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Probably been done before, but I couldn't find anything on the searches, but any recommendations for where to get band t-shirts printed? 🎸

If you can nail this it is quite impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjGKM6VFJ-s&app=desktop

My bass seems to be more well known than me. Fair enough Yup the 'zebra' bass is mine. My main reason for going to LBGS was to see Jon Shuker, so he could have a fettle. Ended up having a great day. Got a couple of selfies with childhood heroes Dave Ellefson and Stu Hamm, saw performances and masterclasses, met some old friends and bumped into many BCers. What's not to like? Also, £20 for a 6 month BGM subscription, with a free set of Elite's to take away and a tee shirt sent out later. I snapped that one up

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Both my custom Shuker's. Can't link to pics as on fone.

'Video Player for Android'. It's free and it plays the formats that the Kindle's own player does not. Which you may need if viewing tuition vids etc.

[quote name='Monkey Steve' timestamp='1487782528' post='3242861'] Some old band mates of mine who's other bands were at a far more extreme metal end of things compared to what we were doing once sent me into fits of giggles quite seriously discussing whether an assortment of bands belonged in a book (for which one of them had been interviewed) about UK death metal, because apparently there are people who are very serious about whether a band is black metal, death metal, blackened death metal, or any number of sub genres. There is genuinely "shoegaze black metal" [/quote] reminds me of the old joke: what is the difference between poison and venom? Poison are glam metal, Venom are black metal.

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1487782248' post='3242859'] The Badass Weeds have been going since 1982! [/quote] same line up?

BC members of course, otherwise we'll probably be saying The 'Stones My band in it's current line up have been together IIRC for 7 years. Any advance?

So in it's current line up, whose band has been together the longest?

Ozzy Ozbourne was at 6.

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Check out what Line 6 have to offer. The Line 6 POD Studio GX is new for around £84 (usually around £50 second hand). Easy to use, Amp and Cab sims, plus Cubase LE. http://uk.line6.com/pod-studio/gx

'Shoegaze' became a generic term for various UK (usually) 'indie' bands in the 80's, in which during a performance, the bassist and guitarist tended to stare at their fingers, and the vocalist tended to sing to his feet. Hence the term shoe-gaze. Alternative Rock, was coined in the USA, again in the 80's in various 'underground' rock scenes, as an umbrella term for bands who were an alternative to the prevailing popular rock music of the time, what is now referred to as Hair Metal. Cinematic Rock, haven't a Scooby, but Google is your friend: https://www.last.fm/tag/cinematic+rock/artists

Nikki Sixx Running around on stage throwing shapes and posing, showing that the the guitarist and vocalist don't have to be the only centers of attention, and just exuding the sheer joy of playing bass in a band.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1484857194' post='3219222'] Same as last year? You, me and Si? I think aDx will also be joining us... [/quote] room for one more?

it's not like Gibson are going out of their way to advertise or promote the new EB Bass. Although a couple of people are sat with it, it's not mentioned in the Gibson USA 2017 New Model Year video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1aIPdOdXdI

Period? This is Blighty old boy. I think you mean 'full stop'

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1487155714' post='3237531'] I [i]really[/i] dislike flats, but in my case it's because of the feel. I hate the smoothness, they feel almost slimy. Weird I know, but they make me want to wash my hands. I'm not happy unless I've got windings under my fingertips. Which is a shame, because flats can sound great. [/quote] this, again. for some of the playing I do - tapping - I need a bit of grip, otherwise it feels my fingers are just sliding off.

Listen with headphones, unless you have particularly good bass handling computer speakers! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xISpofhD6k

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1486895090' post='3235256'] ...sorry, I had to go and make breakfast. [/quote]

I still haven't got round to putting on the new strings but I had a tweak with the locking tuners, and used it again at rehearsal yesterday. As mentioned earlier we are a metal band. Very metal, old school and tune to E flat. I needed to compensate slightly for the string floppiness by using a lighter touch, but it wasn't a major problem, and it sounds brutal. Plenty of bottom end, and a very usable tone control. We recorded a vid, I'll try post the audio. Just remember it was recorded direct through an iPhone.