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That's a great app, thanks Bill

Robin is a top bloke. Proof is in the thread below (last post) Short story, he went out of his way to help out. I've caught up with him at a few shows and had a chat. His work is fantastic, really nicely made guitars and basses. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/472237-fender-jazz-bass-1976-natural-ash-70s-vintage-sold/page/2/#findComment-4949210

Those are very useful and well worth buying. Other retailers are available

I like that idea. It's a pain to take them off individually

If you're doing it, I'd suggest putting masking tape over the wood of the fretboard.

Excuse the non bass anecdote, but it was an embarrassing rookie error. (and excuse the name drop...) While still a studio assistant early '80s, I had to run a session for Heaven 17 who were recording some demos. The engineer who I mainly worked with had a line in cheeky phrases that he could get away with and would always get a laugh. So we ran through a lead vocal with Glen Gregory. No issues, all fine. However, I thought I'd try one of his cheeky remarks, you know, as you do when you think you're above your station. "that was great Glen, thanks. If you'd lke to leave your name and number in the bin on the way out" It didn't really go down as well as expected! I was rather embarrassed, but had to balls it out.

Basically, yes. Though I'm more a free stroke kinda guy, relying on the left hand for muting

Same as Stub, 1st finger lower string/note, 1st finger octave, free strokes, left hand doing the muting. Find it slightly easier with the hand angled back a bit. Not saying thats technically correct technic, just mine.

Can I cut this off a the pass, before it decends into another 'sound engineers are rubbish' thread. It's about amps/guitarists being too loud on stage and the fact PoliceSquad did the heroes thing, and walked off

Some people are just dicks

Good man!

Superglue one of these to thier speaker grill

Another supportive post saying you did the right thing. I have tinnitus thanks to a loud guitar, and I'm still angry over it. Shame it took your action to point it out and the BL didn't notice. Ps- was this mid gig?

We played O'Neils in Bristol a while back. We thought we did ok. We asked how it went and for a rebooking. "yeah, the set list was great, but you weren't loud enough". We haven't been asked back. Bearing in mind that we have a 3k rig, in a smallish venue, and every time I've seen a band in there I've had to leave because my ears were bleeding. Seriously, if it was a work environment with HSE, you only be able to play for 15 mins.

Ball point pen compression springs

The guy banging the drum in last nights Spain/Germany game. In fact, anybody who brings an instrument to a sports game. And the trumpet bit they play over the pa to get the crowd to cheer..

Good that you put this, often over looked. My poor memory needs jogging, so I have it 'reverse alphabetically' Mixer > amp Amp > mixer

Maybe we could genesplice him with our drummer who starts to fast to get a drummer who starts at the correct tempo.

Oh, god, have I got to stay awake that long!

Band want to do 500 miles. It goes down well with the punters. A little bit of me is dying inside 😩

He also did the percussion. I worked with him quite a few times, a larger than life character. Would sit in the control room and listen to the track a few times while his roadie setup a table of all his percussion bits. A stereo mic setup. Then he would go out and perform this amazing tapestry of percussion. Great bloke.

To comment on the reddit feed... Not all sound engineers are music sound engineers. Or another way, there are multi disciplines of sound engineering. I couldn't engineer a tv studio sound with multiple lapel mics, but I can mix and record a band. It's not easy to swap. Yes, they should use engineers who can mix music, but just because it's the BBC doesn't mean they have enough avaliable. Mrs B is fed up with me complaining about the sound on tv from Glastonbury. A tale from a long time ago. Back in the early 80s, I did the sound for a Bristol band that got a slot on Pebble Mill at One. I sat in the control room while it was being recorded and the chief engineer said "ooh I like this" and mixed the whole thing on the studio Tanoys. Not even checking on a small tv speaker. Which i found odd at the time. When we came to listen back in the Green room on the tv, the sound was terrible. Really tinny and weak. I know i can't tar every BBC engineer with the same brush (I've sat in on Radio 1 recordings at Maida Vale studios, which were fine), but I've never completely trusted tv engineers to mix bands.

I agree. A lot of smiles and looks like he's really enjoying it. And making the band really inclusive. A nice change from some taking themselves far too seriously.

Question to anyone who's been, and been to one of the main stages. How annoying are the flags? It just looks like, in some places all you'll see is the back of a flag, or sea of poles.

Yup, I have it too. For about 5 years. 9.45kHz and 870Hz. A pure tone. Sometimes one is louder than the other. I remember the exact time I got it. In a rehearsal room when the guitar was way too loud. I asked him to turn down and his reply was "I can't really hear it" as he was standing at the side of the 4x10 cab! My was reply was "come and stand here and you f'ing will". After 30 years in pro audio, I've listened to a lot of very loud music (as a studio assistant, you are at the mercy of the engineer), but always kept below the pain threshold. I still play with the guitarist in our band, but I'm still angry with him for inflicting tinnitus on me. As an aside, it was very bad over Christmas. I sat my wife down (who has perfect hearing, but is very understanding), and, using a PA tone generator app, played her the tone I was hearing. She couldn't believe I was hearing this all the time. We had a long talk about it and the problems it causes. It has helped her understand the difficulty dealing with it and how it can effect my mood.