Ibanez Jemini Distortion Pedal Demo

Steve's demo of his signature Jemini distortion pedal from his Youtube channel, to be honest the drama is kinda lame...

Famous PedalBoards -> Johnny Greenwood [Radiohead]

Johnny Greenwood, lead guitarist of Radiohead, one of the best bands to emerge from the UK back in the 90s.

Apart from the guitar Greenwood also plays the viola, organ, piano, xylophone, glockenspiel, ondes Martenot, banjo, harmonica and the drums.


And here are his boards:

BOSS SD-1 Super Overdrive
BOSS RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay
BOSS LS2 Line Selector
Marshall ShredMaster
BOSS FV-300H Volume Pedal
Akai Headrush E1/E2
Digitech WH-1 Whammy
Demeter "The Tremulator"
DOD 440 Envelope Filter
Electro-Harmonix Poly Chorus
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
BOSS LS2 Line Selector
BOSS TU-12H Chromatic Tuner

The Humans are DEAD

Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy Award-winning New Zealand comedy duo, billing themselves as "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo"

Flight Of The Conchords - The Humans Are Dead

Go! Lily Go!!

'I needed to shout for these people'

~ Dr Lily Neo (Jalan Besar GRC)

Dr Lily Neo was speaking up for low-income families who are not eligible for Public Assistance because one or both of the parents are working.

"The cleaners, the hawker assistants who, despite the Government's mantra of helping citizens help themselves, are so down and out they have no way of helping themselves"

'They see the rich, and they see Singapore progressing,' said Dr Neo. 'But then they say, look at me, what chance do I have?'"

"Halfway through the marathon parliamentary session, Dr Lily Neo (Jalan Besar GRC) suddenly waved a piece of paper frantically at the Speaker, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, like a latecomer flagging a departing bus.
When she got no response, she stood up, walked to the rostrum and stopped the Speaker from moving on to the next question."

"She had asked the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, a three-point question.

One, whether his Ministry is monitoring how lower-income Singaporeans are being affected by inflation and the stagnation of wages.

Two, whether the available assistance is lessening their difficulties.

And three, whether there will be other measures to ensure that no one falls through the cracks.

In her reply, Minister of State Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, who was standing in for Dr Balakrishnan, listed the different assistance schemes available, and cited examples of families which benefit from the schemes.

Then, before she knew it... 'Question 8!'

The Speaker had signalled the House to move on to the next question, tabled by Dr Lam Pin Min (Ang Mo Kio GRC).

In the row above her, Dr Lam was already rising to acknowledge the Speaker.

That was when Dr Neo lost her cool."

Read More:

http://www.asiaone.com/Just+Woman/News/Women+In+The+News/Story/A1Story20080828-84642.html

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------The lack of assistance for the people who fall through the cracks has been around for a long time and it is made worse by the current high inflationary environment which is not likely to ease in the near future.

I see more & more grannies collecting empty cans out of rubbish bins just to earn the mere few cents & i wonder why they need to do that when the Singapore government is rich.
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Are Printer companies screwing with you?

Yes they are...

"Is your printer lying to you? If you own a Brother inkjet printer, that's probably a big yes. As Slate magazine reports, a clever chap over at fixyourownprinter.com has discovered a nasty little secret of Brother printers; a secret that could cost you hundreds of dollars over the life of the offending gadget. And yet all you need to bypass it is a small piece of tape."

Read More:

http://www.wisebread.com/how-to-refill-an-ink-cartridge-with-a-small-piece-of-tape

Famous PedalBoards -> Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert, one of the wackiest guitarist out there....he's been in singapore several times for his Guitar Clinics(Ibanez/Sweelee) unfortunately i couldn't go to any of them....

Here's he's board:

ADA Flanger

Keeley Looper

HomeBrew THC Three Hound Chorus

Xotic AC Booster

Fulltone Soul-Bender

Boss TU2

Boss EQ

Boss DD3

Boss DS1

Ibanez Turbo TS9

MXR Phase 90

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric-Mistress

Electro-Harmonix Polyflange

Real McCoy wah wah

Fulltone Dejavibe

Fulltone OCD

Voodoo Labs PedalPower 2

[Some pedals may not be in the pictures..]

Famous PedalBoards -> Guthrie Govan

Guthrie Govan is one of the most unique guitarists out there...the stuff he does with the guitar is just amazing!

Here's he's pedalboard:

Moogerfogger Ring Modulator

Digitech Whammy

Guyatone WR3 Auto-Wah

T-Rex Mudhoney Distortion/Fuzz

T-Rex Replica digital delay

Barber Direct Drive SS

Dunlop Crybaby 535 wah

Morley volume pedal

Hermida Zendrive

Menatone JAC Compressor

AnalogMan Clone Chorus

Prosound Xotic RC Booster

Silver Machine SM-2 Revolution Wah

RMC Picture Wah

AnalogMan Sun Face NKT-275 fuzz

Sweet Sound MojoVibe

AnalogMan TS-9 Silver Mod Tube Screamer

[some pedals may not be in the pictures..]

Oranges stolen!!

Orange offers 3000pound reward for news of 141 Orange Tiny Terror Combos stolen from Orange HQ on 16th August...

"Thieves broke into Orange HQ at Borehamwood on Saturday night (16th August) and stole. 141 Tiny Terror combos with a total retail value of £62,000. . So far, 121 Tiny Terror combos have been legitimately shipped into the UK and . 2 pieces to Hungary, no others have been shipped anywhere in Europe.. . CLICK ON 'MORE...' ABOVE FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE SERIAL NUMBERS OF. THE STOLEN ITEMS.. . . If you are offered a Tiny Terror combo or hear of somebody else who is, . please contact info@omec.com to help us and the police with investigations.. .. There will be a £3000 reward for information which results in the successful. conviction of the criminals who carried out this theft. ."

Stolen Tiny Terror Combos serial number list:

http://www.orange-amps.com/news.asp?ID=34

Birds in Yishun

[click on pictures for larger view]

Anugerah Band 2008 Final

Heres the video download links if you havent already got it:

http://www.tempfiles.net/download/200808/29491/AB_Final_Part1.html
http://www.tempfiles.net/download/200808/29514/AB_Final_Part2.html
http://www.tempfiles.net/download/200808/29522/AB_Final_Part3.html

(includes performance by Cradle & the "All-Star" performance!)

Effect Pedals - #8 - Boss Digital Delay-6

I've only ever had one Delay pedal...and this is it...Boss DD-6

The 1st Boss delay pedal to feature true stereo delay and panning effects

It also has a Reverse mode which i never really used for any real playing...

There's also a Warp mode which is also rarely used...sometimes i wonder why i got this, since i only really use the normal short & long delays..guess i'm not that experimental when it comes to using delays....

oh theres also the Hold function which is able to record phrases up to 5,200ms......yes you guessed it..i dont use it either! :P

Effect Pedals - #7 - ProCo Rat2

Decided to try out the much talked about ProCo Rat 2 pedal as i was still trying to find my distortion sound...i think this is probably the pedal that i took the least time to decide to let go...lol

i tried it for...i cant really remember... maybe 30mins...and decided thats it...byebye Rat..

it just wasn't the sound for me....it was too "stoner" sounding and didn't sound great when palm muted (or maybe its just me..)

Plain Sunset - River Song FREE

To celebrate the nations 43rd Birthday, Plain Sunset has made the River Song available for free download here: http://www.wakemeupmusic.com/riversong

The link will be available until 21st September

Effect Pedals - #6 - Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi

Got a Fuzz pedal cuz i was really into The Smashing Pumpkins at that time, fuzz is used alot in their music...

Until today i am still learning how to use this effect effectively (pun not intended), its wonderful for that huge wall-of-sound effect...also great for those softer moments if you set it to a lower setting..

I do not own this pedal anymore...nothing wrong with the sound...but its just to damn big to carry around...

Dave Navarro learns Guitar

Dave Navarro's Spread TV: George Lynch: Guitar Lessons: EP 1

Camera Obscura Live in Singapore

The scottish indie-pop band plays on the 29th of Oct @ The Esplanade Concert Hall


more info here:
http://www.esplanade.com/SOPApp/espsop/portal_proxy?uri=rDS5J7I4v,M!bI8Q_h1XBHTJ.rMJKCSgmC9X.HZ49ihNgr,zsCF4BbI.sJFM

Effect Pedals - #5 -Jim Dunlop Crybaby 535 Chrome

I like crybabies...i think they're the best sounding mass-produced wah pedals out there..

i owned the 535 Chrome version for awhile....its probably one of the prettiest wah pedal out there with the shiny chrome chassis

it sounded good, but i needed more range...so i sold it & got myself a 535Q

Happy Birthday Mark!

"Hey Mark, its your birthday today! Happy Birthday!"

~R.A.G

"Hey! Happy Burstday! Hav fun!"

~F.L

"Yo Happy Birthday! Keep on rocking bro"

~A.L

"Happy bday bro..."

~K.A

"Well.. it's time to say.. happy birthday!!

wish all your wishes may come true.. and have a wonderful day.

good night"

~M.Y

[Un]Sound is playlisted!

Unbelievablely some imeem users have added "Moondance" & "Blood River" to their playlist!


[Un]Sound is sandwiched between SOAD & Dashboard Confessional!

http://www.imeem.com/unsound

([Un]Sound is my user/artist name on Imeem)

Three New Recordings...

Uploaded three new recordings to my imeem, "In Mind", "Wayward" & "GiganTus"...

i actually recorded vocals for "In Mind" but my voice sounds quite bad (hahahahha!)...so i uploaded the "voiceless" version..... heh

check 'em out...leave comments if possible... good or bad......

http://www.imeem.com/unsound