Recent content by Rotten Guitar String

I'm looking at two amps at the moment.. Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier 100W or Orange Rockerverb with distortion pedal for heavy rhythm stuff Both will cost me about the same amount. I'm after something really really versatile.. i play rock (Muse, U2, Hendrix), death metal (Born of Osiris, Amon...

I'm a little confused. I've always been under the impression that a USB audio interface will have higher latency than a PCI or firewire. Some dude in the shop told me that latency has nothing to do with the type of connection, and all that matters is the amount of RAM in your computer and the...

Do PCI audio interfaces generally cause electromagnetic noise problems? My current on-board sound card (it came with the PC), makes a constant faint noise through my monitors, and i hear a little buzz every time I maximise/close a window or something. The sound card I have is rubbish, but I...

I'm finding it difficult to decide between these sound cards. M-Audio Audiophile USB or M-Audio Audiophile PCI or Echo Mia Midi Just wondering which is the better product, price aside. I already use Cubase SX, so will each card be compatible with this? Cheers.

Well I've really been getting into Opeth's softer acoustic stuff and I'd like to look further into this style. Does anyone here know who some of the artists are that Akerfeldt got his acoustic influences from? I'm talking about songs such as To Bid You Farewell, Credence, Hours of Wealth, Dirge...

Heres a short piece I threw together today http://www.purevolume.com/therottenguitarstring 'Away' All feedback welcome!

Heres a jam I did over the backing track to John Petrucci's "Lost Without You" http://www.purevolume.com/therottenguitarstring Tell me what you think, and what I need to work on. I can take criticism.

I'm looking for a cheap pair of studio monitors, but I don't really know anything about them to base my decision on. What makes some better than others? What's a good value for money, inexpensive set of studio monitors? Are the Behringer ones any good? Thanks.

I was told that Alexi Laiho has a wah pedal permanently on during his solos to give him a "scratchy" sound. Is this true? Would getting a wah pedal help to get closer to his sound?

It's 4 takes and I accidentally switched settings between takes so that's why the tone changes. Theres lots of timing mistakes and stuff but oh well. http://www.purevolume.com/therottenguitarstring File: Surfing with the Alien improv Hope I haven't butchered this :22:

We're playing Comfortably Numb at some talent show thingy, and I'm going to use my POD 2.0. I went and tested it with the sound system today (POD --> sound system), and I noticed that the sound that came out was sort of muffled and too smooth. I wanted a kind of scratchy sound for the solo like...

Does anyone have experience with this setup? Does it work well?

I just posted a recording of some ofmy POD settings my soundclick page. Must be heard on Hi Fi. They sound best through headphones http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/therottenguitarstring_music.htm Each tone is separated with a beeping noise in the left speaker 1. Clean tone 2. Slayer Seasons...

I just put the high E on (no other strings), and if I fret the 1st and 24th frets, the string touches the metal around the 9th fret... am I going to need a truss rod adjustment? If so, is it alright to leave the strings off for a couple of days?

I just took my strings off for some fretboard maintainence, and I noticed that the bridge and tailpiece are not fixed tightly - they rattle around when touched. I haven't noticed a problem when the strings are on, but I'm wondering whether they should be left like that or if they should be...