The Year Without Gear

[friendship]

There was a great deal on a Boss RV-5 locally and I passed it up because my resolve is invincible. Why was I looking at gear on Craigslist in the first place? Mind your business, that's why.

I'm so proud of you.

It helped that I already have four reverb units.

[Blood_mountain]

There was a great deal on a Boss RV-5 locally and I passed it up because my resolve is invincible. Why was I looking at gear on Craigslist in the first place? Mind your business, that's why.

I'm so proud of you.

It helped that I already have four reverb units.

Five is the number that makes it excessive.

[moozz]

Five is the number that makes it excessive.

Obviously such a low number is just for reverbs. For fuzz/distortion/overdrive/delay/ringmod/octave it is much higher, right?

[Paul_C]

If we could start the year now, I might have a chance, as I've just pre-ordered some Tele pickups (funky new Fender ones - https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fender ... ckups-2023 ) and other than that I'm waiting on a couple of knobs and a switch tip, so my splurging must have finally run its course.

[friendship]

Five is the number that makes it excessive.

Obviously such a low number is just for reverbs. For fuzz/distortion/overdrive/delay/ringmod/octave it is much higher, right?

I just counted the dirt pedals for the first time and that number is 14. That might be enough to survive the year.

[goroth]

I'm kinda down with this.

Does utility shit count? I want to pick up a wireless unit. And maybe a noise gate.
But I'm good for stuff that actually makes fun noises.

[Blood_mountain]

I'm kinda down with this.

Does utility shit count? I want to pick up a wireless unit. And maybe a noise gate.
But I'm good for stuff that actually makes fun noises.

I don’t think it necessarily needs to be about total abstinence, that’s just more or less where I landed personally. I of course have made exceptions for things like cables and such, or things that break and need to be replaced. If you need a utility piece to realize a goal, then sure. No hard and fast rules in the whole thing, just as long as you’re making progress toward realizing goalz, whatever those may be.

I need to get my shit together and do some recording. That’s what I need the discipline/motivation to do rn.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Hell yeah, get recording!

I've learned a couple of songs recently, which is what I've realised I want to focus on (as well as recording and learning the gear I've got). Learning songs as a way of developing my technique and ear, because it's been a LONG time since I've learned a song properly, as opposed to well enough to play and sing a rough version, or well enough to jam the riff(s).

[Blood_mountain]

Hell yeah, get recording!

I've learned a couple of songs recently, which is what I've realised I want to focus on (as well as recording and learning the gear I've got). Learning songs as a way of developing my technique and ear, because it's been a LONG time since I've learned a song properly, as opposed to well enough to play and sing a rough version, or well enough to jam the riff(s).

Which songs have you learned?

[coldbrightsunlight]

Blood and Thunder (Mastodon), which I've sort of half known since forever because the main riff is great but I never sat down to figure out the rest of it. And Wait (The Beatles) because it came on, never heard it and I liked the riff.

[Blood_mountain]

Blood and Thunder (Mastodon), which I've sort of half known since forever because the main riff is great but I never sat down to figure out the rest of it. And Wait (The Beatles) because it came on, never heard it and I liked the riff.

I like Mastodon, but have never been a massive fan, and had no idea they had an album called Blood Mountain when I chose my username. I just thought a mountain of blood sounded badass.

[Dowi]

blood, I always assumed you were a massive fan of mastodon because of that.

Also @cbs: that's a great riff, all of Leviathan (and not only that album) is super fun to play, especially the ones in drop B. Learning their songs shaped a lot of the way I play in general.

I have re-started to properly learn some songs last year, it was a thing i hadn't done in a while, and i must admit that i am enjoying it a lot for the very same reasons: obviously to fucking play a song altogether instead of just single riffs, and then to face a lot of new (to me) ideas that i could incorporate when writing stuff.

I currently trying to learn some tunes from Emperor's Anthems to the welkin, not easy at all but i never approached it from a "player" standpoint, it has a lot of sick progressions i never considered, plus it's FAST AS FUCK, my right arm screams.

[friendship]

Blood and Thunder (Mastodon), which I've sort of half known since forever because the main riff is great but I never sat down to figure out the rest of it. And Wait (The Beatles) because it came on, never heard it and I liked the riff.

I like Mastodon, but have never been a massive fan, and had no idea they had an album called Blood Mountain when I chose my username. I just thought a mountain of blood sounded badass.

INTO THE BLACK HOOOOOLE
SEARCHING FOR CRYSTAAAAL

that album rips

[coldbrightsunlight]

Blood and Thunder (Mastodon), which I've sort of half known since forever because the main riff is great but I never sat down to figure out the rest of it. And Wait (The Beatles) because it came on, never heard it and I liked the riff.

I like Mastodon, but have never been a massive fan, and had no idea they had an album called Blood Mountain when I chose my username. I just thought a mountain of blood sounded badass.

I too have always assumed it was a masto-nym

Also @cbs: that's a great riff, all of Leviathan (and not only that album) is super fun to play, especially the ones in drop B. Learning their songs shaped a lot of the way I play in general.

I have re-started to properly learn some songs last year, it was a thing i hadn't done in a while, and i must admit that i am enjoying it a lot for the very same reasons: obviously to fucking play a song altogether instead of just single riffs, and then to face a lot of new (to me) ideas that i could incorporate when writing stuff.

Yeah that album is killer so I'm planning to learn some more off it.

And yeah that's exactly why it's fun! Feels better than noodling, and learning new ideas is exciting.

[friendship]

And yeah that's exactly why it's fun! Feels better than noodling, and learning new ideas is exciting.

Hell yes brother. This is inspiring me to take a crack at shreddy penultimate section of Capillarian Crest, which I've always wanted to learn.

The full version of the TC Electronics Mimiq is back in stock, which I had wanted a while ago as a time-saver for double-tracking. But then I realized I could just not be lazy and double track in the usual way. Then again, it would be useful in "post" if I wanted double-tracking after the fact and didn't want to dial whatever the instrument is in again. Then again again, another opportunity to not be lazy and to actually think ahead while recording, maybe!

Hmmmmmm