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here are some tunings i use on the guitars
I mainly use open E and I’m starting to use open G
Standard tuning E-A-D-G-B-E (Eric And Duane’s Guitar Beats Everything)
Open G: D-G-D-G-B-D (the most common slide tuning, EC’s favourite Dobro tuning).
Open E: E-B-E-G#-B-E (Duane’s favorite tuning, Delta Blues, stress for the neck)
Open D: D-A-D-F#-A-D (also with capo for open E)
because of the decency and respect of john the landlord of the golden lion pub last night after the first spot he came over and asked us to turn down just a notch and because of having the same conversation with members of the band a few of the lads may not agree with me and the way I work this reminds me to write this blog before i forget.
we played the stonewell tavern about a month ago, personally i have been going in the pub for over 20 years and like a pint or a glass of wine in the pub on a thursday at the jazz session or over the weekend when they have various bands on. now I’m not saying our band isn’t loud but the lass behind the bar chirped up while were sound checking saying she was shutting the place down if we played that loud, i went out front and listened and it didn’t seem quite bad considering the place was empty and the volume would get absorbed when the people we had coming to see us came in. so we started our set after few songs the land lady started to shout across the room from behind the bar at me saying turn down which i said ok and went to tell the band and then some other random woman chirped up and interfered which made her start up again shouting at me while i was performing on the stage so i asked her to carry on with her job and i will sort the band then she got high rate and told me i was rude so by this point I’m boiling so i told her she was annoying me and was ready for packing down my equipment, I’ve never had this happen to me in over 20 years of playing and personally will not put up with it fair enough if other band members want to allow this happen to them thats there choice in this case I’m not putting up with she can screw herself she is a jumped up bad excuse for a landlady end of. So i gets of stage the lass behind the bar says you going to apologise were i replied I will if she does for being so unprofessional so then I said I’m sorry so she said she wasn’t so i retracted my apology and basically barred myself from the pub. She said all the band had apologised which was a lie as my honourable band member and cousin jimmy never and said she was out of order, so thanks for the loyalty i really appreciate the honour and decency for you to look at the situation properly. So apart from getting electric shocks from the dodgy wiring and the piano taking up half the stage I’m really pissed of about it because it aint a bad pub and i like gerry but i aint playing in the pub again till i either get an apology or the place gets a new landlord well land lady. Plenty more other band places in lancaster to play instead. I also consulted my farther and other decent musicians for there option and they say I’m correct so to the other people who may disagree with me man up get a set of balls and don’t be walked over by somebody who just manages a pub whoopee shit anybody can do it, i don’t care if she is apparently a nice person i think she is a disrespectful old boot and can go and suck egg wind – end off – check out my google review aswell I haven’t finished there trust me more to come don’t like it read this TUFF SHIT.
1. Good gig at the golden lion last night, we had richard on drums as our drummer pulled in the week and didnt want to let the place down! we got a one hour rehearsal in at the coop before the gig at the music coop were two things went wrong, number they turned the electric off without any warning which isnt good for the tubes on my amp so im going to suggest they let bands know about this fair enough you pay for time and they chop the electric but who pays for the knackered valves o my tube amp? ok we mentioned you are meant to watch you watch but why do i want to watch that when im rehearsing in a zone? i cant see some kind of indication IE a light that flashes in the room warning you 5 minutes before costing that much money to implement? certainly a lot less than a full set of replacement tubes for my orange amp?… then i gets outside and in the same place ive been parking my car for over 20 years ive got a damn parking ticket? I couldnt see no sign so i went and had a look this morning and there is a sign but on the other side so im going to the council that traffice warden is a wanker and should play by the rules. any way the gig was great! it was looking empty around 8.45 but by 9.15 the place was cooking!! went down a treat. John the landlord came up to us after the first set and set bloody great but can we notch it down just a slight touch which was decent of him well certainly better than the stupid cow in the stonewell tavern who has a full on argument while your performing on the stage but thats another story….. overall great night though. I took the new gibson in that i bought for a G tuned slide guitar and played it in concert instead of the thunderbird, i have to say a great guitar the only thing that lets it down is the single coil pickup which yes its a cost saving guitar but single coil and gibsons just dont go im afraid do im either going to put on a seymour p90 or a seymour humbucker… hard choice. The gibson junior i got sports a p90 and sounds amazing and the thunderbird has humbuckers and sounds amazing but cant figure which is best!! im thinking p90…. have to say im glad i swapped the strat for it as the guitar i once loved was sat in the corner gathering dust, the one i said id never get rid of simply couldnt cut it after i bought the thunderbird and got the gibson bug!!!! anyway great pub the golden lion in lancaster get your assss in and try some of there traditional ales or maybe a hendricks gin if they got some cucumber?……!..
its getting close the the jam day!! last sunday of every month at the trimple club
I’ve called it musicians workshop!!
we have all the gear supplied just need a guitar or bass !! nice and easy
we have music in between the sets so no crap music on repeat!
the first day we have a few great bands to fill the spots
come along lets have a jam its going to be great
once a month so its something to look forward to and not the same old …..
we will take pictures – record it and video it and fire it all on the Facebook and main site!!!!!!!!!!
we have some posters here if you want to help advertise the event please let us know 
main website
http://musiciansworkshop.co.uk/
Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Musicians-Workshop/198214040247638
quick update for musicians workshop….
confirmed artists so far…. thunder jackson and the bandits, great R&B band – Simon Norfolk, Top notch DJ and general cool guy, Joe McCorriston Great single vocalist… more to follow
Hi just to let all top dog fans know we have now changed our name to
Thunder Jackson & The Bandits
We now have a new bass player / vocalist and I’ve moved onto guitar / slide guitar with jimmy ward.
Its added a new dimenention to the band
Make sure you track our Facebook group page for up and coming gigs
As were not to be missed – hard hitting R & B
COME SEE US SHIT HOT BAND – FORGET THE BEST!! WERE AMAZING.
tested out the new orange rig sunday, used the gibson firebird through it – amazing stuff – the orange head is the dual terror, nice and easy to use one
tone control for each of the dual channels, one gain and one volume for each channel. Also has half power / full power and switch to turn off two of the output valves which gives you 7w – 15 – 30w. Ive added the orange closed back 2×12 which is a bloody heavy cab but nothing touches it, i had the marshall cab before with a open back and it came nowhere near it. Three outputs on the back 2×8 ohm and 1x16ohn which my orange cab is. Volume wise this amp is great for home to quite big gigs don’t let the 30w get you thinking thats not loud because this thing could kick the ass out of any 100w tranny amp! plus it sounds better, you cant beat tubes for guitar end of. I an get any sound i want with the orange head and it has a nice grunt to it. It has one socket for a footswitch for switching channels and the one thing that would have been nice but not critical is no reverb but thats not the end of the earth – I’ve got a reverb and a delay pedal – plus this amp is so good i don’t need crappy effects really you can play this one dry. Okay to the point orange stuff is expensive yes its very good and I have to say better than any other amp I’ve used including my george dennis 15w blue beetle which i still own and cherish – i have to say the orange stuff just sounds like a guitar should do – real natural and a extra bonus of looking cooler than your pals in the band!! ha ha 
The amp head comes in a great quality carry bag sporting the orange logo and a great shoulder strap for lugging it about – also a compartment on the front for the power lead and a few jack leads.
The firebird sounds amazing through but what do you expect its a gibson!? plenty of grunt and sounding lovely when played subtle, the stat when tested at home was very bright were i had to tone it down a bit – very crisp and clean.
I am considering getting the 1×12 for the smaller gig the fact they are half the price and not made in the UK but in china and don’t have the same build quality is slightly of putting to me – I think ill hang on till they real ease maybe a english one……
conclusion – save up buy one its a investment and a honour.
jut got the footswitch and cab cover to order this week!!!
check out this review for blackheart afterglow
http://redrosemusiclancs.wordpress.com/2011/04/04/blackheart-afterglows-pressure-crash-7-ep-review/
good site loads of band reviews …
Watch out for this stupid bitch on eBay she stole of me and now is reporting me to the police ?
beware although she has good feedback – she ripped me off with a shirt and then stole more money of
me then she threatened me with the police – dangerous this person.
