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I'm not far from you Kevin. I'll cancel mine and you can give me the 2nd book for my birthday. I wouldn't be offended in any way whatsoever.

Hold off a few days and it'll be back down again. Seems to be changing every other day.

Perfect example. As you can see nothing naff about this.

Yep that's very acceptable but not just standing there with your fretting hand by your side expecting people to be impressed by it. Rock poses are always good but not looking like a proper ........well you know

I'm with you on this one Paul and i know exactly what you mean with the smug face as if to say "hey look at me i can play bass with one hand". Dave

Good point Paul but a few good quality wigs and some Sabbath gear and they will be sorted. Some of the agencies take on soundalike tributes too so it could be worthwhile thinking about the image side of it. I know some tribute bands where its just one or even two of them that look a little like the originals whereas others in the band have no similarity at all. Not sure where you draw the line on tribute acts Dave

A band this good should be making money. If not then consider some of the tribute agencies. Dave

Think if its a "drop the hand from the neck and pose for the camera" kind of stance then i'm with you and agree it just looks naff. However if its to adjust your amp or scratch yourself (but not your bum or intimate areas.....or anyone else's for that matter) then its probably acceptable. I try not to make it obvious i'm doing very little and would rather keep both hands on bass unless its a crowd involvement section to assist in the clapping of hands. Dave

Liking that a lot. Bass tone is perfect......love it. Have a mate in an Ozzy band but your singer has a way better voice than Ozzy ever had. Great recording. Nice one and wish you every success with it. Dave

Friends being people i socialise with and colleagues being simply guys in the band more like a workmate. Dislike is people i generally disagree with in the band or who don't pull their weight in the band. 5 : 0 : 4 : 0 I don't socialise with the band because we all live in different parts of the country and only meet up for rehearsals or gigs or the occasional band discussion night. We are approx 50 miles apart and living in countryside public transport isn't great after 9pm ish. We would probably socialise a bit if we lived nearer each other tho and that would change it to 5:4:0:0 Dave

Thanks for that. Its been one of those things i kept meaning to look up. I use my GK MB200 head as a pre-amp direct to FOH when using with my JamMan pedal loaded with sampled sounds. I did check the manual that this was ok. Dave

I'm no exxpert but i was always told with solid state or class D it was ok to do that with master volume completely OFF. You can't do it with a valve power stage but i have no idea why that would be different. Best to wait until one of the BC experts comes along with definitive answer. Dave

Think it was a Chicken.....

I never even noticed that In my defence i have been watching that many clips of Crazy Horses i just started to lose interest in anything else other than the start with the keys. In the first clip i watched from one of their Osmond shows the drummer sings the chorus while playing of course. I think the clip you're talking about the drummer takes over on bass as the bass player is doing the lead vocals and of course none of them will be playing anyway as they had a full support group directly behind them.

Not sure what you mean ?

Wee bit expensive for one sample but oddly enough i did think of that as one of mates used to have one.

My thoughts exactly and its the part everyone recognises in that song.

I've downloaded a synth sample of it which isn't too bad and put that on my pedal. We'll see how it sounds at next rehearsal. I personally think its an important part more so at the beginning but its not just down to me. Think once they hear it (or something) they might change their minds. Dave

I'm with you on that Paul especially the start but i'm out-voted. Dave

After all the searching and various replies and suggestions the singer and guitarist don't think its really needed. Thanks for all the help and advice guys and apologies for wasting anyone's time. Singers and guitarists HUH !!!!

Think i need to watch this. I've never been a big fan of Metallica apart from liking the occassional song but i really enjoy these band documentaries. Bit like watching a soap opera.

Cheers for that Ashweb.

That might help me load into my Jamman pedal as it requires a WAV file. I have an MP3 to WAV convertor anyway so should be able to convert my MP3 file i think. I have a synth download at the moment from JamMan itself that's not too bad and i'll edit that to fit my pedal. If it doesn't sound good thru PA i'll go down the original with drums and our drummer can play over it at the start. Not sure what i'll do in chorus and end section tho but i'll work on that. The start is the main one i think. I've attached the JamMan file below Crazy Horses Sample MP3.mp3

Afraid my phone only does calls and txts. I'm old I'll ask our keys player if he can do it on his phone. He only has a Nord that doesn't have the joystick or slider for pitch change. Good idea tho

Guitarist uses a Les Paul tho but agree most rock guitarists from a certain age group should manage this with a whammy bar.