WalMan

On 18/01/2021 at 13:04, bartelby said:

Hasn't that threshold been scrapped now?

EDIT: oh, apparently not, but it's now £39:

• if you’re sent a gift with a value of £39 or less, which complies with the rules shown in section 2.4, it will be free from Customs Duty and Import VAT (gifts of alcohol and tobacco are subject to the limits shown in section 2.5 and gifts of perfumes and toilet waters are subject to the limits in section 2.6)

 

Of course the 'charge' if it's stopped when marked as a gift, and found to be clearly no such thing, is confiscation, so it's a dangerous game to play.

Customs Duty cases used to be so much fun to read 🙄

Nice one 🤘😎

A bit of Lizzy for a soggy Sunday morning 😎🤘 but why on earth did YouTube select that particular clip for the front page 🤪
 

The Alibi - Lockdown Video #8 - Do Anything You Want To

New Year. Time for a new lockdown video 🙂

Midnight Moses - SAHB covered by The Alibi

1 hour ago, Geek99 said:

I recall ATF - was their album called “laser love”?

Different ATF. That was After The Fire. We were All That's Fiction

Now finished (I think), and a link to it HERE

Good news is there was no comment about the slight change in style, so all's good 😁 Might even get to play it again if the vocalist makes it back to the UK for a visit next year

Finished - I think - the re-record of our eponymous song from probably 40 years on today.

This was v1 of All That's Fiction, before the vocalist went on to other things, and we then reformed a few years later to record some demoes and play a showcase gig with him, and then carried on in different lineups until he emigrated in the late 90's.

I have been recording with him and the guitarist from ATF v1 recently on a different project, and he and I have been remixing old 8 tracks, but I started messing with this old song. and it has bounced around the globe for input by the original line-up.

It's also my granddaughter's first appearance on a track - I'll leave you to work out where 🤣

Got the final guitar tracks yesterday and set about finishing the mix, which I think is done now. Always liked this song and have memories of recording it the first time around when the producer had the guitar amp maxed for the lead break and set up at one end of the live room, with the guitarist cowering 4th the other end of the room on a long lead with a guitar on the verge of feedback. So much more refined doing it nowadays 🤣 

All That's Fiction - 2020

Funnily enough I considered this again last night from a similar Facebook post.

For probably 20+ years I used 4 strings, and for quite a lot of those (until I joined here and got GAS) just the one bass.

Then I bought a 5 from Silverfoxnik, followed by others, so that pretty much every bass since has been a 5.

Often I am only using the B to play across the neck rather necessarily  than going down to the low B.

In Lockdown we have been recording and posting cover videos to keep things going, and I realised that the last four of those I have recorded with my only 4 string - it is the Wal though and sounds blahdy marvellous, so...

Any trades in mind?

The wait begins. We'll see in a few months then 😎

Pre Christmas 'Buy me Buy me' Bump 

Look into my eyes...not around the eyes...You're feeling very sleepy......and you're under.

Now when you hear the word Mesa you will immediately search out Walman's BigBlock 750 Amp For Sale post, realise the longing in your heart for this wonderful amp, and contact him to arrange a swift purchase 😁

57 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Agree, a lot of Lizzy type guitars there, fantastic!

Well if you have two guitarists it’d be rude not to 😁

Actually recorded with the Wal again, but I wanted a red bass for the video, so time to break out the FPPR S1 😁

Merry Christmas all 🍻

On 07/12/2020 at 17:47, Doctor J said:

Soundcloud links are playable in a browser so always handy to have them like that with some consistency when it comes to posting the voting threads

Christmas fairy 'nuff. Hopefully it won't get pinged for rights.

A silly 2 minutes decided on a week ago. Guide created same night. Redone guitars the night after. Vocals the next. Changed the key. Redid the guitars & vocals. Final guitar & drum track then mix last night. Job's a good'un. We're getting quicker at this after 9 months of lockdown 😁

Not exactly our normal fare but hey ho (EDIT or even hey HO HO HO) Tomorrow the video, before hospital

Now with video 😁

Well our fractionally over 2 minute long Christmas cover is done in record time, now then, been a while since I posted one of these. Looks like everyone recently has been posting from soundcloud, or can it be any link - dropbox etc..?

Well it’s hit target so looks like I’ll be getting one then 

3 hours ago, ern500evo said:

Absolute steal! 

On 26/11/2020 at 07:38, HazBeen said:

Wow, bargain! 

I know!! Come on peeps...I'm lusting after another bass & have promised wifey this will go first [then maybe I can rescue said bass from where it's hidden in the garage 🤣]

Tried this out at LGBS and really liked the sounds coming out, even if it was difficult in the tumult of the show.

Got an email recently about the Kickstarter they have running at the moment. Anyone else on it? I'm hoping it makes target 'cos I'd quite like to get one and it's an 'all or nothing' kickstart 🙂

2 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

And having tried it today, well I’m going to have to put the hours in shall we say!

Took us a while as I recall, and this sounds fast on gig adrenaline 🤣 Good fun to play though 

A Marathon was my first proper bass 🥰 ended up with two, fretted and fret less - fretted converted to 8 string.

My first proper amp was a Selmer T&B and I used to use the stereo out to split between the two channels. Just used an ordinary lead for mono when the T&B went. So much vintage gear I let go (when it wasn’t vintage 🙂)

15 minutes ago, Mykesbass said:

Could ask if you are not going to 'refresh' the track then is there any reason (technology improvements aside) to re-record 40 years down the line?

Just because really 🤣 Always liked the song and I've no idea where the cassette of the original studio recording, or even if I could play it back. I just know that others may go hmmmmm

Recently searching for something else on a load of hard disks I came across this, plus a few other tracks from 11 years ago.

Recorded to multitrack at the gig and mixed later, and I'm quite pleased with how this came out. Might even have to resurrect it for live - assuming we EVER get back to gigging

Carry On Wayward Son - cover

I am in the process of re-recording my bands title song from 40 years ago. I have recorded a guide and then the drummer has sent me midi from his electronic kit, vocalist has sent vocals and I'm waiting on final guitar tracks. 

The song has a silly fairy story in the middle, and I my son recorded my granddaughter reading it which I have then cut to fit.

Just got the vocal tracks and a rough mix, and he's done it again. 🙄 ...and I know the drummer is going to be pee'd of with the changes.

A few years back one of our fans from back in the day asked if he could play a track of ours at his wedding. We decided to e-record it for him as a surprise. Backing tracks were done here and sent to vocalist in New Zealand, but when we got it back he'd completely changed the way he sang it, so it was a nice gift, but not quite what said fan really wanted ☹️

Now to be fair vocalist was the songwriter / lyricist and used to bring ideas to rehearsal, but he didn't play an instrument so songs were written from jams at rehearsal and developed from his 'it goes something like this' dum di dums. Not that it has ever been an issue, but I know if there had been any money made from a song we'd probably have ended up with difficult discussion re ownership. 

Whilst we might like a fairly faithful rendition of the original version, he has revamped the vocal lines - not as much as with the other song - but I suspect there will be mutterings from the ranks 🙄

Not sure myself. Played a rough mix to wifey this morning and she loves it, so what do I know 🤣

Price drop to £500