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I was at first - my brother had scoliosis as a child leading to a big op when he was 12/13. Then I realised that the bumps in the road have led him to be a successful and happily married man. challenges build character - so Iris will have lots of it 😏 thanks for the kind words, she’s a clever little thing and I hope she continues to surprise us.

I'll be coming to the bash with my wife and kids as I did last year. My wife drops me off with the kit then takes the kids to the coast. We've changed car since last year (had a Zafira then, which you can fits loads into) so I've just tried to see what I can get in the boot of the new car. Bit disappointing as I can't get everything I wanted to bring in it. But then I had an idea. It's only about 90 mins from home so this should work for that short time as I can fit more kit on the back seats. Problem solved. See you Sunday!

It depends how the P and J pups are wired. If it has a single Vol and Tone and a 3-way pickup selector switch (P, P+J. J) then, when in the P position it will be exactly the same as a P bass. On the other hand, if the pickups are wired Vol/Vol/Tone (or Vol/Blend/Tone) then the resistance of the additional pot changes the pickup loading and the solo'd P will sound slightly darker. It's not hugely noticeable, but there is a subtle tonal difference. If you want to retain the original tonal range of the P pickup then wire it with a selector switch.

For a long time I've wanted to record a few songs with around 5-6 instruments purely for my own amusement. I have a Mac and said instruments but where do I start? I've never done this before and I'm aware that I need an interface to get the music from the instruments to the mac but what to use? It needs to be simple and effective, I know Focusrite make lots of stuff but I have no idea what to buy, or software? I have garageband somewhere and I tried that. I laid down one track and for the life of me couldn't work out how to switch the damn thing to track two. Any help to get me started would be much appreciated. tom.

And here’s the reason. Iris Julia, 8lb 6oz. very beautiful!

When this happens, don't sand it. Instead use the back of the sand paper to dust over the paint finish. This will remove all the gritty "nibbs", and doesn't remove as much paint.

When we were lads( on the penny farthing) we had sound effects too...piece of cardboard and a clothes pegs to attach it to the frame so it touched the spokes...

The only downside for me would be that I`d continually be trying different permutations of pickups for the ideal sound, whereas with a straight P-bass it`s everything on full all the time, less to think about. Additionally if your sound is a PJ and you have to use a different bass for whatever reason, well it`s much more likely that a regular P-bass will be at hand, maybe a Jazz, so replicating the sound of a PJ could prove difficult, easier to obtain a regular P-bass sound.

That's the dinosaurs for you.

If nothing else a PJ gives you more places to rest your thumb when playing, so giving you more tonal options.

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Just thought I'd contribute to the thread with one of my fave lefties, a late 90's USA P-bass.

Yes as I said it's back and now the Platinum version is totally free here (Only Windows) https://cakewalk.bandlab.com/

I’ll see what I can do in the morning.

So... I went for a Tonehammer 350. Very happy! 😊 thanks all for the advice

It is genuinely awesome. It sounds better imo than the Ampeg CL I had for a short while. Plus there’s the overdrive on it. So now my DG Alpha Omega is kept for proper hi gain parts.

Filler primer is worth a go, it hides a multitude of sins as my efforts on cars have proved over the Years!

Hello all, just checking in. Everyone that’s paid so far, thank you. (If you’ve paid your invoice then I’ve received it so no worries.) i checked with the distributor and they are still working to April delivery but haven’t had a confirmation of date as yet. They are in production however so hopefully not long now. When I know more I’ll let you know. Thanks for the patience. Cheers, D.

Well, if you're going that far back: Death - Symbollic, Human, Spiritual Healing and The Sound Of Perseverence Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness Entombed - Left Hand Path Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn, Tomb Of The Mutilated Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten Start with these classics and you'll be well positioned for anything more modern

Tony Levin Double espresso.

Quick! To the Batpond, Robin!

This is good advice. Plus, if you display it in your house just about everyone who ever visits will be impressed even if it's a massively battered Czech beast from the 60s. I've taken it to the extreme and I now have my DB in my office, which I think has directly led to at least one contract being won.

Just thinking about last night's post again with the benefit of hindsight (and less brain-fade - it was past my bed-time), I've got one correction and a couple of additions: CORRECTION What I said about needing to know the exact species of rosewood is probably misleading; if you know it's rosewood and have proof of origin, that's enough. (The regulations are framed to include the names of all the different species so that the authorities can recognise rosewood under any other name.) ADDITIONS I can't stress enough how helpful APHA were in enabling me - a self-confessed newbie - to get to grips with the CITES stuff. They gave me the 'idiot's guide' on the phone, e-mailed me the application form and other relevant info, and then talked me through by phone the bits of the form that I didn't understand. They also summarised what our customer would need to do to ensure the import procedures went smoothly. The cost of our permit was £59 btw. If any of you are faced with the prospect of tackling CITES, I'll be happy to send you a copy of one of our completed application forms to give you an idea of what's involved (I'm pretty sure that the information required for importing will be similar). Last but not least, if you've got a guitar (or anything else!) made of rosewood, maybe hang on to it - it's likely to become an appreciating asset; I recently spotted a Brazilian rosewood-bodied guitar up for £36-grand IIRC. Makes our rosewood Contour S bass look like a bargain at £2200 (OK, I'll get me coat) Scrumpymike

Lots of options for you to choose from, overwhelmingly so in fact My own suggestions would be: Buy a Focusrite 2i2 interface (or if you can stretch to it the 2i4). Low latency, very reliable and the best bang you'll find for your buck$. Learn how to use Garageband. Many other softwares exist, but if you're struggling with Garageband then you're really going to struggle with something more advanced. Garageband is a great place to start and once you've got the hang of it, you'll be well versed to progress to other software in future if you wish (but you might find that Garageband does everything you need). If so, Apple Logic would be the..err... logical next step. Final word: there's no shortcut to music production. You're going to have to invest some time in learning the basics and figuring out the necessary software/hardware. I personally find YouTube tutorials much more intuitive than reading manuals. Hope that helps and visit the Recording forum here if you have any specific questions.

Reaper is very good, and intuitive, you can use the full version on an “open ended” trial period and there are lots of online tutorials if you want to get more involved have fun

I think it's probably a different thing in the states. In the UK rocky pop bands are very much in favour for weddings at the moment. Many people are opting for bands that look and sound like a rock / indie / pop band rather than the now slightly dated "shirts, ties and waistcoats" type clean cut bands that were dominating the wedding scene a couple of years ago. No not all bars are cramped but ime there's almost always more space at function venues.

I have a P Lyte and as I never use jazz bridge pickups mine sits redundant, I only bought it because it was a P and it's very light. (no pun intended)

Replace it with a new lighter Wal. Get ahold of Paul and tell him what you need...he will build it that way. I dont want light ones, I prefer high 9's to 10.0 lbs. But the 2015 Mk3 4 string Paul built is only 8.6 lbs.

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Cooling fans are my pet hate in modern amps. I've sold on some great combos and amps because they had acoustically obtrusive cooling fans when used in a quiet room/recording session. In a performance situation it wasn't such an issue. A lot of bass players I suspect don't have the luxury of having a home jam setup thats separate from their gig setup. Cooling fans are a modern day compromise imho for the large alloy heatsinks of old that allowed solid state amps to run quietly. I haven't heard what a Mesa Subway D800 fan sounds like but have had experience of TC Electronic, Eden, and Ashdown cooling fan noises and have been driven to distraction by them. It's possible to retrofit a silent cooling fan but you might invalidate your amp warranty and perhaps not cool it properly. My solution was to source an old skool combo for home rehearsal/recording (a Peavey TKO80 1x12combo in my situation that is silent!) and leave the fan cooled beast strictly for live performance.

I have one - Peavey says the speakon outs are paralleled, whatever that means ? 4 ohms minimum so i'm guessing it will take no lower than two 8 ohm cabs ( one in each speakon ) or one 4 ohm cab in one of the speakons. I guess " paralleled " means they are not seperate mono amps, otherwise i could run my 2 Beyma 2x10 cabs which are 400 watt and 4 ohms each. Instead, i run my single 8 ohm 600 watt self build Fane 1x15 cab Peavey call the Kosmos button "Built-in KOSMOS® bass enhancement and psychoacoustic sub controls " ... but i can tell you its identical to an octvaer, and a brilliant one at that. Just be careful when you engage it I love it - the options for EQ ing are outstanding. And it weighs less than my slippers. I managed to score an ex demo model for an excellent price, but no peavey bag. I sourced a rather spiffing sturdy padded laptop bag off NastyBay for £14 If your taste for amps are similar to mine, you'll love it

I feel ashamed now

I never saw the attraction either. I had a friend in the early 70s (when we were 10/11) who must have had one of the original versions. He looked like a complete idiot wobbling about on his brand new Raleigh Chopper and was the only person in our year who failed his Cycling Proficiency Test due to him not being in adequate control of his bicycle. Also the big fat tyres were rather prone to getting punctures compared with other designs and as a result we tended not to ask him out when we zoomed around the neighbourhood on our bikes as inevitably he'd slow us down when his tyres became defaulted and we'd end up having to help him carry his heavy and ridiculous excuse for a bicycle back home.

Hey hey! First sneak peek of the DVD.. out April 13th :-)

Just make sure you stay well away from the Brass section

I'm a touring sound engineer and also run a production company that supplies fancy-pants function band agencies with systems and engineers, and I can confirm that this is an utterly daft setup you're running. If the only reason he can manage is that you don't have enough monitor mixes on your desk, sell one of the two pairs of tops and your current desk, buy one of the raft of relatively inexpensive tablet-based digital mixers that are now available and have plenty aux outs (or a used Allen & Heath MixWizard, if you're of the strictly old-school analogue persuasion, as that'll fit in a standard 19" rack width and do six aux outs). Ten years of band-leading doesn't automatically mean he's got any idea at all about sound reinforcement.

Did somebody say “Envelope Filter”?!

She shouldn't have to, but 2018 is not exactly a time of tolerance and human compassion. We're in an era of intellectual regression. Actually it's not quite as simple as that. We're in an era abundant with intellectual progress and tolerance, which is being stifled by an increasingly dumb, aggressive and intolerant ageing population, who wish it was still 1842. And thanks to the miracle of modern medicine, they're out there shuffling about in huge numbers, and they will live until they're 136 years old. So it's going to take a long time for attitudes to change significantly.

I was never a big fan of the BDDI, but the VTDI has totally revolutionised my playing and I've not bothered taking an amp to shows since I bought one. I just run straight into whatever is onstage - it's only backfired once when I was given an old Carlsboro which appeared incapable of reproducing bass frequencies, but I just cranked the mids and pretended I was Lemmy for the evening... I've had so much fun with it that I'm starting to get curious about picking up a second BDDI/VTDI and running them in parallel to front of house for dual gnarly/vintage sounds.

Congrats on the retirement Shelly and sorry I couldn't get to either of your recent gigs, weather was shocking.

Not trying to be a smart arse but Magellan is not a random girlie name, it's a word that refers to discovery, exploration and circumnavigation (after the portugese explorer Ferdinand Magellan). I'm guessing it's a reference to the technology behind the new genz stuff, or a reference to breaking new ground etc.