Weird War

[quote name='Matty' post='397119' date='Feb 1 2009, 07:19 PM']IS it a McGriff promotion? Sounds like his style.[/quote] Club McGrifter? It does indeed. Reminds me of an old Tom Waits song... [i]What's he building in there? What the hell is he building in there? He has subscriptions to those magazines. He never waves when he goes by. He's hiding something from the rest of us. He's all to himself. I think I know why. He took down the tire swing from the pepper tree. He has no children of his own, you see. He has no dog. He has no friends. His lawn is dying. What are all those packages he sends? What's he building in there? That hooklight on the stairs. What's he building in there? I'll tell you one thing. He's not building a playhouse for the children. What's he building in there? And what's that sound from underneath the door? He's pounding nails into a hardwood floor. I swear to god, I heard someone moaning, low. And I keep seeing the blue light of a TV show. He has a router. And a table saw. And you won't believe what Mr. Stitches saw. There's poison underneath the sink, of course. There's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse. What's he building in there? What the hell is he building in there? I heard he has an ex-wife in someplace called Mayor's Income, Tennessee. And he used to have a consulting business in Indonesia. But what's he building in there? He has no friends. But he gets a lot of mail. I'll bet he spent a little time in jail. I heard he was up on the roof last night, signalling with a flashlight. And what's that tune he's always whistling? What's he building in there? What's he building in there? We have a right to know.[/i]

Good thread. My band has some reasonable but old recordings on MySpace: we want to record our current (75% new and now includes cello - sounds like a washing powder ad!) line-up and plan to record this spring. What would I like to get out of the new recordings? A faithful document of the band's current sound (which is quite clean, ie. few effects, no loops) for our own satisfaction and also to pursue better gigs/promote the band. In summary, the recordings would be engineered rather than produced (not sure if Albini is in our budget ) and 3 or 4 songs is the aim. We are London-based but are prepared to travel for the right place; at the moment, we're following a lead re: studio in Southampton recommended to us. Can anyone recommend a recording studio in the south-east? Thanks Doug

Sweet Jesus... I'd love to hear that at full tilt. Nice work.

I'm in a similar situation: gigging/rehearsing in London with no car and always on public transport. I have a Microbass II which is great for both scenarios and, as Ben says, it's great to rehearse with your gigging gear - the EBS in my case as 90% of the time I go EBS directly into the PA. Hope this helps.

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='394014' date='Jan 28 2009, 08:20 PM']Unless you must have a rack tuner, just get a decent tuner pedal like the Korg Pitchblack. That's my mute switch![/quote] +1

Just bought a "black-market" OBBM patch cable from Gareth - received safe and sound, thanks.

Superb work - well done!

And here's a flyer for the Monkey Chews date.

[quote name='Tee' post='385741' date='Jan 20 2009, 09:59 AM']See you there. We're on before you [/quote] Nice one - see you tomorrow!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='385038' date='Jan 19 2009, 03:11 PM']Is he an angry leprechaun? He talks like one.[/quote] You're doing leprechauns an injustice there.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='383150' date='Jan 17 2009, 12:33 PM'] someone ask him if the ashtrays were original, go on![/quote] Done I'll let you know if I hear anything back.

Common - Like Water for Chocolate Elliot Smith - XO Sandy Denny - Sandy D'Angelo - Voodoo

[quote name='Beedster' post='382091' date='Jan 16 2009, 10:03 AM']PS I'm moving house soon and am going to have a nightmare with the 6x10, it's a lovely house but there will not be room for the cab downstairs (until I sweeten up TFMB) and the stairs are the steepest and narrowest I've ever seen. In fact, the stairs are only just wide ennough for the cab alone, which presents problems with where to put my hands when carrying it [/quote] Do Stannah do a cab stair lift?

[quote name='gareth' post='382087' date='Jan 16 2009, 09:58 AM']And this was his reply:- no sorry cant give that info out i was advised not to do that sorry, but rest assure the serial no is genuine,i bought the bassabout 12 yrs ago in usa second hand so i really couldnt put an exact year on it mate,,hope this helps you.thanks[/quote]

Welcome, Panda. How does that Jaguar play and sound?

Hello Mr Fender (can I call you Leo? ) Love the sound of that Jazz, post some pictures in the appropriate section here (you'll find it). I play a Jap 75RI Jazz myself and love it - just had some SCNs pickups installed so am looking forward to gigging those next week. Austin makes me think of Daniel Johnston and Man or Astroman?, but that's just me! Doug

Hey there Henry Nice intro - welcome Love a bit of funk/soul myself, particularly Isaac Hayes, D'Angelo, Prince and Al Green at the moment. See you round here, it's a great forum, Doug

Good tune and those first bars are a great break, used by DJ Muggs in Cypress Hill if I recall correctly. The bass part is pretty free, as the previous poster, said so I'd get some basics down then suit yourself. Good luck!

Hope to see you there, all the best, Doug