Recent content by guitar_phreak

woohoo, talk about exposure for local bands.... I wonder if the local mags should do an expose~ on local band babes.... I WONDER if any local band babes would go for these mag shoots...

There's alot of reviews out there abt gear, but why don't we share and consolidate info about equipment's prices? Spread the information so that all the bruddas and sistas dun get cheated. Maybe we can talk about prices of stomp boxes, guitars, amps and stuff.

Oh kay...I'm going local to show my support for local music, I want to get the albums of Electrico and The Observatory.... (Concave scream too if its still available somewhere...) Anyone can gimme directions to a shop that has them? and price? I've been to a few Sembawang and Towers...can't...

I heard this topic pop up now and then, and I juz wanna know whether u cool dudes out there prefer finger style or pick style or hybrid? Any reasons? For me, I like to use fingers most of the time as I find it more expressive with tone and dynamics. For me, hybrid is more for chinese pop songs...

Let's contribute to the knowledge base of "guitar tricks" here!! Pls share any tricks or interesting techniques so all of us can benefit and experiment! Lets get the ball rolling... I got this off one of Satch-man's interviews (and it works cool): "Mega dive-bomb" (sorry, i give it a cheesy...

I was wondering, anyone of you fans of UFO?? They're a brit band that's quite big a decade ++ or so back. Michael Schenker was part of the band and Billy SHeehan had a short stint too... I was listening to it and it brought back memories of power rock days... any fans??

Well, first time I've encountered this. Got an RG1550, the action felt high, so I lowered the tremelo but it started buzzing...the only height where it does not buzz is when there is a 4mm clearance on the low E. There doesn't seem to be any odd neck bow. Is this normal?? I always though...

What's your pickup setup? I've been reading so many mixed reviews on-line and on the official webbies.... what's the LOCAL view on PUs? DiMarzios...stock PU...Seymour Duncs...EMG...etc For me, I'm a fan of DiMarzios passive humbucks (I'm biased 'coz many stars use DiMarz) I like the sounds of...

Would you all recommend taking classical guitar lessons to augment 'music knowledge' (sight reading, music theory)? I've been 'rocking' on and off for 6 yrs plus, but I feel so limited with my shallow knowledge of music notation and theory (I read "tow-gay" at about 1 note per minute).... Or...

Hi, humour a newbie here.... Found an intereting webbie www.guitargeek.com Lots of interesting info on gear and rig setups! Share your comments on your effects chain setup? Personally, I dun use much amp-based effects, I run my sound thru BOSS CE-3---->ZOOM GFX-8---->BOSS SD-1 (booster)...