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The intro to Fight Fire with Fire by Metallica - not as hard as it sounds and always seems to get a "whats that" response from guitarists ( which is as close to a compliment your going to get from them )

First gig with a new band on Saturday night and not really a great expereince - only 4 people turned up, the sound engineer cut the sound 3 times ( ! ) and it was bloody cold as well. Spent half the gig staring at Muse videos being played on the screen behind the bar. Still saves us £45 for a rehearsal and I had a curry afterwards !

yeah man good luck - I'm playing my first gig in 11 years tomorrow night as well so I feel for you but we can only fit in 4 songs into a half hour set - the joys of playing space rock !!!

I pull stage shapes and most of the time I dont know I'm doing it - only noticed when the drummer pointed it out last rehersal

bugger ! maybe I've missed a bargain !!!

Both examples I am thinking about are advertised in Gumtree so I suppose you would go round the sellers house and try it out, but I dont understand why someone would advertise a new boxed Fender Jaguar for 100 quid less than retail price . Unless its been aquired dishonesty or there is a grey market of bankrupt stock finding its way into private hands . Its more the moral thing I'm worried about since I dont really want to buy stolen goods

Twice this week when I've been browsing gumtree I've seen 2 differnt basses,sold by 2 different private sellers both advertised as brand new and both with their original cardboard boxes. What I cant understand is why would anyone buy a new bass and then sell it privately - surely if it wasnt right you could return it back to the shop for a refund. My cynical nature assumes that it must be dodgy and therefore to avoid - am I right or an I missing out on pototential bargains ?

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='680263' date='Dec 10 2009, 02:05 PM']Kinda like ... "I'm an F1 driver, me. My car's got [i]four[/i] wheels, you know..." [/quote] Now if it had 5 wheels it would be some much more impressive OT I think that some of the hositility to pick playing is some bassists will do anything not to look like second rate guitarists

Thats good - just remember to make sure it fits before you take the packaging off

OT I was in a band with a guitarist who was my best friend. His cousin was on drums and he was one of the biggest a**holes I've ever met - he was a drummer in an Oi band and boy he though he was something special. I just couldnt get on with the guy and it got to the stage where I was turn up late to gigs and rehearsal just to make sure that I wasnt alone with him. I tried leaving the band twice but each time my guitarist mate said that if i did the band would split so I was in this quandry of either putting up with this dick or leaving and losing a friend. In the end I split but whenever I meet my guitarist friend there's still a bit of anomosity there - even though it was 10 years ago

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='678927' date='Dec 9 2009, 11:36 AM']with woe and depression stabbing me like a knife up my arse.[/quote] Great quote - reminds me of the times I had piles

[quote name='silddx' post='675904' date='Dec 6 2009, 05:24 PM']It's essentially the Daily Mail for anglers. I cancelled my subs after a while. A lot of the readership are pretty Daily Mail too, lots of anti-Eastern European crap going on. I've given up on the periodical stuff. I only read Chris Yates and Richard Walker these days.[/quote] Surely that should read anti- Eastern European carping Its Ok I know where my coat is

Not entirely sure if its Kent or not but I'm in Bromley which is near enough !

sounds like the guitarist was expecting you to go to this other band so that he would look bad whenver he jumped ship

another Tokai - I might be interested but the hideousness of the carpet is putting me off [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260516701123&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url]

apparently these things need to be tuned ! and it looks like his sister has taken the knobs on holiday with her [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass-guitar-good-condition_W0QQitemZ260515374405QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3ca7ed2545"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass-guitar-good-con...=item3ca7ed2545[/url]

interesting idea - thanks I'll try that

bump - anyone help ??

Even I recognised that as a MM and nothing bores me like Fenders

Rick wakeman as going on in Classic Rock about how they should'nt be touring without Jon Anderson. Think I'll pass on it

Chaps - I'm using a Zoom B2 1u and I am linking a compressor and a wahwah effect together which works fine for the verse but I want to use the tube screamer effect with the foot pedal for a solo but as soon as I use it the volume gets really loud. I've tried playing with all the gain ouputs and also with the ZFM ( ?) mix dial but so far cant get a balanced output - anyone else got a way around this ??? I'm prob doing something really stupid as its my first pedal

[quote name='markl' post='655753' date='Nov 16 2009, 10:37 AM']Life Stinks - Pere Ubu[/quote] Great song - by coinceidence I was listening to that on the way into work this morning I tried learning Motorhead again yesterday as our guitarist can play it better than me

I have the same problem I just cant seem to get over a certain speed ( about 160 BPM ) and I cant use a pick because I my hands get sweaty that they just slip out of my hand . The solution - I play stoner rock nothing above 100 BPM