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soooooooo, im quite partial to homemade recipes for various things these days such as toothpaste, deo, wood polish etc etc etc i recently saw teeny weeny bottle of guitar lemon oil for a rather exorbitant price in a local music emporium and was wondering has anyone concocted a recipe for fretboard care? am thinking of experimenting on my trusty old squier something along the lines of beeswax coconut or linseed oil to soften copious amounts of lemon or other 'fragrant' oil any thoughts/ideas

thanks y'all

[quote name='gareth' timestamp='1490882626' post='3268773'] been there done it You need an all valve amp, trannies just dont hack it [/quote] or valve/solid but as long as is a CLASS A - class D may look cute and tiny but they lack a certain oomph that only class A amps seem to deliver consistently

im in process of renovating and restoring an old acoustic six string should i release the truss rod tension whilst it is sitting for a prolonged period with no strings? ta

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[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1490256047' post='3263578'] In the end though most of the great British public can't dance to anything in an unusual time signature so most of your set is always going to be 4/4 with the emphasis on 1 and 3 or 2 and 4. [/quote] ... cough ... [url="http://youtu.be/A_WAvi4ikCU"]http://youtu.be/A_WAvi4ikCU[/url]

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1490431989' post='3265065'] Some people think it's cool to not look after their guitars, kind of a "relic" vibe. "A good workman looks after his tools" says a lot. [/quote] often the same type of people who think its cool to hack at a perfectly good instrument with a rusty old screwdriver and proudly proclaim that its been relic'd

if its the USA youve decided on then consider a nice squier classic vibe and throw in a wizard thumper - should do the same thing for about half the beer tokens hope this helps

the biggest 'disappointment' with this type of crowd pleasing covers band scenario is sometimes the band themselves and their lack of imagination or creative input in curating their setlist yes, there are a handful of staples which the crowd will expect yes you could do the lazy thing of looking at band discographys on itunes/spotify etc and just pick your entire setlist from the top one or two most popular if you want to be different maybe try and pick the tunes which everybody knows and likes but arent always at the top of the list and hence are [u]much less often covered by other covers bands[/u] - what you're aiming for is those songs where people be all like ... ooh ooh ooh i really like this iknow this one what is it what is it and get all unnecessarily excited as their memory fails them all the way up until the chorus result you still end up playing TRITE OLD sh*te but its not the same TRITE OLD sh*te as all the other local TRITE OLD sh*te bands and the punters hopefully enjoy themselves and leave the gig with the impression of you being 'a bit different from all the other cover bands around here' hope this helps

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[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1488053502' post='3245493'] Do you: 1. Thank them for the one gig, say nowt but feel a bit put-upon? 2. Say 'No way Jose, you offered me two gigs, that is what we agreed and that is what I'll do? 3. Thank them for the one gig but point out they did ask you if you were free to do both, you cleared your diary for them and now you are going to be out of pocket? 4. Any other suggestions..? [/quote] 1 no - smacks of being a bit precious 2 no - arrogant and presumtuous - you ARE the dep after all not the band member 3 might come across a wee bit passive/aggressive - are you 'actually' going to be out of pocket or is the the hypothetical out of pocket? 4 if you think they are taking the piss then tell them so without beating around the bush - if they are not then whats to lose? its an evening out playing with your expenses covered! is there really something better on the telly???

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The cheesiest of our cheese fest set list is probably this , is quite a tricky bass line to pull off convincingly http://youtu.be/hT_HWIIKbG8

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[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1485080030' post='3220882'] You can buy the labels quite cheaply online :-) Or about £3 a device.. (PS there is no legal reason to have kit PAT tested, just a bit of a scam IMHO..). See the HSE website for confirmation.. [/quote] also you could bet a months wages that if you were unfortunate enough to have an incident involving a third party there would probably be a firm of ambulance chasing lawyers chasing you down for your PAT and PLI certificates

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1485080574' post='3220893'] We actually do a cover of that. I hate that song with a passion and was not keen on the idea, but sadly, it really goes down well. <sigh> [/quote] my same thoughts about BLACK HORSE AND CHERRY TREE <mega sigh>

sounds like a job for an an epiphone EB the advantage of getting him a full size short scale will mean he will naturally develop a technique that relies on hand movement before he is unfortunate enough to hear of all this wretched one-finger-per-fret nonsense that so many noobs and learners get inadvertently distracted by

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[quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1484998683' post='3220250'] I agree with nearly all of this except.... "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Posters are a pointless waste of time"[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]All of our (mostly pub) venues demand and expect them. Some, not all, use them on their Facebook and Website, as do we. All of them use them on the walls to at least give the impression that there are always things going on at the venue. Whether that persuades people to come and see you in particular is an open question, but every little helps. Personally, if we play somewhere and there's a poster up for a band I fancy seeing I'll go if I'm not gigging. Would I be trawling through the listings and pick them out? Probably not. A case in point: was in a local pub last night and spotted a poster for a couple of guys I know doing a Sunday afternoon acoustic in a couple of weeks - I'll be there.[/font][/color] [/quote] this and depends how captivating the poster is too

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