skidder652003

another tip BTW when you're looking for a beginning/middle/end is to work out each beginning, middle and end seperately and then have fun finding ways to join them together, also known as the bridge or middle 8's !!

for a fairly easy workflow that allows you to put down ideas quickly, I would recommend this, you can try it for free in demo mode and the full programme is only about £35, i think. http://www.tracktion.com/

enjoyed that, what a very erudite intelligent bunch of chaps!

just listened to this today on R4 about Frank Zappa, was great! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b042jhlc

BTW that looks lovely! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-5-string-Bass-second-hand-/301171916204?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item461f3ebdac

once had a vintage gibson copy and it was pretty good considering it must have been 15 years old. Heard nothing but good things about the current range, some say they're even better value than the squier VM stuff so go for it

well dry is very "now" but i prefer a little reverb on our vocalist as it gives it some warmth, (keep backing vocals dry though)

just been changing the strings on my P and decided to put the ashtray back on, apart from looking purty, does anyone know what it's actually for? sustain? dunno!

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1398449163' post='2434338'] I think the most important thing to bear in mind is that a musician is what you are, not what you do to pay the bills. I used to play in a band with a singer who was also a builder. The difference between him and the rest of us in the band was that he was a singing builder and not a building singer. The difference couldn't be greater. I was lucky enough to do music full-time for a while but have had to get a 'real job' to pay the bills that come in. Any snobbery about that has come from those very much at the bottom of the 'professional musician' food chain. Take a lesson from a mate of mine. Stunningly good guitarist but so hell bent on being able to say he earned his living from music he sold a house he had inherited and bought a houseboat and has gradually down-sized and down-sized as his money ran out. To the extent that, instead of sitting pretty in a job that paid him enough to tick over and play the music he wanted to, he is living in a dreadful little flat over a pawn broker and can't afford to run the car that would get him to his gigs. [/quote] Thats the best thing i've read in years about being nearly 50 and in a band! Thank you.

yep SWR 700 working Pro Solid State in a flight case gets too hot to touch after some gigs when fully cranked at 4 ohms. I used to get a bit freaked by this but its still going after a couple of years (probably just cursed myself..)

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1396989724' post='2419587'] Christ, you'd need Titanic Nads to play that one. [/quote] you'd look a titanic Tit for sure!

I run a Jazz and SWR 700 working Pro, heavy as hell but sounds good to me.

Im guessing the titans are passive right? We used active subs so as not to give us problems with resistance loads from one power amp feeding both tops and subs, also would there be any crossover issues going passive? You can see im a bit of a newb where PA stuff is concerned

We were using a couple of Peavey active subs but have no end of problems with them dying on us several times. We have decided to go with a single active sub second- hand around the £500/600 mark, does anyone have some experience with this sort of setup - 24 channel desk - poweramp 1000W - passive tops x 2 and active sub? Any makes for subs recommended would be appreciated! cheers

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1396815098' post='2417674'] Running a business is irrelevant - my neighbour would have paid a gardener or builder though if I didn't help him out, so someone lost out financially because of my willingness to do the work for free. Did I do a bad thing? [/quote] If your neighbour could afford to pay someone, then I would say you did do a bad thing.

popcorn time!

0 feedback and hardly any description, watch this baby fly out the "shop"!

sounds like a crock of sh*te, walk away.

take a small towel onstage with you warm up (silently!) ten minutes before start time with some runs, scales or the trickiest bits of your set, then tune up deffo have a pee before starting make sure you can see your setlist (it's dark up there!) be careful where you put any (preferably non alcoholic) drinks, they will fall over one day onto your pedalboard. Dont be nervous (its a team effort and not you on your own) Just concentrate on being as tight as you can with the drummer, find and lock into the groove, leave any fancy stuff to the guitarist and singer. Don't make it too obvious when you start ogling the girls (or boys) - then you will make mistakes! Enjoy, you're being paid to make people happy, how great a job is that?!!

very very sad news, Passion, Grace and Fire was (and still is ) one of of my favourite albums. RIP Paco

i use the markass compressore, very nice but big! http://www.ovnilab.com/reviews/markbass.shtml

Volume full all the way, to get louder if necessary I roll off a tiny bit on one of the pickup pots and that seems to increase the volume a bit, to go quieter, compressor off and play more gently.

got a link?

Not being a fan of pre distressed stuff, Id say go for the pup upgrade (cheaper too!)