plumpwhiteduke

Ok . Having done your sound there a couple of times i'll comment. From a front of the house perspective your bass effects tend to be mismatched in level and also far too toppy when you kick in the distortion boxes so when im mixing you i always have to cut the treble and compress quite heavily, if you could spend some time matching your sound changes for level that would be good. . from a monitors perspective i guess you just have to ask for more or turn up the amp, theres only two of you after all. I cant speak for Flash as to the bass amp issue. Its a good bass amp and its matched to the cabinet. . taking your own and hooking it up leaves up worrying about your volume spikes popping the cab leaving us fucked. Try recording your pedal changes and see what you have to do in software to get them to sit evenly. . and then tweak until you dont have to do anything to get them to sit. This will also even out the sound through the monitors. Your loudspeaker that u use for the trippy announcements is another matter. . . pointing it at the snare mike is prob not the best idea. . it wont get through the gate unless it has new batteries

For sale . . Soundtracs Topaz Project 8 32 Channel Mixing Desk with the optional meter bridge. Cost over 5k when they came out in the 90's. This is the board that used to sit in the Musical Vision control room by the way.

Has 32 direct outs, 32 monitor channels, 8 buss . Balanced ins and outs. Phase and phantom switches on every channel. Has had the +4dbv mod on the tape channels.

There's a few scratchy eq pots but everything is there and works fully. Comes with a bespoke power supply, manual and a mixer stand.

It's pretty big, would suit a club or venue, or an analogue head!

(this is an image from the net, but my board looks exactly the same)

I love the board, it was great for running sessions, but space dictates it has to go . .

1,000 ono

Please email me on andyphi1ip@hotmail.co.uk if your interested. Cheers.

TC Electronics Triple C multiband compressor for sale, has missing trim around data wheel but this in no way affects its working or adjustment. This is a rackmount unit. They were 500 when they came out Looking for 100 ono please mail me on andyphi1ip@hotmail.co.uk if yer interested. Cheers

I shall keep an eye out for ya . . Basterds

Totally done to death. I sometimes go up to Toms for a jam myself when I get sick of the sight of this place. We both have the same sort of service there is no great debate here, at least if ya have to practice on a tue night because the drummer cant make it on any other night or summat . . you have 2 places to phone!

Nuff said.

I'd like to redress the balance by saying that I think Musical Vision is absolute shite. The PAs are hopeless, they are way too quiet and if you try to turn them up loud enough to actually hear your singer, they just feed back. It's a lottery whether you get a good guitar amp or an old battered piece of shit, the rooms in the middle have hard walls and a wooden floor, which is hardly ideal for acoustics, and half the drum kits are falling to bits. And 10/10 for "helpfulness" and "banter"? Are you high? It's completely impersonal in there - book a room by text? Fuck me, is it so difficult to have someone answer the phone? Then you walk in to be greeted by a bit of paper on the wall telling you what room to go into, nobody bothers talking to you at all because the staff have locked themselves in the office to smoke weed, and there's nobody around to ask questions if some of the gear isn't working or whatever. It's one of the most unfriendly places I've ever been to. Also: Need a string? Tough shit. Forgot a plectrum? Tough shit. Forgotten a strap / battery for your pedal run out / cable broken? Tough shit.

What pisses me off most about it is that MV has the potential to be fantastic with what they've got there, it just reeks of laziness and half-assedness.

Thanks for your kind words.

I can quickly set up any pa in a any room to your requirements if you are having problems. Interesting as Brian is not a quiet singer . . sounds like a mike placement problem?

I favour older amps as they are easier to fix compared to the thin pcbs on modern ones. I admit i dont like the peavey gtr amp or solid state marshall very much but i can get a useable sound out of either one. And some people like them and ask for them. The sessionette is brilliant provided you use the clean channel and a pedaI (especially if you hook up another cab). Same with the JC-120's .I try and keep the valve amps going but its hard due to the level of misuse they have to put up with. I put out what I can and try and fix the rest. Not everyone likes Marshalls.

The drum kits . . yes very true they have issues from time to time. I spend a couple of grand a year on hardware alone. Ever wondered why every drumkit in every Aberdeen venue is a bit ratty? Because the people who use them don't own them and don't care how brutal they are adjusting them. I do the best i can given limited funds

Hard walls and wooden floors? As opposed to what? Ones made of custard? There are sound dampening measures in place just because they are not expensive sculpted foam doesn't mean they don't do the job. All the rooms and bits of equipment are are someones favourite, dont see why i should make them all the same.

I agree we should stock strings but we've had plectrums for ages . . but we are NOT a music retail store! Batteries sweeties and juice are available from Morrisons garage 100yds away at prices we couldn;t possibly compete with. Generally people manage to remember their equipment before they leave the house? and if you forgot your lead or strap theres usually ones lying about in the office . . I say usually because a whole lot of them get stolen . And there are sets of old strings in the office if you ask you'll get one gratis if you can find the right gauge.

That'll be the locked office , automatically locked with a keycode everytime its closed because we have been robbed before. Please knock ? I find the locked in the office to smoke weed jibe very below the belt.

We are building a reception desk at the moment as we realise it would be good to have someone at the front to meet and greet,

I admit my associates are not very technically minded . . i have tried to address that issue but they, i'll admit , have not grasped the basic concepts yet. One is a jazz guitarist the other a brass player.

As to the texting thing and the sheets, are YOU high?

Its a studio. There's noise, there's recording sessions i cant afford to employ someone to sit by a phone 11 hours a day. Plus with texts i have a note of whats been agreed which makes sense to me. But i do answer the phone when i can..

Basically I'm doing the best I can given the resources available, I have met you and am a bit disappointed by the tone of your post. I hope i have answered your points and have tried to keep this to an acceptable tone, even though according to you i am lazy and half assed. Thanks for that.

Onward and upward.

If your putting on a gig, I would recommend avoiding this band.

You asked a large group of musicians (theirs at least 7 of them) some of whom music is their only income to give of their time for free, which they were willing to do, till circumstances made it impossible and so they cancelled on you with !2 whole weeks! to spare, within 48 hrs of giving you the ok. . . correct me if im wrong.

Total pain in the arse I'm sure, but not such a big deal. The posters are still probably 75 per cent accurate.

Not a good enough reason to recommend avoiding booking the band to all and sundry on this forum.

Professional musicians are generally very poor, if you were one or ever had been one you would know.

So on the one hand you are organising a charity gig, and on the other you want to make some of the lowest paid people in the city EVEN POORER!

Take it on the chin and put some sticky labels on the posters with the name of the replacements like everyone else would have done

My Tokai Loverock is a 1983. I found I got on with it better than the 2 custom shop Gibson LP's that I used at the time I acquired it. Its definitely a better guitar than all but the most tasty modern Gibson Les Paul Standards, and it took Gibson till 2001 to get their custom shop LP's as accurate in shape as the Tokai's . . the reason? Tokai sawed up a 1959 burst in the 80's and took measurements with micrometers, and then preceded to make EXACT copies, right down to the long neck tenons.

My one is a cheapo Jap one with a 3 piece body, however the more expensive ones of the time were EXACT replicas, some even had braz boards! Billy Gibbons uses a loverock on tour (as he couldn't get adequate tour insurance for Pearly Gates!)

Their pickups are excellent also.

The new Korean ones are not made to the same standards . . but there will be nice ones.

And the modern Japanese one they had in R+B music recently was spectacular.

However you cant beat the old ones for mojo....check the link out

Homepage japanguitars

Its Gas Bill time again.

For Sale

Korg Wavestation EX

Vector Synthesizer

As used by Tony Banks (Genesis) / Gary Numan / Phil Collins / Hawkwind/ Depeche Mode + loads of others

New Display Backlight fitted.

In Flightcase

With Keyboard Stand

175

If interested phone 07946854511

Cheers

Aah but have you considered it could be one of the ecc83's going bad

I love that Gibson Goldtone. I wanted to take it home with me and wrap it in a blanket, to keep it safe from the cold harsh world.

What a beautiful piece of kit.

How much do they retail for? I'll never be able to afford one, but I would like to pretend I could one day.

Think their about 600/700 new I got that one 2nd hand for 350. Its very loud for a 30 watter. A lot of people get confused by it cos the controls are on bottom at the back...which is a bit of a pain considering it gets used in a practice room. I initially found it a bit trebley but if ya back off the tone all the way to about 2 or 3 it starts to behave nicely. Cosmetically it still reminds me of an air con vent at an indian restaurant though...

The twin seems to move about from room to room....will try and bung it in your room for next time so ya can check it out

MV's amps

Ok here is a list of all the guitar amps in common usage at Musical Vision...I reckon its a fair collection of quality guitar amplification..but don't take my word for it, do your own research.

Harry Joyce custom 100

1972 Park Superlead (the time travel expermient gone wrong)

Carlsbro 50 top 70's valve head

Roland JC-120 combo x 2

Roland JC- 45 combo

Sound City L120 70's valve heads x 2

marshall SLX 100 valve head

marshall jcm900 50w valve combo

Sessionette 75 combo

Gibson Goldtone GA30 valve combo

Roost Session Master valve combo

Fender Twin Reverb valve combo

Hiwatt SA212

Peavety Bandit (ok I loathe this one but it's Scottys and he wont let me burn it.)

I would have no hesitation gigging any of these amps apart from the peavey. But some people like it and ask to use it..(yes even it!)

We put out the best amps that are working properly at the time while we fix the others. They have a pretty hard life.

Not all of these amps have a distortion channel...just like not all the customers play heavy metal. If you are gonna play heavy music take a pedal to be on the safe side. You can actually borrow one free of charge if you ask.

As for PA's I do check them every day, although speakers can sometimes get blown during someone's practice...in which case I fix 'em as soon as I find out or set up a spare until I can get them repaired.

As for double bookings they don't happen often..but my apologies when they do. I'm only a puny human. At very least I offer a substantial discount if you have to wait or a free practice on another day if I can't accomodate you.

But hell maybe I'm doing something wrong..maybe I should sell off that old antiquated valve gear and buy 14 identical Marshall Valvestate heads with a distortion channel,...that would keep everyone happy surely?

Musical Vision

Yeah there are wooden floors all over musical vision, you need a degree in sound engineering to work out how to use the mixing desks and turn on the amplifiers and if you turn everything up to ear shattering volume the amplifiers all feed back and you cant get a good sound in the room.. lol

No Quarter ... local Led Zeppelin tribute act play 2 hours of Led Zeppelin material at Drummonds this Friday..be there or be square

Delay pedal

I thought this was interesting havent heard or used one, but it does look cool

Here's the blurb

HIWATT Custom Tape Echo

In front of the speaker!!!

http://www.homerecordingconnection.com/news.php?action=view_story&id=8

Hi. If you're still stuck for that guitar repair drop the guitar off at musical vision on Nelson St and I'll have it looked at within a couple of days. Give me a call on 639800 to make sure someone is here. Leave a message if there's no answer. Ta

We also do amp and speaker repair btw

buy an '80s tokai Loverock.....and save yourself a grand

If you want that clicky heavy rock double bass kick sound get the engineer to mike the front of the kick (drummer side) with an sm-57 pointed just off centre from where the beater hits the drumhead____as well as the normal kick drum mic. Then eq and blend at mixdown. Can work great if done properly.