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Where in West Sussex?

Cannot recommend a Thumpinator enough.  My sound is a bit inbetween hifi and classic ampeg, has remove 'boom' from a few notes, but has also reduced the amount of volume I need to play with - more efficiency somewhere if you will.  I use mine in the effects loop of the amp.

Pm’d

10 minutes ago, Graham said:

I'd absolutely agree with that, his playing on that record is superb - really creative, proggy playing without all the RHCP slap stuff

I dd not realize he played bass on that one.....!  We re-listen!

I saw them at Dingwalls in London in the late 80's/early 90's and again at Brixton Academy.  They were 'atmosphere' gigs tbh - loud, fast and focused!  I may have been stoned or drunk too!

Last time I saw them was in Hyde Park, they were dreadful and the audience was largely uninterested......

Re-listening to Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magik (which did not leave my car in the early 90's.....).

He was definitely at his peak on this album.  I have not heard anything by them since that is this ferocious, funky, complex yet simple and good.......

Carry on!

Hi All,

I am using an Epifani UL2 112 cab at the moment, but having trouble sourcing another....i.e. I am impatient for one to come up on here or Ebay!

Any recommendations on a second 112 cab to go with the Epifani?  I would prefer same sizing for stackability - 19.5" width and 8 ohms!

Thanks

Jeff

28 minutes ago, police squad said:

If I may just post this in here

It also has the same pickup that Sting uses

 

That be pretty.

What is Mr Stings rig - I am guessing Ampeg and 8x10's - Go big or go home.

27 minutes ago, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

Penn-Elcom makes a tilt back folding foot.

Thanks Bill, any link - struggling to find it

I am gonna be awkward.

i want to lean back my 112 cab for rehearsals, but i am not buying a seperate stand.

The miser in me says ‘stuff an old copy of ‘so long and thanks for all the fish’ under thr front of the cab, but this will look rubbish and i will forget to take a book with me.

Any ideas on mounting a folding foot to the bottom of the cab?  Would a decent spring loaded folding handle work?

My SWR GoLights had one fitted that was excellent....kinda miss those cabs

Starting to get a bit 1970’s maybe Sting, Andy and Stewart could live together and sleep in the same bed like Eric and Ernie?

Now sold!  Please remove!

On 09/02/2019 at 17:29, prowla said:

I'm working on a Rickenberger...

You win at mashups!

I think this method of trading is unfair for a few reasons;

1, product mis-representation, as noted above.

2, I question the quality and work level that has gone into the overhaul to justify the price hike - change of string and fret ‘glaze’, whatever that is.

3, Buying an instrument should be an experience that leads to a life long skill, buying something like this can only dissuade beginners.

Mr Philips may be the nicest bloke around to chat to, no personal sleight intended, but his luthery capability, methods and rhetoric are certainly suspect and to a beginner or someone on a tight budget I would question the realistic value add he provides.

9 minutes ago, ubit said:

Whyaaaaii thank you 😂

Please make them stop.....

I thought it was about fishing in Norfolk using an old guitar as a fishing pole and loosing an Eel.....

Since ma baby left me,

Ay go fishin all the time

I don't have no kit

An ol' geetar done be my prime

I caught me an Eel, slippery soul to go

Oooooh Loose Eel.....Ooooh Loose Eel

1 minute ago, ubit said:

I appreciate your choices and would never knock what someone else believes is good for them but the thought of no more steaks or beers would make my life unbearable!  😳

I hear you there!

My rather labored point is that sometimes a small change in diet or lifestyle can fix things.  My changes were quite extreme, go big or go home!

5 hours ago, FinnDave said:

Yeah, I remember the rehearsal place in Uxbridge, and the drive home to the other side of Oxford in the rush hour afterwards! I'd only been back in the country a few weeks after many years abroad, so didn't know anyone. I think I lasted about 4 weeks, I bailed when the pro drummer came in told them some home truths, I couldn't keep a straight face after that.

He’s at it again, judging by a google search.  Looking for bass and keys...

I think Mr Sting sometimes has a sense of humour.....

1 minute ago, FinnDave said:

We must have nearly crossed paths, I was with them for a few weeks 6 years ago. He was a shockingly, unbelievably bad guitarist, so sense of time or of anything else!

Yes, we must have.  I managed 2 weeks - rehearsal at a run down rehearsal space in Uxbridge and then The White Bear pub 'gig/rehearsal'

1 hour ago, FinnDave said:

I almost certain this is the same guy I played with for a couple of months when I first moved back to the UK, so early 2013. I remember his vast collection of guitars and his inability to play any of them. A low point was reached when I had to tune the chosen guitar of the day for him.

Best day was when he 'auditioned' another drummer because our usual guy had ducked out of a rehearsal as he had family over from Australia, and the 'new' drummer turned it to be a consummate pro. After 3 or 4 numbers with the two us trying not to laugh he told them they were wasting his time and started to pack up, and said they were all useless feckers, except the bass player (didn't make me too popular!). Apparently he was receivingthreatening emails from the Merc driving (I did see him in at least one) martial arts expert ex-school inspector for weeks afterwards. Sound familiar?

I've since played a few deep gigs with the drummer, and ran into the fantasy guitarist in the old PMT shop in Oxford. He recognised and insisted on showing me how they were doing certain songs by then ( a year or two later). His playing was still unbelievably bad, he had to put his left hand finger in the right place on the fretboard with has right hand before he started! Total nutcase.

Initials R.G?

Yes, yes!  It floods back!  He drove a knackered old blue S class that the back doors were jammed shut on.  It must have been 6 years ago I ran into him, we moved away.

I remember him also insisting on doing a 'solo' gig, acoustic at a local beer festival - I cannot imagine the trauma suffered by the revelers.  He used to do this thing when he played guitar of multiple downward strums on the syncopation at every opportunity, he really could not play the instrument and had little in terms of 'a sense of rhythm'.

We should start a fund for musicians who have been affected by this guy.

1 minute ago, taunton-hobbit said:

The White Bear, Ruislip?

😎

A few years ago, but yes, I think so.

Worst, easily the 'something' Blues Collective in the Uxbridge, Ruislip area of greater London.

The guy that ran the 'collective' was a prized 'cnut'.  Anything you had or did he had 50 of or had already done.  He was an ex school teacher that went to work as a school inspector, he had to leave his job at the local school as he did not get on with the pupils (i.e. he was a gypsy's kiss poor teacher....)

• He saw my Omega watch and claimed to collect Rolexes
• He saw my Mercedes ML and claimed to collect Mercedes S class vehicles
• He saw my Fender Deluxe Jazz V and claimed to have ~50 guitar's and various vintage amps but preferred his Fender Pawn shop model and Blues Junior amp

I cannot describe the level of cnutness.....!

The drummer was a pot head and had clearly achieved little in life, including the ability to wash

The lead guitar player was actually a nice chap, but must have spent £5000+ on his kit - huge pedal board, vintage amp and PRS guitars, he was okay and rolled his eyes a fair bit at both the drummer and 'out leaders' capability.  He was a pretty capable player.

Anyway, I was not doing much else so played the first rehearsal and committed to a second.  The leader was not specific on the versions of covers he was doing, so, it was all a bit of guess work at first and very loose in terms of changes and lead - far too loose for a set or a live gig.  I was invited back for a second rehearsal at a local pub on a Tuesday night, I was told that the pub had a spare room and that the landlord let him rehearse there for free.

Turns out the spare room, is in fact the bar.  Alarm bells rang when he started to unpack a PA and setup a full rig.  We were simply not ready for a gig, but the 'leader' insisted that this was a rehearsal......it clearly was not.

I apologize to the 1 punter in the pub in Ruislip that had to put up with that unholy din whilst reading the paper.

22 minutes ago, Patster1969 said:

In a break with my current covers band, I answered a 'need bassist' add on JMB, who's influences were all quite interesting.  Met the guitarist & drummer in a pub to have a chat and they seemed pretty enthusiastic and committed.  Alarm bells started to ring when although they were an originals band, they only had 2 covers that they could give me to learn to play at the rehearsal (although I liked both covers).  When I got to the rehearsal and we started playing, although they had told me that they always play these 2 songs at rehearsal, neither had a clue what they were doing with either song and the only other song was something that the guitarist had started writing (6 months ago) but only really had the verse currently.  During a break, they let it slip that they had had 3 other bass players that had not bothered coming back after the 1st rehearsal - I made it the 4th.

I question your usage of the word 'rehearsal'.....

I used to get terrible leg cramps many years ago, but have never had cramp playing.  I have been on a plant based diet for many years, which seemed to solve my leg cramping issues and I have not consumed alcohol for a couple of years.  As a family, we do not add salt to food that we cook, in general.

Have a look at diet and circulation/Sedentary lifestyle, some very simple changes can fix these issues.

**Probably best to avoid inviting me on a night out with the above factors in mind! Right miserable b*stard!

2 hours ago, Monkey Steve said:

a drummer mate of mine just went to an audition for a new band.  he said they're kind of dance-y stoner/shoegaze, which he's never been in to, but he's confident that before too long they'll be industrial metal as that's the drums he's going to be playing

Ray Luzier plays Sinatra...!