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stewblack
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This is the salient point. The last band name decision we made was so obvious we found a couple of others using it. But they were nowhere near us geographically so we went with it. One of them actually contacted us via social media trying to find out how long we'd been using the name. We reassured them that a) we play totally different circuits and b) we're so good that if they get confused with us it won't do them any harm. They'll probably be able to raise their fee
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We had some great band names play at our little venue back in the day. Masters Of Fung Ku were a great band, Loud Ugly and Crap had the most accurately descriptive name, Lob The Keeper, The Best Band In The World Ever (2) - people just shortened to The Best Band which did no harm. I get frustrated at band name choosing time because my ideas are always superb, but the band always goes for something dull and uninspired. But then I guess 90% of the audience and venues don't really care that much so its probably not worth getting my knickers twisted over.
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If you buy a sub 200 quid bass, you will need to replace the strings immediately as they will (presumably) be made from wool. That bass would suit a student but you could never gig with it. I had one of those (insert cheap makers name) cabs and all the speakers blew at the first rehearsal. and my absolute favourite : Of course, you get what you pay for.
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You know that shiver goes through you when one of your wish list basses suddenly appears? Followed by the sickening shudder when you remember that cab you bought recently, which you didn't really need. -
Looks wonderful. Been eyeing up a red old style p with white plate. This has done nothing to put me off the idea.
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No mine doesn't have this tick. 01 on the FI is 01 on the switcher
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Fabulous. Thank you. I'm sending this to our keys guy who has elected himself our mixing guru.
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When I was looking at midi switchers, I recall reading about this issue. Sure it was T21...I will have a look around.
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There's a guy on YouTube playing through a battery powered Roland PA and it's sounds just fine. Ordinary AA batteries too.
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I thought the same - however I also think this is very much up to us, the users. If I knew how to capture video on the desktop I would happily have a go.
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Glad we can do this without mud slinging. I may sound like I think only music I like is any good, but really I don't believe grown ups need to endlessly qualify with 'in my opinion '. Tastes differ and I don't believe mine to be any more valid than yours. The big change for me in the 90s was opening a live music venue. We wanted no jukebox, instead we made mix tapes and encouraged the punters to do likewise. It didn't take long before I was told that our music was fit only for dinosaurs, and the kids took over. I was strictly a radio 4 guy in those days having outgrown radio 1 but being way too cool for radio 2. So these cats literally introduced me to stuff I'd never heard of. Grunge, britpop, metal bands which didn't sound like my idea of metal. It was awesome. I loved it.
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I feel your pain. It is unlike any other pedal I've used, but the rewards are just great. I'm only starting to glimpse the possibilities but it's a really fun way to spend time. PM me if I can help I will. Sometimes having another total beginner to talk to can be helpful. Even if you don't bother learning to programme your own sounds, there are many really great ones out there you can download.
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The 90s saw the cycle grind around again. I clearly remember a mate running up to me, dragging me back to his place so he could play me the first Oasis album. It may be fashionable among the sneering set to denigrate them now , but when they landed it was so refreshing. As my friend put it that day, people are making pop music with guitars again, they actually sound like a band!
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Hi, I think the Phil Jones stuff is highly regarded, but definitely not cheap!
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Ooh, sorry I didn't read the opening post closely enough, I was only looking for speaker switcher. They all seem to be jack socketed.
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We're dangerously close to being in agreement here Chris. My combination of choice is Compact and Midget, but still... dangerously close.
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Yeah! That's the spirit. You gonna share your list?
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There's a terrible right wing historian of popular culture who tried to argue that Cliff Richard was more significant and worthy of the attention of posterity than the Sex Pistols. Because he'd sold more records. I quietly closed the book and left him to it.
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OK, so take out out the word crap and use bland, homogeneous, thin, lifeless, over produced, and gutless.
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https://youtu.be/vXLuKNAcWRo
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Doesn't this do the opposite? Switching between speakers but with the same amp, rather than one speaker set up and switch between amps.
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I just completed the 1981 list, once again only drawn from UK charted singles. Already it is easy to see the crap production creeping in, some bands reaching their twilight others at a peak from which they would collapse never to recover. I still managed a good long list but it was harder picking over the dross to unearth the nuggets. Maybe '83 will see some improvement, but I suspect after '84 it will be extraordinarily slim pickings for my imaginary covers band. Popular music has always followed these patterns. Brief spikes when even the top 20 might contain a half dozen decent tunes, followed by long years of drought. I suppose there is a reaction from musicians to the dull, conformity of the times, so they shake things up. Then the establishment get hold of what they're doing and gradually wring the life from it in pursuit of sales. Then musicians rebel and the whole thing repeats.
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I raise this not because it concerns me but just in case it might concern you good people. I am getting ads which don't look like the usual BC advertisers. Just want to make sure no one is getting use of your ad space without paying for it
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Blimey! Weren't they about £60 new? Shows I should have definitely bought some, if nothing else for the investment opportunity.
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I still find it odd that we are living in a post OBBM world. Simple question - will anyone step up to fill the void? Deeper question - can anyone step up? If not, where do we go for custom cables which will literally never let us down?
