I Totally Rule (another Variax thread)

[HomeMadeHitShow]

This stuff always makes me laugh. I loved the Variax compare thread where all the "experts" got it wrong. 99% of the time (there are some experts) it's all opinion and no fact.

My friend just got a Variax 300 Nylon Acoustic, it's wonderful and much cheaper. Not as flexible but really great.

I'm happy with my Variax 500, Toneport, Pod XTL combination.

 

[XLR]

Kid, yer 17!!!!!!!!... Don't marry anybody you went to high school with, or that is old enough to attend while you are attending.

Statistically you're right of course. But I got married when I was 19 and it was the best thing I ever did. She's hot... and good... and we connected in a "soul mate" kind of way, corny as that sounds. But my parents were nervous as hell.

Don't listen to these guys zacanger. Just be sure what you're doing.

Tim

 

[chrisharris]

I haven't gotten any negative rep since yesterday. I'm slacking.

 

[zacanger]

This stuff always makes me laugh. I loved the Variax compare thread where all the "experts" got it wrong. 99% of the time (there are some experts) it's all opinion and no fact.

My friend just got a Variax 300 Nylon Acoustic, it's wonderful and much cheaper. Not as flexible but really great.

I'm happy with my Variax 500, Toneport, Pod XTL combination.

I like how you come into this when no one's even talking about guitars anymore, they're all telling me not to have sex.

Statistically you're right of course. But I got married when I was 19 and it was the best thing I ever did. She's hot... and good... and we connected in a "soul mate" kind of way, corny as that sounds. But my parents were nervous as hell.

Don't listen to these guys zacanger. Just be sure what you're doing.

Tim

Thanks, mate. We're sure.

I haven't gotten any negative rep since yesterday. I'm slacking.

Erm... I can give you some if you really want.

 

[chrisharris]

Statistically you're right of course. But I got married when I was 19 and it was the best thing I ever did.

I'm in that boat. At the time, I was all "PLEASE GOD DON'T LET HER BE PREGNANT PLEASE GOD DON'T LET HER BE PREGNANT, etc. (and by "etc.," I mean "for weeks on end," LOL). But that just goes to show you how screwed up your judgmnt is between the ages of about 16 and 22. I had it all backwards.

 

[mshilarious]

Thanks, mate. We're sure.

Well you'e got, what, another 18 months to worry about it? Whatever happens, it'll work out.

 

[chrisharris]

Erm... I can give you some if you really want.

I actually doubt that since you gave me some negative rep yesterday (along with half of this BBS, LOL), but you can try man.

No system is truly anonymous, by the way...I think it's fine to leave red chicklets when somebody pisses you off, but sign 'em dood...they mean more that way.

 

[zacanger]

Oh yeah, I didn't, didn't I? I couldn't remember. W/e. K, from now on they'll be more personal.

 

[TexRoadkill]

Chris, have you played live with a full band? Does it cut through the mix? That is usually where the modelling stuff really falls short.

 

[David M]

now now, lol. We all know there are a million great musicians out there who don't necessarily translate that well when they record themselves... and he's 17, right? I couldn't record a fart when I was 17, so let's not run him off. .

Your right. It was not too bad for a 17 year old. I was no better at 17. I must have been confusing him with another person. I thought he said he had done like 200 gigs so I was laughing my ass off when I heard the song on myspace, cause I was like this dude ain't been playing long enough to have 200 gigs under his belt. But for someone starting out it was not that bad at all.

 

[zacanger]

Hahaha. I'm not just starting off playing, I'm relatively new to recording.

 

[c7sus]

really? this is something she's told you? clue: she proposed to ME.

"Calgon, take me away!"

Oh yeah, she'll be 5 months pregnant when you graduate HS.

Guaran-fuckin-teed!

You should start selling pot now so you can pay for diapers and formula later.

 

[zacanger]

...

"Calgon, take me away!"

Oh yeah, she'll be 5 months pregnant when you graduate HS.

Guaran-fuckin-teed!

I'm totally not catching the reference there.
No, she won't be pregnant, because we're not having sex. See above. Besides which, as rarely as we see each other (one day everyone one or two weeks), there's not time for sex anyway.
I looked up your quote and it doesn't really make any sense. How strange of you.
For the record, I'm homeschooled, she's cyber-schooled, and we live an hour apart.

 

[chrisharris]

Chris, have you played live with a full band? Does it cut through the mix? That is usually where the modelling stuff really falls short.

Yeah...I played quite a few shows with Mango with the 300 before it went back to Korea. It took one very long and detailed sound check to get it dialed in, but after that, it's been fine as far as I know. Now, I put the "as far as I know" part in there because mango's monitor system is 4x larger than the entire PA I use with the daughter gig, so I never have any clue how it sounds out front after the sound check.

Here's what I've learned, though...you can't really check it like a regular acoustic guitar for some reason...like if I hit a chord and then have the other acoustic player hit one to get rough levels, it may be WAAAY off in terms of what really needs to be there volume-wise on the Vax to get it on par with another similar instrument...I have no idea why, but it's true. What I have to do is check it with my lead volumes first, because I know the volume on the leads (running through pedal) is correct in relation to the clean sounds of the guitar on bypass...Once the guitar is set from the board by checking it with me noodling around on lead, then I just slam it into bypass and the clean rhythm channel is usually perfect with the rest of the band. I guess what I'm saying is that for some reason, you can turn this guitar up pretty damned loud and it still "fits" into the mix well... Perhaps because it's not cutting through at normal volume. I really have no idea why this happens, but you're right about the apparent volume thing.

Well, I have SOME idea... a piezo'd acoustic guitar will cut through concrete due to the exceedingly harsh nature of a piezo D) - The vax has to be louder than you think it needs to be in order to have the same apparent volume...I have no idea if other modelling technology has similarly warm goodness that requires more volume to be heard, lol.

 

[c7sus]

I'm totally not catching the reference there.
No, she won't be pregnant, because we're not having sex. See above. Besides which, as rarely as we see each other (one day everyone one or two weeks), there's not time for sex anyway.
I looked up your quote and it doesn't really make any sense. How strange of you.
For the record, I'm homeschooled, she's cyber-schooled, and we live an hour apart.

Those are the worst ones, well, except for Catholic girls from parochial school.

Oh, and she's just not having sex with you.

Man, you have a lot to learn!

 

[zacanger]

Those are the worst ones, well, except for Catholic girls from parochial school.

Oh, and she's just not having sex with you.

Man, you have a lot to learn!

This is her second year with the cyber-school. And we're not having sex by choice. It's almost happened a few times but we've decided against it for now.

 

[c7sus]

You don't get "Calgon, take me away"???????

You will, in about 5 years or so when you realize this girl married you to get her out from under Mom & Dad's roof.

 

[zacanger]

You don't get "Calgon, take me away"???????

You will, in about 5 years or so when you realize this girl married you to get her out from under Mom & Dad's roof.

No, not at all. Her mother and stepfather are wonderful people. Ask her yourself, her username here is mrsanger, she posted previously in this thread, I'm surprised she hasn't said something about this yet.

 

[mshilarious]

You don't get "Calgon, take me away"???????

You will, in about 5 years or so when you realize this girl married you to get her out from under Mom & Dad's roof.

I never saw that ad either.

Historically, that was pretty much the reason everybody got married, and I don't think we've done much better, so . . .

Also, anybody my age or older knows practically nothing about homeschooling. Statistically speaking, nobody did it 20 years ago, so all we know are anecdotes about a few friends' kids who have done it for varying lengths of time. Not particularly useful as a predictor.

 

[zacanger]

I never saw that ad either.

Historically, that was pretty much the reason everybody got married, and I don't think we've done much better, so . . .

Also, anybody my age or older knows practically nothing about homeschooling. Statistically speaking, nobody did it 20 years ago, so all we know are anecdotes about a few friends' kids who have done it for varying lengths of time. Not particularly useful as a predictor.

Yeah, I know. Okay, the homeschool stereotype is extremely conservative, religious, anti-music anti-opposite sex with an 8 PM bedtime. I know only one person like this, and he's terrifying. The average is religious and moral and conservative, but can function in normal society. Then there's the occasional liberal outcast like myself who's into all the wrong sorts of music, hangs out with the wrong people, and doesn't go to church often enough. I actually used to, but since I quit worship team there's a rumour going around that I'm a Satanist, which is useful to my reputation, so I let it go.