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Here is my Gibson doubleneck, and yes, I agree, it's frickin heavy. http://home.comcast.net/~bonrox/guitars/1275.htm But then I put on my Les Paul and it makes that fell real light, so I guess it has it's purpose. Anyway, that guitar has the best action I have ever seen on a 12 string. It...

Try a BBE sonic maximiser. It makes a little amp sound like a massive tube. It's will make your solos jump out.

So here is the issue as I see it. If you cannot send unsolicited demos to labels, and if the labels won't ask unless they hear you, what can you do? It's a never ending loop. GET RADIO PLAY!!! If you get radio play, the A&R guys will hear you. Find a station that plays your type of music and...

I have taught for many years, anyone from 10 y/o to 40 y/o people. The biggest thing in my opinion, is you have to make it fun and the student needs to progress quickly. If they don't, they get bored and drop it. I always start out with 12 bar blues and the blues scale for lead. It's simple and...

The other thing to keep in mind are the speakers. A 20W amp driving 4 12" speakers will be louder than 200W amp driving 1 6" speaker. So if you want to compare amp A to amp B, make sure you run it through the same speakers. You can use a small amp to drive 1 or 2 speakers, but when it comes to...

Well, I run a TSL100 and a Triple rect as my rig. While I have 200W total through 2 half stacks, it doesn't mean that is where I run them. My car will do 160 but I rarely run it over 80. So by the thoughts presented here, I should get a car that I can only do 80 with. Why is this a bad idea...

Actually, doing the colledge circuit can be very profitable. I had a friend that was getting 2-8k per show. He had a manager that could get him the gigs. The only problem is that the manager took off with the money. That was after doing it for about 7 years or so. What did Regan say, Trust but...

Ok, a frettless bass with a zero fret. Isn't that an oxy-moron. Yet another of life's mysteries to ponder.......

I always went the embroidered type of shirt. I just charge a little more for them since they do cost more. But I found that the public would rather buy something that wears well.

Hey BM, I am getting it. The people with the money are the record companies. They also have the distribution and marketting behind them. I am talking facts here, not theory. The group that I represent are being courted by Epic right now. Those are actual figures that have been discussed and the...

Well, let's start with the fact that it costs about $200,000 to get into prime time air play on most radio stations. And if you are not on the radio, you are not selling a million records. Next, look at the distribution and marketting that the major labels have. How many of us can get on...

If you just put a piece of duct tape on the bottom of the ride you will get rid of the ring. The more tape, the less ring. You can even get it in different colors now a days. It's easy and low cost to try, like 1/2 cent for the tape. If you don't like it then spend the money on a new ride...

Guys, it's not about contacts or great music or sending 1000s of copies out to studios. It's all about AIRPLAY. If you want a studio to look at you, you need to get played on the radio. This is where it all starts. It doesn't matter how good you are, if no one outside of your local area are...

Here is a link to my site, http://home.comcast.net/~bonrox/guitars/gut_inv.htm . That is mostly guitars, but my drums are at the bottom. I also attached a good pic of my set.

Ok, here is how it is. To a record company, they don't care about the image, and they really don't care about the music. They care about cd sales. That's all. If you want to get signed, you need people to follow you, cd sales, sold out shows and radio play. The music doesn't matter, the money...

Did you try the Taylor T5 while you were at GC? That is a hollow body to save up for. I picked one up the other day and it does sound great. I run it through my Marshall and my accoustic amps.

I run 2 bass, 7 toms, 2 rides, remote hihat, 4 splash and 6 crashes on 2 PDP racks. I can reach everything with no problems. To me, it's far more important to have a setup that I like, rather than setting it up like someone else, but that's me. I actually have a "non-standard" setup. For...

If they don't mount, you can always get a rack or a stand to mount the toms to.

Well, they are breaking even at this point at best. They have only sold about 600 CDs so far. The speciality chart is a group of 100 shows accross the US that don't have to play just what the corporate list is. What is played, is up to the DJ. Now, the big news, and I just got it an hour ago...

I am a friend of the band Ennui. I work with the band leader some to help them get ahead, which we all know is not an easy task. I would like to tell you what has happened so far and see if any of you have any ideas that I may not have thought of. Their website is www.ennuimusic.com if any of...