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[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1352627470' post='1865208'] Like JTUK I wouldn't normally be one to advocate resigning by email, however, earlier this year I did just that. My reason at the time was that, we had already had many band discussions covering all the usual issues: volume, song choice, timing etc. It became increasingly obvious that speaking was a waste of time, as nothing seemed to get resolved. The final straw for me was after selecting and agreeing on three songs each to add to the set list. At the next rehearsal the singer had learnt his three. The guitarist had learnt none. I had learnt all of them. As talking seemed to be a waste of time, the following day I resigned by email. In conclusion: If you suspect you are wasting your time, resign by whatever method will get through to them [/quote] i left one of my bands this week by email. in retrospect it feels a little odd (much like 'dumping by text'), but i wasn't prepared to go through another half-hearted practice just to tell them i was leaving. anyway, two of the other members are in their early 20s and seem to do everything online, so i didn't think they'd take it too bad ! as to the OP - if you've crossed the line into not enjoying it then it's prolly time to call it a day. determination will carry you so far, but if everyone else isn't bothered you really are flogging a dead one.

i've nary a clue any ideas ?

[quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1352330807' post='1861957'] Alternatively have a look at new Joyo / Harley Benton (Thomann) pedals... [/quote] this would be my choice - purely on the metal construction.

if you can say "that's experimental music"... surely it isn't. if it were truly experimental.....you wouldn't know.

and another plus the one for the bass gallery. i don't know about wunjo's, but i wouldn't bother with the rest of denmark street...total waste of time unless all you want to do is look at pretty basses.

today ? sh*te ! quit one band today and given the continued inability of the members of another band to organise themselves, they may not be graced by my presence for much longer. frankly i'm pretty darn close to quitting all my musical endeavours, selling all but a couple of instruments and hanging up my band shoes. EDIT: sorry folks, i was reading this thread when my rant came on.

[quote name='andyjingram' timestamp='1352114397' post='1858783'] I've actually found that playing too often with a shaky drummer can skew your timing a little. It's like your internal clock is trying to anticipate the beats falling in the wrong place. I start to doubt what I know to be right and I've had periods when playing with too many wonky drummers that I've even found myself pushing and pulling against midi drum tracks after a while. [/quote] i can agree wholeheartedly with this - i'm thinking of stopping in one of the bands i'm in as the less-than-perfect timekeeping of the drummer is a) making me a worse timekeeper and is driving me insane.

now that i'm reinstalled in the spare room as my studio i decided to finally getting round to using the spare fibreglass insulation the builders left for me last year. last weekend, after assembling 10 ikea storage boxes, and looking at the pile of packaging left over...and idea struck me. here are the some of the boxes - they're ~300x300x50mm [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12528339@N05/8149107439/"][/url] let's go...i started to assemble the boxes into a panel and between the PVA and clothes pegs it all felt very blue peter. civil service stapler for scale. [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12528339@N05/8149138488/"][/url] as a back panel i used part of a scavanged estate agent's sign. [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12528339@N05/8149108185/"][/url] more PVA and some handy weights [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12528339@N05/8149107147/"][/url] next comes the fibreglass ! gloves on and sprayed down with dilute PVA to bind the fibres as much as possible i didn't photograph the next bit - i covered the panels with some material (an old dust sheet), folded the excess round and glued it with more PVA and dust tape to hold it in place. aaaaand finally - here's one up (wall mounting to come tomorrow) in the studio [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12528339@N05/8149108979/"][/url] and there's a definite difference to the sound - there's a lot less echo from the listening position and the room feels a little less ringy overall. i did make 2 btw !! not a patch on a pro job with materials that would have [i]cost[/i] me something...but nay bad, and a lot of fun !

i have seen the fnords !

bought an amptweaker bass tight drive (oooh, missus !) from ivan. lovely guys to deal with. thanks for the smoooooothe deal

groovy and mellow...it's going well with a brew and a biccie now, the venerable producer and i share a surname, so i hope you don't mind if i say... it's Parsons' not Parson's...assuming you mean the dark side of the moon knobs man that is !!!

it's that generic i'd say 'message from a bottle' btw...is the video relic'd or road worn ?

have a word with watford valves - i told asked them for suggestions for revalving my ampeg svp-pro and they came up trumps.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1351547316' post='1852560'] I couldn't do that....I also don't really see the point if you are already playing the set regularly. [/quote] we don't gig that often !

nope, play every day. do the whole covers band set every two days or so, even if we've not got gigs. and work on originals stuff when the inspiration strikes. but i know what you mean about not wanting to repeat your work duties out of hours - i used to be a librarian and i read maybe 4 books a year.

i've had similar problems using a USB interface and then trying to use winamp with internal sound. it just doesn't like switching, sometimes does it fine with the selector in asio4all...sometimes it just doesn't. sorry, no suggestions, just that i feel your pain.

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1351345048' post='1850361'] It's really quite embarassing when it's one of your own originals.... [/quote] aaah, but then you can repeat the mistake and call it a jazz interlude

[quote name='paul torch' timestamp='1351239497' post='1848992'] "Right-on!" [/quote] nuff said ! what a fantastic bit of footage !

you know...i was just thinking about getting something similar yesterday thanks for the tip

here's the new addition to the family, bought from timchale2009 earlier this week. 2010 classic vibe jazz, and it's brilliant. use it first time tonight and it's such a lovely player. i know it's strictly [i]in front[/i] of the sofa....hope nobody minds