Twigman

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1337705262' post='1664315'] But the image of keys players practicing on a grand piano at home and only getting onto an Virus/Moog in the studio or provided by the band is, I suspect, abnormal.. [/quote] LOL Once the keyboard player got the job, he became custodian of the keyboard...and he actually does get to take it home and use it between rehearsals!!

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1337702700' post='1664256'] The point I'm gently trying to make is that you seem to want a keyboard operator rather than someone who brings something creative to the party.. [/quote] No We recently did recruit a new key player. Of course it's important that someone brings creativity to the party but it's also impossible to perform our back catalogue on a Moog (for example) so during audtion the audtionees were provided with the correct synth and instructed which sounds play which songs. We also spent some time jamming to test spontaneity and creativity. Maybe you would call it an operator but even playing preprogrammed patches there was much difference between the auditionees. I can't understand how we might have auditioned a keyboard player on anything but the synth that creates the live and recorded sound. We don't want our back catalogue re-arranged by an auditionee.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1337700861' post='1664200']Ah, keys as the special effects/weird noises department.[/quote] No - not at all. In the band I play in keys are far from sound effects and weird noises - they are often melodicand often textural. We attempt to replicate as close as we can the records we made. Those records were (mostly) made using sounds that we have programmed into our keyboard. The songs would not sound right with some other sound being made by the keys. [quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1337700861' post='1664200'] .. Also, like most musicians I would like to make my own noise, not press the buttons for someone elses patches... [/quote] Would you expect to use your own sounds when performing songs that have previously been released on record by the band?

Actually I'm not going to use the Fender Vintage RI nickel tuners. They are going to be too heavy. Luckily I have not drilled any holes yet.... So in a rush of madenss I have a set of Gotoh GBR640 tuners on their way to me. [66grams each!!!! That's 2/3 the weight of the Schaller BMLs i used last time!!] The Fender Vintage Nickel reverse wind tuners will be sold.....soon....probably.

[quote name='ZMech' timestamp='1337676691' post='1663664'] In terms of providing keyboards for an audition, I'd say the fault lies equally with both parties, since neither of them thought to clarify that the other understood what the situation would be. Not even owning a keyboard yourself though as a player is generally pretty strange, although very common with my mates at uni. [/quote] [quote name='wally8' timestamp='1337672350' post='1663605'] That is a bit bizzare turning up for a audition as a instrument player and not bringing your gear, unless the band stipulate. Ive tried out as a singer before expecting the rehearsal space to have a PA which is usually the norm and the band looked at me as if i was the weirdo not bringing a full PA with me to sing through!!!! Luckily i had a mic and lead and sang through a guitar amp - that sounded doggers [/quote] [quote name='ThomBassmonkey' timestamp='1337604289' post='1662548'] I'd say so, having your own instrument is part of the job. How would you practice if you don't own an instrument? Edit: Wewt, 2000th post! [/quote] I hear you but I think keyboards is different. Many keyboard players may have a piano at home on which they hone their skills but may not have keyboards per se. I doubt they'd call the removers to transport a piano to audition. Keyboards are capable of such a huge range of sounds that it is likely that a keyboard owned may not be capable of making the right noises for the songs. If someone turned up with a Solina String synth to audition for a band that used sounds from an Access Virus then that is never going to work, is it? Even if a keyboard player had roughly the right keyboard for the sounds required there's be little or no chance that he/she actually had the appropriate sounds programmed in.# Nobody uses pre-sets do they?

Job #1 Fitting the tuner bushes to the neck... Ahem not as easy with the Fender Vintage Nickel RI as it was with the Schallers on the last one I did. Took some dowel wrapped in 180 sand paper and attempted a push fit of the bush after every few strokes. Only taken me an hour to fit the first bush!!!! This could take a while!!

[quote name='jonthebass' timestamp='1337611609' post='1662732'] How do you do this? [/quote] The UPS invoice is made out to a VAT registered business.

[quote name='umcoo' timestamp='1337606967' post='1662620'] Heck, that came quick. I think there's something really cool about yellow guitars. You don't se them that often. Looks good twigman [/quote] Quicker than a custom build - I chose these 2 from Warmoth's showcase and got Warmoth to finish them. They quoted 4-5 weeks - it was despatched on Thursday which was actually 16 days after ordering!!!!!! It arrived on the 3rd business day after shipping.

UPS man has just been:

Just landed on my desk is a set of D'Addario chromes 50/70/85/105 I've never used these before. I've always used EBGroup3Flats 45/65/80/100 So what might I expect from these in comparison to what I am used to?

Alder body rosewood board and Fender 'original' P-Bass pup rather than the axesrus pup

it does seem to have stopped....

managed to attach pic now!!

[quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1337593486' post='1662320'] The IP address you are using is on a spam black list. The proxy host we now use will automatically challenge blacklisted IP addresses to make sure it's not being used by a bot. In a way the proxy is learning as it goes. I suggest you unplug your modem for 30+ minutes to see if you can acquire a different IP address. [/quote] Err I am on my company's network. We are on a fixed IP address.

Every few clicks I see a screen which asks me to type in some letters/numbers, you know the verify you are human type screens. According to Sophos my machine is clean. I can't even post a screenshot as an attachemnt. And linking to an image hosted elsewhere tells me that this community does not allow jpg please make it stop It is making this site a total PITA to use.

[quote name='bigd1' timestamp='1337506662' post='1660935'] The 2nd was a girl who watched the 1st pack his stuff away, then when he had gone asked "where are the keyboards from me to play then ?" She really thought we would provide her with keyboards, she didn't even own any keyboards herself (although she could play) Looking back I think it is funny !!! [/quote] Is that really that unreasonable? My band has a very defined keyboard sound. The sounds are all generated on a very specific '80s keyboard, saved in a library which we can take to fly aways on a memory card specific to that make and model keyboard.[which is provided in the tech rider - if it isn't we're screwed]. It is extremely unlikely that anyone would own the keyboard we need them to use and the band has our own.

No way - I'm pants. been playing over 30 years and am distinctly average

I gave mine away. It was a Kay p-bass 2TSB with maple board and a neck like a baseball bat....it weighed close to a ton...glad to see the back of it

Led Zep - Black Dog I just [i]had [/i]to be able to do that... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tlSx0jkuLM&ob=av2n[/media]

This Warmoth body is gonna get a Babicz chrome bridge anyway - it'll prob be better but I would've loved it to have bright nickel hardware...

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1337369431' post='1659022'] wait, what?[list] [*]Additional mass creates more punch. [*]35% weight reduction since the original 2TEK Bridge design in the 90's [/list] [/quote] They used to be made on a planet with higher gravity than earth.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337368037' post='1658993'] Crikey! Er... I assume it's bolted on at the back and goes through the body..? [/quote] correct

[b] [url="http://www.warmoth.com/Hardware/bridges/2TekBridges.aspx"]http://www.warmoth.c...TekBridges.aspx[/url][/b] I ordered a body from Warmoth which is due to arrive on Monday....and I so wish they'd launched these 2TEK bridges and offered the routs before I'd ordered. I've been looking for a trick bright nickel bridge for ages and this would've fitted the bill perfectly.... PANTS!

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[quote name='MrFingers' timestamp='1337334744' post='1658238'] [/quote] Thanks for posting this. I have just bought the exact same tuners [Fender Vintage RI reverse nickel] for my next Warmoth and noticed how the folded metal stuck out the back of the tuner plate and was wondering how to overcome this obstacle....I couldn't find anything anywhere else on the interweb about this!! Until you posted this I had assumed they would just press into the wood! I was trying to imagine how many screws I'd break attempting to apply the appropriate torque!! Now to source an appropriate countersinking bit and find a drill press I can borrow...... I was contemplating dismantling my JV to discover how that had been assembled. Beginning to think I maybe should have just bought a set of Schallers instead......