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I'm almost certainly going to get one - thanks for the tip-off. But can I ask one more question? Well here goes: I take it the MM hasn't got a tap function, so do you ever try to set its rate to a tempo? I use quite a weird kind of set-up for writing, combining digital (i.e. sampled loops and what-n...

The timing of this thread is great for me. I was soooo close to picking a Line 6 up the other day. There's one for ?129 2nd hand in the local Enormo-Chain. I'd never heard of the Memory Man - but I googled it and saw reviews. It sounds amazing. Anyone got any more MM thoughts? Ideally I'd like a tap...

It's the implicit optimism I like!

Good call on the Fall. Some of it's spare-room sized, definitely. But then some other stuff (even on the same record) gets pretty big too. I'm thinking of British Grenadiers, e.g. A menacing fucker, that one. Brilliant.

For match-box size riffage howabout the Violent Femmes (yee-eeesh)?

Great knowledge on BM thing BB. Dunno if it's cleared it up much though! The re-amping factor is whole other set of variables I'd never heard about - it adds a whole other thick, crusty layer of complexity. :? But yes - Trio. It sounds like one of those really tiny Casios, right? The ones with the d...

All awesome. What a topic. SANN, I know what you mean - and I understand how it could be subjective. But I still think the cultural thing must be big in all this somewhere.

SAN's first point about why perfect pitch might obstruct getting into 'microtonal' music was fucking awesome. That question will be rattling around my brain for weeks. Beautiful thinking. And I don't think that ultimately it should obstruct appreciation of microtonal stuff. However, 'ultimately' cou...

Back in the day I was a total Husker Du freak. Mainly the SST stuff, I have to say. But if I revisit it now I'm always struck by some of the incredibly rinky-dink sounds that were on some of those records. I remember when Mike Bigtoe was jabbing at me once he said he didn't ever want to go back to '...

Speaking of touring - the most LIKELY thing to break down: the van.

Neither do I actually. Uhm.

I'm into 'Snoteleks' though. That's funny. And Fancy seeing t'Giants too Brian! Ace.

And here I was trying desparately to forget about the time our driver drove the hire-van into an underground car-park in Cologne. 'Uhm, hey - what's that disasterous scraping sound eminating from the roof everyone?!' 'Err - dunno - could it be that we just exceeded the max-height restriction?' Fucke...

Anyone familiar with the Collossal Youth LP by YMG? It's a superbly reined in sound - and YMG were a very early exponent of the kind of minimalism that a decade and half later would be built on by Low. It's a clean, pin-sharp sound - but bizarrely soft and seductive too. And that latter thing's not ...

Someone mentioned they had 8 lyric writers for the theme song. Whoever it was can you pass on the following observation: RE the line 'When it hasn't been your day, week or even your year.' Well, duh! If it hasn't been your day wtf chance is there that 'it' will've been your week never mind your bloo...

Gordon Smith - the humbuckers rule, e.g. Snuff, Leatherface, China Drum. Here's a tip for getting a really cheap guitar that kills for saturated gain sounds: Look for a Marlin (I KNOW, I KNOW!!) 'State of the Arts' series. It's a rip off of the Ibanez Road Star. I bought one for ?45 and got another ...