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UNPLANNED DOWNTIME: 12th Oct 23:45
Fretboard Jam - North Edition - Sasquatch Studios - Huddersfield - 27th January 2018 - SONG LIST UP!
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Played some cracking tunes today - lots of fun. You’ve got some good pipes on you too mate.
Great fun meeting all you guys and playing some great tunes. Thanks for a really good day.
Special thanks to all the organisers for their sterling efforts and making the day run so well.
Never heard a Kemper before @drwiddly’s yesterday. It sounded fantastic - and the Dr is an awesome player.
Also saw @vasselmeyer’s board built by Chris @CustomPedalBoards - an absolute work of art. Chris also showed us the 3 Monkeys cabling system he’s importing - looks really good.
As I said in my previous post - a great day - thanks again to everyone.
But in all seriousness, it was great fun meeting and playing with you all. The studio bits were good, but some of the random impromptu jams that struck up in the other rooms were arguably just as enjoyable!
To echo other people's thoughts, it would be great to turn it into a full weekender in the future if feasible. It would be nice to have had the time to do 2 shots at each song in the studio. Every one i played on was a one-shot wonder and, whilst I didn't play too badly, I would have liked to have had a second bite of the cherry to iron out some of the creases! Plus obviously a weekend shindig would make it even more of a social event.
With regards to the recordings can I just say that I have no problem with anything I played on being published on Soundcloud, mistakes and all!
Note, this experience is not for the faint hearted
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youAssuming that you'll be co-ordinating the recordings, let me know when you're ready to publish, and I'll send you the details for theFB's SoundCloud account. It's a paid subscription, so we have no limits on uploads, and none of the other drawbacks of a free account.
I'd love to do a bit more of a gearfest. I'd never heard a Kemper before and the one @drwiddly played souneds immense. I'd have liked time for him to walk me through it as it's a fascinating piece of kit.
Seeing Chris from @CustomPedalBoards was cool, especially those mini pedals which sounded great, although I think some of that was the Freidmann that Andy brought!
There were so many cool guitars, amps, effects and players it all went by in a bit of a blur. I'd love to do it all over.
@TTony I assume we're going to open up a private area again for pre approving recordings?
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youThanks @vasselmeyer ;
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youMy aim for the day was to develop from a bedroom musician to someone who can jam with other musicians (this was only my third time of doing that)
1) Using recording studio was a good development - being able to observe in the control room and hear a good mix at a sensible volume was great. But the timing took a hit, and there seemed to be extra faffing due to people wanting to make sure the recording was good, use their own equipment, etc.
2) Was great having the other two jam rooms and a social area. We had great jams in the far room, and I saw people working on their songs together before they went in to play in the studio. There was more playing/jamming songs together than just playing/demoing equipment which seemed to happen more at Leicester.
3) The overall level of experience and musical ability seemed higher, but still very friendly and welcoming. If I was jamming on guitar I might have initially felt intimidated. Sitting behind the drum kit and joining in made me see that wasn’t the case, were there any other newbies there, or were everyone old hands at this? How did the newbies find the overall vibe of the day?
4) If you want to play a different version of the song to the one listed (as its a better version) -say so earlier. The version of Fortunate Son we ended up doing was better as it had a solo in it, but @drwiddly could have mentioned that a few weeks earlier so we all learnt the same version, and didn’t waste a run through!
5) Singing and playing is hard! Kudos to those that make it look easy. Much thanks to @modellista for doing a great vocal on Fire at the last minute, that song grooved!
Great day, will return to Sasquatch for another one!
Many Thanks @bridgehouse and @legionreturns
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I also heard that there was a close call with quite an expensive amp at one point due to it being plugged into the wrong speaker out. I didn't hear about this until afterwards but that and the fiddling around with kit certainly added a lot of downtime to the change overs. That was largely the point of having a set backline of 3 amps in the room but allowing people to take pedal boards in. It meant that Bob has to adjust levels before every song instead of just doing it once.
Perhaps we need to apply that rule more rigidly at the next one. After all, the Katana head was in use all day and absolutely didn't sound out of place among its more expensive cousins. You could make little tweaks and get a useable sound in a few seconds no matter what you wanted.
Thoughts?
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youi thought there was the right amount of gear, for the time we had.
but whilst saying that also not enough gear! hahahaa if it turns into a wkend next time i can sort out the lack of gear! hehehe
as for the recordings feel free to use whatever you want that i appeared on.
If guys want to bring expensive amps that's fine, but that's more of a gearfest model. I'd love to play through a Friedman and spend a bit more time with it but for a jam you need the lowest common denominator.
And I’ll cherish the recording of me belting out Pretty Vacant through @andy1839 superb Marshall Silver Jubilee at full roar, so happy to donate a few quid extra.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youI will have a chat to @Legionreturns as soon as possible and have a think about the next one.
- Mrs Returns is a formidable woman...I must not let the next one take over my life!
- Nobody likes Mustang Sally and it can die in a fire!
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youMustang Sally is a bit too ch-easy listening - not enough widdling opportunity!
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