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slightly off topic but relevant to the volume, we did a gig last Saturday where we had to sign a form saying we wouldn't go above a certain decibel level, of course we hadn't got a clue how loud that was, but the venue were happy, said they'd had a couple of bands on recently that they wouldn't book again because they were too loud, I'm afraid you just have to except that people want to chat when they go to a pub, not just listen to music, doesn't mean they're not enjoying it just because they're not giving you their undivided attention

[quote name='Skinnyman' timestamp='1479640844' post='3177989'] First gig with the PRO17s last night and they were...., well, not quite what I thought. First the good. This was a CIU club with a stage, low ceiling and strangely muffled acoustic. Guitarist's amp right behind me and turned up to usual. Drummer to my right hitting everything in sight with gay abandon. I don't think I could have done the gig without the earplugs. I took them out for one song and quickly shoved them back in. They were completely comfortable to the extent that I didn't really know I had them in. Other than the noise being turned down, that is. I could hear everything well. Even my bass which, without the plugs, was being drowned out by the guitar. But the odd bit (I won't call it "the bad") is that everything felt a bit......, meh. I'm not sure how to describe it. Just everything was a bit 'remote' and the songs sounded a bit flat and lifeless to the extent that I found myself overplaying to try and drive some life into them. I'm hoping that this is just a combination of me getting having to get used to the plugs and the strange on-stage sound we had at that venue (friends in the audience said the mix and volume were spot on so clearly it was just the onstage acoustics that were horrid). Everything else about these is perfect, I guess I now just need to get used to the way that the band sounds while I'm wearing them. [/quote]I know what you mean, I've never got over it, I wear an ACS in the ear nearest the drummer and a 'christmas tree' one in the other which I can move in and out to get the rid of the feeling of muffled remoteness, but then again I'm a bit deaf anyway

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1479407354' post='3176367'] I could take a P, a J or a Ray to rehearsal or gig , and the most is get is "that's a nice colour" not sure the band hear any difference live [/quote]yep, eq settings have a lot bigger effect than what type of bass it is, I've just used a P for the last 6 or 7 years, having said that I'm waiting for a VM Squier Jazz I've just bought of Ebay to arrive with a view to fitting humbuckers to it, just can't stop messing around can we?

I suppose you could take it further and say nobody should advertise a Precision bass as a Precision bass copy, would it be ok to say Squier designed by Fender? I know everybody on here knows that but someone putting their toe into the bass waters might not

good God how much must that weigh?

tricky, if you're selling you want as many views as possible, but I would say if you put Squier/ Epiphone in the title alongside Fender /Gibson it's ok, something like Squier Fender Jazz bass wouldn't annoy me, but being a lefty I don't have much to wade through anyway

To paraphrase the late great Reg Presley (him of the Troggs) "anybody can write a song but it's the magic dust that makes it a hit, but nobody knows what the magic dust is" how simple is Wild Thing? great song though

I use a series 6 head on my Fender Rumble 2 x 10, I've had a TE combo but it was too heavy, the head weighs about 15 KG which isn't too bad, so combined with a light weight cab, you can have your cake and eat it

because they work, people like familiarity, and it's the melody line that goes with them that's important, having said all that it is nice to stick the odd rouge chord in, strangely the Ramones were very good at that

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1478530420' post='3169627'] On my old AH350, the answer to "what does the pre-shape button do" was "makes the sound usable". As NickA says, the flat sound was very mid prominent. Using the pre-shape (and then adding my chosen eq via the graphic) was essential, I found. Nice head, though. Flexible and powerful. If it hadn't been so heavy, I'd probably still have it. [/quote]yeah they have an AH350 head at the practice room and that sounds terrible without the preshape engaged, my own series 6 head sounds okish with everything flat, so they're not all the same

yes I've done for home recording, DI one channel, jack to the other, just as an experiment really to compare the 2, both sounded pretty similar

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1478463432' post='3169233'] Better? [media]http://youtu.be/841ue54z-TI[/media] [/quote]little bit left field for me, quite like all about eve's version though http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYzovYKhlMo

[quote name='tom1946' timestamp='1478458522' post='3169173'] I think Paul McCartney is the best 70+ rocker around, I love it when he does let's have a party: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmerANX0ATw"]https://www.youtube....h?v=HmerANX0ATw[/url] [/quote]if he sounded like that now it would be ok, but he doesn't, he was barely into his sixties when that was filmed, now his voice has gone or at best someone needs to tell him to drop down a tone, I may not like Cliffs voice much but it's pretty much the same as it's always been, you can't say that about Macca's

in my little world a one hit wonder is someone who has had only 1 top thirty hit, which lets off the likes of Carl Douglas, but not the likes Thunderclap Newman, who's follow up to Something in the Air reached 46, the Guinness book of British Hit singles is my friend

Funnily enough I was listen to Devil Woman on the Radio last night and his voice seems lower in the mix with more backing vocals than usual, makes it a lot less 'Cliff' like

[quote name='thodrik' timestamp='1478358390' post='3168605']but I always thought that my Trace Elliot combo was naturally pretty middy sounding anyway. [/quote]know what you mean, my Fender Rumble has more mids (400-600Hz) taken out on a flat EQ setting

Desmond Dekker one hit wonder? don't think so

he does it different live, sounds to me like there may be 2 bass tracks on the studio version, could well be wrong on that one though I usually am

there you go about a minute in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daCMj_orx78

we always do Swords in our set and amazes me how well it goes down, he also had a top 20 hit with Wunderbar

I just play the first note on open G then press down on the 12 fret and run up to the 3rd fret stay on that for a couple of notes then lift off for one note, I think JJ lifts on and off a few times while he's running up the neck as well, but I cock it up if I try that, another little cheat I've found is on the outro, I think JJ plays GBbGFG (and at the end of the chorus) I find it easier to play GBbGEG.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1478254644' post='3167855'] Never mind the Beatles... what about Nirvana? In the sea of Bubblegum pop that was emerging at the time, Nirvana came through and saved us. I hate Nirvana. But I do appreciate them opening the doorfor subsequent bands at a time where everything was turning to sh1t. [/quote]we're in desperate need of a Nirvana right now

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1478210631' post='3167652'] I'm just going to pop outside and check my lawn for groundhogs. [/quote] , but you don't have to read the too many Beatles threads, when I find threads tiresome I just unsubscribe, if nobody contributed there wouldn't be any.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1478231210' post='3167750'] I was at the Shea Show. I still can't believe they played a stadium gig with no PA. I don't think a true PA was even conceptual at the time. Blue [/quote]I think there was a PA of sorts, during the film it said they used the stadium PA and it looked like there was narrow speakers propped up with bits of wood around the stage area so did you hear anything apart from the screaming?

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1463391034' post='3050876'] Crazy Elephant . Gimme Gimmie Some Lovin`. Always reminds me of a summer type song for some reason. [url="https://youtu.be/HUTsfwCbN5I"]http://youtu.be/HUTsfwCbN5I[/url] [/quote]great song with possibly the most badly played guitar solo in the history of the universe, starts at about 1:20. Does Harry Chapins WOLD count? just crept in the top 30 I think