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[quote name='MiK3 STRAT MAN' post='1216793' date='May 1 2011, 07:30 PM']Im not an electronics whizz, norr am I an expert at amps in any way. Is it something simple that I can fix at home, or is it a goner?[/quote] If you don't know what you're doing, don't open the amp up. It's probably not a goner - just take it to an amp tech and get them to have a look at it. Recommended amp tech thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=198"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=198[/url]

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='1213796' date='Apr 28 2011, 01:32 PM']and will buy a drum machine so I can do some writing.[/quote] Here's a nice software drum machine you can try for free, all features enabled. It's easy and there's no limit on the trial period, just a nag screen. As it's software, you won't need an input channel. [url="http://www.leafdigital.com/software/leafdrums/"]http://www.leafdigital.com/software/leafdrums/[/url] If you like it, you can substitute the 'factory' drum sounds (which are a bit crap) for better samples. Of which I have some if you want them.

Neck 100% - Bridge 80% - Tone 75% for most things. Bridge off for old school blues.

[quote name='paul h' post='1213190' date='Apr 27 2011, 09:37 PM']I like Roberts Growlers[/quote] Welcome back @ OP - IMO, buy cheap, pay twice. One set of elixirs for £30 lasted me five years - so £6 a year. That's cheap.

[quote name='Low End Bee' post='1212545' date='Apr 27 2011, 12:54 PM']We've made a 'steady cam' from a broken broom handle, a screw in hook, an old paint tin, some hairy string and gaffa tape. Works a treat.[/quote] You lot are [i]so[/i] ****ing cool. When I grow up, I want to be a Jetsonic.

[quote name='ras52' post='1212431' date='Apr 27 2011, 11:14 AM']Ooh, nostalgia! My first ever guitar was a Kay classical, cost £18 new.[/quote] Me too. The Kay electrics that used to hang in every Woolworths are a bit iffy compared to the frankly droolsome items from the early 60's. That said, you see them on the bay going for stupid money. Time to get that Jedson out of the shed.

[quote name='SteveK' post='1211549' date='Apr 26 2011, 11:24 AM']You're wasted here.[/quote] I'm wasted everywhere. All the time. You dig me, mah man?

To go six years without fiddling with your EQ suggests a commendably steely restraint. And I am glad you have found a tone that pleases. Your next band will be the lucky beneficiaries.

To my mind, the 70's guy (let's call him Jeff) looks more suited to our tempestuous and troubled times than the two doughy dullards in 'homogenized metaller black'. Think about it. Jeff looks like he's having a good time. Jeff's eyes gleam. Jeff's moustache is full and luxuriant. Jeff's hair is bouncy and elegantly coiffed. Jeff's threads are bright and sparkly and - well - friendly. Jeff's weight does not exceed that of his band's touring PA. It all suggests a man at ease with himself. Adam and Jason (for those are their names) are a different matter. Their eyes convey a self-important stupidity. Their faces are pouchy. Adam has bingo wings. Jason is clearly busting to hang a colossal rat. Adam and Jason affect that ubiquitous hard-man scowl that says "Talk to me and I'll get my 'entourage' to give you a kicking". They are endorsees and thus quite clearly total breadheads. They are a summation of all that is wrong with society in general and our bass-playing community in particular. Jeff is a man for our times. Jeff would tell you that dope gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no dope. Jeff would point out that we all have to work together to stick it to the man. Jeff would let you sleep on his couch and he'd square it with his 'old lady'. We need guys like Jeff. He's a dude.

[quote name='tauzero' post='1211350' date='Apr 26 2011, 12:32 AM']Ah yes, the Bee Gees... Capable songwriters with no sense of humour and an overweening self-importance.[/quote] Not at all like the side-splitting and entirely self-deprecating Clive Anderson For balance, I should reveal I possess not a single waxing by Les Freres Gobb. Clever chaps, though.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1210866' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:49 PM']prices seem to have gone batsh!t mental. Very strange.[/quote] Likewise the DR-110. I was just about to bin mine (mint) but having second thoughts

[quote]A 4-position sound switch. A mid-range control. Tone and volume controls. It may sound complicated, but it isn't.[/quote] Just priceless. Thank you so much for posting this.

The method I adopted involves holding a stanley blade almost vertical to the edge and 'scuffing' away very gently. That said, it's just one approach out of many. [quote name='Ancient Mariner' post='1210566' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:06 AM']... wood removal is irreversible, while wood compression could probably be steamed out, especially if fresh.[/quote] Entirely true. FWIW, next time I roll an edge I'll be trying the screwdriver / spark plug socket approach. It's all good.

Surely the question applies to any job, musical or otherwise. Does one do it because one [i]has [/i]to or because one [i]wants [/i]to? Principles are fine till you look at your wallet. Then they have a tendency to evaporate.

[quote name='Sawtooth' post='1209625' date='Apr 23 2011, 10:52 PM']There is a 4th choice ...[/quote] Which is? And I'm not interested if it doesn't involve wholesale slaughter.

[quote name='Sawtooth' post='1209556' date='Apr 23 2011, 09:49 PM']I know my answer, I was just wondering what path others would take ...?[/quote] Well, most people seem to be assuming that the choice is restricted to: 1) Keep playing, in a secret sort of way or 2) Stop Quite obviously there is a third choice, which involves storming the inner sanctums of Downing St, one's AK47 coughing death into the serried ranks of whimpering policy wonks.

[quote name='skej21' post='1209275' date='Apr 23 2011, 04:36 PM']I think you've missed the point.[/quote] I think you're in danger of taking me seriously

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1209023' date='Apr 23 2011, 11:02 AM']... and have a stupid name.[/quote] That's a bit previous, Jon, if you ask me. Mr Conklin had no choice in his name and neither, presumably, did his forebears, who include the under-rated silent film comedian Chester Conklin. What you're really saying is that he should change his name. Which would be confusing and a bit silly. "Why did you change your name, Mr Ibanezkasugakawai-Antoria?" "Some guy in the UK didn't like Conklin, so I thought, well, the customer is king, and all. Like." As for the original question Would I buy a Conklin? No. My reasons are none of anyone's damned business.

Just to be difficult - Stanley knife. Fingers cause the wear. But flesh is softer than wood. (Try pressing your finger against some wood and see which compresses first. It's not the wood). If the wood's not compressing, it must be wearing. Not saying a screwdriver shaft / socket wouldn't do the job all handy-dandy. Just nitpicking the rationale like the annoying bastard I am

Most people seem to think country is either contemporary Hat acts or the kind of syrupy, maudlin rhinestone stuff the Beeb used to show once a year from the 70s -90's. Thankfully, there are enough sub-genres that practically anyone could find something they'd like. The thing I like about country is that the lyrics are quite often about grown-up issues rather than the usual faked-up teen melodramas or poetic angst. The finest practitioners exhibit an honesty which is usually entirely absent from mainstream rock and pop. Taking a very well-known example - many people only know Cash's 50's-60's hits or the novelty stuff. Beyond that is some of the most lacerating music you'll ever hear. But that's the US stuff. Here in the Uk there's always been a bit of a problem and I don't just mean mainstream sniffyness about the genre. I mean the problems that British country musos face within their own market. My commercial experience of the British Country Music scene lasted from 94-98. It may have changed, but at the time it was divided into lots of factions - listeners vs line-dancers was one example of the period. I saw too many fossilised audiences, shifty small-time businessmen and agenda-led nutters. And weary copyists like the singer who gigged with a headset mike and pointed at the audience every 2 minutes - all lifted from Garth Brooks who was big at the time. Artists seemed to find it difficult and commercially unrewarding to develop an authentic British country voice. Some tried but many simply bought a big hat and pumped out the retread covers that audiences demanded. It's funny. Call it Americana and you can play originals to under 30's. It's almost cool. Call it Country and it's a whole different matter. The World laughs at you and the Country Police tell you what you're doing wrong.

Hi HazBeen and welcome Hope you enjoy the forum

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1208291' date='Apr 22 2011, 01:51 PM']Here's one for Herr Skank.[/quote] Alan Price? Terrible halitosis. Never get into a lift with him. For a bit of questionable breadth, how about Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and other 50's R&R piano-led sh*t?

Strange Town - The Jam. Learnt it for an audition that never happened. Forgot it a week later.

Piano-led rock was quite popular in my youth. Which is why my suggestions are all old gits or dead: Springsteen - Jungleland and lots of others Meatloaf / Bonnie Tyler / Jim Steinman - keys all over their stuff Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London / Lawyers Guns & Money Beatles - Later period, e.g. Let it be 70's West Coast singer / songwriters - Jackson Browne, Carly Simon, Carole King etc Genesis / Floyd / Yes - lots of keys but rather synth-y Don't really know anything about anything after 1980. Oh - Keane? Edit for: Ooh! Ooh! Don't forget The Doors! "RRRRiders on the Storrrm! etc"