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tort scratch plates on anything but white Headless basses any manufacturer that doesn't do left-handed versions, with the same aesthetics, at the same price as right handed models, bastards

slightly different but there's a similar thread live at the moment http://basschat.co.uk/topic/280453-i-need-ear-protection/page__st__30

I see AC/DC have cancelled their tour because Brian Johnson would lose his hearing, surely they could use top notch ear plugs with built in monitors?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1457375454' post='2997943'] I think we've had this conversation before. IMO you're endangering the only good ear you've got left. [/quote]yeah you're probably right, rock and roll, edit, sorry just reread this, didn't mean to be flippant, personally I've decided to risk it so I still enjoy playing gigs, which I don't with the feeling of detachment I get using ACS pro's in both ears

I've got some ACS pro 10's with mixed results, if I use them in both ears I feel horribly isolated ( started with 17's they were even worse) I they do take out more top end than anything else, I use the ACS's in the ear with tinnitus , which is the side I have the drummer on and a generic one in the other ear so I can hear what's going on better, mind you I already have hearing loss (around the 2 - 8K hz range) so someone with good hearing might have a different experience

heads up, bargain http://basschat.co.uk/topic/280589-trace-elliot-7215smc-combo/page__pid__2997653#entry2997653

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1457337546' post='2997389'] But IMO fair. I was a massive Clash fan based on their first two albums, but was so underwhelmed by London Calling. At the time of its release I really liked the single and then that was about it. I recently revisited it as my musical tastes have somewhat broadened in the past 30 or so years and found that I now like "Lost In The Supermarket" as well. And yes I know "Armegideon Time" isn't on the album, but in light of the weakness of the other material it really should have been there and not relegated to the B-side of the single. [/quote]I know what you mean about it being a disapointment at the time after the first 2 albums, I too was underwhelmed at first, it was a big depeature from the punky stuff, but over the years I've got to really like the first record, still don't bother with the second one

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1457309347' post='2997327'] There can be disadvantages... yesterday (Sunday) we were obliged to turn up at 4:30pm for a soundcheck, which would have been fine but for the fact we weren't on stage until 9:00pm. So at least 4 hours hanging around. Mind you we sounded bloody brilliant and got loads of positive comments about the sound. What was I complaining about again..? [/quote]sounds like a nightmare, I hate hanging around between sound checks and the gig, plus band members get bored and drink to much

in my experience the G string does sound buzzier than the rest, especially higher up the neck, if it's not coming through the amp I wouldn't worry about it, it's a funny thing about things like this, you don't notice them then when you do that's all you can hear, bit like tinnitus lol

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1457257416' post='2996687'] The Clash - "London Calling" could be re-released as an EP: 1. London Calling 2. Lost In The Supermarket 3. Armegideon Time [/quote]bit harsh there BigRed, nothing wrong with the first record, it's the second one that's the trouble, so any easy one to make a single album from, Armegideon time isn't on my version of London Calling btw

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1457214478' post='2996505'] Here's my "White Album" as a cracking single album... [indent=1]1. "Back in the U.S.S.R." (McCartney)[/indent] [indent=1]2. "Dear Prudence" (Lennon)[/indent] [indent=1]3. "Glass Onion" ( Lennon)[/indent] [indent=1]4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (McCartney)[/indent] [indent=1]5. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison)[/indent] [indent=1]6. "Martha My Dear" ( McCartney)[/indent] [indent=1]7. "I'm So Tired" ( Lennon)[/indent] [indent=1]8. "Blackbird" ( McCartney)[/indent] [indent=1]9. "Birthday" ( McCartney and Lennon)[/indent] [indent=1]10. "Yer Blues" (Lennon)[/indent] [indent=1]11. "Mother Nature's Son" (McCartney)[/indent] [indent=1]12. "Sexy Sadie" ( Lennon)[/indent] [indent=1]13 . "Helter Skelter" (McCartney)[/indent] [indent=1]14. "Revolution 1" (Lennon)[/indent] [indent=1]Total Length 45 mins[/indent] [/quote] you don't realise how many good tracks there are on this till you start to try and whittle them down, can't argue with most of this but I'd get rid of Martha my dear and replace it with the continuing story of Bungalow Bill or Cry Baby Cry, maybe there ought to be another Beatles thread, which songs would you leave off the Beatles White Album, only joking, or am I

look at the feedback, there's loads of these and they've always got very little seller feedback, which is probably the opposite of what you'll get using one of these

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1457181807' post='2996080'] Reading Joe Strummer's biography recently the general consensus seemed to be if they had cut the crap from the "Cut the Crap" album they wouldn't have released a single track from it! I can't do Sandanista at all and I think London Calling could have been better as two separate releases with a bit of time in between releases so as to take out the weaker songs [/quote]there was one decent track on cut the crap, This is England, but that was about it, I think your comment about London Calling could apply to almost every double album, discounting Lives and compilations

another vote for Stingrays here, but I've never heard anybody else playing one that I liked either, maybe I've been unlucky. Never got on with Jazz's either till recently I bought a VM squier, front pick up full on back full off cuts through he mix like a knife through butter, better than my P, to quote Victor Meldrew "I don't believe it"

or singer uses ear plugs, which means he's always asking us to turn up the monitors so he can hear himself, I always smile, sort of defeats the object of ear plugs I would have thought, IEM is another thread btw

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1457125557' post='2995728'] No one has mentioned Oasis - first song on Morning Glory quoting a Gary Glitter song...! [/quote]apparently GG got £1million in royalties for that, nice work if you can get it

the Beatles all you need is love, Lennon doing she loves you in the fade out the Ramones, the return on Jackie and Judy

[quote name='Colonel36' timestamp='1457115055' post='2995564'] The BEATLES White Album. [/quote]George Martin tried to persuade them just to release a great single one instead and with tracks like Revolution No 9, Why Don't We Do it in the Road, and Piggies who could argue with him

most double albums would've been a lot better as a single one, to quote the Clash, cut the crap and they should've

[quote name='sunburstjazz1967' timestamp='1457107210' post='2995452'] Google brings up plenty of electrocuted musicians, un earthed mic being a favourite, that floating earth that a PROPERLY done PAT test would find those faults, I've come across plenty of PA systems that make your lips tingle when you go near the mic. [/quote]that's happened to me too, but only when using someone else's PA, that's probably a bigger danger, you know your own gear, you do a visual inspection every time you set it up without even realising it, but when using a provided PA which always includes mics who knows what state it's in, I think I'll ask for PAT certificate next time we have to use one

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1457100070' post='2995348'] And if your PA crushes someone's head when it falls over you'll be sued for several million. Even if you don't have a house to take (they will if you do) your earnings will be subject to a garnishee order for the rest of your natural life. Or you could have a PL policy for under £100 per year. [/quote]with the size of our PA I more likely to win the lottery than that to happen and I don't even buy a ticket, doesn't the venue have to have liability insurance? the only way something like that would happen is if it got knocked over by an over enthusiastic crowd then that would be the venues fault for not controlling them properly. Can anyone give an example of when a band has had to use public liability insurance? or how many musicians were killed last year by faulty equipment? You can spend your whole life worrying about a chance in a billion happening

[quote name='EmmettC' timestamp='1457048737' post='2994930'] I assume everyone who is out gigging had public liability insurance, you get it free with MU membership, the insurance won't cover you if you're equipment isn't PAT tested. It's a big risk going out without insurance, there's such a large risk of someone getting injured because of your gear, particularly during get-outs. [/quote]no, it's yet another cost and layer of bureaucracy to bands that just play at the pub a couple of times a month, it's a hobby not a profession for most people

[quote name='DiceSociety' timestamp='1457027537' post='2994646'] Firstly I admit I've never tried IEM's, but a bug bear of mine from an audience stand point, is poor sound when a whole band goes through a PA for pubs. Personally I think it sounds much better just putting the vocals through the PA, and everything else goes through the back line with the volume dictated by how loud the drummer is. Obviously for larger venues a PA is needed. It appears that I'm in a minority though! To be honest I'm rarely impressed by the sound of professional bands in a large venue where the sound is: Bass - an indeterminable rumble, the guitars - a trebly mess, and the only thing that sounds good is the drums and occasionally the vocals. I think some engineers try and recreate the sound of a CD where nothing has any room to breathe, which in my humble, or possibly misguided opinion, is the wrong way to go for live music. I'll get my coat.... [/quote]no need to get your coat, these are my thoughts exactly, whenever we play a gig with a full PA my heart sinks, all what you said and a kick drum that that is top of the mix, we've got a fairly regular (small) following and they all say we sound best when we do our own sound (just vocals through the PA), this is where IEM fall down, unless you go to the hassle of micing everything up it's going to be a problem getting a good mix to the IEM, and if you do it means lugging around a bigger PA loads of mics and stands plus extra time setting up, at the moment we're ready to go in about 30 minutes. I still like to hear from anyone who has successfully used IEM with just the vocals through the PA

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1457027893' post='2994651'] Not quite OT, but intrigued by this. Can you try out an iem system for the singer, giving him the same mix as his current floor monitor, but with an added ambience mic picking up the rest of the stage..? Any half-decent mic facing rearwards near the front of the stage would do (maybe even clipped to his own mic stand..? He'd get to hear all the band, at any level he needs, plus his own vocals. All you need is a spare mic and a spare channel on the console. No good..? Sounds odd, to me, to wear ear protection and then turn up the monitors; I could be wrong, though. Just sayin'. [/quote]this has crossed my mind, but really if we're using the back line and not boosting it through the PA, unless the IEM are exceptional at being ear plugs we shouldn't need anything else other than vocals going through them, trouble is he seems very reluctant to try this for some reason, just always says he can't afford them, which is bollocks really, he spends a fortune on going to gigs and buying CD's, I think the real reason is he doesn't understand them, he's a bit of Luddite, I'll keep trying though