Instruments!

[Disel]

realy, I have more fun on the bass cous I can jump around like a nut palying the bass

but I'm stele lurning to play and my teacher some times gets feid up with the selens and the going ons out of me

[Drewdle]

This is an awesome post.

I've been playing piano (all styles) since I was about five. I've been singing since I was sixteen or so, and I have a passing knowledge of clarinet and other small woodwinds. Can't play a guitar to save my life, although bass guitar is a little easier than standard chord-based standard acoustic style.

[Gizmoe]

Everyone seems so musical!

[Disel]

yap bot I still suck at bass

[Giri]

Practice makes perfect XD It is kinda crazy how musical everyone is,really awesome to ^^

[Disel]

yess bie I knows, but she still is fun no matter what

[Kesarra]

Sadly, I never had any instruction in music. Growing up poor in a single parent rental complex and being shuffled around between different blood relatives did not leave any time or resources to get that kind of a private education.

[Giri]

Was it never tught in school? That is the only way I've ever learned.

[Kesarra]

Was it never tught in school? That is the only way I've ever learned.

Nope. I was in a private school for a number of years and every other school that had classes required a few hundred dollar instrument. I know instruments are worth it, but I didn't have that kind of money.

[Giri]

I completely understand,it's unfortunate that there weren't school instruments. :/

[alleycat009]

Musical instruments can be fun, and creative.

I just purchased a drop clutch for my hi hat on my drum kit, and it won't clamp to the pull rod, because it's designed for a thicker pull rod than I have.

I wound up removing the pull rod, and inserting it into a cordless drill, to make it spin, attaching packing tape to the tip, and giving it about 20 revolutions... now it works. :3

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, a hi hat is the most common cymbal used by the drummer to keep rhythm.  It is two cymbals cupped together when its pedal is depressed, and spread apart about a centimeter when the pedal is released.

A drop clutch allows you to close the hi hat without the pedal, by the flick of a lever.  This is useful when you have two kicker pedals, or two bass drums, or something else that requires your foot.

[Disel]

he he if I hade it on a drill I'ed give it full tharitl that will sound cool 

or houck it to the coling fan motter from a car it spinn faster 

[Drewdle]

Musical instruments can be fun, and creative.

I just purchased a drop clutch for my hi hat on my drum kit, and it won't clamp to the pull rod, because it's designed for a thicker pull rod than I have.

I wound up removing the pull rod, and inserting it into a cordless drill, to make it spin, attaching packing tape to the tip, and giving it about 20 revolutions... now it works. :3

For those who don't know what I'm talking about, a hi hat is the most common cymbal used by the drummer to keep rhythm.  It is two cymbals cupped together when its pedal is depressed, and spread apart about a centimeter when the pedal is released.

A drop clutch allows you to close the hi hat without the pedal, by the flick of a lever.  This is useful when you have two kicker pedals, or two bass drums, or something else that requires your foot.

Way to think outside the box, Alleycat. Most people would have just returned it and complained.  There's almost always a way to make these things work.

[Josiah Tobin]

Sudden influx of musical instruments as I'm rebuilding my gear and setting up a new live rig... Had travel plans for later this year so I sold off most of my stuff (including my drums, bass, guitars, pretty much everything but my acoustic guitar and keyboard), but then the plans fell through and I got into this new band situation so I'm having to suddenly buy back a buncha gear.

Picked up an Ibanez GSR100ex 4-string bass the other day, cheap as they come from Ibanez but I have always felt more comfortable on (well-made) budget instruments. Lots of string rattle when picked, thanks to the trademark lowwwwww Ibanez action, but for what I'm using it for I'm playing through heavy distortion so it doesn't really show up in the signal at all anyway. Kind of a nice/uncommon setup, a bass humbucker (not a split P-bass pickup, fullsize humbucker) in the bridge position instead of the middle like most split pickups are. Definitely crunches real nice with some gain!

Also, just today my brother sold me his Godin Freeway EMG guitar for $130 (a fraction of its retail price) -- I don't play electric guitar live that often anymore, but it'll definitely be useful for recording as I do a lot of that. Feels sort of strange owning a mid-to-high-end instrument though -- even if I did get it for a wicked deal, it's still an instrument more classy than myself. Feels amazing though. The neck and action make it feel like you're playing nothing at all... I'd forgotten how criminally smooth Godins play.

~Josiah

[Giri]

That wicked Josiah,congrats on the Godin   Do not fear my friend,you deserve a good intsrument after all the work you put into your music.

Also,sorry about the travel plans?

[Arrowrotaru]

Ukulele!! Though I am a complete and utter newb at it! It's fun to diddle on and its perfect size to carry around for random jamming :3

[CanoSapiens]

Took piano for the longest time in elementary school, & a bit of acoustic guitar in Jr. high. Currently relearning keyboards (recently bought a cheap used one, most of the functions still work), & working towards electric 6-string.

[alleycat009]

Way to think outside the box, Alleycat. Most people would have just returned it and complained.  There's almost always a way to make these things work.

I've always been a bit of a fix-it.  Not to mention, my entire kit is a mix and match.

My snare stand broke, so I "fixed" it by stealing parts from one of my cymbal stands...  It worked well enough to hold the snare up so I can play it, but it likes to "swing" ...

So, I need new drum skins, a new hi hat stand, and a new snare stand.  Oh yeah, and a different style of hammers for my kick pedals...

[T3hSmashfur]

Nuff said