KingBollock

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1356023178' post='1905928'] Well yes, hopefully we can all agree that both Vinyl and CDs go round in circles! Waiting for some to contradict that now..... [/quote] Some of Big Red X's vinyl used to have a more elliptical orbit I believe.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1356022948' post='1905922'] Vinyl......CD....Hmmmm [/quote] For the side of CDs:

There used to be a recording on Anne Rice's website that used to play automatically. It was a very, very old recording from the late 1800's I think. It took me a long time but I found out who it was singing and what the song was, it may have been a hymn, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was now. At the time I searched desperately for similar recordings but found nothing. It was hissy and spitty, crackly and poppy but it had amazing presence, proper heart swelling stuff that left me with wet eyes. About as far from hifi as you can get but it was lovely to me.

The way I saw the argument was that Billybob* says they prefer A to B, but as B can technically be better than A, it might be that the reason for preferring A is erroneous and with a little more insight, from Trevor*, into why, Billybob might come out of it with a better listening experience than when he went in. Now then, Billybob doesn't care what Trevor has to say, as far as he's concerned he's right and adamant about it and would rather that Trevor just shut up. But Trevor feels as though he has more advice and perhaps someone will learn something and so is kindly trying to educate anyone interested. But Billybob thinks that Trevor just wants the final word and is determined to have the final word for himself by constantly popping up and accusing Trevor of trying to have the final word. Then it all goes in circles. [i](Names changed to protect the guilty)[/i]

Anyone know anything about the Alesis 3632 Dual Channel Compressor/Limiter/Gate? [url="http://www.alesis.com/3632compressor"]http://www.alesis.com/3632compressor[/url] It's £99 and a 1u rack unit. I was thinking about it for Bass but also to hook up to my mixer for recording and PA. Is it any good? Would I be better off going for one dedicated to Bass?

Many, many years ago I was given a Guyatone Distortion/Chorus pedal that didn't work. I was told that I could keep it if I got it to work, chuck it out if not. I had a look but couldn't figure it out, proper stumped me. The light would come on and it seemed to do everything it was supposed to but make a sound. Every couple of years I would stumble across it and have another look. This year I finally decided that it was its last chance, if I couldn't fix it I was going to cannibalise it for its parts. It turned out that the long tab inside the input jack socket was ever so slightly bent so that it shorted out across the input jack. I stuck a screwdriver in there and bent it back all of half a millimetre, an lo it was fixed! It's quite a nice little pedal too.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1355883386' post='1904080'] Why doesn't this hilarious sh*t ever happen to me? [/quote] Does it happen to your other band members? Perhaps it's you someone wants to replace...?

I can sort of see why people think the OP was bigging his band up and showing off, but it looked to me like he was just setting the scene, saying "We've done a lot of good stuff, we get one well together, I respect their skills and others' obviously do too, else we wouldn't have been able to do the stuff we have.". Otherwise, it's possible to believe that the tosser with an attitude, slagging off the guitarists purely to get himself into the band, might have had a valid opinion. Where as if everything is taken at face value, and there's no reason not to, then it wasn't truly his opinion, just a malicious attack to, somehow, make the band want him over one of their current guitarists. If it had been me, I'd have just stuck it in the Daily Annoyances thread rather than start a fresh thread about something many others would have experienced, but I can imagine getting in after a night with that goon and wanting to let off a bit of steam. And it's not exactly the OPs fault that it went on for so many pages.

Instead of having a new email address for every site you sign up to, you can use the name of the site as your sign-in name. So say you're registering at a site called fluffybunnies.com, you'd register with your real name as fluffybunnies. Then if you got spam generated from the email address you used for that site, it'd come addressed to fluffybunnies and you'd know where it came from. Though that probably wouldn't work on a site where you have to use your username as your register info. An old email address of mine was hacked once because I allowed my browser to remember its password so that I didn't have to type it in every time. It spammed everyone in my list with stuff about iPods, something I have never owned. It even sent one to my Dad who thought I was trying to get back in touch after a couple of years of not talking to him, that was annoying. Not had the Newtown spam myself.

I remember desperately searching for a VHS copy of the film Holiday Inn for my wife, for Christmas, back in the mid 90s (before we had internet), took weeks for it to arrive and cost about £20. Bought it on DVD about 5 years ago and it took just 2 days and was about £5 Bing Crosby's White Christmas is in the film, that's what made me think of it.

Wish I'd ordered one now, just to see if they're as good as mine...! I actually find myself using them quite a lot, I don't think people will be disappointed with them.

The last band I was in, the drummer had a 22" riveted China cymbal that used to stand right next to be. It was the loudest cymbal I have ever heard and those rivets kept it sizzling for ages.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1355747803' post='1902047'] What I do is pinch my finger and thumb together and use the finger tip/nail as a kind of pseudo plectrum. Very useful for playing songs where the lack of pick attack is a bit conspicuous e.g. the beginning of slither. I'm pretty shure I saw JPJ doing this on the zep reunion concert. [/quote] If I recall correctly, Rudy Sarzo did something similar in his Hot Licks video. He held the tip of his index finger between his thumb and ring finger, then used his index finger like a pick.

Other than Johnny Mathis, the only other part of Christmas I like is the decorations. I love me some tinsel! Lots of glittery paper and twinkly lights and I'm a happy man. I don't mind getting presents but I loathe having to open them infront of people, I'd rather get nothing at all. And you can keep family, too. I'd be just fine with just my wife and me, and lots of colourful, glittery stuff, twinkly lights and spicy smelling candles, of course.

Love the Pogues Christmas track, but then I love the Pogues anyway, so I can understand why others wouldn't. For me there are two album that bring Christmas alive: Bjork - Debut, especially with the scent of White Musk Joss Sticks. The other is Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born compilation album. 1. When A Child Is Born 2. Winter Wonderland 3. Jingle Bells Rock 4. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 5. Sleigh Ride 6. Silver Bells 7. The Christmas Song 8. White Christmas 9. Little Drummer Boy 10. O Holy Night 11. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 12. What Child Is This? 13. The First Noel 14. Carol Of The Bells 15. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear 16. Silent Night Bit Christiany for me, but it sounds amazing.

Best of both worlds: This is how I use them when playing Banjo. There's also these:

I can't afford expensive hifi equipment and I certainly can't justify altering a room specifically for listening to music. In fact our main stereo is in the conservatory, so it's surrounded by glass. When I really want to listen to a piece of music, as opposed to having it on in the background, I get the headphones out. My headphones aren't expensive ones either, but they allow me to get swallowed up in the music, for it to be everything, to make my spine tingle and my heart melt. [i]That[/i] matters to me.

I would love to have a crack at making my own 3mm Big Stubby out of aluminium. Just need to get some aluminium the right thickness. I have a feeling that if I could get the shape and size bang on, they would be my ideal pick. One of my picks I made out of a steel washer. It actually sounds really smooth because I spent a long time getting the edge just right, don't want to go chopping my strings up. It has the hole in the right place to hold, which makes to really easy to hold. Unfortunately, at 1mm, it's a bit too thin for my tastes. When I first started playing with a pick my very favourite one was a black Dunlop that I had stuck a rubber disc to, which had been the foot to a TV.

The part I miss the most is when the stage lighting first goes on, the hiss of the smoke machine and the smell of coconut from it, and the beams from the lights start to show in the smoke. It's a Zen like moment for me.

For over 15 years I used the Dunlop, Lexan (material) 3mm Stubbies. I recently switched to the new Nylon 3mm Stubbies. They don't wear as quick and they are easier to hold. I use the for both Bass and Guitar, the shape of the tip makes them massively versatile. After a recent thread I covered one of my old Lexan Stubbies with thin, dense felt and it sounds amazing. I do have a ton of different thickness picks made from different materials, including steel, and I do use them, but I mostly use the Stubbies.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1355106134' post='1894202'] Wow - that's insane money, hav they really improved the technology of the LP12 that much? I'd love to compare a new one with my old '80's one [/quote] Which one cost the most? That's the real question isn't it?

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1355102569' post='1894185'] "Bewail the man who moves away from a brewery town" old jungle saying [/quote] Actually, the truth is, while I was born in Burton it was only because that was where the closest hospital was. We actually lived over the county border in Derbyshire and moved to Warwickshire when I was 6. Someone should collect up some of my most recent posts, you could write my biography with them.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1355101270' post='1894170'] King Ferdinand Bollock. Does have a ring to it, right? Not a very Welsh ring though. Brenin Furdinand Pêlsach! y gorau, bwrt [/quote] I ain't Welsh! I was born in Burton-on-Trent, best brewery town in the world, the whole town smells of hops, it's ace. Only moved to Wales about four years ago to be closer to my Welsh wife's family. She had to move to England to get herself a decent bloke, I think she liked my jumper.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1355094874' post='1894071'] The people are work with are decent people, but i doubt i will have much contact with most of them after i stop working there. I don't really care if they hear the song on the radio one day and think "That's milton's song!". Infact, i would quite like to be there at that moment. I would laugh my head off. One of them also thought my last name was Rockefeller. I mean, what!? if you are silly enough to actually believe it, can you blame me for taking the piss a bit? [/quote] My wife recently brought up something I had forgotten about. Not long after we first got together I managed to convince her that my middle name was Ferdinand (I don't have a middle name). I don't know why I thought it would be funny but she still chuckles about it all these years later.

Bah! It's all about the Cassette! Actually, isn't vinyl written from tape? When I was a kid I used to rip all my vinyl onto cassette because it doesn't take long before vinyl starts to sound ropey... EDIT: I have to admit that the first part was meant tongue in cheek but the bit about ripping is true.