BULLS HEAD BOB - May 2022. ZOOM G1 X4 Update. Bev Bevan Very upset!! EXPOSED Metal Bands and The Dark Arts!! Gibson Theodore

 Hello Brummies,  Musicians, Brummies Abroad and all you wicked blog readers.

 ZOOM G1 X4 UPDATE.    

A couple of blogs ago I promised an update on the ZOOM Multi fx pedal.  Since then things came along that diverted me from that promise but now I shall address that omission.    I have to say right from the off that this piece of kit is very small in size but is a GIANT technically.   I am totally impressed by its capabilities and choices of sound that it affords, so much so that it would be nigh on impossible for me to write an in-depth review covering all the details of its wondrous workings which are many fold!!    At this point I need to re-iterate that I was a "FX Pedal virgin" until buying this and in truth I bought it as an aid to recording rather than for live performances and I am still in the learning process.

There are many, many YouTube clips of "How to" use all its possibilities and, to that end, I suggest that this is the best way for us all to learn, one facet at a time.  I have been a regular viewer.

I DO recommend it as a purchase though if you are thinking about effects, it's cheap and really built well, it occupies a tiny bit of space which is a real bonus and will give you endless hours of fun if you are a "knob twiddler" refining and honing your own preferences. There are installed pre-sets that can make you sound like David Gilmour or Brian May and you can build all your own effects desires outside of the pre-sets that are installed and the pedal will automatically save them for you.  It's a no brainer really, even if you buy one just for fun.

BEV BEVAN is Very Upset!!

Brummie drumming star Bev Bevan has had his Facebook account closed after being accused of breaking 'community standards' by failing to comply with Facebook regulations of account holders in that he failed to renew his associated email account in January.   He said "I'm Very Upset".  His current agent Ashley Yeates stated to Birmingham Live..... 

"What I think happened with Bev's account.  We couldn't get in.  Somebody has either reported it and said it's not a legitimate account or somebody has posted on there.  We dont know what it was.  Bevs email account we had set up linked with the Facebook account had lapsed.   Around the same time the email lapsed, something happened to Bev's Facebook account.  By the time we noticed it we had 48 hours to sort it and get in or it would be switched off".

The account was subsequently deleted.   

COCK UP ON THE ADMIN FRONT    

I Bob, along with millions of others in the New Year, received from GMail notice that unused email accounts would be closed if they had not been used in the past few months.   It is common practice to link email accounts to other applications and not physically use them as channels of communication when the linked account itself has it's own messaging service as part of the application.   Rules are Rules and if you fail to comply with them you are guilty of breaking those rules and you will lose your account accordingly.

If you do lose your account it doesn't mean that someone had maliciously hijacked the account with mal intent. It means that you had failed in your obligation to maintain your account within the guidelines.  It's no great mystery, it's an administrative blunder that can happen to anyone.   Ashley Yeates further stated that "I and Bev both posted on the account as Bev was "less Tech Savvy' than me". ??? 

Drummers favourite PIN Number......1-2-3-4

HEAVY METAL GROUPS AND THE DARK ARTS EXPOSED!  NONE OF THEM ARE IN LEAGUE WITH THE DEVIL SHOCKER!!

What is it that makes metal fans believe that heavy metal groups are in league with the Devil??  It's no secret at all, it's the groups themselves, if you state something often enough then people believe it.    They all seem to home in on Alastair Crowley, self proclaimed dark wizard and the fact that Jimmy Page bought Crowleys house in London as explicit evidence of the sinister link, I believe that it was simply that Page had lots of dosh and could afford it.  

In a world shattering Bulls Head Bob expose, I can now reveal  that, in fact these Metal heroes are just ordinary people who wear black clothes,  crucifixes and cloaks, apart from when they pop round to their Mums house for tea on Sunday.   Just to be on the safe side however, thank goodness us ordinary mortal souls have Albus Dumbledore and The Shadows back catalogue of melodic tunes to save us all from their "Dark Riffs". No dark arts here thank you.  I'm a Hank Man!

Should you require confirmation just take a gander at the wonderful "Bad News" by Rik Mayal and Ade Edmonson it will explain everything.  

ART FOR ARTS SAKE - GIBSON THEODORE.

I get a bit pissed off with mega companies profiteering from defenceless musicians.  This time its Gibson and their recent offering, the Theodore.   It's a limited edition of a guitar that was never manufactured by them before, although the plans had been drawn up many years ago. It is now on sale for $4999 dollars and there are only 318 guitars.

Why was it not released?  Well I would guess that they thought, at the time, that it wasn't good enough but now in the world of stupid money it seems like a good way to get people to part with it stupidly.  The guitars will be bought by them then stored away until some person with more stupid money than they had will buy them for double the price....and so it goes.

It looks crappy to me, a slab of wood with a couple of P90s but then again I'm neither rich and/or stupid.

FINALLY

Remember, May the Fourth is Star Wars day.

Slava Ukraine!!

Take Care of each other, avoid buying anything Russian. 

Bob

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