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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1478199409' post='3167528'] "Grooves around like a man half his age?" I'm a Cliff fan but I find it interesting when I make the same comment about Sir Mick most here get negative. Again interesting. Blue [/quote]not from me, the Stones are still 'edgy' although they do make their songs overly long, don't know why, it's not like they're short of material

Lennon doing coffee's good

I once fitted some SD quarterpounders to my Hondo professional II, could hardly tell any difference then found out they fitted DiMazio's as standard still I sold them on for not much of a loss (the Seymour Duncans)

went to see the Beatles film last night, they showed the Shea Stadium gig at the end, now that rocked, raw, aggressive, everything that Cliff's video isn't, but they were a lot younger and couldn't hear a lot of what they were playing, maybe the problem is with Cliff and his like is they try and get it too perfect, it loses the edginess, but then again I'm an old punk rocker, I would think that wouldn't I?

Went to see the Film last night, and I did enjoy it, but I would wouldn't I?, didn't see or learn hardly anything I'd not seen or known before before, if you're going make sure you don't leave the cinema as the final credits roll, as some did, because then you get the Shea Stadium gig, bit strange I thought, I sat there watching the Shea gig and started thinking about another thread on here about Cliff Richard sanitising Rock and Roll, if you compare the two, ( the Shea gig and the Cliff video of him doing Roll Over Beethoven) hopefully you'll get what I'm on about

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1478051829' post='3166422'] Me too. It sucks out all those frequencies I use for telling what pitch I'm playing. 6KHz for boxiness is new - normally those frequencies are around 400-600Hz. Be careful with boosting 100Hz if you're in a small room, have a hollow stage or are in a highly reflective environment. Having the stage awash with sub 100Hz frequencies is not necessarily a good thing unless you're playing a stadium or on the back of a truck outside. Lots of players make the mistake of thinking that what sounds good in practice will sound good at a gig. They then play through a set up where not being able to hear themselves is normal and they think it sounds great because it worked in rehearsal. Often bass players (and guitarists) just need to cut back [i]a little[/i] on the bass in order to achieve better clarity on stage. [/quote]sorry got my KHz mixed up, yeah I cut 600Hz to get rid of boxiness, and I agree you have to be very careful about boosting below 100Hz which the 100 Hz slider does, on the TE GP12 it probably does between 80 and 120Hz, I find the 180Hz slider is best for cutting through and as I said before I cut back the 60Hz slider to get rid of booming

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1478081298' post='3166542'] Go back & listen to the 'I'm Nearly Famous' album - particularly ;Devil Woman'. G. [/quote]I think nearly everybody on this site is familiar with Devil Woman, again just too polite for my tastes, needs some more rough edges on it, but hey if it floats your boat that's good

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1478044687' post='3166400']. If Mr Richard's milquetoast approach to rock and roll meets the needs of a significant minority of record buyers and concert goers, who are we to gainsay them their simple pleasures? There's a place for everything and everything in its place. [color=#faebd7].[/color] [/quote]absolutely, I'm not saying Sir Cliff shouldn't do what he does just because I don't like it just expressing a personnel opinion, as someone else said on this forum recently, there's no such thing as good and bad music just music I like and music I don't like

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1478029163' post='3166211'] The pre shape is a bit useless I found. Ok on its own but no good in a band situation as it gets lost. I went for boosting the low mids which will cut through more. [/quote]that's what I've found, although as I said before I do cut around 6K Hz to get rid of 'boxiness' which is what some of the preshape does, and boost the low mids 100 - 200 Hz, I'm just interested in what certain frequencies do, for instance I've found that cutting 60 Hz gets rid of booming when I'm play around the 7th fret on the A string on my P bass

[url="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cliff+richard+roll+over+beethoven+new+single"]http://www.youtube.c...oven+new+single[/url] oh dear, is this really the same bloke that made one of the best British Rock and Roll records (Move It) it's been downhill ever since, his voice is just too damned polite

cheers guys, so it is just EQing I guess, I've got a series 6, 12 eq with just the one preshape, I do find it a bit extreme but do like the concept of it, ( it's never activated when in a band situation although I do cut the 6.3k Hz slider a lot ) I'll have to have another play around with it, the TE amp in the rehearsal room we use sounds terrible without the preshape activated, so I'm guessing they're not all the same

just this really, I've tried to get the TE pre shaped sound by using the 12 band EQ and can't, does it do anything else besides presetting the EQ? if not does anybody know what frequencies it alters? I want to try and get the TE sound out of another amp using EQing

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1477992827' post='3165723'] Ah! that might have solved the mystery then, I've not tried to do it for some time now, mainly because it never worked, but I've always highlighted and deleted in the past, and that's exactly what I did this time, which explains my surprise when it worked. Maybe I'm not that stupid then! [/quote]well if you are so am I, I had to ask about the backspacing method when the highlight and delete didn't work

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1477989443' post='3165682'] It worked! I've tried this in the past thinking that it is the obvious thing to do, but I'm sure it never worked before. [/quote]at one time you had to use the backspace button to remove unwanted text, just highlighting it and deleting didn't work for some reason

it's the first string I've broken in 12 years (since I switched to bass from guitar) but it also the longest time I've gone without changing the strings, which is probably the reason, I should add I am a aggressive player who uses a 1mm pick

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1477830695' post='3164658'] We use the same configuration, a pair of HK Audio RS152x tops on tripod stands, and a pair of no-name monitor boxes. Our amp is a cheap 2x300w power amp, and we play in mono, so one side to the tops, the other side as monitor. Simple, inexpensive, good quality PA that has done a sterling job for the last decade or so. 3 vocal mic's and a touch of bass drum; on occasion a drum overhead in small outdoor gigs. Old school, yes, but it still works for most of the situations we play in. [/quote]we're about the same except we've used 15" passive Wharfdale Titans and a Yamaha EMX 312SC 12 mixer amp as well as the no name monitors for the last 10 years

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1477823154' post='3164590'] I learn every note by memory even if it is a reading gig. If I can't play it all from memory, solo, then I'm not ready. I'll still perform it of course but I won't be happy that I'm under prepared. [/quote]I can play a lot of our set solo, doesn't mean I don't make mistakes though, lack of concentration sees to that

I think I probably rely on external reminders more than I think, one occasion springs to mind, the whole band started cocking up a Sex Pistols version of My Way, couldn't understand it till it was realised that the singer had swapped the 2nd and 3rd verses round without anybody twigging it. I do open micing and when someone asked me to sing copperhead rd without my guitar I forgot half the words, doing it while playing along with my guitar I have no trouble at all

well, I finally broke my first bass string at last nights gig, the A string at the bridge, must make a Google calendar note to change my DR neons every 6 months, luckily I had taken my spare bass into the pub with me, I did find out how much better a P bass cuts through them a Hondo professional ll though

it may be just me but I find youtube videos of gear a bit of a waste of time, what they sound like on youtube and what they sound like live with you playing are 2 completely different things, just my opinion, no offence intended

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1477584592' post='3163193'] But, again, if one is happy enough to pay the price asked, who's being 'ripped off'..? It's possible to buy a (relatively...) cheap car in India, if you can get there and drive it back. Not many people do; are all the others being 'ripped off' by UK prices because they 'can't be @rsed'..? [/quote]yep, if you never find out it was cheaper elsewhere, you'll be a happy bunny, but if you do find out, later, that it was a lot cheaper somewhere else you won't, but the result of people like me shopping round means cheaper prices, that's the good side of capitalism (just seen the above post)

is it any worse than energy or insurance companies jacking up prices for existing customers knowing they can't be arsed to shop around? with the power of the internet if you get ripped off it's your own lazy fault

not too bad now, but when our old guitarist and drummer were losing interest it was a nightmare, me or more usually the singer would be chasing gigs and they would take ages to answer emails and texts, I think it's appalling bad manners not to reply as soon as possible, it really pisses me off

only 10 years younger than Chuck Berry, another member of the 'how the hell did they get away with that' club, not as valuable to rock and Roll history as Chuck but still a very iconic figure, his playing style certainly set him apart from other bass players, holding his bass like a watering can was how I once heard it described

I always think it's cheating, if you're supposed to be a live band that's what it should be, same with loopers, very clever, but no different from using a backing track