Ian Savage

Hmmm...let me see how cheaply I could get to London and back come the weekend...

Had rather a spiffing night, thanks Pete!

I may have an interest in this, likely to be mooching for an EUB in the next week or two - whereabouts are you dude?

I've got a Yamaha NP11 (which I could be talked into parking with for about a ton, incidentally ) which ticks the boxes; not the BEST feeling keyboard I've ever used, but the sounds are good. You'd get a secondhand NP30 or 31 as well, which is the same sounds with a bigger (and slightly nicer-feeling) keyboard

Wot BigRedX said, Awesome Merch did my old band proud.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1378840286' post='2205465']
my experience with T shirts is it's hard to make money, you always finish with a load of one size
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We did quite well on that front, did a bit of back-of-a-fag-packet maths and ordered a mixture of sizes based on who we thought would buy 'em - go easy on mens' small, about equal amounts of medium and extra-large mens' and small and large womens', and about equal (slightly larger) numbers of mens' large and womens' medium. Worked for a rock band when most of our sales were to larger-proportioned men and medium-sized women, anyway...

I used Awesome Merchandise for the last lot I got, they're great.

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1378646430' post='2202714']
Nearly Dan are playing at The Hare and Hounds in King's Heath, Birmingham on Sunday 15 September. Doors at 8pm.

www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk

This is our first time at this venue.
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Only down the road from me, may drift down - I'm not the world's biggest SD fan, mind, so £20 to get me and the better half in might not fly if you fancy blowing the froth off one beforehand though...

Decided to lay the planks down for a while and get back behind the traps - fairly proficient drummer (not a double-kick-type, but happy to have a go at most styles), Birmingham/West Midlands area. Looking for a knockabout for a bit of fun OR something more serious, lemme know if you're looking...

Aw, dammit, only just noticed this - if things don't work out let me know!

On the cheaper side, I found the Danelectro Wasabi Overdrive very useable on bass for a subtle overdrive sound; it has a 'blend' control to nudge in just the right smidge of drive. Just don't touch the 'boost' switch, it sounds sh*t

For SLIGHTLY more modern (and I don't think anyone else has posted 'em yet, apologies if they have), Foo Fighters' or Feeder's rockier stuff seems to go over well (I've seen cracking audience responses to Monkey Wrench/The Pretender/No Way Back and Buck Rogers/Just A Day). \

From my own personal preference, there's some awesome 90s British rock that never seems to make it into cover bands' setlists - there's probably a reason as it might be a bit obscure, but with a late 20s/early 30s rock crowd slipping in a Wildhearts/Terrorvision/Skunk Anansie/Almighty number might push the right buttons.

Dammit, now I want to start a covers band

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1378138959' post='2196172']
Yes Paul and I went to school together (still see him 'infrequently' when he pops back ooop North) and I recall seeing various pics and vids of him with various 'Vintage' guitars.

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Ossum, small world; I interviewed him a couple of weeks ago, top bloke

And yes, it's an Iron Gear Hot Slag pickup, which are great, and worth an extra twenty quid alone; £120 for that's a lot of guitar for bugger-all money

Probably a five-string Stingray-type; very happy with the Vintage V96 I'm rocking at the minute but always kinda fancied a SUB.

[quote name='Freddy Le Cragg' timestamp='1378068225' post='2195535']
I have written at least 10 songs that dont go above the third fret
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Wot, no C#?

I kinda like that 'specially the 'whole notes' thing...

I've cut the elephant ears off my tuners so that they don't get knocked.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1377722694' post='2191006']
Anything with Squier on the headstock (apart from the original JV series).

So easy to get a used version of the 'real thing', why bother with cheap copies.

Bit like Japanese versions of a Harley - never taken very seriously
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I like Squiers, and my Yamaha Virago

Signwriters etc will be able to provide you with a stick-on vinyl logo relatively cheaply.

Loves my Macs (mostly), me - I used a Powerbook G4 for live location recording for years and it never once let me down. If you can keep it as 'just' a recording machine (i.e. keep it off the web as much as possible, leave the Airport modem turned off, only install what you actually need for making music) you should find that it doesn't fall down, will run quickly and easily with any peripherals you see fit to connect to it, and has the added bonus of a sh!t-hot built-in audio engine.

You'd get one of the last generation of Firewire-equipped Macs (personally a must to leave your outboard options open) relatively cheaply, max out the RAM and it should do you sterling service for years to come.

DAMN, so much want! Not far from me either...lemme see what I can sell...

You're kidding? f*cking Mail...

Don't hold it for me, but I've got a promising lead on a gig next week that would almost certainly require an overdrive; £30 if I could collect be okay?

Whereabouts in Warwickshire are you chief?

Oh aye, neck-through with active electronics and all that shizzle, fo'sho