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a '94 slim here too.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1338109368' post='1669591'] The problem is not so much the band, but the proliferation of video recording devices and the ease with which you can share the results with the rest of the world. Everyone has to start somewhere, and when you are new at this band thing, no matter how well your rehearsals are going, playing live in front of an audience is a whole new challenge. I bet there's few people here who didn't take a couple of gigs to find their feet in a live situation. It also highlights the pitfalls of doing covers. If that was a song they'd written themselves, you'd probably never have noticed and might have even thought that it was quirky and interesting. [/quote] well said.

[quote name='henry norton' timestamp='1338488908' post='1675382'] ...detune your long scale a couple of steps and capo it at the second fret. [/quote] clever - i like it.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1338555057' post='1676279'] As a fully paid-up Member of the British Association of Self-centred Sociopaths I don't give a monkey's what other people think. [/quote] as opposed to those peksy alturistic sociopaths ?

[quote name='ben604' timestamp='1338553339' post='1676230'] I get roundly mocked when I mention Basschat, universally - Girlfriend ("...bloody Basschat, stop buying and selling stuff!")... [/quote] if i get that i just point out how much time she spends on the (deep breath) london-fixed-gear-and-single-speed-cycle-forum, and the fact she has 6 bikes.

of course it's funny...spesh when you type asschat. oh, the hours fly by !

ime acoustic basses are for looks and solo practice... you'll have a hard time competing even with fingerpicked acoustic.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1338297134' post='1672283'] as it stands i have written everything, all the need to do is turn up [/quote] i think the musicians playing the parts you'd written would be quite justified in asking to be paid.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1338293532' post='1672206'] It's tricky. You need someone to initially get things going. I would expect fairly early on there to be some sort of director. I've joined bands where nothing ever got done because there was no leader. [/quote] ymmv but i've been in plenty of bands where things get done cos everyone shares the responsibilities. it all depends on the people involved.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1338291945' post='1672164'] Are you planning on writing everything, drum lines etc or are you planning on getting some input from the others? I think there will be very few musicains willing to do that for free. [/quote] plus the one

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1338292308' post='1672171'] I think my first step would be to establish a leader. [/quote] if that was mooted at any initial band meet-up i went to, i'd say my goodbyes and leave. i'm always dubious of anyone wanting to proclaim themselves a leader without experiencing the group dynamic first

i think i'd be more concerned about meeting and getting to know the other members of the band before i turned up with an agenda.

seems the blarney stone doesn't dispense apostrophes

[quote name='paulconnolly' timestamp='1338241269' post='1671588'] Well it may be just me but I preferred that to FGTH's version. A great folky vibe to it. [/quote] plus the one. i'd say it also shows how good a tune it is - it still works despite the change of presentation

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1337527048' post='1661390'] Many simple boost pedals invert the phase, e.g. my Cream Pie, Phat Phuk, and even SFT do. [/quote] i was having a similar problem a while back and it seemed that the cheapest solution (without building an inverting buffer) was to use an EHX LPB-1 to invert the phase.

electric - fender jaguar

no, it's girth. always the girth.

amazing. top work that man !

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1337672554' post='1663609'] My thoughts exactly! [/quote] aaah, [i]somebody's[/i] paying attention

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1337581789' post='1662140'] Bah ha ha ha. There's a real irony in that while these instruments are become more valuable the older and less damage they have, Damien Hirst is probably one of the few people in the world who could add value by defacing it. [/quote] banksy defaces buildings, maybe he should do some basses (but then i'm not sure if he makes a living from it.)

that'll be the laura palmer signature model