Bloodaxe

[quote name='lowdown' post='914124' date='Aug 3 2010, 06:27 PM']I dont know Audacity - but it seems like you might need to de-select some kind of snap to grid function.Have you got the Audacity bpm set to the same tempo/bpm as the MP3? If not you will have to de-select the snap to grid if Audacity has this function. Garry[/quote] Not tried varying the horizontal scale (& it sounds like a really complex way of achieving a result tbh). As far as I can make out, selections will either snap to the nearest second or won't snap to anything depending on how your preferences are set. This limits its usefulness (not opinion, just fact). Ta for the thought though, Pete.

[quote name='lowdown' post='914124' date='Aug 3 2010, 06:27 PM']I dont know Audacity - but it seems like you might need to de-select some kind of snap to grid function.Have you got the Audacity bpm set to the same tempo/bpm as the MP3? If not you will have to de-select the snap to grid if Audacity has this function. Garry[/quote] Not tried varying the horizontal scale (& it sounds like a really complex way of achieving a result tbh). As far as I can make out, selections will either snap to the nearest second or won't snap to anything depending on how your preferences are set. This limits its usefulness (not opinion, just fact). Ta for the thought though, Pete.

[b]Let The Good Times Roll[/b] - Louis Jordan [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url] Mostly a quarter note 12/8 swing with a few eighths to stop you completely losing the will to live. A good exercise for the much-vaunted "One Finger Per Fret" technique. There are several versions of this... this one's from the Quincey Jones produced "Rock 'n' Roll" album - an ill-fated attempt to revive Louis Jordan's career. It should work with both the Ray Charles & B.B. King takes. Wendell Marshall must've had hands like a packet of saveloys to do this on a DB Also added into my OP. Pete.

This doesn't seem obvious... What I need to do is: 1 - Load MP3 2 - Play MP3 3 - Add a Cue or Marker on each count of 4 (or 8 or whatever) to mark each bar of the tune 4 - Select & loop the bar I want so I can transcribe the bassline for that bar only 1 & 2 are no trouble. I can add a Marker (Ctrl+M) whilst playing the tune, so that takes care of 3. What I can't seem to do is get the cursor to snap to the markers so that I can select & loop the bar. Anyone? [Edit] Nothing in either the online help or the full 150+ page PDF help [/Edit] Pete.

I've been chipping away at this "Music" stuff I've heard so much about & the following represent progress to date... All are derived from what I hear, & as such may not be 100% accurate or entirely arranged as some advanced readers might desire... but they're close. Make of them what you will. Youtube links are for odd Live versions, otherwise I'm sticking to the studio cut. [b]Fever[/b] - Elvis [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Fever-Elvis.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Fever-Elvis.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Fever-Elvis.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url] [b]Flip Flop & Fly[/b] - Bill Haley [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BH.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BH.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BH.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url] [b]Flip Flop & Fly[/b] - Big Joe Turner [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BJT.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BJT.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BJT.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url] [b]Flip Flop & Fly[/b] - Blues Brothers [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BBros.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BBros.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/FF%26F_BBros.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgzdgLR6tl4"]Youtube[/url] [b]Let The Good Times Roll[/b] - Louis Jordan [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Let_The_Good_Times_Roll-Louis_Jordan.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_lEINeBhB0"]Youtube[/url] [b]Shake, Rattle, and Roll[/b] - Big Joe Turner [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Shake_Rattle_%26_Roll-BJT.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Shake_Rattle_%26_Roll-BJT.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Shake_Rattle_%26_Roll-BJT.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url] [b]Tobacco Road[/b] - The Animals [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Tobacco%20Road%20-%20The%20Animals.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Tobacco%20Road%20-%20The%20Animals.tg"]Tux[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Tobacco%20Road%20-%20The%20Animals.gp4"]GuitarPro[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdV5Lb80lb4"]Youtube[/url] [b]Long Tall Sally[/b] - The Beatles [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Long_Tall_Sally.pdf"]PDF[/url], [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Long_Tall_Sally.gp4"]GuitarPro 4 (opens in Tux Guitar)[/url], [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9MszRcOefM"]Youtube[/url] There are more in the pipeline, and I'll add those to this list as & when. Pete.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='908057' date='Jul 28 2010, 12:06 PM']In investigating why too much that I play on the bass sounds the same, I've already had good feedback about choice of scales and triad/chord tones on here. But, one thing I've worked out is that I don't naturally use syncopation sufficiently in grooves. To the point that as of a short while ago (not now), if I even tried to play the most basic... {snip} Are there any patterns that people would recommend. No complicated syncopated triplet rhythms or too complicated 16th note rhythms this week please. Maybe later Though I'm making sure I include basic shuffle every day.[/quote] There's a feed-line for some Smutty Innuendo if ever I saw one Can't help overmuch with the analysis... I get a bit lost with all that at the moment, tbh, & tend to syncopate without thinking too much about it. Apropos of 'having a daily shuffle' this might be of interest: [url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Shake_Rattle_%26_Roll-BJT.pdf"]Shake Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner PDF[/url] ([url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8453031/Shake_Rattle_%26_Roll-BJT.tg"]TuxGuitar Version[/url]). There's a bit of syncopation going on in that. Pete.

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='906459' date='Jul 26 2010, 11:11 PM']Going to have to disagree with you there. The Brit Invasion started before The Beatles got over there. And it was the Stones who were playing Berry, Waters (he personally creditted The Stones with his massive career boost due only partly to the band name), Diddley & Howling Wolf in their set from day one, it was the main reason Richards & Jagger go together in the first place.[/quote] [quote]When the Beatles left the United Kingdom on 7 February 1964, an estimated four thousand fans gathered at Heathrow, waving and screaming as the aircraft took off. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" had sold 2.6 million copies in the US over the previous two weeks, but the group were still nervous about how they would be received. At New York's John F. Kennedy Airport they were greeted by another vociferous crowd, estimated at about three thousand people. They gave their first live US television performance two days later on The Ed Sullivan Show, watched by approximately [b]74 million viewers[/b]—over [i][b]40 percent of the American population[/b][/i].[/quote] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_beatles"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_beatles[/url] The Fab Four were quite partial to a Berry or Penniman tune. [quote]The Rolling Stones' first US tour, in June 1964, was, in Bill Wyman's words, "a disaster. When we arrived, we didn't have a hit record [there] or anything going for us."[/quote] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones[/url] Admittedly, they turned that round over the following six months. My thrust is that The Beatles '64 tour kicked off mainstream US interest in British acts, which the Stones exploited to their advantage (with a bit of prodding from Andrew Loog-Oldham). [i]That[/i] helped to push the Chicago Bluesmen to a wider US (& ultimately, global) audience. Pete.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='902365' date='Jul 22 2010, 09:16 PM']On the early Beatles songs - which were my era - I can't hear anything special at all. I've often heard people mention him, but can't hear anything different from the other 60s bands. Please enlighten me to something that he did that was special.[/quote] [i]For me[/i], this is rather special: Why so? I'm pretty sure that this was the tune that got me into music, probably around 1968/9, when I was old enough to figure out how to work our Dansette Bermuda. Listening back to it, it's a compact textbook of how to play R 'n' R bass... there's lot's of variation & a few little twists and changes to suit each part (like Willie Dixon's part in Johnny B. Goode). I'll have to have a go at transcribing it. An endless repetition of R, 3, 5, 6, 8 it ain't - a lesson many pub bluesers could learn from, in my opinion. [quote name='Big_Stu' post='902731' date='Jul 23 2010, 02:17 AM']...Of his era I would put the Stones ahead in listenability (even if it was a word) and excitement. [b]And would put Chuck Berry & Bo Diddley way ahead in creating rock music as we know it today rather than what the Beatles did after them.[/b][/quote] Won't argue with either point Stu, BUT... The 'British Invasion' - spearheaded by the Beatles - woke America up to what they'd already got & gave guys like CB, Bo, Muddy & John Lee Hooker a huge lift and helped get them mainstream recognition. Take out the Beatles Factor & I doubt that would have happened, and I'd venture that popular music would be rather different today. Pete.

Potentially bargaintastic [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Cardinal-CSB-380-Aria-Pro-ll-Series-Bass-Guitar-/300449360448?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item45f42d6a40"]Cardinal CSB-380[/url]

[quote name='Prosebass' post='902914' date='Jul 23 2010, 10:31 AM']MDF bass anyone ?[/quote] Bindun - [url="http://everything2.com/title/Luthite"]Ibanez Ergodyne, anyone?[/url] Also... this guy builds his own guits out af a variey of materials including MDF - Martin Fieber: [quote name='Shambo' post='902751' date='Jul 23 2010, 04:26 AM']If we took one piece of wood and made two guitar bodies, one with a nitro finish and one with a poly finish, to suggest the nitro one sounds better fresh out of the box would be madness, but I don't think anyones claiming that.[/quote] Ah... you can't make two bodies out of one piece of wood. Every cut from every tree is slightly different to every other cut. The grain varies, there can be hidden sap pockets or voids, disease & insect damage within the cut that may never become apparent. All of these can play subtle roles. [quote name='Shambo' post='902751' date='Jul 23 2010, 04:26 AM']I've played old Fenders and new ones and the older ones are generally easier to pitch without amplification because you can feel the string vibration through the body. I trust my own judgement to know that it's more than just a placebo effect created by a bit of 'mojo'. Anyone can grasp the differences between green timber and seasoned timber and I know which one I'd prefer for a solid bodied guitar.[/quote] I doubt that any serious luthier would use green timber, it's far too unpredictable. There's a more than fair chance that it'll shrink, cup/wind (i.e. warp/twist), & possibly shake (split). It's a fact that supplies of quality timber are very scarce compared to 40-50 years ago, with a heavy reliance on kiln-drying to "season", so I'd suspect that the greater resonance is down to having better cuts available at the time. FWIW, I can tune both my '80s Aria SBs by feeling the beats in the body resonance. Quartersawn vs Plainsawn may be a factor too, again depending on the timber. Also, wrapping green timber in almost [i][b]any[/b][/i] kind of coating is a recipe for Wet Rot, as the moisture cannot escape. If Nitro was porous, it'd be a pretty rubbish coating for cars & yet that was it's biggest commercial application. [quote name='Shambo' post='902751' date='Jul 23 2010, 04:26 AM']Air curing takes place over time measured in years, decades and lifetimes.[/quote] Roughly 1 year/inch thickness - but may vary according to the timber. After equilibrium is reached the process slows down to a virtually imperceptible rate as the woods' oils oxidise and harden (I had an encounter with some 100+ year old Baltic Oak a while back & the edge on modern chisels would just fold up). Kiln drying doesn't get to the core, so an additional 'natural seasoning period' is a really good idea. [quote name='Shambo' post='902751' date='Jul 23 2010, 04:26 AM']So the claim is, nitro is more porous and allows the wood to air cure quicker than a poly finish would? If thats true... I don't know. Any dings and buckle rash a guitar obtains are generally going to be negligable compared to the overall surface volume of the guitars body. Whether you should strip back your bass to the the grain is surely a personal preference based on what you want it to look and feel like but, under the right conditions, it must surely increase the rate at which the timber cures.[/quote] Round objects, usually hairy (except in Brazil, I hear) [quote name='Shambo' post='902751' date='Jul 23 2010, 04:26 AM']Claims that nitro finishes are more desirable and valuable than others can obviously be taken with a large pinch of salt due to sales hype and general bullshiting. That's my understanding of the situation.[/quote] Nitro was the Industry Standard coating post-war and into the 60s. In the late 60s catalysed coatings (i.e. two pack) began to replace them partly because the dry film wasn't so flammable, but mostly because they had a much shorter curing time & didn't need low-temp bake ovens (or waiting an age for the finish to air-cure). Pre-war, nitro wasn't readily used, but Shellac (French/Button/Garnet polish) was. I agree with you about the hype - hey... it's old-school, so it [i][b]must[/b][/i] be vastly superior to this Modern Rubbish... Like, like the Mysteries of The Ancients, maan.. y'know, the Egyptians built the Pyramids with laser antigravity machines that they got from Atlantis... s'true that, I read it in Nexus, but the Guvmint hushes it all up. Nitro is different to Poly is different to Oil is different to Shellac. They all offer a degree of protection & make the wood look a bit prettier, that's all. I reckon Fablon would work just as well - Wayne? Pete.

[quote name='Johnny and the Deathrays' post='900981' date='Jul 21 2010, 02:45 PM']Rockin', heavy PUNK N ROLL / PSYCHOBILLY / GARAGE inspired band JOHNNY AND THE DEATHRAYS need a new bassist. For a starting point think; Demented Are Go / Dead Kennedys / The Birthday Party / Mad Sin / The Grit / The Meteors etc, but we're not painted into a corner... We're looking for someone musically open minded and non flaky who takes their music but not themselves too seriously. Croydon / Sutton / South London based is a preference but if you're the right person and willing to travel then the job's a good 'un. Gigs and recording ready when you are... Get in touch; [email protected][/quote] Age range? Links?

First finger for the low A, & then barre the B, E2, & A2 with my fourth. Not sure there is a "correct" way - whatever gets the job done with the least fuss & bother for you. P.

[quote name='Norris' post='899414' date='Jul 19 2010, 09:00 PM']...It then spent about 10 years in my loft... years which were not kind. The [b]good [/b]news is that it is currently with my friendly luthier getting a bit of TLC. Now poor a stiff drink, sit comfortably and make sure a box of tissues are close at hand, because if I can work out how to upload pictures, you'll be weeping... It[s] will get[/s] is getting better! I promise! Edit: The serial number is 004087. Does that make it an early one? The electrics are all still working (or were when it went into the case all those years ago) Edit #2: To show more shameful scenes of devastation[/quote] The 0xxxxx S/N = 1980 - whether there's any arcane meaning to them, I know not. Mine is 049140 & my SB-900 is 059104... either Matsumoku were very busy bunnies or there's a code in there. TBH I didn't cringe (much) at the photos. There's little there that can't be put back - recrown the frets, new toggle switch & the verdigris'd bridge should polish back up with a bit of effort. The worst bit is the tuners... they're quite, quite horrible... and virtually unobtainable. You might find that a set of Grovers would fit in there & look very close to the real McCoy. At least you didn't EMG it, or let a mad router-wielding butcher near it like a couple of examples I've seen recently. I'm guilty of this too... how's this for a poorly executed really bad idea: It's all better now: Pete.

[quote name='SteveK' post='898179' date='Jul 18 2010, 04:52 PM']I've got a '78 or '79 SB1000 in mint condition... ...apart from the fact that the electrics need looking at (no output). Guess I should get it fixed. Anyone know a place that could do the job? Bearing in mind that it could possibly be the sealed unit (pre-amp?) at fault.[/quote] Could be bad news... the early ones have a nasty habit of going very wrong. Unplug the 10-way conblock, stick a meter across the red & white wires, & measure the pickup resistance. According to the Factory Specs, it should be around 11.2KΩ. If it's off the scale or significantly less than this, then it's gone Open- or Short-circuit respectively. Then it's transplant time I'm afraid, as these p/ups are epoxy-potted & can't be rewound. If it's OK, then the 'black box' circuit has gone & no-one really knows what's in it under all that epoxy (I'm pretty sure it's a dual op-amp configured as a unity-gain buffer, but I'd hesitate to put money on it). Aria USA can supply replacement p/ups & circuitry, but only for the "re-issue", which appears to be a variation of the Series-2 circuit with the low-battery LED. This won't fit a Series-1, unless you're prepared to drill a hole in it. The alternative is to get a replacement pickup from Aaron Armstrong (Kent's son), or possibly Wizard Pickups, and do away with the circuitry altogether. It's quite an easy mod to do whilst still keeping the 6-way pre-select switch - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5094&hl="]my Frankenfretless[/url] is all-passive & doesn't suffer from lack of output or undue noise. Pete.

[quote name='cameltoe' post='894607' date='Jul 14 2010, 12:34 PM']I will! Stupid question time again- how come you can't just take the output of the LB from the speaker out rather than the DI? Not that I'm about to do this, just wondered[/quote] Too big. Too many volts [i]and[/i] amps, which will probably result in the magic smoke escaping from something. If the LB doesn't have a Line Out jack, you should be able to run one from the FX loop Send socket. This is what I do with my Superfly indoors, except I run the FX tap into the Aux In on my PC soundcard. Pete.

[quote name='BassJase' post='893367' date='Jul 13 2010, 03:21 AM']Right, well I'm living in southern China for the forseeable future (at least a year anyway, maybe 2) and when I came out here I brought a 5 string with me for the 4 gigs a week I'm doing. I like it and everything, but its not the most comfortable bass to play and it weighs a lot more than any other bass I have, and I now realise that I only use the 5 string for about 6 songs and I want a cheap-ish 4 string to use as a main bass. Ideally something like a Jazz or Ibanez or Cort or something would be great. I've been to a couple of music stores here and they only sell stuff like Gibbo's and Fenders and Warwicks, none of which are in my price range (somewhere around £200 would be perfect.) SO.... Does anybody have any eBay links or anything that might help me? We can get eBay here but it looks completely different and is mostly in Chinese (and when I try to access the UK eBay site it comes out looking like a spreadsheet with no photos!?!!) Any help really would be much appreciated..... [/quote] There used to be a good one in Ocean Terminal, but it's been a long time (30 years!). Had a hunt on Google maps to see if I could figure out where I bought my first Aria, but it's too long ago Jase. Best I could turf up was Tom Lee in [url="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl"]Cameron Lane[/url]: [url="http://www.tomleemusic.com.hk/products_1.php?subcatID=22"]http://www.tomleemusic.com.hk/products_1.php?subcatID=22[/url] Parsons - [url="http://www.parsonsmusic.com/www/products/content.php?id=90&lang=en&clientid=83"]http://www.parsonsmusic.com/www/products/c...amp;clientid=83[/url] - look pretty big but can't find an inventory anywhere. No Sales Tax in HK either, & ask if they'll do a "discount for cash" (you never know). Pete.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='892591' date='Jul 12 2010, 10:27 AM']I found a tin of Rustins Yacht Varnish in my shed yesterday, and being in the midst of a fretless project, which will end up being strung with flats, I wondered if anyone had slapped this stuff on a maple fretless neck before? The tin is very unhelpful as to what is in this stuff, just saying that it does not contain polyurethane. Just want to try and keep the fingerboard a bit shiny looking for a while, as I say it's getting flats, so shouldn't get chewed up anyway. Any one else tried it?[/quote] Data Sheet: [url="http://www.rustins.eu/ProdData/Yacht%20Varnish.pdf"]http://www.rustins.eu/ProdData/Yacht%20Varnish.pdf[/url] IME it's excellent stuff - one of the few "traditional" varnishes out there. Whether it's hard enough for a fretless board is another question. As it's intended for exterior woodwork, it dries to a flexible film so I suspect a heavy coating will tend to chew up whatever strings go on it. Rather than larding it on, try thinning it with Distilled Turpentine (not White Spirit or Turps Sub) & applying several thin coats - enough to seal the board and give it a bit of a shine. Check the contents are OK first... paint & varnish don't like frost, & it can turn 'em to jelly. If it looks like golden syrup & smells of pine, it ought to be fine. Pete.

[quote name='Rasta' post='891491' date='Jul 10 2010, 06:27 PM']+1 - Trojan, Studio 1 etc = Ska - real ska rude bwoy!!! - 'The amount of bands i gwan see at a festi billed as ska band, i see dem, dem na ska' (Spoken as if Lloyd Brevett was beside me!) [/quote] Innit. Not much swingin' going on hereabouts, so... Riiiico-oooo: & one that crosses the fence in my opinion: Groove=Word.

[quote name='Fat Rich' post='889409' date='Jul 8 2010, 12:14 PM']Had one about 20 years ago, it sounded and played pretty well.... not brilliant but not bad either. Mine was a blue 5 string and I got rid of it because the strings were too close together.[/quote] There's odd... Mine was a blue 5-string too, but I sold it because it couldn't cope with a high-C, the ergonomics were a bit lacking & I landed an RSB-Deluxe 5 which made it redundant. The neck was nice - quite slim considering & the single coil p/ups had a good growl about them. My biggest gripe with it was that the body didn't have a round-over edge, & there was nowhere to anchor my thumb so was a bit uncomfortable on the right hand. Very definitely post-Matsumoku, probably '90s Korean manufacture. Put it in a stand when not in use as the headstock is scarf-jointed to the neck around the third fret & they don't take kindly to being dropped. Good "beater" & well worth £70 IMO. P.

Just goes to show that the odd bargain still happens... The Very Blue CSB-380 with case topped out at 65 Spons (probably due to the horrible colour) & the oddball lefty SB-600 (again with a case) fetched a mere 102 of your Earth Pounds. Stunned. As a bit of light relief, a truly vile Aria [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RARE-Aria-Pro-II-Bass-1976-Made-Japan-762726-/110552844681?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Guitar&hash=item19bd768989"]Ripper/Grabber copy[/url] (can never remember which is which), in scintillating Municipal Blue. The deranged colour seems to have affected the seller - I mean. no-one in their right mind would value [i]that[/i] at nigh-on £400... would they? Thankfully this is in the U.S., so we're probably safe.

[quote name='Spoombung' post='889066' date='Jul 7 2010, 10:46 PM']I've got TWO vinyl copies. No record player, though![/quote] [url="http://www.cultfound.org/back%20door%20int%20ch.htm"]Interview with the Hodge[/url] Both "Back Door" and the follow-up "8th Street Nights" are around on CD & [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Back-Door/e/B001LH4V7O/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1278542829&sr=1-3"]Amazon[/url] have them, the BBC Sessions, and also CH's "The Bottom Line" & "Back Door Too" as real CDs or as downloads. For those in need of a bit of a challenge, seek out the book of 'The Bottom Line' - 7 transcripts of pieces from the album that'll drive you up the wall. It's like playing Twister with your fingers Pete.

That was a good night out! Thoroughly recommend 'Blues Trinity' if Rock/Roll/R&B is your thing - Tim, you did a fine job. Liked the way the sets hovered around the Bluesbreakers/yardbirds era - not many bands do that (& miss out IMO). Wish I could have stayed, but was relying on the last bus etc. I've just about recovered. Not from Tim's low-end assault (like being punched in the chest!), but from the dreadful overpriced lager that was just about all that was on offer. Seeing no handpumps, I asked if they sold Guinness... "We're a Bar, not a Pub" was the rather snotty reply, so I then asked "OK, what've you got that isn't Lager?"... "Bourbon, we're not a Pub, we're a Bar". Beck's Vier - it's cold, fizzy, yellow, has no taste, doesn't appear to get you drunk, but [i]does[/i] give you a headache. Pete.

[quote name='Oggy' post='886707' date='Jul 5 2010, 09:44 PM']Hi Bloodaxe, Kick-off is 8:30 pm, 3 x 45 min. sets, they like to make you earn your few bob . Entrance is free, god knows what they charge for a pint though , couple of good pubs 'Further On Up The Road' . Hope to see you. Tim (BC handle - Oggy ) PS. You any good with a digital camera? I'd sure like a few shots of us on a proper stage instead of crammed into a corner at the usual pub gig.[/quote] I drive my DLSR in either Auto or Tulip mode. Point, let it decide it's in focus, pull the trigger & see what develops. I'm no photographer, but get lucky sometimes. Don't mind having a go if I make it, but don't expect miracles Pete. ps... FOUTR is on my "banned" list, [u][i]unless[/i][/u] everybody agrees on where the stops are. I've had too many "Further On Up The Trains Now Colliding At Platform One" to want to ever do it in public ever again ever.

Fantastic stuff! Reminded me of Depeche Mode's 'Personal Jesus' only far nastier.