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The subject says it all really, there's a ZZ Top doc on Netflix, "ZZ Top: That Little 'Ol Band From Texas". Nothing very controversial, nice easy watch but a lot of it is Frank, Dusty and Billy and it starts right at, or really before, the beginning. I really liked it, but then I've always liked the band.

I went for the Hyper Luminal and found it really easy to dial in, and it does feel like having a choice of three compressors. I havn't tried plugging it in via USB to see what can be tweaked yet, no need for me but that also might be a plus for some people.

Stingray 5HH Stealth Black. I love how even the pickup pole pieces are black. Should have black tape woulds on it really

I've still got a thing for Scary Monsters, maybe because Ashes to Ashes was my first "proper" single purchase. Manu Chau circa Proxima Estacion - Esperanza would be on "too interesting to be mainstream" world fusion list for me as well.

Wow, not cheap! You could do the same thing with just a load box / attenuator if you've got a mic, or get a load box and an SM57. Or if your head has DI, just an attenuator and then use a software cab sim the other side of the focusrite, there are loads about.

As far as the genius sub-thread goes, I will just leave the name Hendrix here and see what happens. Personally I think Bowie was a genius as an artist more than as a musician, but I'm sure lots of people won't share that opinion.

Primal Scream have had highs and lows, but I would rate Screamadelica and Vanishing Point very highly. I didn't know they were all that highly rated though? Thinking back, maybe I missed the hype when Screamdelica came out though, I only really got into them in the mid-late 90s.

That would have been right up my street back in the day. Anyway, back to the music stuff (havn't climbed in years anyway, it got so it took over a bit and I wasn't doing much else). Track was really really good BTW, but I confess I also leant towards the chilled out stuff based on the photo.

Could be one of two then, on/on/on or on/off/on. Probably on/on/on, but if you're planning to replace it then the easiest way to find out would be to take it out and test it - have you got, or can you borrow a multimeter (or just a test bulb, just check what's connected to what)?

I'll remember that one... the pic is taken from a car, and I listen to Metal in my car, so I wrote a Metal track... 😜 Edit PS (and OT): Looks like a nice crag though, what grade's the route?

Good luck with that one whichever thread it's in.

Transglobal Underground popped up on someone's top 10 all time list on another thread recently. Great band, lots of people I know rated them in the 90s but most people hadn't heard of them.

I had all those "If you like X you will like Y" algorithms trying to tell me I liked The Strokes at one point, probably when I was listening to The Hives a lot. I tried The Strokes more than once and was deeply unimpressed. Totally agree about Stone Roses as well. I would add Pearl Jam to the overrated list, I like a lot of "similar" stuff (including Temple of the Dog) but could never see what the fuss was about with them. Underrated I'm not so good at, every time I think I've discovered a band it turns out everyone's heard of them. I need to get out more.... oh.

It was free, maybe because I bought 3 T shirts and a Hoodie? Was needing some new ones anyway and a couple of the Ts were 10 euros.

Thanks for this... I think! Got me poking about on the Waves site anyway. I had a voucher from updating my Waves update plan, and there's the 40% off one they have on at the moment on top of all the sale prices. Still couldn't get the next major upgrade anywhere near, that would be Mercury which is huge and the sale price upgrade from Diamond (which I've gradually upgraded to with vouchers and deals over the last few years) with the 40% off was still pretty eye watering. You can't use two vouchers at the same time either. But, they were offering me an upgrade to Horizon + 3 other bundles from my Diamond and CLA Signature, and that was a good price. So, I used my voucher for that and got it down to about $100, then rechecked the upgrades and the one to Mercury was suddenly loooads less. Used the 40% on that and it was, well not exactly cheap but affordable. Mid 3 figures affordable lets say. I should probably have kept the money in the bank, I know I should look at it the same way as @lurksalot. What it has given me though is all the signature series plugins which I find make things much simpler, plus things like the OneKnob series which again just keep things simple. Well that's my excuse anyway.

Drew bought my Radial Pro DI, absolutely top bloke to deal with, definitely deal with confidence. Cheers!

I like this guy's Youtube Videos for theory: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRDDHLvQb8HjE2r7_ZuNtWA/videos There are loads on chords although they are very guitar oriented, and it's maybe backwards in that he's dealing with writing using these progressions (which is what I'm interested in) rather than recognising them, but still maybe useful. A few examples:

Quick PS, I am the worst for not being able to do things independently with my hands (or anything else - I can't speak when playing bass!) and I've managed to learn to play with both hands, if I can do it anyone can.

I havn't tried any online learning stuff, I have lessons with a teacher - I'm sure it's more expensive but whether it is less value..? Maybe not, since she teaches me exactly what I need at the time (she's good, it works for me, especially because my musical taste is a bit narrow). What I can say is that I have got loads out of learning piano, musically. I remember when my ex Mrs did an access course in music (and part of a degree), whatever your instrument was you still had to be grade 5 piano as well. Not sure what happened if your instrument was piano. I think it's that thing where, if you only look at something from one angle, you don't always see what it's shape is, but if you see it from another angle you start to see what it really is. Not sure if that makes sense, but seeing music from another point of view has made loads of things click that never have with playing guitar and bass. Obvs that's on top of the fact that it's a fun thing to play and not that hard to get a decent sound out of. Plus you can give up bass anyway, cos you can do it all with your left hand.