The last thing you bought?

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

The last thing you bought?

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

cherry coke and some rollos, well..my parents brought them for me as im to sick to go out ^^

Man In Black · Anime Mod

But well enough to drink Cherry Coke and Rolos though....

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

it makes me feel better mib ;)

NymVette · Movie Producer

Witch hazel, shampoo, bubble bath and some other things.

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

a 24 pack of Tuborg, a Motorhead shirt, new jeans, Municipal Waste and BFMV's new album, new sunglasses, 2 beanies and a 4 pack of Powerade

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Some books for my nephew's birthday.

DoctorOfDesire · 500 Club Member

Cinema ticket and Pick 'n' Mix

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Some more Anime DVDs dirt cheap in HMV:

Basilisk vol 1
Haibane-Renmei vol 1
ROD The TV vol 1

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Powerade and some new guitar strings

Man In Black · Anime Mod

What strings do you use - gauge and make? I used to use Ernie Ball Super Slinky 9's and I think I also used DiMarzio 9's for a while too.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Iv always wanted to play the electric guitar and so iv scoured a lot of places for one but i wanted something unique, and behold, from a japanese site, i found this which my mum will get for me for my birthday..I know its quite cheesy but it looks pretty fun and different and id love to finally learn how to play one so..hey ^^.I have no idea about them though so im going to read up on how to play! Theres a bright pink one to but of course i wont go for that ;).

-- Edited by Totoro101 at 19:22, 2008-02-09

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Totoro101 wrote:

Iv always wanted to play the electric guitar and so iv scoured a lot of places for one but i wanted something unique, and behold, from a japanese site, i found this which my mum will get for me for my birthday..I know its quite cheesy but it looks pretty fun and different and id love to finally learn how to play one so..hey ^^.I have no idea about them though so im going to read up on how to play! Theres a bright pink one to but of course i wont go for that ;).

-- Edited by Totoro101 at 19:22, 2008-02-09

That is a nice axe. My first guitar was a Cream Fender Squire Strat (I like the looks of the new Propaganda series). If you need any help I might just revive the "Learn to play an instrument" thread if there's enough interest.

To answer MiB's question, I tend to use Earnie Ball's Slinkies. I have 4 set ups, The King V has hybrid slinkys because it's tuned Standard and is battered the most, The Explorer is Power Slinkys because it's always tuned C standard/Drop B, The Dinky is strung with super slinkys for standard/blues playing and finally the Acoustic has Regular Slinkys because I hate the feeling of steel accoustic strings, there's not tone or flexability in them.

-- Edited by Symphony Of Destruction at 21:07, 2008-02-09

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

That thread would be very useful Sympth ;).Id love to learn, and as i hope to get a hold of that above, ill give it a shot to become a good player of it.Only problem is i have no experiance, my older sister is a singer in a group (very unknown of course) so id have to ask her some favours.Actually one of my friends has a pink version of the above one and she likes to play with her band over there, so she recommended i give it a go, and as i have a little intresting in rock, i really want to give it a go! Hopefully youll give me some pointers in the future sympth once i get it ;).

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Wow - I'm speechless at that guitar but it really is a beginners axe with just a volume control and one humbucker pick-up (rare for Fender).

My first electric guitar was a white Squire Strat which is souped up with a Seymour Duncan "Quarter pounder" pick-up in the bridge position and a vintage fender pick-up n the neck position.

My other electric is a Fender Start "Hendrix edition" which is (supposedly) made to the spec of Hendrix's '68 Strat. And I have a Sigma Martin Acoustic.

My Dad has a 1962 Gretsch Corvette and a Yamaha acoustic.

This was the famous piece that appeared in the Punk fanzine "Sniffing Glue" in the 70's:

now%20form%20a%20band.GIF

-- Edited by Man In Black at 21:31, 2008-02-09

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Squires usually are pretty basic, just because it only has a volume control and a humbucker doesn't make it a bad guitar. Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom plays a RR with one humbucket and one Volume knob. I mean Personally I only ever use the Bridge Pick-up.

It shouldn't be too difficult to pick up Totty, you're into J-pop and punk and stuff aren't you? Well some of the best songs ever written just use 3 chords (Times like These by the Foos and Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana are testament to this)

Man In Black · Anime Mod

I wasn't knocking the guitar from a players point of view but from the aesthetic with the Hello Kitty design on it! You'd have to be one brave dude to play that in public.

For absolute beginners of course it's a good guitar - it's a Fender!

BTW - you didn't say what gauge strings you use SOD. I remember a mate of mine trying 8's and the first thing he did was a bend on the top E and it snapped!

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

9 - 42 on the Acoustic
10 - 46 on the King V
11 - 54 on the Explorer
9 - 46 on the Dinky

And goodness knows about my Les Paul, that boy is in my spare kit

braxious · 500 Club Member

cough mixture for this bloody cold bug i have

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Apart from my weekly shopping I picked up a book called The Last Concubine by Lesley Downer in hardback half price from Waterstones!

NymVette · Movie Producer

Bought some breast pads.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Ordered Azumi 2 - Love Or Death on DVD from Play.com for £4.99.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

I love Azumi 2, excellent film! Bought a cherry coke (well my mom did for me)...

Carlito Cool · The 'Cool' Mod

Pork and Stuffing sanwich complete with apple sauce......ya cant beat it.

NymVette · Movie Producer

The latest Reina Tanaka photobook from Japan.

This will be the 3rd photobook of Reina that I have bought.

Due to arrive around the end of March.

braxious · 500 Club Member

last thing i bought was the box set of star trek movies £54 from www.play.com, stardust and a Doctor Who tripple DVD set

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Bought a couple of Joshi dvds from a certain place for a bargain price, some older stuff though, some AJW 1980s and JWP stuff so looking forward to seeing some of that.Also some Womens Lucha starring my faverate girl Marcela.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

A Japanese figurine for Mother's Day and a new PC because my one decided to play silly buggers on the day that I was about to start my new superfast broadband with my new ISP.

But because I just wanted the PC tower and it was ened of the line I got it for £200 off the asking price. And my new broadband appears to be running faster than the speeds I'm paying for!!

-- Edited by Man In Black at 21:33, 2008-02-28

NymVette · Movie Producer

Dam I forgot all about mothers day, I had better go shopping tomorrow. Thanks for reminding me!

Mollison · 500 Club Member

See the "Post a pic" thread...!

NymVette · Movie Producer

My Reina Photobook arrived today and it was even better than the previous ones. It is actually compliation of the previous 4 (all the best pictures) plus a whole load of new ones. It has many more pages, at least twice more, it also has the making of DVD like the others had, but this has a nice hardback cover, comes in a nice box and contain two Reina postcards too. YAY!

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Bought a book of stamps and birthday cards for my sister and nephew (plus a 5th birthday badge for my nephew).

braxious · 500 Club Member

last thing i bought was dinner last night in my local indian resturant for 4 people.

to celebrate my mums birthday.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

With my birthday money I bought some black Reebok trainers (on sale) and Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers and Elfen Lied boxset Anime DVDs (again on sale)

-- Edited by Man In Black at 21:07, 2008-03-13

NymVette · Movie Producer

yay Elfen Lied, best Anime ever!

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Indeed cant beat elfen Lied though i bought my box set for 50 quid...still it was worth it :).Great anime but not one ill be watching again for a while for obvious reasons! Recently i bought online a Final Fantasy XII walkthrough book and a bottle of pepsi.

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Preordered Kungfu dunk on sensasia,a birthday present for myself ^-^

Mollison · 500 Club Member

My first guitar!

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Really? What one did you get? Electric or acoustic?

Mollison · 500 Club Member

Electric. Just a cheap Strat immitation. Saw it for £30 on Ebay and picked it up. Arrived today. I know its not a great guitar but it's purely to try it out and see if I want to take it further. Any advice well recieved.

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

There's a thread in the music section bro. Also anything I can help with I'm just a P.M Away.

Last thing I bought was a Bristol Rugby Home Shirt and some new Football Boots

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Mollison wrote:

Electric. Just a cheap Strat immitation. Saw it for £30 on Ebay and picked it up. Arrived today. I know its not a great guitar but it's purely to try it out and see if I want to take it further. Any advice well recieved.

That's a sensible move. Start out on a cheap model to learn on and get a feel for playing, then if/when you feel ready, then you go for the bigger "name" guitars and start investing in them.

Have fun with it!

Mollison · 500 Club Member

Thanks guys. I'll probably be peppering you with questions over the coming weeks...

NymVette · Movie Producer

A euro millions lottery ticket! 21 Million would do very nicely!

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

I bought a Cow Print self erecting Tent for Download, a Pair of Watches and this week's copy of Kerrang

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

Bought some Gothic chained jeans, Skull tshirts ect ect for my trip to japan and a bottle of Pepsi.Also bought Gokusen II for a bargain price ^-^.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Bought some empty CD/DVD cases, my weekly shopping and The Warlords region 3 DVD from E-Bay.

braxious · 500 Club Member

last thing i bought was

1) creative web cam - £80

2) 500GB external HD - £70

-- Edited by braxious at 09:13, 2008-04-18

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Picked up some more DVD bargains this morning from Zavvi:

Memories Of A Murder
3 Iron
R.O.D (OVA)
Tokko box set

And my weekly shopping.

Symphony Of Destruction · Metal Mod

Bristol City shirt and KFC