Went down to Brows this weekend. Lots of BKP content!

[Toe-Knee]

Well I went down to see Brow this weekend and it was great.

Had a nice curry with him & his Mrs and a few drinks on Saturday.

Then today we went through Brows collection of guitars.

There were far too many to actually remember them all but his PRS gets a real notable mention. In the past I have always been very unimpressed with PRS guitars.

This one however (no idea what model) felt really great to play and sounded massive with the Abraxas. I still aren't a fan of the positioning of the pickup selector but the guitar & sound was immense.

Other notable mentions were his partscasters, Gunslinger & Gibson V. I even quite enjoyed his Tele with pildedrivers which was a lot more suited to my playing than I imagined.

I probably played about 80% of the BKP humbucker lineup but we were so limited on time that I can't remember much other than the mules, Abraxas, Holy Divers & Crawler. They were all very nice and pleasantly surprised me to say I normally don't get along with Alnico pickups.

The only one that didn't impress me was the rebel yell as it was just too bright and harsh imho.

I'm sure Brow will be on here at some point to correct/add to this.

Overall it was a great weekend and i'm looking forward to doing it again.

Oh also NEVER watch Rubber it's terrible well actually beyond terrible. Same with Rocksmith that game just makes guitar playing harder than it should be.

[Toe-Knee]

Also I forgot to add we went to his friends shop and tried those Orange Micro Terrors.

I was pleasantly surprised. I wasn't expecting anything at all from them for what they are but they really pack a punch and don't sound half bad. For £99 it would do as a backup in a fix. They are also insanely loud which surprised me. It swallowed a blackstar HT5C.

[TheyCallMeVolume]

Sounds like a fun weekend!

[dave_mc]

sweet :D

I tried one of those free online guitar hero-style games and i couldn't do it at all :lol: i'd be scared to try rocksmith or anything like that in case it destroyed my guitar playing (not that there's much to destroy, but still :lol: )

[Toe-Knee]

sweet :D

I tried one of those free online guitar hero-style games and i couldn't do it at all :lol: i'd be scared to try rocksmith or anything like that in case it destroyed my guitar playing (not that there's much to destroy, but still :lol: )

it's really weird. By the time you figure out where you are meant to be its too late. The GUI is just horrible. The input latency isn't the best either.

It makes the easiest things (Nirvana) seem really hard

[dave_mc]

yeah exactly- that's what i thought the problem was, too. the timing felt artificial or something. there was a built-in margin of error that doesn't happen in real life with a musical instrument, and it actually made it more difficult, if you ask me. Not to mention, if you actually did it in time, it said you did it too early :lol:

[Brow]

Yep, the main thing we discovered this weekend is that the Rocksmith visual interface is just awful  :lol: (that and Tony likes a PRS  )

[Toe-Knee]

Yep, the main thing we discovered this weekend is that the Rocksmith visual interface is just awful  :lol: (that and Tony likes a PRS  )

SHHH!

[Kiichi]

yeah exactly- that's what i thought the problem was, too. the timing felt artificial or something. there was a built-in margin of error that doesn't happen in real life with a musical instrument, and it actually made it more difficult, if you ask me. Not to mention, if you actually did it in time, it said you did it too early :lol:

That timing thing could also be the result of an uncalibrated game (and probably is). With guitar hero there is a screen where you calibrate the timing (pendulum where you hit the button when it hits either side) to account for the possible TVs lag and your feel.

[Toe-Knee]

yeah exactly- that's what i thought the problem was, too. the timing felt artificial or something. there was a built-in margin of error that doesn't happen in real life with a musical instrument, and it actually made it more difficult, if you ask me. Not to mention, if you actually did it in time, it said you did it too early :lol:

Ahh no the audio/video calibration was done. This was pure input lag it couldn't really track the guitar in real time.


That timing thing could also be the result of an uncalibrated game (and probably is). With guitar hero there is a screen where you calibrate the timing (pendulum where you hit the button when it hits either side) to account for the possible TVs lag and your feel.

[Brow]

yeah exactly- that's what i thought the problem was, too. the timing felt artificial or something. there was a built-in margin of error that doesn't happen in real life with a musical instrument, and it actually made it more difficult, if you ask me. Not to mention, if you actually did it in time, it said you did it too early :lol:

That timing thing could also be the result of an uncalibrated game (and probably is). With guitar hero there is a screen where you calibrate the timing (pendulum where you hit the button when it hits either side) to account for the possible TVs lag and your feel.

Nope, input visual calibration was done straight away as I rembered the screen from the Guitar Hero games.

The problem is the fact I was using it with HDMI. They actually recommend using either a component cable, or taking an audio feed directly from the XBox itself to an external audio system itself.

Both of these are meant to get rid of the audio lag, but as I have neither, I couldn't try it.

[dave_mc]

Yep, the main thing we discovered this weekend is that the Rocksmith visual interface is just awful  :lol: (that and Tony likes a PRS  )

:lol:

That timing thing could also be the result of an uncalibrated game (and probably is). With guitar hero there is a screen where you calibrate the timing (pendulum where you hit the button when it hits either side) to account for the possible TVs lag and your feel.

quite possibly :lol:

the one i used was some cheapo online free game. I mean i wasn't even using a plastic guitar, just my computer's keyboard :lol:

[Ian Price]

Pics?

Where's Fernando?

[Toe-Knee]

Pics?

Where's Fernando?

Unfortunately there was no pics. Things were quite rushed due to us spending too much time going around hotrox and various guitar shops.

[Brow]

Unfortunately there was no pics. Things were quite rushed due to us spending too much time going around hotrox and various guitar shops.

Yeah, spent a bit too long in Crazy Train really. Ah well, just leaves more stuff to try next time!

If anyone wants the full list of what Tony tried so he can give his views then I'll post it up. He looked like a rabbit in headlights trying to remember all the different details  :lol: