Happy Jack

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I play in a busy rock'n'roll 3-piece. Much of the stuff we play only really sounds 'right' on DB but some of it (the Eddie Cochran stuff, for example) works best on a Precision, so that means I get to swop between them every half-dozen songs or so. Given a sensible vehicle and Class D amplification I have no problem taking both instruments to every gig, and it really enhances both the fun I get from playing and the entertainment value of the band.

I switched from WD40 to UB40 and clean my electrics with red red wine.

Shirley you could have got one with fanned frets?

Don't overthink it. Find a length of leather string (a chunky bootlace will do) and thread it between body and heel overhang. Pass the string through the button-hole at one end of any normal guitar strap and Robert is your proverbial.

Now Douglas, please stop. 😂

??? What is this "moved on" of which you speak?

These are just the empty ones ...

I started with a Digitech Drop and was very happy until I trod on the p/s where it exits the pedal ad completely f***ed it. When I looked around for a replacement I was shocked at how expensive they'd become, and even more shocked at just how good the Mooer Pitch Box is for less than half the money and a smaller footprint. Even better, the Mooer has a simple 3-way flick switch which turns it from a pitch-changer into a detune (chorus-y) pedal or a 2-part harmoniser. All that for £62. This video is (a) on guitar and (b) only about the pitch changing.

Try and play a Hofner like a Precision or a Musicman and you're on a hiding to nothing. Recognise that it's a different beast and needs to be played differently and you may well end up a happy bunny.

The f-holes are cunningly designed to draw away the smoke and extract all the soot. It's based on 72,000-year-old Atlantean technology, the sort that they won't tell us about. Anyway, have I told you about my healing crystals?

W T actual F?

Weight?

We always go down well there, and we get four gigs a year there so we keep coming back. Sometimes we get a decent jive-dance crew turn up, which is nice. The place has an 'estate pub' vibe to it, but it's actually a very well-run place and we've never had any grief when gigging there. Apparently what used to be the main music pub in Harlow closed down last year and The Herald is now the only real venue left in the town. Allegedly. I'm not an Essex boy so I have no local knowledge at all.

It's the interior of a 1770s Italian violin, but it makes me think of a Viking longhouse ... can you imagine that as a glorious hall with a fire on the hearth? All it needs is Grendel's arm to nail over the doorway.

That's a big violin you've got there. I'd like to see you get that under your chin.

I'd suggest buying him a lifetime subscription to Basschat, but sadly it's free.

https://www.soundcraft.com/en/products/ui24r Best decision I've made in years.

Interesting. I've been using Reaper for over two years now without hitting that particular barrier, and that's taken me from 5.nn (high numbers) when I bought it to currently 7.07. In truth, I'm not convinced that I'd bother to pay for a further upgrade, simply because (like most people) I use such a limited range of what's on offer that most of the 'improvements' are pretty much irrelevant to me. I could use my current version as a stand-alone for the foreseeable future without it being a problem.

As you say, different strokes. I have a quite specific need: I'll be gigging (for example) tomorrow night in a pub and then Sunday afternoon at a rock'n'roll club. After each gig, I want to take the audio and tidy it up (not drop-ins and such, just a bit of compression and EQ), then match that slightly-enhanced audio to the video taken at the same time. Then I can pick one or two of the best performances or the songs with the best dancing or the ones which make me look even better than I really am and produce a couple of 3-min videos for publication that very day. Being able to do all that, really quickly and easily, and all within the same product and interface, is an attractive proposition. If I was setting out to re-record Dark Side Of The Moon then no, I probably wouldn't recommend Reaper. And if I was looking to re-edit Life On Earth then no, I probably wouldn't recommend Reaper. It's horses for courses, innit?

Huh? Not been my experience at all. One licence purchase, unlimited (and frequent) free upgrades.

You're supposed to spray them occasionally with silicon grease.

I rate Comfort Strapp very highly: https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/comfort-strapp-pro-bass-series-strapps/

Wicky Wacker went on to become a famous industrialist ...