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Welcome Gerry!

[quote name='TATTOODEVIL' post='563990' date='Aug 9 2009, 08:34 AM'][i]Mine's[/i] scary? LOL. It's just my fight face, I'm a pussy cat really I'll get one of my kids to take a nice one later, just for you! [/quote] Either way, good to have a drummer here. Should improve our timekeeping

Welcome indeed That's one scary avatar you got there.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='563423' date='Aug 8 2009, 12:38 PM']Both[/quote] Just wondered. Maybe you could try leaving the Elixirs in a bowl of pineapple juice to 'sticky' them up. No need to thank me.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='563392' date='Aug 8 2009, 11:39 AM']I just hate the slippery feel.[/quote] Which hand - fretting or plucking - or both?

Elixirs. 3 x 2 hrs per wk x 52 wks x 2 years = about 600 hours. OK, I'm a low-end thud merchant. But, hey....

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='563070' date='Aug 7 2009, 09:05 PM']Well i suppose i could pick up a packet of strings or a nice shiny eh pick......[/quote] Coupla picks - that's what I do. No point in splashing £15.00 a shop.

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='563041' date='Aug 7 2009, 08:35 PM']Then ill be in London for the rest of the time, so any good ones there, Mind ill be playing and then walking away, so maybe music shops that dont mind if you dont have a penny on you.[/quote] 1. London - Denmark St, then the Bass Gallery 2. Kent? Dunno. See above. 3. Inadvisable to begin proceedings by openly stating you are penniless. 4. Expect a long, hard stare in at least one establishment, if not more

Wenge

Ah, but is it a hoax? Some seem to think so. If true, curtains for the Plant-less Zep re-union. Which wouldn't have been much of a re-union.

Oh, there's some yummy stuff on there.

I've got to get something white and tort-y. They look gorgeous. Glad you all had a good time

I'm so sorry to hear about someone trying to scam you. It must have been very upsetting, and I know how you must feel. Five years ago, my father was Finance Minister in the Republic of Gabon and was entrusted with $15,000,000 by the the then President. As you may know, the entire cabinet perished in an air crash when the pilot was poisoned by his wife's enemies. If you send me your bank details and a cheque for $2,000, I will open an account for you and transfer the larger sum. Then you send me $7,500,000 and we have split the money, yes? In the name of the Lord, I am begging you to do this for my 10 fatherless children. Happy is the man who sends me money and will wait several weeks before realising he has been done up like a kipper. Hosannah! The Reverend Mrs Anna Christensen Remobopse

...Or just hire a keys player into the band - who can handle a brass patch with one hand and a keys patch with the other. On the occasions when I've done stuff with keys, it makes the songs sound so [i]"expensive"[/i]. Replicating covers becomes much easier as there's another lead instrument to carry the accuracy-critical bits of the 'choon - e.g. "Gimme Some Loving" intro. They also have a useful tendency to side with the rtm section

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='560397' date='Aug 4 2009, 05:21 PM']Forgive my ignorance here, but I came to this thread later than most, and to save me trawling through the post, what exactly has Janek done or said to cause the adverse reaction?[/quote] You're best off trawling through. It's the only way to get an accurate picture

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='560346' date='Aug 4 2009, 04:35 PM']I only "rag" on him because he presents himself as a bit of a twat. ..I'm great at making cups of tea, but that doesn't cut me any slack on the Twinnings forum.[/quote] You took the bait.

Gertcha!

I picked up an encore neck and body from the tip for £2. Spent another £70 doing it up. Net worth now - £40? Fun value - priceless. Playability - h'mmm

[quote name='bythesea' post='560255' date='Aug 4 2009, 03:00 PM']I also think it has improved and will continue reading it, but with regard to your comments above - 1. As the album is called "The Seldom Seen Kid" then it isn't totally wrong to put the extra "the" in there, though it would have looked better had it been written "the making of the album The Seldom...", or even putting quotes around the album tiitle. 2. Agreed, though as schools have now been asked to stop teaching the "i before e except after c" rule I suspect it will get even more common. 3. Definitely - though due to the size font I use in my browser it looks like Bumel both times you have written it [/quote] 1. I used to quite like the The The. 2. Good Greif! Whats the rationale behind that? Can we expect a generation of Molesworths? 3. Looking fwd to the day that some under-prepared journo addresses JJ as 'Mr Bummel'

Professional writer. Prose somewhat overcooked, but it beats the arse off: "Fendr PERCISsION - it are bargin, play superb WOW! Fund in m y uncels' loft VINTAGE 1945 Giutar WOW!!#." He / she must be one of [i]Us[/i].

Not run into this before. Sounds like maybe: 1) The truss rod nut is wound so far in, it's compressing into the wood when under tension. Further tension from strings compresses wood even more - neck bows. Could try dropping a couple of washers in to act as spacers between the nut and the end of the truss rod channel. 2) The rod nut screw threads are stripped / stripping - just enough to let you tighten it yet still let the neck pull back under tension. Faint possibility - screw holes in neck heel are wearing wide - the neck securing screws are then slightly pulling out of the neck, allowing it to pull upwards? Even the proverbial 'thickness of a bit of card' would be enough - akin to front shimming the neck? Worth establishing that your screwholes are tight. Either way, it's most likely a truss rod issue and shimming probably won't help. No offence intended, but I've found if I can't diagnose the problem myself, I probably can't fix it myself. A trip to a luthier would probably be cheaper than a new neck. Good luck.

Suspect a lot of old Bobs like me have their thumb on the scales with this one. Revenge of the incontinent... M'wah-hah-hah!

So, how did the Clarky-less Kismetic get on?

[quote name='Tait' post='558714' date='Aug 2 2009, 08:08 PM']i don't know what "S/PDIF 16-24bit (coxial type)" means, but it got me wondering whether the BOSS can be used as one of these audio interface things you said about?[/quote] Without checking out the manual in detail, this [i]may[/i] be possible - depends on whether you've got an S/PDIF IN on your PC and whether the Boss's functionality supports this - which is kind of what you're asking. TBH, dunno. It would def save a few bucks, though. My suspicion is that you'd probably get a single stereo signal out, so you'd have to pan one inst 100% on left, and the other 100% right. Then set up your reaper to save the incoming data to separate channels. Or something like that! I'm def not an expert on these Boss Recorder items. Maybe sign up to the SOS forum and post your Q on there.

Welcome, youngster