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Alright chaps, I just spent like 40mins quoting everyone and thanking you all and putting forward a format for the next cast... then I clicked a link by mistake and the draft save didn't have all off it there, so... just... my apologies because this is going to be somewhat less well written through frustration. 😅 So here's a few quotes and quick responses and a rough plan for things to come: This was the consensus, I'm thinking no script just talking points from here on out. So for the next one I'm thinking a runtime of an hour. Quite a few people felt this way as do I myself so what do you say @Chownybass fancy a follow up? Seems this worked so we'll keep it as a segment and I shall try and refine the way I do them somewhat. We need to do some conferring behind the scenes but my personal plan is to have it out on some form of RSS feed so we can publish to Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and the like so it's available on all podcast apps and things. We just need to find the best hosting option. We did do a small set of show notes that you can view on SoundCloud with links and things, I like the copying them into the thread idea, we'll defiantly do that for the next feedback section. So here's my proposition/rough plan for the next few episodes: Keep the runtime to an hour Split Interview and Discussion episodes Keep Interviews long form but publish as two part episodes Unscripted but with taking points Keep the review segment for discussion episodes 5-10 min Intro/Outro to cover; Sight News, Announcements, Call to Action, etc. How does that sound to folk? Oh and just tagging few people so I know they'll see this; @SpondonBassed @Sibob @ped @Silvia Bluejay

God yes. It all gets very dark and serious when that starts. A silly story but we used top play a large club in Slough. During the high stakes Bingo on a Sunday night they banned any talking, phones off etc. Our guitarist, being a forgetful chap, didnt turn his off. Off he goes across the room to the bar. Whispers to the bar man for 3 pints, and starts to walk back with them. Now, im not sure why i did this, but i decided as he was crossing the dance floor to call his mobile. It might have been because i knew he had the Dambusters theme tune as his ring tone, and maybe because there was no way to put the drinks down, but it was the funniest moment we ever had at that venue.....expect for him of course 🙂

I decide I need a compressor so I buy one, use it and then decide I don’t need it so I get rid of it. Then a year or so later I decide I need a compressor so I buy use it and then decide I don’t need it so I get rid of it. Then a year or so later I decide I need a compressor so I buy one use it and then decide I don’t need it so I get rid of it. Then a year or so late I decide I need a compressor so I buy... (repeat ad infinitum)

It's also possible to post without insulting others. I didnt see Westwood doing any such thing, just you

Shhhh dad’s sleeping!

So I contacted the website when I saw the post about having info. Seems its good news! Obviously we aren't all as fortunate to have such wide exposure available to us but great to hear he'll get his bass back! If it was your tip off, great work @2x18!

This place. We were invited to audition to be their resident wedding band. Which we did. Just by coincidence, on the last night of their week of trying to impress 60 visiting UK wedding planners. First function, went down a storm with the happy couple and guests who even left an additional three figure tip to be passed on to us at payment time. We went back after two weeks as we'd not received the payment transfer and lo and behold, gone into liquidation. In business again after 2 months, different name for the controlling consortium but strangely, all the same people. Hmmm. They had the nerve to email us two weeks ago to ask if we still offered a wedding function band service as they'd heard some positive feedback about us.😂

Great name for a band though Muzz......

I've been working as a volunteer at my local Drug & Alcohol service delivering groups. I decided to run a group where the members would learn to play "The Chain" - easily recognisable, not too difficult to play. I took in two basses and an amp. A number of the group had a go - remember that recovery is about perseverance and obstacles as is learning to play bass. One of the group was left handed so I was given the challenge of playing left handed - you know what? - we take our normal dexterity and muscle memory for granted - I was making loads of mistakes...if I practised left handed I think I might get the hang of it but I got reminded how difficult it was when I started. Playing bass is a lot harder than you think...

1. Says the guy with a collection of Gus basses. 2. Yeah we know it's easy to put there, it's not as easy for the user to adjust though. 3. What's that got to do with the price of cheese?

We're back off holiday so I had a few hours in the workshop today. I routed the headstock for the truss rod access slot and then drilled the hole for the nut to fit into.The truss rods were fitted and a strip of masking tape put over then to stop glue getting in the slot and fouling the rods. I rolled the frets to about an 8" radius, cut the wire into lengths and started trimming the ends with a grinding wheel in a Dremel, fiddly but it worked OK. I fitted the frets using a press and nipped off the ends. That was about it other than to make a clamping caul to protect the fretboard when I do eventually glue it to the neck which should be later this week daily life permitting

I would also add to this that anyone who (you are responding to) has the time to post so much on Basschat probably hasn’t recorded in a very long time. Clearly just speculation...

Big drum roll 🥁 🥁 🥁 only one week to go and we now have £570 in donations, thank you all once again, no words 🤗...........

As said by others, dont assume offence on others behalf

Very late to this thread and honestly not willing to read 7 pages of it to catch up... So I'll just add that the "best pro-bass players" are surely capable of playing 4, 5 or possibly even 6 string instruments, depending on what's required of them. And in some contexts (e.g pit players in stage productions) you'll raise eyebrows if you turn up with fewer than 5 strings on your bass. I think we're searching for a "general rule" here where one doesn't exist.

All just tools. At this point, I don't really care if some of the songs we play are played in 5 or 4. All I care is that I have a solid 5 string and a solid 4 string for when the need comes, it won't let you down.

A wax candle is good for lubricating screw threads too. It certainly helps with those fragile tuner screws

While changing the bridge could make a difference to the sound of the bass (although like all these things is it possible to state 100% that it is the new bridge that has made the difference and not one of the other things that may have been intentionally or unintentionally changed at the same time?), IME it's never pronounced enough to be noticeable in the context of a band mix. For me so long as the bridge doesn't move during playing, yet is easy to adjust when needed, that's all that is required.

I`ve found in the past that swapping a regular Fender BBOT for either a Gotoh or Badass on my Precisions has somehow "tightened" the sound a tad, and lost some mids. Nothing that I`d ever hear at band volumes but at home practice levels it was noticeable. A bit like the strings suddenly sounded a bit newer is the easiest way to describe it.

If he was going to give away free lessons he might as well have just bought a new bass. What happened to just doing the right thing purely because it's the right thing? He didn't have to offer a reward - moaning that it isn't enough is distasteful.

I misread the title, and was about to wax laudatory upon copper, lead, nickel and zinc. Sorry, as you were.

I have a medium scale warwick rockbass corvette fiver which came with reds. However always a had a problem with fret buzz on the E_string only (so probably a duff string). Ended up going for blacks, predominately because the Medium scale reds are very hard to find on sale (Even the blacks had to come from Germany). Found that as well as sorting out the E String buzz the blacks allowed me to get a lower action all round. The blacks seem to have a finer outer winding, but both the reds and the blacks sound(ed) good to me.

If we are picky then 'Draper' is a brand who do actually make 'Phillips' type bits or drivers much like any other tool maker , Stanley for instance And for a specific shapes of 'Phillips' you need to specify the size e.g. 1,2 or 3 back on topic if you asked which was the most popular number of 'Philips' , I would confidently say 2 , though I would caveat that by suggesting that many would use a 2 when a 1 or a 3 might be the better choice , and even that is ignoring the fact that the screw head might even be a Pozi 1,2 or 3 in the first place and not a Philips at all life is so bloody complicated 😊

If Polar aren't being much help, I'd contact GK in USA. If they suggest contacting Polar, say why you've come direct to head office!

It’s not up to any of you or anyone else to tell another person what they can and cannot be offended by. Plenty of people have attacked the lyrics or hip hop and metal. This is why the parental advisory label exists. It’s sexist and misogynist to cry foul when someone else is offended by something that is sexist. Also, TC clearly is doing good business, they put out new gear constantly and are sold in virtually every shop. Finally, Glenn Fricker is an donkey. Talented, lots of great credits, but it’s all gone to over inflate his already large ego.

This thread is getting me thinking that there might be value in having a subforum of this site dedicated entirely to identifying which venues are good and which are bad. If there was one thread per venue, it would be a very useful resource when trying to decide whether to accept an offer or not. S.P.

There’s a keys player in our band so I do

And the only way anybody can categorically state that "the best bass lines on most albums released since the early 80s were synthesised or sampled and played by a sequencer", would be if they were present for every minute of the tracking, mixing and mastering of the recordings and knew exactly what had and what had not been used from the first guide tracks to the final production master.

Is this Punk Rock enough for you? All recorded and played live using a variety of 5-string basses. EDIT: I made more use of the extended range and position possibilities of the 5-string bass in The Terrortones than I did in any of my previous bands, despite the relatively more "conventional" nature of the music.

Love this; I've enjoyed all of the Sly & Family Stone songs I've seen recommended thus far.

I have an AVRI P (which I’m thinking of get rid of) and the neck is proper old school 60s - wide nut and really slim front to back. For me, it’s part of the feel - but I know what you mean, and feel is definitely important.

Well I'm sure it's been shared before but possibly the stankiest stone cold hot funk masterpiece of all time is this

Let's try to disassemble all that. We'll ignore the ampjack for now; just the Rumble. One should always plug instruments and leads into amps with the volume down to zero. I'll assume that's what you'll be doing from now on. OK then, volume at zero, lead plugged into the Casady, the other end plugged into the amp (to be done in that order. Turn the volume up on the Casady. Now turn the volume up slowly on the amp. Does the bass play..? If so, all is well. If there's an increasing 'buzz', but no sound from the Casady pick-ups, there's a faulty jack socket on the Casady which needs fixing. Fairly simple for those with some soldering experience, an inexpensive operation for an instrument repair shop (recommended, unless already familiar with these things...). As for the Ibanez, the same experiment should be executed, in the same order. If the guitar can be heard, all is well. If there is a buzz, it's the same problem as the Casady. If the guitar plays, but only very, very quietly, it's, again, a job for a repair shop, and could be a number of things (you've already eliminated the possibility of a low battery, so it's not that...). Try all this and report back, please..?

Took the words right out of my mouth. I owned a Tecamp Puma 900 for a while (the older sibling to the Eich T900) and I don’t know how you could get a more friendly form factor, especially at that kind of wattage. Legitimately gig-bag-pocketable and weighs next to nothing to boot. You can get 300/500/900 watt variants and, as @TJ Spicer says, they’re all exactly the same size.

Ohhhhh, that's genius... 🙂

My favourite's still Earth And Wind For Hire...

We can work this out with a little more information. I'll assume that, by 'ampjack', you mean a Vox-type micro amp mounted on a jack plug. Using that assumption, then, we'll try being a bit systematic about this. Taking the following combinations, can you give the result of each, please..? Casady -Lead 1 - Amp = Buzz..? Silence..? Plays OK..? Casady - Lead 1 - Ampjack = Buzz..? Silence..? Plays OK..? Casady - Lead 2 - Amp = Buzz..? Silence..? Plays OK..? Casady - Lead 2 - Ampjack = Buzz..? Silence..? Plays OK..? Ibanez AE8 - Lead 1 - Amp = Buzz..? Silence..? Plays OK..? Ibanez AE8 - Lead 1 - Ampjack = Buzz..? Silence..? Plays OK..? Ibanez AE8 - Lead 2 - Amp = Buzz..? Silence..? Plays OK..? Ibanez AE8 - Lead 2 - Ampjack = Buzz..? Silence..? Plays OK..? Over to you ...

I don't think I 'got' it, but it made me laugh harder than I have in a long time so it gets the thumbs up from me!

6 hours drying and 3rd coat just gone on.. Needs a dry off and then flatting down - I will use a combination of 0000 wool, wet and dry, and a very fine sanding/finishing block I have - and then a coat of polish to give it some sheen.

When I tried the QSC it wasn’t billed as a standard PA speaker, or actually as an frfr as such - the marketing bumf suggested it was a multi-use cab for a variety of instrument, vocal, live and recorded music applications. As such, the dsp stuff is clearly there for a wider range of applications, for people who are just using one out and about or whatever. I didn’t buy mine based on that at all. I had it set to a default flat eq and a/b’d it with a DXR10 and another. It was flat out better at bass - by a significant margin. It felt better quality and was in special so the price difference was small. I use it as a monitor with DI in from a preamp, and pass through out to the desk. I have used the “bass” setting as a stand-alone - it makes a good backup if my pedal board failed 2 mins before the gig - I’d plug straight in and get on with it. It was always bought as a small footprint easy to cart about live rig when I didn’t need to provide lots of backline heft. I have an EICH t1000 and a vanderkley 2x10 1200w cab for that. In its bag, I can carry it, and a pedalboard and a bass in one trip from car to venue, and take up virtually no space on board at all. I can point it at me directly for monitoring. Sound engineers love the fact they just plug in to it and don’t have to worry about a bass monitor. The rest of the band love it as I take up little room, don’t wash out the sound, and I even angle it towards the drummer to give him a bit more. He loves it too. Our keys player bought one for monitoring such was his enamour.

For me the pinnacle of Mick Karn's fretless sound is on "Quiet Life". It's a got a restraint about the tone that went missing after he changed from the Travis Bean to the Wal. Plus it's got all the best songs IMO.