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Being into heavy rock when the Sex Pistols appeared i remember them taking the music scene by storm. People couldn't get enough of them. Even tho they weren't 1st class musicians they had so much raw energy and i would have to agree they did have a massive impact on the music scene unlike many of the bands that then followed suit. Sex Pistols were first to become famous in the popular Punk movement. I quite enjoyed them and still have NMTB and few of their early singles. Would never admit that at the time to my long haired rock mates tho I always blamed Punk for killing one of my all time fav bands Lone Star with John Sloman. Brilliant band but the advent of punk killed the rock scene for a few years just as they were starting to get recognised. Shame. Great band of very talented musicians. Had the good fortune to meet John Sloman at the Uriah Heep gig in Glasgow. Great guy. Dave

I use the schaller type on my Fenders mainly because that's what was on my Thumb bass and wanted to keep them all the same. Only prob with them is the Fenders tend to loosen the strap button and i need to regularly nip it tight a bit every few weeks. I'd be horrified if i dropped my bass like that. Dave

Can't help with the PA i'm afraid but what a fantastic guy. His commitment to helping others is inspirational to say the least. Dave

Nice one. Good to see you move on with your life. I recently left a band because the main guitarist said he had enough and it wasn't for him. They asked me to stay but i didn't fancy starting from scratch with a new guitarist as it was a fair distance to travel to rehearsals so i said i was gonna let it go. The difference for me was i offered them the rights to the Facebook page i set up and the various VID clips my wife took of our gigs. They said they wanted to start from scratch so i closed the FB page and locked the youtube clips. 2 weks later the guitarist that left told me he went back with them but wasn't happy with the new bassist who is a bit of a jam bassist and doesn't learn the parts properly. That was one of the main reasons he left in the first place cause others weren't putting the effort in for rehearsals I was already in a new band and wasn't interested in going back now. Think its annoying when people leave a band and can't make up their minds like that. I start rehearsals on 30th Nov with new classic rock band so back to doing what i love in a band. Rainbow, Deep Purple and Sabbath can't be too bad. LOL Dave

I guess i was looking at them from todays perspective therefore they are classic rock to me. I suppose they were mainstream rock back then. I tend to think of classic rock as bands that played traditional rock from 70's/early 80's. I guess DP are now just a Rock band but their music from early years i see it as classic rock. Not sure how you make that change and why i think that way. I've always classed Rainbow as Classic Rock mainly because started from that era but later material became pop rock to me and i wasn't into that. Rising was their best album for me. I can see how you would class Stargazer as Prog tho but in general their songs were more just classic rock to me. Dave

Doesn't clarify what type of Rock Heavy Rock Classic Rock Glam Rock Prog Rock T.Rex, Sweet, Bowie all Glam Rock Pink Floyd Prog Rock Zep Heavy Rock Deep Purple or Rainbow as Classic Rock Not sure what you would class Oasis, The Cure, and some of the others ?? Think its down to the individuals definition of Rock Dave

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1510303966' post='3405388'] I think that every compressor worth its salt would have: input volume, threshold, ratio (atleast a switch, but preferably a pot), attack, makeup gain (output volume), and metering (either a row of LEDs or one that changes brightness). I don't know how you could set up a compressor to do what you wanted without any of those. I use my compressor at the start of my chain, so that I have to dig in a bit more before my other pedals start to breakup. Just feels like to can be more precise with my volume. [/quote] Think everyone has there own views on pedals and what they want from them and how much they personally can influence the output from a pedal. For a lot of people myself included they dont want a lot of variables on a compressor. Yes its nice to be able to experiment with different parameters but if all you want is a simple compressor that controls the peaks and troughs with preset variables or characteristics then job done for me. All i wanted was a simple plug and play compressor where i didn't need to think too hard on how it works. The Aphex does that for me altho recently i've opted to play without a compressor at all. It depends on style of music i'm playing whether i need it or not. Dave

I used to think same as OP that compressors didn't really do much to what i was hearing but i always liked the idea of very slight control on top and bottom levels of my sound but just couldn't find one that was first of all easy to understand and secondly one that actually worked for me. Then i came across a review on the Aphex Compressor and it had a DRIVE control that you simply dial in how much compression you want and the led lights when its actually working so its very easy to find that minimal compression point and the 2nd control is LEVEL that i set so that the volume from the pedal is exact same as when pedal is switched off. So for me the compression is very slight and most people would never know it was there but i can hear the very slight change between using it and not using it. Whether it tightens up my tone or not i'm not sure but i like the attack of occassionally hitting the strings hard but want the volume to stay almost the same or within a controlled level if that makes sense. Have to say mine is in better condition than the one in this photo

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1509867120' post='3402116'] Lucky enough to play mine! [/quote] Gorgeous finish on that WAL. Think its one of the nicest i've seen. Very nice. I could go for one of those if they weren't so expensive. Hard to justify these days. Dave

And there was virtually no interest at the beginning too

I think all musicians are influenced by many others. The difference here is that the majority of musicians don't influence others in the same way as a well known or famous band. Just as an example the Electric Prunes i've not heard off but because the Beatles were more famous ie in the charts and media at the time i know of their music. My point being that it takes a famous well known band to change the way people see music and to influence the masses. Dave

Think when you look at their early music it was aimed at the popular market but as they moved into Sgt Peppers the music style had changed to a little more psych and then later again they moved onto Magical Mystery Tour attempting to create an image to match their album maybe a little more towards early prog scene and then Let It Be was again a change towards more hippy style music. That's just my personal opinion of course but you then have to look at the timescales of those albums and what happened from that point. Did they start the psych scene or just make it more popular. Did they make the 1970 hippy scene more popular with the Let It Be album ? Dave

[quote name='Tom Brookes Music' timestamp='1509793749' post='3401672'] My wedding band tries to offer this type of thing.....funk, blues and soul stuff. [url="http://www.somethingblues.co.uk/"]http://www.somethingblues.co.uk/[/url] we're Staffordshire/Cheshire based, so not too far away at all. [/quote] Nice voice. Very easy to listen to and very talented. Liking that. Dave

It wasn't just the music they influenced. Fashion tended to follow them too. Hairstyles also follwoed the Beatles images. Not sure if those things were around at the time but like anything a famous musician or band does at their peak will influence fans to follow suit. I'm also not a Beatles fan or an Elvis fan for that matter apart from recognising what they contributed to music in their day. I think they influenced the direction of music in 60's and as they changed styles you would see other bands follow a similar pattern. Dave

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1509868019' post='3402121'] If we're doing controversial dinner parties, I'd like to be a fly on the wall at a W.I. dinner to which Oliver Reed has been booked as the guest speaker. [/quote] yeah that would be interesting and highly entertaining.

There's been some pivotal moments in the history of popular music over the years i've been listening to music. These are probably the highlights in my own humble opinion but i'm pretty sure others will have their own idea of what was a major turning point for popular music Elvis Beatles Psychedelic Glam Rock Punk Heavy Metal I've deliberately missed out the music i was more into like Heavy Rock and Prog as i think they were follow ons from Beatles and Psych kind of thing in my mind. Dave

Think the closest i ever came to being influenced by an artist was David Bowie when i was early teens. For me Bowie could do no wrong but i don't remember thinking that because Bowie said or thought something that i had to be like him. It was more about his music and the images his songs created in your head. Before Bowie i never really listened to lyrics in any detail. From then on the lyrics became a big part of the song as a whole for me and moving into the Prog scene after that says it all. My imagination just ran riot after that until Rush 2112. But that's another story Dave

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1509806992' post='3401790'] Nice one Blue I enjoyed that. Not seen that footage before. Talking about being there.. I wasn't, but in July 1962 when The Beatles played the Regent Dansette in Rhyl, North Wales, Pete Best was, shall we say, a bit out of order with an amorous advance on my mum as they were loading out after the show. My mum actually put her stiletto heel through his bass drum as she told him to .... Off! A couple of weeks later Ringo replaced Best. There are actually living witnesses to this story as I heard about it from one of my mum's friends first. Quite a legend my ma. [/quote] Now that's a better headline story

Whether you like or liked the Beatles you just can't take away their success in their day. I wouldn't class myself as a fan by any means but every time i hear a Beatles song i thoroughly enjoy it and last year saw a Beatles tribute at a 60th and they were excellent and i knew every song. Think they started something back then that developed with time. Were they just rebellious in their own way ? who knows but whatever they were doing seemed to work and the record sales even to this day confirm how successful they were as a band. Dave

[quote name='iain_psb' timestamp='1509797168' post='3401704'] , I just need to work out what's exactly right for me. Then I'll never have to sell it... hahahahaha [/quote] Good luck with that theory

He might if he's a true bassist with high moral standing like me