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The official power user club

russianboy said:
I was wondering if it was my amp or what, but when I would put the amp into "neutral" eg. 1-1-1 or 5-5-5 or 10-10-10 on its equalizer, it would sound exceptionally middle-y.

It distorted well, and gave me a humbucker crunch (especially when I set my switch on humbucking mode :p) but unless I put it like 10-1-10 or something like that it wouldn't sound real good. Like people look for that "hot" overwound pickup sound, that sound was burning my hands of it was so hot. It was strange coming from a single coil, I would have thought it was modded or something.

Well anyways I always had my pickups pretty high, when I set them down lower....man did that strat shine.

It sounds like a vintage strat! Not only that, the versatility of the guitar gave me options to alter my sound to a 60's British-invasion tone, and a surf rock tone on the rhythm, and a Hendrix scream on the lead!

I am still astounded that I payed $150 for this guitar. Due to the fact that this guitar is 4 years old and a Squire, I can assume that Squire guitars are amazing.

i only had to do a little work on it, and the "tuning" problems everyone faces with those guitars is just because there is only ONE tremolo spring on that thing, put two or three in and it becomes a rock when it comes to tuning.

Man that thing keeps on surprising me.
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Actually, single coils traditionally have a "hotter" sound than humbuckers.
 
I am at 7 need 0.5 more ... can i join then ? :)
 
no
you need 6.8
eheheh
 
I was laughed at too, Judas. Someday there will be a club for "us". Someday.....
* At the rate I'm going in 400 days time I will be an official "Power User"
 
erocker said:
I was laughed at too, Judas. Someday there will be a club for "us". Someday.....
* At the rate I'm going in 400 days time I will be an official "Power User"
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get laid, you suck, I want blowjobs.
 
New Steeler Fan !!!!


A Cleveland family of football supporters head out one Saturday to do their
Christmas Shopping. While in the sports store, the son picks up a Pittsburgh
Steeler jersey and says to his older sister, "I've decided to become a
Steeler fan and I would like this for Christmas."

His big sister is outraged by this and promptly whacks him round the head
and says, "Go talk with mom."

Off goes the little lad with the Pittsburgh Steeler jersey in hand and finds
his mother. "Mom?" "Yes, son?" "I've decided I'm going to be a Pittsburgh
Steeler fan, and I would like this jersey for Christmas." The mother is
outraged, promptly whacks him around the head and says, "Go see your
father."

Off he goes with the Pittsburgh Steeler jersey in hand and finds his father.
"Dad?" "Yes, son?" "I've decided I'm going to be a Pittsburgh Steel er fan,
and I would like this jersey for Christmas". The father is so outraged he,
too, whacks his son around the head and says, " No son of mine is ever going
to be seen in THAT!"

About half hour later they're all back in the car heading towards home. The
father turns to the son and says, "Son, I hope you've learned something
today." The son says, "Yes, Dad, I have." "Good, son. What did you learn?"
The son replies, " I've only been a Pittsburgh Steeler fan for an hour and I
already hate you Cleveland bastards."


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One other notes our club should be a sticky because we are:cool:
 
Researchers at the University of California say that a chemical in male sweat sexually arouses females. Finally, some good news for Chicago Bear QB Rex Grossman.

How cold is it? It is so cold in the Midwest that Chicagoans are shaking like Rex Grossman watching Super Bowl XLI clips.

Maytag recalled 2.3 million dish washing machines. Now the Maytag repairman isn't the loneliest guy on earth, Chicago Bears QB Rex Grossman is.

The Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17 in a brutal game for Bear quarterback, Rex Grossman. How bad was it? At the end of the day, Kevin Federline's commercial had a higher quarterback rating than Grossman.

The Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17 in a brutal game for Bear quarterback, Rex Grossman. Grossman dropped so many balls he was named an honorary Chicago Cub.
 
am i too far from the PPD to be a power user? :)
 
erocker said:
I was laughed at too, Judas. Someday there will be a club for "us". Someday.....
* At the rate I'm going in 400 days time I will be an official "Power User"
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Yeah and it will be called THE REAL TPU POWER USER CLUB
 
woot .5 more ppd day left. :)
 
Judas said:
I dont mind did'nt want to join your fascist club anyways :p
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not fascist, it's a nazi-communist club


ps: i do know that is a completelely idiot word :p
 
A gamer might ask himself why should I buy an AMD/ATi system to game with. I hear this question all the time. Review websites always spin their own option on things and never give the whole picture to the reader. This confuses gamers, and they often find themselves lost without an idea on what they really want in a system.

The first bonus in going with an AMD AM2 system is the compatibly with future products. If you go any other brand you are most likely going to update everything if you want to go to a new CPU. This can add up very fast, and the end results will almost be the same from where you started especially when you add the cost versus value with it. With AM2 you will be able to upgrade to the new AM2+ CPU without updating your motherboard. It’s true that a few options will not work putting an AM2+ chip in a AM2 motherboard, but the options that it cuts off are few to none.

The other great part is that you could chose to go the other way and upgrade your motherboard, and keep your AM2 CPU. This will give the option of keeping your CPU that you already enjoy and getting the new features with the newer motherboard. The most notable options being higher DDR2 speeds without the need to overclock your front side bus, and the extra PCI-E 16x 2.0 slots to be added.

The video card is most likely the biggest question a gamer must ask himself. Do I spend the big bucks and go all out, or do I just buy the affordable modal to get me by. AMD/ATi has shown that going mid-range is not a bad idea at all. Especially when used on an AMD Chipset motherboard.

The gamer could buy a HD2600XT for around 100USD which is one hell of a deal on today's video card market prices. Then he could buy another one and pair them together for even more speed. This option doesn't break the bank as easily and gives the gamer a break on high cost hardware. While giving him a very good performing system. If the gamer happens to be using the new AM2+ Chipset with 4 PCI-E slots. He could pair up a total of 4 cards and have a monster of a machine to game with.

The other great part of AMD/ATi gaming is the driver updates. They are released every month on time, and always fixes the issues that gamers send in. Driver updates can be a huge problem for gamers. A company goes to the next line of video cards, and totally forgets or doesn't care about the video cards form the past. Leaving them unusable if a problem happens to come into the picture. AMD/ATi keep on the ball and doesn't forget about their customers. Keeping them up-to-date and ready to play at all times.

There are many more things to say why it is wiser to game on a AMD/ATi system. This is only the top of the cake on all the issues that show that this is the way to go. Ask an AMD/ATi gamer that has went to the dark side and came back. Go ahead and ask them about all of the issues they are having/had from hardware updates to driver issues. I admit I'm one of those a so called fanboys, but there is good reasons for that. Great ones that any AMD/ATi gamer could let you know too.
 
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WTF did that post have to do with anything in this thread?

BTW i am not too far away from 7.5 ppd.
 
Non-power user= non-understanding
 
I now have 7.5 ppd. can i join now?
 
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p_o_s_pc said:
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:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry: I worked my azz off to get that many PPD.
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too bad :D
tell you what, if you can beat me in the bridge competetion in the warren brifge, you're in :)
 
fuck it.I am not going to do anything else i meet everything to qualify for the club.
 
p_o_s_pc said:
fuck it.I am not going to do anything else i meet everything to qualify for the club.
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i'm evil and won't let you in
*evil laugh*
 
I'm actually starting to think, you'd be a mighty fine power user, pos.

Remove the "I have a mobo" sig, it looks like crap :p. Replace it with the power user sig you'll find on the first page. Then you're in :).
 
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