3V17C

[quote name='woodenshirt' post='71052' date='Oct 8 2007, 01:55 PM']3V17C, I think I know who sent it........ You're based in Lowestoft, so your hate mailer has to be Justin Hawkins! Just call me Poirot, Mart[/quote] haha..... i have actually been mistaken for Justin Hawkins before (although i hope my teeth are in better shape than his!!) and a few people at this gig on Friday kept calling me that too! the swines!!!! i found his email to be quite funny, trouble is theres people in the band who are, unbelievably, more insecure than me who might take it to heart! live and let live is what i say, and of course the guy is entitled to his opinion so thats up to him. he had the option to leave, which he did. his loss, we had a good night all told. cheers c

yeah I kinda read into it that he was a musician too....anyways heres my reply to him! (bear in mind it was a country pub) [color="#000080"]Hi there Ha ha! - Thanks for that - seeing as you've taken the time to write in then I'll take the time to reply. It certainly cheered me up on a Monday morning! To be honest yours is the first negative response we've got .......now, if you'll allow me to retort...... Firstly, it was a surprise to receive your email as I wasn't even sure that the internet had been discovered out in your neck of the woods. I suppose you're right though, it IS 2007, but even so it must be difficult typing with webbed fingers while perched on a bale of hay surrounded by sheep looking for a little bit of affection of the kind that only you country boys can give. Yes, in your view we may look ridiculous (I'm the one with long hair by the way so probably the most ridiculous looking of all? - oh no - hang on, that'll be our singer! :-)) and we may play dated, cheezy rock from the 80s - BUT - that is what we do! We are a Classic Rock/Metal covers band after all! Surprisingly for you perhaps, but there are alot of people who do like that music! We could hardly go out playing Artic Monkeys or Razorlight now could we? ...and at least none of us wear spandex or wield a flying vee! (By the way we have two guitars because most of the material we cover originally had two guitars on it - we wouldn't go to three guitars because only Iron Maiden do that and even we think thats a bit ridiculous!!!) We normally play at larger venues than xxxxxxx and we only played there because we were recommended by someone who, unlike yourself, rates us as a good band. In fact in rock circles we are considered to be pretty good which is why 200+ people come and see us on our home town gigs. I think also that you were perhaps in a minority because most of the comments we got after the gig Friday were along the lines of 'best band we've had in here all year' and 'far too good to be playing pubs'. Also by the end there were alot of young ladies dancing to us which is always nice to see - I won't say much more as being locals they may well be related to you - perhaps your sister or your mother ....or possibly both rolled into one? I've seen the big-eared boys on farms..... Also, reading into your comments about guitar sounds/'tired riffs'/Les Pauls etc I assume that you're maybe a musician yourself? If so, regardless of what type of music you're into (or not as the case may be!) you should appreciate (as we do) that everyone has different tastes and of course not everyone is going to like the same thing, but at least we're out there doing it. We go out, we rock out and if you don't like it you can get the hell out!....oh .... you did! Fine by us. Keep an eye on the gig listings for next year at xxxxxxx though because theres a good chance that we'll be back at some point and when we are I'm guessing you'll want to be as far away as possible! In the meantime take it easy and make sure you protect those eardrums of yours you delicate little flower! Peace[/color] ah....feel better now! c

if you want red haired female bassists look no further than [url="http://www.aufdermaur.com/photos.html"]Melissa Auf Der Maur[/url] peace c

[quote name='dood' post='70095' date='Oct 5 2007, 06:08 PM']and one for me personally - Also ask him who books his tours, as next time round he should come to Norwich. I'm happy to help arrange it.. we know the right people!![/quote] damn right - get him in the Brickmakers haha!!! i have very vague memories of seeing him with Mr Big at the Waterfront many, many moons ago....damn these brain cells!!! peace c

[quote name='dood' post='70093' date='Oct 5 2007, 06:06 PM']oh.. and what is his current signal path? (pictures are good!)[/quote] in his 'advanced bass' dvd one of the extras is Billy boy in his garage talking through his rack setup. he shows and talks about how it's all wired up, what goes where etc etc. Quite an interesting DVD all round actually. peace c

Had a pub ring us up last week because they'd had a cancellation and needed a band. (Apparently we'd been recommended to them by another of their regular bands). Was a small country pub which we'd never been to before. We were pretty wary of volume because of the size of the place and were all a bit dubious about it because of its quiet country pub vibe. (We are a Classic Rock/Metal covers band playing Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, AC/DC, Whitesnake, Saxon, Maiden etc) The place soon got quite busy, people getting right into it and we got loads of positive comments and promises of rebookings etc. A pretty good night. So was very surprised to recieve the following email this morning!!! [color="#2F4F4F"]Dear All, I was unfortunate enough to catch your gig at the xxxxx at xxxxxxxx last night. I have never before in my life had the misfortune to witness 5 grown men looking so ridiculous and sounding so God damn awful. Can you all please note that it is now 2007, not 1980..!! Your performance was just one huge procession of crap music played badly and as loud as your equipment would allow. I managed to put up with your onslaught for 10 minutes and then had to leave the building. It was the musical equivalent of aural rape. I don't doubt that, were you to respond to my criticism and attempt to improve matters, your answer would be to recruit a third guitar player....... 'cos two guitars playing the same old tired riffs with exactly the same sound must?be better than one right...?? And so three must sound better than two...???? But then, why stop at three.... Finally, just one more observation, the tall geezer with the Les Paul slung just below his testicles...... Pleeeeeease...!!! Valhods.[/color] To each his own I guess but how annoying!!!! Grrrrrr.... I have of course sent a reply back!!! peace c

these days i suffer from nerves really badly - and its not good! never used to bother me in the old days - i think its an age thing, now i'm 38 i just feel more kinda exposed and less confident generally than i did in my youth. its definitely not about lack of confidence in my abilities or inexperience because i've done hundreds of gigs in my time. annoys me though as it spoils alot of gigs. the worst bit is all the waiting around between soundchaeck and actually playing....brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!! peace c

[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='70009' date='Oct 5 2007, 02:44 PM']I'm talking to Billy next week for a magazine article and wondered if anyone had any questions they'd like putting on their behalf...particularly gear-related stuff.[/quote] ask him why i can't get any decent level out of that SVP-BSP Preamp of his!!!!! seriously though, ask him about the new, updated Yamaha Attitude bass - if and when its coming out! i want one. cheers c

[b]Killswitch Engage [/b]doing [b]Dio[/b]'s Holy Diver is pretty damn fine I reckon - check it out on YouTube with the quality video for it! peace c

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-PRECISION-BASS_W0QQitemZ290167770014QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-PRECISION-BAS...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] 'a Classic Fender Bass' - my eye!! check out the headstock pics! peace c

i'm guessing you mean with Tony McAlpine? - would like to but doesn't look like i'm gonna be able to this time...bah. peace c

i spotted that the other day - think the price has dropped now to something a bit more realisitic - wasn't it around 900 notes previously? nice bass of course but i'm skint of course!! peace c

cheers! - like i say, it is a bit ropey round the edges and not 100% correct to the record but its close enough for lazy old me! peace c

[quote name='paul, the' post='67236' date='Sep 29 2007, 04:29 AM']I like the mix of deep gorgeous wood and traditional styling. Would love to hear one, any sound clips exist?[/quote] if you go to the sandberg site on the news page theres a nice video clip of a California PM in action. very nice - i want one! [url="http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/"]http://www.sandberg-guitars.de/[/url] peace c

+1 for GrooveAgent peace c

sorry..still don't get it! peace c

heres my rendition: a bit rough round the edges but there you go! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ5D0OpRRto&mode=related&search="]Rhythm Stick[/url] peace c

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='65255' date='Sep 25 2007, 11:59 AM']Sorry. Don't mean to be a dick about this. Basically, that clip wasn't uploaded by the guy who was playing the bass. It's a totally different guy. It was uploaded by some asshole to make fun of the footage - the 'professional' comment in the clip was sarcastic. The fact that it's filmed on its side also makes it seem like a sneak-recording. Either way, the kid playing the bass was just playing the bass. Some other asshole filmed it, and uploaded it for others to laugh at. I don't even know if the kid has any idea that it exists. It's one thing if the kid posts a video of himself not playing very well and comments "I'm amazing!" Self delusion deserves to be seen as self delusion. It's a totally other thing when the kid is making no claims about his ability and is being laughed at by a community of bassists. He could be a poster here. Both actually, and in the wider "he's your bro too, man" sense. So it's possible you've just got the wrong end of the stick on this one.[/quote] From what I can make out its the drummer in the very same clip who uploaded it (?) so might not have been uploaded purely for people to laugh at as it would do him no favours either (remember the arrogance of youth and thinking you're the best at everything when in fact you still have an awful lot to learn?). Anyhoo, if he does see the comments etc it [i]might[/i] make him think 'hang on a minute, actually thats [i]not[/i] very good' and he could then go away and woodshed for hours until he gets it right, thus making him a better player and the comments actually helpful! peace c

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='65227' date='Sep 25 2007, 10:55 AM']You might want to see who uploaded that clip before embarrassing yourself further.[/quote] eh? i'm confused, but not in the least bit embaressed.... c

...raises hand....

[quote name='bass_in_ya_face' post='65164' date='Sep 25 2007, 08:21 AM']The other thing that irritated me was the pack mentality of taking the mickey out of the young lad trying to tackle 'My Generation'. Christ I bet most of the 'pro's' on here couldn't make it sound like The Ox either. Pino Palladino doesn't.[/quote] If people put up videos of themselves on youtube then they should expect to get comments etc from people viewing it. Its hardly the trickiest song in the world and yes, yes, i know we've all got to start somewhere but don't run before you can walk. Maybe he should spend less time on youtube and myspace and more time practising.......... (and it [i]is [/i]pretty funny!) back on track now... Gigging can, admittedly be a real pain. Theres lots of work involved and i can totally understand why people decide to stop doing it. NEVER doing it on the other hand means missing out on some great experiences. Playing together with other musicians and playing in front of a live audience is completely different to playing in your bedroom at home. You've got to up your game and think on your feet and if you read interviews by 'name' players asking what advice they'd give to youngsters starting out, ALOT of them will say to get out and play live. I for one would agree. peace c

that video clip of JPJ is sweeeeet. was that nuno bettencourt playing the explorer? peace c

haha..check this dude out giving it some 'my generation'!! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7mXwV0G9k8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7mXwV0G9k8[/url] i like how the user says 'i'd rate this as professional / high intermediate' haha bless him! peace c