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I'm Snot In Love - 10cc

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Drugs were important for music. Without them, many things simply wouldn't exist. But this shouldn't be glorified; drugs have caused just as much suffering and misery. In my first band - I was 15 years old -, rehearsals were basically parties. We drank an unbelievable amount of beer and smoked just as much weed. We often had girls over whom we'd met the night before at a club or a concert and thought we could impress. When I listen to the recordings today (we recorded practically everything), I can only laugh at our youthful stupidity. What we produced in a state of mental derangement was absolute garbage. Nevertheless, we managed to get good enough to play gigs regularly, which kept getting bigger. For a while, we were even relatively successful. Then two things happened that have shaped my opinion about sobriety in a band to this day. 1. We got so incredibly drunk before a big gig that it was a complete embarrassment. We kept messing up and had to restart songs. Between songs, I told stories that I thought were hilarious and clever at the time. They weren't. When I listened to the recording the next day, I was deeply ashamed. 2. One of the band members became increasingly addicted to cocaine and showed the usual symptoms. He told everyone that he was the "star" and we were just his backing band. When we found out, we fired him. That was the end of the band. Funny fact: He's a doctor now. Since then, I've never drunk more than a small beer before a gig. Excessive alcohol or even drug use is out of the question for me in a band. Not only because you can't get anything done, but also because I don't want those kinds of people around me.

Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Joe Pass, Chet Baker and a whole host of other great Jazz performers would like a word!

I've never owned a Sansamp before, and haven't tried to get anything approaching one. You could always try an SVT-esq amp block with the cab turned off? For an always on overdrive, I've got a split signal running into a natural OD and the bass OD in parallel. I think they've both got a bit of clean blend and I want to say a bit of bass rolled off on the bass OD. Seems to do the trick for me very nicely.

IMO, rolling eyes are an aggressive form of communication devoid of facts or analysis, and the person using them tends to remain free from responsibility. IMO, rolling eyes are the tool of the coward. Also, @BigAlonBass's words "they deserve nothing less" tell a lot more about him than about these people. Who are you, BigAlonBass, to judge what people deserve? All I know of you is that you consistently have trouble understanding simple humour in the Funny Memes thread, and that you consistently cry out loud, demanding that people dumb down their humour so that even you can understand it. Do you REALLY think that YOU are the person to judge what other people deserve? My stomach turns.

I do. They're great if you play in a metal band and need a nasty, clanky tone to cut through two heavily distorted, low tuned guitars. Probably not ideal for motown or reggae

Been setting up a couple of drive patches on the GX10 using the AIRD preamp fx. Managed to find the Orange Stack which I had previously been using on my GT-1000 Core, and now (thanks to @MichaelDean) also the Fat Tube fx on the Bass Amp block, which others had mentioned/liked on the Core and I was hoping to audition. I'm finding that the Boss preset GX Dual Drive (with some added EQ to fill out the low-mids) is my current fav - it's a reach creamy drive! That comprises the OD fx followed by two of their preamps in parallel. What's particularly neat is being able to assign the expression pedal to two parameters on each of the OD and the two preamps (ie 6 parameters in total): the gain and level so that the gain on all three can be simultaneously increased while at the same time smoothly reducing the output levels on each fx so the overall output volume remains even. Combining that with one of the footswitches to kick off/on the two parallel-path preamps and I've got quite a range of drive available via the expression pedal and one stomp-switch which will be handy for live use. Have any of you found particular fx that - delivers that warm break-up dirt to add a bit of grit to the tone? - any combination that get's a decent Sansamp VT Bass DI emulation?

I can see the Roto advert on the front page - on the right side above the feed. The image just shows orange but it is the blinking one posted above.

I do enjoy a good metal parody.

If you bring something in from outside of the UK then you take the item price, then add the shipping. Then add VAT to all of that, and then add the import duty for the thing. Import varies depending on what class of item it is. But guitars are about 3% ish. Then when it lands there is a load of HMRC paperwork to do - however the UK courier will do that for you and charge you between £8 and £15 for that depending on item value. A lot of people complain about the admin fee but TBH it is a godsend. Before the couriers were able to do it for you, you'd get a notification that your item had arrived in the UK and forms would be sent to you to complete. You'd then send them back in the post and then in about 3 weeks they would be looked at. Then they would send you a bill to pay. You'd pay it, and then in another 2 weeks they'd finally release the item to be delivered to you. The item would sit in a customs sealed warehouse for over a month. These days you get an email, pay it over the internet and it only adds a day or 2 to the process. And you never get the forms being returned because you didn't do them properly - the couriers have people churning them out all day. So whatever item you want, assume that to get it into your hands will cost 25% over the item sale price and you won't be far wrong. Unless it's something you can't buy in the UK the savings are often minimal and of course if something goes wrong with it you are at the mercy of the sale destination laws and regulations. Many of them don't offer warranties once an item is exported, or you'll have to pay return shipping and never get that back. That being said, I've had a few things from Ishibashi in Japan and they are superb. Amazing service and excellent packing.

While My Catarrh Gently Weeps — Beatles

Vince Meal, love it 🤣

Early Motley were fantastic. To be honest though, beyond Too Fast For Love they was always going to be going downhill. A slight spike to proceedings being when Corabi replaced Vince Meal.

Had a few over the years. My 1964 was beautiful, but just felt far too fragile to enjoy. Owned it a few years and moved it along. No regrets. I wouldn't own another vintage 500/1. I still have an Ignition which hangs on my living room wall. That's my go to bass for a quick unplugged noodle, and it feels far more solid than the '64. It doesn't give away much in sound either. I might search out a 500/1 CT someday, but could live without it TBH. Shame though. Lovely looking basses. I guess it's just a niche market.

I think the only album I bought in 2025 that was made/released in 2025 was God of Angels Trust by Volbeat, so by process of elimination it has to be that.