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    Don't you just hate being flannelled

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    So I'm in this band, we've done one (sold out) show. The drummer (lovely guy) isn't quite good enough.

    Singer wants to bring a drummer in from one of his other bands and the bass player.

    Ths leaves me as a dep and the band leader was flannelling me about it, 'we need to get the other girl fronted show going and the blues rock thing' and 'we need a pool of players and deps'

     

     

     

    This is why I gave up chasing the dream 30 years ago.

     

    Too much bull ship for me

     

    I actually thought me and the band leader were friends

     

    I'm actually very disappointed in it all.

     

    But I still have my other bands and now I have some more free dates as I won't be doing any of the booked shows

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    Harley Benton 5 string pj bass?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I have the HB PB-50. After a little set up (filed the nut, rolled the fingerboard edges) it's awesome. It's my main bass in my Police Tribute band. Stcok Roswell pickup. Machine heads feel cheap but they hold tune perfectly.

    So far I've done two gigs with it with a third coming up this weekend.

    I'm really pleased with it

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    NGD RS Super

    in Other Instruments

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Dood said:

    WELL JEL!!!! As the cool kids say! I'd love one of these. Though, if I could ever afford one, I am good friends with the wonderful human being that is the talented Andy Guyton. His Guyton Red Specials are something else!! So for now, the best I could hope for is a Special model.

    my brother has a Guyton time warp RS. It's very cool

    No Giggity

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    before covid struck, I was gigging at least twice a weekend, then came lockdown and no gigs.

    I realised that I dont need to gig and enjoy the weekends off (I work full time, running my own business)

    I book nearly all my gigs but I don't need the money (but it's handy and I wont play for peanuts)

    I only do gigs I want to now, I'm 56 this year and have played every hell hole in Kent/south east.

     

    Happy birthday to you bluewine, keep on rockin' brother

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    NGD RS Super

    in Other Instruments

    Posted

    I've bought another Brian May guitar. This one is the Super. 

    It's a little bit closer to Brian's guitar but still not an outright replica

    It has an enormous neck and silky smooth fingerboard for strung bending

    7 pounds and 4 ounces

    Will be gigging it this weekend

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    This community

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I agree to all that's been written so far.

    Thanks to this site, I have a Pbass Special, a bass I've always wanted, in the colour I've always wanted. (I dont play it, of course, JMJ Mustang all the way lol)

    I've learnt about In Ear Monitoring, which wireless mic to buy etc etc.

    Lots of people here with good advice and easy to deal with sales and trades

     

    Keep it up chaps

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    The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    On 05/01/2024 at 20:13, warwickhunt said:

     

    For about £60 the Lekato system 'does the job'.  I'm defo not saying it is a solid piece of kit that will stand up to years of road use, especially if you aren't careful, it ISN'T.  However, for a toe in the water it is absolutely fine, especially if you are unsure.  A few people have detected a little distortion (I can't) but it could be dependent on other equipment.  I'll stress that it is light weight and plastic but it does what it says on the tin.  

     

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/LEKATO-MS-1-Transmitter-Automatic-Performance-Receiver/dp/B0B9W5S4N8/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2MPTLFFLZ91OR&keywords=lekato%2Bwireless%2Bin%2Bear&qid=1704485289&sprefix=lekato%2Bwireless%2Bin%2Bear%2B%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

    I used this lekato set up yesterday. I have a 5.8 on the guitar too. Latency wasn't a problem at all and it seemed to work really well. The receiver was nomore than 2 metres fro the transmitter at any point. No drop out and a good sound. I will try it on a band gig this weekend, where they will be slightly further apart.

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    Markbass + Ashdown?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    I happily run my Ashdown RM500 evo II through a Markbass club 1x15. sounds good to me, for bigger gigs I add a MB 2x10 for more spread.

    I also have an Ashdown RM 4x10 that I use. I'm really not that bothered which cab I use

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    NEWID

    in Other Instruments

    Posted

    10 hours ago, BigRedX said:

     

    AFAICS any MIDI capability is MIDI over USB, which will require a host device to work rather than traditional MIDI via 5-pin DIN sockets which is a peer-to-peer protocol.

     

    That means you can plug the EWI into your computer and use it to play a plug-in instrument via your DAW. If you want to use it to play sounds from keyboard or other device that has MIDI DIN sockets you'll need a MIDI host box to go between the two. There are cheap host boxes, but all the decent ones cost at least as much as the EWI.

    a bit out of my depth here, perhaps my keyboard playing genius chap can help.

    it's a cool bit of kit

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