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  1. He was the protege of James Trussart, who recognized his art was beyond anything that had ever been done. He was completely brilliant, maybe too much for sanity, as he would spend months building one a kind creations and built every single detail by hand. He would build the knobs, the saddles, the control plates all from solid blocks of brass. He also built his own revolutionary pickups hiding the secret of his custom design by integrating them inside the body, he also built his own cases, but even down to the smallest of details like the hinges and the handle, also built by hand from solid brass. The guitar bodies are made from resin.

  2. "Cache is king. And if your cache is cut, you're going to feel it."

    "Some providers now have something called Metal-as-a-Service, which I really think ought to mean that an '80s metal band shows up at your office, plays a gig, smashes the furniture, and urinates on the carpet."

  3. 1999-05 - What's in a Sound?

    1999-06 - The Physics of Percussion

    2001-11 - Synthesizing Percussion

    2001-12 - Practical Percussion Synthesis

    2002-01 - Synthesizing Drums: The Bass Drum

    2002-02 - Practical Bass Drum Synthesis

    2002-03 - Synthesizing Drums: The Snare Drum

    2002-04 - Practical Snare Drum Synthesis

    2002-05 - Synth Secrets: Analysing Metallic Percussion

    2002-06 - Synthesizing Realistic Cymbals

    2002-07 - Practical Cymbal Synthesis

    2002-08 - Synthesizing Bells

    2002-09 - Synthesizing Cowbells & Claves

  4. Note to self: Terminal Redux is out tomorrow! \m/

  5. "Two clichés make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the clichés are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion."

    "Electric Wizard are the product of a hundred cliches. Everything about them is a trope, but despite that, they are stupidly heavy and even though they often sink into kitsch to the detriment of their songwriting, they're sort of a unique band in that they're the best at amplifier massage."

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Metal/comments/2re6wz/shreddits_album_of_the_week_electric_wizard/cnfdrio

  6. DSO's first album is available, CC-BY-SA :)

  7. Art Metal 2015-05-27

    Jonas Hellborg: Bass Mattias "IA" Eklund: Guitar V. Selvaganesh: Kanjira Jens Johansonn: Keyboards Anders Johansonn: Drums