hiram.k.hackenbacker

Fixed 😏. Yeah, me too. Love that song.

The re-recording of these tracks is turning out to be an interesting process. The people involved have been given carte blanche to change whatever they want and it's starting to sound quite different as a result. As COVID obstructed our use of recording facilities, I decided to pay for a session drummer to record live drums remotely rather than opting for 'an out of the box' solution and I'm really happy with both tracks he recorded for us. Next up is keys, then lead vocals and backing vocals. Once that's done, we'll start layering the brass on top.

I didn’t dislike it 😬

I think @Chiliwailer tried both at BD when he bought his.

Mmm. The Specials sound different from normal Stingray's anyway, so the definitive answer would have to come from someone who has tried both versions of the Special to make that comparison. If I had to guess, I would say yes, as my one has a pleasing sound when switched to the rear, but it's not the same as any of my single H Stingrays.

She a right handed player. I would imagine she has filmed herself on a front facing camera, hence the image flip.

That popped up on my You Tube feed yesterday as I follow Divinity Roxx. The thing that does my head in is watching her as a lefty. Surely someone could have flipped that for her. Other than that, I quite like it. What would be wrong is going to all that effort to get something that sounded close to the original. IMHO of course 🙃.

Give Tim a shout and see if he’s taking orders again yet.... https://www.originalscratchplates.com

The body on that JC is enormous.

I had tickets to see them next month. Gig postponed ☹️.

Troy does love a Guild and as much as I love the sound, that one on eBay looks manky. Although you can adjust the string spacing quite easily, I’m not sure that E string can come over much further and it needs to.

I had a reply from JamKazam regarding subscriptions and it’s pretty much what we thought it would be.... ”Each musician on JamKazam must have a JamKazam account, and each musician’s account will be set to one of the plan levels: free, silver, gold, or platinum. Musicians on any plan level can play with each other in sessions. Musicians with lower plan levels will be subject to the constraints of those levels. So, for example, if a free plan user runs out of their 4-hour play credit for the month during a session, they will have to drop from the session. As another example, a platinum player will be streaming 512kbps audio streams to everyone in the session, while a free player will be streaming 128kbps audio streams to others. As another example, a free player can’t make a recording while in a session, but a gold player can – and the gold player’s recording will cover everyone in the session – including the free player’s part. If the members can't afford $10/month, you could probably get by OK with one Gold plan for yourself (to get higher level features like recording and broadcasting), and Silver plans for the others (or even Free plans if others will play 4 hours or less per month).” This appears to be a gamble for them. Whilst I don’t expect anything for free, I think the tiering structure has been brought in at the wrong time. Whilst I can easily afford it, I’m not sure I would be inclined to at this moment due to the lack of gigs in my diary. I would imagine that a decision has been made, possibly a necessary one, that they need to start recouping their outlay now. I just wonder how many people are going to start paying them in three weeks time. I’m happy to say that the glitches I suffered from last week seem to have been ironed out. Ironically, I stepped in at the last minute for a rehearsal last night for @Paul S who couldn’t make JamKazam work. Have you got it sorted yet mate?

Great to hear that he is officially ‘better’ than Geddy Lee 🙄. Clickbait garbage.

Erm, I think you’ll find ‘The Times, They Are A-Changin’’.

Thanks. Will try again this evening. Hopefully a temporary glitch.

How did you get on with JK yesterday?

Yes, we tried all the usual fixes, including getting one of us to leave one by one to see if it was an individual causing the issue, but all to no avail. Please let us know how you get on today.

Have any of you been using JamKazam today. I've just had to abandon our session due to drop-outs. Same people/gear as last Sunday when it was crystal clear. Someone mentioned they had been told JK had changes servers recently? Don't know if it's anything to so with that? Seems strange that it should happen after all these weeks without issue and coincide with the e-mail a couple of days ago regarding the paid for subscription tiering. We're off to investigate Jamulus.

I can’t really add anything to what has been said already. I would be hard pushed to choose which one to give up first. I do love my Classic - it’s a proper weighty funk machine. I’m not sure what it means, but all three of us opted for the HH Special, probably because they are a bit of a Swiss Army knife. Loved my 2006 HH, but it was unbelievably heavy, so had to go. Good luck in your new job 👍. Enjoy your new bass, whichever one you go for.

....and yes, get a Ric.

Me and him would be having words. I would suggest that whatever he thinks, it's probably not the actual bass that is the cause of his woes. Amp/speakers/PA/fold back/venue or a combination of the above. Tell him to get some IEM's and wind his neck in.