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Moogerfooger bass murf Sunday 15th June 2008 21:11pm
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I recently treated myself to one of the finest (in my opinion) bass effects pedals available - the MoogerFooger Bass MuRF. Here's how it is described in the instruction manual: 'It contains two basic functions: a 7-band array of resonant bandpass filters, a shelving (lowpass) filter and an “Animation” module that generates sequences of envelopes that modulate the levels of the 8 filters.' It basically creates arpeggios from an input signal and pushes them through filters. It's very synthy and un-digital, which is right up my alley.

Anyway, along with the cool sounds it makes, it also has four additional input jack sockets on the back that can have expression pedals inserted in to control four of the pedal's main functions - Rate, Mix, Envelope and LFO/Sweep. This got me thinking that you could potentially have four expression pedals all connected to the MuRF doing different things; and also that you probably wouldn't ever use all of them at once. So I built a pedal/switch that could take the output of a single expression pedal and output it to the four separate inputs on the MuRF, with a rotary switch to select which one is currently in use.

I haven't tried it yet, as I don't have an expression pedal, but fingers crossed it *should* work. Here it is:

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Bass modifications ... Saturday 14th June 2008 20:01pm
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I had my Fender Jazz modified to look truly 70's in style with white pearl block inlays on the frets. When I bought the bass back in 2005 I was really looking for an original 1970's one, and even went as far as buying one (which turned out to be a little too far gone than I had hoped). That one was a 1977, all black with maple neck and white pearl block inlays on the neck, but soon got sold on for a small loss when I decided I would buy a brand new one and put my own wear on it over the next however many years.

But anyway, I still get a little jealous seeing other basses with the block inlays, so thought I would go about finding a respectable Luthier that could fit some into my bass. A lot of people suggested I should simply replace the neck with a ready-inlaid licensed replacement or something, but that wasn't what this was about - I wanted to keep the bass as original as possible as I have grown quite attached to it over the last few years/tours.

I was recommended Knight Guitars, Surrey, on one of the forums and went with them. They turned it around within a week, had very reasonable prices and were an absolute pleasure to deal with. Here are the results ...
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Modern world studios - may 2008 Friday 23rd May 2008 22:38pm
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We (The Winchell Riots) spent three days last weekend at Modern World Studios in Tetbury with Dan Austin, recording our next release 'Kandahar Road'.

The studio was awesome, we had a lot of fun and the track came out just how we wanted it to.

Here are some photos, mainly from the second and third days (I forgot my camera) after most of it had been recorded already, so very few of us actually playing anything!
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Brighton Monday 31st March 2008 19:55pm
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Brighton by day and by night.
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My 28th birthday Sunday 10th February 2008 20:27pm
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The 8th February 2008 was my 28th birthday, so Eli and I spent the next day visiting beaches around the Gower in Swansea and trying to find a cave with a particularly old lady in.


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The winchell riots' first tour Sunday 10th February 2008 20:25pm
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The Winchell Riots' first tour:

18th Jan 2008 - Camden Barfly
23rd Jan 2008 - Glasgow Box
24th Jan 2008 - Bath Moles
25th Jan 2008 - High Wycombe White Horse
26th Jan 2008 - Liverpool Carling Academy
29th Jan 2008 - Newcastle Head of Steam
30th Jan 2008 - Manchester Retro Bar
31st Jan 2008 - Bristol Louisiana

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Christmas 2007 Sunday 10th February 2008 20:21pm
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Christmas at the Leicester household.
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The winchell riots - recording Sunday 10th February 2008 20:21pm
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The Winchell Riots recording at Truck Studios in Oxford. Three days and three songs - 'Cathedrals', 'The Man Who Mapped The Oceans' and 'I'd Lower You Down'.
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Dolittle - bolton dog & partridge Sunday 10th February 2008 20:19pm
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Photos from our Dolittle show in Bolton.
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The winchell riots - carling academy, oxford Sunday 10th February 2008 20:18pm
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Photos from our Oxford Carling Academy show supporting ILikeTrains.
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