PaulWarning

we found the opposite, reviewers mostly wanted just a download,they weren't even interested in CD's through the post, we used dropbox

we had 500 vinyl copies pressed of our album, can't remember the exact figures but it has worked out about £4 a record, we were originally going to do 250 but i was only around an extra £40 to got to 500, it was all handled by Media Hut in Nottingham (as well as the CD's), we're selling them for £10

I'm not saying don't use any ear protection, just do you really have to pay out £140 when £20 ones will do the job? I realise when tinnitus and hearing loss has kicked in (as it has with me) the first reaction is to throw money at it, but mine has got no worse just using generic ER 20's and I don't suffer the isolation problem I got with the custom ones, plus they're a lot easier to take out when someone wants to talk to you.

can't see that getting much radio play

I do think the filters in the ACR's are very expensive for what they are, I lost one and thought I'd been well and truly ripped off a considering they're not custom made unlike the moulded inserts, which cost around £130 and include two filters

I just wonder if they're overkill, has anybody suffered hearing damage while just using say, the generic ER 20's?

couldn't really get on with custom ACS's made me feel isolated, I've lost one and I don't think I'll replace it tbh

never attended many auditions but, I knew one wasn't going to end well when the new guitarists said "I haven't had time to listen to any of the songs you sent , but it'll be ok I'll just wing it"

not just me then, I've found those clip on tuners for £2 via reverb seem to work as good as any

I doubt anybody has, sound wise anyway, I've had to replace every speakon socket on our PA speakers because they stopped locking into place, and they're fiddler to connect and disconnect, I get the connection shorting problem with jacks but provided you make sure the volume is turned down there's not that much advantage IMO

yeah, I do that, on London Calling BV's at the same time as sliding up to the 7th fret, can't do that without looking. Once read Macca used to practice while reading the paper so he could play without thinking about it, I've done the same while watching TV (not reading the paper) As regards learning words, I do open mic on acoustic guitar, I always learn the words (one of my pet hates is singers who use cheat sheets), I sing them to myself while walking the dog, once they're in there they usually stay

I don't see why not, might knacker up any warranty though

slightly off topic, but I don't really understand why manufacturers can't use the speakon sockets that take a jack up the middle, no innuendo intended

I seem to remember reading somewhere that a top session player used fingers in the studio but a pick live for this reason, can't remember his name though, I might have even dreamt it

yes, reckon so

once again guys, he's not being entirely serious, but probably making the quite valid point that with a pick you usually get a crisper sound (more attack) although I've heard finger players sound like they're using a pick and pick players sound like they're using fingers, Macca springs to mind on that one

I've done this on my Squier Jazz, there's plenty of wiring diagrams on the net, I got a push pull volume control off ebay, just about went in the cavity, I've found it very useful, gives my Jazz more of a P sound although only one volume control works for both pickups, which I'm assuming is what Hellzero is talking about

Although I like a few of the Big O's records, and he had a great voice, I thought he was an awful live performer, no movement, no interaction with the audience, completely lacking in any personality, (from the clips I've seen) why would you want to go to see a hologram of him is beyond me

think the guy just enjoys sending himself up, quite refreshing, there's enough pretentious Richards about

just taking the pis out of all these 'it's all in the fingers' theorists, good for him, I presume he plays with a pick?

our singers just started using them, just a cheap system from gear4music https://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Wireless-In-Ear-Monitor-System-by-Gear4music/OUE it work surprisingly well, when he can keep them in his ears! he has a real problem with in ear buds they fall out when he's jumping around like a lunatic and sweating like a pig, I'd say if your singer can keep in ear phones in (I never have a problem, if fact they hurt if I catch the cable and pull them out) it might be a cheap way of trying them out

I think it would need something a little more radical than that to get me playing properly

wish you lot would stop going on about MIM P's, they don't do cack handed ones, bastards.

I wouldn't be happy either, turn the cab round and stick the amp on the handle side, or get an Elf

yes, it's always surprising how mistakes seem to really stand out when they happen, but nobody else seems to notice them them