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by thickarms
Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:52 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: I do gig posters and other illustration stuffs.
Replies: 101
Views: 61982

Bilge Pump = KINGS OF LEEDS. Joe Bilge is a darling and good at fixing amps too
by thickarms
Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:10 am
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: NGD - Gordon Smith GS-1
Replies: 13
Views: 3557

JesusRancher wrote:Very nice, I have a double cut GS1, they are quality guitars.
I'd have quite liked one of the double cuts but they seem to be harder to come by.

Someone get that 12 string! I've been jonesing for a 12-string for ages now but I'm all spent up.
by thickarms
Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:20 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)
Replies: 55
Views: 798

The 12" is now available for pre-order, they were supposed to arrive last tuesday but there's been a fuck up at the plant delaying it for a month :( all pre-orders come with immediate downloads. Never had anything I've recorded released on vinyl, gettin' excited! You can pre-order it from Faux-...
by thickarms
Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:12 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: NGD - Gordon Smith GS-1
Replies: 13
Views: 3557

NGD - Gordon Smith GS-1

Well not really NGD, I've had it a couple of weeks but I don't have a camera, had to nick my girlfriends. I'd been looking for a Gordon Smith LP Jr. type guitar for a few months and this popped up locally on Gumtree so I decided to go for it. I'm used to playing a Mustang so I was a bit worried abou...
by thickarms
Sat Sep 10, 2011 6:25 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)
Replies: 55
Views: 798

<3 you guys. Lorez, gig went well and was probably the busiest gig we've played and was good fun, brudenell social club is easily one of my favourite venues in the country. Wooden shjips themselves were great, played most of the new LP as well as some classics, wish they were a little bit louder tho...
by thickarms
Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:52 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)
Replies: 55
Views: 798

another live video for 'Teen Dreams'
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by thickarms
Fri Sep 09, 2011 7:50 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)
Replies: 55
Views: 798

VIDEO FROM WOODEN SHJIPS GIG
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SPLIT 7" WITH KOGUMAZA SOON
BUY A SHIRT, GIVE ME MONEY: hookworms.bigcartel.com
by thickarms
Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:12 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Print Zines
Replies: 10
Views: 4956

they all got taken from an exhibiton at college (unexpectedly) and i never got round to making anymore. will send you a comic i did fo sho though
by thickarms
Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:56 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Print Zines
Replies: 10
Views: 4956

both dudes, i've just started up a zine distro in Leeds (doing some zine publishing too)
zine power. gonna be watching this thread carefully, huuuuuuuge zine enthusiast, please PM about distro and what not
by thickarms
Tue Aug 23, 2011 1:36 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: What brand strings do you use for electric?
Replies: 38
Views: 9868

Rotosound yellows, I bought a big bundle because someone was selling them cheap and just ended up sticking with them, you get a spare high E too, that's always nice
by thickarms
Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:19 am
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: Gibson Les Paul Specials on sale for $799!
Replies: 6
Views: 1862

wish i lived in the states! been GASing for one of these for so long now
by thickarms
Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:18 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)
Replies: 55
Views: 798

tape is finally out now for y'all Americans here: http://www.sunaraw.com/sunarkshopzone.html

Once/if this sells out we're releasing a 12" in the UK

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
by thickarms
Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:03 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)
Replies: 55
Views: 798

also for any southerners (more specifically people from Reading) we are playing this in a few weeks:

DOUBLE DOT BASH
by thickarms
Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:02 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)
Replies: 55
Views: 798

sorry for the late replies! i play most of the 'rhythm' guitar because the other guitarist is absolutely amazing and i'm pretty happy playing the same thing for 6 minutes. Really please with Carl Saff, he's done a few of my friends records and they're all amazing sounding, even when it's a completel...
by thickarms
Mon May 30, 2011 11:42 am
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)
Replies: 55
Views: 798

thanks for the kind words Lorez, will be the second time we've played with them, so psyched! one of my favourite bands
by thickarms
Mon May 30, 2011 10:19 am
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)
Replies: 55
Views: 798

Hookworms LP (FFO:Spacemen 3, Neu, Spectrum, Wooden Shjips)

It took fucking ages but finally got this finished: http://hookworms.bandcamp.com/

Image

Cassette released by Sun Ark (Sun Araw/Magic Lantern) in a couple of months

hope y'all like it
by thickarms
Tue May 17, 2011 12:21 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: What do you think of the Mustang Pawn Shop Special?
Replies: 41
Views: 24419

Doog wrote:
thickarms wrote: the pick-ups handled dirt well, when coil tapped it sounded better than a lot of other coil tapped guitars I've played.
COIL SPLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

Sorry for being such a pedant, but the people have gotta know the difference! Thanks for the review, incidentally.
sowee!!
by thickarms
Tue May 17, 2011 8:43 am
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: What do you think of the Mustang Pawn Shop Special?
Replies: 41
Views: 24419

A guy who I share a practice room with has one and he very kindly let me try it out. It was ridiculously light which felt really strange to me and because the body is smaller it made it feel a bit like a toy. Might sound strange for someone who plays a mustang to complain that a guitar could be too ...
by thickarms
Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:01 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: What is your favorite strap?
Replies: 53
Views: 20666

wwrrss wrote:Image

that purple motherfucker there!
snapsies, i've had a purple ernie ball one for about 5 or 6 years now, always treated me well
by thickarms
Wed Mar 09, 2011 3:23 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: got me an illustration blog
Replies: 5
Views: 3878

wwrrss, i can't work out how to follow your blog :(