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I think it might be the rhythm guitar on that left channel that is demonstrating the classic OD tone I've been going for. There's no way I can't get it with my Digitech OD, if he's only using a Boss SD...I think it's time for a pickup change. Been using the stocks for 4 or 5 years now and I've replaced virtually everything else. I need something with punch.

Also finally acquiring a tube amp would help

Mr_Trek

11 years

Do get a tube amp. It'll improve your quality of life

To me now when I'm used to playing on a tube amp other ones sound horrible.

LikeASong

11 years

Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3:I think it might be the rhythm guitar on that left channel that is demonstrating the classic OD tone I've been going for. There's no way I can't get it with my Digitech OD, if he's only using a Boss SD...I think it's time for a pickup change. Been using the stocks for 4 or 5 years now and I've replaced virtually everything else. I need something with punch.

Also finally acquiring a tube amp would help

Just to make things clear: my guitar is the one that mimmicks the vocal line, his is the one that does the verse chords. The Boss DS-2 (and not my SD-1) made the biggest difference in his tone though:

That pedal wasn't mine and I didn't want to use it since it gave a little "metalic" flavour to the sound that I wasn't fond of, but many seem to dig it a lot.

Also, keep in mind that my pickups are modified single coils with Alnico V magnets, while his is a 700T humbucker with ceramic-8 magnets which, in my humble opinion, sucks

LikeASong

11 years

Also Matt, DO get a tube amp, your tone and playing will improve dramatically I think. I got one on the cheap months ago and even though I don't play it that much since it's a 25 kg beast that I don't feel like setting up each time I wanna play, I must admit that its tone is unique and makes me jizz. Also much better for gigging, solid state amps are just not quite there when it comes to provide the amount of juice needed to shine in a live setting.

RattleandHum1988

11 years

My band Twisted Planet underwent a transformation after that album we put out last year (I uploaded it here). We couldn't find a bassist or a drummer, so for a long time the TP name became dormant...

Long story short, a friend of ours started dating a drummer, the three of us started jamming (the old band's other guitarist on bass) and things took off from there. We decided we had great chemistry as a trio so we decided to shelve the old album and start working up new tunes, because the jams were already organic and awesome. The other guitarist in the band has shelved his guitars and has taken up bass full-force, not as a guitarist playing bass, but he's been learning the instrument from the ground up, learning techniques, what the bassist's role is and so on. He's essentially reborn as a bassist, and it's worked out awesome.

This sort of 'iteration" started out in April, we've written about 6 songs since and have a bunch of jams to finish writing on top of that, and a few covers we know to boot. We just played our second show a little while ago at a restaurant where they promptly offered us a Saturday night gig in November. We're preparing for it now, and luckily a few videos taken from that second show were presentable enough to upload to youtube.

Here's the first song we ever wrote as a band, Midnight Crisis:

Lyrics:

Every day I go to work
And every day, I go berserk
I'm feelin' pressured to be routine
When the opposite is what I need

Every night, I look out
And see what on I'm missing out
So let me ask you now my dear,
Why in the hell are we still sitting here?

...When it's almost midnight...

When the clock strikes twelve
I'm hanging from the hands
Trying to change time
Any way that I can

Was I meant to live alone?
Just hanging out with my shadow
Was I designed to sleep beside?
Or was I made to stay inside?

As you can see, I've got cold feet
So give me time while I try to find me...

...And it's almost midnight...

When the clock strikes twelve, I'm hanging from the hands
Trying to change time any way that I can

When the clock strikes twelve, I'm hanging from the hands
Trying to change time any way that I can
Couldn't have been a mid-life, I'm only twenty-two
Must've been a midnight cause' now it's half past two

And I feel fine
I feel fine

LikeASong

11 years

Man, what a HUGE sound. That song is not meant to be played in a small club, that belongs to a theatre or an arena. What a sound!! You guys look and sound awesome, and what a fantastic story behind your "new" (not really, but!) bassist and the drummer

Glad you've picked it up again, man! So glad.

RattleandHum1988

11 years

Thanks a lot man! I'm totally biased but yes I can definitely hear this song and the rest of our music in arenas as well

Here are the other videos, I can post the lyrics if people want:
What You Need:

Super Electric:

LikeASong

11 years

Nice guitar riff in What You Need. Some Edge influence at the start?

Super Electric... Wow, what a beggining with the echoed guitar! What a change of rhythm at the 2 minute mark, and then a great guitar solo! What a great song overall! Lyrics for this one maybe?

Both would benefit from some cleaner recordings, but you can definitely feel the potential!

RattleandHum1988

11 years

Thanks again man! (gosh it'd be nice if other members gave their 2 cents...

only kiddin')

Funnily enough that rhythm change is typically much more drastic, at least in our rehearsals and how it'll be on our soon-to-be-released EP. And thanks very much about the solo! I try to not be super...not generic, but not necessarily "stock" with my solos, but I'd say this one is kinda like that, so I'm glad you think it's good!

Again, we have an EP coming out pretty soon, we're working on it now that'll feature 6 songs, and they'll be much better and we'll be putting them to good use!

Lyrics:
I'm not your friendly neighbor or the knight you need
I'm not the alien who comes in peace
I'm not a villain either I don't have a master plan
Don't wanna gain control of the world even though I can

I'm not your average superhero I'm a tough sell
I keep my moral compass hanging from my magnet belt
So just between you and I, I'm not the right guy
I just got lucky when a lightning bolt came down from the sky

Don't look at me, and tell me you wouldn't be
The same as me
X2

I see a generic thug about to commit a sin
So I electrify cause' the lady don't like being forced in
She looks at me innocently and offers to repay
I feel my empty wallet - tell her my preferred currency

They're all telling me that Karma will be my bane
Because I use my superpowers for self gain-
-ing strength without pay, always asking me to save the day
But I only lift my fingers when there's something in it for me

Don't look at me, and tell me you wouldn't be
The same as me
X2

She came at me, in costume and everything
And the last thing I saw was a "K"
She said don't look at me and tell me you shouldn't be
The same as me

patou2

11 years