vsmith1

+1 for Minotaur

They've been in touch and will be sending a replacement. Thanks for the suggestion, and thanks to Neutrik for being so quality minded. They implied that there had been a bad batch of the silent jacks. So I would recommend any one else getting in touch. Vince

I use a Mac app called Neutrino - lets me loop, slow down, change pitch and uses my iTunes library.

Thanks for that - I'll give a try.

I have just replaced my Neutrik Silent 90 degree jack plug with another. I wondered if Neutrik have any guarantees or replacement policy? I must have had this for a few years. The nature of the failure? The sliding part has split.

Great shops: Promenade Music in Morecambe - let me try out stuff with help and space to let me doodle away. No pressure and even had a cup of tea proffered - which I gratefully accepted. Gary is a top man. I bought my Classic J Overwater by Tanglewood after trying out several other basses at the same time. Recent great experience with Mark at Bass Direct. I had a faulty pedal which he swapped out for me. Online - I have found Thomann to be fine, and have bought stuff also from iMuso. I haven't been round the blocks much so cannot report much bad service.

We did our first wedding gig on Saturday night. I think it went well. We were generally happy at the end of the night. The bride and groom were happy and we had some people dancing. I think a lot of people were chatting and drinking especially as it turned out the club prices were cheap for beer, etc.

I stand on the far left (from the audience perspective) next to the guitarist, we share a mic so it's easier that way. I have tried standing on the far right next to the keyboard player. I found that more difficult from a sound perspective as I was far away from guitar and drums, and the keyboard player insists on having her keys and vocal levels up, so I felt a bit deafened. Largely because our drummer is nuts and way too loud, and drives me mad, I don't stand near the drums. Though at times I can look across to him, but he doesn't tend to notice much. I suppose it's become a habit, but our venues are not that large to have much scope for experiments.

I have a Mackie SR250 which is what Behringer have ripped off. I have used it a few times, and it is fine. A a band, we have recently invested in the Laneys the CXP110 - they are so efficient as wedges that we can use the lower powered, smaller, lighter and cheaper 10" monitors. Our drummer is a bit mad and loud and basically only the vocals go through the desk and the monitors. They work fine for us. Got them from Gear4Music.

Playing Monday night and hopefully adding the Beatles song: Her Majesty - that will be the token effort.

Though I have not really ever used it, I have a Pub Prop from a magazine subscription years back. I did a quick search and found this.. [url="http://home.btclick.com/briarmill/Pub%20Prop.htm"]http://home.btclick.com/briarmill/Pub%20Prop.htm[/url]

At 53 - 15kHz was my limit. Not bad but I do wonder about our drummer - he cannot hear very well at all. Makes his levels completely mixed up. He blames it on having a panel beating job earlier in his life.

We have changed our openers as we are often in the same pub but recently we have started set 1 with You've Really Got Me and Set 2 with Chasing Cars.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1336929586' post='1652880'] all this. Church I used to play in I had the amp lower than in my bedroom. It just carried the bass any higher and at the back it was all you got. People don't like change and like the traditional Organ and some singers. Anything else just isn't church. Sitting chugging root notes to go with the acoustics was too much. Just do what you do and unless the guy in charge of the music has a problem keep doing it. After all if the people in charge don't like it they will say to him. [/quote] I quite agree - someone just has to see electric things like guitar, speakers, mics and thinks that its all too loud before you even start yet the same person listens to live orchestras which probably have as much a max SPL as we might produce. It is a perception thing - incorrect of course - but their perception. It does knock you though. But in my example above, I have learned to ignore the comment as I know it's based on wrong perceptions.

[attachment=107989:IMG_2364-m.jpg] It was our keyboard player's birthday party and I don't usually wear a tie. Though my Austin Powers' tie was channelling some mojo that night. The first gig out with my new Source Audio Bass Multiwave Distortion Pro pedal.

I have found Chordbot for Android and iPhone/iPad to be useful for setting up chord sequences to practice against. If you pay for it you can save your sequences. There are a number of styles of accompaniment.

A good tip for zips that I learned from my misses when she was on the lifeboat crew was to lubricate the zips with a block of wax - such as beeswax that is often used for polishing furniture. Just rub the block on the open zip teeth, especially concentrating where the zip curves in the sharp bends. By the way she used that approach for the dry suit zips. You don't want to be rushing on a call-out and struggling to get in a dry-suit.

Wouldn't it be easier (and cheaper) just to hire a small generator?

Our Guitar Club has the DP004 - on my recommendation - it can record two tracks simultaneously. But there are 4 tracks in total, so you can do some overlays, bounce down etc. It has built in MICs (x2) as well as line inputs. I soon got an extra memory card, and usually use the PSU rather than batteries. [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/530791/Clotted%20Cream/21%20Sunshine%20of%20your%20love.mp3"]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/530791/Clotted%20Cream/21%20Sunshine%20of%20your%20love.mp3[/url] Also a friend had a Zoom H4n who recorded our band in the pub - so once he'd set it up it was largely left untouched: [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/530791/Set%201%20Smithy%20Nov11/The%20One%20I%20Love.mp3"]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/530791/Set%201%20Smithy%20Nov11/The%20One%20I%20Love.mp3[/url] So I'd recommend either. They all need some setting up with the right levels etc.

I'd recommend: I Saw her Standing There Rock and Roll Music Both up tempo numbers.

Crikey - there's a lot of out set list here. Plus the edited lyrics: Teenage Dirtbag (guns, dick) Forget You (feel complete change even the title) We used to do Lily Allen's Not Fair and our lead female vocalist changed some words because her kids were in the audience. I don't blame her.

Have a Bump - we saw you in Morecambe Dome a few years back - shame but cannot be there on Saturday in Kendal. A real great night - top class.

I would add some songs I have found easy - YMMV: Price Tag - Jessie J Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol