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so good he asked twice

Just home from final practice before our 2 date trip to Portugal next weekend... Our guitarist has a new toy. A Boss DD-500 delay pedal... What a difference a pedal makes. This thing is fantastic compared to his old DD-3 We use a fair bit of delay and tempo based effects. With the old pedal ,if the drummer drifted out of time with the guitar delay we lost it...and since he struggles playing to a click (he never bothers), playing to a delay meant we often were all over the place.. but this thing is magic...guitard can adjust delay time with his foot by tapping along on the pedal and it'll adjust the delay time according to the delay type programmed in the patch...that means we can have tempo changes and when we get to the bit that requires the delay it'll actually be in time. And he can select patches with his foot too...so he programmes a sequence of patsches to follow the set list and tada...every delay is in time! I can honestly say this single pedal has made a huge difference to the way we sound and tonight we played better than ever!

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[quote name='ColinH' timestamp='1454003795' post='2965314'] Well... In all honesty I've been a tad dismissive of 'social media' in the past (MyFace/Tw*tbook/whatever), and didn't hold out much hope of anything coming of this. ... Miracles can happen after all, ( [/quote] WOW! result Social media is great. I had my car stolen on 23rd January 2015. As a result of a fierce Facebook campaign a member of the public saw it parked up in a cul-de-sac 7miles from where I lived and called it into the police. It was recovered on 29th january 2015. Social media is great at this kind of thing!

Bought a DHA VT1 EQ DI MK2 instead plus a T-Rex current doubler that allows the use of 2 x 12VDC supplies from the T-Rex delivering 600mA Mr Hall reckons that'll be more than enough... Looing forward to delivery... probably going to whack a 12AU7 in instead [i have a 12AY7 and 12AT7 too to try] so there's not so much overdrive going on....

I'll be 51 next month I've still got 13 years left on my mortgage !!

get a card reader and take card payments with the jug

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1453901068' post='2963979'] Premises [url="http://www.premisesstudios.com"]http://www.premisesstudios.com[/url] [/quote] Crikey...those 2 rehearsal rooms will sound a bit live won't they? With all those breeze blocks Why do none of these studios publish their rates?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1453746114' post='2962406'] What did you think of it? [/quote] The neck was a bit chunky to say the least! but bizarrely felt right because of the 'narrowness' of the fingerboard. ...I found being restricted to a single string extremely limiting...hahaha - certainly root fifth stuff out the window unless the string was tuned to the root of the key!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1453728502' post='2962149'] OK... I don't own it anymore but this Atlansia Solitaire used to be mine: [/quote] Did you sell that to Jonny Shrimpton? If so I've played it.

Where's the option for 3?

Last night my Warmoth DinkyP with a Status jazz neck (very light at 7lb3oz) was frustrating me. Symptoms were akin to a dead spot...the C on the A string (3rd fret) seemed much quieter than all the other notes. Never noticed it before. It's strung 45 65 80 100 d'Addario ENR71 half rounds. They've been on a while and I suppose the A string does the most work so perhaps all it is is an indication it's time to change strings? But I prefer the thud of old strings to the twang of new ones. But I prefer the feel of the half rounds over anything else so not going to go flats (been there)....

yes i suspect so i've vanished from many other places, why would BC be any different?

most look OK - far less 'coffee table' than some.... but How do they play? That's the important bit.

Me setups and wiring soldering and pickup replacement No fretwork or woodwork though Dunstable Beds

our own is well maintaned and regularly serviced....and the card with the sounds on it has a removable coin battery and the synth can read direct from the card if necessary A modern replacement? We've tried but replicating the sound of a D50 isn't easy....

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1453644897' post='2961313'] Personally I'd have a look to see if it would be possible to hire a D50 in the US and just bring a laptop loaded with a MIDI dump of the sounds that you need. [/quote] We have a battery powered card for the slot on the D50 ,containing a dump of all our sounds, which we used to use when using hired D50s on EU flyaways. We stopped hiring D50s and started taking our own as the EU hire stock all appeared to be broken! The D50 is getting old now (1986/87) and I would be concerned as to the reliability of any hired D50....there's nothing worse than finding the keyboard has a host of non functioning keys.

Does that mean our Roland D50 synth will have a problem? It doesn't have a 110V switch on it but we are looking at getting a transformer but hadn't considerd the frequency difference. And as for the idea of making up an extension lead with US plug instead of 2 kettle leads...2 points 1) didn't want to do that as luggage space limited and 2) Where do I get a US plug in UK?

IEC kettle leads with US plugs..where to buy in UK? Thanks

i am biased but this was the best album of the 80s Sad Lovers & Giants - Feeding the Flame I wasn't in the line up that recorded this album, I joined for the next album but I fell in love with this album and have been married to the band ever since. There's a full upload on youtube - but the track listing is incorrect - The video starts at their listed track4 (as did the vinyl) [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwaKswxoK6E[/media] ....and there are a few websites that tend to agree with me! A review: [url="http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/51481/Sad-Lovers-and-Giants-Feeding-the-Flame/"]http://www.sputnikmu...ding-the-Flame/[/url]

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1453477845' post='2959876'] Maybe you should hand the guitarist your bass and politely request that he demonstrate playing the part exactly the way he wants it played throughout the whole song, or invite him to provide you with a quality short scale bass at his expense. [/quote] LOL....and he's smaller than me...hahaha