diving down through the top 3 gears makes a sound (to the rider) like a pack of hungry WW2 spitfires that atr raw meat for breakfast and gravel for morning tea. It would put a horn on a jellyfish.....

Stuff that potato potato thing... (hhhmmmm - stuffed potatoes - drool)

Give me grarrraaaawwwwwwwwlllllllllllrrrrooooommmmmsnnnaar rrllllllggraunchvarroooommmm anyday

[750Y]

i cruise in the car with blindspott, rage against the machine, iron maiden, acdc, cold chisel, van halen & other stuff in the stacker. drives the mrs crazy when the 4 year old girl is singing "fuck You i won't do what ya told me"

[Cajun]

i cruise in the car with blindspott, rage against the machine, iron maiden, acdc, cold chisel, van halen & other stuff in the stacker. drives the mrs crazy when the 4 year old girl is singing "fuck You i won't do what ya told me"

hmmm old school metal

yeah i taught a 5 year old cousin that rage against the machine song, thats also one of the wifes fav songs

[F5 Dave]

Since when have Rage been ‘old school?’

or Metal for that matter.

That Blindspott album is great eh?