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Offline Dr Goggles

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2970 on: November 02, 2012, 09:57:08 PM »
The peanut that I got the cluster from must have been too busy using both his arms and a mirror trying to pinpoint the exact location of his arse to have had any time to check that what he was telling me was correct because we have the 1.38 third gear mentioned in my post above as the standard V8 ratio set, we wanted the 1.25 which is what he told me we were getting....from June 12 2012

Just ordered an M21 cluster and new third gear. we go from 1.51:1 down to 1.25:1 which means we hit top at 5600 instead of 4700.


so there we go.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2971 on: November 03, 2012, 02:47:44 PM »
Snip, Snip.....Bob`s your Auntie.... :cheers:

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2972 on: November 03, 2012, 03:47:18 PM »
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2973 on: November 03, 2012, 06:13:26 PM »
Sparky --

You've done it again.  One of my favorite videos, again.  Don't stop posting it.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2974 on: November 03, 2012, 10:16:12 PM »
Snip, Snip.....Bob`s your Auntie.... :cheers:

no, then he would be my sister
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2975 on: November 03, 2012, 10:25:23 PM »
When it drops off and I can no longer remember where it was I feel compelled to bring it forward again---maybe I can get 199 to help me with my CRS for awhile   :-D
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2976 on: November 03, 2012, 10:28:09 PM »
I was having a beer with Nicky del Ray the guitarist in that clip last Sunday and told him that this clip had become popular with the folk here on LSR.com....... I've been putting the bite on Mark for a cut for promotional services but he's a slow payer......most of those peeps there are still playing regular gigs, Nicky was playing yesterday, Tanya Lee is playing today and of course despite his contention in  the song Mark Ferrie is now very famous as the bass player in the Rock-Kwiz band, a TV show shot live here in Melbourne featuring a rock n roll quiz show and live music.....

anyway here's a clip from your back yard, this guy can play guitar......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrU9DrLZwc0

got me buggered how those two guys sitting behind him are still upright after he plays the solo......Eilen's got a crackin voice too
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2977 on: November 03, 2012, 11:06:34 PM »
Arrrggghhh.... audio engineer-- balance the tracks!!!
Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2978 on: November 03, 2012, 11:11:08 PM »
NEAL  :cheers:  :cheers:  :cheers:
Miss LIBERTY,  changing T.K.I.  to noise, dust, rust, BLUE HATS & hopefully not scrap!!

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2979 on: November 03, 2012, 11:51:30 PM »
Arrrggghhh.... audio engineer-- balance the tracks!!!

A line out from the mix desk would have been a better source - we're hearing the camera mic on this one.

If I learned nothing else in my years doing shows behind the console, it's this - the damned electric guitar will always find its way into the mix.  I'd always stick a mic in front of the guitar player's amp, but as often as not, the fader was down.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2980 on: November 04, 2012, 02:02:48 AM »
Hey, when we get to 200 pages, do we get a letter from the Queen?
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2981 on: November 04, 2012, 02:24:53 AM »
Hey, when we get to 200 pages, do we get a letter from the Queen?
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What, a letter of reprieve?

Clause 29 of the Magna Carta is still in force.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2982 on: November 04, 2012, 04:35:01 AM »
Arrrggghhh.... audio engineer-- balance the tracks!!!
Chris is right, it's off the camera. You never trust a guitar player who plays with their amp at their feet...unless it's pointing at their head they're always too loud, they may well still be too loud, but it's slightly less likely if it's pointing at them.That guy is too loud, but he's bloody rockin'.There's another issue with not being near the focal point of the amp and that is that you hear a different tone profile, generally it's short on high frequencies and so you overcompensate.He's still rockin. :cheers:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2983 on: November 04, 2012, 04:38:37 AM »
It's all coming back to me
We used to get the Guitarist to point his amp across the stage and at his head
That way there was always someone on stage to tell him to turn it down



Hey, when we get to 200 pages, do we get a letter from the Queen?
G

What, a letter of reprieve?

Clause 29 of the Magna Carta is still in force.


I'm thinking a 200 pages hat

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #2984 on: November 04, 2012, 11:44:17 AM »
Arrrggghhh.... audio engineer-- balance the tracks!!!
Chris is right, it's off the camera. You never trust a guitar player who plays with their amp at their feet...unless it's pointing at their head they're always too loud, they may well still be too loud, but it's slightly less likely if it's pointing at them.That guy is too loud, but he's bloody rockin'.There's another issue with not being near the focal point of the amp and that is that you hear a different tone profile, generally it's short on high frequencies and so you overcompensate.He's still rockin. :cheers:

No criticism intended of the performance-- it was rockin' but it was marred by the poor audio. If it was only the camera mic the engineer gets off blameless.

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ     try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReZ8-OpYogI&feature=fvwrel
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