What does everyone want to see?

[Chovie D]

just post more, ask questions and they will get answered.

A single FAQ sticky would be alright:
"can I run my guitar thru a bass amp?"
"How do I get ewiz tone?"
"why is Chovie d so friggin cool? how does he do it?"
etc.

You know , most people concentrate on things like gear and tone and while that stuff is important, it is far less important than the other things that go into being a great musician or being in a great band. Its in your head, not your amp. People think if they get the gear secrets, they will suddenly be able to make good music but it doesnt work that way at all.I guess Im offering this as a tip of sorts. Try not to get too caught up into the gear thing. YES you want good tone, but the other stuff is equally if not more importnat. How to perform, how to have confidence, how to be in a band, how tio roject what you want the audience to take away from your show,how to interact with an audience and with your fellow musicians, attitude, style, originality...all more important than a Model T.

as far as technique or gear, I will usually post a youtube vid in my response if I can find one. It helps sometimes.
Ive got some guitar technique to share, but I dont know how to make and post tab. Occasionally I'll throw out a tidbit but its hard t explain without tab.
There is a guitar key of sorts that will open doors (no... not the blues box) but I have no way of posting it or even describing it accurately.

meh

[ROWDYBEER]

Im going to post some new topics. Lets see what happens.......

[VOLVO)))]

Alright, so we're feelin' a separate tech-related forum? I figured that would just be an extra click for some people, and people are lazy. Stickied threads are already there, and you can post your questions in them blah, blah. Trying to keep it as simple as possible. The Jam Room was always kind of known for giving really great technical advice, so I don't know if it would be in our best interest to make a sub-forum, unless it can somehow be attached to this forum, literally. I feel like a lot of questions go un-asked in here because they're too simple. You know, I've never seen a thread on how to file a nut, or level a Floyd, or anything of the sort. I think if it was somehow advertised that people here have that knowledge, and are willing to share, more people would come and join the party... Alright, for now, we'll just let the questions be asked, and I'll talk to Sleestak about a tech-sub forum unless you clowns decide otherwise. I still do like the guts thread, it's worth keeping around.


I remember the redundant questions on the old board were what drove all the real hep cats away. I think an FAQ may find it's way on here, at some point. We'll have to have a pool of questions that we all never want to answer again. haha.



The color scheme isn't my department, sleekstak and socket are the ones to talk to about that. The basic simple-machines forum look is pretty dull, though, I understand.

[VOLVO)))]

Im going to post some new topics. Lets see what happens.......

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[Chovie D]

sub forum is a bad idea for the reason you mentioned. extra click and theres not enough posts in this forum as it is, let alne dividing them up.

The FAQ questions dont drive people away, we just get a bit tired of answering them over and over but they dont bug poeple out too bad.

The only thing that drives people away is slithermeth, thank fucking god he doesnt post in the jam room or Id be outta here.
Hes the sole reason I wont post in gen disco or even look at that crap anymore. Its hard to respect a site that allows him to remain as a member.

[Baltar]

Great ideas.  I did a couple of step-by-step tutorials on the old board.  I modded my Memory Man DLX way back in 2000.  I took a broken Snarling Dogs Wah and ran the delay pot into it so you didn't have to bend over to control the speed.  I can do Muff tone wicker mods, Crybaby and Vox mods and the DS-1 spider mod too.  You've got some great ideas SUNN0)), can't wait to see this board grow. 

[VOLVO)))]

I wasn't too hip on the subforum, either. We'll figure it out. I should have done a poll... derp.

[VOLVO)))]

Thank-ya, Snowman.

[Baltar]

10-4 good buddy.

[tossom]

I have almost posted a "guitarist hand/wrist health" thread, as I am looking to see if any of you guys have any tips for me.  In fact, I will do so now.

[chlorpromazine]

I think Chovie is on to something. Sticky two threads on the top: FAQ and Tutorials. Keep the first post in the FAQ updated with links to threads answering the more basic questions. Same goes for the tutorials.

I honestly don't remember people asking fundamental questions in the jam room being a problem. That's part of what made the Jam Room great, because we were learning together. It wasn't just a place to show off our gear or tech skills.

We don't need a bunch of separate forums or stickies. If a thread generates enough interest, it will stay at the top on it's own.

[mawso]

I'd like to see more info resources for organising band shit

stuff like:

how do I find a good band member? (this topic came up pretty regularly on the old site)
who wants book shows in XYZ area?
where should my band record/are we ready to record/what can I expect?
how to get your music reviewed on websites/street press/whatever

and so on

I think this crowd would be great for adressing these kinda topics, because the regulars seem to mostly be dudes who actually play shows, or used to at any rate.  Every other place I've been to has been way more dominated by teenage bedroom players, or white collar professionals who have never taken their PRS and their Dumble up on a stage.

[Volume]

Embedding reverbnation players would be cool if it's possible, we could have a thread where everyone can post their player. It would be so easy to listen each other stuff.

[VOLVO)))]

You might have to message Sleestak about that, I don't know the code for it. the HTML doesn't work?

[Discö Rice]

That would be great, actually. We could even do e-collaborations and post them. Maybe a friendly contest?

[VOLVO)))]

E-collabs would rule...

[Discö Rice]

Yep.