TimR

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1489169043' post='3254972'] You lost me at bin update? Photos of stuff in your bin? [/quote] No I just post what colour bin I'm putting out. Along with some other nonsense. Something like: It's Friday February 14th, can only mean one thing.. Black Bin today. Or It's the second Friday after the the first bank holiday in May, must be Brown bin today. Some people get it. Some don't. My wife doesn't understand it... I might do it as a deeply philosophical comment about the dull existence of a middle aged man, or maybe I just do it to make people smile, or puzzle them. It's up to the reader to decide. .

You can set it so that no one can find you.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1489009920' post='3253775'] Geddy playing Roundabout!!! He'll not need his Jazz. [/quote] Knowing the Rush sense of humour I bet he uses his Jazz but puts his Rick on a stand in a prominent place on stage. And EQs it to sound exactly like the Rick.

Facebook is not a place for people who take themselves or life too seriously. It will drive them mad. My weekly bin update gets a huge number of likes and comments. Some people get it and some don't. I don't think people should slam it as a terrible thing just because they don't partake in it. I moderate a huge social group, I don't want to be close friends with 540 people as I only see some of them occasionally but I do need to exchange information and ideas with all of them on a regular basis. Some of those 540 people don't get Facebook either and are constantly complaining about the background noise. It's like going to a pub and complaining that someone at the table next to you is talking about Eastenders but you're talking about Football.

Nice. It's a shame both bands weren't inducted sooner. They're both very niche though.

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1488885107' post='3252586'] Subs only reproduce the frequencies below the cut off point where the mid/high units can't effectively and efficiently recreate them. In a gig, "All the bass" doesn't go through the subs. They just reproduce the extreme low end (generally around 100Hz and below). The presence of subs aren't to blame for a below-par mix. [/quote] Harmonic Enhancement. It's supposed to be used a low volume to enhance the bass or treble. Use it at high volume and you just break the mix.

Someone pasted a load of junk and it got bumped. It's been removed now.

I like it. Would work really well for us as our singer has just started a new job which means he is busy during wedding season.

Thread is only two years old.

There's a 'vintage' Marlin Sidewinder for sale in Hobgoblin music. £249!

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1488574737' post='3250275'] I thought I'd share this with you all. I recently acquired a 4x10 combo that weighs more than a collapsed star and was thinking of ways to easily transfer it to my car. I found this, less than £20 and it fits exactly the footprint of the combo. It's good for 150kg and I'm absolutely made up with it! (So is my back...) http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebaseuk/transport-helper-hand-truck-376979 [/quote] Get yourself some ratchet straps too. Then when it comes to lifting it the whole lot moves together. There's nothing worse then lifting the cab to get it over a threshold only to have the wheels rolling off in the opposite direction.

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1488543922' post='3249838'] It [i]can[/i] work with two similar sounding instruments and setups, but in that case the roles of the two guitars need to be carefully thought out, like Television for instance. [/quote] Yes. You need them to think about their arrangements. Which requires them to think musically rather than with their ego...

EQ mixing. It's why when you have a two guitar band you often get the volume wars where neither can hear themselves or each other.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1488496699' post='3249560'] You can edit the patches and then save them to the "user" section. Setting your amp flat will then give you least colour but if you like your amp's usual settings, edit the patches to suit. [/quote] I read this a couple of times and think it needs some expansion. Once you have the patches in the user area you can edit the actual eq setting within that patch. I've not used the B1 but have the old zoom506. The built in effects tend to have things like eq and reverb added that make it sound really good through headphones but don't work very well in a band setting. I would copy across, make a note of all the values and then delete things like reverb and eq (if you can) then rest in a band situation. YMMV.

Classic Passive-aggressive behaviour. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passive-aggressive_behavior

I always paid deps what they wanted. Usually that was more than anyone else in the band. I would expect to be paid the same as the others but it depends on how appreciative the band members are. Are they in it for the money, or do they just want to be out playing for fun? .

I still have my Marlin Sidewinder. I think the neck was designed by Robin Hood.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1488352732' post='3248071'] I don't know how litigious American society actually is but media (mainly film and TV) tends to paint a picture of a society where lawyers are the "go to" first step in many disputes. Whether or not that is the case it seems to be going that way here. Solicitors are the only winners in any given dispute. I think greed has become a greater driving force here in the UK than ever before. Everyone wants a cut but no one wants to pay for their slice of pie. Sad. [/quote] That's just the media though. Those no win no fee solicitors are quite particular who they take on. Real solicitors usually outline exactly how much a case is likely to cost and the likelihood of winning during the first (paid) consultation. A solicitors letter is cheap, following up on your threats isn't. Try and sort out any problems amicably.

Totally agree there.

Wonder if he's using it as a cursory illegal worker check.

[quote name='Ziphoblat' timestamp='1488227856' post='3247075'] Not really seeing what laptop DJ's have to do with a thread about electronic music. [/quote] It's about what constitutes a musical performance. If you're running a preprogrammed sequencer, is that a performance, even if you originally played the sequence in live to record it or could play that part live? At what point does a backing track stop being a creative performance and become just a rendition of a preprepared song. And does it matter. We didn't go to watch a DJ perform, he seemed to think we did. .

I went to a dinner and dance on Saturday night. They had a disco. Standard stuff. Play the tunes, not chat between tracks, no introductions to tunes. At the end of the evening the DJ thanked us "for being a great audience." The mind boggles.

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1487930802' post='3244196'] Anyway, after last night's vocal rehearsal and subsequent discussion, it is apparent that I can use whatever I like. She just wanted to have an image of a new, modern prog band, fronted up with old style guitars. But as it turns out, the guitarist who has a PRS is also preferring to use that so it's kind of a moot point now... [/quote] Excellent. Sorry I missed that part.

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1487931981' post='3244219'] This is actually a very good point. Did actually use my '75 Jazz for the video we did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GF_MENE7lY [/quote] Well that's very odd. They're happy with the guitarist playing a guitar that looks like it's been attacked with a grinder?

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1487776566' post='3242750'] I think it's the fact that it's Sonic Blue. The comment was that it looks like a 'toy' bass, compared to a Fender. [/quote] I would say that's the problem. What colour guitars do they have? It might look a bit odd in photos and detract from a cohesive band look. Playing live under light it'll not notice. I would suggest to them that you will use one of your other basses for photo shoots and publicity stuff. I played (still have it) an '87 Jackson Charvel bass compete with 80s Hair Metal style pointy headstock in a function band. It looked really odd, and out of place, even to me. I changed it and although people said how nice my new bass was they didn't qualify that with 'compared to your old one'. So I'm guessing no one minded.