mjmooney Posted June 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2014 Nick di Virgilio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Can't say I've given Spock's Beard a proper listen. They're one of those bands that I'd read so much about but never had the time to properly check them out. I'll try and give them a proper listen. Danny Carey has always stood out to me. The Mars Volta have had a string of good drummers too. Deantoni Parks is drum-machine tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'm going by NdV's drumming for Big Big Train, rather than Spock's Beard, TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 21, 2014 That is so true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob182 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I'm considering selling some of mine, as I've started playing less and less lately. I'll probably just keep 1 guitar, 1 bass, 1 acoustic and my mandolin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I'm considering selling some of mine, as I've started playing less and less lately. I'll probably just keep 1 guitar, 1 bass, 1 acoustic and my mandolin. You'll never reach the optimum number of guitars with that sort of attitude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I don't think this applies(d) to drums. Cymbals possibly - and definitely racing bikes (OT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 I don't think this applies(d) to drums. Cymbals possibly - and definitely racing bikes (OT) Definitely applies to my drummer - every time I see him he's bought a new kit, or at least a new drum/cymbal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I'm considering selling some of mine, as I've started playing less and less lately. I'll probably just keep 1 guitar, 1 bass, 1 acoustic and my mandolin. I'm always considering selling some of mine, I could quite easily well my les Paul, my 12 string, one of my acoustics, my keyboard and one of my banjos and I could still survive. Only problem is that every though of what I should sell gets swamped by thoughts of other things I could buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 22, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 22, 2014 I have a lust to buy a Rickenbacker electric 12 string. Would cost between £1500 and £2000. Couldn't remotely justify it, and the missus would go apeshit. But I WANT one... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 i know naff all about guitar playing, but i was watching some footage of eddie van halen last night when he first come on the scene. even to this day its astounding but back then it must of seemed from another planet, the stuff he was doing was surreal and he had the same effect on people that hendrix had back in the late 60s by reinventing the guitar. he made players like page,iommi,clapton and even blackmore look very normal and very old, he might not of had the feel and vision of some of the players back then but by all accounts he really shook the whole thing up. poor black sabbath and tony iommi for having them as support band on their 78 world tour when they just come on the scene, most nights they stole the show. not a huge van halen fan and once randy rhodes come on the scene it was whos better randy or eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 I guess this should really be in the RIP topic but did anyone see Glen Cornick, original bassist with Jethro Tull has passed away. Again, many will be a tad young to have known them but they were cracking musos. Listen to 'Living In The Past' - nice bass intro. RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 i liked early jethro tull a lot, not to keen on the mid 70s onwards though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JoshVilla Posted September 8, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2014 Thought I'd post this here for any guitarists/general musicians that might be interested. This is me rehearsing Bad Asteroid by the Aristocrats (Guthrie Govan, Marco Minnemann, Bryan Beller) for a University assessment with a collection of fellow students. I'm the guitarist on the right with the denim shirt and black Schecter. The quality of recording isn't fantastic, as the audio is just from the digital camera. Messed up a couple of sections but the tune is great fun 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Jeez ! For what it's worth, I thought that was excellent ! Reminds me a bit of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Without being rude, you may be too young to know them but check 'em out on Youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 8, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted September 8, 2014 Indeed. Not really my sort of thing, but the musicianship is first class (perhaps a wee tuning issue though?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Cheers both Funnily enough, my guitar tutor at Uni has gigged with Billy Cobham, so there's a cool link with Mahavishnu Orchestra. I've not personally checked them out as much as I should have, but I'm a fan of Billy's solo stuff so I'll definitely give them more of a listen. Re. the tuning, yeah I think there's a bit of an issue. That guitar is in desperate need of a good setup, which I keep putting off haha. The tuner for the low E needs tightening, as it slips quite a lot and I'm sure that there's the odd intonation issue that needs rectifying. Unfortunately it was the only guitar I had handy with the humbuckers I needed for the tune so I had to make do and hope it stayed in tune-ish but cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Gigged with Billy Cobham !!! Can you say what his name is; he must be some player. Billy Cobham launched Fibes drums in the early 70's but they disappeared from sight quite quickly - what a player though. "Spectrum" was a seminal LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 His name is John Wheatcroft. Absolutely phenomenal guitar player. There's a couple of videos of him playing with Billy on youtube: You're right about Cobham, awesome player, really pioneered the fusion genre. I think Stratus is must be on every jazz player's 'must learn' list. Also, my bass tutor at Uni was Neil Fairclough, who is the current bass player in Queen's current touring lineup. It was great being able to learn from such brilliant musicians. Such lovely people, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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