NAD part Ii: 1992 boogaloo

DanTravis62 said:
PLX can play, though, definitely - he has good command of/and decent lead technique

I don't get most of his clips, though, musically

it sounds like alot of "meh" ideas, with a really good riff or chord progression once in a while, at least to me

I respect the hustle recording and posting all the clips but I think he'd be better served spending more time arranging and focusing his ideas instead of noodling. There's some really cool things sprinkled here and there but it's never really polished as a cohesive idea

His recordings sound like they're recorded well, and with good technique on getting the sounds

Similarly, Chugg can play rhythm well

but has riff-salad itis where it sounds like he bolts a bunch of ideas that barely work together, and never lets anything repeat or breathe enough for it to have any impact

if you're going for that tech-death style of 140 riffs a song, you have to milk a theme even if you're changing the riffs constantly to make anything stick - otherwise it sounds like a pre-demo "riff tape"

like where you're playing all the riffs you have of a specific key and tempo, with a generic drumbeat, to see if you can arrange them and make them fit together

If you don't spend time on how the riffs evolve and coalesce, and arrange them carefully, it ends up not sounding like an actual song with an idea
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Dan, you seem to be an "expert" on darn near everything about the electric guitar, except actually playing the thing.

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DanTravis62 said:
If you actually think that, you're not talented enough to recognize it anyways PLX :dunno:
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Im gonna level with you dan, you need to play a simple scale and then play it over a boring backing track in simple 4/4. Some of the notes, you sustain. Some of them, you bend. If you are feeling frisky, hit each note twice real fast.

Then you can be a real boomer guitarist like him.
 
Devin said:
How much gain can you get out of that Hiwatt if you jump the inputs and run the channel volumes high/MV low?

My (Fryette) Sound City can get pretty fuckin brutal
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Not a ton with the master low, its like "edge of breakup" and gets gainy as the master goes up 🤙

It's a really unique and pleasant natural overdrive that synergizes well with pedals
 
Smash said:
Im gonna level with you dan, you need to play a simple scale and then play it over a boring backing track in simple 4/4. Some of the notes, you sustain. Some of them, you bend. If you are feeling frisky, hit each note twice real fast.

Then you can be a real boomer guitarist like him.
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Apparently it's impressive to people to just wank scales over elevator music, if that's what I need to do to be a real guitar player in plx eyes I certainly can record myself doing that instead of writing actual music

I can certainly do it with more technical skills than plx, too

I just don't consider that making music - it's just jerking off
 
DanTravis62 said:
Apparently it's impressive to people to just wank scales over elevator music, if that's what I need to do to be a real guitar player in plx eyes I certainly can record myself doing that instead of writing actual music

I can certainly do it with more technical skills than plx, too

I just don't consider that making music - it's just jerking off
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I couldnt agree more. And I wouldnt even pick on him so much if he didnt pretend like he was special. His boring music is made more annoying by useless noodling that adds nothing to the song that really should have been thrown in the trash...reminds me of the three chord crap from tom petty
 
Smash said:
I couldnt agree more. And I wouldnt even pick on him so much if he didnt pretend like he was special. His boring music is made more annoying by useless noodling that adds nothing to the song that really should have been thrown in the trash...reminds me of the three chord crap from tom petty
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The infuriating part to me is that there are good ideas sprinkled here and there in his stuff, but instead of concentrating on those and expanding on them it's just noodling upon noodling

WHY EVEN RECORD THE NOODLING

Build UP to the solo, make the song have direction or some kind of idea

If I record something like that I always specify "this is just to hear a tone" or "this like a riff tape if ideas" because it's literally fucking annoying as a listener trying to slog through someone's improv practice

He is a good guitarist technically speaking, but he's also a perfect example of something that annoys the fucking shit out of producers and engineers and songwriters about guitar players - he thinks his bullshit is music and then ignores the ACTUAL MUSIC he makes accidentally while he's jerking off
 
DanTravis62 said:
The infuriating part to me is that there are good ideas sprinkled here and there in his stuff, but instead of concentrating on those and expanding on them it's just noodling upon noodling

WHY EVEN RECORD THE NOODLING

Build UP to the solo, make the song have direction or some kind of idea

If I record something like that I always specify "this is just to hear a tone" or "this like a riff tape if ideas" because it's literally fucking annoying as a listener trying to slog through someone's improv practice

He is a good guitarist technically speaking, but he's also a perfect example of something that annoys the fucking shit out of producers and engineers and songwriters about guitar players - he thinks his bullshit is music and then ignores the ACTUAL MUSIC he makes accidentally while he's jerking off
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You nailed what i was trying to tell the guy
 
jabps said:
Two of the best looking amps of all time. Loved the look of Hiwatts and the OG5150/1992 has always been perfection for me. Crazy that Hartley hated the silver face plate. That guy, smh.
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That's hilarious

One of the only aesthetically pleasing amps they ever do, and he hates it
 
Congrats on the DR103 build. Looks great. I can't tell you how many times I've almost bought the Hiwatt Super Hi 50 just because I love the look so much.
I was lucky enough to actually own a real DR103 back in the day. It's unreal how big the clean tones are on those things. Of course back then who knew how much they'd be worth. All we knew back then was Marshall and Hiwatt and if you owned one you stared at it as much as played them.
 
Beyond Black said:
That looks tight af, great job Dan.
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jabps said:
Congrats on the DR103 build. Looks great. I can't tell you how many times I've almost bought the Hiwatt Super Hi 50 just because I love the look so much.
I was lucky enough to actually own a real DR103 back in the day. It's unreal how big the clean tones are on those things. Of course back then who knew how much they'd be worth. All we knew back then was Marshall and Hiwatt and if you owned one you stared at it as much as played them.
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Thanks guys, I worked really hard on it and I'm stoked it turned out really well

And I can totally relate about the super hi 50, I just already have gainy stuff covered, and the Hiwatt clean is so good I had to have it

It's totally it's own sound and yes they look amazing
 
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