TN Editorial: IS PC GAMING GETTING MORE AND MORE BORING?

fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

Actually, Stevie's rig was way more than the guitar........it was the mix of amps, the blindingly heavy 14-gauge strings he used, 5 springs in the trem cavity, etc. You can't pick up a $300 Mexican Strat, plug it into a Marshall Valvestate and get that sound.
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Mordacain · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:36 pm Post subject:

All true, but he also used Peavey heads (which in my opinion suck).

In terms of bang for the buck, heavy gauge strings will make any guitar sound miles better.

I used Med-Heavy Dean Markley's on my basic Epi Les Paul Standard and it sounded thicker and cleaner than the '58 Gibson Les Paul Custom our drummer at the time had.

Also, I don't know a single Strat player who didn't use 5 springs or didn't screw the rem down completely to add sustain. In my case, I actually used springs lifted from an Ibanez on my Mexy strat. Think on that one I replaced the bridge pickup with a 57 vintage. The other two were stock though. Sounded very pristene...though rather noisy...

And now this topic has strayed completely form the original discussion Razz

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Xal · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:47 pm Post subject:

Guys, make a thread in chit chat for this.

I'll join in too.....
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

ha figures we're all muscians too!
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Mordacain · Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:52 am Post subject:

Kinda curious if that colors our judgement a bit concerning the games we play...So far there are four unifying threads among us all here it seems:

- We are all oldschool gamers, musicians, tech heads and car geeks

Hmmm.....I think I should send an email to psychosis lady so she can wrap her head around that one.

Maby there's a "G" or "N" gene floating around that causes this.

I am referring to this lady btw: http://www.twitchguru.com/2006/09/02/getting_to_grips_with_the_drug_culture_in_video_gaming/

Who knows, maybe games aren't as good because we're not all hopped up on goofballs....or maybe we are and everything just got more boring!!!!
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