Woodinblack

I have a CTM100 and yes, it is loud enough but only just. I was looking at the full meter on fridays gig as it was at eye level and it was happily bouncing past the 40w section. the irony is, playing it at home is great, it is controllable and sounds nice quiet too

Well, that is a thing when people say that punk encouraged them to pick up an instrument and play. What bit of it? Some of the punk stuff could be done by people with absolutely no musical talent, some was every bit as hard as some of the prog around at the time, so it is hard to know what people mean when they were talking about punk in that context. Also read quite a good paper on the revisionist history of musical genres, noting that at no point in the areas that were known as the time of a specific genres (punk, metal, disco, rock'n'roll etc) did the average chart exceed 25% of that genre. Borne out if you look at top albums of 77 - Queen, abba, Slim Whitman, Shadows, Sinatra, The Beatles, The muppets, Johnny Mathis, Yes, Connie Francis, Elvis Presley, Diana Ross, Cliff Richard, Sex Pistols, Bread, a compilation disco album and a OST for star is born. Frankly, no year can claim to be innovative when it had a Johnny Mathis album in the charts!

No - they mentioned it in some video they did. Trying to get everything in the box with all the valves laying down and the transformers meant that 30w was the highest they could push it.

Did it really? Why didn't they have that freedom before? How did punk turn up if people didn't have that freedom. Wouldn't it be fair to say (from say Blues posts) the beatles did that, or any of those groups? Anyway, the program I refered to before was called The secret science of Pop - https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2017-02-secret-science-of-pop Doesn't seem to be on iPlayer any more but probably some bits on youtube. There is also a bit on youtube about the millenium whoop (shudder), and how music is picked by analysis rather than by people listening to new music. All very interesting

I think that was just the movie 'breaking glass' I didn't say they were - they were just sub-genres. Does Technical death or post metal mean anything to 99% of people around? I don't know if they are genres or not, or something you made up for a point, but they are just sub-labels to describe a couple of groups so that people so focused on a fraction of a scene can group things together ok, so it has a huge impact on music that most people don't even know. I'll give you that

If I was home only and recording I would get helix native. Failing that a helix LT. Or if I had less money I would be happy with a B3(n).

The majority of people? Why would the majority of people want to learn a fringe language like English with only 340M natives speakers vs Mandarins 840M natives?

I am not sure that highlights enduring impact to point at sub genres of sub genres, which by their nature had less impact than the original. I am not saying it didn't have an impact to people, I mean to music in general. Obviously as I am in my 50s it had a big impact to me, it was my childhood, but whether it makes much difference to the world, who knows.

We just do it on the guitar, not brilliant but sounds ok. I could actually do it on the roli now, and emulate the original yamaha but it has been so long I don't think we could change it!

There was an computer analysis of western music with the tempo and positivity (based on lyrics) of how music changed over time. It was found that Disco made an enduring impact on music both at the time and since then, but punk didn't. Whether that means anything or not, I don't know! I would say though, as the guitar program was mostly about the tone of the guitar and effects, punk I am guessing didn't really add much in that context.

I prefer the charcoal, it looks warmer.

DOn't know, I don't have a B3n, just a B3. When I am sitting at home I think the helix sounds better. When I am in a pub playing covers at high volumes (and way too fast), it is certainly good enough

I must admit after using the HX Effects for a short while, I have gone back to the B3 for a bit. The HX can do so much more, and it is great on the guitar, but after repairing the B3, it kind of does what I want at the moment, so until i get a set of patches I like, it might just stay there.

I don't remember ever hear anyone complaining about it being the basses fault, generally people just say 'I can't get on with a 5 string', which is pointing at them rather than the bass. As to the 'why do you want to change' thing, I agree to some extent, other than if you don't try, you don't know but find I am the other way round, I often get a hankering for a 4, because there are some really nice 4s that just dont exist as 5s, so I get a 4 and end up having to redo stuff and then it ends up in a pile not getting played.

I was thinking exactly the opposite, how cheap they are now compared to then, but I only looked at the 1968 prices. A Jazz bass in 68 was around $360 inc case, correct for $->£, calculate for inflation = £3,000. Mind you, £500 of that is the case - I guess it was harder to make them than the basses! Then I noticed - 5-string bass $346. I didn't know about that. now I do!

I just watched the guitar one, and was pretty impressed with that - probably the best of the three. I see seasick steve is still doing the old hobo routine!

I liked the look of the new fender acoustic / electric guitar, telecaster style. Then I just went to look at the price. If it was £1500 less I think I might find it more interesting!

I generally only play a 5, but I did once play a 6 live and made so many mistakes. I figure this is because of years of 4/5 switching, I anchor everything from the G string so when it becomes a C, it became a problem. I solved the problem by selling the 6 string. I don't have a problem as such on the 4 string on the occasion I play live with it but I have to remember to redo some of the songs to make up for the loss of the string. Could well be the spacing. Although I have a P, I really can't play it well and I wouldn't even dream of trying to play a 5 string with 19mm spacing. The further it goes from 16.5mm the higher the chances of it feeling like an alien instrument.

I always loved Gazette. They sing in either English or Japanese, but frankly neither are that understandable. And this - shows you don't need to understand the lyrics to convey the emotion But then the language isn't that much of a barrier considering this is one of their songs sung entirely in English

Is that saying $99 for helix native? Oh, doesn't apply to me as I don't have proof of purchase. Oh well!

Might be worth an offer!

I use the DC8 and have for a good year or so, powers my B3, my smoothhound (that don't play nicely together) and a host of other occasionally changing pedals. Never had any trouble with it.

I don't think there is a point is there? Some basses with a lot of damage look good, and some look bad. Some chips add character and some look like damage, so like anything asthetic, some of it is good and some of it is bad. Which is why it is hard to do a 'roadworn' bass well, one persons mojo is another persons damage.

I often play like that. Sadly doesn't make me sound like him though!

Might have to wait for the next one