Strat Harry

that will be an RD-300 then?

a very central part of my rig, very versatile and (mis)*underestimated pedal... *=george w bush quote circa 2003

nice set bigsby, sometimes we were struggling to differentiate what was original and what you covered. quality work. good stuff from the catfish people an' all (what little i saw of them)

not cheap, but you could get a fanless AT psu for about 50 quid. no fan, no noise obviously, (if neil just said all that stuff above i didnt get a chance to read it cos the wife just called me for my dinner - and she sounds angry) i can get more data for you on the fanless psu's if you are interested.

ok, we have established why all these chicks were hanging about at the back of jumping jacks, but surely they cant all think stilettos, dayglo tights, lycra hotpants and a vest suit them? unless it compulsory, thus enabling the bouncers to know who to turf out a 10pm..?

so i'm driving through the city centre this evening and cant help but notice there are hundreds of 13 to 16 year old girls kicking around the back of jumping jacks/ charlies wearing lycra hot pants, dayglo leggings, vests and stiletto's, well i'm old and farty and well out of touch, but what the hell is that all about? scooch? emo?

I know the spain entry was crap, but does anybody know why the audience were booing at the end, there were plenty of other crap songs that didnt get jeered.

I don't really see the point... if you want to sit in your front room, have a few bears and laugh with your mates playing the game, fine. i think it is pretty much accepted that these games have very little correlation with the actual song so why go to all the lengths to let and audience watch you doing this stuff? how about a live video feed of someone waiting for a bus, or visiting a library etc etc?

I will be selling an SH-201 and/ or my XioSynth49 soon, just as soon as a transfer the sounds to my new synth. The 201 is a cracker, many quality sounds and easy to control. If you are interested there is a lot of data on rolands site, not to mention a few people on youtube.com. Let me know if interested.

oh lord, that is just plain awful. I guess what I object to most is the use of the trappings/ gestures of a "guitar god" while being less than average (the hendrixesque poses etc), the punters in audience probably wouldn't know the difference anyway(between madaonna and hendrix). It's all very contrived. The hook in the song is an abba rip off so it was never going to turn into anything good, let's face it.

Got to add, the tunnels does a lot for the local music scene on a lot of different levels, anytime i've played there the sound has been pretty damn good. When ive been on the other side of the stage i'd also say i'd seen some quality acts i might never have seen if it wasn't for a venue like the tunnels. btw Tom, i cought your act and would gladly chalk that up as another one of the quality acts to which i refer.

that doesn't make sense, a crappy knackered battery at say 1.3 volts will barely drop its own voltage if it sees, say a 1 megaohm load, a big load impedance drawing f'all current, a small load. power dissipated at load is barely 2 u watts conversely, a perfectly healthy power supply set to 1.5 volts will either current limit or crash and burn if faced with a 0.00001 ohm load (essentially short circuit). power dissipated at load is 225 k watts (assuming the power supply could handle it) the greater load is the smaller impedance, agreed?

surely a 2 ohm load is a higher load than a 4 ohm load, as the 2 ohm load draws more current? ie you need a higher compliance source to drive a smaller resistance

ian: have you ever seen a higher load than 4 ohms on a cab, ie 2 ohms? i haven't. i do agree with you though, the 4 ohm rating is to protect the amp, not the speakers. graham: quick way to blow an amp, attach no load at all ie no speaker and you will probably cook your output transformer... or do it slowly by connecting a 16 ohm amp output to, say, a 4 ohm speaker (load) do you or dont you? i think it will be ok, may sound brighter/ toppy, i am guessing though, give me a sec, i'll see what i can find.

yep, ideally you want to match the impedances, if you cant match, the 4ohm output impedance rating on the amp means it can drive the current required that a 4 ohm speaker would draw. in your case the impedance you are driving is larger (8 ohms) meaning it will not draw so much current, ie should be ok. i'm not familiar with ashdown cabs, by any chance does it have a small selector switch on the rear? this might give you an option of 4, 8, 16 ohms. the other point, can you tell me what the impedances of the four speakers are?

did you get my message andy? i sent you a number

LIARS DICE , PRYON , THE PESCHEDELIC MUSHROOM MONKEYS , THE REPROBATES you can usually get all this info on The Tunnels Aberdeen, independent music venue & restaurant a veritable fountain of knowledge...

Nice work, not my stuff, but easy to appreciate nonetheless, girlremix; quality. Not into the posting unfinished work comment though, lets face it all work is unfinished. As a muso you have to come to a point where you say, yep i'll put this in the public domain, at that point it is "finished" Anyway i am sounding overly negative here, in short i'd buy those sounds.

who you with for five bux? (not that i'm about to jump ship for two bux a month)

I use it a fair bit. during dead time, ie airports, waiting rooms etc i'll go to a few sites, including this one. costs me 7 quid a month for "unlimited" access. my phone is nothing special but is pretty much useable (sony ericsson k800i)

You do of course appreciate the implications of your last thread; timing your guitar breaks is just plain weird but slipping a phallic object down the strides is unremarkable...

not a turbo... you are going to have to go back to the 80's for a turbocharged F1 ferrari (126c3) how anal was that?

Extended guitar breaks?? pah! my longest break is 45 seconds long, barely worth slipping a cucumber down the pants!

The video is about 20 secs long, i could punt you a copy if you like. (386K - .3Gpp) ~ quality isnt great Btw just caught we are the dinasaurs on originalfm... quality.