PaulWarning

[quote name='Rayman' timestamp='1355007399' post='1893002'] Nothing sounds better than Vinyl. No matter what you do with it. IMO. You did ask! [/quote] Does vinyl appear to sound better because of the physical attachment to it i.e. taking this disc out of a nice big sleeve, putting it on a turnrable and dropping the arm on it and being able to watch it go round, therefore enhansing the listening pleasure, or does it actually sound better even though initially CD's do sound clearer, I don't know, but I do know I seem to enjoy vinyl more

I mention it from time to time but try not to overdo it, especially seeing as one of my collegues used to play bass in a band that nearly made it, £250,000 record contract and all that, bastard.

just changed my speakers on my Hifi so I've got all enthusiastic about listening to music again, the thing I've noticed if I turn the treble down on CD's they sound a lot better, almost like vinyl but with a little bit more clarity, anybody else do this?

As I'm always telling the band that I play in if we're going to do obscure stuff we may as well do out own songs because your average punter won't know it, all the mod bands I've seen go down a storm but they stick to well known Who, Jam, Small Faces stuff with a bit of punk thrown in. Suppose it depends whether you want to get regular paid gigs or not

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1354179716' post='1883016'] Looking at his recent feedback, he has 21 in the past three months. Assuming that this is his main job and he takes weekends off, then each instrument takes him three days to complete. That's a scary thought. Assuming that his main job lies elsewhere (Director General of the BBC or whatever) and he does this stuff at the weekend, then each instrument takes him just over one day to complete. In its own way, that's almost as scary ... [/quote] when we're guessing how long he spends on his 'projects' don't forget to allow about 3 hours for how long he must spend on those wonderful descriptions for ebay

prepare yourself for people not liking you lovingly crafted music as much as you do, but of course they won't say that to your face

[quote name='vsmith1' timestamp='1354026287' post='1881004'] We all occasionally get the tempo wrong when we start a song - sometimes too slow but sometimes too fast. [/quote] I'm the one that shouts 1234 Ramones style for some songs, and like the Ramones we quite often set of at an entirely different speed, it's one of our few talents

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1354018205' post='1880799'] That happens in one of my bands, The Daves, every now and then, but as I`m usually at the mic, I just sing whatevers meant to be sung and the singer then carries on, it makes it look like it`s planned. Or it would, if he didn`t have an "I`m a fool, i can`t remember the words" grin on his face. [/quote] tell him to use our singers usual technique, he plays around with his mic pretending there's a fault

in my band we all make mistakes, hopefully not at the same time, the guitard's the worse cause he doesn't practice enough and drinks to much, in the last 2 gigs the worse ones were when the singer forgot to sing the last verse in Tommy Gun so the rest of us didn't know whether to go into the outro or not so we just sort of stopped and the guitard had no volume at the start of the set after I'd said everybody "ready and turned on". But guess what? the crowd loved it had a laugh at our expense and enjoyed the gigs, so we keep getting away with it, some people actually say it makes the gig more 'live'

I once had a go at drums, the main trouble I had was dissociating my hi hat stick with the bass drum pedal, I found practice a bit boring after a while, so gave it up

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1353686752' post='1877494'] I've sold a lot of things on auction sites but have never ended a listing early even when i have had the opportunity to do so. I understand how annoying it is watching an item with no bids with a view to bid towards the end of the listing, only to see it ended early. Very frustrating. [/quote] that's happened to me as well, that's why I put a bid in for the speaker stands, but as I've found out it doesn't make any difference.

[quote name='sixdegrees' timestamp='1353622472' post='1876797'] I've done it a few times where I've agreed to both buy and sell outside of ebay. But only when no bids have been placed. The last 3 things I've bidded on have been removed, and obviously sold privately, AFTER bids have been placed. I find this totally unethical. [/quote] Just happened to me, I bid on some speaker stands, nobody else bidding looking forward to a bargain when they suddenly get withdrawn from sale and bid was cancelled, grrrr

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1353514275' post='1875483'] Haha! Is that a Daisy Rock strap? My boss bought me the same one for Christmas a few years ago. Her daughter saw it and asked her if I was gay, she said no, just flamboyant [/quote] not sure what it's called I'll check, but it matches my DR neon pink strings nicely, I like a bit of colour coordination

IMO it's a bit ott, last time I wanted a trap about 5 years ago I just walked into the local music shop and asked them for the longest one they'd got (it's got to be long if you want to rock, tin hat at the ready) it's a fluffy neon pink one, see my avatar I'd be gutted if anything happened to it, as you've probably gathered I don't take myself too seriously

we've just had the storage/transportation problem, it got resolved by everybody being responsible for different bits, I got the speakers (biggest car) the singer the PA/mixer, monitor and leads, the guitard got the mic bag and smoke machine and the drummer got the lights and speaker stands, working so far

we don't take the money out straight away that we get for gigs so band funds bought the PA, nobodies left yet so I'm not sure what'll happen then, as for somebody buying it then renting it out to the band isn't that the same thing except somebody gets a PA for nowt?

[quote name='Gordon Thudmaster May' timestamp='1353322597' post='1873515'] Any type of 'trauma' can cause Tinitus! [/quote] absolutely, so I guess tinitus and hearing damage aren't necessarily the same thing,

[quote name='Kongo' timestamp='1353284784' post='1873335'] Could be something as simple as a balloon bursting near your ear, or an Ambulances siren. The trauma doesn't have to be prolonged to get it, although it doesn't help either. :-P [/quote] I'm no expert but as I understand it it's prolonged exposure to loud sounds that messes your hearing up not short sharp lound bangs. I've also heard of people getting tinitus from bangs on the head

Don't think the big difference is paying out £150 against £20 for earplugs, it's how soon you start using them, lets be honest the vast majority of people start using them when the damage is already done , I know I did, I now use Alpine safe pro and find them excellent, certainly got no intention of shelling out hundreds of pounds.

[quote name='JohnFitzgerald' timestamp='1353158996' post='1872209'] Dan, you're 100% right, all spontateity is completely lost and yes indeed, if a singer misses their cues, it is immediately apparent. [/quote] the band I'm in would never use backing tapes, our singer comes in at some really odd times and his timing is all over ther place, not to mention the guitard who misses or comes in early for his solo, and lets not mention my mistakes.

the guy came round this morning with his money but didn't have his password for ebay, so I finished up just ending the aution by selling instantly to the highest bidder which was him for £22, so I did try, I'll report back if I hear anything from ebay. Got to agree with giones, ebay charges are ridiculous when you factor in paypal as well but they've got a monopoly in effect because you reach so many more potential customers with them, so you get a higher price. I did sell my Stingray on here though when I worked out how much it would cost on ebay, I got less money but gained when charges were factored in and a fellow bass player a cheaper Stingray, and I did ebay out of some money win, win, win.

seeing as how I've just got tickets for the original line up Quo tour, the Status Quo LP's (that's vinyl to our younger members) from Dog of Two Head up to Blue For You, they started to lose the plot with Rocking All Over The World

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1352990711' post='1870239'] Well, best is just to exchange emails and do it off ebay. Chances of them noticing and doing much is slim. [/quote] [quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1352990949' post='1870243'] Oh yeah, forgot to add this - we made the final arrangements via off-EBay email. [/quote] [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]that's what I should have done, I think I'll do a buy it know and put it down to experience[/color][/font]

he's still got 100% feedback,has anybody on here actually played one of his 'conversions', we're all taking the piss and he could be a genius

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1352986265' post='1870149'] I had exactly this last week, just ended the auction early, he paid cash on collection, we both saved some money. Job done. [/quote] ebay don't check up then? we've used their email service so it wouldn't be hard