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[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427195864' post='2726915'] On the fogger thing BTW, I'm a big fan but always check where the venue's smoke detectors are before you set up ... [/quote] I've never had an issue, no complaints, no alarms. Maybe it depends on the type of detector

I should have red less 'ter stay sane

A fog machine makes a lighting system go a long way too. My KAM one is good. I had nothing but trouble with American DJ ones

I have bits I bought separately. Of the lights I have I can recommend the Chauvet Mini Kinta. It's a really good light for the money if you wanted to supplement a set, and adds a bit of movement to the performance if you're a bit constrained on space for jigging about

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1427143169' post='2726449'] Will this be quoted on FB? I don't know, I doubt I'm that interesting [/quote] It's appreciated

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1427059158' post='2725324'] Wow! You're still here? Couldn't find the door, huh? [/quote] That provoked an audible titter

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1427019105' post='2724656'] What the hell is this? [/quote] Nothing to see here. Move on

Some people get so shirty about such trivial things on t'internet

Anyone for tiffin? 7 pages? S#!t. He's used up the internet

For live gigs I prefer the fuller tone of a hearty treacle sponge. However for recording straight into the desk a tangy lemon tart is much more suitable

Better make that a de-caff

[quote name='Bronner' timestamp='1426931618' post='2723515'] I'm just sharing my opinion [/quote] Job done. Make yourself a nice cup of coffee to celebrate

[quote name='Bronner' timestamp='1426930647' post='2723502'] [color=#282828][font=arial, sans-serif]₤[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=arial, sans-serif]1500 for rice pudding? To use your analogy, it's like a cult of personality that surrounding these poorly made basses that hypes up [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=arial, sans-serif]₤[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=arial, sans-serif]1500 tins of rice pudding. My point, that same money will get you more pudding elsewhere at 1/10th of the price for the same quality.[/font][/color] [/quote] Nobody forces me to eat rice pudding. Don't buy a Rickenbacker if you don't like them. I'm not too keen on caviar either

I don't like rice pudding. It doesn't mean that no-one else should enjoy it

Anyone got a ruler I can borrow? ;-) I don't like mine too low

Ooh. The Aria SB-1000 has been lacquered today. It might just make the bash...

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1426799362' post='2722199'] I find the term "weekend warrior" rather interesting since when I started gigging in the early 80s there were absolutely no weekend gigs available at all for local bands. The best you could hope for was a Friday night support slot with an avant-garde jazz band who had a residency, but otherwise gigs were strictly Monday to Thursdays as the pubs didn't need any incentive to get people in at the weekends. [/quote] There used to be a lot more mid week gigs back in the 80s and 90s. It's pretty much all Fri/Sat/Sun now

Weekend warrior here and been doing it long and often enough to feel a certain amount of confidence in my playing ability. I'm not a particularly flash player and don't generally do solos. I can get around the fretboard pretty well though playing in a band. Whenever someone hands me a bass to try though I never really know what to play.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1426193329' post='2715585'] Hall "worked for the British government"? What have I missed? J. [/quote] 4003 - licence to sue

[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1425905714' post='2711985'] The Eurovision is a joke both in terms of the songs that are presented as representing current music (they do not) and the political/bias nature of the voting which is completely unrelated to the strength/weaknesses of the songs If as a nation we had any pride, we would not take part. This will not happen however as it easy/dumb tv for the BBC and there is a large and willing and dare I say dumb audience ready to lap this crap up. [/quote] In a nutshell. However for all its faults, who doesn't like watching the car crash?

The past few decades has been an exercise in "who likes who" i.e. countries vote for other countries that they have ties with. However in the last few years it seems to have turned into a freak show. The reason we have not won for some time is that our entries are just not freakish enough. Where's our Lordy novelty act or our beardy bloke/lady/cross dresser?! Seriously - you really want to win that?

Some amps are built to distort and this is usually controlled by the input gain. What it does is to amplify your bass signal to a level that is comfortable for the tone circuits to work with (gain staging). On valve amps giving "too much" gain will cause the signal to distort, usually in a pleasant way. Transistor amps usually don't sound quite as nice when overdriven. The volume control will attenuate the signal coming out of the pre-amp stage, in effect setting the volume of whatever sound you've made. How you set them depends on what sound you want. If you want it clean don't over-do the gain

They missed off "Have your own music stand?"

We rehearsed quite a bit one year. 1985 I think it was. Since then we have gigged lots and only rehearsed if we have a particularly tricky one to do or it maybe needs a bit of rearrangement to fit to our trio. Having said that I did rehearse weekly with a Floyd tribute for three years without playing a single gig. Needless to say that folded eventually

We down tune a semitone but it's not so much about the singer's top range as making it a bit more comfortable to get through the night... and the next one.