I was able to poke fun at my friend who writes songs with a looper, a different friend who solos with ring mod, and a 3rd separate friend who plays barefoot so he can twist knobs with his hobbit feet - all with one video! If they combined forces and wore polka dots, maybe they could win over the masses.

Not Crap, I guess!

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: They kind of sound like one of those road dog bands that show up and blow everybody away, best night ever, then you put on their record the next day and it just kind of is what it is.

This is such an incredibly evocative description, do the Germans have a long ass compound word for these bands?

Tourenmeisterhoffnungsmacherhifiplattenheimhörfreudekiller

Teacher's Pet wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 9:23 am

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: They kind of sound like one of those road dog bands that show up and blow everybody away, best night ever, then you put on their record the next day and it just kind of is what it is.

This is such an incredibly evocative description, do the Germans have a long ass compound word for these bands?

Yeah this is great description. I love those kinds of bands!

I don't love this band. Appreciate the thing they're doing, but this music isn't made for me. Blessings and all that though, and I agree with Chad that this beats the NPR blessed Geese and whatnot. TFS doesn't belong in that category IMO, but wahtevs.

Teacher's Pet wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 9:23 am

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: They kind of sound like one of those road dog bands that show up and blow everybody away, best night ever, then you put on their record the next day and it just kind of is what it is.

This is such an incredibly evocative description, do the Germans have a long ass compound word for these bands?

Monotonix

tallchris wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:55 am

Teacher's Pet wrote: Thu Feb 12, 2026 9:23 am

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: They kind of sound like one of those road dog bands that show up and blow everybody away, best night ever, then you put on their record the next day and it just kind of is what it is.

This is such an incredibly evocative description, do the Germans have a long ass compound word for these bands?

Monotonix

L-L

Technically, well done chaps, all very impressive. And the schtick is entertaining for a moment. And the guitars are nuts, I get the microtonalling sections, but what is going on with those frets towards the body of the guitar.

The music though... it's so tuneless and maddeningly derivative. Bah.

llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Wed Feb 11, 2026 11:58 pm

Going bare feet is unconscionable though, I reject that.

It's a guaranteed way to drastically reduce the resale value of those pedals.

the corpo wrote: Fri Feb 13, 2026 8:02 am Technically, well done chaps, all very impressive. And the schtick is entertaining for a moment. And the guitars are nuts, I get the microtonalling sections, but what is going on with those frets towards the body of the guitar.

It looks to me as though they're fretted 12TET + quarter tones up to the octave fret (or a little bit above) and then drop the quarter tones for regular 12TET above that point. The microtonal neck I had built for 24 frets to the 2/1 doesn't drop the quarter-ish tones, so up by the body the intervals are very close, and not easily playable. I could see the logic in dropping the extra intervals once the between-fret distance gets really close.