Lord Sausage

18 hours ago, BassAdder27 said:

It’s not even free in U.K. for returns unless it’s faulty, I suspect same for Thomann 

Copied and pasted from their website 

If the customer withdraws from this Contract, we must reimburse any payments we have received from the customer, including delivery costs (excluding any additional costs incurred if the customer has selected a different type of delivery to the cheapest standard delivery option offered by us) without delay, but no later than fourteen (14) days after the day on which we receive the notice of the customer’s withdrawal from this Contract. We will use the same payment method the customer used for the original transaction in order to provide the reimbursement, unless otherwise expressly agreed; under no circumstances will the customer be charged a fee for this refund. We may withhold the reimbursement until we have received the returned goods or until the customer has provided proof that he/she has returned the goods, whichever is earlier.
The customer must return or hand over the goods to us without delay and no later than fourteen (14) days from the date on which he/she notifies us of withdrawal from this Contract. The deadline is deemed to be met if the customer sends the goods before the expiry of the fourteen-day deadline. We shall bear the costs of returning the goods.

Isn't it free return in the first 14 days?

But which finger is the best for metal?

I wouldn't bother they've reduced the speed limit to 60mph on the 602 which is really annoying.

Do you want to be associated with that?

I recently learned a full set to dep for a band for a couple of gigs. 30 odd tunes. Both got cancelled. Not impressed.😆

21 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

 

True Temperament means that you'll only ever be in tune with other True Temperament instruments.

Well that's alright as I said I won't be using it. Bet it costs a fortune anyway. 

Just use your ears and fingers innit!

Everyone will just have to get the True Temperament frets that Stevie Vai has.

I won't. I like a bit of wobble. We've got by forever without totally perfect intonation. It's pointless. 

I'd rather have feel than totally clean in all aspects of music.

Surley the solution is just the intonation of your playing. Vibrato, bends, playing the note in a different place. You shouldn't be up the dusty end that often anyway.

2 hours ago, Nail Soup said:

I think the problem is that people may find that they have good voice and good pitching, and think "I'm a singer".

They don't find out if they have timing until they join a band.

I think timing is under appreciated by a lot of musicians. I don't think it gets practiced enough once you get decent. Kind of gets taken for granted. Obviously I can't speak for everyone. I've fell into the trap before. Heard back a recording of a show and my timing wasn't perfect on some bits. So this led to months of playing along with a metronome. Stripped my playing back to basics. Scales, arpeggios etc. Did the trick, now it's a regular warm up.

I once played a show. An anniversary concert for a big musical at a fairly big and famous venue. We had a problem with a singer. Not tuning......timing.

She kept running off in front of us, a beat, 2 beats, a bar. Just totally random. We had to go with her. MD's decision. In was a fairly basic tune in 4 but we ended up sounding like Dream Theater.

TM and Bozzio ripping it up

On 03/10/2019 at 11:44, cetera said:

I used to whistle the descending raygun sound into the mic! lol!

A band i was in used to open with the Thundercats theme tune. I used to do all the shooty laser gun sounds.

14 hours ago, Machines said:

Yikes.  What a bellend.

 

 

So you're saying I don't come across very well in this ad then!

11 hours ago, Bart Funk Bass said:

He also played bass and sang backing vocals on the entire James Brown's "Gravity" album from 1986. 

 

 

 

This is the fastest James Brown track. Super funk!

 

 

Turn me loose is a monster. What a tune

8 hours ago, paul_5 said:

That’s the first time I’d heard the name- Devin Townsend on vocals too; what a band!!

Turns out I’d already been listening to him for years due to his work with James Brown.

Still absolutely love that album, the band and Townsend just rip it up. It's my favourite Vai album.

First heard him with Vai. TM Stevens and Bozzio as a rhythm section. I was 14 and had just started playing. That's what I thought a rhythm section had to be like😆

Definitely this.

1 hour ago, SteveXFR said:

RHCP haven't made anything good since Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Everything since then has been a bit bland

Eventually Thomann will become OCP.

Tbh I've  never really been a fan of Dawson's. In the 90's there was a Dawson in a town near me but me and my mates used to use the independent music shops. You could get better stuff at better prices. I found the service and atmospheres in those shops was better too.

Sack them all!

MasterBlaster by Stevie Wonder

4 minutes ago, ubit said:

They have a cheek chucking a legend like Diamond Dave off the tour when the last time I saw Kiss they had an effin' painter supporting them!

Same again

I visited this thread to see if anyone knew anything about the LX8500. Glad I did, I will stay well away. I thought Hartke were supposed to be good. I have a bass attack pedal which I use all the time. Think I'll start looking at other amps.

Surely they're The Old Heavies by now.

42 minutes ago, peteb said:

 

I disagree - Hagar is a great singer and a very capable songwriter (who has written several big hits for a variety of other artists). 

 

I liked Van Hagar, but it lacked the magic and unpredictability of the early Roth led version. DLR was capable of being poetic as well as being the outrageous showman, and his lyrics and general schtick often worked on different levels that you could choose to tap into or not. 

No doubt he can sing, I just found his lyrics and songs, in general, a bit clichéd. Loved 5150 though.

The levels thing is what I enjoy about Roth and the delivery. No doubt he had his cheesy moments too but not on early  VH.