ThePlague

hmmm... now not only do i have to replace the trem on my charvel, i need to get one of these as well once the standard model comes out.

that's what i'd do. i'm not a big fan of the rg's below the 500 series.

just about every dream theater album has a song that could easily be a radio hit. images & words had another day. awake had lie (i think the silent man could've been one too). falling into infinity was a big radio-friendly fest, but anna lee and hollow years in particular. scenes had through her eyes. 6DOIT had solitary shell. most of the train of thought cd could do well as mainstream metal. that's why i don't understand how everyone just ignored them after pull me under. i don't think anyone really argues that labrie isn't a good singer from a technical aspect. his range still blows me away. even though he hasn't gone as high in recent DT albums as he did up to awake, he's still got it. the end of ayreon's human equation album proves that quite nicely. and i like alexi's vocals in children of bodom as well. fits perfectly for my ears.

funny how you mention awake and needing kevin moore back. moore was involved in very little of the songwriting on awake.

Man....do you know Dream Theater at all? This is the third song in a story about Mike Portnoys alcoholism and I think it's very cool that they quote each other. Especially the way they do it: They never directly quote it but usually change the quote somehow. Then sorry for accusing you! Hehe....the real CD's cover has a proper rope for each ball. ← i understand dream theater's quoting of glass prison and this dying soul in the root of all evil. but i don't think they did as good of a job this time. this dying soul was a fantastic example of them incorporating the old riff into a new song. it was placed right, and fit perfectly with the song. in the root of all evil it sounds forced to me. particularly the "i can feel my body breaking" section. just sounds like they didn't know what to do to make it different from this dying soul. i picked the cd up wednesday, and i see what you mean. the execution of the design is much better than i could see from the online pictures. i still don't like the idea though. just does nothing for me. the cd hasn't fully sunk in for me yet, but i think i'm gonna like it. these walls and i walk beside you were songs i instantly liked. i walk beside you is a perfect example of how james labrie's voice fits with dream theater's music. i can't imagine another singer in that song.

my conclusions were jumped to from the cover art i saw on MP's forum. i didn't have time to pick the cd up today, so i'll be getting it tomorrow. same with me. images and words i didn't really like at all on first listen. same with train of thought and symphony x's divine wings of tragedy. now those are three of my favorite albums.

I think it's awesome! ← i guess to each his own. it's just very boring to me. the fact that they just used straight black lines to hold the balls up, that the ball pulled back wouldn't hit the others if it was let go... i'll have to check labrie's new cd out when i get a chance. mr. churchyard: ever listened to the commentary on the scenes from new york dvd? "without love, without truth, you can eat my ass and balls"

i have a wah, but don't really use it other than to play around once in a while. playing live i just run straight to my amp and get my overdrive, distortion and reverb from there.

the cover art for that cd is absolutely aweful. i don't know what they were thinking when they came up with that. i'll be picking it up tuesday, dream theater being one of my favorite bands. labrie's voice does seem to be the deciding factor in the band. some people absolutely hate it, but i personally like the way it fits in the band. in any other situation (i.e. ayreon's "human equation" album) i hate it. there's just something about dream theater's style that fits perfectly with his voice for me.

i listened to sparkle. (only once, i'm on dial-up) i like your singer's voice. (which is pretty rare for me) but on a first listen, that's the only member of the band that stands out to me. all the other parts sound okay, but there's nothing that really catches my ear. that said, if i saw you at a local show, i'd buy a cd. sometimes music takes a while to grow on me.

then again, i still find super nintendo endlessly amusing. was this guitar really a good guitar? did it play better than the ones you build now? sound better? (cause it doesn't look better) if it didn't look like your old guitar would you buy it?

to be honest, it doesn't do much for me. there's nothing specific that i really don't like about it, i just don't find it to be as good as your other designs. nothing catches my eye. but it appears i'm in the minority on this one, so good luck!

i've never played a taylor baby, but then again i've never played a taylor that i didn't love. (i can't say the same for martin) i haven't tried seagulls out more than just playing in a guitar shop, but i was very impressed for the time i played them. the necks feel great to me, so try them out and see whether you like them or not.

did you listen to trapped under ice and think "hey that'd work good on my assignment," or did you write the part of your assignment first and then realize that it sounded like metallica later? if you wrote your part first, and then just realized that it sounded like (maybe even was the exact same) as a metallica song, i don't see a problem. sure you were probably influenced by it, but i know at least when i write music, i'm always influenced by something. it's just that sometimes the influences come out more strongly.

thanks for the comments. i've actually been playing around with that left side. i haven't found anything that i really like yet, so it's all still just on paper. i hadn't seen that guitar of myka's. it looks really cool. especially those f-holes, very sleek looking.

i was playing around with some graph paper while listening to music last night, and i came up with a new guitar design. i've got quite a few designs laying around, but this is the first singlecut i've ever tried. i'm just looking for some input; like it or don't? anything you'd change? this isn't to be built any time in the near future, just a "maybe some day" thing.

the blue looks better than i thought it would. from the first time i saw your project i've been imagining a very warm colored finish, probably a red or brown. a red-brown would still look best to me, but that blue looks sweet too. can't wait to see it clear coated.

if you guys are talking about that first neck on the stratosphere page, it's not a real '62. it clearly says that it's a NOS fender custom shop neck.

sounds to me like the problem is with muting strings and not with the bass. try to mute strings you're not playing on.

the lower bout looks huge to me. mark's clean up job on the horns looks pretty good to me.

for what to do on the top: i'd do a big bevel on the back part and the horns, and then a much smaller one on the little cut out area in between. and then painting the beveled part a solid color.

jackpot! can't wait to see it put to good use. happy birthday guys.

i haven't seen anything on his website, but i did catch a live clip of him shredding at a sound check. i must say, he's got some speed.

i second the carvin recommendation. if you follow the instructions on their bolt kit, it's easy to make a guitar that plays and sounds great.

i'm just hoping that he's not talking about covering a beautiful quilt top with a solid finish. i'd go with selling and buying a black guitar.