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My pod 2 died on me, but I sent it back and they fixed it for free out of warrranty. I like my pod, but really just because I have the pedal board for it. I just don't consider amp modelers worth the price they sell for, but if you can get it on the cheap the POD should make you happy.

Another question, since thats not a style I'm familiar with... I take it you run through compression then too? Assuming the whole song isn't played that way, unless the non-trem parts are just face melting loud :D Even if you don't, would that be considered a good reason to use a compression...

Well, you're faster than myself so I'm not sure I can really give any useful additions, but I can give you some support 'cause you're not alone in the brain processing issue. The best I've managed with that is to not process each individual note, but hear them as groups of notes. It could be...

I'm not actually a big fan. I saw him live too, just wasn't at the level I was expecting. He's certainly no slouch though, and he was a hell of a player for being so young (when he was really young anyway). I prefer Kenny Wayne Shepard as far as younger blues players go. He was amazing...

I really am just suprised his status with guitar wasn't a given. I had heard the name many times long before I ever picked up an album. I haven't bought a guitar mag in a while, but I'm sure he was mentioned frequently in all of the ones I used to read. Granted his arrangement skills are...

You seriously need to get out more if you've never heard Frank Zappa described as a guitar god. I listen to Shut up an play yer guitar fairly often, but it's only come across emotionally a few times for me. I just listen to it cause he's all over the place, something else entirely different...

Hmm, I don't entirely disagree with that. Clapton definitly has periods of his career that are dead to me (phil collins anyone?) but I got over that and realized the guy has put out some stuff that's very much changed the way I listen to music. Chicago blues with horn sections are actually...

I'll agree, I stay far away from an argument where talent is reflected by popularity. So if delta blues is an oil lamp, what's your lightbulb? That's a silly argument as well. Just like popularity not equaling talent, intricate doesnt equal good. You're also insinuating delta blues can't...

I wouldn't worry too much about tone starting out, as if he ever gets serious enough he'll get a higher end guitar matched to the tone he wants. Starting out I think the most important is looks, and physical build quality (do the frets overhang, does it stay in tune, are the knobs gonna break...

:) agreed I'm going to avoid defending clapton cause frankly he doesn't need my defense. his music is what it is, I'm sure I don't like everything you do so I wouldn't expect you to like all of my music. But I will defend calling delta blues technically easy. That sounds like just a lack of...

I've got a version of that too. a combo 2x12, it's an x100 or something of the sort. Amazing low end, although the gain sound isn't quite my cup of tea. Mines sitting broken at the moment, gotta get it to a competent amp tech so I can crank it up and rock out! It gets amazingly loud.

Edit: NM, misunderstood how you were getting that key

Hah, funny to see this thread come back up. My practice paid off, Im now in 1 category faster than I voted at the time!

I'm pretty sure gbdweller has you on that. I didn't say I didn't know what you were talking about out of ignorance of guitar techniques. I said that because 'hammer on thing' isn't really a technique, its a vague description of a technique (sorry if that sounds harsh, not meaning this post to...

Yeah, I knew who he meant, I just don't like to be reminded of the fall of Slash (I have an idea, go colaborate with american idol! :P ) And I have to disagree, music does die. Sure, we can still listen to Beethoven, and the Beatles will probably never leave, but I'm pretty sure that an...

I don't even know what you mean by the 'hammer on thing' other than tapping, but certainly you realize dive bombs were apart of Hendrix's playing well before EVH was around right? Not to say EVH isn't inventive (cause he is) but there's plenty of guitarists out there who design guitars/amps and...

Huh? Did I miss something... when did Slash play in the VU? He was pretty young then I bet.... (although I agree, the Velvet Underground solos did kick ass, it just wasnt Slash =] )

omar's pretty fantastic. I saw the mars volta live, and it was one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. They had recently lost their drummer, and had someone replacing him, so rather than play their studio songs they did an improv set. I can't describe how awesome it was. If you...

I don't have a guitar handy to actually see how well I could play this, but I'd start with a d,d,u,u,d repeat. I tend to pick with the upcoming movement, hence not using d,d,d,u etc.

This got brought up after a year! Anyway, turns out the issue was mainly a driver problem. I wiped the hard drive, and installed an oem copy of xp. The problem was an updated mouse driver. Goes to show that it can be something that seems totally unrelated. Sometimes you just have to start...