A NEW BEGINNING......

[Jules]

Me and Josh Ace will continue with Rene Robrahn on drums and James Beck on guitar as MAN.
The new album, produced by Phil, won't come out for the upcoming tours of Britain and Germany. We will record another one in January with the new line up.
                                                                    Best wishes to you all,
                                                                                                 Martin Ace

Just to remind everyone.

Martin's been very consistent about this, so no reason to speculate otherwise.

[Rob W]

Me and Josh Ace will continue with Rene Robrahn on drums and James Beck on guitar as MAN.
The new album, produced by Phil, won't come out for the upcoming tours of Britain and Germany. We will record another one in January with the new line up.
                                                                    Best wishes to you all,
                                                                                                 Martin Ace

Just to remind everyone.

Martin's been very consistent about this, so no reason to speculate otherwise.

Either I'd forgotten or just missed that post confirming the line up, so my apologies for the tone of my posts.

[Nick Nation]

A jazzer - maybe the drums within Man will be back to a sensible volume like Terry could manage. Hurrah!

....steady, Rob....look what happened to Pugwash - all those years playing with Gentle Giant then forming a rhythm section with MA - it'll bring out the animal in him! (although maybe not the twitching, arf arf arf Pugwash joke)

But point taken - TW did display a welcome sense of dynamics during the golden era, although I still maintain this diminished.

I'd definitely have the bass drum on my Virtual Man Programme set to Pugwash, however.

[joan]

My favourite is Terry Williams but it's obvious (for me at least) Bob Richards is the best
(more talented) drummer Man have ever had.
Then I like Jeff Jones, he had a peculiar style and did lots of interesting things.

[Mike Burgess]

none of the drummers ever had enough cymbals, there are never enough cymbals...
Interesting re the virtual Man bass drum setting set to Pugwash, as Pugwash did try to buy a bass drum pedal off me once i explained mine was a left footed one, and therefore no good to him. if he'd been after cymbals he may have had more luck...

[Martin Daughton]

none of the drummers ever had enough cymbals, there are never enough cymbals...

They've all gone to dinner.

Interesting re the virtual Man bass drum setting set to Pugwash, as Pugwash did try to buy a bass drum pedal off me once i explained mine was a left footed one, and therefore no good to him. if he'd been after cymbals he may have had more luck...

I bought a left-hand plectrum today.

[Mike Burgess]

I bought a left-hand plectrum today.

Ah, but does that work for a right handed guitarist who plays left handed though?

[Davey]

i play righty but even with a guitar in my hand i play air guitar lefty,makes me wonder what

could have been, not too much though;everything is more than fine -peace-davey

[Martin Daughton]

Ah, but does that work for a right handed guitarist who plays left handed though?

Is that with a left-handed guitar strung with right-handed strings or a right-handed guitar strung with left-handed strings?
Upside down??

[Mike Burgess]

well, i was thinking more of playing with teeth. Behind the back.....

[Jules]

It's very hard getting left-handed strings these days. Even rarer than flat-wound bass strings. Most shops just pass off right-handed strings as left-handed, but if you check closely you can see the bottom three are wound the wrong way, and the top three have the ferrules on the wrong end.

That's not so bad for the top three on a Floyd-Rose trem, 'cause you chop the ferrules off anyway, but for the bottom three I often find I'm confusing my upstroke with my down stroke. I have discovered though that using a right-handed plectrum turned back to front compensates for this nicely.

Of course when picking, the plectrum trick's no good.

Really fast picking makes my nose bleed. 

[mikes]

Arf, arf, arf (WHO SAID THAT???) 

[Mike Burgess]

apparently there is new medication availaible for that floyd rose trem of yours mr Gough, it doesnt now have the stigma it once did.
never tried picking my nose with a plectrum.

It seems the manbandforum is getting a bit silly these days.





I like it.

[Alan Davies]

Flat wound bass stings are easy unless you play a 5 string. Left handed flat wound 5 sets must be impossible. Never seen a left handed capo either.

[Nick Nation]

Arf, arf, arf (WHO SAID THAT???) 

I think you just did, Mikes....every individual one of you....it's very effective in 5:1, it's like you're surrounded!

Hope this helps.