Nail Soup

I remember going to a UK Subs gig nearly 40 years ago, and the audience were chanting "Charlie Harper is an old age pensioner" So it's good to see him still at it and in good form.

No, I bottled it I’m afraid. Still a bit outside my comfort zone…..

I normally use the "Pincer" type shown above, plus a nail file. On 9 fingers, the issue is to keep the nail short enough. On one finger, the issue is to stop the nail wearing away - it gets worn by down-strums on acoustic guitar or 'clawhammer' strokes on the banjo. Recently I've taken to having an acrylic nail on that finger (local nail bar)... helping so far, but is even really hard to cut when it starts to grow out.

Should be easy to design a simple doohickey with a light sensitive resistor on the led which has a small circuit attached which controls a stepper motor to move a small flag into an up or down position. Or just make a shade like suggested above.

I went a couple of times: 85-ish and 93-ish. Had a great time, but even then the headline acts were too mainstream for me. But lots of good stuff in the smaller areas. I think Glasto is now a bit of a vanity project for the really big names.... something for the bucket list for the performer (and the punter too). And a lot of the attendees are not hardcore music fans, they just want to have fun.

Typing ‘you’ instead of ‘your’ is a common typo amongst native English speakers in my experience. Don’t know why just one of those quirky things.

Sorry for your loss, our thoughts are with you. Not many members here go by their real name.... I did a search of members with name "Kinsey", but only got yourself. As others have said if you share details like possible user name, what bands he was in then someone may recognise Peter.

Just for reference:

Gigs - sober. Casual public performance like a folk session or fun open mic - couple of drinks but not drunk. Home playing and recording- sober.

Yeah, it’s more of a modelling decision wether to go plane, solid, go to fibre-level and so on.

Sounds like a good approach. Good luck with the channel.

Looks like Elvis is OK to criticise others though: ( OK Rod’s performance was not great!)

Whether we model the sock as a planar surface or as a 3D object, the initial point remains correct even the doughnut comparison does not. The bit you push your foot through is not a hole.

I presume the story was told by Carol herself 😉

In my last band, if we never said the whole rule out loud. If we had a bad practice, we'd say "Bad Practice , Good Gig". If we had a good practice we'd all say a few words tantamount to "Good Practice, Good Gig". As we never said the whole rule out loud we didn't have to admit to any contradiction therein.

If you are mind-numbingly pedantic and tedious, you are not alone. It was my immediate thought when I read the sock/hole post. I saw your post before I had decided whether to succumb to the temptation to post a comment similar (but less eloquent) comment.

Time to pull out my topology joke: Q: Why did the topology student get fired from the cafe? A: kept mixing up the coffee cups and doughnuts.

Mini folk-roots festival at a (800 year old) local church. Nice venue to hear some good music. Real ale and wine was served in addition to tea, coffee and snacks. Interesting to see pint glasses etc on the pew shelves.

I don't adjust the truss rod seasonally, in fact seldom adjust them on any of my instruments. There is one effect. I recently started going to a monthly 'folk session' at a local pub where each person takes turn to lead a song. In summer it's outside, winter inside. When it's outside the acoustics aren't so good......... difficult to hear quiet elements of people's playing, can't hear some vocals very well if the person is not near you. So I tend to choose loud songs in the summer (heavy strumming and projected vocals) and save the subtler songs (yes I have got some!) for the indoor sessions.

Had a pretty empty gig diary, then noticed at the last minute that a local village is having a small 'festival'... folk/roots music, taking place in the old church. Last night and tonight, 3 bands/artists per night. Folk is one of the few genres Mrs Soup will come to... so we picked tonight out of the two nights. The Dicemen (they claim a bit of post-punk as an influence...... don't tell Mrs Soup!), Danni Nichols (A bit country for my tastes, but i'll keep an open mind) The Magpies (Yay - banjo and fiddle!)

Were the whole audience noticing the poor sound, or more noticed by fellow musicians?

Pretty good IMO. Getting any radio play? Italian shoegaze eh? I guess if you are stuck looking at your shoes, then Italian is best right?

According to Wikipedia: Snob is a pejorative term for a person who believes there is a correlation between social status (including physical appearance) and human worth. Bass snobbery would therefore (IMO) translate as a correlation between (perceived) quality of an instrument and the worth of the owner as a musician. An inverted snob would see the correlation as negative, perhaps embodied best in the phrase 'all the gear and no idea'.

I didn't know about that version (or had forgotten it).... I think there was at least one other update after the original?

Suggesting that someone else acquire a different bit of gear could be driven by genuine helpfulness (whether misguided or not). For example one may say to a beginner bassist who is struggling to play a very badly constructed bass that they would benefit from an upgrade to a cheap Squier or Harley Benton.