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[quote name='dood' timestamp='1475490930' post='3146268'] Chameleonic. Modest. [/quote] oh can I nick that? I think if you saw me playing with my old band you'd have thought I was a bit of a show off. If you saw me playing with a folk/country act you'd think I was under-stated and wonder why I'd brought a 6 string (don't have any 4s or 5s). If you saw me with my new metal band you'd think I was mental and perhaps even obnoxious etc. etc. You can't have the same style for every genre/group you play in

I would loosen the truss rod and see what happens, but then I do have a somewhat cavalier approach

I used to put my kick drum through some pedals and a HH 2 x 12" guitar combo. It was ace!

"failed guitarist"

100 club on Friday and a soaking wet festival on Saturday (both on drums). The 100 club really blew me away, what a great drum sound! Best sound on stage I've ever had. RockStock festival on Saturday was cool. Loads of people there, everyone looked soaked, ad perhaps sozzled. At one point the PA cut out and we played acoustically for a bit. It was a challenge, but also a bit of a relief as when the PA was working it was horribly distorted. Anyway, two good nights!

I've had people asking for a lift, but to just jump in... how rude!

nobody in my family played, but my parents did give me a LOT of support, so I went for the middle option

I have a couple of envelope followers (Q-Tron, BassBalls, Digitech BSW, Boss AW-2) but I don't think any of them would do that sound very well, sorry. Hopefully someone with more squelching experience can recommend one I think you'll need more dirt than the ABM will give you so maybe a multi-effect is the way to go

I just listened to it on youtube and "full" is not a word I'd use to describe it! Almost no bass to it! So I would make sure you're playing in the right octave, get a really fast envelope follower type sound and add a bit of dirt. Either that or a cheap old casio keyboard should be able to do it

it's fine for me

It's tempting. How many amps do you get out of that setup? I have a few digital pedals

dood - is it any less noisy than a decent PSU?

I like to play new things. Usually that's original stuff that either I've written, or someone asks me to write a part for. I regularly come up with ideas that I can't actually play, and so have to practise them. Even if it only takes 5 minutes practise to be able to play the idea, it's still progress, and I'm still a better player. If you don't have similar experiences then I guess you're just always playing stuff that's easily within your abilities. There's nothing wrong with that at all! As long as your enjoying yourself! What worries me is that I've met several players who consider themselves "average and happy" IE not willing to push themselves or practise, and yet they are trying to play beyond their abilities. There are absolutely loads of bands with bassists and/or drummers who can't actually play the material they're trying to play (to a good standard) and are not aware that they're below par. It really winds me up! Obviously you get these buys on other instruments too, but they can kind of get away with it

I love the headstock

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1474414950' post='3137929'] I don't know what "Sex On Fire" us or who recorded it. I probably should but I don't.[/quote] Luckiest man alive?

Great playing BottomE - how do you resist the urge to dance?!?

IME people don't normally like it when bands change direction, which is probably why modern bands tend to stay on a similar tack

Thanks for the videos guys!

what a gorgeous top!

most of the bands I've played in seem to all follow the same time/groove. No one person is setting the tempo, we're all just working together off the same tempo, or at least after the count-in or intro we are

Deftones used to play about with tempo quite a bit too, you'd never say they weren't "solid"

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1473835438' post='3133399'] ...There's nothing worse than playing with a technically brilliant, metronomic drummer who you can't lock in with because they don't play the same bass drum pattern twice! [/quote] Indeed, very frustrating!!!!

I was on drums at a gig once, and I knew I would have to be subdued and quiet due to the crowd/lineup/venue. However, the soundman pissed me off early on with a bad attitude. When he asked me to go around the kit, I thrashed the sh*t out of it playing some stupid metal and fast fills etc. just to let off some steam. I think anyone who saw that would have assumed I was either a bad drummer, or wouldn't suit the band I was with. After we played, the soundman approached me to say "When I saw you at soundcheck I thought you were going to be a nightmare, playing too loud and all over the place. I was so wrong, nice set!" So, I think sometimes you see a musician out of context, and you shouldn't make assumptions... [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1473506189' post='3130804'] I know if I'll like a drummer with just one fill during set-up... [/quote] This is ridiculous

I played on bass on Friday, very enjoyable, although I'm not happy with my sound at the moment. I don't think I've changed anything, but maybe I just need a change? I'll take another bass next time On drums on Saturday at Wigan Diggers' festival - great atmosphere and crowd. However, just as I'd set my kit up, before I'd had chance to put any ear plugs in, one of the engineers turned up the drum monitor with a vocal mic right next to it, which was live and fed through the monitor. The resulting blast of feedback left me feeling nauseous and my hearing is still duller today. I'm so pissed off about this - I mix/produce a lot of music, and need my hearing intact! Obviously mistakes happen, everyone's human and all that but FFS!!! I'll now be wearing earplugs whenever I'm within 10ft of a PA