Sean

Corona pop bottle crates. Every bubble's passed it's fizz-icle! I used to use Cresta crates but it made my sound too frothy, man.

He's got a lot going on. Still doing repairs though.

I watched Metallica:Through the Never today and really enjoyed it. What an amazing stage show and I loved the story that was cut into it and the fact that just like in Pulp Fiction you never actually find out what the McGuffin is. Yes, it was cheesy but a fabulous production nonetheless; this is entertainment after all. I'm glad they're doing Glastonbury and I'm really glad some bland rubbish British band with a strictly root note bass player isn't headlining :-D

I liked the one that sounded like what the song sounded like in my head and what I tried to achieve but couldn't get near. Mix 6.

I liked the one that sounded like what the song sounded like in my head and what I tried to achieve but couldn't get near. Mix 6.

The WB through my BFBT2 is way louder than I would ever need and would be too loud for an unmic'd drum kit to compete with but as WoT points out, it's not about clean headroom, it's a filthy little amp. The WB is a different animal completely to the TH500, it's actually more comparable to valve amps in the way it behaves and sounds. I absolutely love it. Almost as much as my 400+.

The awesome Mesa Walkabout is AB. Small amp, huge heft. I've run mine through a Barefaced BT2 and it's incredible, it has so much heft.

Tolex? Is that a special or an option?

Can't wait to hear 'em! Stench Trench!

This thread comes up every few years.

I agree, I've been in bands with guitarists that will only play what they can play and won't play anything that requires them to learn a new technique, like skanking on an upstroke or learning what they deem to be "jazz chords". I also agree that a lot of these folk lack stamina and consequently try to come up with alternative guitar parts to the songs. You can easily spot these people as they refer to "rhythm guitarists" and "lead guitarists", when someone asks me whether I play lead or rhythm guitar, I usually answer by telling them that I play whatever the song needs at that time. They're also the people who when they see/hear me playing bass usually tell me that I'd be good enough to be a guitarist.

Yes, it's still available for anyone to have a go. Just pm Douglas :-)

[quote name='paulears' timestamp='1398883961' post='2438688'] The old guitarist on the other hand, wouldn't come back - so we don't have a del for him. [/quote] Here's one

Well, that remix has managed to help us get a new drummer! And it's a guy I really wanted to play with again after not seeing him in ages!

I'm liking the first remix. It's got the bass back in the mix :-)

Mike Mills by country mile.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1398552090' post='2435284'] I've a google drive that could be used for sharing these files. If you confirm, I'll send you a link by PM, and anyone interested can PM me for a copy of that link. That's how I do it for our Mixing Challenge; it works well enough... [/quote] Yes, that would be great, thanks.

I have the stems now. If anyone would like them, I just need to get them loaded up somewhere, there's about 1.5Gb per song as WAV files. Any suggestions? Let me know if you fancy a go at mixing them.

Well, I've had an interesting day and my journey along the road of mixing has passed another milestone. I spent a couple of hours with the guy that mixed the songs and he went into a lot of detail playing me the isolated drum tracks and comparing them with other isolated drum tracks that he's recorded, some of which were by a drummer I know and used to play with and it was like night and day. He also told me that he'd spent ages cleaning up our drum tracks and using lots of limiting and compression to even out the differential between individual hits; he'd even used samples that were triggered for the kick tracks. He'd done the best he could in the time we paid for and it was evident that there was going to be a huge amount of work to sort out the tracks. In essence this boils down to one of the laws of universe, sh*t in = sh*t out. There was no way on earth we were going to get good drums on the recording. I came away from there with the stems burned on to a DVD and I've been through them for a few hours this evening and just can't believe how feeble the drums are. The guy asked me how, after so many years of experience, we ended up with such a feeble drummer but that's a long story. Anyway, we're going to get someone in on drums to re-record the songs with us.

The reason the BB2***s are so expensive is that they are rammed full of really good pharmaceutical quality cocaine that is purified in a special lab in Japan by highly trained craftsmen rather than mass produced rubbish from a factory. It's all hollow behind the pickguard so that they can store the maximum amount of baggies in there. I was told this by an expert.

Have a go at doing it yerself! I did and it was loads of fun and now I have a sea foam green Yamaha BB. You can get all the gear here http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/ and save a fortune. If you're not up to it, I'm sure some very handy chaps will be along soon. Have fun Sean

I'm off to LA on business in a coupe, of weeks and will be at a loose end with a really good drummer from Virginia who is visiting there for the first time. I fancy some music store shopping, music related museums, venues, gigs etc. we're also going to be popping down to San Diego too. Any suggestions for good nights out most welcome. Thanks Sean

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1398265137' post='2432224'] Apparently there are those who think Lakland (Lake-land) is Lak-land. But it's not. [/quote] Yes but to be fair, they're a bit laking in the brain department!

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1398101314' post='2430494'] Having previously been a supporter of barefaced, but not a fan of the cabs, I must say that this model, along with the heavy fairy making my bergantino cabs suddenly feel a lot heavier, is certainly giving me pause to thought. Sadly I'd have to sell my bergs to find out and then I'd be up the creek if I don't like it. [/quote] I went from 2 x AE210s to a Big Twin and the BT weighs only 4kg more than one Berg but moves more air. Whether it sounds better is all subjective but I'm happy.