Sixto

A signature Slash model won't make you sound like Slash. Who would want to sound like Slash anyway?

I hate Guitar Hero. I suck so bad at it.

18%! I scored a lot higher than I thought I would.

Me gusta. Me gusta mucho! Would be great to see more of Norg hanging around the chat but...less talk of weird foods.

That's a good one. Also look at the Presonus Firebox. I've had mine for a little more than two years and it's great. Also comes with Cubase LE 48 track recording software and some other goodies.

Look into the Presonus stuff like the Firestudio and Digimax FS. Check out the Jars of Clay video here to see how they track live shows. http://www.presonus.com/artists/video-interviews/

You can get a good guitar and spare your storage, but you can't buy the skill to play it.

Nah, not really.

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't waste any money on that Epi Slash model. Majin's right. If you're wanting a cheaper Les Paul, look for a nice Orville on Ebay or an Agile from Rondo Music. I can recommend other guitar styles and brands all day, but it looks like you want a Les Paul, which is a pretty great guitar. *thumbs up*

Hell no. I couldn't even get through the whole song.

Yeah, my mistake. It's the very first stage. Anyway, here's an update. http://www.sixtosounds.com/wip/secretsofsosetsukenwip.mp3 Still have alot to do as this is pretty repetitive.

http://sixtosounds.com/wip/ddwip01.mp3 Just a short, 1 minute idea. Still not sure about what kind of intro I want. I might also incorporate some of the intro theme song into this, since it'd fit so easily.

Hahaha, everytime I run through Ronfaure on a chocobo and listen to the music, I would wonder how it would sound as a rock/metal song. Anyway, the song seems a little empty right now but I think you're off to a good start. I would change up that melody, though, in a few sections. Maybe a counter-melody or something. Keep going! I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

I've only heard good things about that Valve Junior, and there are a ton of mods you can do yourself. Great with pedals, too.

Yeah. Noisy amp. Like I said, that's how high gain amps sound.

You don't need to open amps to replace tubes. Reach in the back, pull them out, put new ones in. You can get new tubes at most guitar shops. Also, yes, go with that Roland Cube.

That's called a noisy amp. That's what high gain amps sound like, I'm afraid. The only way to fix that is with quiet pickups and a noise reduction/suppressor pedal or plug-in.

Mic'ing the cabinet with an off-axis setup does help shave off some of the high frequencies and gives a somewhat thicker sound. A larger cabinet with more/larger speakers produces a heavier, fuller sound than a smaller cabinet with a single speaker. Typical blues/clean sounds come from combo amps, usually one or two 10-12" speakers, while rock/metal sounds come from amp stacks, which is an amp head and 4x12" speaker cabinets. Tweed is a term used when talking about vintage gear that was often covered in tweed. When talking about amps, it usually refers to vintage Fender amps used in blues and country. Amps come in lots of flavors. Even amps that are very similar have lots of differences. For example, a Mesa Rectifier is an amp that is capable of a ridiculous amount of gain and has a very heavy, percussive tone with tons of low end. A Marshall JCM2000 is also capable of very high gain, but the tone it produces is very different. It's much brighter and has more bite with a very tight low end. Neither is better than the other. They just cater to different tastes. In a guitar amp, tube or otherwise, the preamp feeds into the power amp which powers the speakers. For a clean sound, you'd turn down the gain/drive on the preamp, not take the preamp out, as the point of the preamp is to color the tone of your guitar. For special effects, you might want to use some of the dry signal. Provides a harsher, very abrasive tone. I almost always have the tone controls on my guitars set at 10. Experiment, though, and see what works for you. Rolling back on the tone knobs produces a very woman-like tone (think Eric Clapton) and is useful when using very bright pickups, such as a single coil pickup in the bridge position. Ooooh, sorry about that. I must have left out a folder. I'll have to check my files.

Funky track. Very funky. Maybe even too funky.

Okay, I'm in.

Yeah... sorry about you Mac guys. I don't use Mac and haven't in a loooong time, so I have no idea what kind of stuff is out there for you guys.

Felíz cumpleaños, Anshole!

No, I thought I was getting paid. Oh well.

I was the 6th guy to join a certain graffiti "crew" back in high school. I didn't have a tag so we joked about using number6, seis, 666 and so forth. Then I thought of 'sexto' which is sixth in Spanish, and just tossed an I in there instead of the E. The name stuck, I 'bombed' one building, became too chicken to ever do it again, and the rest is history.

Harmony, I've used the Simulanalog plugins on a couple of remixes and I use keFIR everytime I record using an amp head direct without a cabinet. Once in a mix, it sounds just as good as micing a speaker cabinet. Flexstyle, thanks for reminding me about that. FreeAmp is pretty neat as well. Lots of cool effects to play with, though the overdrive tones aren't so great. I would suggest using Guitar Suite or Wagner for the meat of the tone, then enhancing it with effects from FreeAmp.