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our gig went fine tonight to be honest i was totally distracted (food again) we were playing in a gastro pub out in a kent village and the menu card was the first distraction but even whilst setting up i was completely and utterly distracted by the venison spitroast out in the front garden guitarists can be useful it turns out - one of ours (we have two) had pigged out at macdees on the way and so he gave his own freebie ticket for the roast to me its only fair because we were playing in an area the size of a shoebox (drums kybds 2 guitars bass and vocalisit a space about 4m x 3m' !) i even allowed said guitairist to stack his deluxe line6 combo on top of the hallowed hydrive cab all future pub gigs WILL be accompanied by a rider that a venison spitroast must be included in the evenings entertainments (wild boar hog roast will be an acceptable substitute) anybody in west kent area - [url="http://www.theploughivyhatch.co.uk/"][b]THE PLOUGH in IVY HATCH[/b][/url] is thoroughly recommended

[url="http://youtu.be/3Uqpd_008Lk"]http://youtu.be/3Uqpd_008Lk[/url]

just wait a bit longer until mike keneally is available [url="http://youtu.be/shb0_Tr5Mt4"]http://youtu.be/shb0_Tr5Mt4[/url]

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1354052884' post='1881531'] Jimmy. This [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89yw7wqoaio[/media] [/quote] i love this film its great fun playing [b]'spot where the finger widdling actually corresponds to the notes you're hearing'[/b]

dont tell me its not a proper word, an american friend told me it is anyways WTFF is [b]cinematic metal[/b] when it's at home ?? anybody?? am i turning into the rick wakeman grumpy old man or is it just an age thing but is this whole genre categorisation thing getting (already [color=#800080][b]gotten[/b][/color] if you ask me) a tad far fetched?? or do i need to fess up to being totally uncool and out of touch with all things hip and trendy usual usual ... answers on a postage stamp please edited for sausage fingers

has this psalm been on BC before?? [url="http://youtu.be/_ZEEgIti8sM"]http://youtu.be/_ZEEgIti8sM[/url]

hi thanks yes that is all there too and made sure it was connected well when swapped the bridge over i was thinking of copper foiling the cavities out to see if the hum lessens a bit - its not too bad with both pickups on but on the rare occasions when i want bridge only there is a fair bit of hum - im guessing also any copper foil lining the cavities also needs to be connected to the ground??

ok dumb elec noob question here ive just unscrewed the cover of my J to see if any loose wires as ive had my amp checked over and it seems ok so i thought maybe an earth problem with the instrument i only see one wire connection to the jack is the earth connected via the casing of the three volume and tone pots connecting to the chrome plate? i can see all the black wires going to the pots from the pups and the bridge but no black from any one of them the the jack thanks

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1353747470' post='1877978'] Sigh The trouble is they have too much invested in their Marshall stacks both emotionally and financially to change easily. They've dreamed since they were little boys about standing in front of these things with their guitars singing and this is living the dream. [/quote] yes very much this and how VERY DARE YOU even contemplate sullying their beautiful luxurious tones with your woolly old bass

Just arrange for some female fans to approach them after gig and tell them it's ok and size doesn't really matter etc

TRB1004/5/6 are korean and excellent build quality

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1353239862' post='1872828'] No advice to offer about the direct-to-amp hum without being able to check out the amp in person. For the pedalboard, it sounds like the earth on the power supply transformer is connected to the signal earth, giving you the earth loop we all know and [i]don't[/i] love! The solution is to keep the safety earth connected to the transformer primary, but break the connection to the secondary side of the circuit. I had this issue with a Harley Benton Power Plant - to fix it I just needed to break a track on the circuit board. This left the safety earth connection intact, so the metal enclosure is still earthed via the mains cable, but left the 9-volt outputs 'floating'. WARNING: Don't attempt any mods like this unless you know [b]exactly[/b] what you're doing! [/quote] thanks - i only ever take it to a local amp specialist for stuff like that the 9v power supply for the pedals is just the standard one from maplins i took the head out of the box to see if there were any 'obvious' loose or stray wires but nothing visibly apparent - the only thing that was really obvious was that the four power transistors had been fixed on to edge of the pcb and heatsink panel with some sort of white putty type substance - very messy job indeed and looked like a possible repair as i would assume that TE would probably not allow something so obviously shoddy to pass any sort of QA one other thing i have noticed is also that the power supply is creating quite a loud pop on switching off - resigning it to the cupboard now until it goes over for a service/repair the 9v power for the effects chain is fine with my other rig no hum at all even when the head and the effects are both plugged into the same 4gang multiblock schematic [url="http://www.britishaudioservice.com/schematics_2009/B&C/Boxers.pdf"][b]here[/b][/url] (pdf file)

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steve hackett is my favourite solo from the band too but dont forget smallcreeps day with the superb (and young) noel mccalla on vocals

ok not another earth hum thread i hear you say.... slightly different one here that i (and others ive asked) have not encountered before the rogue amp in question is a [b]trace elliot boxer65[/b] combo when plugged in with input gain <1 and also master volume <1 ..... plug instrument lead in .... hold lead without touching the shield...then touch only the signal tip of the jack .... results in monster loud earth hum at the sort of volume you would expect if both input and master where up at 9-10 when the bass is plugged in and playing clean without any other equipment connected there are no issues whatsoever - only when touching the signal tip alone however if i go through the pedal board with the pedal power supply plugged into the same 4gang multiblock then i get an extremley loud constant earth hum ive tested my sockets in the wall with a 3pin plug with the led's to check for any earthing issues and the sockets are fine - the kettle leads i use for the combo are ok ive checked them and use them with my main rig with no problems likewise the 4 gang multiblock/rcd which i normally use any ideas please? thanks

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1353155818' post='1872159'] Me. [size=1]only joking....[/size] [/quote] lulz [quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1353158995' post='1872208'] Fixed! [/quote] was being diplomatic

i only have one practical concern and that is volume - pretty much every pub gig my HA2500 head gets flogged to the limits with both the input gain and the master somewhere around the 9.5 mark!! yet it stays clean and consistent it always seems loud enough for most pubs so maybe i should just stay with it and use it as leverage to get the pesky guitarers to turn down a bit rather me needing to turn up can just about manage the whole kitload in two trips from the car!

so did anybody actually play MS last night (audience request or otherwise) for charidee?

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1353149414' post='1872052'] [b]However[/b], done well, it's not a bad tune at all and gets people dancing. So what else do you want? [/quote] definitely this ive never yet seen an audience (collectively)groan when MS strikes up they usually tend towards appreciation rather than derision ... unless of course the audience is full of discerning muso's

could work either way though i guess!! the band could threaten the audience to play certain songs unless the bucket fills up quicker

.... while you are playing at your various gigs, that there will be the least possible opportunity, to refuse the inevitable 'human jukebox band' syndrome you may even have to play MUSTANG SALLY for the baying (and paying) punters!! personally i will throw in an extra tenner if anybody finds out where Bilbo is playing tonight and demands a certain tune for a charitable donation !! [size=5][b][font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]M N L I G H T[/font][/b][/size] anyone?

so here it is.... [url="http://youtu.be/9g_ongc_0hc"]http://youtu.be/9g_ongc_0hc[/url]

[quote name='merlin' timestamp='1352595019' post='1865089'] here goes what would you do,the last few gigs Ive done with own band have been really good,tonight empty pub,not unusual for us,First song guitard fluffs up as the drummer follows him not the bass ( he does this most of the time ) also fluffs making me and the singer look more than silly,no talking between tunes,the people there were up for a good time,but they shut them out,then the best bit guitard and drummer all over the place,trying to out volume each other. I have been around for ever as a bass guitarist and have never ever come across this befor,it was horrific and I was embarressed to be there,the standard of playing also went out of the window,as Im playing Im thinking no more,will sent out emails tomorrow to end this..should I ?? [/quote] should have been on britain's got talent! a (ed.) [s]band[/s] guitarist and drummer with an average age of four and three quarters