bigjohn

1 hour ago, Al Krow said:

Turkey has just agreed to visa free travel for six European countries including the UK (I think announced yesterday). Clearly don't have to be part of the EU to agree such things! 

That's the thing... this the UK saying that going forwards, this is what non UK artists will have to pay and do to come here. As part of the EU, this would have contravened the FoM regulations. So you've got this the wrong way around... 

What a lot of people don't realise is how touring for all bands works when it's properly organised with crews etc. Having to organise and pay for visas will not only stop a lot of touring bands coming here, but when reciprocated, which it will be, will stop a lot of UK bands going to the EU, which frankly, is where a lot of the money is that pays for UK dates when the whole tour is considered. It's not just band members that will need visas, it's everyone on the tour.

It's not just an EU visa either. A visa to work in France does mean you can work in Spain or Germany etc.  

We're playing a festival in Greece this year. It's already said it's the last one. Visas for 18 bands is too much for the organisers to cope with. 

We've become a provincial little island over night. 

I’ve got a b50r and have used the b100r at rehearsals. They’re lovely amps. 

1 hour ago, Muzz said:

Two Compacts will be fine as a 4 ohm load, and, as suggested, will flatten bystanders and pig's houses up to and including the one made of sticks. It'll damage the brick one, too...

A Compact and a Super Twin will present a 2.67 ohms load, which the WB-100 will not enjoy.

Ah gotcha.

So ignoring the one cab solution end of things, is there any major differences between the Super Twin and 2 stacked compacts?

11 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

I always leave the contour at zero, too.. and yes, that's flat.

I'm glad you said that. Means I'm hearing things right! 

33 minutes ago, Muzz said:

I have both (and yeah, I've been known to stack them*) and either will do the job very, very well; it just depends whether bringing two cabs (admittedly not heavy ones) to make a stack is what you're after... 😀

 

* Don't do this with the WB-100, or the Magic White Smoke will be released... 😕

Surely they could be wired in parallel for a 4 Ohm load?

To be honest another compact would probably suit me. I could leave one at home and one at the studio and then pair them up if I ever felt like knocking people over. 

29 minutes ago, Muzz said:

Second Compact. Stack 'em. Stand well back... 😀

Yeah. Not a bad idea. Was thinking about a big twin but two compacts is probably twin enough. 

46 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

Good stuff!

Did you experiment much with the drive switch, and feedback selector? 

Yeah, the drive added more crunch and I was looking for less. 

Feedback selector seemed to scoop in the left position and add might mids in the right. Both of them lost me presence in the mix. Fine in the middle. 

I also found it best with the contour dialled right back to zero. I assume this is flat? I dunno. 

I'm going to have a bit more of play with it later at household volume. 

I received a WB-100 yesterday, fortuitously just in time for a rehearsal. 

I play with 2 guitarists who have a somewhat heavy tone and we play loud, in an new rehearsal space that really needs a lot more work doing on it in terms of dampening. It's long and thin and brittle sounding. 

I like quite a clean tone. Fat and smooth with a bit of bite when I dig in. I use a P, finger style with big fat flats and I roll all of the treble off. So you can imagine I require a fair bit of power to get where I want. I have been using an SVT preamp into a 600W Chevin mosfet power amp for some time. I use a Barefaced Compact. 

I can't say I wouldn't like a bit more power, as such my tone was little bit more crunchy than I would normally like, but I got on with it just fine. Volume was maxed, gain I hovered between 3 and 4 trying to find a sweet spot. Maybe I need a bigger cab. 

Will be fine for gigs as usual venues are PA and monitored. 

The tone from it really is brilliant though. And more power would come with probably quite a bit more more weight. 

Never saw Rush but they were my favourite band in my late teens, 25 years or so ago. I still listen to them when I’m in the mood. RIP NP. 

Shame to read that OBBM. Thanks for all the cables!

Enjoy your retirement.  

I would be ALL over this if it was a P neck 😬

Yep, I run an SVP-Pro too. It's a great pre. I used to have an SVT-IIP, which is the front end of SVT II,  and that was okay, but nothing like as alive an SVP-Pro. And I use fairly clean settings on it. It's just nice and musical. 

I also have an Alembic F1-X, which is a Fender Showman clone, that's cool too.

I sometimes run the Ampeg through the FX loop of the Alembic, there's some real deep, fat and glassy overdrive down there. 

Yeah, Fenders do rock. 

Joe Cocker innit?

This is good though. If only for the keyboard solo. 

You couldn’t intonate them. It’s just idiocy 

Well good luck intonating that. 

Rush was the first Rush album I heard. I still have a soft spot for it. Especially Working Man.

My favourite album is either Moving Pictures or Signals. Signals is the Rush CD I have in the car at the mo. I find the synths too harsh on Grace Under Pressure. I do like the live albums and have probably listened to Exit Stage Left more than I have any other album of theirs. Show of Hands is ace too and reminds me so much of being a 15/16 year old. So much of it needs remastering. 

I too like Presto. It's the only Rush album I've bought on release. 

Much to my regret, I've never seen them live. 

I don’t mind lending gear under supervision, strict instruction and implicit threat of proportional violence. Never had any trouble, but it is a PITA. 

Glad all is sorted. 

3 hours ago, Muzz said:

I'll have a pint before/during the first set, and another in the second. It won't be Turbo Nutter B*stard Lager, it'll be a low-alcohol mild or bitter, but it's just a nice zoning thing for me. I don't drink much; actually, if it weren't for gigging, I'd rarely drink at all...

I have a few different habits. So long as I'm not driving. 

Playing a new venue I might not drink. If I do it'll be one early, like soundcheck early. If all's going well or not so well I'd maybe have one at half time. I'm a bit more free and easy with it once I've played somewhere a few times. 

There's a local venue we play (which happens to be the only place we play unticketed and free) where I get a taxi there and back and they've got a good bar. I've been playing there twice a year for about 10 years and I'm VERY free and easy there

I sometimes get nervous. I find smaller crowds are worse and empty rooms. And when I know people, especially if they’ve never seen me play. Knowing someone is coming can sometimes make me nervous in a run up to a gig. Its easier to play to 1000s than to less than a hundred I've found.

Most often I forget about all that once were going. I agree with the associated stress too. Others being late or messing about can sometimes get on my wick a bit, which sometimes doesn’t help. 

Eating properly on the day of the gig is key for me. And not drinking too much the night before. If I do that, The nerves aren’t so jangly and are somewhat part of the fun. 

I think I joined a “band” that was just one guy about 12 years or so ago. Still in a band with him. We’ve gone through some drummers and guitarists but been the same lineup for about 8 years. So don’t write them all off!! 

It's good advice for life to be honest. Most people just like to be told what to expect, rather than have to think for themselves. That's especially true when you're asking them to think about other people 

"if only they'd have told me" becomes moot if you do the telling. Unfortunately (or fortunately) it requires you to do the thinking. 

1 hour ago, 51m0n said:

Nah, no beer, no drugs, they just make everything less professional, less gets done, its all bad when you need to use your time well.

One cigarette break halfway through. Ten minutes for a chit chat, then back to the funk

I've been in a couple of bands where it was okay to drink at gigs, but not at rehearsals apparently. But okay to bring your missus and turn up late and chat ****. Or restring a guitar. Or numerous other should be infractions but open a beer and it's all "oh that's so unprofessional".  Been in a band where it was too much though. Nothing got done.

Current band, no-one gives a **** what you do so long as you turn up on time and do what you should in the time allotted. 3 hours. No break. 

Yeah, it’s not just stagecraft. It’s about actually being authentic. Which is ironic considering I play in a tribute band. 

Rehearsing so you can be authentic rather than just learning the numbers. 

24 minutes ago, 51m0n said:

It sounds like this:-
https://mistersuperjuice.bandcamp.com/track/frisking-the-whiskers

 

I like it!