Stub Mandrel

I think it's fair to say that anyone who plays in a genre is having some thought about the audience. Just because the audience may not appreciate the minutiae of pickup impedance doesnt mean they don't have some shared appreciation of aspects of music. But art? In my experience art for arts sake tends towards intellectual masturbation. The fundamental purpose of art is either ritual or social. The aim is to create an emotional reaction in the recipient, whether deity, critic or the woman in the street. Ultimately to have any worth true art, and perhaps music most of all, is transactional.

Perhaps because you framed playing covers as a creativity-free process of mimicking someone else. If that's true neither Jacqueline du Pre or Paul Robeson were creative artists.

Actually we can learn a lot about stagecraft from that video. 1... if you are four-foot eight surrounded bi six-footers don't stand with your feet a yard apart. 2... Mullets - just say no.

Oi! I resemble that remark!

Last night my brother told me how he lent a strat (strung as a lefty) to a friend from an up and coming band who were second on the bill at a festival but hadn't yet got 'pro' gear. It didn't come back for a couple of weeks as the guy was away, but my brother got a message to collect from the guy's mum - as well as an apologetic note, it was cleaned, setup and with brand new strings.

That's why most hugely successful bands have producers like George Martin, Rick Rubin, Phil Spector and Pete Waterman to do the tweaking 🙂

Finally, got a replacement for one of my favourite 'best of' albums, Pentange- The Collection.

I'm waiting on the Godffrey 5-String and the Horace Fan-Fret.

No. We usually have very long discussions. The landlord is a Hong Kong Chinese and a rabbid communist. There's an artist who is a marxist, a bank trader who is a Labour/Conservative swing voter, a guy with a degree in politics who runs his own business and is as Conservative as they come, plus a load of other assorted characters. Nurse, artic truck driver, a cabbie. It's usually very lively on a Friday and Saturday. Just not on a Sunday. Sounds like you are trapped inside a TV sitcom that only goes out on Fridays and repeats on Saturdays.

I put together a nice walking line for Feeling Good. It wouldn't be my first choice of song to improvise a solo to, but our BL was impressed by my line, so I didn't get a choice...

Last gig I did, the landlord was pleased because he had so many new faces in. It's partly about developing reputation and repeat custom.

Effects are effects. Use them sparingly to make the most impact, just like in a movie.

As others say, the aggressive 450Hz scoop pre-shape is the foundation of the 'classic Trace sound'. You can simulate it reasonably well on an amp with a parametric filter, also Laney used to doi a fair imitation. As I'm not a happy slapper I generally switch it out, and get a more balanced sound.

Suffice to say that a Trace Elliot will pump out its rated power, RMS into an appropriate load until the cows come home without sag or excessive distortion until the cows come home. Some other amps may be 'less rigorous' in how they calculate their rated power.

This made me look it up. They dropped from 4th in 2012 to 12th in 2019. The high suicide rate is largely down to a very high rate among the elderly, due to a range of issues around poverty etc. However there are issues with self-harm and suicide among the young with rates appearing to be double those in Europe.

Indeed, hum is caused by an electric field not a magnetic one.

Indeed, hum is caused by an electromagnetic field not a magnetic one.

I'm going to attempt wrapping a Hohner B2 in 'carbon fibre' wrap. The vinyl and knifing tape was about £15, and I already have a scalpel and hot air gun, so not much lost if I end up peeling it all off and binning it.

There's always CasioChord...

At 0:40 Jacqui Mcshee looks round as if to say 'WTF is he doing now..."

His and hers?

I see no pics...

In my experience, if you all look like you're enjoying yourselves and your singer tells the audience how great they are, you are much more likely to go down well.

Anyway... bad drummers. They are all b******. Two bands , how come it's the two drummers who go down with covid? No personal hygiene! Now I have to get tested...

Its unusual for joe public and musicians to agree on who is most talented.