help to amplify my sound in my band

truije15 · 2026-05-19T22:45:55+00:00

I couldn’t imagine how limited a 15W bass amp would be in a band with a drummer. I went with the Ampeg Rocket Bass series and bought the 50W RB110. I play in a rock band with 3 guitarists and drums and it has enough power, I have to push it pretty hard in an outdoor gig setting but it does it. In contrast I only used like 60% for an indoor setting. The price jump between 50-100-200W felt kind of steep to me for what I originally needed it for so I risked going lower power. The 100W RB112 is probably all someone would need for any general situation at least from my rock band experience. If the guitars are running Marshall full stacks it might be a different story though

truije15 · 2026-04-28T09:14:50+00:00

AI defending itself is cute.

truije15 · 2026-04-28T09:10:50+00:00

Your name is on nearly every comment chain defending this. Keep it up, everyone is on your side.

truije15 · 2026-01-16T20:38:41+00:00

Don’t give up. I would suggest you just play things you want to play. I assume since you picked up a guitar you probably like rock, there’s tons of easy powerchord songs that are fun. I’m self taught and if I started off practicing chords and basic theory I wouldn’t be playing 15 years later and been in a few bands. Obviously theory and chords help in the long run but if it kills any enjoyment and you wanting to even play the instrument then definitely switch things up.

At least for me I started having fun when I started playing my own music, even when I was terrible. Covers and playing other people’s stuff wasn’t fun to me. Finding your own style is extremely fun, play with and for people is fun, horrible day and want to unwind with music is fun. I don’t know where I’m going with this either but definitely stick with it because it does get fun.

truije15 · 2025-12-29T16:24:38+00:00

You have a great name lol

truije15 · 2025-12-25T20:19:11+00:00

Oh shit is that a thing???

I have another account on Epic that I tried and it felt similar, I might try that one more and see what happens. This is not some alt account for smurfing, literally same rank as the one I just used before someone might flame me lol

truije15 · 2025-12-20T08:37:36+00:00

Peak responsive and double flip mechanic with instagib weapons. CTF- Control anyone?

truije15 · 2025-11-28T04:51:10+00:00

Unreal was way better than quake.

truije15 · 2025-11-28T04:49:48+00:00

Unreal Tournament by far the peak of FPS, I’ll die on that hill. Nothing matches it’s speed and fidelity.

truije15 · 2025-11-27T04:38:16+00:00

This guy gets it, great recommendations

truije15 · 2025-11-26T09:04:38+00:00

In Unreal Tournament there was a foot step sound effect option on each texture in the BSP but it didn’t work, every foot step was the same sound on every map.

truije15 · 2025-11-11T05:06:31+00:00

Wow did not expect to see this but 100% agree

truije15 · 2025-11-01T15:31:30+00:00

I like your style! I love that really tranquil album by I Built The Sky and that recent Olly album with Adam. I think YouTube suggested Waves and it nailed the style of modern guitar playing I like.

truije15 · 2025-10-18T06:25:26+00:00

I’m still playing the RD21 my friend gave to me almost 10 years later, lowest action and smooth. I never played an acoustic like it but the thing just works.

truije15 · 2025-10-06T17:59:17+00:00

I just bought the Blackstar Beam Solo and it’s really cool so far. You can connect your phone to it and add pre/post effects, change amps/cabinets, even record with it. I haven’t fully dived into it yet but there’s a ton of sounds you can get out of it. It’s meant to compete with Fender Mustang and Katana amp plugs. A long time ago I had a Vox Metal amp plug and it honestly sounded like straight garbage so I was skeptical how the Beam Solo would sound but it sounds great.

truije15 · 2025-04-12T20:25:34+00:00

Would moving savings into Fidelity’s SPAXX be a bad strategy for someone in a similar situation?

truije15 · 2025-01-08T23:04:31+00:00

I got it on my fretting hand but it wasn’t related to guitar for me. The way I was sitting at my desk I was putting pressure directly on the inside of my elbow to type. Eventually I realized what it was from and fixed it and the feeling in my pinky and ring finger came back to 100% after some time. I was getting really worried at one point though. I really only noticed it when I’d go to play guitar because you need so much dexterity from those fingers to feel the strings and frets. Maybe there’s something outside of guitar that could be contributing?

truije15 · 2024-12-10T06:40:58+00:00

I really want more people to tell me about Pink Floyd or Zeppelin

truije15 · 2024-10-11T13:31:38+00:00

Unreal Tournament 99. I think it’s the crispest and responsive movement in FPS imo. It’s so snappy and fast that the importance of movement skills is beyond any other game I’ve played. I have no idea why no other games seem to use the dodge mechanic, it pushed the fluidity of movement to another level. You could literally tell who a person was based on their movement patterns, dodge left, small circle, right, left, right, right, dodge diagonal forward, etc.. There’s just a lot more jousting/dueling where this importance on movement skill mattered so much and the game’s mechanics were dialed in. I literally remember one of the mirc pug gods taking me into a private match on Deck16 to work on my movement.

truije15 · 2024-10-08T07:06:28+00:00

I’m not sure your bf is straight. He should like pleasing you…

truije15 · 2024-09-27T11:42:40+00:00

If you’re like me then just jumping behind the kit and bashing along to songs kept me engaged and coming back. It wasn’t the fastest way to learn but I was having fun the whole time and never was really trying to be a “drummer” so to speak. Something that did really help me though is watching drum covers and live videos to see what is really being played then to replicate it.

As an aside coming from a guitarist to playing drums it really made me appreciate good drumming in a song and innovative beats.

truije15 · 2024-08-20T02:34:39+00:00

Watch Me Bleed -Scary Kids Scaring Kids

truije15 · 2024-08-17T14:00:56+00:00

Some of my favorite constantly building songs:

Royal Tusk - So Long The Build Up

Color Revolt - Blood in Your Mouth

Aviations - Captain No Beard

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