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  1. NHM
    When following a thread, is there an easy 'one click' way to get to the first unread entry, instead (as I do) trying to guess what page I last read and shuffling through the entries to find the first unread one?
  2. NHM
    I've got a 500 which is plenty in our band, a four-piece blues/rock outfit.
  3. NHM
    Bad luck mate. I had a fault on mine once, I approached the company and they weren't interested in helping. I took it to a local tech who sorted it out no problem.
  4. NHM
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  5. NHM
    I've just remembered, Graham Jones repaired our Yamaha piano and did a great job.
  6. NHM
    check out East Street Music in Faversham, their tech has done excellent repair for me in the past.
  7. NHM
    Fender PT-100 tuner, fully working, a little bit beaten up from use but a sturdy piece of kit, just come off my pedal board as I'm short of space (I've gone for a mini tuner, which is not as cool as this). It is best treated with a bit of TLC (i.e. not thrown around in a gig bag) as the tuner footswitch 'paddle' can pop out if it is jolted around when upside down, but if this happens it pops straight back in and works perfectly. Classic styling for all you Fender fans! +£5 UK mainland postage.
  8. NHM
    I haven't tried the Broughton, but I have a Vong Filterung on my board and it is excellent - as well as the HPF it has a LPF (switchable on the toggle) and a DI out. You can set the frequencies for both the H&LPFs, and you can toggle polarity should you ever need to. It's really handy as the last pedal in the chain.
  9. NHM
    I missed the bit about the Americana band - go for the Rumble 500. I've got one, it is a brilliant combo.
  10. NHM
    the Fender Rumble 100 will tick your box; it's perfect for a gig monitor and practice amp at home. It has a great range of tones, it's lightweight and the reliability seems to be excellent.
  11. NHM
    Eight birdies (or mini-par 16 cans) need to fly the nest! Ideal for a small stage, rehearsal room, man cave or brothel. All in very good condition, the odd scratch and bit of tape residue here and there, easily cleaned up. All eight have a colour frame and 240v led lamp, but one is missing the lamp holder. The yokes are all sturdy and lock off properly, a common fault on these. Also a pack of coloured gels cut to size. + £5 postage UK mainland.
  12. NHM
    I've got a small box of photos, reviews, business cards etc., and some posters framed in my study. It gives me a lot of pleasure to look through it all every now and again.
  13. NHM
    Perhaps I've been lucky to be in four bands in the last fifteen years, having taken a break from playing for family/career. Three of the bands were through JMB auditions, the fourth a group of people at work, every audition I've got. I'm not boasting, as I'm no more than a competent bass player/musician so it wasn't playing that nailed it. I'd say it is being humble and making an effort to get on with strangers, happy to go along with what others are doing and contribute to the fun, be flexible and play anything even if there are songs you don't really like, being 100% reliable, always set up to start on time, good at comms, learn material in advance, don't gossip/drink/ be extreme, and don't moan if you find yourself ahead of others. Once you're established in the group and if you decide it is for you, you can then start to exert your musicianship and personality if you need/want to. Be a safe pair of hands, you're the bass player!
  14. NHM
    For me, making it is playing 20+ gigs a year in a really fine local band with three others who have become trustworthy mates. I've had a very fulfilling and successful career doing non-music stuff, having the band as a very stimulating hobby now I am retired is the icing on the cake.
  15. NHM
    bad luck mate I'll keep my eyes peeled too
  16. NHM
    That's interesting, the distance of the pup from the 12th fret. I've just measured my Gibson Les Paul Tribute which is also 10". My Musicmaster is 9.5", although I'd say that's as sweet a spot as you could imagine, just a tad darker in sound than the Gibson...
  17. NHM
    they've done some custom work for me, top folks to deal with.
  18. NHM
    My son went through a music conservatiore, got amazing results but now is working on an Accountancy apprenticeship getting well paid and having masters-level study paid for by his employer. In a year's time he will be fully qualified and will probably earning more than me when I retired! I know money isn't everything but he enjoys the maths and accepts the compromise of a 'dullish' career, as it has taken all the pressure off him by having a steady and secure income. His music is now his hobby. He doesn't regret the study/debt, he says it was a great thing to do, but doing the apprenticeship has got his career back into a steady state and frees him up top pick and choose what music work he does in his spare time.
  19. NHM
    If you live in a city with a Uni and/or Conservatoire, approach the Music dept for teaching work. Most teaching is done during the winter months (Oct-April), it's fairly well paid, pensioned, and can be a stimulating environment to be in. If you can get your foot in the door and do a good job often one thing leads to another.
  20. NHM
    Plan your rehearsals for strike days?
  21. NHM
    I remember back in the 1960s my parents gave an old wooden-framed piano to the local church's summer fete for a piano smashing contest, where two teams each with a piano completed to smash up them up with sledgehammers, the first to pass theirs all through a 1 foot square wins.
  22. NHM
    ours went a year or two ago. It was a lovely piano probably worth three figures but I was grateful for someone to take it away for free. I offered it on the local community facebook group.
  23. NHM
    nothing, it's fine as it is.
  24. NHM
    same colour as mine. A fab bit of kit.
  25. NHM
    The pull out mute switch knob on my Bassman 500 is so awkward to grip it's near impossible to operate without changing the master volume level
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