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Did you lose a load of weight, you look a million times better than a few months ago? How did you do it?

Cheers, I've just being limiting carbs/sugary stuff and being more active every day, nothing crazy. American junk food definitely got me pretty bad earlier this year.
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Liked by: Robert Percy

How do you go about getting that smooth matte look in your photos? I'm relatively new to photography, but have found I quite enjoy it and love the style you go for. Any tips or other photographers I ought to be following? Cheers!

MaxTaylorGrant’s Profile PhotoMax Taylor Grant
The matte look is a result of tweaking the start and end points of the RGB curve, it's a look I was inspired to try and achieve by some amazing portrait/wedding photographers - Ed Peers, Andria Lindquist, Benj Haisch and Jonas Peterson are just a few to check out.
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Liked by: Felix Rodriguez Max Taylor Grant Roop Rai

I think your bass tone rocks man! I've been thinking about upgrading the pups in my jazz bass to something more aggressive. Do you think pickup selection plays a big roll in "good" distorted/overdriven bass tone or outboard preamps do most of the work?

Thanks, pickups will definitely play a part. I think the important thing is they sound clear and not excessively pokey in the upper mids - it's better to start with something pretty flat across the frequency spectrum than be limited by a more "coloured" sounding pickup.

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What gauge and make strings would you recommend to use on a 5 string going to F#?

I'd recommend the strings I use - Circle K (recently rebranded to Kalium Strings), and you're going to want at least a .175, depending on the scale length of the bass.
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Liked by: Adam Wheeler Leonard J Gittiger

I noticed at your show the other day you barely look at your fingers when you play and yet are robotically precise and tight. Like in Ji especially you were looking at the crowd nearly all the time. Is that deliberate and do you practise doing that so you can do it on stage?

Firstly, thanks! Honestly it's not something I think about particularly, it's just that we've rehearsed and performed the songs to the point I/we are pretty much on auto-pilot during the show. One of the biggest factors was moving to an in-ear monitoring system so we can clearly hear ourselves and the other band members, but regular practice to a metronome and recording ourselves a lot has a large part to play too.
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Liked by: IAmAElrond Leonard J Gittiger

Can you compare the sound of your zilla cabs to Ampeg or Mesa cabs ??? (like punch,warmth,cleaning,response in terms of high and low frequencies..etc)im actually interested in a 4x10 with celestion BN-10 200S neodymium and i'd like to know how it would sound compared to these famous brand cabs.thanx

The big thing with the Zilla cabs is how much tighter the low end response is compared with any other cabs I've tried - instead of focussing on sounding "big", they are very clear and punchy and don't have unnecessary low end swamping the low notes. The Celestion speakers also play a large part in this, while it might seem strange to use speakers that start rolling off pretty high up when I'm tuning so low, in practice this contributes to the tight and fast bass response.

I love your bass tone so much, did any players in particular inspire your sound?

Thanks, yes I'm very much inspired by the distorted tones Marcin Rygiel, Jon Stockman, Dick Lövgren and Jean-Michel Labadie use, as well as a few others. The challenge has been retaining the grind and definition when tuning down so low, thankfully I'm extremely happy with how the current rig is working out.
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Liked by: Anju Caruso Robert Percy

The pictures you take are simply incredible, would you ever consider doing photography professionally?

Thank you! I don't have plans to do so but I would be open to it if an opportunity came along. As it is I enjoy having photography as a hobby without the stress of turning it into actual work.
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Not sure if this has been asked before, but do you use a clipper(like the G-Clip) on your drums? Does it help using on or does it just squash the life/dynamics out since its like a limiter? Any insight would be helpful, thanks!

Not exactly - I'll often use a console or tape saturation plugin pushed hard to clip the peaks off drum channels since they impart more character than a transparent clipper.

What do you consider to be a slow attack and fast release in terms of a logic plug in compressor you seem to use this term a lot in your descriptions what kind of ms and gain reduction would you use for kick for example.

KeiranGlastonbury’s Profile PhotoKeiran Glastonbury
For drums if I'm trying to emphasise punch I tend to aim for around 15-30ms attack, with the release generally as fast as it will go. For kick drums I'll sometimes go faster on the attack. Gain reduction anywhere from 6-10dB depending on the noise floor and how much the track needs.
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How do you use compression for your bass tone? That Origin Effects Cali76 pedal you mentioned looks cool but I don't know what it'd do for me.

I use a compressor to add punch to the front end of the note, which makes things sound aggressive when playing with a pick, and creates a pleasingly exaggerated "pop" for slap/pop stuff. On an 1176-style compressor like the Cali76 I tend to run the attack as slow as it can go (that's still pretty fast on an 1176 though!) and the release as fast as possible. That way the initial note transient comes through before the compression kicks in, and then releases quickly so the next note comes through at full strength.
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what's your trick when you mic a guitar cab using 2 microphones to avoid phase? ( beyerdynamic m260 + sennheiser e606 ) ?

Find a sound you like with one mic, then reverse the polarity of the other mic channel and move it until it sounds as out of phase as possible with the first mic (as thin as possible). Then flip the polarity of either mic and you should be good to go.
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Liked by: Clay Lindstrom Ashley Howard Tom Sheppard Jack Stevens Miguel Ángel García Gage Backert

I saw you guys play at Houston the other day and your bass tone was absolutely insane. What rig are you running, especially what cabs you're using and what speakers they have?

Thanks! The signal chain at the moment is a Line 6 G90 wireless system into a MXR Bass Compressor pedal into the Axe FX II which is running the usual split clean/dirty dual setup with the Darkglass B7K providing the dirty tone (the physical pedal, routed in the loop of the Axe FX). The signal is tapped before the cab modelling section and sent through a Matrix GT1600FX power amp into two Zilla 6x10 cabs loaded with Celestion neodymium speakers, one of which is mic'd with an Audio Technica ATM25. A second output from the Axe FX is run through the Axe's cab modelling and sent DI to the front of house and in-ear monitors. Our sound guy Alex Markides blends the DI and mic signals to get the sound he wants out front.
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Liked by: magnusvonkilgore John Alden Davis Freddie Craft Gage Backert Joseph Forest Gustavo Andrade Tristan Royster Robert Percy Leonard J Gittiger Tyler Mattison

How come you are now using cabs on stage and not just going direct with the Axe FX like you did before?

While the Axe sounds great direct (and I still have a direct output running to the PA), it's very satisfying to be able to feel the air I'm moving and allow people that are right up at the barriers to be able to hear some sound other than drums coming off the stage (we also now have Mackie PA wedges on stage that the guitars to go through for the same reason). The combination of the Axe with the Matrix power amp and Zilla cabs I'm using sounds phenomenal, and the cabs are mic'd and sent to the PA too so Alex our FOH engineer can blend the DI and mic channels to his taste. With more stage sound there is also a much better vibe for us as performers so so far it has been very worthwhile.
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Liked by: magnusvonkilgore Robert Percy Timothy Recio john Kian würtz Emanuel Jones Chedi Chemi Eric g Alexander Wald Gage Backert

Speaking in regards to your black and white photos, do you edit them with a preset from VSCO film? Because I really like that preset and I can't seem to find any black and white ones like it when I edit my photos.

adamgough13’s Profile PhotoAdam Gough
It's one I made by modifying the VSCO Tri-X 400.
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Liked by: Alexander Wald Adam Gough

What's the deal with that prototype Dingwall you posted on Facebook yesterday?

I don't want to give too much away at this point, but suffice to say it's an instrument aimed specifically at the progressive player who wants to tune low and still have an aggressive, tight and clear sound. It's a prototype, so bear in mind not all features are there yet ... all will be revealed at NAMM in January!
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I have an ampeg 810, a Darkglass BK7 and a musicman stingray HH stealth black 5 and I'm looking for an amp head. What would you suggest

I'd highly recommend running the B7K straight into a Matrix power amp. Add an Axe-FX II between if you want amp models, ultimate flexibility and all the effects you could possibly want.
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I saw you posted a picture of some cabs and a dark glass. Are you moving away from the axe fx?

Nope, I am now running the Darkglass into the Axe FX II, which then sends out to a Matrix GT1600 power amp driving two Zilla 6x10 cabs. I'm incredibly happy with how it's sounding, I'm really excited to use this rig live in a few days' time!
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