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    Feeling natural about playing [b]syncopation.[/b] is a good start. Its Not always about what scales or modes you use. If you play a phrase just using octaves, ghost notes, and rests, [ say in G for ex ] And its well syncopated, or accented at other points other than just one, done right can be very Funky. Rocco from TOP does a lot of that. Even when he is using fast 16th patterns there is plenty of syncopation and accents. Garry
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    [quote name='Rich' post='449073' date='Mar 29 2009, 10:58 PM']one of them was from Alan Davey, the ex-Hawkwind [s]Lemmy wannabe[/s] bassist, and he'd put [i]one of his own basslines [/i]in his top 10. Bloody hell. What sort of titanic ego does it take to rate your own work like that?[/quote] And with one that sunk without a trace as well. Garry
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    Will Lee

    lowdown replied to molan's topic in General Discussion

    [quote name='stingrayfan' post='449088' date='Mar 29 2009, 11:26 PM']I love that Sadowsky ad: "the last two years have been a period of intense collaboration, experimenting and prototyping ...." And the result? ...a Fender Jazz copy! [/quote] But I think its the other way around these days... Fenders are Cheap nasty versions of the Sadowsky... Garry
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    Will Lee

    lowdown replied to molan's topic in General Discussion

    I have been a big fan of Will Lee for years... He is quite an established session vocalist as well. seen him live a few times...He gets a huge sound. Garry
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    Just done a courier quote on each... And it seems its about a tenner each - thats without insurance.. well £50.00 on each. Garry
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    Sunday bump before the Bay. [b]£400.00[/b] both together. Will split though. Garry
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    Sold a Double Bass bow to Warpig. Nice and easy transaction with Quick payment. Good one. Garry
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    [quote name='ian' post='447854' date='Mar 28 2009, 01:16 AM']also trade for david eden[/quote] I have an Eden 4x10 [ not for sale - Lol ] This one [url="http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/cabs/indiv/d410xst.asp"]http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/c...div/d410xst.asp[/url] Great bottom end on it... Sound wise it does throw it out, but it is heavy. I think when you get to this level of Cabs, They all sound great. Garry
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    Bump with small price drop.. Garry
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    Put a dead fish in the back of the Guitards amp. Garry
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    Drummers

    lowdown replied to AM1's topic in General Discussion

    [quote name='Ou7shined' post='445062' date='Mar 25 2009, 03:33 PM']Yeah, my plodder was pretty much the same until I wrote a song that does 3/4 4/4 5/4. It's been his favourite ever since. [/quote] Is that not just three bars of 4/4 ? Thats why he liked it of course... Garry
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    [quote name='crez5150' post='445224' date='Mar 25 2009, 06:09 PM']I've had worse.......[/quote] Oh Dear...Essex girls eh.. Garry
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    [quote name='crez5150' post='445186' date='Mar 25 2009, 05:43 PM']Playing a Status is like making love to a beautiful woman.......... [/quote] And you would shag a headless woman..? Good grief..! Garry
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    Drummers

    lowdown replied to AM1's topic in General Discussion

    [quote name='Marky L' post='443953' date='Mar 24 2009, 04:47 PM']Oh man, our drummer.. please never let me near a gun when he is in the same room. He can not keep a regular time. When we play live he seems to get worse and songs begin to get faster and faster. We had a gig at the weekend and I start Mustang Sally (yeah.. yawn) and by the end of the first verse I swear we had taken it up by 20bpm at least. Had to turn round and shout to him to slow down. That and he drums like a granny doing her knitting. Tippy tap tippy tap with no guts. And he can't play slowly loud and equally can't play fast softly. Has no idea about dynamics and I don't think he can count past 1. It is such a hard job to play with him, you can see and hear when he has forgotten where he is in a song, head up, dear caught in head lights look and he plays all quietly so he can try to cover his mistakes. Oh and he can't do fills in time. Has a frightful taste in music. Has no imagination. He insists on counting in EVERY song (even when he starts one on hs own!) but really quietly so you can't hear. And it's always him that gets up from behind his kit in rehearsal to tell others how to sing a song with some long rambling nonsense!! ARRGHH!! I get angry sometimes!![/quote] Who the hell named him Drummer I blame the mother and father. Garry
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    Bump... Evilbay at the weekend. Garry
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    [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='443796' date='Mar 24 2009, 02:19 PM']So I'd avoid gimmicks, avoid slap, avoid "licks", just get a bit animal with the instrument and hope it made sense in their heads. [b]It usually did,[/b] . [/quote] And where was this? Rampton? Garry
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    [quote name='Eight' post='443467' date='Mar 24 2009, 09:42 AM']Bopland? I thought it was a Ramones site. Cool anecdote though - I liked that.[/quote] That would then read - Ramones, did not quite make it to Bopland. Garry
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    [quote name='Hamster' post='443254' date='Mar 23 2009, 11:01 PM']I wish I'd read the last post first before clicking on the link! 175 pages of the same notes played in different orders :wacko:[/quote] The clue is in the title and the link... Talking of Bop......... From Ed (Pete) Peterson at Omega Studios in DC area. "Pete went to the Manhattan School of Music in the early 1960s and studied trumpet with William Vacchiano. Vacchiano was big on teaching trumpet students to transpose various parts for variously pitched trumpet parts. Apparently Miles Davis (the famous jazz trumpeter) studied briefly with Vacchiano in the 1950's. One lesson, Vacchiano was teaching Miles and asked, "If the piano is in the key of E, where does that put the trumpet?" Miles replied, "Back in the fu*king case!" Garry
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    Oh yes....good one. Now we await the bearded Bilbo. Garry
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    [quote name='JohnSlade07' post='442182' date='Mar 23 2009, 07:47 AM']Obviously a thriving blues scene in the Kent delta then lol![/quote] I hear Morris Dancing is alive and kicking in Kent. Trade your Bass in for a pair of pointy shoes with bells on the end, and a nice pair of white tights. Much better than " i woke up this morning"...... Garry
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    For sale. This is my second Rig. Amp and Cab about one year old and purchased from new. Has had very little use, Been out of the house locally about 6 or 7 times. Peavey 700 Tour series Amp. Spec from Peavey Site. 700 watts into 4 Ohms, 500 watts into 8 Ohms two input jacks for high and low output basses rear-mounted auxiliary input jack DI XLR output with fail-safe phantom power backup capability toroidal power transformer pre- and post-gain controls Bright and low-cut switches Contour control active high and low shelving controls nine-band, constant-Q graphic equalizer with bypass switch analog octave synth/divider with level control and footswitchable bypass post-EQ effects loop buffered tuner send jack DDT™ anti-clipping speaker protection with defeat switch Dimensions (HxWxD): 3.875" (98.42 mm) x 19" (482.6 mm) x 13" (330 mm) Weight: 23.5 lbs (10.68 kg) This is a loud Amp. Gallien-Krueger 410BLX Spec from GK site. IMPEDANCE: 8 ohms POWER RATING: 400 Watts WOOFER: 4 x GK-Paragon, Stamped Frame, 10 inch, 100W, 32 ohm High Presence Voice Coil FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 65Hz to 3kHz SENSITIVITY: 100dB SPEAKER OUTPUT: One 1/4 inch jack CONSTRUCTION: MDF Cabinet, Black Carpet, 16 Gauge Steel Grill, Custom Tooled Interlocking Corners, Non-Ported WEIGHT: 73 lbs DIMENSIONS: 23W x 23H x 18D (inches) The Castors on the Cab have gone - very cheap and they collapsed. But Cab is in very good nick. The Amp comes with the SKB case. Which is old but fully functional, no catch issues. The Amp looks brand new, no scratches - been in the rack all the time. Can take Paypal, cheque or cash. Not sure what courier cost would be on this. Can be collected from Essex or maybe i can meet for a petrol charge, if not too far. [b]Amp £250.00 inc the case.[/b] [b]Cab £160.00.....[/b] [b]Together £400.00.[/b] If you add another 8 ohm cab to this set up, it does throw it out. What looks like a white mark on the right hand side of the cab is The sun shining on to it. Not damaged. Garry [attachment=22522:GEAR_001.jpg] [attachment=22523:GEAR_002.jpg] [attachment=22524:GEAR_004.jpg] [attachment=22525:GEAR_005.jpg]
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    [quote name='Eight' post='441454' date='Mar 22 2009, 12:35 AM']I'm glad they don't make me choose between Sonar and Live. I'd be very sorry to see one of them go.[/quote] They dont - thats what rewire is for... Garry
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    [quote name='dood' post='441037' date='Mar 21 2009, 12:46 PM']Absolutely +100. Maybe we could poll the female subscibers to see if they can make stupid comments like an ignorant male?[/quote] Where does that leave the Animals then...? Garry
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    A good glazier, and a decent padlock from B+Q. And you will have somewhere to put your lawnmower and gardening boots.... Garry
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    [quote name='Twigman' post='440198' date='Mar 20 2009, 12:18 PM'][url="http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/kb20081217.asp"]http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/kb20081217.asp[/url] = Sonar8 trial [url="http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/kb20061101.asp"]http://www.cakewalk.com/Support/kb/kb20061101.asp[/url] = Sonar7 trial Don't forget (IMO) the best of the lot. [url="http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SWA/SONAR7/default.asp"]http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SWA/SONAR7/default.asp[/url] = complete S7 video tutorial and check these [url="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=CakewalkSoftware"]http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=CakewalkSoftware[/url][/quote] Sonar 8.3.1 has moved on a lot. Tons of under the hood fixes and improvments. And it is rock solid. Now comes with full versions of all the Synths. Content alone is worth the money. about 8 gig i think. Plus the external insert feature is very good [ still small teething problems ] I have upgraded all along from Sonar 2, And for me it is the best version by far. If you have a good set up Audio PC it runs like a dream. Garry
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