Originally Posted by: garthioHow does any rock band not overuse distortion. every rock band uses distortion through every song. and has it ever occured to you that kirk might use his wah peddel to make his music soud better than it already does? are you telling me everything you play is clean with no effects? whats overuse anyways if something sounds good why not stick with it. plus ive been to 5 metallica live gigs and by no means does he overuse it. sure he uses it when it makes the song sound better but he used it less than a quarter of the time i bet.

I'll bet against that, I have seen Metallica plenty of times live and on DVD. DVDs also give you the advantage of seeing him stomp that wah. If it sounded good, I'd agree that he should stick with it. But seeing as too much wah makes you sound like a novice, I think we can safely say that it does NOT in fact sound good, at least as being indicative of skill.

You state that every rock band uses distortion through every song, which is false. In fact, it's so blatantly false that I can't believe you had the gall to type it.

I'm not quite sure how many times I've stated that I love using effects and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it, but I think it's been said in several posts. I'm not sure what the confusion is, maybe some of the members don't have the best reading comprehension, but I think my point is still pretty straightforward and easy to understand: effects are fine, but when you blatantly use them to cover up mistakes, it's just poor musicianship. Clearly you haven't fully read any of my posts, or you would have noticed that I said there was nothing wrong with effects. Please don't engage in a debate unless you know what's been said.