dannybuoy

I'm still defending what I said, in that in that at least in the genres I'm interested in, clothing is not that important. Look at what the Arctic Monkeys, Blur, Sonic Youth, Pearl Jam, and countless others wear on stage. Jeans and a t-shirt and a pair of comfy trainers usually! All of aforementioned bands have played on the biggest stages. If they listened to half of the fashion advice being thrown around in this thread they would look ridiculous! Sure, having a look can make you stand out but your musical talent should be enough to get you anywhere if it's good enough. Look at Tommy Riley, recent winner of the T4 unsigned competition. He just looks like any other kid his age, wearing the same kind of clothes as the man on the street. I accept that certain bands have that theatrical performance element where the image is a big part of it, and that function bands / posh jazz outfits have to dress smartly to fit in. But that's just not most bands. Saying that Marylin Manson wouldn't have got where he is without his look is perhaps a valid point; but that doesn't mean that anyone else can make themselves successful by simply dressing like a freak. Most of these bands just wear whatever they want and still manage to look cool. Of course, if you're the type of person who wears a football shirt whilst playing a gig then you've obviously got no fashion sense whatsoever, and sprucing yourself up a bit is the right thing to do! If you're cool, you'll look cool no matter what you wear. If you're not, you'll have trouble looking cool no matter what you put on and will often look like you're trying too hard!

Nowt wrong with building your own clones... Making exact copies of still in production pedals and selling them for a profit is wrong, but then again most boutique pedal builders a guilty of it themselves by ripping off the Big Muff, Fuzz Face and Tubescreamer. And if you take a look at freestompboxes.org you'll see there's a whole community dedicated to reverse engineering these pedals. It can be a great learning experience to make your own tweaked versions of various pedals out there.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='542780' date='Jul 16 2009, 11:57 PM']Any band that had records out before 2005 I don't think count. I've probably heard them. I certainly was a big fan of Sonic Youth (and Pixies, and Dinosaur Jr, and Buffalo Tom, and Swervedriver, and Neds, and ...) when I was 16, I'm 35 now, they definitely don't count![/quote] They surely do count if they're still releasing albums and touring! I saw them a couple of months ago and they have new album out, 'The Eternal'.

I remember that bridge, saw a video at school about it. Post-rock band/song names always make me chuckle, they're so random. 'Youth Pictures Of Florence Henderson', 'Burn Rome In A Dream' and 'Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start' for example. I think that last one is the cheat for Sonic The Hedgehog on the Sega Megadrive! I'm a fan of Explosions In The Sky, PG Lost, Destroyalldreamers and Ocai for post-rock, and leaning towards post-metal, Russian Circles, Red Sparowes, Pelican etc. I'm not currently in a band and would be up for jamming, but I am down the far end of sarf London though!

Korg Pitchblack has a strobe mode too.

What do you play? Are you a bassist or looking for one?

I've put my buckle over the right hip for years now, otherwise when I sit down it digs into my belly. It has the added extra of keeping my basses in good condition!

Is floor coupling / boundary reinforcement really effected that much? I remember reading a post somewhere by Bill Fitzmaurice (who should know what he's talking about) stating that you'd need to lift the cab at least a couple of feet off the floor before you had to worry, due to the larger wavelengths of bass frequencies. I don't know for sure though, it's beyond me! Also the Markbass stand sticks to the cab with Velcro and raises less than 45 degrees so support from the back shouldn't be necessary. Be careful if using it with a non-furry cab though. If the cab is being used just as a monitor you can get away with more tilt, but if it's being used for the audience to hear also then the Markbass angle looks about right to me. I say get one, it shouldn't break if you look after it well, and it's a lot better than putting beer crates and bricks in your gig bag!

Try D'Addario Chromes, bright and snappy but mellow out after a while, higher tension than TIs, but not too high.

It's really gonna be down to personal preference, but I say give Pyramid Golds a try!

Indeed, but as someone else already said, you\'ve got to walk the line between looking like part of the audience and looking like an idiot. In my previous band, I used to wear denim, trainers and a loud punky t-shirt, which fit with the style of the band... one time the singer wanted us to do a gig dressed in army uniforms, for no apparent reason, and I refused. I would have felt like a right dick up there wearing that get up, although some people may be able to pull it off, I'm not one of em... I would've looked like Mike from Spaced!

Try one of these: [url="http://www.ehx.com/products/signal-pad"]http://www.ehx.com/products/signal-pad[/url] Should be no issues with overloading or clipping it becuase it's totally passive (the 9v socket is just for the LED I think). BUT... using this would have the same effect as just turning down the volume on your bass, so you may as well just use that instead! Most 9v pedals clip when you bang the E string as hard as you can into em with a hot bass, but it's not usually that noticeable, especially through a bass amp.

I agree with many of your points - whilst I said image isn't important to me, I know it is to others. Thing is, in the type of venues I'm used to playing in (i.e. London toilet circuit, unpaid gigs and no-one giving a sh*t), I'd much rather please a small amount of audience members who actually got into the music than try to impress the type of people who are more interested in my shoes!

I personally don't think image is important. Of all the bands I'm a fan of, it was because I heard their music first, not because they wear cool clothes. When I go to see them live, I don't look at what they're wearing, I couldn't care less. Of course in certain situations, a common look (like the Madness suits) or something striking (like Marilyn Manson) works - but more often than not, amateur bands will look a bit stupid trying to pull it off. Of course don't wear your scruffiest curry stained t-shirt, make an effort, but not too much. If you're in a wedding band, playing classical or jazz, etc, then a suit is usually part of the uniform. On the other hand if you're trying to make commercial music and get written about by publications that favour style over substance (e.g. NME) then go and dress like a red indian, paint your face and wear a pink feather boa, whatever floats your boat!

If you like the Ric sound but with the shape and feel of a P, why not? I don't see why that makes him a Prick?! At least it's not reliced as well - In which case the thread title would be well deserved!

All of these need a bit of overdrive (a Digitech Bad Monkey does a fine job on the cheap if you can't get it from your amp), which is why they're so much fun to play! Wolfmother - Dimension (or just the whole album!) The Stranglers - Peaches The Flaming Lips - It Overtakes Me The Wombats - Moving To New York Kings Of Leon - Four Kicks I've also been learning a bit of Led Zep recently, check out Ramble On, Heartbreaker, The Lemon Song, etc... Also anything off of the first two Black Sabbath albums!

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Not posted mine for a while, here it is: Currently experimenting with the XXL and Supercollider in a blend loop off the main board. Lots of fun to play with, but low gain overdrive from the VT/BB is all I really need. Not really using the 442 much either, so it might come off for the XXL if I can squeeze it on there!