6/5/2023 0 Comments Minitune bassMost of it sounded pretty good but it wasn’t a record yet. We got the first batch of songs together rehearsing once a week for a few months, then recorded them to see what we sounded like. Greg Arnold was just back from overseas and could play a bit of bass so we invited him along to rehearse in the big warehouse on Spencer Street and suddenly it sounded like a band. Nev brought Owen in to play drums but we still needed a bass player. Once a week we would get together and record songs and it wasn’t long before we needed a band to play them. This record started out in the front room of Nev’s narrow Richmond terrace in 1997. It’s actually refreshing to hear some melody back in pop, which 90s trends have unfortunately stripped away from a lot of music, and Splurge ‘Self-titled’ is in essence a return to this lost song form.” Open My Eyes is somewhat of an eighties reincarnation: it’s difficult not to be reminded of those memorable sonic accomplishments by Steve Kilby and the Church a decade ago or so. Nine-to-Fivers’ Daily Grind follows on with a more energy-packed performance and a definite sixties quality that rocks, while The Man Who Used To Be On TV returns to the Splurge pop formula. Journey into the radio-friendly world of Splurge, where the easy going voice of Greg Williams, jangly guitars, reverb splashed tambourines, running bass lines and a solid four-four beat create the very dreamy translucent soundscape. “The melodically strong Invisible Man sets the scene for a musical Twelve tracks with particular highlights including Nine-To-Fivers Daily Grind, The Invisible Man, Inside This Skin and A Long Way To Go. “Think Jesus and Mary Chain, smooth vocals, toe-tappin’ rhythm section, percussion, sitar and piano galore. Splurge - encrypt this name into your memory.” “Hands up everyone who likes melodious pop? I’ve got something for you. Like Grant McLennon, Greg has a voice that is expressive and emotionally direct and these songs are good, particularly The Man Who Used To Be On TV and the plaintive Open My Eyes.” Splurge is every bit as good as the Everys. they were the best band to come out of Adelaide since Cold Chisel. “Greg has been doing this thing for a long time.We recall seeing his band the Every Brothers at the Club in 1989. 2 in its Best Indie Releases of the Year. Really though, Min-Etune will live or die by the ease-of-use of its interface.Splurge’s debut CD was chosen by Jeff Jenkins in InPress as one of his favourite releases of 1999. £249) to the guitar's MSRP, requires a (supplied) rechargeable battery pack and, judging from early videos, makes a slightly annoying whirring sound when tuning, could deter some. 18 tunings at the touch of a button is an exciting prospect, but the fact that it adds a not inconsiderable $400 (approx. It's too early to say without trying it out for ourselves. So that's a total of 18 tunings available, via what we hope will be an easy interface. The red bank is the go-to for most standard tunings, including 'Standard', 'DADGAD', 'Drop-D', 'Low D', 'Double Drop D' and 'Eb' the green bank is all about open tunings and includes options for open E, A, D and G, as well as 'Dobro' and 'All 4th' finally, the blue bank has six slot free for user-defined presets. The bank that you are using is navigated to via a small D-pad and is indicated by the colour of the LEDs. Essentially the unit can store three 'banks' of six tunings - six because the presets in the bank you select are indicated by the same LED-lit letters that are used to display the strings. We've yet to get hands-on with one, but Gibson has already posted the (27 page!) Min-Etune manual online.
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