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[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

[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