Dave Tipping

My last covers band had a roadie, this would have been in the back of his van if I was still in that band! May need to convince my new band we need a roadie!

An Ampeg BA115 is what you ate after! Great little amp, plenty of volume for gigging ans nice ampeg tone.

What about a nice little ampeg Ba115?

... When I said ampeg I don't mean the one in my Sig! I meant my all valve 70's V4b.

Def. Try the terror. It's the only reason I sold my ampeg ... That and the weight! Great sounding little things.

Gutted .. came home to a "your parcel is in our depot" thingy ... acht well it's only a few miles away and it opens at 6am

Current band .. [color=#333333][size=2] [b]AC/DC - BACK IN BLACK [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]AC/DC - YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]AC/DC – HIGHWAY TO HELL [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]ADAM & THE ANTS/YOUNG KNIVES - STAND N DELIVER [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]ADELE – ROLLIN IN THE DEEP [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]ADELE – SOMEONE LIKE YOU [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]ALICE COOPER – SCHOOLS OUT [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]AMY WINEHOUSE/THE SPECIALS – MONKEY MAN [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]AMY WINEHOUSE- VALERIE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]BEATLES – HELTER SKELTER [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]BIFFY CLYRO – MANY OF HORROR [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]BIG COUNTRY – FIELDS OF FIRE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]BLACK EYED PEAS - I GOT A FEELIN [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]BLONDIE - HANGIN ON THE TELEPHONE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]BLONDIE - CALL ME [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]BON JOVI – LIVIN ON A PRAYE[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]BOSTON - MORE THAN A FEELING[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]BUZZCOCKS – EVER FALLEN IN LOVE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]DOUGIE McLEAN - CALEDONIA[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]CHEAP TRICK - I WANT YOU TO WANT ME [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE CLASH - SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE CLASH – I FOUGHT THE LAW [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE CRANBERRIES – ZOMBIE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE DARKNESS – I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE DAMNED – NEW ROSE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]DAVID BOWIE – LIFE ON MARS[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]DIZZEE RASCAL – BONKERS[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE DOORS – LIGHT MY FIRE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]ELASTICA - CONNECTION [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]FLORENCE & THE MACHINE - YOU GOT THE LOVE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]FLORENCE N THE MACHINE – DOG DAYS ARE OVER[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]GIRLS ALOUD/ARCTIC MONKEYS - LOVE MACHINE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE GOSSIP - STANDING IN THE WAY OF CONTROL [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]GUNS N ROSES - SWEET CHILD O MINE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]HEART – BARRACUDA [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]HOLE - CELEBRITY SKIN [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]IGGY POP - THE PASSENGER [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]IGGY POP – I WANNA BE YOUR DOG [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]IKE & TINA TURNER – PROUD MARY [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE JAM – A TOWN CALLED MALICE[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]JOAN JETT - I LOVE ROCK N ROLL [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]JOURNEY - DON’T STOP BELIEVIN [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]KAISER CHIEFS - OH MY GOD [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]KASABIAN – FIRE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]KATY PERRY - I KISSED A GIRL [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]KATY PERRY- FIREWORK [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]KENNY LOGGINS – FOOTLOOSE[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE KILLERS - ALL THESE THINGS THAT I HAVE DONE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE KILLERS - HUMAN [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]KINGS OF LEON - SEX ON FIRE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]KINGS OF LEON - USE SOMEBODY[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]LADY GAGA - POKER FACE[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE LA’S – THERE SHE GOES[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]LED ZEP - ROCK N ROLL [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]LED ZEP - IMMIGRANT SONG[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]LILY ALLEN - THE FEAR [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]MADONNA/KELLY OSBOURNE - PAPA DON’T PREACH [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE MONKEES – I’M A BELIEVER [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]MUSE – SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]NEW ORDER - BLUE MONDAY [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]NO DOUBT - JUST A GIRL [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]OASIS – SHES ELECTRIC [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]PATTI SMITH - BECAUSE THE NIGHT [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]PENDULUM - PROPANE NIGHTMARES [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE POGUES/KIRSTY McCOLL – FAIRY TALE OF NEW YORK[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]PROCLAIMERS - 500 MILES [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE PRODIGY - FIRESTARTER[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE PRODIGY - BREATHE[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]PRIMAL SCREAM – COUNTRY GIRL[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - KILLING IN THE NAME OF[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE RAMONES – BLITZKRIEG BOP (HEY HO LETS GO)[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]RAM JAM – BLACK BETTY [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE REZILLOS - TOP OF THE POPS [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE SELECTOR - ON MY RADIO [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]SEX PISTOLS – BODIES [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES - HONG KONG GARDEN [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – SPELLBOUND[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b][b]SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES – DEAR PRUDENCE[/b][/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE SKIDS - THE SAINTS ARE COMING [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE SMITHS – PANIC[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE SPECIALS – GANGSTERS [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]STEREOPHONICS – DAKOTA [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]TING TINGS - SHUT UP N LET ME GO [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]TING TINGS - THAT’S NOT MY NAME [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]T REX – 20th CEN BOY [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]2 UNLIMITED – NO LIMIT[/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]UNDERTONES - TEENAGE KICKS [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]THE VIEW – FACE FOR THE RADIO [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]WHITESNAKE – HERE I GO AGAIN [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]STEVIE WONDER – SUPERSTITIOUS [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]YEAH YEAH YEAHS - MAPS [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]YEAH YEAH YEAHS - DATE WITH THE NITE [/b][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=2] [b]X RAY SPEX – GERMFREE ADOLESCENTS[/b][/size][/color] [color=#333333][size=2] Just got an e-mail with another 20 or so today! Woundn't be so bad if I didn't work all week and gig all weekend![/size][/color]

Well done man! Great fun band .. hope your gear turns up.

- let us know how you get on. Only one more sleep for me ... thankfully I don't have an M5, so providing the chorus is half decent and it does over drive and fuzz close to my pedals I'll be chuffed. Is there a soft case available for this anywhere? or does it come with anything?

+1 for pressing on yourself ... you'll pick up some good tips on where to rest your thumb .. and finger positioning etc. from youtube .. the rest is all about playing and playing some more. Start with a few of your fav bands .. keep practising until you can master a couple of tunes you like. If you've got any guitarist and drummer friends .. once you've got a couple of tunes learned try and get a wee jam together. Playing with others was the kick up the backside I needed when learning.

Lucky boy! The music shops around me are fairly pants .. been a while since I've been in a great shop. Make sure you try out loads. Esp. the wee orange

I still can't wait for mine to come I've never really been a fan of over doing fx and my main priority is keeping the bottom end nice and defined and clear in the mix ... the fact most of the effects have a mix knob is a massive + for me personally.

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1328557566' post='1529118'] Dakota as played by me - dig in hard, mix between octave and low E, octave punctuations on C# and A, Eb-E accents with octaves back into E. Dig in hard for A in chorus, Driving 8ths, chords and some 16ths on end section. GREAT FUN! Don't know why so many dislike playing this! [/quote] I guess they / I just don't like the song? ... It is a pretty dull song for the most part (I don't just mean the bass line)... A few people have made comments along the lines of "you are in a covers band .. shut up and get on with it" ... I Do! It just it'd be wrong to not hate the odd song! ... I love most of the songs on my current bands set list .. it's just there are a few crowd pleasers we'd be wrong to drop ... but like I said have me hating the people on the dance floor! lol ... It is funny to see so many of the same tunes though!

Yep, played this in a few bands you def. want to drop the D ... More importantly get working on your harmonies!

[quote name='steve' timestamp='1328483690' post='1528010'] gigged mine last night, all went well, got a really nice grindy drive for the songs that I play with a pick, used a couple of other patches that i knocked up yesterdsay afternoon (synth intro for dakota, needs work but did the job) and wibbly middle eight bit in Fire (Kasabian, not Arthur Brown). Small footprint was a godsend too as it meant it was under little threat from our vocalists manic gyrations [/quote] Cheers Steve .. sounds like our bands are pretty similar! ha ha, Also sounds like I made a good purchase .. some of the stages I play on are just too tight for my pedal board .. I've actually had to sit it on top of my amp some nights!

OOooo I've just remembered an old pet hate .. *chasing cars* ... Wow what a dull song for a bass player

[quote name='Protium' timestamp='1328481390' post='1527953'] +1, Guitarist: "why aren't you playing in the intro?!" [/quote] +1 Ha ha ha, they must all be the same! Thankfully not done that one for a few years now

I always play each gig with a smile ... I just hope my inner feelings don't shine through!

[quote name='simon1964' timestamp='1328476891' post='1527843'] Sex on Fire. I hate the song, but the audience seem to love it. [/quote] Yip, It's still on ours as well ... Whole band hates it but it always gets the crowd going.

* my phone dont do thems fancy apostrophes

... It's got to be Black eyed peas "tonights gonna be a good night". It winds me up some nights you nail a bit of rush etc. Which gets little response ... Then you repeat the same four notes along with a sample and the crowd go wild! It leaves me hating the world! Ha ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM3f-pRidnU&feature=youtube_gdata_player ... Not the most challenging! It gets a bit of respect from pub punters though.

... Sorry make that px4d. Looks like this is It's replacement http://www.korg.co.uk/products/effects/pandora_px5d/fx_px5d.asp I'd be pretty lost without mine, great little tool.