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[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1490104303' post='3262175'] I only ever see this when browsing BC! [/quote]yep, me too

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1489911400' post='3260669'] Some people might add he was a pervert and one of the nastiest human beings on the planet. But, yes, musically the world would be a very different place but for his genius. [/quote]a flawed genius for sure, but I can't help but listen to Chuck Berry without a smile on my face, and 90 is a pretty good innings, saw him about 20 years ago, it was one of those gigs that was exactly what I was expecting, right down to the white crimplene flairs, a treasured memory

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1489520317' post='3257656'] Probably not. There was quite a lot of lead work on their later stuff,mostly short little twiddly bits on intros etc. which was apparently nearly all played by producer Daniel del Rey. Johnny certainly didn't play those parts live on the one occasion I was privileged enough to see them. [/quote]yes, one of my many favourite Ramones songs, Chasing the Night, had a guitar solo in it on the studio version, they played it on the Old Grey Whistle Test and just missed the solo out

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1489511303' post='3257561'] Bit of a rarity. [media]http://youtu.be/H18AMREUUnk[/media] Definitely inspired by classis rock n roll. [/quote]I've obviously underestimated Johnny's guitar playing abilities great clip though

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1489507091' post='3257521'] Indeed. Even a song as apparently simple as [url="https://youtu.be/6siGKxcKol0"]Rockaway Beach[/url] has some interesting little twists and turns. A particular pitfall for the unwary is the odd little bit after the choruses. Likewise, [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlMhDfHsfDI"]Bonzo goes to Bitburg[/url] is distinguished by an almost Wagnerian reluctance to resolve the vocal part. The listener briefly experiences relief after the key change when bells pick out a sparse pattern around the chords. Then it's back to the grind. Perhaps the Ramones' interest in dislocated chord passages and twisty arrangements was driven by Johnny's refusal to play solos (or minor chords ) [color=#faebd7].[/color] [/quote]never knew you were a Ramones aficionado Skank (doffs cap) but yes they are are all sorts of interesting twists in their songs, in fact you'd be hard pressed to find any of their songs that only have 3 chords though I suspect the reason for the lack of minor chords is they sound crap when played with distortion, and I'm not sure he was good enough to play solo's.

[quote name='nerkoids' timestamp='1489506739' post='3257520'] Oh, I think there are several other reasons, and not all of them have to do with not being able to grow a thick skin... [/quote]yeah they probably are, I was once given some advice that I've tried to stick too, "If it's not costing you money it's not worth getting upset over"

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1489486236' post='3257273'] It's like the chat room for SAGA Holidays in here. Not that I lurk in the SAGA Holidays chat room and am able to make this comparison from personal experience, of course. That is all. As you were. [/quote]is there a poll anywhere on how old Basschaters are? we do seem to be a moaning old bunch don't we.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1489483607' post='3257246'] Yes, quiet clever that. When you consider F# is the more popular related minor chord in the key of A in pop music. [/quote]It doesn't quite fit in with music theory does it? another song I know that does something similiar (I'm sure there are loads of others) is The Ramones (another Holly Ramones link ) is Sheena is a Punk Rocker, chords C F G A , but in the middle bit it throws in a Bb, very effective though

[quote name='Marty Forrer' timestamp='1489461722' post='3257134'] Uh, Paul Warning, Peggy Sue has 4 chords. Just being pedantic. [/quote]yep you are quite right, there is an Fing F in Peggy Sue

streamng and downloads have completely distorted the top 40, there's little difference between albums and singles, as young people tend not to buy albums anymore just download/ stream the tracks they want, no I don't get Ed Sheeran either, but then again I not supposed to like modern music I'm too old, it's one of the laws of the universe, he's doing well in the vinyl chart as well, but at least I can ignore him, rap just makes me turn the radio off

anybody any idea why there are left handed Jazzes about (Squire VM,MIM etc) but budget (i.e. Fender or Squire) left handed P's seem to be as rare as hens teeth

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1489398245' post='3256507'] Absolutely - even if he did nick the odd melody & chord progression from others. [/quote]one of my pet theories is most great songs nick from others, it gives them a familiarity that drags the listener in in the first place and you've got a tough job not reusing a chord progression when it's only 3 chords lol

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1489332679' post='3256087'] 3 chords. Tried "Raining in my heart" & a few of Holly's other ballads? As far as the bass lines are concerned, SO much of it was done on upright that it really IS difficult getting that me feel on a bass guitar. Lee Sklar is rather good at that.... A lot of that old stuff from the fifties is deceptively tricky to nail. Feel is everything & very few drummers are able to really connect to what is necessary. Took me a long time to convince my current drummer that fours on hi-hat are perfectly acceptable. (grin) [/quote]they came later his early songs were among the best examples I know of how you can write great songs using just 3 chords, That'll Be the Day, Peggy Sue, Oh Boy, Rave On, brilliant, brilliant songs

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1489275037' post='3255743'] Oops! Sorry - missed the earlier post entirely. Wondered how on earth you decided to put those two next to each other! [/quote]personnel experience really, when I started learning guitar Buddy Holly's songs were amongst the first I learnt, easy and good songs, and when I decided I wanted to be in a band the Ramones were a big influence, again, easy and good songs, and I believe it was the same for other people as well, Holly influenced a lot of the early 60's bands and the same with the Ramones and the Punk bands

a guitarist I used to play with would get annoyed that the singer was getting all the attention, "learn to sing then" was my attitude, that's the way it is in bands

[quote name='Downdown' timestamp='1489235066' post='3255351'] Er, what about all those early blues players, or do we discount them because they were poor and black? Buddy Holly was just one of the first to tap into an already well established genre and repackage it for the post-war baby boomers. More marketing creativity than musical creativity I'd say. [/quote]er, the early blues players for whatever reason never got into the mainstream so most people never heard them, Holy was inspirational because he made it to mainstream

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1489230802' post='3255308'] The set wasnt obscure but it didn't evolve much, lots of potential songs in the genre we were covering but sadly it did show up the singer's limitatons. Not a bad voice but not great either and limited range (needed a second bass tuned down a whole tone as that was the only way she can sing some of the songs, a whole tone lower than originals) so our choices were always compromised. I think the real issues run deeper. They are never wrong and won't listen so any sound issues are met with knee jerk swapping of gear and if the gigs arent so good then swap out a band member, always seem to be looking for a quick fix than working on getting the best from what they have. I thought I might hack it for a couple of years once I'd seen that they hadn't really changed from 8 yrs ago but in the end I was ready to go before we got that far. [/quote]I only saw you in Rapture for 1 set but it did strike my that your front women lacked charisma, and like you said some songs she sang well others not so well, changing key to accommodate the singers range is nothing new, but sometimes it just doesn't work with a particular singer no matter how you faff about with it, just drop it and move on, we all have to learn to accept out limitations, sounds like the couple in Rapture couldn't do that, after a few gigs its blindingly obvious which songs work and which don't

so Fleabag, when are you running out of volume with the TE combo?

Buddy Holly showed that you didn't need to be a guitar virtuoso to write good songs (personally I think it can be disadvantage) 3 chords will do it, it's the lyrics and the melody line that's important, the Ramones did the same thing years later

[quote name='inthedoghouse' timestamp='1489226098' post='3255274'] Exactly this for me too, apart from in my case it was the singer and guitarist. When I first joined the (newly formed) band I had never heard a majority of songs in the set, even though I enjoy rock music. We had a few "classics" in the set and it was no surprise that they were always the best received. Any sugggestions from me that we might play some better known songs, not necessarily 'standards', was met with almost scorn by one of them. I even tried using an example of a friend's set list. The response "anybody who plays that should be shot". An audience member was overheard to say "why don't they play anything we know?", to which the response was "why don't you know anything we play?". Not really the attitude from an experienced and skilled musician you would hope for. Knowing your audience is such a basic. The result, generally small and disinterested audiences. Very sad, seeing as we were all very experienced and capable players. More than a few times I had people come to be and say what a good band we were but they didn't recognise many of the songs. [/quote]occasional someone will suggest doing an obscure song, and I always say if nobody knows it we might as well do one of our own, also if we do a song and it dies at a gig a few times it quickly gets dropped

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1489221050' post='3255228'] I have a couple of 300W TE heads - I've found them to be plenty loud enough for most situations into 8ohms - louder than, say, TC Electronic RH750 or GenzBenz Streamliner 600, which were the class Ds I had at the time. [/quote]Trace Elliot watts are twice as loud as normal watts (probably more than that compared to class D watts), my AH200 is easily as loud as my Fender Rumble 500, we're going into the recording studio next week and the engineer said "I see from photos you use a Fender Rumble, I've got a Laney head and may be able to borrow an Ampeg" to which I replied "I use a Trace Elliot SMX, just use the Rumble as an extension cab)", "Great he said, bring that along"

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1489160976' post='3254866'] Is it possible to swap heads on TE combos for a bigger job ? EG, 150 watt head in my GP11 MK V 4x10, for the AH500 or something similar ? Would it have to be an amp taken from another combo or will the stand alone heads slot in ? Cheers [/quote]won't you have to upgrade the speakers too?

Working with 3 or 4 other people is always a challenge, more so I would imagine when the 2 main members are in a relationship, there's another band localish to us that have a similar thing (very much like Macca and Wings) and they seem to get through a lot of members too, God knows I've had enough ups and downs over the years, but when its good its bloody good, first thing is really enjoy what you're playing, I couldn't be in a band for long if I wasn't enjoying the songs

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1489148489' post='3254742'] a set of gauges like those used for car spark plug gaps are useful [/quote]feeler gauges, trouble is you need a load of them together to get 2 or 3mm and they tend to spring apart not a problem when you doing spark plugs but it is when it's easy to move one of the things you're measuring, like a string, they're really designed for narrower gaps, well that's what I've found anyway

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1489144690' post='3254696'] I never use measures. I lower the action until fretbuzz (normaly with the strings sitting on the frets ) then gradually raise it until it stops, for my playing. Never measured the height, next time i change strings i'll try to remember to put a ruller on it. [/quote]this is the obvious way and it's what I did to start with but it takes a long time, once I'd established where my string height was I measured it and this is where I found a pound coin just slide under the string at the 17th fret, so on my recently acquired Jazz I had a good starting point and found out if it was a decent neck, my first VM Jazz wasn't so I moved it on