BILF 2013!?!?!?!?! (the pregame thread)

[coldbrightsunlight]

I think this covers everything from inexpensive to expensive to unique to insane and gives everyone a chance to participate.

1. Full Gig Rig - Amp/Instrument/Pedal Board/Strap/Laptop/Fog machine - If you don't play out, post what you would use if you did
2. Pedal Board - 5 pedals or less (Tuners don't count)
3. Pedal Board - 6 pedals or more
4. Single Instrument - Guitar/Bass/Keys/Drums/Synth - Mostly stock or with minor modifications
5. DIY Creation - Guitar/Bass/Synth/Pedal/Time Machine/Expression Controlled Butt Plug/Noise Maker etc. - Shit you'd never find in a store

Only one entry per person. Demos encouraged.

Yeah that sounds pretty damn cool!

[skullservant]

YES I LIKE THAT

[Achtane]

In-deed.

[phantasmagorovich]

I think this covers everything from inexpensive to expensive to unique to insane and gives everyone a chance to participate.

1. Full Gig Rig - Amp/Instrument/Pedal Board/Strap/Laptop/Fog machine - If you don't play out, post what you would use if you did
2. Pedal Board - 5 pedals or less (Tuners don't count)
3. Pedal Board - 6 pedals or more
4. Single Instrument - Guitar/Bass/Keys/Drums/Synth - Mostly stock or with minor modifications
5. DIY Creation - Guitar/Bass/Synth/Pedal/Time Machine/Expression Controlled Butt Plug/Noise Maker etc. - Shit you'd never find in a store

Only one entry per person. Demos encouraged.

Not wanting to be the bitch, but 4 seems kinda boring and 5 too general. I would not know what to vote in either category.
Maybe someone enters 4 with a Nelson or Harvester or some shit like that and I'd be all over that, because it would be the one I'd feel was most ILF. If not I guess we'd finally find out if the majority likes EGC or Jazzmasters...
5 on the other hand is a little weird if you put up a triple DIY delays with mad modifications against a beaten to hell, halfburnt Kay modded for 9 string and an ashtray. I don't really see a way to compare those.
Should we make it mandatory for people to add a pic of their car in category 1?


I'D still go with this (my words in pink):

1. Best Newb Board (less than 250 posts) - I love this category, its like a welcome to the family
2. Best DIY Pedal Build- enough of us build or tinker here to be able to make something (I think that mods and bends could count as well for this category, mandatory demo)
3. Best Overall Pedalboard- General enough and seems to work well (maybe split in two or three by post counts or number of pedals onboard?)
4. Best Full Rig- Not 'everything I own'- what you'd gig with
5. Best Guitar or Bass
6. Best OMD (other musical device) - THIS could be the most interesting of all

[MEC]

^Yeah, that list is fine too.

I really like the idea of having 2 categories based on pedal count instead of post count though.
If you take a look at the member list you'll see there are a lot of guys with less than 250 post
that have been around for a while and have amassed quite a collection (tommasters, Dark Barn, edkoppel, Z*Z*Z etc.).

I'd think even a Newb could put together a pretty good 4-5 pedal board.

[Dark Barn]

I agree with MEC in regards to post count, it's really only a metric of post count, and penis size, but bears no relationship to how new you are to (or experienced with) effects in general.

[ryan summit]

id go with months
im not sayin that to get in
cause by the time this happens ill be at 7 months
1)newb(under 6 months)
2) best small board (5 peds and under)
3)best big board(6+peds)
4)DIY pedal
5)OMD(guit/bass/keys/skinflute)
6)full rig

then pick overall board out of the 3 winners of board categories
for bilf of the mountain

[Ancient Astronaught]

I think this covers everything from inexpensive to expensive to unique to insane and gives everyone a chance to participate.

1. Full Gig Rig - Amp/Instrument/Pedal Board/Strap/Laptop/Fog machine - If you don't play out, post what you would use if you did
2. Pedal Board - 5 pedals or less (Tuners don't count)
3. Pedal Board - 6 pedals or more
4. Single Instrument - Guitar/Bass/Keys/Drums/Synth - Mostly stock or with minor modifications
5. DIY Creation - Guitar/Bass/Synth/Pedal/Time Machine/Expression Controlled Butt Plug/Noise Maker etc. - Shit you'd never find in a store

Only one entry per person. Demos encouraged.

This a very good list, but i feel 4 and 5 are too general. But i feel that splitting the boards via pedal size is a really good idea. How should we handle pedal accessories in that count? i.e. a DMC controller for a timeline, its not in the signal chain but its technically a pedal?

1. Best Newb Board (less than 250 posts) - I love this category, its like a welcome to the family
2. Best DIY Pedal Build- enough of us build or tinker here to be able to make something (I think that mods and bends could count as well for this category, mandatory demo)
3. Best Overall Pedalboard- General enough and seems to work well (maybe split in two or three by post counts or number of pedals onboard?)
4. Best Full Rig- Not 'everything I own'- what you'd gig with
5. Best Guitar or Bass
6. Best OMD (other musical device) - THIS could be the most interesting of all

I like this idea ALOT. Mixing in with MEC's idea I think we could go ahead and split the pedal board category in to atleast 2 categories based on size.

I will eventually Make a poll listing the different category ideas you guys have so that we can find out what everyone prefers.



So for the pedalboard post count, 2 or 3 categories and what should be the sizes?

If we do 2 categories i would think:
Cat 1) Pedalboard size 1-8 (basically PT jr and smaller)
Cat 2) Pedalboard size 9+

If we do three categories
Cat 1) Pedalboard size 1-5
Cat 2) pedalboard size 6-10
Cat 3) pedalboard size 11+

[fever606]

since i am not going to enter any of the competition, let me know if there is anything you need help with man. i can be a henchman - i took some classes at the community college and did my henchternship, but never got around to doing the accreditation exam - or, you know, something boring like tabulating votes or resizing all the photos to common dimensions. really whatever you need, just say the word...

[Ancient Astronaught]

Thanks Fever! When it gets closer to actual contest time your skills may be very helpful and needed so I'll definitely hit you up.

[skullservant]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeee I'm excited