Happy Jack

In all fairness guys, t'crossbeam's gone askew on't treddle.

Well, logically I suppose it has to be http://youtu.be/kQbpyrRM1S4

Mind you, if you're drifting into that sort of price range you might also want to check out http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Fishman_SoloAmp_SA220_Acoustic_Perfomance_System/FISH-PRO-AMP-SL1?CAWELAID=1830893541&CAGPSPN=pla&gclid=Cj0KEQiA7NyiBRCOhpuCm9Dq6b4BEiQA9D6qhYh7WR4uGe80ds-cxpYS6yG9WkWsJN9FFQDCa4sG3P4aAkx_8P8HAQ I picked up one of these (relatively) cheap in a closing-down sale and for small acoustic / semi-acoustic gigs it's pretty bloody hard to beat. Sets up in about three minutes flat, has two channels with independent controls, sounds as good as you'd expect a dedicated Fishman unit to sound, and always attracts attention. A very sexy, professional piece of kit which can either sound great as a DB rig or can be used to amplify an entire small band. When I'm playing with King Ralph (vocalist, semi-acoustic guitar, double bass, mic'd-up cajon) I usually run the four inputs into a mini-mixer, and then take two outputs from there (vocals + cajon / guitar + bass) into the two inputs of the SA220.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1415025519' post='2595755'] ... some of them will be where people have PM'd you and hit your profile page in doing so. [/quote] Now [i][b]that's[/b][/i] something I never knew ... every time someone sends me a PM then they automatically hit my Profile page? That would be the "function of an algorithm" referred to earlier then.

As of five minutes ago I had 10,979 Active Posts on My Profile (fair enough) which showed up under my avatar as 7525 Posts (fair enough, I'm guessing that excludes posts in Off Topic etc.), but also I had 5159 Profile Views. Huh? In 7.5 years on Basschat I've averaged nearly 1500 posts per year (nearly 30 per week) but I've also had my profile viewed nearly 700 times a year (nearly 15 per week) throughout? That seems like a ridiculously high number. Is there some function of the algorithm that has escaped me?

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1415016483' post='2595591'] You beat me to it (I guess that means I'm stuck in the queue behind you.) Those of us of a certain age will recall that the going rate was 1d. Now, at yer typical railway station, it's up to 30p. Which is 72d! [/quote] For six shillings, I'd expect someone to come and hold it for me.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1415011072' post='2595503'] Maybe an up to date asking price in the title should be a requirement - then people can easily filter out bands they aren't intersted in. [/quote] That will only work when sellers mention the bands famous for using this particular model.

http://youtu.be/XqBRxu21oZc

A video of the presentation I gave on Saturday to the SouthEast BassBash. Obviously it's very similar to the one I did at the South Coast Bass Bash two months ago, but this is the improved & extended 12" version.

You must really trust the handles then.

And you'd probably blow the handles off.

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1414659892' post='2591820'] Sorry, I wasn't aware I wasn't allowed to have a differing opinion. I'll edit my post for you shall I? [/quote] I suspect that most BCers spotted that my comment was intended to be humorous. And therefore not be taken seriously. I didn't really think it necessary to splash the smileys about, but since you ask: Enjoy!

Do with it? I'd tune it. And by the time you've finished tuning the third neck, it's time to start re-tuning the first neck.

Alternatively, Bonzodog was right in the first place and he's odd. Just saying ...

You're sure you mean "harmonics"? The Fishman Fission allows you to add an octave up, a 5th above that, and a further octave. Also to "dirty it up" with some distortion. It's not harmonics though ...

It is, but it's changed its style of music fairly radically and the clientele has not exactly changed for the better.

We probably propped up the bar together at the King's Head then, prior to visiting the ludicrous multi-shop DIY store known as Poores! I also used to treat myself to lunch at Angela's Restaurant (sadly long gone).

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1414509386' post='2590012'] Was that the John Bull on Chiswick High Street? I used to play there in the early 80s. [/quote] Close ... Chiswick High Road. Sad to say, the early 80's was just after I moved up to Acton High Street and the John Bull was too far to walk. Looks like I missed you.

I've spent the vast majority of the last 40 years living in and around Chiswick. Back in the 70s the main music pub for miles (and, conveniently, my local) was the John Bull opposite Gunnersbury Station. Loads of soon-to-be-big-name bands, already-quite-big-name bands, and never-gonna-be-big-name bands played there, weekend in, weekend out. The pub was permanently packed and a serious cash cow for the operators. The backlash in the Eighties against perceived links between "John Bull" and the National Front did for the name, the anti-drink-drive campaigns in the Nineties did for the crowds, and by the Noughties the renamed "Gunnersbury" pub still had full music facilities but only put on music half a dozen times a year. Not to worry though. The music scene shifted to the other end of the High Road. In the 70s the George IV was the place you went on a Saturday night if you were looking for a knock-down, drag-'em-out punch-up. By the 90s it was where you went if you were looking for the local cattle market. So when the Gunnersbury died as a music pub the George IV was nicely placed to take up the slack and for the next 10 years it did exactly that. Meanwhile the Gunnersbury got ... ahem ... redeveloped. Quite a lot of money changed hands somewhere along the way, and what was once a big coaching-type pub with a large yard became a large ground-floor pub with a bunch of new-build houses immediately behind and a bunch of expensive flats on top of it and a bunch of serious noise-related issues attached to it. No more bands, then. But that's OK because we still had the George IV. Until they did a refurb during the summer of 2014. Apparently they spent a small fortune turning it into ... erm ... well ... much the same as it was before, only now with the acoustics totally wrecked. Walk in off the street and if there are three women talking to each other at the bar you'll need earplugs. I've never heard such an appallingly lively, cacophonous room in my life. No more bands, then. ************************* And that's just Chiswick. ************************* In the last 10 years alone, I'd say that well over half the reliable music pubs within five miles of me have gone, and not been replaced. Acton, Brentford, Chiswick, somewhere beginning with 'D', they've all seen long-standing music pubs either give up having bands or give up being pubs. I mean, I admire a good Pine Furniture Warehouse Sale as much as the next man, but frankly I'd have preferred it to remain a music pub.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1414504712' post='2589924'] In the late 80s/ early 90s, I went to loads of Clapton's Royal Albert Hall concerts and paid about £25 a ticket for front stalls, mostly within five rows of the stage. I saw he has recently announced tickets for some upcoming RAH concerts but the tickets 'start' at £95, which means being up in the 'gods'. Even allowing for inflation, I reckon that's taking the pi$$. [/quote] At the risk of appearing to be morbid, that's because the supply of Eric Clapton gigs is slowly but surely being eroded ... there are fewer of them left each year.

You should hear what he says about you ...

What are the handles like?

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1414492007' post='2589711'] ... so why would the current generation bother to go to 'dingy dives' to watch a live band when there are so many other ways of accessing what they want to hear ... [/quote] Because it's always been at least as much about fashion as about the music. If you don't go to the "right" dingy dives, then you'll neither see nor be seen.

Good stuff Dan, but as soon as you click on the link you are asked to Register (with a reminder that you should "remeber" to use your registered email address). I get enough spam already ...