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Our drummer recently got himself a DW kit. I preferred his old Yamaha kit, not least because we could control the overall volume much better.

2 gigs I went to see many years ago stand out for me on this subject. First one: Buddy Guy. He made loads of mistakes but put on such an entertaining show. Lots of banter with the audience and put everything into being entertaining. Second one; Robert Cray Band. Faultless but soulless performance which left feeling like I could have simply listened to the CD. I'm OK with mistakes.

I'd suggest jamming some stuff to get them improvising. Set a groove going and see what comes out. Classical music is very rigid and most other types are the complete opposite. It will take time to adapt.

I've got the Chowny Fuzzster. Cracking little pedal (imo).

Diago do a good solderless kit called the Patchfactory.

Just had Can You See The Real Me (The Who) come up on the 'learn for rehearsal' list. Yikes! Doesn't seem too hard but a huge amount of pentatonic noodling up the dusty end. Really looking forward to having a bash at this one though.

Not a fan of their music or the genre, but I always thought Richie Sambora's solo on Bon Jovi's Keep The Faith was perfect in it's construction and execution.

Used to do a ska version of It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones. Punters loved it.

I was looking for the same kind of thing and I'm pretty sure I've solved it with a SolidGold FX Beta pedal. Worth a look.

Setting yourself achievable goals is the first step. Then move onto gradually increasing your comfort zone, safe in the knowledge that you can retreat back into it whenever you need to.

I've just acquired a SolidGold FX Beta pedal and now I believe my lengthy quest is over. Lovely, fat and warm germanium drive that gives me what a load of previous pedals couldn't. This one's a keeper.

Barnes doesn't do it for me. Bernard Edwards let the music breathe but dropped in the odd killer lick. It was as much about what he didn't play as what he did.

Jean Genie - Bowie Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed LA Woman - The Door

Chowney is a cracking little pedal for the price. Not tried the Aguilar.

Just picked up a SolidGold FX Beta from the forum. I think my search is over. Gives just the right amount of growl to be an always on pedal near the start of my signal chain. Warm and fat sounding like a germanium pedal should be.

My search continues. It's more of a hobby than a necessity though since I'm quite happy with my sound. I guess I just like trying different stuff out at my leisure. I had a Bass Soul Food as an 'always on' for the rock covers band I play in. Not a bad pedal at all for the money. Then a COG Knightfall came up F/S but that doesn't really hit the mark for some reason which I can't put my finger on. I now have a SolidGold Beta incoming from an 'Items Wanted' post on the forum which I'm really quite excited about. Germanium should keep it warm and punchy I'm hoping. Later in my chain I have the Tritonlab Fet overdrive which is 100% a keeper. I've also recently added a Chowney Fuzzster and I can't speak highly enough of it. It's incredibly versatile, has a great dry blend and costs peanuts.

Had a Gallien Kreuger MB 500 Fusion for a while and was very impressed by it's power and versatility. Never owned one but was also very taken with the Tecamp Puma.

Funniest one I had was when our singer was struggling with a song. I said we could change the key to which he replied 'don't bother with that, I'll just sing it a bit higher', to which I replied 'as in out of tune'. He looked totally puzzled by this.

And another one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvq85yKCydg

Here's a couple for ya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1rX9E8NuRw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M

[quote name='Chownybass' timestamp='1495995210' post='3308012'] Something like this? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnbqpDI_4Oc[/media] [/quote] Bought one a week or so ago. Cracking little pedal. Was sold by the Scott Whitley demo and the sounds he was getting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK5AC05Diys

I've now picked up a Chowny Fuzzster which has dry blend. Really like this pedal and it's dirt cheap.

Did he use a music stand?

Fromage a trois. alternatively, The Niiiiiiiiiiice.