David

if its a cheap guitar it couls be a microphonic pickup, that would need replacing or wax potting to stop David

bc rich nj series neck thru assassin marshall strat copy fender fb-55 banjo marshall 15 watt amp behringer v-amp2 ProCo rat and a boss cs-3 compressor sustainer and ce-5 chorus ensemble i no longer own David

i say you should go with hallowed be thy name

go ask the same qurestion on www.guitarchat.co.uk (or via www.regentguitars.co.uk, its their forum) and you do pay for what you get with acoustics more, cheaper wood will have much more of a degrading effect compared to an electrics which can be partly hidden behind the pickups having said that though, i got a 3/4 argos acoustic from a friend for my birthday and i do like the sound of it quite a lot David

get a set of ernie balls, no idea on the prices or anything, but i use their guitar strings and they are quality stuff David

dunlop or rotosound .88mm totrex ones (green) and thats for guitar David

i REALLY want to get one to play about with and such, they were cheap in the sale rnb had a few months ago but they dont take trades for sale stuff (walked out wiht a crybaby anyway so i was happy enough) David

cross posting tut tut (i replyed in the wanted/for sale thread) David

when i have been viewing the forum recently there has been a menu bar to the top left with todays events below it, its a cool idea to have just at the moment it shifts the forum over to the left, which means it dosent fit to the page anymore and you have to scroll to see everything would it be possible to move this to the top of the page out the way or something similar so as the forum fits the screen properly? much thanks David

best idea, write your sig in a normal post reply window, ther you get all the stuff, then copy it, change to the create sig window and paste it there David

www.ProCoSound.com check out the juggernaut, bass distortion i have a rat2 (guitar) and love it, it seemed to work fine when playing with it running dist for a bass, so i guess the bass version sould be most excellent and i wouldnt worrk about blowing a speaker, they ar made for bass amps so can usually handle the sound, they are only likely to blow if you play at extremely loud volumes, generally you can di a bass or mic it up to keep the volume down a bit and keep the speaker in the green David

i think names are pretty important, they convey your first impression of a band, if i said today i got cd's by nevermore and shadows fall (which i did) then you could probably guess they were hevy metal or something similar also it gives you an impression of the bands attitude, you can guess nevermore are going to be a pretty serious band, whereas the offspring sound more happy and fun at it gives you your first idea on how 'cool' the band is, if a cd has a cool name on it then you are more likely to pick it up than if it had a dumb name (or vice versa depending on taste) David

bad luck then, make do with an out of tune one or attempt some whammy bar acrobatics to fill the space there are bad points about floyds, but i like the good parts enough to take the chance David

spare guitar, plus a friend with some guitar knowledge at the side of the stage, sorted David

floyds are easy to use as long as you know what your doing, if you need any help pm me and i shall try to help out they can take a bit of time to set up and get playing but once your sorted they are great to use and easy enough to work David

the iron maiden mascot, the monster on all the album covers, David

hmm, best bet is to get to a music shop and try out a few guitars, sitting down and standing with it on a strap, i used to like light guitars, and am pretty weakly built, but i got a pretty heavy guitar and i like it, makes it feel more solid, basically the best bet is to try for yourself, bruce millers and r'n'b have quite a few different guitars between them, try out the ibanez talman r'n'b have, its very light (built semi acoustically) but i cant remember the price, could also give cort a look (in r'n'b again) not sure of the weights but very very good guitars for the money, you could probably get one with emgs (the real ones not the passive bollocks) or duncans (again real duncans not duncan designed) for you budget David David

a hook isnt a thing in particular, it refers to having a song that will stick in your head, the chorus you have been singing for the last few hours, that is the hook, the memorable part of the song lick is a song, or part a song you can play, when someone says, lets hear your licks they want to hear your best riffs and playing any others? David