Gareth Hughes

I'd try something like Audacity so you can slow the track down and loop the section that's tricky for you. Once it's slowed down, sing the part repeatedly then once you're comfortable with that, then try tapping the part. Once that's good, then try playing it on the bass even slower than what you've just been tapping. Also helps to play the easier parts slower too as it gives you a good frame of reference of how the tricky part should sound in sequence.

Yes. Many many times, and pretty much all of those times it was wedding gigs. And it near killed me until one night I looked around the room at all these people having the time of their lives, and the other guys in the band were having a great night and it finally hit me that I was the only miserable c**t in the room. I figured I could choose to be happy or choose to be miserable. Happiness won. Having said that, a few years later I did quit a wedding band because I must have spent at least the first three songs staring at the back on the singers head and saying 'You're a c**t, you're a c**t' repeatedly. The world has a way of telling you things I believe.

I had the Classic 450 for about a week. The compression side of things I didn't notice (never pushed it that hard) but what bugged me was the lack of high end. I understand that TC designed it this way but to me it made it a bit of a one-trick-pony. If that hi-end ceiling could have been defeat-able I'd probably still have it.

Nice one. I'm well impressed. Thanks for posting.

The Proton is nice but, and this is probably more user error than any fault of the pedal, I couldn't get it to be as squelchy and nasty as Spencer does in his video. I sold it and went back to my trusty Mini Q-Tron - too big by design but does everything I want from an envelope filter.

I'd help, but I'm scared. Especially about the nipple bits.

Nice one. I preferred the Hurley. Ordered one a few days ago, really looking forward to it.

Sorry to hear that Clarky. My advice is take some time off, enjoy your family and when the fog clears you'll hopefully have a good idea of who you want to play with and where you want to go. When my original band of seven years split I was devastated but after a while I found something that I genuinely want to be a part of again. Good luck. And don't sell everything - you'll only end up buying it back!!!!

Oh, and nice tat's to the OP. Like it a lot.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1329437008' post='1542640'] Looks good. There's a music related tattoo I've been thinking about getting for a long time. But: 1. I think it will look silly when I'm old and grey 2. my wife hates tattoos. [/quote] My wife hates mine but she got over them. As for being old and grey - a great line I heard once for that was - tattoo's are only as permanent as you are.

My all time classic was in the original band I was with a long time. At what turned out to be our final rehearsal (and our rehearsals were few and far between) one member says we need to find a better way to rehearse and another says he doesn't see the point in releasing records. We split up very shortly after that.

It's not that tough and it's a great piece to get your fingers stretched. Haven't played it in years - mmmmm, nostalgia.........

A good envelope filter would help cop a synth vibe when mixed with the octave pedal. Yes you play synth, but cool to switch it in and out for a few bars in the middle of an electric bass tune. My favourite, and I've tried a few expensive ones, is the cheap and nasty Electro Harmonix Mini Q-Tron. There's just something wonderfully stinky about that I can't find anywhere else. The Micro Q-Tron is okay, but not as nasty.

Just taken delivery of a superbly packed Squier Matt Freeman Signature Precision that is in pristine condition, just as described by Dan. Excellent communication and a speedy delivery - what more do you want? All good danweb22, all good.

Just sold a control plate to Will - great communication and swift payer. All good!!!

Sold a pickup cover to Dean - quick payment and great communication throughout. All good.

Sennheiser HD-25-1. They are a little expensive at £149 but lordy are they worth it, and you can get pretty good volume out of them before anyone around you notices. At a huge music retailer in Germany, called Saturn, I was able to audition about 50 sets of headphones, from £5 ones right up to £500 ones, all connected to the same sound source. It was amazing to hear the comparison between sets all playing the same music. I even went about £100 higher than the Sennheiser's but nothing beat them. Bought my set in 2002 and they're only now starting to need one speaker replaced and believe me, these has been thrashed around, dropped, crushed into bags and been given general dogs abuse over the last 10 years. A quality product. Don't be confused tho by the lower priced Sennheiser Hd-25 S model - lot of reviews saying they're nowhere near as good.

Yup, I completely agree - the drive home is a special time. Even cooler when it's a long drive and it's a little surreal. I did a 500+mile round trip to a gig last week - a pain in the ass in some ways and very cool in other ways. Having said that - if my iPod dies then it's just a pain in the ass. Nice one arthurhenry for a cool topic.

I think it's being taken a little too seriously. As legendary as The Beatles are, they're still just a part of pop culture and culture changes. We're all just getting older and this is just a part of it.

Yup - maybe for it's benefit the rules should be changed so that anyone NOT born there can become president? I jest my American friends.

Nothing to do with Paul McCartney, but check this out to see what the yoof of today don't know. The kids are not alright apparently. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MHtDF-z77wk[/media]

+1 to all that. Been a long time since I even thought of listing something on eBay. Keep it in the family!!!