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I've done something similar in the past when trying to get out of a pretty boring band to form a soul / funk outfit. All I did was to let a couple of the band know that I fancied putting a 2nd band together to play different material with a view to the odd gig outside of the main band. The singer & drummer were both really up for it & suggested we go for a beer to discuss. We agreed what we fancied doing, recruited a guitarist, had a single rehearsal & the three of us resigned from the other band leaving the irritating guitarist & his crap friend keyboard player to stew in the own 'middle of the road' juices

I auditioned with a drummer once & we got on really well. Unfortunately we both got bounced from the audition because we supported a different football team from the lead guitarist / vocalist - I kid you not! The audition went well, drummer & I clicked from the outset. We were both well prepared and knew the songs and the guitarist threw a couple of his own compositions at us that we handled pretty well without too much fuss. We seemed to get on well were nattering away as we packed up our gear & he asked for our numbers and said he'd phone us both the next day. As we were leaving I noticed he had a Spurs scarf in his car so I asked (in a very casual way) whether he was a big Spurs fan or not. Without hesitation he replied "why, don't tell me you're an Arsenal fan?". I said that I was actually a season ticket holder & he immediately turned on the drummer & said he supposed he must be a Chelsea fan then - to which the drummer replied that, as it happened, he was indeed a season ticket holder at Stamford Bridge. I should stress that all of this was done without any piss taking from me or the drummer or any comments about Spurs but the guy obviously took major offence at us. He gave us both a half-hearted reply & slammed his car door & zoomed off. Needless to say we never heard from him again. . .

I wanna know what you used the tree climbing harness for in your studio? I'm guessing obscure mic placement in the top corner of the attic for acoustic effects?

[quote name='Josh' post='460845' date='Apr 12 2009, 10:38 PM']Pfft, 36 more like.[/quote] You are too kind young sir

Play fast sixteenths for half an hour. By the end of that the pressure you're applying should be just about right

Not quite 50 yet but only 6 months to go

I'never checked their stuff in huge detail but the stuff I have noticed advertised by Absolute is usually listed at way over the price stuff sells for here. I've actually used them as an example of what great prices I've offered on stuff in the past because they've made my stuff look like an absoluite (sic) steal!

There are two commonly repeated contenders for the derivation "Happay as Larry". One is that it refers to the Australian boxer Larry Foley (1847 - 1917). Foley was a successful boxer who never lost a fight. He retired at 32 and collected a purse of £1,000 for his final fight. So, we can expect that he was known to be happy with his lot in the 1870s - just when the phrase is first cited. The alternative explanation is that it relates to the Cornish and later Australian/New Zealand slang term 'larrikin', meaning a rough type or hooligan, i.e. one predisposed to larking about.

If you can find someone to take the missus off you in exchange for an early pre-Gibson Tobias then I'd go for it

I'm not sure it's a Tune. The tuner spacing on Tune Bass Maniac looks different to me A&D tuners very close & almost horizontally aligned:

Although I'm no slapper I've been told, by someone who really can slap, that my NT Spector has a great slap tone. It's the same essential body shape as a Streamer but sounds quite different from any Streamer I've heard. Obviously the woods, pickups, pre-amp etc are making the big differences here! Might be worth trying a Spector if the Streamer body shape is what attracting you Euro Spectors are generally great quality and in a broad price range similar to a lot of Warwicks. One of the biggest differences I've personally found with Warwicks is the feel of the necks. I had a Streamer with a very open grained wenge neck which I hated but my Infinity had a gorgeous maple neck. I did find the fretwire on the Infinity a bit of a handful though, really heavy duty chunky frets which I wasn't that keen on.

One of my faves:

[quote name='tarcher' post='458732' date='Apr 9 2009, 07:15 PM']Sounds like a really useful piece of kit. Could I record from a mic onto it and then use it for training,like if I got my teacher to lay down some guitar tracks then I could play my bass to it?[/quote] Not sure if you can record directly to one but it will play any MP3's so all you need to do is record to your PC & save as MP3 & then copy across to the Tascam. I have one of these at home & they are pretty useful for learning new songs