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Throw numbers at him. I'll throw him a number 2

For those who're interested. Fans of groove, riffing, slap or rhythm sections will be disappointed, so best not click the link if you're into any of that. [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend"]https://soundcloud.c...n-ending-ascend[/url]

You want about 3, just so the string doesn't slip. Don't wind the string over the string, keep it over the peg only.

I'm in my final year at music college. I've suffered from terrible performance anxiety problems all the way through. I've never had a problem with gigs, or anything else performance wise. Consequently my final mark is going to be nowhere near what it should be, thankfully I don't have a problem at all with the academic or compositional/arranging side of things. I was so messed up because of them in my first year, that I went to see my GP. He prescribed Propranolol, a mld beta blocker that helps with the physical symptoms.

[quote name='Westie9' timestamp='1425824738' post='2711072'] I can't make it but can anyone tell me if the folks that make the ear moulds are there and the name of the company at all please? I spoke with them last year about getting a pair made but completely forgot the name of the company.... Anyone able to help? [/quote] ACS ?

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1425684782' post='2709840'] The 'one guy'? [/quote] Bill Lawrence.

The one guy's one of my tutors, very cool and nice guy. I've got the live DVD that's quite good, it was filmed partly in Matt Garrison's place. It's something I find I can only watch in small doses though.

Does Janek Gwizdala still do one ?

If you drive everywhere, then I guess you don't [i]really[/i] need one. I have them, simply cos when I do take an amp/cab out, then I travel by train and maybe tube, and you get this thing called rain .

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1425044002' post='2703340'] you can never tell until you try, but I would go Tuner phaser OD comp delay [/quote] That'd be my choice too.

I've heard Steve Lawson's rig a couple of times, sounds amazing ! He uses TH500's and SL112's.

I had to learn a set of songs once, included was a Rolling Stones number, though I've no idea which one. That was about half a semitone flat, I'm guessing they maybe tuned to a piano that was in the studio, not realising/caring that it wasn't at concert pitch. This is the piece that I recorded using the lowered tuning - [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/02032015a"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/02032015a[/url] It's noticeably different to me, but I'm used to how I usually sound, the bass feels very different though, again that's probably because I spend a lot of time playing it.

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1425384250' post='2706690'] I really like reading stuff like this, I find it fascinating, whether correct or not. [/quote] That's the same as me. I heard it mentioned by a tutor last year, then a friend posted a link on Facebook about it last week. Stuff like this is interesting, and rightly or wrongly, a lot of people believe it.

[quote name='cytania' timestamp='1425367910' post='2706500'] What a load of b*ll*cks this [/quote] Pretty much sums up this whole site recently. Nice to be so open minded about stuff.

[quote name='Mr Arkadin' timestamp='1425332512' post='2706370'] 432Hz is often cited as some mystic frequency. The proof ranges from the resonant frequency of the earth divided by the diameter or some such nonsense. Also some Buddist temple somewhere has 432 statues and the ratio of the pyramids is 432, the Moon figures in somewhere. All sorts of cobblers. I thought everyone had seen this nonsense by now. The problem is none of the so-called maths works. Here's a link to the typical bollocks that accompanies 432Hz: [url="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2013/12/21/heres-why-you-should-convert-your-music-to-432hz/"]http://www.collectiv...music-to-432hz/[/url] Further, 440Hz is cited as 'impure' and leading the stressful feelings and the Nazis pushed for its standardisation, no doubt to upset everyone and win the war. [/quote] To be totally honest, I hadn't heard any of that. My tutor at uni mentioned it briefly last year, just saying that a lot of people thought it was a more 'natural tuning'. Then a friend posted a link to something similar last week. Neither my tutor nor my friend mentioned anything 'mystical'.

[quote name='Mr Arkadin' timestamp='1425329601' post='2706312'] Oh not this again. Does the Internet rounds every few months. You only have to use your brain for a millisecond to realise what rot this is. [/quote] I don't think it's rot. It sounds and feels different, nice.

Yeah, I'd read that it varied amongst orchestras depending where they were based. I've heard them tuning to the oboe many times when I've seen classical concerts.

How wrong though.

As with all things eBay, PayPal or indeed anything nowadays, it's just a way to make even more money.

That's the common thing that people struggle with moving from a 4 to a 5. I know I did, but I'm teaching someone who's recently moved to 5 or 6. I stop them playing anything below the 5th fret, apart from the low B notes , they're banned from playing below the 5th, at least in my presence . They're playing a 5 or a 6 string, but still 'thinking' 4 string, the thought is all about the new low notes, but there's a whole lot more to it than that. I find it just helps to forget the 4 string thing, and to move on and adapt to the extra string(s).