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Hi bass community, I have a Mark Bass COMBO 121 and would like add an extension cab to beef up the sound, am I right in thinking it needs to be 8 OHMS to match the COMBO and will this increase the overall volume? regards Roger

All Together Now - The Beatles

I though this would be a little light relief after the Camilo/Tribal Tech epics but it wasn't. Bloody slapping. I hates it, I does (transcribing it, not hearing it). This is the Stefano Cerri bass part for the tune 'Surrender' from the 1982 Jon Anderson album, 'Animation'. A fantastic record that has never been off my playlists since the year it came out. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/surrender-jon-anderson/

I'm out now! Recent acoustic folk band rehearsals revealed that my Phil Jones Double 4 just didn't quite have the capacity against an acoustic drum kit. As a result, I borrowed a DB Hype 8 last week to try as a replacement, and it worked great. Pressed the go buy button the following day and it arrived yesterday. Looking forward to the gigs at the end of the month a lot more now.....

Sounds like a great night, nice one

What about it?

Looking at my gear ins/outs this year (so far) and am treating it more as an exercise in trying to keep in the black. Currently at about £75 in the red.

A really good, versatile sounding Guitar App. Picked, strummed and chord Arps. Check out the demos! Neo Guitar Series | Parallax Guitar

I have 3 Warwick Corvette 5-strings and they are each different; one in particular has a thicker neck which is not suited to my hands. I would assume that there are per-instrument variations in the other models too and thus you couldn't have 100% confidence that the one you were looking at would be just like the one someone had let you have a go on. TBH, though, the same applies to most instruments.

Went to a Mad Professor gig last night, live dubbing. Was a good show also with Joe Ariwa and Ariwa vocalists Abel Miller and I Jah. And a highlight for me was a new mix of this:

I've seen it for musical instruments, watches, and even a tool box. The issue is probably that they train the system using its own output, which therefore reinforces its ability to output meaningless drivel. It's the AI equivalent of inbreeding. I don't see how it will improve without them doing a rethink, because (if it is AI and not just a rule-based search & replace falsely presented as "AI") the system has been in place for many months and built its knowledge base on poor data. I did have a number of pages of predefined searches on eBay, which excluded the key phrases endemic in the "AI" descriptions to weed them out so I didn't have to see them. But, alongside that, eBay have also chosen to endorse counterfeits, using another implementation of its "AI" to assess reports, and declare no contravention of listing policy found; as a result, I lost faith in their service. They then introduced buyers fees (aka "buyer protection"), which states "If an item doesn’t arrive, is faulty or damaged, or doesn’t match the listing description, you can request a refund within 30 days of the delivery date." and "Experts verify the authenticity of your item for free and carry out a multi-point inspection all at no extra cost.", but how can you trust that when they are actively generating those descriptions and wilfully rejecting reports of counterfeits? So I've pretty much stopped using eBay.

Quite agree

Good job. If I am ever over that way I will pop by. Is that a lightning rod extension to the mic?

Odd post. Buy crap, do it up. Just buy a serviceable Squier, Harley Benton or EastCoast. And what exactly is a 'Hipshot rip-off tuner'?

The pedalboard doesn't make any difference from what I can tell. The video was bass direct into the amp, and with the pedalboard added the noise is exactly the same. Again this is a new issue and nothing has seemingly changed to cause it. Pedalboard and amp have been working fine together previously and I haven't made any changes. I'm in the UK and on all occasions have just been using mains power with the same issue as home and at various venues. This could be a factor adding to the noise for sure, but I'd be very surprised if it was causing such a problem all of a sudden. Had a look a can't see any missing screws, but thank you for suggestion. Thank you for all the input, it's much appreciated. I have some time this week so I'll take the casing off the amp and see if there's anything obvious!

This is what my uncle used to say. Lovely bloke, terrible ringmaster.

Seen loads of bands where members have a pad on a stand next to their mic-stand. It's an absolute turn off for me. Would confidently say that if you need a comfort blanket like this, then you really shouldn't be gigging. Brutal opinion, eh? You learn your material, you rehearse and rehearse until the songs become muscle memory and then you go out and play live. The only prompt you should need is an A4 sheet of paper with your set list on it, beyond this, no safety net.

The statue has been unveiled and looks great. BBC News - Statue of Motörhead singer Lemmy Kilmister unveiled in Burslem - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly39732qyvo

BUT ... THE CLEF??

I had a very up and down relationship. When it was good, it was the best feeling. There's nothing like having a room full of people headbanging along to your tunes. Playing to a room with only three old blokes who wanted classic rock, not sludge metal was just depressing. I have looked for bands but the ones playing interesting stuff want someone under 35 (I'm a lot older) and the ones my age seem to all play 80's style metal which just doesn't do it for me at all