Stone and Mike Reddit AMA Session Thursday 4/9 4PM PT

[Strat]

This will not go well.

[bodysnatcher]

I remember a couple years ago when Dave Grohl did an AMA and some fan wrote an enormously long post about how his music helped him throughout all the hard times in his life, and Dave just responded "too long." The guy was completely crestfallen

[evenslow]

who can think of an awesome question with maximum capacity for revelation that they would actually answer with clarity???

[Strat]

Mike, do you put your sparkle boost in front of your overdrive, or behind it in relation to the amp? Also, what do you do to switch between an overdriven rhythm tone and a scorching lead tone? is that just by the sparkle boost alone?

[7 Years and Maybe Longer]

who can think of an awesome question with maximum capacity for revelation that they would actually answer with clarity???

Stone, I loved the latest Christmas single especially with you on vocals. Amazing work. I guess it's hard to top that and that is why you guys are ending the tradition of Xmas singles. Or is there another reason?

[VinylGuy]

I made a question on how come Josh is producing the album. Hopefully Stone tells us how they fired Brendan.

[WaitingForBluey]

Mike, do you put your sparkle boost in front of your overdrive, or behind it in relation to the amp? Also, what do you do to switch between an overdriven rhythm tone and a scorching lead tone? is that just by the sparkle boost alone?

Now that's a legit question!

[Birds in Hell]

Mike, do you put your sparkle boost in front of your overdrive, or behind it in relation to the amp? Also, what do you do to switch between an overdriven rhythm tone and a scorching lead tone? is that just by the sparkle boost alone?

Stone, you frequently have a vintage 70s flanger on your board. I've spied both the MXR M117 and Maxon FL-305 at various times, both of which are driven by the out-of-production Reticon SAD1024 BBD. Do you have a preference for Reticon flangers because of their sonic qualities (I do!), and what are you currently using?

Also, what happened to the Fender Jaguar you used to play on Rats in the early 90s?

(OK, now I'm tempted to actually ask these.)

[Strat]

Mike, do you put your sparkle boost in front of your overdrive, or behind it in relation to the amp? Also, what do you do to switch between an overdriven rhythm tone and a scorching lead tone? is that just by the sparkle boost alone?

Stone, you frequently have a vintage 70s flanger on your board. I've spied both the MXR M117 and Maxon FL-305 at various times, both of which are driven by the out-of-production Reticon SAD1024 BBD. Do you have a preference for Reticon flangers because of their sonic qualities (I do!), and what are you currently using?

Also, what happened to the Fender Jaguar you used to play on Rats in the early 90s?

(OK, now I'm tempted to actually ask these.)

We should have won the breakfast with stone drawing

[Farmer John]

If you guys don't go ahead and actually ask those questions, then I don't wan't to hear any complaining about the quality of questions that we're actually asked!

[Strat]

If you guys don't go ahead and actually ask those questions, then I don't wan't to hear any complaining about the quality of questions that we're actually asked!

I legit have 0 idea on how to work the reddit

[Farmer John]

If you guys don't go ahead and actually ask those questions, then I don't wan't to hear any complaining about the quality of questions that we're actually asked!

I legit have 0 idea on how to work the reddit

Same

[oneway23]

I'm old....There are already 300+ comments and it has yet to even start.

Do they pre-select from said comments and pin the answers?

[7 Years and Maybe Longer]

I'm old....There are already 300+ comments and it has yet to even start.

Do they pre-select from said comments and pin the answers?

No idea how this works.

[injuddstree]

I don't use Reddit ever, but it seems like an old BBS circa 2001. Wtf.

[Jorge]

Stone, Jeff, can either of you tell us what the lyrics in the "In My Tree" bridge actually say?

[evenslow]

From Stone re: Buckle Up:

i wrote the riff in Santiago Chile in my hotel before our first show in SA last time we were there.. i think. i wrote lyrics in seattle about a year ago . it was the last song that was brought to band right at the end of making the record ...fall last year. i love the simplicity of the song> Jeff Ament came in and threw wicked lyrical bass and keys on it right away and the rest is history.. Thank you so much for enjoying. It makes makes me very happy. we rehearsed a few times ... its gonna be gooooooood.

[injuddstree]

You're a legend evenslow.

[oneway23]

Stone said he wrote Buckle up the last time they were in South America

Edit: evenslow got it

[oneway23]

Stone confirms...MC is not a robot; he is, in fact, a super-human syncopation machine!