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[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1437724686' post='2828457'] ... any funk numbers we played had all the funk bashed out and just turned to rock anyway. [/quote] I think we've all been there!

I'll be watching this thread, because if I ever get another Jazz, that's exactly what I will want to do!

And although they look weird, they don't feel weird to play. In fact the opposite to weird, whatever that might be.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1437687528' post='2828314'] Is this useful: [url="http://www.iguitarmag.com/magazine-editions/guitar-interactive-issue-30/reviews/ibanez-srf-700bbf-fretless-bass/"]http://www.iguitarma...-fretless-bass/[/url] [/quote] Not to the OP - he's already bought one! But yes, you've got me thinking now...

Just checked out the price online - about half what I was expecting to see! Good score.

Wow! Pity about the thumb rest strip though, I would never use it and it may well get in the way.

[quote name='JJJack' timestamp='1437602175' post='2827581']. He just asked me about Laney amps (HC50), are they any good? [/quote] In a recent-ish thread, Laney 100W combos were routinely reviled as the worst starter amps people had owned! [quote name='JJJack' timestamp='1437604661' post='2827596'] Someone told me that the Rolands have tiny surface mount components so if they go wrong they can't be repaired. Mid you that might be the case for most new amps. [/quote] It is, for many new amps anyway.

Try to blag your way into a rehearsal band, i.e. a dance band working from written parts. The more you do, the better you get.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1437592244' post='2827437'] Don't you hate it when your question is so common they made a whole page about it! [/quote] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1437592681' post='2827442'] Yes. [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo

The easiest way to visualise Class D is to think of it like a FM radio transmitter. Your audio signal is modulating a much higher frequency carrier. I realise I may have lost a lot of people already... It seems to be widely accepted that a lot of Class D power amps are somewhat optimistically spec'd. The infamous [url="http://cdn-downloads.tcelectronic.com/media/914735/tc_electronic_bass_amp_power_rating___active_power_management.pdf"]TC active power management article[/url] is actually quite illuminating in this respect, in that it it gives a good example of a real world Class D solution, where the initial note attack is sacrificed in order to reproduce the rest of the note, in a way that sounds subjectively 'as loud as' a much more powerful amp. One person's 'loud' is another person's 'baked-in compression'.

Unless the listing specifies an earliest dispatch date, I think it's reasonable to expect items to be sent within 48 hours. I once bought a DAW and had to wait 10 days while the seller found a box for it. I was not best pleased, but this was in the days of buyer feedback, so I didn't rock the boat.

Some other approaches when guitarist starts loud noodling: 1. Bassist and drummer step away from their instruments and place hands over their ears. Advantage: conveys how you feel. Disadvantage: not convinced this will get through! 2. Bassist plays something loud and random in Eb (guaranteed to clash badly with noodling), drummer 'builds a shed'. Advantages: feels good. Disadvantages: you have sunk to the guitarist's level.

I immediately downloaded Kid Charlemagne - I love Steely Dan, especially where Chuck Rainey is playing. This is one I haven't attempted to transcribe myself, but I think I would have written the breakdown in bars 73 to 76 as 8va - as it is I will be counting up ledger lines and writing on the note names! Well done though

Don't you mean, 'Discreet, are you a bass knob'?

I tried the MXR Bass Comp at Anderton's recently. The one example they had in stock didn't work - no audible compression, and no lights on the LED ladder, no matter how I set the controls. And I do understand how to use a compressor! They have crammed a lot into a tiny box, especially when you consider it is a similar concept to the Cali76 (which I own) e.g. same control set. If you're wondering why I tried the MXR when I have a Cali76, I was looking for something smaller for my 'big' guitar pedalboard. I got the Xotic SP in the end btw.

[quote name='bassist_lewis' timestamp='1437422845' post='2825918'] And Mr Brightside is actually quite difficult to play on guitar. [/quote] In fact it's a biatch!

Love MCC's music.

[quote name='Left Foot' timestamp='1437377763' post='2825310'] For years a thought this stopped your lips from getting sore. [/quote] Also good for lubing guitar nuts.

The Behringer Ultra-G will take a speaker-level signal (jacks only) and send a balanced output, with or without 4x12 sim. There are two 20dB pad switches to bring the line level down to undistorted levels. [b]WARNING[/b]: Beware of doing this on a class D amp, as I think I am right in saying that this would cause a short to earth in the power section. Cue magic smoke. Likewise amps operating in bridged mode. I welcome better-informed comment on this!

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1437329181' post='2825118'] ... which, assuming your talking about the rosewood vs maple one, was not a blind test and therefore of little value (no offence to loz intended). [/quote] I wasn't there but I thought the audience voted for the best-sounding P without seeing it?

As request by the OP, our last set list. Unusually we split the songs between traditional (Set 1) and modern (Set 2): Set 1 [b]Jambalaya[/b] Hank Williams [b]I'm a Lonesome Fugitive[/b] Merle Haggard [b]Good Hearted Woman[/b] Waylon Jennings [b]You're My Best Friend[/b] Don Williams [b]Drinkin’ and Dreamin’[/b] Waylon Jennings [b]Walkin' After Midnight[/b] Patsy Cline [b]Hey Good Lookin’[/b] Hank Williams [b]Mama Tried[/b] Merle Haggard [b]Ghost Riders[/b] Ventures [b]Folsom Prison Blues[/b] Johnny Cash [b]Always On My Mind[/b] Willie Nelson [b]On The Road Again[/b] Willie Nelson [b]Ring Of Fire[/b] Johnny Cash [b]The Gambler[/b] Kenny Rogers [b]Your Cheatin’ Heart[/b] Hank Williams [b]Six Days On The Road[/b] Dave Dudley [b]Hello Mary Lou[/b] Ricky Nelson [b]Wild Side of Life[/b] Hank Thompson [b]Bad Moon Rising[/b] Creedence [b]Cocaine Blues[/b] Johnny Cash Set 2 [b]All You Ever Do[/b] Mavericks [b]All My Ex’s Live in Texas[/b] George Strait [b]Suds in the Bucket[/b] Sara Evans [b]Forever and Ever[/b] Randy Travis [b]Wrapped Around[/b] Brad Paisley [b]If Tomorrow Never Comes[/b] Garth Brooks [b]Here In The Real World[/b] Alan Jackson [b]Highway Patrol[/b] Junior Brown [b]Peaceful Easy Feeling[/b] Eagles [b]The Cowboy Rides Away[/b] George Strait [b]Call Me The Breeze[/b] JJ Cale [b]Boot Scootin' Boogie[/b] Brooks & Dunn [b]The Bug[/b] Dire Straits / MCC [b]When You Say Nothing[/b] Alison Krauss [b]People Are Crazy[/b] Billy Currington [b]Guitars Cadillacs[/b] Dwight Yoakam [b]These Boots[/b] Billy Ray Cyrus [b]Dance the Night Away[/b] Mavericks [b]Don’t Rock the Jukebox[/b] Alan Jackson [b]Two More Bottles of Wine[/b] Emmylou Harris

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1437325807' post='2825098'] One word: Trilogy. A mainstay of these festivals, and example of which is below. The first time I saw one of these, I couldn't stand up for laughing. It didn't go down well with the regulars. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3KyZpbKn-8[/media] [/quote] They do take it very seriously, although it beats me what it's all about! We actually perform the Trilogy live, somewhere between Mickey Newbury's version and Elvis's. It's quite a moving song, combining music from both sides in the civil war plus an African-American 'spiritual'. Sadly, I think all the faffing around with flags and hats somewhat detracts from its impact.