WalMan

Right then. Think I have part 1 sorted weighing in at a derivative minute. Sadly currently have B'all for part 2

Good stuff The "Lynott" will live

Unitopia - Artificial

In relation to this chesnut An approximation with "standard" bits

I have at least one if not two Comfort straps that have lasted years the only problem being their skankiness as I am a bit of a sweaty bugger when gigging [EDIT] I have a couple of Mono straps and they seem OK, mind they are only a little over a year old

But they're so much fun Mind it knackered me when I got my first 5 & took it to a gig that night. I had all our songs sorted using the D tuner to flick down & back up during songd - need the low D for the chorus, but E is fine for the verse, so flick down for the chorus & back up for the verse. Smashing

Yup you will, or could well be stung import VAT and a handling charge by the courier to sort out the VAT from the US If the value of the items is[list] [*]Under £15 then you do not pay VAT or Customs Duty [*]Between £15 & £135 you will pay VAT @ 20% [*]Over £135 you will pay VAT @ 20% plus Customs Duty (probably 2.7%, guitars requiring amplification are 3.7%) thought the Customs Duty is waived under £9 [/list] Look [url="https://www.gov.uk/trade-tariff/commodities/9207901000#import"]HERE[/url] Work on the basis that from the US you may well get caught and add 20% + £10 to the cost to see whether it is worth the hassle From the eurozone you will have to pay whatever their VAT rate is, not import VAT as it is already in the VAT area

[quote name='Schnozzalee' timestamp='1351200632' post='1848745'] Is there no longer a 'search' option?? Bit of a delayed question i've always wanted to ask - on the old format I could type in 'Jazz Bass' and all the threads with those words in would then display for me. I understand that this may have been bad for sellers shifting items on for a profit as it showed their original thread, but, I really just want to locate jazz basses for sale/trade. I'm only using Jazz Bass as an example, and I reckon this question has probably been covered, I just could find where . [/quote]Top left corner Search box. Defaults to the area you are in, so "This forum" when in one of the marketplace forums - at least it does for me

Ditto. Never had a problem with this using the Hipshot in getting on 20 years on the Wal. Hipshot D Tuners rool

You're not wrong there. Last March I managed a circuit of the show area, but spent most of my time in the theatre or masterclasses. Looks like I'm OK for this year as the March hols start from 11/3/13, so time to book a Sunday ticket methinks

Yesterday now, but:[list=1] [*]started with the drive to r/h expecting a major fallout and collapse of the band after the previous Friday's gig that ended in a shambles & with drummer muttering "I don't think I can do this anymore chaps" [*]got to r/h & nothing mentioned at all really other than "I can't see the point in playing there anymore" [*]#2 guitarist muttered about having been given the run around by the gig in the meantime, viz Landlord: "call me for next years gigs", #2 guitarist calling in and phoning at various agreed times and getting nowhere - my response "welcome to my world of trying to get us gigs" [*]the evening then progressed with working through two new covers & one proper rework, all of which went pretty well. My favourite of all three? Crazy Horses - The Osmonds via Gilbert/Portnoy/Morse - MWAHAHAHAHAAAAA!! [*]Got home & found the deps booked for this w/e & next appear to be off, though noone has had the good grace to bother to tell me ([i]feckers[/i]) and I had turned down another on the strength of them, which rather pissed on the end of my day [/list] or[list=1] [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [/list] Still a few new numbers for the set. Perhaps I can get my gig getting mojo back

Songs we do or have done in recent months / [color=#ff0000]people dance to[/color] Dude Looks Like A Lady - Aerosmith Feed My Frankenstein / Poison / School's Out - Alice Cooper Helter Skelter - Beatles [color=#ff0000]Mony Mony / Rebel Yell - Billy Idol[/color] Hell And High Water - Black Stone Cherry Ziggy Stardust - Bowie My Kind Of Girl - Chickenfoot Highway Star / Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple La Woman - Doors Burlesque - Family Learn To Fly / My Hero - Foo Fighters Wishing Well - Free Mr Brownstone - G'n'R Fire / Foxy Lady - Hendrix [color=#ff0000]Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet[/color] Wayward Son - Kansas Good Times Bad Times / Whole Lotta Love - Led Zep Comin' Back For More - Lynyrd Skynyrd Want It All - Queen Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow Loading Up / Unconditional Love - Street Legal Maniac - Street Legal / Flashdance Are You Ready To Rock? / Boys Are Back In Town / Don't Believe A Word / Rosalie / Waiting For An Alibi - Thin Lizzy White Punks - Tubes All Your Love Tonight / Fool For You Lovin' / Ready And Willin' - Whitesnake Word Up - Wild Cherry / Cameo [color=#ff0000]Gimme All Your Lovin' - ZZ Top[/color] Quote from last Friday (a gig played mostly to the sound of one hand clapping) "the musics good but you should play song's people know". Now I'll give ou there's some oddities in there but ... ?

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1350932705' post='1845289'] I was in a band with a drummer who had a similar outlook to you. Only listened to a narrow range of music and practically vetoed every song because he had never heard of it (and therefore no one else would have.) It was a real shame and an effort to get him to play anything, including songs that didn't have the same line up as us in the original recording. I struggle to see how anyone can call themselves a musician if they don't listen to practically anything and everything. [/quote]Country to prog and many ports in between, just not mainstream and I fear that for 90% of those songs we shall just look like a bunch of old farts (which is what we are). I am also not the one that vetoes the songs, but the one who suggests stuff to have everyone else make a half arsed attempt at it so that it'll never gel and gets dropped. But never mind

Just had an email from vocalist saying [quote] These are the top selling rock songs (singles?) of the 21st Century so they must have something going for them! 1 Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon (2008) 1,100,000 2 Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon (2008) 825,000 3 Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine (2009) 705,000 4 Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus (2001) 695,000 5 Rockstar - Nickelback (2005) 635,000 6 How You Remind Me - Nickelback (2002) 560,000 7 Changes - Kelly and Ozzy Osbourne (2003) 490,000 8 Bad Touch - Bloodhouse Gang (2000) 460,000 9 Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (2003) 455,000 10 All Summer Long - Kid Rock (2008) 415,000 11 Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) - The Darkness (2003) 405,000 12 It’s My Life - Bon Jovi (2000) 365,000 13 Rollin’ - Limp Bizkit (2001) 355,000 14 Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm (2001) 345,000 15 Follow Me - Uncle Kracker (2001) 335,000 16 All The Small Things - Blink 182 (2000) 330,000 17 Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance (2006) 325,000 18 Fire - Kasabian (2009) 320,000 19 Dakota - Stereophonics (2005) 315,000 20 Butterfly - Crazytown (2001) 310,000 We could bang em out in a couple of weeks (I'm not normally this optimistic) as we already know one of them! [/quote] In response to which my immediate thoughts were[list] [*]Don't recognise a load of them (unsurprising with what I listen to) [*]No we couldn't; and [*]where's that rusty blade, my wrists need a good seeing to [/list]

How was our gig? Cr@p. Stage sound was dreadful, though assured that out front it was good. Songs fell apart, and drummer finished this one with "I don't think I can do this anymore" as opposed to "Why do we bother". Sort of echoes how I feel \at the mo, so we shall see if the r/h on Wednesday goes ahead, or if that was the last time Alibi bother the public at large. Bollocks!!

I feel a video coming on For me 90% of the time it's a pick, just because that's what I am most comfortable & fluent with, but for the country gigs/deps I am leaning towards fingers for most. But really as ever it's whatever suits the job at hand (and for me I can manage with my knackered right hand)

It is for my Classic J

Yes They were 5H1T

Yes & no. I still go back to old stuff that most would probably think horribly derivative - and to be fair it probably is in many ways - but I still think there were a load of good songs in there that I happily play over & over (especially recently with some remixes) We used to religously rehearse and write every Monday night, and as we were together as a unit for a long time were a bloody tight one. I still get a lump in my throat when I listen to our final gig before the vocalist emigrated to NZ

Another +1 for Roqsolid. I suspect that trying for the DIY option will be a faff & probably no cheaper in the long run. Mind you my DIY skills are a big fat 0

Used 4's exclusively until a few years ago when I picked up my first 5'er. Since then have pretty much used 5's exclusively, though I have now started to use the 4's again. It really depends what I am playing and what works best. The 5's give me another option of moving positions up the neck, but I have to say that for a lot of things recently the 4's have been getting a lot of love.