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Ive heard somewhere on here that welding nozzle files are guaged and can work for thi and are pretty cheap

[quote name='NoRhino' timestamp='1422796671' post='2676805'] If you're in a band and people are there to see you you should play it as close to the Andy Fraser lines as possible and keep your personal hatred hidden. I played with a drummer who turned from a good fluent drummer into a tippy tappy couldn't care merchant during a song he didn't like and the audience and booker noticed. We weren't asked back. He's no longer my drummer. [/quote] Quite,if you've agreed as a band to dio it or as a dep its on the setlist then play eveything as well as you can and in good spirit, even, if it's a song you'd rather eat a worm sandwich than play againl. It's the professional approach. I try honest !

Id like to be able to do nuts but the files are a bit prcicey

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1422736658' post='2676357'] I realised years ago that sad as it may be, you need to play them, just to show you can, and then still refuse to do it. [/quote] And even more sadly I've had to revise them in recent times for a couple of dep gigs

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1422739616' post='2676404'] Update, if i HAD to play it, I would be texting Seashell during the verse. [/quote] If only I had her number. It'd be pistols at dawn sir.

I wanted hair like that once. Definitely cool in 1970 I've never actually disliked the song ; just played it when I was 15 and Wishing Well, and have no desire to again. Watching that was good though thanks Paul. Took me right back to my school days. We all wanted big hair, big stacks and a Les Paul or a Ric 4001 in my case. We were Born to be mild. Reality was my first rawk gig was Green St Green village hall playing a kay p bass copy throgh a FAL PA amp and a orange reflex cab copy.. Never thought that I sounded as good or felt cooler since ! I probably do sound a lot better now but with less hair.

[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422718644' post='2676010'] I now have a crush on Monckyman and Lonestar [/quote] :0

Plus there is a welth of information on here if advice is needed. I recommend the Haynes Bass Manual for anyone wanting to learn how to work on their own bass. If not you can find out how to fix most things on Youtube

Fixing stuff is great. Managed to replace the brushes on our washing machine last week ! Basses are much simpler and you dont get covered in carbon. Its very satisfying to fix ones own, especially electrics. However i managed to burn between my middle and ring finger by dripping hot gun glue on it last night night trying to mend the new Vox bass amp plug thingy i got for christmas,having carelessly snapped off the jack plug. Jeez never mind lit cigarette ends; use a hot glue gun on someone and they'll sing like a canary ! It hurt like hell and i today have two blisters so be careful out there. Intonation screw: the ones at the back of the bridge that move the saddles back and forward to fine tune string length and the intonation.

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1422664889' post='2675529'] I won't play it,not because it's beneath me or any crap like that, but because I think it's a sh*t song. my band gets plenty of gigs so the alternatives we play must be as valid or, dare I say it, even better. Some were even written this century. Let me posit the argument that the younger audience aren't drinking in pubs so much because all they ever hear is alright now, mustang Sally and Johnny b good, getting thraped. Time to move on. ; ) [/quote] I agree.Having grown up ( theoretically) in the 70s with these cover band standards. I can't imagine ever wanting to spend an evening in the pub or throw shapes at a wedding to a bunch of middle aged blokes cranking out these songs again because "thats what people want". Why, because I play in bands, should I have any more of a discerning palate and aversion to hearing the same old stuff to the people at the bar/on the dancefloor. Surely quite a few of them are nuts about music too and that's why they're in a boozer with a live band. It strikes me as patronising and a bit arrogant to assume that people will be dissapointed if they go a whole evening without hearing Brown Eyed Girl or All Right Now. Oh and I can play both bass parts exactly as the original, but prefer not too. ��

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1422615082' post='2674581'] Genuinely astonished at the amount of negativity towards leccy drums. A good quality kit is indistinguishable (to the audience) from a live kit, and the pub rock scene continues to move steadily towards bands with a volume knob - especially for the drummer. Paul the Drums in the Junkyard Dogs was slow to warm to them but wouldn't now be without them for small venues. The drummers in two other bands I play with have also abandoned their opposition. Getting back on topic, glad you came through the audition process unscathed, and I hate pointy Ibanez guitars too. [/quote] I did a dep gig last year with a very good drummer with a fancy schmantsy Roland Kit and i must say it sounded great. He really knew how to programme it too which made all the difference. I've also played with another drummer who didn't and it was hard work. I had a wedge monitor specifically for the drums just behind me so got a good bass drum kick in the rear, just like an acoustic kit which helped. Run a mile from any band with a guitarist who has pointy Ibanez and satriani/malmsteen/ vai type aspirations though.

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1422548809' post='2673986'] Depressing reading indeed. Especially this bit: Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the distinct feeling that that is the biggest load of complete w*** I have heard in a long time. 'Meaningful brand engagement'? Give me strength. Do these people really talk like that? And if so, how do they keep from being punched in the face at regular intervals? [/quote] Absolutely what a load of corporate boll***s. I'd be first in the face punching queue for these gits too.

i wish that I had some money. i'd be interested in the 5string aspiration elite. Anybody tried one ? Shame they're no longer being made

I've been in a similar audition situations to this thinking it's OK, sounds good but I'm not sure. Nice people but a few too many small things that would tick me off in the long run and politely declined the offer. I think that you handled this perfectly Interpol. All sounds very positive. Having tried out, usually succesfully, for a few dep/ permanent gigs I now quite like auditions. The anticipation, learning the material and a little bit of nerves if honest, playing with new people fuels my fantasy pro session bass player ego ! I always turn up well rehearsed, on time and try to not make too many cock-ups,confidant in knowing the songs, sometimes better than the band who have been playing them for ages but not listened to the originals for a while. That can be tricky to deal with. I die a little each time someone says " it's our version" when they're just playing a function band standard badly. Oh and I try and not make disparaging comments about the setlist until at least half a dozen rehearsals in and I'm becoming part of the furniture.

Shame In the mid 70's as a callow youth of about 14/15 my mates and I used to vist Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing cross road and Denmark st on a regular basis, there were loads more music shops then, asking to try instruments we couldn't possibly afford and were never refused. I did eventually buy my HH Vs Bass amp from Macari's, there were two branches on Charing Cross Road. Happy Days

I've tried boiling strings but if they're knackered any iway it brightens them up for a short while and then they die prhetty quickly. Fine if you're skint but new strings are the answer. Can't imagine DK's , excellent tutor though he is, method is much more effective.

Think about a career move to another band that doesn't play Alright Now or if it's in the first set plan ahead what to go for first if it's a function with a buffet table.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1422379858' post='2671935'] You're the first on my list I don't hear that much to be concerned about there.... [url="http://youtu.be/-ef_D-Et7c8"]http://youtu.be/-ef_D-Et7c8[/url] [/quote]d I've played quite a few on that list plus China girl and heroes Hiram - I'm waiting by the phone�� It sounds a great gig. Keep us posted when you're playing locally. I'm surprised not to have heard of more Bowie tribute bands

Excellent If you ever need a dep...

And Drive in Saturday would be a fave for me too !

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1422320972' post='2671240'] There's nothing from Station to Station, Low, Heroes or Lodger - that's quite a big ommission. [/quote] That was my first thought too. I suspect Bowie fans would like some of the newer stuff in their too. I would by probably miss out tin machine or the Tonight album.

Oh and another senior moment a few years ago: I usedto play g**tar (there I've said it) in a blues band which had the good fortune to rehearse in the back room of a Cambridge pub. After one such session I was chatting in the car park, for a bit, said good night, jumped in my car and drove home, some twenty miles away. Got home 11:00ish and heaved the Fender twin from the boot, opened the rear passenger door only to see a big space where my guitar case should be and felt a little bit sick realising I had left my usa fender strat in the dark carpark and drove off. It was the longest 4 rings in the world before the barman picked up the phone and before I uttered a word said "its OK Mike I've got it behind the bar;you can pick it up in the morning". Oh how we laughed. Not!

[quote name='Stu-khag' timestamp='1421064480' post='2656654'] Guitarist had a fancy tuner that you could change the tuning frequency (other than classical stuff, I've never seen anyone need to tune to anything other than concert pitch) . we started playing and his playing was even flatter than usual. He spent 40 minutes trying to sort his guitar (changed the strings, changed guitar, moved his amp - then realized he was tuning to something like 437 hz. [size=3]He wouldn't believe it could be his tuner - but the stupid thing is it didnt really occur to us to check his tuner either as we'd been wowed by all his nice and shiny brand new kit. [/size] [/quote] That's happened to me in bright sunlight playing At Hylands House playing to the biggest crowd I've ever performed in front of. Couldn't see the leds on my regular tuner so pulled a spare out of my bag, it was set to something other than 440hz. I had to swap basses mid song as I couldn't figure out why I couldn't find the right pitch at all until the sound engineer spotted the setting on my tuner. Awful

We used to place bets in my previous band to decide what the guitarist would forget for the gig. Examples include all of his leads for a gig in Lincs; he had to call at a Maplin on his way from Essex. Suit trousers he had nip to Sainsbury between stes to find a pair of black ones. Guitar stand etc etc

I once setting up in a hurry in a dark and dingy rehearsal room plugged my speaker lead from my hartke 500 into its own eefects loop in or out, can't remember which, It didnt like it and I had to have it fixed. First time Ive ever owned up to this. Especially as I got it mended under warranty