...so I pulled the chassis. Took the back panel off, checked the fuses. They're fine. Tubes appeared fine. Plugged it into my bandmate's Mills cab... all the channels work!

I replaced it in the combo cab. Upon further examination, there was a bent speaker terminal on the Blue. (Having both a Blue and a Greenback in said cab.) The internal wiring on the combo is very short; it must have been bent attempting to position the attenuator in back. It was touching the other terminal. The terminal was then re-bent to its proper position. I fired up the amp, it worked fine. I connected the attenuator, no issues. Methinks I shorted the thing out. I want a longer cable in there anyway so I can place the attenuator on top rather than behind the map anyway.

w00t!

This is good news.

This is glorious news, because it's not the OT.

It also means I can get to work on the Garda record.

My bassist has the Prophet 08 now!

Ah, that is swell.

I will be excited to hear this recording!
Will I be disappointed if I am expecting guitar harmonies and blast beats?

Then my boner lives again.

If by "guitar harmonies" you mean octave fuzz, pitchshifters, ring modulation and whammy pedals, and "blast beats" you mean 909 kicks glitching, then no. This is full-on Snaxorawk. It's a different kind of heavy. We do have some stuff in drop D though?

The health of your boner is important to all of us.

That's exactly what I meant by guitar harmonies and blast beats.
How funny.

Great minds drink alike.

No, but seriously.
I want to hear some Goth Euroblasts.

Grindy goth blasting seconded.

I think it could be done without sounding wildly out of context.
It would have to be a slow, churning Euroblast.

Euroblast, question mark. ?

I was going to say: There are a lot of places in this building to get wonderful natural reverb. This excites me. Also, I can't wait to fuck around with that Prophet.

...but you posted something before I could hit "Submit".

And then Geoff posted something.

I'mma think of ways to work a blast beat in there somehow for the hell of it.

Can I hear a Brian May type lead ,snaxy?

Euroblast is the xxBROSLAMxx way of saying the traditional grindcore blast that leads with a kick and cymbal... preferably heavily accented.



It is by far my favourite one.

Well, a full-band version of this might be on there, for starters: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8338054

So yes, there's some nice melodic solos through a cranked AC30.

Re: Blasts- my drummer plays a four-piece with a single kick pedal. That sort of blast would be do-able if I could find a way to write it into something. As I'm sure I'm the only one in the band who would ever think of putting a blast beat in there. Double-time punk beats are not the same.

The Euroblast is menacing and evil.