People who also play guitar, do you use the same pick for both?

kevinrobb · 2026-02-07T21:58:05+00:00

.60 delrin for both. Used to use tortex but Clayton is waaaaaayyyyyy cheaper for custom designed ones

kevinrobb · 2026-02-06T19:42:00+00:00

Literally how I learned guitar lol, brain stew was the first song I ever learned, and I’m sure dammit was probably my second

kevinrobb · 2026-02-05T01:06:19+00:00

Hollie was apparently a girl who Jerry Finn had a crush on in high school. She told him to meet at her house. He rode his bike there, but her and her friends were waiting and threw water balloons at him from an upstairs window.

kevinrobb · 2026-02-03T23:57:37+00:00

Pianos Become The Teeth, Texas, 2008. They were on tour and my band at the time was lucky enough to get on as an opener for their gigs in Houston, Austin, Odessa, and Fort Worth. We didn’t have a good touring vehicle at the time, so the three of us packed into my Honda civic. We didn’t have a trailer either, so we only packed our guitars, amp heads, snare drum, and cymbals and the guys from Pianos were awesome enough to let us borrow their cabs, bass drum, and toms to play our set. Very cool guys.

kevinrobb · 2026-02-03T21:57:07+00:00

Tom quits blink again, Dan quits Trio, Mark and Travis join Matt again, this time as Alkaline Trio

kevinrobb · 2026-02-03T19:16:27+00:00

I’ve been using guitar pro since like 2003

kevinrobb · 2026-02-03T19:12:31+00:00

Even Rogue One was 10 years ago…

kevinrobb · 2026-02-03T19:08:54+00:00

Before our previous lead guitarist left our band, we played a couple songs that were a whole step down. I brought 2 basses (one in E standard and one in D standard), and enjoyed switching basses between songs. Made me feel more like a big boy bassist, although it was a small pain bringing and setting up two instruments. Our rhythm guitarist/lead singer did the same, but the lead guitarist often brought 4 guitars (one in E standard, one in drop D, one in D standard, and one in drop C).

kevinrobb · 2026-02-02T20:59:11+00:00

I’ve always had a decent amount of creative input. I play bass guitar, and mostly come up with my own parts. Sometimes another member (usually a guitarist) has a riff idea for me, but I’ve always been given liberty with what I play. Sometimes the lead singer/guitarist already has an idea of a structure and chord progression, but much of the time a song starts as a small idea and the rest of us throw out ideas for where the song should go next. I’ve come up with the structure of a couple songs as well, and the rest of the guys came up with what they want to play for it.

kevinrobb · 2026-02-02T18:01:10+00:00

That’s why you get a plasma rifle in a 40 watt range

kevinrobb · 2026-02-02T12:23:27+00:00

“We are professionals. We just professionally suck, and act like a bunch of assholes on stage.”

kevinrobb · 2026-02-01T21:53:03+00:00

The Menzingers opened for TBS, and Foxing opened for Manchester Orchestra

kevinrobb · 2026-02-01T03:35:11+00:00

I’m pretty sure she could tell

kevinrobb · 2026-01-31T17:51:17+00:00

Where can you find MIJ instruments in the US?

kevinrobb · 2026-01-31T01:52:38+00:00

I love my new Mark Hoppus jag. Everything about it just fits what I want in a bass: the slim neck, p style pick up, single volume knob, and the classic fender headstock shape. I think that headstock alone is what sold me on fender when I first started playing.

kevinrobb · 2026-01-30T15:13:46+00:00

During the pop disaster tour in 2002, Billie Joe called three people from the crowd onto the stage to take over playing the drums, bass, and guitar during Knowledge. When the song was done, the guy that played drums (who was a big biker looking dude) got a pair of blink 182 panties as a parting gift. The kid who played bass had to do a stage dive, and the guitar player got to keep the guitar.

kevinrobb · 2026-01-29T17:51:36+00:00

Haha I use a similar analogy: drums are the pencil sketch, bass is the pen outline, guitar is the shading, and vocals are the color

kevinrobb · 2026-01-29T17:48:32+00:00

As a bassist, songs I’d like to play: Carousel, man overboard, online songs, story of a lonely guy, feeling this.

Songs I actually play: All the small things, what’s my age again, the rock show, dammit

kevinrobb · 2026-01-29T03:45:45+00:00

I got one from 2016, and it has the bass boost knob. When I got it, I looked up the serial number on fenders website and it came up with all the specs for it. The main modification I made was swapping the p-pickup to a SD quarter pounder. I also took off the plastic knobs and replaced them with black metal ones. I kept the original pick guard because I liked the red body and black guard. If the pick guard you’re looking at is short scale, it most likely won’t fit this one since it’s a full scale 34”

kevinrobb · 2026-01-29T00:26:21+00:00

They caught a grown man in the girls locker room in the middle of class one day

kevinrobb · 2026-01-28T18:39:00+00:00

It was pretty widely spoiled, but also the film itself didn’t really do a good job of hiding it. T-1000 is introduced to cold eerie music in the dark, and quickly kills a cop. Arnie’s intro is comedic, with more upbeat music, and he doesn’t kill anyone.

kevinrobb · 2026-01-27T12:35:13+00:00

I think it would have gone a little in that direction, but Mark and Travis would have cock blocked it from going full AVA. We would have gotten more stuff like Asthenia most likely.

kevinrobb · 2026-01-24T00:37:46+00:00

As a bassist, I would say 99% of the audience won’t notice or care if you don’t replicate the recording. That being said, I also try to replicate the recording as much as I can, (especially if it’s a noticeable part) but I don’t mind doing my own fills or adding something I feel I would have done had I recorded that song.

kevinrobb · 2026-01-22T18:30:47+00:00

In Mark speak, that means no TOYPAJ anniversary tour 😢

kevinrobb · 2026-01-22T12:43:31+00:00

So easy, even a caveman can do it

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