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Dad3353

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  1. He may be disappointed if he was expecting Lynda Carter..!
  2. Ah, those memories of tea under the pier at Brighton, eh..? We all have 'em. OK, I see it now. An even better joke. It's our old friend, the Cuss Protector at work..! Nice one..! I tried, I really did.
  3. Oh, I don't know; most record companies are rather revered for signing bands, I'd have said. I think you meant to type 'loath' or 'loth' (unwilling...), instead of 'loathed' (detested...). Just sayin'.
  4. Good evening, Nobby, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.
  5. You've bought a kazoo..?
  6. ? ? ? Optimism, eh..?
  7. Quite, but it might be. 'Tany rate, it's all there is, for now.
  8. Those that are reticent, or 'shrinking violets', may not, by their very nature, be willing to enlarge upon their choice; you may be disappointed. Just sayin'.
  9. Is this not enough..?
  10. Hat's..? Can't abide hats. As a school kid, I picked up a trilby found on the grass, put it on my head and got stung by a bee that was in there. Can't abide hats. We are all nurture, as well as nature. Much of our character is set in stone before we're weaned.
  11. Although, to be fair, a USB stick doesn't help much in the way of CPU anyway.
  12. Well, there you are, you see..? I've not the slightest dress sense, and even less aesthetic 'taste' or interest in garments (except socks, maybe; I like to have warm feet...). Oddly, though..? No, quite the norme to be as different as we are all the same. 'I say potato' and all that. Don't sweat it; there's no kittens being harmed. Anyway, nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
  13. Yes, they do (to my cloth ears...), but only those sounds..! Buzzes, hiss, crackles, pops and occasional smoke. What's not to like..? Oh, yes, and heavy, too...
  14. To the left of the 'Quote' button is a 'Multi-quote' button (it has a '+' on it; hmm, not so intuitive, it seems...). Try it..?
  15. T'weren't just the punks, lad; we all had to do with whatever came to hand (or that we built ourselves..!) I could afford little, with my apprentice wages, except cheap chipboard for making my own 4 x 12 cab, 36" x 36", with the cheapest cones I could get from Exchange & Mart ads, trailing all the way to Tottenham Court Road to get 'em..! Fun times, but our gear (and most of the folks I knew and played with...) were much the same. I never saw a Fender bass until coming to France in '75. Happy daze.
  16. The effects do take quite a while to wear off, don't they..? Don't drive, mate, please.
  17. There is, indeed, a thriving market for old reel-to-reel tape decks, and many 'plug-ins' to replicate 'vintage' sounds. Our bass amp is a Hiwatt, I have a Fender Bassman 50 for guitar. 'Old school' is the new black, too..! Now, if only I could graft on a set of Jack Casady fingers...
  18. Any reasoning behind that..?
  19. Anything's better than the savage 'wah' trombone stuff, and we've agreed to let the bagpipes alone for ever, so 'Bring it on..!', I say. It can't be that bad, can it..? Can it..?
  20. Yeah, but you're good, innit..! Although, I agree (without being good, or course...) that the stuff I use a DAW for is not the same as when I'm playing 'live', or noodling around. To me, the DAW is an extension of my thinking, and the Reason interface, good though it is, doesn't help me; in fact quite the opposite. I don't want to be thinking of how to plug stuff in; I want to think about how to create the sound or effect I'm after, and my mind doesn't run in terms of boxes, switches and dials. How does it run..? Dunno, mate; no idea at all. We each have different brain patterns, I suppose. I'm not helping, am I..?
  21. Thanks, Lenny; you've given me a way into this. I'll see what I can do with the title 'Craterellus cornucopioides'. Hmm... Back soon...
  22. I'm not clued up on basses to any great degree, but my Hofner guitars (and bass, come to think of it...) are over fifty years old. Why did I choose them, at the time of acquisition, over the 'new' equivalent..? Basically, price. The 'vintage' Verithin I bought for £250. The modern, very excellent Verythin (in some ways a superior instrument, I'll allow...) is well over £2500. If I had the money, would I buy the newer one..? Yes, I would, but if I had that sort of money, I'd buy the 'vintage' one as well..! Why..? Maybe in absolute quality terms, as an item, the new one is 'better', but my memories of learning to play guitar, listening to the '50s, '60s and '70s bands, have tuned my (now cloth ...) ears to 'that' sound. I've more modern electric guitars (and basses...), but 'my' music comes from the instruments I grew up with and loved at the time. Same with drums; my kit is from the '60s. Is it good..? Yes. Would I swap it for a new DW kit..? Not for a fortune, despite the absolute qualities of the latter. So, nostalgia..? Partly, surely. Mostly, though, because I find that my old, worn slippers bring me much more comfort that a new pair. Old dogs, and all that..? Just my tuppence-worth.
  23. Offers and trade propositions posted in 'For Sale' ads are systematically deleted. They are to be made by Private Message (PM...) only. Thanks in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
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