Dom in Dorset

I made my jazz do something similar (on G string) by setting the pickup too high.

Try some other rounds first, I tried Fenders and hated them! Try D'Adario Nickel rounds, 45-100 , they have a slightly higher tension (I found I get set it up with a lower action without much buzz as a result) and much more focused tone.

Well, never, can't remember ever breaking a string. I play with fingers and a pic, for a few years in the 90's exclusively pic. Played some quite heavy music. I did break a few while setting up a fretless a few years ago, but I was using old strings and took them up to tension and down again many , many times while shaving the board down and fiddling with the truss/saddles. I can honestly say that I've never broken a string gigging, rehearsing, recording or noodling around at home.

We formed to play a one off gig doing songs by one band member, there was no rule that it was only to be his songs , he just got everyone together and had the songs (in a rough form) ready to play. We decided to stay together and myself and one of the others also started contributing songs, sometimes delivered as a fete a complis, sometimes more embryonic requiring more input from the others. So we started in effect with a ready made repertoire and added to it later. It's now roughly 1/3 each. We did play a couple of traditional songs early on but it's all original now.

The case I was involved in hinged on "duty of care" basically if a company (and I presume private individual) has your property in their care they should provide basic care of that property - even if they issue a "we take no responsibility for loss or damage" warning. Might be worth reading this :[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_of_care_in_English_law"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duty_of_care_in_English_law[/url]

Get a copy of Mel Stein's How to Complain. Full of useful advice and case studies. The last time I had any reason to take legal action the small claims court cost about £80 to start proceedings and there could be further costs after that. As a rule don't make any threats you can't (or aren't prepared to)carry out, a solicitor's letter has no legal clout , it is just worded in a way that people find intimidating and shows that you are serious enough to pay for the letter.A full range of legal sounding phrases are outlined in the book. I used it to successfully get damages from a company that destroyed something of mine without spending money on a solicitor.

They used to re-release it every year, looks 1980's to me. As far as I am concerned Christmas doesn't start until I hear it.

I never had Slade down as an Ibanez sort of band, well fancy that.

Headstock looks a bit Guildesque to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWgwTe01kMU

...and we spend so much time worrying about string gauges, active/passive? ,set up,nut widths , which amp for metal? is plywood any good for bass bodies? etc etc ....

Jeremy Stacey on Drums , nice guy, I went to his studio in London and he made us a very nice espresso. (not often I get to name drop so please forgive me. not as glammerous as it sounds I was there to remove a grand piano that he'd sold) Can't say for certain but it could be where that video was shot.

I found that Fender 45-105's had a lower tension than the same gauge D'Adario strings.

I fitted a George Foreman Grille to my amp and lost all the fatness from it's tone. BTW - The word cheap is also an old English noun meaning a market place. This survives in place names such as "Cheapside" or even "Chipping Sodbury".

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rz69L_wZo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rz69L_wZo[/url]

What i always enjoy at this time of year is the inevitable end of the news story about "local band/singer/school kids record song that's tipped for Christmas No1!!!" The news report usually features a contrived performance of the band to three bored pensioners in a local pub.Band and song never heard of again. A friend of mine is a DJ on local radio in Brighton, he's running a campaign to get Roachford's Cuddly Toy to No1.

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1385329628' post='2287085'] I've got a Behringer DDI thingy as an emergency back up in case I need to DI straight to the desk. perhaps I could take it along, not plug it in and make a bit of a show of activating the "trans-modulating tone pump". [/quote] Be careful not to tear a hole in the space/time continuum.

Probably just too punchy sounding in the recording for her, just tell you you'll turn up your pitch deviating ecto-phlanging phase disruptortonic doo dah pedal in future and carry on as before.

I always thought this looked cool , fancied building a bitsa tribute but I really do prefer a jazz neck

Disco Infernal - the logo features the siluette of John Travolta on a background of flames.(I know, more 70's than 80's) I keep potential band names just in case , you are also welcome to Celtic Deathray or The Slotin Excursion A friend of mine was in a band in a similar situation, the rest of the band agreed (in secret) that the next thing my friend said was the name of the band. They ended up being called something like Not Now John, which isn't half as bad as it could have been.

If Rickenbacker see themselves as an elite brand then why would they want to make a budget model? Do Rolls Royce or Ferrari offer budget models?

Count me in, either date should be ok, I only suggested February to give a bit longer for the Christmas dust to settle.

In whatever situation if you agree to do something, you should do just that.

From what I remember of previous ones, there is usually lots of debate about where it should be , the first was in Shafetsbury, the second was probably there too , back room of a pub. I'll PM Old Slapper. The previous ones were both on a Sunday lunchtime.

Old Slapper was the organizer of previous ones, I'd be interested if it was put on again.

D'Addario seem to come out of this pretty much unscathed. These at £13 a set do the job for me : [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAddario-EXL165-Bass-Guitar-Strings-45-105-Bass-Strings-/231085511981?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35cdc5152d"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAddario-EXL165-Bass-Guitar-Strings-45-105-Bass-Strings-/231085511981?pt=UK_Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35cdc5152d[/url]