Tom 13804 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 I don’t believe there’s a pedal on this earth that can make you sound like SRV but I'll await @Gemmill‘s feedback. I hate the pedal show, it just makes me want to spend and I DONT have a tax rebate to play with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34166 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Does it shite! That's a good video of it though. Pretty short one too. I have a difficult time with That Pedal Show. There's undoubtedly good content but they're such a fucking pair of fannies. They went to a vintage guitar shop a few weeks back and at one point Mick is talking to camera and says "Dan's just having a bit of a sit down, it's all been a bit emotional." And he wasn't joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13804 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 I get confused by which is which but I imagine it’s the Australian fella who was going on like a fanny. I like the enthusiasm at times but other times it seems to suck the fun out of things. I mean I like guitar pedals but I don’t want to deliver a three hour lecture on them or have a NASA style pedal board. You play guitar with your hands and 9 times out of 10 that’s where the best players are recognised & thats where I have most of my fun. I get mad pedals every now and then but they never last too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34166 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Aye Dan is the biggest fanny, and it was him that was having a moment cos he played an old guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13804 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 He’s never had a real job has he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Harsh I really enjoyed that episode, even if they are a bit much. The bloody left handed '64 strat that still has the original strings on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13804 Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share Posted August 15, 2019 Well aye I was gonna watch it but it’s nearly two hours long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 Do either of you watch the JHS youtube channel? Given what you dislike about TPS it might be right up your streets. Saw your Fb video with the Dookie Drive earlier @Tom (not sure why I'm telling you this here rather than there) you're right about it nailing the tone, sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 New gear from my UK delivery part two! Illuminators going into the tele! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34166 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 9 hours ago, Andrew said: Do either of you watch the JHS youtube channel? Given what you dislike about TPS it might be right up your streets. Saw your Fb video with the Dookie Drive earlier @Tom (not sure why I'm telling you this here rather than there) you're right about it nailing the tone, sounds great. Aye I watch JHS videos. They're good, and he's enthusiastic without bursting into tears partway through videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13804 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 14 hours ago, Andrew said: Do either of you watch the JHS youtube channel? Given what you dislike about TPS it might be right up your streets. Saw your Fb video with the Dookie Drive earlier @Tom (not sure why I'm telling you this here rather than there) you're right about it nailing the tone, sounds great. I haven’t seen it but I’ll give it a go. I watch a lot of the Andertons ones tbh. The “sound like” ones are good fun. Especially “by busting the bank” *puts euromillions on* Yeh I’m loving the pedal. It can basically get every tone on Dookie/Insomniac perfectly & a lot more Green day stuff as well as a lot of classic rock sounds. Its great for AC/DC bizarrely. The three riffs I played in the video sound quite different but it’s all on one setting. I’ve no longer any problem with the price. Im using it straight into the Orange Rocker 30 with no other pedals. The headroom of the OR30 & the width it gives your sound gives you a much better sound than my actual Marshall which is weird but welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34166 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 That Pedal Show this week. 8 minutes in and that little Aussie cunt is staring at the floor, shaking his head, and saying "it's emotional playing through it" about an amp. He is a fucking bellend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13804 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Fucks sake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Pickups in, kraken fully integrated into the helix setup. Ive had worse! Chair included for Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13804 Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 That’s a fine chair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34166 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Came to Crimson Guitars for a repair and maintenance course. I thought it would be a gentle introduction - lunchtime on day 1 and I've removed all the frets and nut from my tele and am partway through putting a new set of frets on it. Terrifying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Ah thats cool, I've fancied doing something like that for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34166 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 There's a bunch of blokes there finishing their 3 month guitar build course tomorrow. There's some great guitars there. Fuck knows how you find the time and money for 3 months though. I can see me coming back to do either a 1 week guitar build or just a 3 day kit build. A lad finished up a LP style kit guitar today and it looked great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: There's a bunch of blokes there finishing their 3 month guitar build course tomorrow. There's some great guitars there. Fuck knows how you find the time and money for 3 months though. I can see me coming back to do either a 1 week guitar build or just a 3 day kit build. A lad finished up a LP style kit guitar today and it looked great. Aye I've just been looking £4,500 for the three month course, though it does say that its aimed at people wanting to start building on their own time so I suppose as business expenses go that might not be too terrible? I'd love to do the 3 or 5 day courses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34166 Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Aye, the owner Ben was talking to the 3 month blokes there today and he was asking if this had made their minds up to do it for a living, so I think it's definitely an entry into that world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) Remember this kid he's all grown up now He owns a couple of Steve Vai's famous guitars that Steve gave him the 1st ones on the Passion & Warfare cover The 2nd one featured in the video for Goin' Crazy by David Lee Roth when Vai was in his band I've recently got back in touch with Tom as I think I helped him a little bit on his journey. In August 1988 a couple of days before Donington i saw an advert saying something like Junior Jimi Hendrix play at The Percy Arms Newcastle. This intrigued me so I went along & saw this little kid playing an Ibanez Jem Floral he played Tobbaco Road bits of Euruption etc I was gobsmacked. I spoke to Tom's dad John during the interval & mentioned I was going to Donington Monsters Of Rock at the weekend. I said it was a shame they couldn't go & meet Steve Vai as I'm sure he'd be impressed. I'd only ever seen I Jem before & that was of Vai in Kerrang. It was an off the cuff remark. At the end of the night i took off my Van Halen t shirt & gave it to Tom telling him if your going to be a rock star you better start wearing t shirts like this. I wish them both well & navigated my way across Percy St to get the bus home. About 6 months later there was a documentary on BBC about guitar greats it featured Hendrix , Blackmore, Beck, Page etc. Then right at the very end they showed some footage of Tom playing at The Moira Arms in Donington. It wasnt until a few years later I found out what happened John drove Tom down to Donington managed to persuade the pub landlord to let Tom play that night. It just so happened that Vai's roadie was in the pub. He got John & Tom backstage the following day & were taken to Vai's caravan Tom plugged his guitar in started playing & Vai was blown away. The rest as they say is history Tom featured as "Little Stevie Vai" in the video for The audience Is Listening. After that Tom & Vai got some other talented youngsters together & formed a band Bad 4 Good they featured on MTV eventually Tom came back to the UK. He's now manager of a music shop in Newcastle & the last couple of years has taken up playing again. He very recently released an e.p. under the name McRoclin called Beginnings & in November support Dragonforce on their UK tour playing in Newcastle on the 14th I'm hoping to get along were me & Tom have decided to have a meet up. Edited August 23, 2019 by trooper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13804 Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 I bought myself one of these bad boys. Mainly for vocals but still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Just made a slightly silly order from GuitarGuitar which their quite ambitious shipping estimator reckons will be in New Zealand on Friday. So I guess we'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13804 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 Give it a couple of weeks haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 New day, new seating for Tom to enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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