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What Have You Done For Me Lately ? - Janet Jackson

I'm not getting into discussion of room modes (the collection of resonances in a particular space) here. It merits it's own seperate discussion and is probably better suited to being in the PA section or studio recording. Science works by isolating single variables and investigating and understanding them one at a time. In this little bit all I wanted to do was explain a simple phenomenon which we've all experienced and can easily rectify. It's more psychoacoustics than physics. Maybe a bit of biology. Most of our lives are lived at modest sound levels (70-80db) and the frequencies that are most important for daily living are in the mid-range. The quieter it gets the more the mids are boosted in our brains. If we listen to music quietly we need to add a bit of 'loudness' or the balance sounds weedy. Bassists in particular need to know of the opposite effect; if we increase the volume above the 80db range then we need to apply anti-loudness, to boost the mids and cut bass (treble in this case is outside of the range of a bass guitar). This will restore the tonal balance that you have set up so carefully at home or in the rehearsal room. This is the bit you as a bassist are in sole charge of. This is about preserving your own tone It's the job of whoever is in charge of the PA to deal with room resonances (or room modes), though in a really awful room they might need you to help out by turning down or reducing you lower frequencies especially if you are using backline only for bass.

I have never regretted buying one. My biggest problem with it is that I like flats and rounds on it and I can't afford to get another one so I don't have to keep changing strings!

I would also ask that with out the good old days of music press and A&R men and local radio and local newspapers and all of the other things that made a local music scene get national attention how does anyone get people to their gigs? I’m not sure that TikTok works well for everyone.

Most bands will probably make more profit from a T-shirt sale than they would from someone buying their CD or record, so if you can only afford to buy one thing, a T-shirt supports the band to a greater extent. It is, however, sad that this is the case.

Please Please Me (Beatles)

So how do you discover new music other than by going to gigs?

Please Mister Postman - The Marvellettes

I really want to try one of the Artcore basses. Most of the shortscale semis seem to have narrower string spacing. The Jack Casady has “normal” 19mm spacing and feels great in the hand, but for my money didn’t sound old-school thuddy enough. Thomann (with the exception of the Artcore basses) have the annoying habit of listing the nut width, but not the string-spacing at the bridge, which IMO much more affects how wide string-spacing feels. I love my Eastwood Classic 4, but even that is only 16mm spacing, which is sub-optimal

Lightning Strikes The Postman - Flaming Lips

Have you reached any conclusions yet? I have a DPA but am always slightly disappointed with the results I get. I also find it unusable as a gigging mic. Have you considered trying a Nadine? I never have, but the demos sound very good.

I take it you're not 70 years old, registered disabled, and unable to drive - like me 😔 In my condition I have to rely on others to help me out.These folk have their own lives and a 'day out' is a bit much to ask. It's why I rely on on-line shopping and websites like basschat for much appreciated information. Returns Policies in Blighty like everywhere else vary. And quite often the bass I have my mind is being sold privately and not by a shop. Playing the bass (and keyboards) is what gets me through my day.

Yep I figured it out the very next day as soon as I pulled the f***** back apart. One of the speaker wires got disconnected. I believe it was the ground wire that didn't I'm not sure. So yes I figured it out she don't sound bad I actually got bitched out by the property manager of where I live at because of it. I was also able to get my SWR La 15 back together. Even though I got to find the screws to screw the speaker back in place. Then figure out the three wires to hook the illuminated toggle switch up for the power. I hope and pray that she actually starts working again. Sorry about the late reply man.

They’re brilliant instruments with some serious pedigree, and mostly pretty inexpensive, unless you’re going for a high-end TRB or something. Plenty of used ones out there too, and they’re almost all excellent. You don’t hear about too many big-name players using them these days - they’ve got the same people they’ve had for years, like Nathan East, Patitucci, Sheehan, Hooky, etc but never really seem to add anyone new to their roster of endorsees. I guess they go for quality over quantity. You do seem to see quite a lot of them in the hands of session guys though. Those who know, know.

I want one of those. My singing teacher has one and I've picked it up briefly when there and it looks like a great piece of kit. I have an Artist Guitars NTL1 solidbody nylon which is close enough for me, at the moment, especially at 1/3 the cost of the Yamaha. Mine sits by my bed to practice, noodle and write on. I'm getting my recently replaced cell phone repaired to use as a recorder to write on as I won't take my mobile into that part of the house.

the finish on this 90s stingray has seen better days but for some reason it plays better than ever.

Maybe from your perspective they would, but it doesn't mean from Yamaha's POV they would. A small community online seldom translates to sales and the small number of older one's out there, doesn't add up to sales to me. If Yamaha did limited releases of say 500 units as a once off, they might sell, but it doesn't seem that's their market.

If you don't need a P you haven't experienced a grumpy prostate.

That's all octave skips. Focus on just playing the one pair of notes until you can keep it going smoothly at speed, then start moving the pattern up and down the neck (think South Bank Show theme). That's where I am. My approach would be: Learn the patterns, just staying on the lowest note of each pair. Then put skips and patterns together and try the song.