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[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370455996' post='2101276'] I'm surprised how decent Harrison is on sitar, he does a pretty good job. McCartney plays nice lines. [/quote] I find that Harrison's songs are usually among my favourites on the Beatles albums and revolver is no exception. Taxman has a nice bass line, as shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGHRrHMxORY In fact, all things considered, my favourite 'beatles' album could just be All Things Must Pass.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370451798' post='2101156'] I don't want none of that love me do sh*t though [/quote] In that case, work your way forward from Rubber Soul (though take Skank's advice about Yellow Submarine - although Hey Bulldog is worth a listen). Sgt Pepper suffers, I think, from being overly lauded as THE album that changed everything. it's good, but probably not THAT good. If I had to choose one album for my desert island I'd struggle to decide between the White album or Abbey Road. I reckon it would be Abbey Road by the slimmest of margins.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1370191005' post='2097380'] ... everything put together sooner or later falls apart... [/quote] Yep, entropy always wins. Annoying, but hardly the end of the world.

[quote name='lou24d53' timestamp='1370101199' post='2096463'] [i]I should have followed my heart and done Music A level rather than do subjects that I thought would allow me a career.[/i] This. Over 20 years later I still regret listening to the 'advice' of my parents instead. [/quote] If you had been really passionate about it, you wouldn't have listened to your parent's . . . .

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1369916938' post='2094415'] Soundproofing rockwool is a bunch denser than general insulation stuff, its basically blocks. [url="http://www.rockwool.co.uk/why+rockwool-c7-/sound+proofing"]http://www.rockwool..../sound+proofing[/url] [/quote] Ahh, that makes a bit more sense (more density, more mass etc) . . . as does the cavity resonance thing.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1369915699' post='2094379'] Rockwool works as sound insulation by converting the sound energy to heat through friction as the fibers rub together, its a good balance of practical and functional, because two walls with loose sand between is difficult. [/quote] Hmm. I'd like to see some figures for dB losses through an empty stud wall with double-skinned plasterboard and one filled with rockwool. I'd bet on there being very little difference. Fair point about the (im)practicality of loose sand though - in most domestic environments anyway. The 'Circle Studios Refurb' topics on here somewhere shows how commercial studios handle sound-deadening and it seems to be all about building thick solid concrete/block walls, i.e. the more mass the better.

My understanding is that the 'dead air' in between is only 'dead' if the room walls are substantially built, i.e. not a couple of bits of plasterboard on a stud wall. Mass is what really deadens sound. Rockwool might be good for thermal insulation but it's pretty useless for sound insulation.

Interesting question. i buy CDs of bands I like and go to their concerts, so I guess that makes me some sort of 'fan', but I can't imagine taking it any further, e.g. dressing in imitation, posters on the bedroom wall etc. Maybe that's an age-related thing?

[quote name='rOB' timestamp='1369860730' post='2093740'] I will usually lend my gear if asked nicely and ahead of time to help the evening run quickly and smoothly. I'll give them a hand setting the amp and they are told not to change the settings once they're set. [/quote] When I've lent my amp to someone, I just let them get on with it and sort out their own settings (unless they're really stumped of course). it's only a 5 second job for me to dial my own preferences back in and it seems a bit mean to lend someone your gear but insist they can't change anything to get their preferred tone.

Pedals? Pedals? I'm a guitarist not a cyclist . . . .

Could the bridge vibrate very slightly and disturb the magnetic field and cause pickup interference? Tenuous conjecture though and even if so I'd expect the effect to be tiny, probably inaudible and bordering on 'golden ears' territory. The important thing is whether the bass sounds good or not.

Bought some lighting gear from Paul. Very helpful with info and collection arrangements. Wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again. Thanks Paul.

Bought a Fender deluxe Jazz from Lozz yesterday. Very flexible regarding collection, great communication, bass in great condition and exactly as described - what more could anyone ask? My only regret is that I was on a tight schedule and couldn't stay for a longer chat. Top basschatter indeed - thanks Lozz!

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1369262684' post='2087194'] Start off with lots of money......! [/quote] Indeed. The old adage "how do you make a small fortune in the music business . . . start out with a large one"

Fair enough, but if you work out the total cost per mile of runnign a car it's a pretty fair figure, so charging less just means you're subsidising the gig. But whatever you decide to actually charge the customer, you should still use 45p as the cost figure for tax purposes.

Like ezbass, my music affliction costs me money, it doesn't make me any. But as a function band, have you considered cruise ships during the winter? There have been a few posts here about such things, though I've no experience of it myself. But I do know someone who has got herself 'plugged in' to the cruise ship lecturing circuit. Basically she gives illustrated talks about gardening (she has won gold at Chelsea flower show, among other things) but only, get this, a few times per week! For this, she gets free board and all travelling expenses to and from the cruise ship. She subsequently got her husband involved and he now gets free trips in return for doing "port talks", which are basic briefings for each port the ship visits. These are usually only for a day at most, so he only has to cover the main tourist hotspots and he gets all his material online. They now spend their retirement crusing the world for free (well, 4/5 trips per year). Amazing really - I'm thinking of preparing a humorous lecture about life as a failed bassist and applying myself!

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1369246194' post='2086904'] Ah, Che Guevara T-Shirt is proper class, like that a lot (and generally I can't cope with that much ukulele) [/quote] I'll pass on your appreciation, thanks. It was inspired by a true incident - the second verse about a guy in a pub taking exception to my friend's tee-shirt and really did slap him around the face!

[quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1369226736' post='2086542'] An excuse to post this: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF0VaBxb27w"]https://www.youtube....h?v=FF0VaBxb27w[/url] [/quote] Not quite as visually appealing, somewhow, as kate's original video . . . .

I feel sorry for the guy having to spend all his time policing the internet in an ultimately futile gesture. Wasn't this sort of thing attempted by some other pnut? edit: Interesting - for some reason the forum converts 'C n u t' to pnut

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1369151067' post='2085506'] I think a world without Ray Manzarek is worse off than a world with him in it. That's a loss if you ask me. [/quote] I'd turn that sentiment around and say that the world (well, mine anyway) is better for Mazarek's musical contribution, but it hasn't suddenly become worse just because he has died. I'm not suggesting we shouldn't mark the passing of people who have had an impact on our lives, of course we should, but I prefer to mark such things in terms of celebrating their contributions rather than mourning their passing. Just a personal thing I guess.

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1369072626' post='2084579'] I've seen bands play in the rain, Pink Floyd at Knebworth 90 springs to mind but I wonder how they got away with it. [/quote] I assumed the actual stage was dry . . . . but I remember it well and didn't the rain do a good job of enhancing the lightshow!

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1369144227' post='2085379'] Any rcd you use can only measure leakage to a bonded earth point so wont trip if the path is via you direct to earth. [/quote] Are you sure about that? So how can they provide any protection for double-insulated appliances that don't require and earth connection . . . like electric lawnmowers/strimmers for example? My understanding is that RCDs monitor the current flow ONLY within the live and neutral wires. In normal and safe operation, ALL the current flowing within the live conductor should be equal to the current flowing in the neutral conductor. If this is NOT the case then there must be current flowing somewhere else, which IMPLIES a fault condition and the RCD will trip. Edit: Oops - posted before reading StingrayPete's post saying basically the same thing.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1369143006' post='2085357'] It's a turn of phrase more than anything, I don't think it's meant to be taken quite as literally as you've taken it. [/quote] Probably not. Fair point. [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1369143295' post='2085360'] I guess he is a loss because he was a founder member of an iconic band. It would be sad if someone out of JLS lost his life for example, but I wouldn`t think it is a loss to music personally. So really I guess it is a loss if that person contributed in some way to your life if it is through music or any other media. [/quote] That's the thing I don't really agree with. I'm a big Doors fan and Manzarak was clearly key to that, but I didn't know him personally and I still have access to his great music, so where's the 'loss'? After all, The Doors 'died' decades ago so we've all managed quite well without them for years.

The Ray Manzarak RIP topic got me thinking. it's absolutely right, of course, to mark the passing of great and influential musicicans but I don't entirely get the "great loss" thing. Assuming they've made it to a ripe old age then their best work is usually behind them so there's usually no real musical loss involved. Indeed, the very thing that defines such musicicans is the fact that their body of work is NOT lost - it's available to all of us, forever, as well as generations not yet born. These great musicians are leaving a fantastic musical legacy that will rightly live on . . . . where's the 'loss' in that?

Singing dogs aren't always bad . . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DX7I92SJeM er, on the other hand . . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQVwW6hjLo8