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paul_5

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  1. [quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1443391598' post='2874392'] As Dr Dave's , not an openining line but one of my faves I saw 2 shooting stars last night, I wished on them , but they were only satellites It's wrong to wish on space hardware I wish , I wish , I wish you'ld care [/quote] Yeah, I thought of this too - Billy Bragg is one of the best songwriters ever IMHO.
  2. After years of monkeying about with this sort of this I've settled on the slightest amount of buzz, just enough so that it blooms whenever I dig in (often) .105" - .045" roundwound stainless steel strings. I like a nice wide string spacing too (18 or 19mm), and shim the neck if you have to.
  3. Can't believe this is still here, these things are superb.
  4. After serious consideration I'm prepared to drop the price to £220. This includes a 4U flight case (one of the handles is missing, and the mounts are damaged, but it's still a very secure method of transporting it).
  5. [b] [size=4]Always nice to see a well repaired neck break - and when I find one, I'll be sure to let you know. [/size][/b]
  6. "I am an antichrist and I am an anarchist" Sex Pistols "Maybe, maybe it's the clothes we wear, the tasteless bracelets and the dye in our hair" Suede
  7. Mrs_5 really rates "First I was afraid, I was petrified…"
  8. Yowza - 11.7kΩ for a 'P' pickup? Put that in front of a valve amp and it'll growl all day!
  9. paul_5

    DIY Effects

    Finished a Phase 45 clone this week. It's nice and swooshy, but not overpowering (like most phasers and flangers that I've tried). I ended up having to build a JFET matcher to measure the Vgs with my multimeter, but it's been worth it. I had to do a bit of bug-fixing on this one - turns out that the JFETs really do need to be matched...
  10. It'd be cheaper to record the stuff in their studios then, as the composition stuff could be done anywhere. Also, if the worst happens and their PT system goes belly up then you've got a better case to mitigate. Seems unusual for an HE institution not to have contingencies in place when they're entirely dependent on 3rd party software which lis known to be flaky...
  11. I used to have a B2RE many moons ago - great sounding head! Congratulations on your bargainous bargain.
  12. [quote name='Dandelion' timestamp='1443021168' post='2871534'] Fine wire wool, remove the covers first though. [/quote] This.
  13. Why do you need PT? Unless your Masters is Protools specific then I reckon you're better off concentrating on the study part of the qualification, instead of having to learn a new DAW at the same time. Just my 2p
  14. In the car it's mostly Radio 4, but at home it's always focussed, critical listening. I spend roughly an hour most nights through high quality headphones listening to any music I feel like. Why would anyone [i]not[/i] listen to music, it's f***ing brilliant!
  15. 2 gigs this weekend. 1st one was with Slander in Lancaster - I was a bit off, but we did alright 2nd one (4 hours ago) was playing for a Karaoke band at the Ramsbotom Festival - we went down well, but there were a few 'curveballs' in the set, meaning I messed up a couple of bits. Not happy with this weekend's performances.
  16. I've often contemplated moving to a lightweight rig (I even went Barefaced® this year), but haven't found anything that [i]feels[/i] as good as a big, half-ton head. I've played through TC stuff, OBTs etc… but nothing has really had that 'wow' factor. My wife would like me to have a smaller amp, but ultimately sound is king. To quote Joe Meek "if it sounds right, it IS right"
  17. [quote name='derrenleepoole' timestamp='1291215631' post='1043877'] If it hasn't been mentioned already, you can get a Realbook on the iPod, called iRealbook I think (imaginative I know . It's a very useful and handy little app to have in your pocket if all you need is a quick glance at the charts of jazz tunes etc. The app will also transcribe the charts to different keys too. PS... I think it works on Android phones as well, not just iPod. [/quote] It runs on my macbook pro too. Happy days!
  18. [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1441894331' post='2862729'] Anything by Flanders and Swann. [/quote] Also anything from Frank Sidebottom's impressive repertoire.
  19. 'Tom Sawyer' & 'Distant early Warning' - Rush 'Overkill' & 'Stone Dead Forever'- Motörhead. Our drummer has just about nailed Overkill, so I'm hoping to get it into the set fairly soon…
  20. Looks like a triumphant return in St. Louis last night. Good news all round.
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