Marvin

The only thing that attracts a crowd in my neck of the woods, on a Sunday, is a carvery .

Surely things have improved immeasurably since that One Direction chappy has left Redditch? Haven't they?

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1410974202' post='2555249'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I chortled into my PG Tips.[/font][/color] [/quote] ...I'm still chortling, pretty much all around the house.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1410883532' post='2554293'] Bilbo lives in a place where windows are rare, East Anglia I live in London, I hear mostly drummers practicing, but sometimes guitars, and occasionally horns. [/quote] If you insist on living in the red light district you've only got yourself to blame if you here people playing with horns...

I think Rush are a great band and thoroughly enjoyed the programme. Being together for 40 years is quite something. I just don't like their music though :/

[quote name='6v6' timestamp='1410812905' post='2553550'] OTOH if you go to a decent timber merchant they'll be able to cut *far* more accurately than you can with a hand saw (unless you go get one of those fancy saw guides or mess about clamping guide battens to everything) The OP only has a cordless jigsaw anyway, which will make getting decent straight cuts for the joints very hard indeed IME. [/quote] My experience of B&Q has never been a good one...it's why I never went near them for any building/construction projects. A good timber merchant is a different thing all together.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1410787253' post='2553091'] Read 'not accurate at all' - to the point of being useless. [/quote] Quite. Probably make a better job of it using a good handsaw.

Yep, the most expensive place known to man...or women. I only had a very small practice amp and one bass when I joined here, now I have a little bit more than that Welcome, be careful

Currently in NONE...quite nice not having to put up with egits for a while to be honest

[quote name='grenadilla' timestamp='1410475100' post='2549945'] The Ampeg B410HLF is their bassiest 410. (the deep cabinet that tilts back to move) Next comes the PF 410 with ports on the back. There is a sealed 410 also that is like a SVT . [/quote] The B410HLF doesn't tilt back to move, that's the SVT410HLF. Ampeg did do a 410HE sealed cab in both the B and SVT ranges. However, the B series range is now discontinued.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1410445983' post='2549531'] Really? [/quote] Yes, because some people like to buy gear endorsed by famous players. So someone, who plays bass and is a big Iron Maiden fan, might want to buy a SH sig I was looking at it from someone else's perspective not my own. SH gets many positive comments on here, AC doesn't, hence I struggle to see where the market is.

I can understand someone going for say, a Steve Harris sig, he is after all a very good bass player and someone who bass players find inspirational... not something I think would apply to AC and any instrument carrying his name.

I don't have the iTunes app or an iPhone...and if I did I would set them up like iTunes on my Mac Mini, which is basically "Hey! Apple! Keep tour nose out of my music library. Well, as much as you can with these things. Neither do I use cloud services, don't like them. I think this is another gaff by Apple tbh.

STOP TAUNTING US!!! I want one

[quote name='Magic Matt' timestamp='1410365239' post='2548616'] The local timber merchant stock Birch Ply. I asked if they stocked "void free Baltic Birch or similar" and got this as a quote... 12244122BIRPLY 12mm 2440 x 1220 Birch Plywood BB/BB £31.49+VAT [/quote] If that's actually Baltic Birch then it's a good price. Just bear in mind (and I'm likely to offend someone here, but it comes from personal experience) when it comes to dealing any company that has 'merchant' in the title you have to be very specific and make sure you're not fobbed off with something else. Personally I'd pay for the Baltic Birch. It has a nicer finish and is better quality all round. It may be your first build but you may find you make a really good job of it and think afterwards 'oh arse I wish I'd made it out of BB'

As a first build, Bill's Simplexx cabs are a great starter. It's about as straightforward as you can get I'd say. The plans are very detailed, got great tips and advice on the build process and provide a number of driver options to suit taste and/or budget.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1410257223' post='2547501'] It must be a seriously flappy string? Also having your EQ set to make the F# audible must compromise the tone over the rest of the strings. I don't mean to be critical of ERBs, I play a sixer myself, I just don't really see a low F# being of any practical use [/quote] Apparently one has to have strings of the thickness you'd expect of cables keeping suspension bridges up...and it's all guitarists fault for wanting to dable in very low tunings.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1410251497' post='2547429'] Is a low F# even audible? [/quote] It is, but...it's way down there somewhere. A guy on another forum was asking about tuning to low E which is more or less on the limit of what the human ear can hear. All this assumes you can find cabs designed to handle such low frequencies.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1410013785' post='2545412'] Does that mean that someone read this thread to you and then you dictated the reply? Same thing. If you have time to pick up the instrument, you have time to learn.In fact, you don't even need to pick up the instrument every time. Its not as hard as people think-I could have you reading basics in 15 minutes, and the rewards are great. [/quote] You're making huge assumptions about someone who you don't know, know nothing of the other priorities in their live or their strengths and weaknesses. I made a statement about my situation, I didn't criticise anyone for learning to or being able to read notation, and I certainly didn't call for a response that could be inferred as patronising and arrogant.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1409997643' post='2545226'] Written speech is OK, though..? There's a paradox here somewhere, shirley... [size=4] [/size] [/quote] No paradox at all.

Written music is an alien concept to me. My ears hear music not my eyes . Besides that i simply don't have time to put to it

Burn the heretics!

He's at the Islington Academy on the 16th this month...I can't get to it either. Gutted

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1409856234' post='2544067'] Is this sort of thing recognised in the world of drumming I wonder, or does it just get passed off as the drummer's style. I'm thinking of the difference between, say, Charlie Watts and Keith Moon. One is pretty steady and just laying down a solid rhythm with the odd fill, the other is one long fill. [/quote] Go on to a drum forum, they're like the wild west of the internet. Make us lot look like we attend nursery school.

I was there as well. Sheehan really suffered that night. On his facebook page he said he hadn't played such a hot gig in ages and that he was near exhaustion at the end.