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Mostly use RS Studios in Bristol... £8 per person for four hours. Free backline. Nearby pub does awesome fried breakfast. Only downside is lugging Peavey heads up the outside steps.

Yarp... god forbid anyone should have to apply any critical thinking to their online interactions.

I feel sorry for whoever was stood in front of him. I once did a gig whilst feeling decidedly under the weather, as soon as we finished our set I amde my way straight to the facilities which were extremely ropey, had only two cubicles, and the only one with a working lock was occupied by a guy who was quite loudly 'enjoying' himself. Luckily my flat was only around the corner.

Okay, so the context was a bit obscure, but I would see no reason to mark whether a link is 'safe' or not unless it was actually 'unsafe'. It's not like I'm some teenage troll. The 'shameless plug' was a throwaway comment and I trusted people to make the distinction between 'partly' and 'mostly' enough that they can tell that it wasn't the larger part of the reason behind my posting of that link. And yeah, maybe all that isn't a great example of my moderating/communication skills... I was kind of relying on the rest of the post for that. But hey, this is the internet, why address an entire argument when you can just cherry pick little bits of it?

[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/34452882@N05/6783443469/][/url] Bassballs, Woolly Mammoth clone, Bass Big Muff, Korg Pitchblack.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1327782472' post='1516810'] no idea what link you just gave us? [/quote] Well, first clue is gained by clicking on it. Second is considering the context in which I gave the link. I liked from the text "moderator myself" as that is the site on which I am a moderator, partly as a shameless plug but mostly because I'm demonstrating that I know what the hell I'm talking about. A good moderator communicates when they remove something or block someone, regardless of the content of the posting. In fact, I don't care about the content of mercuryl's post... the point is that there was no communication from the moderator who did it, thus poor moderation practices. Good moderation practice means an email or PM is sent, explaining exactly what rule was broken, and providing an immediate point of contact for any appeals, objections or even just saying "okay, it's a fair cop" (which does happen). Yes, the best method of dealing with a moderation issue is to directly contact the moderators, but when those moderators can't be arsed to make the contact in the first place, which is entirely their responsibility as a person who has been moderated should never have to ask why, I think the moderatee is perfectly entitled to have a public moan about it.

[quote name='Jack Cahalane' timestamp='1327842127' post='1517470'] We originally wanted to play She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses Rain - The Beatles My Generation - The Who Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Go Let It Out - Oasis I Fought the Law - The Clash's version, and House of the Rising Sun But because of our chordless wonder we ended up doing Paranoid - Black Sabbath Dreaming of You - The Coral Breaking the Law - Judas Priest For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica Teenage Kicks - The Undertones Dream - The Everly Brothers Blitzkreig Bop - The Ramones [/quote] Second list > first list.

Had it been done transparently with clear and concise communication I'd agree with the 'not venting frustration' thing. But as a [url="http://www.h2g2.com"]moderator myself[/url] I think people are well within their rights to publically rant when a disproportionately heavy-handed decision is made with no explanation given.

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[quote name='smurfitt' timestamp='1327240061' post='1508129'] 5)The wife wont let me [i]Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, pmsl, red dot on forehead, lol, rofl, lmao.[/i] [/quote] I take it you're not married then?

Iron Gear pickups are both brilliant and cheap.

Maximum volume yields maximum results...

For me the worst ones are where the person is selling something they allegedly own and use but just stick up the first picture they got off Google.

Yeah, a little. Aboslutely no idea about things like internal communication, or having decent/appropriate gear for teaching. Good for theory and technique though.

Argh! My eyes!

Oi! Keep your bass stuff out of here, there's a place for that kind of thing.

There's the Guitar School on Vic Hill. They're good but also expensive and disorganised.

Ooh yeah, I forgot about that!

In your faces grumpy naysayers!

These? [url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/bridges-parts-tailpieces/bridge-parts/bass-saddles/bass-bridge-saddles-for-gibson-bass-tunematic-4-p-2020.html"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/online-shop/guitar-bass-parts/bridges-parts-tailpieces/bridge-parts/bass-saddles/bass-bridge-saddles-for-gibson-bass-tunematic-4-p-2020.html[/url]

"You can't polish a turd" = "It's too much effort lol first world problems" Just saying. Rebuilt two crappy guitars and got told the same thing both times. Ended up with two pretty damn awesome guitars (for a given value of awesome, one does still need a new neck ideally). It's simply a matter of bothering to put a bit of effort in. And because I know some wag will say it: yes, it [i]is[/i] his responsibility to do the actual improvement, but why should everyone else sit back and watch when they could be encouraging and helping him? Turns out people respond very well to help and positive reinforcement.

Peavey Roadmaster 160w valve head and Hayden 4x12 cab. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/34452882@N05/4593301772/][/url]

That's great, thanks. All this should give me a nice project to work on during my impending unemployment.

Ta. I'm now imagining people in a studio all glaring at each other while playing their instruments absolutely perfectly because they all know if they make one mistake it'll turn into a fist fight.

Oh noes. I've been fisked. That's me told then. Seriously though Rhys, you'd actually prefer being in a band of virtuoso players who were complete c**ts?