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Don't know if it helps but I usually fan the wire then sandwich it in some tinfoil so there's a bit more thickness and surface area

Another Boltoner, welcome aboard

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1340559910' post='1706243'] By the way [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Henrik Freischlader plays the Voodoo Rooms Edinburgh on Monday i.e. tomorrow[/font][/color] [/quote] He's playing Manchester on the 29th - hoping to be there - work night out but I'm hoping to get some tea and a drink or two then head into Manc to catch some smooth blues action! My mate went to his last one. His amp died and the show hit a standstill - luckily a fan lived down the road and lent him a backup

Agh, I'll be working, would love to come see though. If I'm not filming on that date I'll see about getting a day off

Check out Henrik Freischlader! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImtsezbpqE&feature=related

Done, good luck with it. Also, my dissertation last year was on the use of television and related media as a teaching tool in the education of science. May be a few similar concepts that cross over, especially in the video side of things. If there's anything I can help with drop me a PM

I always found this a funny one - I tried (unsuccessfully I might add) to learn guitar first, a few years ago, and I just never really got on with it. Naturally I preferred to play with my fingers and I just couldn't use a pick for the life of me. Having a 'gap' between what I could feel really threw me... so when I decided to give bass a go a few years later naturally i played with my fingers first. I'd always loved the way that a bassist's fingers glided from the higher to the lower strings with such an effortless, butter-smooth motion (That's something I still haven't quite nailed either) And again when it came to a pick, I just couldn't seem to get it, so I avoided using one. I think the first song that I learned that forced me to use a pick was Ace of Spades, and that was the one I always practiced on, and that's what let me nail playing fast with a pick... I think it was a confidence thing more than anything, as is often the case. I think it's down to the song though, what sounds and feels right