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Good for him. But he should have added Allright Now, anything by Brian Adams & now and Brown Eyed Girl as well

Look at the label on the kit, usually states power consumption in watts - Not to be confused with the output if its an amp - Divide the wattage by the mains voltage, should give you the consmption in amps. But easier to just say, up to 700W ish use a 3A, up to about 1000W use a 5A, anything else use a 13A. You can get other values like 1A, 2A, etc, but theyre not easy to get so I wouldnt bother. but if you have them use em for things like table lamps.

I was always taught to leave the earth lead a little bit longer than it needed to be, so that if the cables pulled out its the last to get disconnected. In the UK, the earth is connected to the neutral at the substation, Not so in europe I dont think, so a shock between live and earth is theoretically less dangerous there.

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1345793368' post='1781513'] Every amp that I have purchased in the last few years, have always come with [u]both[/u] UK and European leads, it's unusual that yours didn't Lozz. On the subject of power leads, I got a 5 metre lead from Maplins, because it is useful for connecting to those far-away sockets, but it is quite a thin cable, and I was wondering, would this affect the sound in any way, compared to the heavier duty ones that come supplied with the amp? Sorry if this a daft question, but I'm not very clued up of the tech side of things. [/quote] Heavier leads are more robust, they sometimes live a hard life with a gigging amp, so you need to take more care it doesnt get damaged. its not going to affect your sound. Cant remember the details, but theres some regulation about the length of mains cable supplied with electrical equipment not being more than 1.5 Metres as its a trip hazard.

It wouldnt be all that difficult to change to a euro standard if it was done slowly. Dont seem so long ago that there were 5 or 6 different types in common use here. There was even a multiplug that you could alter to fit them all. and dozens of different adaptors.13A fused ones werent everywhere even in the 70s. Older houses still had old wiring and fittings for ages. The beauty of British ones, even the old round pin ones, is that the earth is always longer, so first to connect and last to disconnect.

So, there was some science behind the paving slab my make had in his speaker cab after all...

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1345664463' post='1780291'] Couldn't you just "borrow" one from an old computer instead of buying new? And haven't you got extra leads in case one faults? I've been gathering leds for some time now (some remained from old PC's and some magicly apeared on my gigbag in the morning after gigs/rehearsalls - others have disapeared too so the thing balances itself ) and now i must have about 10 leads stored in a case somewere in my house... [/quote] The monitor leads from old PCs, with a male kettle plug one end and a female the other are great when your amp lead wont reach. Well worth keeping a couple of them in yer case. Take up less romm than an extension lead.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1345656440' post='1780151'] I spied that. It was the only pic I could get quick access at my work that would post (tried a few others but most are blocked ) [/quote] Cant be many of those old Russell Hobbs kettles still working.

[quote name='EddyGlee' timestamp='1345586245' post='1779260'] Do you mean 2 pin plug? .. you can just cut the plug off and fit a standard UK plug no probs. [/quote] Done it a lot for stuff thats connected into mains spurs, But , if you cut the plug off a foriegn KETTLE LEAD, you might find that the colours are not the same as with a UK one. Theyre only cheap, and a moulded plug is a safer bet anyway imo, so why bother ? Just buy one.

Nah, dont worry, they do sometimes. It will go on for years like that.

Send em back, get a refund and buy some decent strings. I gone right off Rotos, even the free set, which came direct are not like they used to be.

I saw the who a few times in their heyday and they were great live, except for the boring Tommy stuff anyway. Watched the Vegas Job vid the other night. Couldnt believe how bad, and how amateurish they seemed, missed queues, missed endings, forgotten lyrics etc. Seen better covers bands.. I got the impression Entwhistle must have been thinking "Who are these pair of prats" Just how many Strats does Townend need for one gig ?

low tech but cheap, I used to use an old kids Kareoke machine with my Bass plugged in the mic socket. Did the job and sounded better than a cheapo sound card.

Cant believe 70 odd replies to this. Fer fooks sake, ow hard a decision is it ?

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1344864302' post='1770248'] Who gives a toss who was on bass. If it's not Entwistle, I don't want or care to see The Who. I see that they're off touring Quadrophenia, how is that going to work without the bass playing? Errr... it's not. It's quite simple. As capable as Pino or whomever is, unless you get someone who has a similar stylistic bent to Entwistle and there aren't that many people who do play anything like that, the Who will continue to be crap and I won't be interested. [/quote] That..

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1344872230' post='1770427'] The simple truth is that decent singers make or break a band whereas bass players are ten a penny and a reasonable degree of competence is often all that's required. In other words - a frank , recognition of where the real power lies within a band is an asset to a gigging musician. What's pointless - is yet another thread bemoaning singers and their seemingly prima donna ways. My answer has always been to learn to sing. Become the singer yourself. All it takes is the same degree of practise that other musicians put in. Sadly , when I say this I get shot down in flames but I don't really care. I figured all this stuff out years ago and went and did something about it by learning to sing - mostly by practising , some by bluffing until the practise caught up. Some will say that playing bas while singing isn't possible. I say 'bollocks - of course it is'.It just takes practise. Please don't feel picked on or victimised , Grant. Not my intention. You're obviously very frustrated. My intention is to encourage musicians to think differently and not just have a go at singers. I hope your current situation resovles itself - honestly I do. But I suspect more of the solution resides with you than you think. [/quote] This.. On the nail. Course it helps if you can actually sing in the first place. Trouble is, people who front bands need to be highly strung people with a certain ammount .. well front. Which comes hand in hand usually with too much self esteem. Learn to deal with it.

I'm the same, but even then I'm crap at it. God bless youtube.

Small point. Dont forget to slacken the strings before you try and adjust the truss.

I saw Brinsley Schwarts on thge same bill with Dave Edmunds at Barbarellas in the early 70s, Brinsley were a bit too country for me, but Dave Edmunds just tore the place up, the guy was like a walking jukebox. Thing with pub rock, it was fun, at a time when all the 'Stars' were taking everyrthing too seriously. You cant beat good times pub bands, which is the mai reason that I'm still doing it. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1AaDdCK44E"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1AaDdCK44E[/url]

Have a go, Ask somebody to sit with you if you can, or read up on the interweb, fender sites good, even if its not a fender, it explains it well. Make sure you get a quality allen key that fits properly, and push it fully home, so as not to damage the socket. You shouldnt need more than a quarter of a turn, absolute maximum.

Pretty sure thats how Sparko did it, it works, but I cant get the right feel doing it that way myself.

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1337522536' post='1661291'] Just joined an upbeat r'n'b trio to compliment my originals band. It's all Dr. Feelgood type-stuff, regular mix of r'n'b and rock 'n' roll. A couple of times, we've gone through 'She Does It Right'. Great song. I've been playing it really simple, keeping it as hard-edged as possible. At the last rehearsal, the guitarist said that on the record, the bass part contains some chords! I've had to go through the song on Youtube, etc, so the bass frequency isn't that great....so I can't really make out what's going on. Anybody played this one before? How did you play it? Any tips on this so I can nail it before next rehearsal? [/quote] I like it this way, no need to master the Bass Line at all. some good energetic R & B on here if you check out the other bands. Fun - like its meant to be. [url="http://tot-channel.co.uk/007-leeb/allstars20090407.htm"]http://tot-channel.c...ars20090407.htm[/url] 3 Chords seem to be big in Japan.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1343670831' post='1753483'] Hee, hee. It's tempting, isn't it? [/quote] Theres a bad feed back, which he countered with [i]'I stated in the listing they were out of date'[/i]. If I was him I wouldnt have been able to resist saying [i]I stated they were used[/i], just to see what reaction it got.

I once dreamt that I was in court for not paying the rent on my house, and got sentenced to having to shag Ulrika Johnson fourteen times. Cant remember much about the dream, but I think JacK Bruce was the judge.