I`ve noticed that alot of the older regular posters HJM, Steve, TO, March, Balde, Philking etc don`t seem to post that often now It`s also noticable that most of the longtime posters don`t seem to respond to the "Pickup" section.
Is it my imagination or have the questions people ask in the Pickups section become very general, like "What pickups are suited for Zakkster-style speed-shredding in an LP?" where the answer is pretty clearly "Miracle Man"?
Or have I become jaded?
Anyway, there are still some interesting threads, like the unpotted pups thread which had some useful info straight from Tim. But I'd agree that the level of detail in discussion seems to have gone down. Half the time it seems like people just chime in to say "Oh, you want Cold Sweats!" or "Rebel Yells", doubtless fine pups, but they seem to crop up as recommendations a
lot without much explanation as to
why they might fit the poster's needs.
Or have I become jaded? ;)
Like most i`m still waiting for the Forum "Upgrade" I have to be honest here & say i like the forum Style wise the way it is.
I don't feel much desire for a "Forum" upgrade, though I still eagerly await the general web site upgrade with more "official" clips and more detailed info about the pups. I await it despite not really having a guitar handy to buy more BKPs for at the moment :)
As for the future......i`d like to see the "Pickups" Section modded how`s about posting some "Sticky" posts that give people answers to there questions before they ask `em. As in what P/U should i get for.....Shred, Thrash, Blues, Jazz etc etc
I sometimes think that in lieu of a mighty informational update to the web site, it'd be worth collecting together some of the more interesting posts from the BKP dude, from TO and PhilKing and other highly knowledgable posters, as a kind of "Best of the Forum" feature. Some of the info scattered through the Forum (not always easily found by Search, since the total number of archived posts has been growing quite large) would probably be helpful new joiners, and there's only so many times that PhilKing or someone is likely to want to repeat themselves.
The "Time Out" & "Dressing Room" sections seem to be the most popular not surprising really as talking about P/U`s gets tedious ! :P
Bite your tongue! How could one
ever get tired of talking about pickups!? And if one did (strange though that might be), there are still guitars, amps, and stompboxes to rattle on about .... ;)
It would be nice to see some of you guys doing some more work music wise, There only seems to be a few guys here that are planning to do or are recording Albums, TO, Steve, Bro to name but a few we should have more than a few [ i`m quilty of this to so i should kick myself up the arse as well ! ]
I'm working on it! I've always got a few recording projects simmering away. Just a song at a time, not albums -- I'm a modestly serious hobbyist, not a pro, and have no real intention of trying to make recordings for sale, let alone complete album-sized pacakges. And I dunno that there are that many BKP forum members near me to form an actual band. But if anyone out there wants to get into online collaboration, that's cool. :) My guitar technique is too cr@ppy to make a useful contribution to a "BKP album" :oops: but I can rock out in general applciation well enough! :)
