Thanks for the reply my fellow Londoner.... This was a very interesting and informative response... bishopdante wrote:fat-thin can give you solutions rather than problems “ the SM57 put up close will have proximity effect, a lump in the bass. The Thomann mic, especially if it's transistor will have ...

Thanks for the replies so far, they've been a interesting and informative read so far ¦ I've posted some of my music by the way, if anyone wants to take the time to listen to it and assess my recording/playing (be gentle ¦ be gentle ¦), on this page where the first two tracks are a Guild GAD F212 re...

Apologies for this post which I imagine has had a huge amount of coverage for but I'm still kind of confused. To begin things I am trying to record solo acoustic guitar instrumental stuff along the lines of john fahey, robbie basho etc etc and i'm recording in a cramped carpeted bedroom with a SM57 ...

man, that made me sad. big star were one of my favourite bands in my teens. been strumming the chords for kangaroo a load recently... RIP brother...

My friend has a Roland TR-808 (again with the letters) that sounds really good. I couldn't ever figure out how to program either. I also didn't try very hard. Both of these were bought at pawn shops for under $100. No chance of getting one of those for that price! They go for silly money, think abo...

no one mentioned mick turner yet? i'm suprised! dylan carson is my other tip, hex is some of the most incredible guitar playing i have heard in ages. Agreed to both. I love Earth and Dylan Carlson. I'm a huge fan and just saw them play again a couple of weeks ago and loved it, but is he really an a...

i got a seymour duncan little 59 for the bridge position of my tele, and tbh, it's a load of shit. there's a dude on ebay.co.uk, who handmakes pickups i got some humbuckers from him and they fucking rule. he makes single coil sized p90's for telecasters. they are actually pretty cheap cost around £3...

no one mentioned mick turner yet? i'm suprised!

dylan carson is my other tip, hex is some of the most incredible guitar playing i have heard in ages.

we've produced bands much, much shitter than skunk anansie.

HAS EVERYONE FORGOTTEN BABYLON ZOO!!!

these guys were pretty fucking bad as well... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lace_%28band%29

does anyone remember "agadoo"

so bad.

...Boris' drummer... are you taking the piss? i saw boris play a few days and the boris drummer was possibly the worst drummer i have ever seen play. for the entire set, i think he played one drum fill that was in time. the rest of the time he was playing a load of really unneccessary fills which n...