mistersticks

well done on shmu fm tonight lads

avoid playing Box in glasgow at all costs. i think they promote their own nights

And another. Supporting a band called Darkwater in some place or other. A completely unlikely pairing of bands, pseudo-heavy rock/metal type thing vs a pyschedelic/shoegaze type thing.

Anyway, setting up the gear, as you do and trying to avoid the multi-layered behemoth that is Darkwater's drumkit, their drummer goes to ours: "Don't touch my kit; its my touring kit".

Fucking plank.

hahahaha

drummers are arseholes though

We won a first heat of a Battle of The Bands in Drummonds and they said "we'll be in touch about you playing the final". That was in 2008. We're still waiting

hahahahaha totally man, us too! i'd forgotten all about that.

ahhh, it meant so much back in the day though

yes that's a bit cheeky on his part, if you pay him it would be like for him, and i coin the phrase, "getting paid while getting laid"

what Droid is suggesting there sounds like your best option, but unless you're anticipating making mega bucks with your band, i don't think you have to worry about paying him off

Fuckin' brill. I would happily be paid in beer. Imagine if a venue gave you free drinks from the bar all night for playing, how much of a rockstar would you feel?

"oh i won't be paying... I'm in the band"

We got paid in beer by the Lemon Tree for the Errors gig. I don't think it's a good thing however when you consider the price of drink that venues can get it for, and what they charge for it;for me this is kind of a cop out on the venues part. I'd much rather get some cash to put towards recording or gear etc

yes i believe Travis still is, even after his plane crash...

I use lastfm a lot for the feature that spits out bands who "sound like" your favourite artists. it often spits out a lot of shit though

I see where you're coming from on a few of your points, but don't necessarily agree.

My honest opinion of Drummonds is that soundchecks could be run a bit better (i.e. start when they're meant to start), but they do always manage to have bands that want soundchecked done before doors open.

In the past I've had my criticisms of Drummonds, but to be honest, I think it's run much better now (from a local bands point of view) than it was when we first started out and Eric was still running the place. He used to be the most difficult man in the world to get hold of, and then you would turn up at the allotted time for soundcheck, and there would be absolutely nobody there who knew anything about the upcoming gig.

But, now that the Tunnels guys have taken over, Hen is at Drummonds most of the time, and is always easy to get hold of and runs the place pretty well.

My only involvement with the place recently was the Minnaars gig I put on last week, and everything went really well - the sound was good (Calum does a magic job in my opinion), the crowd was good, the banter was all good. All round good night. The only thing that didn't go well was the whole soundcheck thing. The arranged time for Minnaars was 6pm, but soundcheck didn't start until 7.15pm. But that was more to do with not doing soundchecks during the time when they were still serving food, which is fine, but soundcheck time should then be 7pm, not 6pm.

Your point on local drunks may be a valid point, but I've got to be honest, I've never seen any problems in Drummonds, and would think you're far more likely to be bothered by drunken neds in places like Espionage/Priory! I was on the door for most of the night last week, and the bouncer turned away a few people for being too pissed. If anything, I thought he was being too picky. There were drunk people in Drummonds, but not causing any hassle. It was a Friday night in the centre of town - there will be drunk people!

And your other point on equipment - I think that's a fair point. I was speaking to a sound engineer at the weekend who was saying the gear in Drummonds hasn't been serviced for a few years, and is really needing an overhaul. That said, I thought it sounded good on Friday. I have played a couple of gigs in Drummonds when the onstage sound has been really poor, but it apparently didn't come across poor through the venue - that was a Fat Hippy night where we didn't get a soundcheck!

Seconded,

You can only piss with what you've got. A lot of the time it is the fault of the bands, which are meant to be soundchecking, arriving late (this wasn't the case at the Minnarrs gig) but im sure that is just as infuriating for the sound engineers. It is amazing how Callum gets everything done in such a short time without sacrificing the quality of the sound

Do you not need to be 12 to get stuff through The Foyer? I thought there was an age limit on the whole thing?

o_O

aye i thought so too,

think it's 25 going on 12

I thought that the Ivory Fall were pretty shit hot.

Tonight folks!

aye, that's true, but it has always striked me as the kind of shop that feels like a franchise. In my experience with them i have found the staff to be utterly incompetent when making inquiries about gear and not only that but their prices are through the roof. i know i said i didn't mind paying a little extra... but 7.99 for a pack of ernie ball super slinky guitar strings is extortion. that's why i tend to favour R&B. do yous remember Prosound on holburn street? that was a great shop

Bruce Millers is a local business too isn't it?

Nae saying BM > R&B or anything like - I like both in equal measures, and have purchased gear from both!

i don't mind paying a little extra in R&B. supporting the local businesses innit.. use them or lose them

they chucked in like 4 pairs of sticks when i bought a drum kit in there, that was without asking

By mistersticks, shot with A100 at 2010-03-03

couldn't manage to get any other pictures up on the internet, but please pm and i'll email the pictures.

Forgot to add that the nut has been upgraded from plastic to bone.

cheers for looking folks

my thought process:

"oh my god my hands are bleeding..

...they are going to fall off

Thank fuck there's only one more song to go..

i can't wait for a hot bubble bath after this..."

It is a great sounding guitar,

I lied though, i won't have pictures up until tomorrow as i've left my camera at the parents hoose....sake

I've got a Pearl Export shell pack, 20" Bass, 10 x 8 High Tom, 12 x 9 Middle Tom,

and 14 x 14 Floor Tom.

Sparkling green/grey

But you might be better off buying a complete kit

Black

22 Frets,

2x P90 pickups

This is in excellent condition bar a dink on the top of the guitar, this model is discontinued.

I'll get pictures up tonight but it is exactly like this one:

also comes with a PRS gig bag, and i will restring it so that it is ready to go.

looking for around 200

I've got a splash and a china for sale if your're interested in bulking out your set up after you get the ones you are after

http://www.aberdeen-music.com/forums/equipment/59843-sabian-xs20-10-splash-sale.html

bumpity bump

bump

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Hi there,

Selling my helmet as I no longer have a bike, it is a size MEDIUM.

AGV Airtech Tribute Gunmetal

That's the specifications there, only my one is red like this:

Exellent condition, and very clean, I only used this helmet briefly. Comes with helmet bag to protect it from scratches. I will get some photos if required, otherwise you can see it in person.

Looking for 75 ONO

cheers