Pimp My Band

[bassassin]

This is my Unpopular Beat Combo, Maya29

http://www.myspace.com/maya29band

We're a female-fronted prog/hard rock/metal/whatever band based in Edinburgh, UK. We've spent the last 8 years playing all-original music, composed by myself & our singer, & will gig anywhere for a bag of chips.

We look a little like this, sometimes:

And quite coincidentally, GuitarBoy Nick is playing his Roadstar II while I'm camping it up with my tasteful orange EDA900.

Jon.

[michaelkaufman]

FYI...I'm sitting in with some guys at Pancho's in Bethpage, Long Island tomorrow night.  I'll probably play my '81 MC550NW.

http://www.panchostexmex.com/panchos-bethpage.htm

If you can, stop on by and say 'hi'.

mk

[michaelkaufman]

Never mind...as it turns out, I won't be there.

 

mk

[vule]

Well, since were all pimpin, if you got some time, have a look at us. The website's done and so is the CD.
The bolt on LP (through a JCM800) sounded a treat on the recording too!

www.fallensilver.com.au

peace...Tone

[monkeymartyr]

well since you asked,

www.myspace.com/hopevalley


just put our new demo on there featuring the marvellously playable Ibanez SG recently purchased from the gentleman known as chuckE99.

thanks again chuck. 

we're just a heavy 2 piece guitar and drums combo, with a boss oc3 octaver providing the low-end.

might not be everyone's cup of tea.

or bucket of swill. 

[ChuckE99]

I'm listening to the stuff on your myspace right now. It sounds excellent! (And not just because you're using the SG/2394.)

[Mongo]

That's very full for a 2 piece.
Great grooves!

[ibanezfreak1960]

well since you asked,

www.myspace.com/hopevalley


just put our new demo on there featuring the marvellously playable Ibanez SG recently purchased from the gentleman known as chuckE99.

thanks again chuck. 

we're just a heavy 2 piece guitar and drums combo, with a boss oc3 octaver providing the low-end.

might not be everyone's cup of tea.

or bucket of swill. 

Not too Shabby as Adam Sandler would say.. sounds really good!

[monkeymartyr]

thanks guys, nice to hear good things about the demo, makes it worth the effort (and the money)


 

[ccs]

well since you asked,

www.myspace.com/hopevalley

Awesome,great stuff!
My first thought was Budgie.
What amps/amps are you using?

[ChuckE99]

Budgie! Wow, I haven't heard anyone mention them in thirty years. Somewhere i have one of their albums. I bought it from an import bin back in the 1970's. (Now I'm off to launch my Zune to see if any of their stuff is online.)

[monkeymartyr]

here's the long answer.... 

on that demo i used my Hartke HA5500 bass amp (valve preamp, bassy but good top-end too), through a stock marshall 4x12, and an old FAL amp that the guy who owns the studio bought for £30, through a marshall 4x10. a very nice amp, that FAL, supposedly transistor but it's got lot of depth and that smooth valvey break-up at high volume, so i guess there's some tubes in there somewhere.

we split the signal using a Boss TU2 tuner, and upped the bass on the hartke and the treble/mids on the FAL. each cab had 2 mics, close and ambient, and there was a joint ambient mic to catch a bit of both, i think.

you didnt ask about pedals, but i'll mention them if you're interested,

guitar went straight into a boss OC3 super octaver, tweaked to only effect the top 2 strings (an amazing feature, buy one and sack your bass player), then into an Ibanez Tubescreamer, not the original green one, i think it's a 90s reissue (the one with the switch from TS7 to TS9) for the less hectic distorted moments, then into a Russian Big Muff for the heavy riffing, then finally into an Electro Harmonix Holy Grail reverb unit to add some spaaaaace maaaaan.

i do like my pedal setup, a nice mix of old and new, and not weighed down with too many delays or chorus units. i do like delay etc, but somehow i end up playing the delay box, not the guitar.

[trisound]

The wife has been on a mission lately, each night sorting and cataloging old photos.  Here are a couple that found there way into the "Do you want these or they're going in the trash" pile... (Just kidding Kat  )

Various 'Artist' shots from bands I've played in over the years.  When I was seventeen...

[Mongo]

Great picks.

I especially dig the cream finish on the AR350PLT.
Is that an 86 or 87?

[trisound]

I especially dig the cream finish on the AR350PLT.
Is that an 86 or 87?

It's an '85 in really nice shape.  I've also got some other goodies with it.  I saw in your other posts that you're looking for one.  I have considered selling in the past, but never pulled the trigger.

Send me a PM to discuss.