Dr. Gonzo

The Jackson wasn't getting any play anymore really after I got the SG - they had similar sounding pickups. But the SG has better pickups and 24 frets, so that made me play it much more than the Jackson. Then I got that ESP (in a swap for the white Jackson superstrat I had for a short while + some cash) and that guitar still remains the best guitar I've ever played - so 90% of the time I'm playing on that guitar. I was going to have the ESP and SG as my 2 guitars in standard tuning and have the Jackson in D standard - but I ended up just tuning the SG to D, so I wouldn't entirely neglect playing that guitar And after getting rid of my super strat and having 3 guitars with hardtail bridges... it felt like all of my guitars were too "samey" so I'd made the decision a while ago to have a super strat as my other guitar in standard tuning - but it'd be a bit different to the ESP. So I don't feel too bad about getting rid of a guitar I didn't play at all anymore. I know it's in good hands now - sold it to a kid who works for one of my pals I jam with, he's in a local death metal band who was looking for a slightly cheaper RR style guitar as his onstage backup. Now at least it'll be going to someone who'll play the fucking thing from time to time. I've always thought JEMs are very pretty guitars. I don't think I've ever seen a Fireman (I've seen the Iceman though) - so I'll go give that a quick google. Ibanez makes some great fucking guitars mate, especially if you get the made in Japan ones. I actually tried out the reissues of their 80s legendary guitar, the RG 550. Because... if you're in the market for a superstrat, it makes sense to try out an iconic model of superstrat, right? I've only got 2 issues with Ibanez guitars that I've played - and one of them is totally down to personal preference. 1.) Their model names for their guitars are fucking terrible, it's just a series of numbers and letters like a serial number; 2.) I used to like how they had paper thin necks when I was younger... now I still like thin necks, but I do like a bit more chunkiness than the Ibanez style neck - something more along a Jackson/ESP neck suits me perfect. But neck thickness and what feels good is always really personal to whoevers playing. But pretty much every Ibanez I've ever played has felt like a more expensive guitar than what the purchase price for the actual guitar is. So says something about them as a company - I've only ever heard good things about them and my personal experience lines up with that as well.

The neck was just incredible. It's like a mix between a Fender neck and a Jackson neck - it's not quite as flat and wide as a pure shred machine, but it's very comfy. And it's still got the Jackson patented compound radius fretboard (which makes sense as Fender bought Jackson-Charvel… so both brands had the compound radius fretboard). Really nicely rounded off frets as well. Comes with either an Ebony fretboard (which I love) and a Maple fretboard (which I surprisingly liked a lot as well). But it just played excellently. Also as someone who started playing on a strat (granted a shite squier, but my second guitar was also a MIM strat), I've always been partial to the strat style. But I've always hated the top volume knob on strats (and also the middle pickup) - always gets in my fucking way when I strum and then I hit the volume/pickup. That issue's been solved with an HH configuration (with coil tapping) - and the tapped coils make a really really great tele-sort of tone with the maple fretboard models IMO. And as full humbuckers, the Seymour Duncan Distortion set is IMMENSE for the type of music I play. They're seriously just some angry sounding pickups. But they clean up nicely as well when you roll the volume back. Got a Floyd Rose with a steel block too - it's not a US made Floyd Rose, but it's a Korean made one - but a higher grade than the Floyd Rose Special (I had a superstrat with a Floyd Rose special, it was a bit shit tbh). It was just a really great playing guitar. The only cons I'd say about it are: 1.) 21 frets, I'd prefer a guitar with 24 frets like my SG (which is my only guitar with more than 21/22 frets) - not necessarily because I'll use those extra frets, but because it makes using the other higher frets feel easier to me. 2.) as far as "shreddy" super-strat guitars go, the Charvels feel dated... which is what I think they're going for as they're a very traditional 80s super strat kind of guitar with that model. So you don't get the tapered heel cutaway for easier fret access, the bolt on neck has the old school metal plate with the screws (as opposed to the neck joint having recessed screws, to make it more comfy for your hands). I'm actually pretty glad I didn't buy it though because I see there is a cheaper competitor model out by Schecter - the Sun Valley Super Shredder. Very similar speced - a Floyd Rose special bridge though, which isn't great, but apparently it's a special "Schecter hot rodded" version of it - with stainless steel parts. But it's also got 24 frets & those modern-shred accoutriments. It's got a pair of EMG retroactive pickups - which don't sound like any other active pickups I've ever heard, going by the youtube videos of the guitar. And in my (very limited) experience Schecter necks are pretty similar to the neck on my ESP E-II - which is fantastic. So in the coming months, I'll be looking to buy either one of those guitars. I'm leaning towards the Schecter now, but I'm hoping I'll be able to play both models side by side before I make a purchase. I've already sold my Jackson RRXT in anticipation.

That sounds like Rodgers

The entire Doom soundtrack is stolen from 80s and 90s music. I wonder if it’s why I like metal

I started binging Slayer a few hours ago and now I can’t stop. Slayer’s first 5 albums saw me through a very stressful period of my life so they’ll always have a special place in my heart

Would be a good signing for any club playing attacking football. Would be a very good signing for Leicester.

Wtf did I just watch

I imagine most human trafficking is done by criminal gangs, but I don't really know anything about human trafficking... so it's just an assumption I'm making based on the fact it's illegal and seems organised - so it looks like organised crime.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-50150070 39 people found dead in a shipping container in a lorry in Essex. Wtf

I like that content doesn’t have to be in the stadium. Because if it was in the stadium it’s probably harder to fake having an actual atmosphere

Seen some other shite on social media of other things that happened on Old Trafford that are perhaps unsavoury but aren't really talked about. But it's not too surprising, there's a huge number of dickheads out there in the world. It's a big match between the two big clubs in the league - you're going to get some jumped up dickheads being... dickheads. And there's stuff that might be distasteful... but at this point if you're a Liverpool fan you've heard it all before from fans from all over the country. But regarding this racist fan that United were investigating... the investigation is over. He's been given a lifetime ban from Old Trafford for racially abusing TAA. Good on the club & the United fans who reported him for his abuse.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THE BEST NEWS STORY I HAVE SEEN ALL YEAR https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50137450 This sounds like a comedy film. One that I would watch and probably enjoy

Nah like a few minutes before Fab did his challenge. He lay there rolling his head until the ref blew the whistle and then he immediately popped back up and wanted to get on with the match - at least the ref made him get to the sidelines. But if he’s got a history of doing that, well I’m not surprised. He’s got that Rivaldo quality of making a meal of every touch, the little cunt

Fabinho’s was dirty but I’m pretty sure it was right after James had faked a head injury which wound us up. The thing is what Fabinho didn’t wasn’t a foul, but what Choudhury did was definitely a foul.

I’d like Choudhury if he wasn’t so fucking reckless. He’s young though, so he can learn that you can be physical as fuck and also not dangerous to play against. He’s also going to pick up a few red cards while he learns that I imagine. Playing Maddison on the left got you a goal against the joint best defense in the league (no not Sheffield United, but us) - so it can’t be all bad. Granted you lot hardly created a thing against us, which might have meant maybe he’d have had more chances centrally. So I’m guessing it’s the 4231 when Rodgers thinks you need to control a match, 433 when you’re expected to beat a side?

How does he normally line you lot up? I haven’t seen too many of your matches this year, really just the match against us and I doubt you’re usually that shithousey because I imagine at this point you’re favourites against your opponents. I notice you said “wingers” so I’m assuming he’s not going with the 442 diamond he loved so much with us.

Okay usually whenever Sajid Javid is criticised… this is usually what's thrown back at anyone - so let's get it out of the way now. "BuT hE iS tHe SoN oF aN iMmIgRaNt BuS dRiVeR" Right now that that's out of the way, let's talk about his absolute dereliction of duty as Chancellor. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/21/sajid-javid-refuses-to-assess-economic-dangers-of-brexit-plan So he's refusing to do an assessment of the economic impact of Brexit, instead reassuring people that it is "self-evidently in our best economic interests." So here we are, facing more economic uncertainty than we had pre-referendum. And we're being told by this fraud not to worry about anything and he won't even make his own assessment because "it'll be fine." In a normal world, this would rule him out from any important position in government ever again. Sadly, we don't live in a normal world. But hey, who cares about the substance of his politics.... hE iS tHe SoN oF aN iMmIgRaNt BuS dRiVeR

Not often do I commend Man Utd... but well done to them for taking the alleged racial abuse seriously and swiftly beginning their investigation. Also well done to them for swiftly kicking the fucker out of the stadium, and well done to the fans sitting around him that didn't tolerate his bullshit and reported him.

He’s such a weird player. Sometimes he looks genuinely awful and yet he’s also been crucial

Hahaha holy shit, Mr. Mourinho

No. And I think you know I’d like there to be one. I can’t see a second referendum happening. The only things I can see are kicking the can down the road and try to negotiate further or a hard Brexit on the 31st. The only way I really see us remaining is if we perpetually kick the can down the road. But how long can we do that?

If it passes narrowly, it will be over mate. Long term maybe the UK rejoins the EU. But in doing so, we probably won't get any of the concessions the EU gave us when we first joined... so we'd still be comparatively worse off to how we are currently as an EU member. No disproportionate say in finance regulations and no pound sterling either. I've heard some remainers think this is the best option for us. I don't know why though.

May's deal was better than Boris's for us economically, so I have a hard time understanding why exactly Tories who weren't willing to back May's deal would be willing to jump onboard with this... other than election posturing. I think the Brexit party just want a hard Brexit so their commodities trading leader can make an absolute killing, and in the alternative if that's not going to happen they'd prefer to stay in the EU (which sounds like a paradox at first)… but because if we're still in the EU they still have their mission to get us out of the EU, thus they have political capital & Farage can still be paid handsomely to do nothing but stick two fingers up to the rest of Europe (and our country) as an MEP.

This shit is fucking crazy: https://www.kusi.com/mexican-president-defends-retreat-in-face-of-cartel-violence/ Mexico's government needs serious help.