PaulWarning

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1386696581' post='2303231'] ok, if we have already done that. I guess it is just one of those guitar things, and the fact that few people learn to learn instruments other than guitars without some kind of tuition. [/quote] maybe I'm being a bit thick here but I'm not entirely sure what you're getting at, unless you're saying people can't learn the unnatural way because they don't have lessons, I was chatting to a fellow lefty at an open mic the other week and he was saying he spent 2 years having lesson on guitar (playing right handed) and was getting nowhere, then the teacher noticed he wrote left handed so he started again playing as a lefty and never looked back. Left handed people may be able to write right handed but they probably will never be as good as if they'd learnt left handed.

it don't get cheesier than Nellie the Elephant, always our final song, but yeah there's a lot of snobbery going off when bands say 'we're not doing this or that because its too cheesy, a pissed up crowd on a Saturday night love to singalong to a cheesy/classic song (delete as applicable), and we are entertainers aren't we?

[quote name='Valhalalf' timestamp='1386608265' post='2302111'] Sorry, been away from the forums for a while. I've still got the combo and have been gigging it solidly every weekend for neary 6 months now. It's a great bit of kit, nice and solid and fits perfectly in my focus estate boot with everything else. I can also nearly do my car trip in one go as it's so light. Really happy with the tones I get from it and the portability, setup time etc makes me and my back very happy. The only issues I have had, and this is with digital power amps and neo speakers in general, is sometimes it does lack a bit of weight behind the sound projection. However, stick it in a corner of a pub for example to create a bass corner and you're fine. Also, if you have the ability to do so, D.I. it through the PA. So far though I have not had to D.I. yet just to be heard in the mix, and that includes playing outdoors, a huge hall at Cambridge University and a marquee inside an army gymnasium at the weekend. Also, my guitarist is very loud and it it'll happily go head to head with him. Most of the time I usually only need both the preamp and the master to 12 o'clock for a good gig volume. At some point I might think about buying the powered extension cab to kick it up to 1000 Watts, but not because I need the extra power. I think the combination of price, portability, flexibility and sound is just perfect and I've not even been thinking about another amp. If you were thinking about downsizing to a lighter or smaller setup I would seriously recommend trying one of these out. I'm sure there are better, more expensive alternatives, and if you can afford them great. But I'm very happy wth my little amp. Also, if anyone does decide to get a 2x12 combo and wants a Roqsolid cover for it, ask them to make sure it uses the customer submitted measurements. The stock one was too big so I gave them the proper dimensions to make mine and in black with black piping it's the perfect compliment to my 'Stealth Cube'. And if anyone has any questions please gimme a shout Alfie [/quote] Cheers, when my Marshall MB 4210 gives up the ghost, they never do when you want them too do they?, I'll get one of these, should be able to get rid of my sack trolley then

[quote name='still-young' timestamp='1386611892' post='2302177'] I tried to learn guitar righty when I started an found it so uncomfortable and hard to learn, but then I switched to left and picked it up a lot quicker [/quote] Worms can of http://basschat.co.uk/topic/203555-why-do-we-play-right-or-left-handed/page__hl__left+handed__fromsearch__1 my own personnel theory, totally unscientific, is that some people are a lot more left handed than others, so some find it easy to play the 'wrong way round' to what feels natural, while others find it impossible

Fender don't do MIM p's or Squier CV's in cack handed versions either it's about time somebody passed an anti leftism law

oh yeah, we also do Anti Nowhere League's I Hate People, but change People for Christmas, bah humbug

fairytale in new york, don't you need a male and female singer for that?, to do it justice anyway. We're doing Slade this year, although I quite like doing Gary Glitter's another rock and roll christmas, at least you don't hear it a lot on the radio lol

My Way done Sex Pistols style

I've a 75 watt 1 x 15 Laney combo that I leave at our practice place, sometimes I get asked to turn down, the drummers no animal though

I've got a lefty Wilson Rapier 6 string (guitar) it's not very good

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1385812165' post='2292423'] Sorry to bump an old thread, but I just wondered how you got on with this combo in the end? [/quote] yep, it's always good to get a review a few months down the line when the honeymoon period is over

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1385762857' post='2292080'] Technically this is my "local" as it's the pub closest to where I live. It has a good atmosphere, great beer and they do a cracking Sunday lunch. However their taste in live music is pretty dire IMO and there are few places to sit where it isn't overpowering, so I rarely go there anymore. These days I prefer Bar Deux where I can choose whether or not I want to listen to the bands. [/quote] Funnily enough I was in My local last night the Cornmill at Chilwell which is really a drinking and eating pub, have a band on the last Friday of every month, last night they were way too loud, you have to ask yourself, why?

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1385762149' post='2292070'] That was my local for nearly 20 years but didn't get to actually play it until I'd moved from the area. That was about 3 bands back, not played it with current band. I think they always tended to stick with their 'favourites' even the bands that never seemed to pull a big crowd. I'll ask band leader to see if he knows any background to what's going on there. [/quote] Cheers

the[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1385743280' post='2291788'] Paul, which venue was it that was booked for all of 2014 already? [/quote]the Lion at Basford

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1385738953' post='2291726'] I know this is hard to believe, but there is a bunch of bass players our there that don't play rock [/quote] yep, there most certainly is, but I was trying to say it probably wouldn't work in a rock band situation.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1385739608' post='2291739'] Kev's advice is good, about getting on standby list. We have pub bookings up until December 2014, [/quote] Yeah we've been on standby lists before, sods law being what it is we usually can['t do the last minute gigs for one reason or another

tried to get a gig about a month ago at a local pub, took a DVD in spoke to the landlord and he said "we're already booked up to 2015!" and that's before he's looked at the DVD. This happening more and more, is this happening to everybody or am I getting paranoid

totally pointless in a rock band situation, always think our job is to add definition while the guitarist does the wall of noise bit

I would imagine the majority of Bass players started out playing, or trying to play, 6 string guitar, bass is not an obvious instrument to start off with. Note, I did say majority. Good job you didn't say white players are better at something otherwise it could start a whole new "what is racist" thread

it all sounds a bit sterile and lifeless, as someone else said, record yourself live at a gig, We did that and there's a lot more energy in the live recording than the studio one we did.

Me to the guitarist, "where's the Gibson tonight?, "oh I snapped a string last gig and couldn't be bothered to change it"

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1385041911' post='2283734'] My Nanowebs start to "fray" (not sure I've ever seen them flake or chip) after about a 9 months to a year of VERY heavy finger playing. Oddly enough DR's start to go at the frets after just a few plays for me. [/quote] Yeah, I noticed that the frets had dug into the string last time I changed my DR's, I just put it down to the fact that it showed up a lot because of the bright colour, Better than the string digging into the frets I guess

I used them for a while, and suffered with flaking I thought it was because I used a pick, then someone on here, sorry can't remember who suggested I be very careful when fitting them to make sure I didn't damage the coating when pulling them through the bridge, they were a lot less 'flaky' after that, very smooth feel. I now use DR neons, (cause they come in pink and green, great for Punk ) they're also coated but feel like normal strings and last ages, although they don't flak the colouring comes off were I hit them with my pick

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1384713924' post='2279853'] I got the point, and it's a fair one, but it just highlights the difference in creative output between Sinatra (very little) and Macca (little short of astonishing). But Sinatra was just a crooner, so it's not really a fair comparison. As an aside, all the 'Beatle haters' out there might be interested in this: [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03h6yrv"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...rammes/b03h6yrv[/url] [/quote] thanks for that, really enjoyed it [quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1384632462' post='2279028'] yeah his voice has gone, interesting that he did Mr Kyte, a Lennon song, talking of Lennon wonder what his voice is like in some parallel universe where Macca was the one that got shot? as you can see I'm a bit of a fan of what ifs? [/quote]

yeah his voice has gone, interesting that he did Mr Kyte, a Lennon song, talking of Lennon wonder what his voice is like in some parallel universe where Macca was the one that got shot?