toneknob

Any excuse to post this. Is that some kinda Modulus? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO96nhky0nY

[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1481277328' post='3191106'] There are lots of listings on eBay selling new sousaphones made in India. They look great and are affordable ... but the intonation is almost invariably out and they're really nothing more than a display item rather than a usable instrument. [/quote] Good tip (to avoid that is). Free postage from India? Riiiiight. [quote] Second hand sousaphones pop up occasionally, sometimes they're for very high fixed prices upwards of £800 but they don't end up selling. Then there are the few at affordable prices or auctions that sell in the £200 to £300 bracket. I missed out on one when was outbid with seconds to go :-( [/quote] I'll keep my eye open. Ultimately I want to do this kind of thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajUGESKFCs4

I've got a Doudouk which I can never make sound liek anything except a dying cow. Turns out, etc

[quote name='chriswareham' timestamp='1481202620' post='3190465'] Harmonium and Tubon. I'd love to learnt to play the sousaphone, but I can't find an affordable one :-( [/quote] How much are they typically? I've told Mrs Knob to get me one if she's ever short of present ideas.

"So having obtained the regular and required permissions and permits to use the headline act's bass amplification contraption you did both adjust the settings with disregard and also did place your pint of ale precariously on the upper surface without due care and attention?"

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1480629627' post='3186036'] I passed up the opportunity to see them on the Monster tour (in Cardiff I think it was). I've not made many bad decisions in my life, but that's definitely one of them. [/quote] I was at Southampton University in the late 80s, and REM were shopping around for a few small venues to do warm up gigs for the Green tour. Their requirements were only an on-campus hall with a couple of hundred capacity. The only room suitable was already booked by the Greek Society. Ents pleaded with the Greeks to shift but they wouldn't be having it. REM ended playing elsewhere. And that's my "REM gigs I missed out on" story (I saw them on the Monster tour in the mid-90s at Milton Keynes Bowl. Better was a few years later at Brixton Academy when it was the 20th anniversary of recording Fables Of The Reconstruction somewhere miserable in north London, they played Feeling Gravitys Pull/Maps And Legends/Driver 8/Life And How To Live It as a mid-set tribute)

Nice one! What are the "metal" stops between Kennington and Waterloo? And you toally need to fill in the blanks btw, those are some major stations you've missed out. Can't just name the minor ones - get augmenting! (sorry)

Last year for my xmas list I put together a custom toolkit plus case (of the buyer's choice) - so, string winder, two appropriately sized screwdrivers, allen key, string snipper, etc etc. Whatever you need for your gig bag. Beats those "all in one" tool kits for the guitarist with a hundred tools you'll never use. Also, I have "something unusual from Ray Man Music" on my perpetual gift list. Substitute your local oddball music shop for Ray Man if needed.

"Voucher" for a set-up/screening/etc at Bass Gallery - prices to suit all budgets at [url="http://thebassgallery.com/index.php/workshop"]http://thebassgaller...ex.php/workshop[/url]

Is it like "your main man", "that cat" etc god i feel old

Mark Guiliana and Jason Linder were phenonemal. Look Back In Anger blew me away. I snuck to the bar side towards the end just to get a better view of of MG in action.

This was an amazing gig last night. No Tim though! Any idea where he was? (and who was the other guy, who was pretty good tbh)

Thanks to replies so far! Will seek out that QotSA recording.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1478882575' post='3172436'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z618ynL2U5s[/media] [/quote] Drop the "s" from the "https" as the previous poster managed to do more successfully than I

I'm more a fan of the "later" material, Hounds Of Love onwards. Director's Cut didn't add much for me though. And I've not heard 50 Words For Snow either. Am I missing out? Likewise I was lucky enough to see Before The Dawn, and I'm hugely looking forward to the live album. Also, it's impossible for a Kate Bush thread to pass me by without adding "saw the show, bought the bass" - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/254282-more-love-for-wunjo-and-basschat/

What a bunch of idiots, the small upside of course is you've not wasted any more time being in a band with them.

Hello! I've been listening to Tame Impala's live album Live Versions, can any of the effects experts here tell me what the effect is we're hearing in the main riff? Have a listen to this, it's most obvious at say 1m53s to 2m10s here. Thanks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzOw7ixjoss

I took my double-neck 4/8-string Shergold in there for a service. While talking to one of the Chandlers, another interrupted, "sorry mate, we've got Greg Lake on the blower with an urgent question, mind if your man talks to him?" "not at all. Ask him if he wants to buy a Shergold double-neck, yeah?" Shame to see another piece of London guitar history gone

I'm in for Brixton.

I started off (20 years or so ago) with the "classics": Dark Side, WYWH, THe Wall, Animals but these days I'm more a fan of Obscured By Clouds and Meddle, plus the Live At Pompeii film.

[quote name='Blink' timestamp='1478526963' post='3169608'] Anybody else see the gig at the Rah Rah Rooms, London last night? Throughly enjoyed it and the time flew by. Three very talented guys making great music. **Minor rant alert** There should be plenty of YouTube footage available soon. I never cease to be amazed at the number of people who watch a live gig through a mobile phone screen!!!!! One chap in front of me last night would take a dozen or so photos and then spend the next 3 to 4 minutes reviewing them. Dennis Chambers had at least two cameras pointing directly at him for the whole gig, from about 1 foot from his kick drum. Why? Put your phone in your pocket and enjoy the gig. [/quote] Agree about the phone use. It's not a great venue for music, it's usually a club/cabaret/dinner jazz type of place - where the low stage works with everyone sitting, for example. So once everyone puts their phone up, you really can't see much at all. Really enjoyed Vic's playing as ever, especially his looping solo, which I watched from afar in the bar area where it's slightly raised, the audio is piped through at comfortable volume and you can lean on the bar. Which brings me to my next point: £6.50 for a 330ml bottle of Sol, Heineken or Peroni, poured into a black plastic beaker. I'm quite used to London prices but this works out to £11.19 a pint. Play at Under The Bridge again next time Vic!

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[quote name='Les' timestamp='1477568056' post='3163006'] With us noone needs to get back. If you haven't crossed the date off on the bands Google calendar and something goes in, it's in, and your doing it or being replaced. [/quote] Only three of a six-piece band bothered filling in our Google Calendar. Make that one less these days.

Drummer. Never answers emails, text only. He's quite good though.

[quote name='thebigyin' timestamp='1477478350' post='3162445'] Thankyou that would be great cheers Bob [/quote] Give this a go: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/h1uapz97un7z6yd/AADK6LOrxT53cTM-AY0dDLMIa?dl=0