I love that song. It seemed weird to hear it on such a "trendy" commercial...

It's called Lynx instead of Axe in the UK, but haven't heard this one yet? I'll just play the track when the next lynx commercial comes on just so I can imagine the vibe your on there.

Hope the proper person/persons are getting royalties for this cause it seems to be getting aired quite a bit...

Has anyone else checked out this Commercial? Holy Crap! They're playing Can't Seem to Make You Mine by The Seeds. I'm beside myself over here... Not sure whether I should laugh or cry. Thoughts?

Got myself one of those Peerless poison Ivy gretsch efforts - way nice - and found a Danelectro FAB Metal pedal by accident (Thanks to Steven James ex-Dogs D'Amour from his shop in Middlesbrough) is a total screamer if used with a nifty fifty already driven a bit gives that "she's about to blow" sound we all want - for £25 and the amps are cheap as well works a blinder with me Tele too!

Fuzz out!

I'm no guitarist but have played with a few and heard many on stage. I'm a huge fuzz fan and am a real fan of a blue fuzzface through a Fender Twin. Guy I played with used this set up when he played a Guild semi - the fuzz was some of rawrest and most authentic I've heard. With this set up you still get the bass tone which is lost with a mosrite, I guess alot of that was due to the amp set up.

I've checked out about it for me before, and I fround this CD. http://shorl.com/kifipreprojami The 1st and 2nd albums on 1 CD. The problem is that I haven't bought it yet, haha. But one of reviews says "if you haven't heard Gene Vincent before, start with this CD. It contains Vincent's first two (and best) albums."

What would you all say is a good starter Gene Vincent LP???

"There is a Fine Line between Clever and Stupid"
-Nigel Tufnel- (AKA Chris Guest)
Amen to that!

Yes, many newbie sound engineers/PA folks all seem to be cut from the same cloth, BUT a good one (and I know many) are worth their weight in gold. Being as I started my studio engineer carreer apprenticing (yes apprenticing!) under one of Seattle's premier live sound engineers (Jim Anderson who worked at the Central Tavern, then Crocodile Cafe and now temporarily Slim's!) He took me under his wing and taught be the ropes (so I wouldn't be one of those "dunno what is goin' on" types) He coulda just let me "sink or swim" and told me how stupid I was for not knowing Live Audio, but he didn't. I actually showed the want to learn (and I sure learned a lot too!) He taught me to set the mics and 'Dial In a Mix" then "Listen to the room" and figure out what works from the stage sound and Re-enforce it as opposed to just Amplify it. He also told me how to be polite to the bands and work with them at whatever level they are at and not be condescending to them (even if some are just stupid and didn't wanna listen!) He got the thought into my head that there are many styles and ways to doing any job and I learned though making mistakes (ones that no-one but me and Jim knew) and never screwing a band over on a mix on purpose. I learned to move quickly and fix things that needed to be fixed (on stage and behind the board) without the audience (and sometimes the band) knowing. I never got paid (until later) but I did have his respect. When I finally got to College and started to learn that "Art and Science of Recording" I already had some Reality under my belt and knew a few tricks that even my Profs didn't know and knew how to show them what I knew. I owe a bit of my survival as both a Musician and an Engineer to this.

Yes, there are a lot of wanna-be/neophyte/"I know more than you" types out there (but that is true in Music and especially Garage Music), we all know who they are (as I look in the mirror), so let's not be the one who "casts the first stone" because at some point they may just get thrown back (and a lot harder too) as us. It hurts!

I have had my Bad and Good experience on both sides of the Board and Stage. I know what it is like to Give and to Recieve the stuff we are talking about here. It is never easy so, let's keep the coments contructive and let those who might read them, learn without getting burned (to badly). Believe me when I tell you EVERYONE knows when you screw up, but no one likes to be Trashed for it. I think we all know the sting of that lash.

Meanwhile, I am off to an early morning soundcheck for my solo gig at the University Streetfair, let's hope I follow some of my own advice and not be too much of a hypocrite (hee-hee!)!
Keepa Rockin'!

Sound guys (or gals) are funny, they make me laugh every time. With every new pa guy comes new laughs. It could be that they just look funny or it could be the way they carry a mini light around there neck or a pen behind there ear like they about to design some massive fleet liner or something but mainly it's the things they say...my favourite so far is a sound guy who wanted to start soundcheking the owner of the "Fender amp" to which we replied, "Which one? All THREE of 'em are Fenders!!!"

Hey there, I can't comment on girl vocals but I can confirm the best way we know of to get an authentic garage vocal sound in general is to stick a bit of reverb through the mic channel. I've done it for years (while playing drums coincidently) and as a band we were always praised on our authentic vocal sound. Hardly anyone does it anymore and really lets a good band down when they have really dry vocals. Try it you might like it!

Now mind you, I do like the Beatles (unlike some of the garage nazis), but I was struck recently by how godawful the lead guitar in "Get Back" was... from the tone to the attack (or lack thereof)... noodle city a la Grateful Dead almost... just wretched... it's not rock 'n' roll... more like Muzak... what are some other famous wimpy guitars? Take care that it's wimpy... not technically "bad" or something wanky... just lacking cojones...

Off to Rose Tattoo tonight at the Revesby Workers, one of my all time favourites bands, this is one band I still love since getting into them in the mid 80's. Hear is a good boot of them. Rose Tattoo live at the Bondi Lifesaver 1980 recorded by Double J. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=79ALBH76

Playlist May 11th:

Ash Ra Tempel : Amboss
Psychewalks Of Eternal Karma : ?
Electric Wizard : Torquemada '71
Les Rallizes Denudes : Blind Baby Has It's Mother Eyes
Monoton : My Bride
Apa State Mental : Mockers Mantra + Medication
Sir Lord Baltimore : Hard Rain Fallin'
Third World World : Preachin' Violence
The Deviants : I'm Coming Home
Miles Davis : Directions
Edgar Broughton Band : Dawn Crept Away
Diagonal : Heavy Language
Miss 45 : Columbian Romance
The Pumpers : Don't Hafta Go
Miss Chain & The Broken Heels : Common Shell
Plasmatics : Butcher Baby
Knaughty Knights : He's Comin To Get You
Henry Fiats Open Sore : I Rock
Budgie : Breadfan
Jonathan Richman : Since She Started To Ride
The Hospitals : Jocks and Jazz
King Sound Quartet : Space is the Place
Cola Freaks : Arbejd
Aron : Underneath the Flowers
Demon's Claws : Satan's Little Pet Pig
Digital Leather : Child of Fear and Scorn
Spild Af Tid : Politiker Vold
Kalemaris : Min Nye Traktor
Turnipgreens : Carry me down the Aisle
Rotter : Rotter Over Alt
Sonic Chicken 4 : Sonic Night
Speed Glue & Shinki : Search for Love

Yeah, did you read my previous reply? I asked about Little Steven hosting the show... at least that's what is lead to be believed from your intro post. But if you don't care to reply, then forget it. Whatever.

Eh no. Anything exciting I missed?

Playlist May 4th:

Philisteins : Early Morning Memory
Electric Frankenstein : She's My Bitch
Sadies : Talkin Down
Digger & The Pussycats : Workin at a Desk
Knivknep : Knepper for mig selv
Jason & The Scorchers : Absolutely Sweet Marie
Holly Golightly : Serial Girlfriend
Stupid Party : Ghost of Terror
Pere Ubu : Final Solution
Sonic Assassin : Saddam Kiss
Hex Dispensers : Lose my Cool
Aron : Hun er ikke noget menneske
Carbonas : Butcher
Nosy Joe & The Pool Kings : Sapphire
Endless Boogie : Dirty Angel

"Noisy Boys! The Saxony Sessions" at http://www.zohomusic.com/artists.php?a=52 Listen to a few samples from the album at www.myspace.com/miketheravens2007

Yamahas are pretty durable (especially their Professional Maple Series), along with DWs. Both sound good too. Neither are cheap though. If you get a good kit like these one, then get some good road cases to go with that kit. It is worth every penny you spend on them.

I have seen some pretty good "Pawn Shop Specials" lately (due to the crappy US dollar and ecconomy!) So you might wanna check out that avenue as well. You might find some deal that could make your day.

One other option is some custom made Garcia Drums. They are made by a friend of mine Jerry Garcia (don't snicker about his name though, he has gotten a lot of that over the years!). Although I am not sure if he is still making them right now. He used to run the Seattle Drum Shop here in Seattle, but closed that up a few years back. They are some of the best and most durable drums I have seen/heard in many years. They are not cheap either, but you will get what you want both sonicly and visually.

Me, I'll stick with the classic Ludwigs from the mid 1960s (when they knew how to build 'em!).
I hope this helps. Good Luck!

Skinsuit - New Rose. Here's me drumming on a damned cover.

They can't do it, PJ. I asked this past weekend.

My first thought would be to burn the Nuggets Box Sets,1+2.Good selection of garage and an even better one of mod/beat/R n b.
If it was one tune for me it would be "Baby" by The Tasmanians.Four chords,fuzz guitar,weedy organ and the essential "my woman crapped on me" lyrics.

that would be the kind that cranks out of your car windas, not your iPeed... Mutant Hardcore Flower Hour Radio Thursdays, 10pm - to 1am With your hosts Burton, Scott, and Rosa 91.7FM or ktru.org

that would be the kind that cranks out of your car windas, not your iPeed...

hey

I'm thinking of making a guitar from these guys my "nice guitar"

right now I play on an EPI which is fine but those look bad ass

I'd go for either a white phantom with a black pickguard or a triburst hollowbody with a mirror pickguard which do you guys prefer?

any one have any experience with these guitars?

George

ps. this is probably a long way off I'll do it maybe when i'm living stateside as part of my university course or I'll do it when I get a job (I know, I know not Rock n' roll)