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Jam this up your music hole: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxuCmG_DDNY[/media]

It could be worse, a guitarist once asked if we could change for D to B minor........

My recording experience too is limited but when I recorded at a smallish barn conversion studio they insisted I use their DI because they knew how to use it. I'd say a DI is a pretty essential thing to have in a studio.

Hey I saw you guys too! I distinctly remember wondering if the decreasing normality from left to right was deliberate or coincedental, I then thought that an OCD sufferer might have arranged you that way against your will, and then spent at least a minute imagining a rampaging OCD sufferer going around arranging people in various ways against their will. Every single word of that is true, I'm not sure whether honesty is a good thing in this situation.

My first band did a couple of maiden covers, in wicker man the guitarist and I thought it would be cool if we put a leg up on anmonitor maiden stylee. First chorus comes and we trot over to a monitor, they were suprisingly light and the floor was very shiny, so the second we touched them we both slipped backwards and collided in the floor, according to the other guitarist neither of us missed a note so we were pretty proud. We always checked the monitors were properly secured after that.

There was a board shot from the crack the skye recording around somewhere, he had 4 different big muffs. The big muff is the ket to his fuzz sound, and lots of blending and bi-amping and all sorts. He used to use a custom muff clone called the Sanford and Sonny bluebeard fuzz. He also has a bass whammy that I can't actually hear on an songs. When they were on jools holland he only had a couple, I imagine he only needed two they, they haven't started touring yet so he probably hasn't put a full board together.

I use .055 - .115 DDT's and they tune to standard pretty well. Bit tense but I get away with it without any major adjustments, although my bass is setup to D standard so it's not a big difference, if you're in C or B standard you might need to adjust.

"Can we try this one in D?" "Sure": We play it in D "Nah that doesn't sound good, let's try B minor" Facepalms all round.

He plays it with in octave pedal in E standard. That UG tab is mostly right but the end of chorus 1 and chorus 2 is wrong. The note are right but he alternates octaves. So the end of chorus 1 is: G:--------: D:-12----: (obviously repeated) A:---------: E:-----10-: Chorus 2 is the same but that tab gives the lowest note so it's: G:-11-----: D:---------: etc. A:------9-: E:---------: I probably didn't explain that very well.

[url="http://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k"]http://soundcloud.com/bobbass4k[/url] It's mostly for bouncing ideas off people, the noisefest with the weird title is part of a planned EP, every sound (except for the sample obviously) is produced by a bass, a guitar, and pedals, no production except level adjustments.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NTIg3wUz-I[/media] The most beautiful song ever written. That string coda is perfectly melodramatic but not cheesy or cliche. It is a song that I am proud to be incinerated to. Assuming I'm dead at the time.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37GOdU-gUAw[/media] One of the tightest live bands ever, they nail all those stop-starts perfectly live usually with no count ins

Qucik update: I emailed Anthony at DR and he said he'd send out a new .115 string immediately, but it would obviously take a while coming from america. Well I found a USPS box shoved behind a plant pot this morning (thank you royal mail....) so I've no idea when they arrived but the new .115 he'd promised and an entirely new pack have arrived. Very impressed.

Very talented player and a very important person in music history. Shame she's gone completely cuckoo for coco puffs.

[quote name='Turk' post='1363611' date='Sep 5 2011, 11:35 PM']Incedentally, would C G C F have any adverse effect on the neck once it's set up ? What string gauge would be best for lessening the floppy 'four old boot laces' feel ?[/quote] DR DDT strings, I can't reccomend them enough for drop tuning, pricy, but worthwhile.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1362503' date='Sep 5 2011, 01:17 AM']Isn't that one potential difference?[/quote] It's called loads of things, Voltage, Potential Difference, Electromotive Force, Electrical Tension, (some are subtly different concepts but basically the same thing). Current is actually electrical current density, or conserved charge flow desnity, there's so many different names and terms for these things, that's kind of my point.

Resistance is for DC circuits, Impedance is the same concept (resistance to electron flow) but for AC circuits. There's little to no conceptual difference, just terminology. [quote name='Jack' post='1361329' date='Sep 3 2011, 09:17 PM']Whilst we're being educational, the word is 'impedance', not 'ohmage' or anything else of the like. You don't say 'kilometreage', you say 'distance'. One is the measurement and one is the unit. (I guess for some reason we do say 'footage' when measuring distance or area but I digress.)[/quote] Amperage is used for current, Voltage is used for, err... Voltage, Wattage is used for power, Ohmage seems fairly acceptable.

My spector is about 5Kg (11lbs to those clinging to the past...), I never considered it heavy but everyone who plays it comments on the weight, the balance is perfect though and i have it at the perfect height. Plus my back is completely f***ed already, there isn't much more damage to be done.

Hmm, it didn't occur to me it might be a QC issue, I'll shoot that guy an email and see what he says, I'd still be interested if anyone knows any shops that sell individuals though.

My low C has broken, anyone know of any shops that sell individual DR strings (specifically DDT)? I've had a look online and got zilch. I'll be going through London on monday so anything there would be ideal. The set is only a month old so I'd rather not fork out £30 and replace 3 perfectly good strings.