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7 minutes ago, Jason Karloff said:

Well I genuinely hope that all people who were bullied are able to not let it affect them in later life. 

I only got the occasional comment of Konk Face from our geography teacher. 

 

I don't think so, but it has made me more aware of other people being bullies, I notice verbal bullying on here sometimes

1 minute ago, Jason Karloff said:

Were you fat and ginger? 

yes, another name for me was moon face, thankfully since those days I've got slimmer and my hair, never being that ginger, unlike other hair on my body 😆, has turned dark brown

1 hour ago, TimR said:

 

Often the way isn't it. 

 

Wonder if the fat ginger kid ever said he was offended. 

3 minutes ago, Rich said:

 

I did a few times, yes. Never got me anywhere.

and me, but if you showed it, it just got worse

I had something similar, was the output transistors,  cost me about £130, you could try bypassing the preamp by plugging into the effects return while using a FX pedal to boost the volume, if it still sounds distorted it means it's the power amp or speaker, try a different speaker if you've got one to see if that's the problem

7 minutes ago, Bolo said:

Americans are not a race. 

 

I suppose it's how you define race, are the West Indians a race? or are they Black Africans? I not sure, I'm not being woke here btw, I get offended by people being offended, just trying to point out double standards

6 hours ago, NikNik said:

Given that I detect no irony in your post, you're actually saying the OP is 'racially abusive'? How so?

well I suppose it's racist against Americans, if the same thing had been said about, say, West Indians all hell would break loose

as @Happy JackAuld Lang Syne, but we learnt it, simplified, first verse and chorus repeated, 3 chords, piece of pi55

I've got a GP12 SMX, but it's a AH250, no fan, fairly light at 13Kg

my mistake, I wrongly assumed they made good quality basses then started doing cheaper ones, a bit odd making cheap basses then good ones then cheap ones again (I've just read the wiki page).

I've got an early 80's made in Japan one with DiMarzio pickups, a decent bass despite having a heavy ply body.

our gig is going ahead, much to my surprise, our regular guitarist, an anti vaxer, has Covid for the second time, but we have a backup who's played with us before.

My attitude is it's up to the individual as to whether they want to take the risk of going to the gig or not, for instance my partner who normally does to all our gigs is giving it a miss, I have a much more risk tolerant view

On 26/12/2021 at 17:33, Jimothey said:

Thanks for the replies

 

What about the older b1xon theres one on here for sale how do they stand up to the newer versions? 👍🏻 

I still use a B1on, the only trouble with them is adjusting patches is a faff, but once they're set up to your liking they're great, I recently got hold of a Tech21 Leeds pedal and have set up the Zoom to sound more or less the same

yep, the original (good) Hondo's were made in Japan, then they moved to Indonesia, I think, not so good 

53 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

 

We've tried it through my 500w Orange Terror and its a great clean sound but even with max gain and my preamp pedal at max gain it isn't particularly dirty. Probably for the best, I don't want my gear getting "borrowed"

probably for the best, but you could use a bass amp (you may have another?) with a cheap distortion pedal, I sometimes even use my Zoom B1on

out guitarist gets a better distorted sound out of his 50 watt Marshall valvestate than he does out of his all valve Marshall

4 hours ago, BigRedX said:

 

 

Finally as I and others have said, recording is like any other skill. For nearly everyone it takes hours and hours of practice and trial and error. No-one expects to be even a competent bass player after a couple of weeks of playing so why should recording be any different?

and like an apprenticeship, you'll need guidance from someone who knows what they're doing, knowing something doesn't sound right and knowing how to fix it are two different things  

you tube have dealt differently with copywrite issues on covers of songs I've put on there, they either don't pick them up, or the original songwriter isn't bothered, Daydream Believer was taken down (with a warning), when I uploaded a version of Mrs Robinson, it said they'd detected that the song was a cover and we wouldn't get any royalties for it, a couple of other covers I uploaded at the same time went through with no problems, go figure

I wouldn't dream of recording at home for commercial releases, I'm with @BigRedX on this, however I can do reasonable home demos just using free software, one of the revelations was when I started using reverb to fill out the sound it always sounded to clean and clinical before that 

we did another Rock and Roll Christmas a few times, went down ok, not sure who realised it was a GG song though 😂

21 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Isn’t it down to the venue to do the business regarding PRS? 
 

Not being confrontational, it’s a genuine question based on what little I’ve gleaned on the subject over the years.

that's what I understood, the venue buys a PRS license and that's it, haven't a clue how the PRS distribute the monies, only once have we've been asked for our set list for PRS purposes

1 hour ago, BassTractor said:

Not only that. The title also suggest's that we lefty's have an apostrophy problem, which I as a full-blown lefty' have to take ekseption wid.

bugger, I try and be careful, about upsetting the grammar Nazis 😃

fixed anyway 😂

we've been asked on a handful of occasions in about 600 gigs to have equipment PAT'd and once to have personnel liability insurance, not once have we been asked for proof it's been done.

18 minutes ago, joeystrange said:

Now when we’re taking ‘Kimberley recipe’ are we talking the original recipe or what Greene King sold as Kimberley when they first took over and changed the recipe, hoping nobody would notice?

I wouldn't know tbh, what I do know is I really enjoy a pint of Rockin' Robin and Olde Trip, I don't enjoy Greene King's ales like IPA and Abbotts, they have a funny taste to them YMMV

59 minutes ago, joeystrange said:

Didn’t realise this was the Kimberley recipe. Being born and raised there I feel it’s my birthright to drink many pints of this.

well that's my theory, it's very similar ( the same IMO) to Olde Trip, made for the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem when it was owned by Kimberly Brewery (Hardy Hansons), more info on this fascinating pub and a photo of the Olde Trip beer pump for bass players not familiar with Nottingham's most famous drinking establishment.  

https://thirdeyetraveller.com/ye-olde-trip-to-jerusalem-england-oldest-inn/

4 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

Who is rockin' Rudolf?

 

Someone didn't just photoshop in a RH guitar for their lefty. They gave it to him strung up lefty. How considerate!

Rockin' Rudolf is a very pleasant festive offering from Greene King, I don't normally like their beers but this one is Kimberly Ales recipe (I think) a local Nottingham Brewery they took over (closed down) a few years ago

Don't you just hate it when a cack handed player has to use a right handed guitar 😂