Huw Foster

I don't drive. I really should learn, and I will have time after uni, but I'm also a bit put off by how expensive it is. Seems like I'm getting more frugal since I left home, haha. Right now I don't really need to though - most of my gigs are with my function band, and we have a van, so all the gear is usually accounted for. However, I'll be kicking myself if I get a call for an amazing gig one day and I have no way of getting myself and my rig there. Well that got the topic onto a good start, didn't it. Sorry, I'll shut up now.

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Listening now. So far I'm really digging 'White & Blue Flower' - some well chosen chord voicing on the pianah, lovely melodies and your singer has great tone. However,as it's already quite full as vox/piano/cello it does get quite muddy when bass and drums enter towards the end. That's my only real criticism though! You've got a great sound here. Giving 'Floating Thoughts' a proper listen now - again, I really like it! Nice one.

I really love some of her tunes and her ridiculous playing, but I'm not so sure about her band. They're definitely very 'Berklee' to my ears - technically very good, but they seem a bit characterless to me. Would still like to see live though!

New improved mixes (in my opinion) now up on the player. The track that had the somewhat impersonal and meaningless working title 'Twentyfive' is now called 'At the very thought'. Enjoy!

There's something very entertaining about the way the lead character runs. I don't know. Maybe it's just me...

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='466695' date='Apr 19 2009, 12:58 PM']DJ 5. White. Nice.[/quote] *boner* Sorry you had to see that.

Anyone seen the new range of amps in stock anywhere yet? If not, anyone have any idea of when they will be?

That's beautiful. Same goes for almost any Stingray, but that's a particularly good specimen! It looks great with black or white pickguard (not sure about the clear one). If I were pushed, I'd say white, but if I had the option I'd still swap them every so often for the sake of it!

I'm in my last year at uni, but if I got that call after the second week of June I'd say yes without a moment's hesitation!

That's one delicious rig. Unsurprisingly I now have a craving for some chocolate too. Mmm, I think there's some brownies downstairs... *drools*

Oh, Jeff Beck of course! His current band is solid.

Would Wayne Krantz count? Some good grooves in his tunes.

[quote name='deaver' post='456713' date='Apr 7 2009, 07:24 PM']I've ordered off them three times and ended up cancelling every order.[/quote] +1 although only the one time, as it was impossible to send the item to any address other than the billing address. Ridiculous!

The scratchplate really adds another dimension to it - very nice shape. Can't wait to see the finished product!

I'm currently back home from uni for a week, and as there's a camera lying around I thought I should take some photos of the bass I brought back with me. I'm not much of a photographer, mind... [b]Part one: Schecter, au naturelle[/b] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/huwberry/sets/72157616468637848/"]Here's the rest of them[/url].

Just giving this thread a shameless little bump to say I've just uploaded another track - 'Twentyfive'. Mmm, I just [i]love[/i] the way myspace destroys audio quality.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='452100' date='Apr 2 2009, 12:17 AM']Play it a little higher, no-one will know.[/quote] +1 Maybe use an octaver?

Sorry for the new topic - I know there's the recommended luthiers topic pinned at the top of this forum, but I need a fairly quick reply. Hope I'm not being too cheeky in doing this! I really need to sort out some bad fret buzz and dead spots on my Stingray, and I know no-one has mentioned [i]any[/i] recommended places in West Yorkshire at all. Surely it can't be that bad! So... can anyone help me out? Any personal recommendations for a set-up in Leeds or the surrounding area? Cheers Huw

[quote name='karlthebassist' post='442054' date='Mar 22 2009, 09:47 PM']As for the Vegi's not liking it - I said in an earlier post that it was being trimmed in leather. But, today found that its actually fake leather stuff. So its all good.[/quote] Hah, I read that you were trimming it in leather, but being the hypocrite that I am didn't even notice that would be why it would've been unsuitable for vegetarians. I'm not even a proper vegetarian. Apparently I'm a pescetarian (spelling?), which means I make an illogical exception for eating fish and seafood. Or, to make a bad joke out of it, I'm a fish-and-chipocrite. (Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week.) Anyway, back on topic - that cream leather, vegetarian or otherwise, looks beautiful!

Thanks for the feedback Paul. I'm especially glad you enjoyed 'I can't feel my face'. It took me ages to finish that track (I came up with the initial ideas a year-and-a-half ago and I finished it about a week ago), but I think I've got it just about how I want it. Incidentally, the title came about when I was walking to college during the particularly freezing winter this year. It was so cold my face felt numb, hence that phrase. Somehow it really suits the track, although if you remove the context it sounds a bit sinister. But I like that. I've just been listening to it again... I can never get the drums right first time round, they're always way too high in the mix! I'll be checking out John M. Keane as well, since you mentioned a similarity. Ta Huw

A bit late, but cheers for the help with this issue - I got a super long scale set and the B sounds [i]sweeeeet[/i]. I was trying some drop A tuning the other day, it sounded disgusting. In a good way.