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One Desire - "Never Gonna Stop" New single from this Finnish band whom I first encountered at a festival in Stockholm. Modern melodic rock whose main draw is vocalist André Linman, a Swedish speaking Finn who also plays great guitar solos. For me, this band could be his solo show. He was in a...

Watched Homeland season 6, 7 & 8. Great series, season after season. I'm happy to say, the finale is peak Homeland and damn fine.

Watched Stranger Things Season Four, Vol. 1. A solid step up in storytelling and quality. Whereas season two and three were good this is on another level. Best one yet. Also watched Kenobi Ep. 4. While I wasn't crazy about the first three episodes, they are good. This was a serious drop in...

Yes Kenobi is good. Can't wait to see the rest of it. Watching Stranger Things while I'm waiting.

Okay, single of the year is here... Chez Kane - "Powerzone". Well-produced, great vocals and guitar solo. Love the cover. They've kept everything almost exactly the same as on the debut. Debut album was the best album of the year 2021 and certainly my most played. Best vocalist out there...

Most of the glam / hair metal stuff of the 80's have aged better than pretty much everything. Insane production values that still hold up compared to present day and songwriters and performers at their absolute best. Examples: Dokken - Back for the Attack, Ratt - Detonator, Mötley Crüe - Dr...

Chez Kane for me as well. Great album and I was already a huge fan of Crazy Lixx so it was a given must have. Also felt the same about The Darkness... Seem to like every other album since the reunion. Hot Cakes - meh, Last of our Kind - amazing, Pinewood Smile - not that great, Easter is...

I mean the V847 is based on the spec of the very original wah, and it's good but there are more exciting options. I got a new Dunlop Crybaby GCB-95 which costs the same and the switch doesn't need your whole weight to push down and it's not sucking as much tone. As for the actual wah-effect and...

Was about to post this, but then I realised the thread is about the best new stuff... Do we have a thread about releases which are bland, uninspiring, and probably best to avoid? Just another super group-project from Frontiers with my least favourite new vocalist.

Well, I listened to this... How is Jon Bon Jovi doing? He hasn't only lost his voice completely, he is so off pitch AND beat that it makes me worried for his health.

Used to. Maybe some old teachers still do (especially in classical) but I've been taught B. It varies, but in popular music you'll probably find it rare.

Got too many guitars to get them all in one photo, or to make a list. My pedalboard built March-April this year however (first one ever), is very simple and I'm super-pleased with how it turned out. Korg Pitchblack > Cry Baby > BOSS CS-3 > BOSS LS-2 A(BOSS BF-3) B(BOSS SD-1 > BOSS DS-1) > BOSS...

All effects have their place. I'm mostly chasing 80's sounds anyway. Reverb is nice to have playing by yourself, but in a live setting delay wins everytime as it can be controlled more.

Bought some pedals and a Pedaltrain Classic 2. Current board is Korg Pitchblack > Dunlop GCB-95 > BOSS CS-3 > BOSS SD-1 > BOSS DS-1 > BOSS BF-3 > BOSS DD-3T. All powered by a Cioks DC-7. Lots of space left and got a BOSS LS-2 on the shelf, so I'm considering making it two channels with a boost...

New single from Crashdïet taken from their upcoming album Automaton out 29 April. Together with the lead single No Man's Land (posted here previously) this is shaping up to be a very strong release. I like... everything about this. Having seen this incarnation of the band live, Gabriel Keyes is...

Hardcore Superstar released Abrakadabra last Friday, 25 March. Fantastic record - their absolute best in 12 years. I have still gone to their concerts, but C'mon Take on Me (2013), HCSS (2015) and You Can't Kill My Rock n Roll (2018) place at the bottom of the catalogue for me. You have to go...

Got the Super Distortion in a Kurt Cobain Jaguar and my brother has the old Dave Murray sig. I don't think a pickup would make that much of difference, honestly. Try amp and effects first. But I agree about marketing in the business in general. What they actually play... You could write...

Good choice and certainly different than a Super Distortion. I haven't found any other pickup I like as much as the JB Jr. Rolls off super well in my American Standard Strat and also works perfect for a Maiden sound (Janick Gers uses them in all his Strats).

Yeah! The JB Jr is a technically totally unrelated pickup (Alnico V vs ceramic rail magnet) in single coil format meant to replicate the sound of the full size JB. Which it does, really well, but to me it sounds even better.

Sure the pickup is not wired wrong? Sounds like a weird decription of the Super Distortion to me. I like it, but I prefer a JB (or even better actually, a JB Jr which has all the tone but more focused).