Doctor J

Lemmy formed Motorhead as he turned 30. They had a decent song or two, no? One must surely think his post-30 output was better than what went before?

Ronnie James Dio turned 30 in 1972, after which he recorded Richie Blackmore's Rainbow, Rising, Long Live Rock and Roll, Heaven and Hell, Mob Rules, Holy Diver and quite a few more proper bangers. I think you'd find a more accurate indication of quality dive if you could map out the timeline of their bank balances 😉

Wot, no Vigier?

Starting with the courier

Interesting intonation setting change on the E string. Was the string affected by magnetic pull and different pickup heights or what was going on there?

If you're doing covers you should be able to move along if everyone is doing some homework - since the songs are already there and you have a recording to practice along to. If people won't do the homework, then you won't progress even if you rehearse every week.

Nice. Can you get a gold string tree and pickup selector switch too?

He's also utilising the rarely seen (these days, at least) tie-mute technique. I wonder where he got the tonesilk?

He'll really have been taking his time if he has waited seven years 😉

[quote]Producer: W. Axl Rose[/quote] AFD is sublime. This track is not. There is much to say in favour of a good producer, rather than a member of the band, to offer perspective and guidance.

Never mind 🙈

Yep, prove you can match the last guy, show that you have showed them due respect and spent the time learning the material as it is and, only then, go and show how much more wonderful you are. Whenever I have auditioned anyone, the #1 peeve is someone who has made a half-assed effort to learn the songs and thinks they can wing it. Prove you can nail it as they presented it to you and you'll go a long way towards getting the gig. You'll have lots of time to express yourself afterwards.

Stick with what the previous player did, to start off with. You can add your own imprint on new material.

It's worth noting that the Peart video getting everyone in a tizzy is from 94, which is the year he decided to start working with Freddie Gruber to help him get out of the rigidity he needed to play along with Rush's midi and backing tracks. He recognised the stiffness himself and spent many years afterwards getting out of it. That video doesn't really do justice to how he would play in the years after.

I hope it sounds as good as it looks!

If only there was some kind of board you could clap, in some way, to sync the audio and video 😉

I have never, ever had an issue with Gotoh hardware, it's consistently excellent.

Yeah, guitars and drums for me too. I wouldn't get more than one kit but I recently upgraded from a trusty Pearl Export to a Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute. The Oak Custom X snare is an even more recent acquisition. I reached a point where I had the guitars I wanted a few years ago, to cover the kind of stuff I play on them.

I've been playing bass since 1989. My tastes have changed a lot in that time. If all goes well, I'll live for another 30 years, perhaps more. I think that's plenty of time for tastes and preferences to change again and, hopefully, everything will get a go as the favoured child 😂 Bass is a lifetime journey, see it in the long term 🙂

Lakland and Dingwall use small frets. If you've ever played one of them you'll have a good idea what it feels like. I prefer small frets on a bass, definitely.

I'm sure there is a lot more to it than that.

Bob can be hard to take but this is a phenomenal interview.

Because it wasn't diagnosed until much later and they had already watched one member die from drug abuse?