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Some frustration today , Reaper wouldn't find my VSTs , it took an hour to sort it and subsequently had drained my ideas, optimism and talent in the process. And now SWMBO has to depart to Crete to nurse her brother who is quite ill and support sister in law who is struggling a bit , so the picture now is looking a bit different to me. A rethink might be in order , I think I would like to write something that reflects the current problem , but I doubt I could do it justice , so I am in 2 minds

If I could get a word in edgeways ... You can pretty much choose whatever aspect from whatever picture you choose , for me I think the story is in the second one so that's were the focus will be , but the first one being Rain , might provide the style of the piece , I'm thinking Quo So maybe if the picture was turned inside out the, the picture is inside someones stomach and they are so nervous they are going to ship themselves. As per normal I reserve the right to completley miss my own brief by a country mile

maybe 76 boys night out

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1451674510' post='2942368'] Ibanez Musician MC-924 in polar white, I believe. Lovely-sounding bass. I want one. [/quote] My brother has one in the dark wood finish , at least I think that's what it is, I did offer to give it a refurb as he hasn't really touched it in years, I might have to remind him so that I can get a feel of it , I seem to recall it being quite heavy though

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1451652167' post='2942076'] You've got it wrong. The giant butterflies stole their boat & left them stranded on the rocks. They did put up a fight & managed to kill 2 of the giant butterflies though. One's on the rocks & the other is downed in the sea. 2 appropriate pics to what December's weather has been. Water & wind. [/quote] Ah , That makes sense now , though on a technical level , it would appear that the butterflies themselves have attached themselves to the wrong side of the masts. I would of thought that the most efficient use of the butterflies aerodynamics would be to have the wind to the underside of their wings. This thinking would suggest that the butterflies should be facing the rear of the ship , it is all well and good making up these fantasy type images but the artists should at least apply some physics to give the idea some credence

[quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1451650935' post='2942050'] ..................... It makes no sense. [/quote] Well I guess we know who you will be voting for then

[quote name='Leonard Smalls' timestamp='1451650310' post='2942042'] Aye! I'm guessing that this months pic will encourage lots of free improvisation and experimental stuff! [/quote]

It feels like I've been waiting all year so far for the new picture to show up

Well done guys , great work , thanks for popping in with the certificates Dad , happy new year to you all

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1451592884' post='2941788'] No no no, even more reason why you [b]should[/b] be out tonight... going door to door, canvassing for votes! [/quote] I did that last night , 300 doors on our street but I am not sure that I convinced them all

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1451590973' post='2941774'] Staying home tonight while my band is out gigging because I was given an impromptu flying lesson by a car driver while out on my bike a few weeks ago. Might have managed the gig from my wheelchair but not with my left arm in a cast from knuckles to above the elbow. [/quote] Tough one Dave , get better soon dude

I can't go out tonight , especially with the vote finishing on a new year , and I only need another 7 votes or so to pip it at the post

that was great , sounded really fun to do as well

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1451300319' post='2939339'] Epiphone Eb0 horrible things. Only literally one horrible tone, awkward to setup right. They do look nice and are fairly well made. All Hofner violin basses they have one good tone Imo. Ok for playing certain things , useless compared to other basses for anything else. They do look good but are not well designed or made in any of there price range, stupid control panel. And too add awkward to get the intonation right in fact you can't it's a compromise. If not for you know who they would not be around today. I'm pretty sure they could modernise them somewhat and still retain the soul of the original too, but they don't. [/quote] I got a copy for the daughter , the neck has a significant radius , yet the bridge is almost flat , truly impossible to set up with any consistency , so I had to build my own bridge for it !!

[quote name='funkyjimbob' timestamp='1450702226' post='2934953'] There are about 10 in the Imgur album for anyone that wants to see all the pics. [url="http://imgur.com/a/z2q40/all"]http://imgur.com/a/z2q40/all[/url] [/quote] [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1451214281' post='2938793'] From those pictures it looks to me as if there's been some cracking and slippage of the truss rod anchor point, where that brass piece sits in the two cutouts. Hopefully Martin will also have done something about that. [/quote] If you look at the other pictures you can see that the break in the wood has been repaired by repositioning the broken bit, glued and metal pins inserted through it to strengthen the area. What would really piss me off would be the choice of the wood by the original guy in the factory in the first place, for an instrument of this value it is a fundamentally bad choice of timber to make the neck from , the knott at the nut with the corresponding machining has weakened the structural point of the truss bearing surface to the point of it breaking. I would argue that the cause of this problem is purely down to the shoddy choice of timber used to make the neck in the first place.

everyone hears the music their own way and learning how to listen to it is probably the biggest trick. being able to 'reference' your work, to compare it with something of a similar genre that you think sounds good, on the same sound system, will will supply loads of clues as to the overall sound , the balance of tone across the entire frequency range, volume , clarity of individual instruments etc . I think this gives me the best clues to my own production , that doesn't actually mean they are any good of course , but it gives me a comparison so that I know that they are at least listenable to a degree.

Quality story from the Daily Mail , following on from my entry this month we have a bit of life imitating art [url="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3373743/Is-planet-Earth-Astro-Tim-apologises-woman-prank-call-dialling-wrong-number-International-Space-Station-Christmas-greeting.html"]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3373743/Is-planet-Earth-Astro-Tim-apologises-woman-prank-call-dialling-wrong-number-International-Space-Station-Christmas-greeting.html[/url]

I am happy to spend my money where I like and if a local shop has what I want, seems to be keen to sell me one , lets me browse and try if I want to and generally treats me decently as a customer, I will be happy to spend a little more than I would on-line. If a shop keeper doesn't seem to care whether I am in their premises or not, then I feel no obligation to do any business with him/her. you can sometimes even get that impression with web shopping .

Voted , that was a toughie , some fantastic use of synth in that lot , beautiful tunes and sounds quality throughout , well done guys I had to get myself a tally system and whittle the list down each time , strangely mine came out on top each time , but the final 3 was tricky between five of them !

Sad to say my first bass was the neighbours snapped neck Hofner violin bass that I acquired at 15 and in my defence, I didnt have much money at 15 and had never heard of a luthier, so my repair using woodscrews to hold the neck on weren't very pretty, they did the job. The'repair' may have destroyed any value in the guitar but I didnt know that the guitar would have had any value back then,

Had a blinder on Saturday, it doubled as the drummists 50th party , so we had a very decent audience on top of the very healthy amount of locals . they like us in the pub anyway and this is our normal christmas party . We had 3 new songs in the set and they went down really well, and after the gig we went on to the drummists house for an after show party , great weekend overall .

Well my latest composition is called 'fish and cod Roe' and I cant find any other songs of that title , so it can be done If you feel the need to listen to it there is a link in this months composition thread in the recording forums. However , you could wait a day or two then vote for it when the thread pops up

The actual deadline is midnight on the 23rd and will be as soon as Skol is able to set up the poll after that , I think there is a small degree of flexibility , but just in case I'm getting in early , lots to do now on the Christmas run in. so if you are feeling brave you could try this one out https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/fish-and-cod-roe

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