Twigman

Our punters post vids of gour igs on Youtube. Many we'd quite like taking down, but can't. It sure keeps you focussed on not making (many) mistakes as they end up on youtube for the whole world to see. Be careful how you use youtube

I use a preamp on the input to bring it up to line level input to my RME HDSP9632 soundcard, into Sonar X2 and through IK Multimedia Ampeg SVX plugin amp sim then out through my KRK Rokit6 active monitors. I can get a wonderful bass sound like that.

I use one of these now - will never need another strap ever - wide and comfortable http://minotaur.gr/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=54&osCsid=kea90j8ah0o229867kdh25ar02

Berlin 4th November 2012 What a shambles. Playing last night of a 4 night festival. Turned up at the venue to find it closed down. The previous night one of the bands had thought it a good idea to use a flame thrower on stage. The fire brigade had been called. The promoter was fined €6000. Meanwhile the rental company took back the backline and the drum kit. The security firm (who we are told had pulled knives on punters) demanded extra cash for night 4.... So then a call to the promoter tells us the venue has moved to another 30minutes away. The capacity has fallen from 2000 to 350. We get there to find half a drum kit - the kick drum was missing a leg and there were only 2 cymbal stands - our drummer usually has 5, and a makeshift backline. Somehow the punters find their way there and the place is pretty full. We eventually get on stage at 3am Monday morning and play really badly. I doubt we'll be going back there again.

I only use a Chrous > Compressor > Amp i need nothing else

yes i try to play my bass every day We try to rehearse as a band at least once a week - that's when a lot of the writing gets done More often if we have a major gig coming up

yes i try to play my bass every day We try to rehearse as a band at least once a week - that's when a lot of the writing gets done More often if we have a major gig coming up

The 'originals' are only whatever version of the song the band that recorded the song was playing at the time they recorded it. Our songs are constantly in a state of flux and, in reality, there is no such thing as the 'original' - In fact the original original was just a sketched demo (probably on an old 4 track)..... IMHO there is NO SUCH THING as the 'original'.

Played at a place called 'S.I.X. Dogs' in Athens on Saturday. Flew over on Friday and went to a 'meet & greet' on the Friday night which didn't really bode well for the Saturday. Punters turned up at the event hoping to blag free tickets as the €20 entry was beyond their means. Athens really does feel skint, depressed and dangerous right now....in an effort to bolster sales we went on rockFM96.9 Athens for an hour on Saturday afternoon and talked bollocks.... We needn't have worried. Come Saturday night the place was rammmed. They sold every ticket they'd printed and (despite Greek lax attitude to health & safety) were turning punters away. We discovered we'd had a full page article in Athens' equivalent of the Evening Standard (discovered by autographing punters' copies). The gig space sounded fantastic. The walls were soft and non-reflective and the soundman spoke fluent English and was proud of having learned his trade in the UK. We played for over 2 hours with a few minutes break after the first 17 songs... We were called back for one final encore and played a song we had not played live before and had only rehearsed 4 times ( despite it being written nigh on 30 years ago). It was the Greeks' favourite from our catalogue apparently and last time we played in Athens we had promised we would play it if we came back... The whole place went mental and the crowd were bouncing up and down making it look from the stage like a sea of heads being ravaged by a hurricane! It was fantastic fun and such a buzz. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmUE0SAUHz0[/media] Back to reality/normality for a few days then it's off to Berlin next weekend where we are being supported at the Dropdead festival by Lene Lovich (she of lucky number fame)....

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1350513255' post='1840064'] Pickguards an aftermarket too, [/quote] Are you sure? it looks remarkably like my JV 62P pickguard which i know is genuine cozI've oewned mine from new.

[quote name='MrTaff' timestamp='1351013703' post='1846254'] It's hard to tell if some people are joking or if they've completly missed that it's not a bass. [/quote] I just think some people simply don't have a sense of humour or are German perhaps.

[quote name='Themrperson' timestamp='1351010907' post='1846213'] Oh dear! This is why I would never buy online! You get a product that doesn't suit you because you didn't try it out first! [/quote] All 6 strings are like this!!!! (strings too close together) - it's the nature of the beast!!!!!!

24.75"

I went and bought a 6 string!!!! I've never really played much 6 string before. I bought it because I have been writing some stuff for our next album and the guitarist is complaining that some of my guitar lines are proving difficult to play. this is probably because they've been written on a keyboard using Orange tree Samples EEG Strawberry... I thought if I started writing on a guitar shaped object then the lines might prove more playable. Thing is the strings are too close together and my fingers too fat!!!! LOL It's an Epiphone Sheraton II in ebony with inlays and binding and gold hardware......

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1349458956' post='1826674'] Schoolboy error. So the entire band has to transpose everything because your sax player has learn his instrument incorrectly? [/quote] Not difficult but yes you're right.

Recently we've had to transpose one of our catalogue so that an alto sax can be played instead of a tenor sax (as was used when we recorded it). We don't own a tenor sax between us and the sax player (who is also the vocalist) has only recently learned to play sax, only has an alto and has learned the fingering for the part as though it was for tenor. Rather than use capos or owt we've reworked all the other parts to fit...the sax line is the hook so it takes priority....in 30years we've never played this song live so the punters in Athens will be in for a treat.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQADXqHKmEQ[/media]

We're getting loads of enquiries from 'promoters' in various European cities but at the moment only have one firm booking October 27th @ SIX Dogs in Athens, Greece. I wonder if we'll get paid as per the contract?

The fans in my PC whirring

Serious answer to the Q - NO not always Often it can work well

My drummer is the Incredible Hulk - imagine if we both.....oh never mind

Do I ALWAYS change with the drummer? No - we have separate dressing rooms.

Simon Raymonde plays bass beautifully - if there was one person who made me listen to bass differently it was him

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRCDm-C7hV0[/media]

the perfect album: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S70y1MnJT4M[/media] Passover track3 - is totally worn out on my vinyl - it is perfection. and Twenty Four hours is magic