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Yes I think we’re done here - our annual Finnbass recruitment drive looks like it’s been a success!

Well it was Tuesday actually. I had been fancying a P bass for a while now so popped into Gear4music to check out a Player series P. However they didn't have any on display so I checked on their fancy screen thingy & spotted the Vintera range,mmmm had to check it out. To me it looks beautiful,seems to be very well made,plays & sounds excellent too.(it was also substantially cheaper than the classic 50's P bass they have in stock) Over all I am very happy with it,although I've yet to play it with the band but I'm sure it will be mint 🤣🤣

*silently hands Tim his coat* *points at door*

Thought you were going to say earplugs don’t Wok.

Seconded. I remember a few years ago reading a scattering of very unpleasant posts about Ped and BC on Finnbass. I'd joined Finnbass because a couple of people I liked had gone over there. I visited on a number of occasions but the traffic was a little slow and threads took time to evolve (which is perfectly understandable and reasonable in a spin-off forum, NOI). It struck me that far from being a cross between TB and The Lord Of The Flies Finnbass was simply a bass forum where 99% of the members seemed entirely normal but a tiny number of them exhibited two striking characteristics. The first was that they were obsessed with BC and the second was that they were horrible c*nts.

@Silvia Bluejay and I just love Trader Joe's in Pasadena. So does Lee Sklar. Guess it's a bassist thing.

The one I heard was: Why do elephants paint their balls red? So they can hide in cherry trees. What's the loudest noise in the jungle? Giraffes eating cherries.

Can I just put it out there, I'll be in Tesco at Shepton Mallet around about 3.00 pm tomorrow complete with handwritten shopping list.... if anyone wants a photo opportunity with me?

Blimey. When did I pee on your fireworks, exactly?

Free giant chips here, come on down! You just need a ladder to reach the server's shoulder!

Lee is from Milwaukee.YAY! Blue

Here’s some of my stuff (seen be Raggae bass already 🤣)

I have no latency issues, in fact I think my fingers cause more latency issues than the wireless unit.

Sooooooo Classy.

My wife's just gone to the West Indies Jamaica? No, we've got a villa in Barbados we go to every year but she's gone out early this time because I've got a business presentation in Frankfurt and the nice thing is that the villa pays for itself because we let it out to friends we can trust and the woman who cleans and looks after the keys is an absolute treasure and costs peanuts; mind you, the only problem is there's one couple who go there every June and the husband always has a tendency to slip one or two of the books we leave for guests into his bag and brings them home with him because he says he didn't get around to finishing them and he always claims he'll bring them round to us but he never does and we always say we'll really have to mention this to him but we don't like to cause a scene over a couple of books although the last time he did it he took my copy of Polly Toynbee's book about social capital and a new one would cost £29.99 on Amazon and I just couldn't buy a second-hand copy, that would be simply de trop.

I love the little abstract tracks (I'm currently listening to a live bootleg with an improvised interlude). Many years I fell asleep listening to AEnima, after a heavy night in the pub, (-) Ions penetrated my dreams to such an extent I woke up, drenched in sweat, convinced the house was having electrical issues and I ran an flipped the main circuit breaker 😂

On the back of your recommendation, I applied to this scheme -- I'm not a pro musician by any stretch, but I thought "ah well, nothing ventured", attached links to yootoob vids and facebook pages etc of my various bands to the application, and they've accepted me. Just waiting for my appointment to be arranged. Thanks for the tip..!

I’m a member. But that’s enough about my general persona. I don’t do Farcebook, Twatter, InstantGran, or whatever other antisocial media is out there, so bass forums are my only internet outlet for the general nonsense in my head. I really like Finnbass, found the population there incredibly helpful, funny and met a couple of fine people from there in dodgy car parks (that’s another story though). I like the spit and sawdust back street pub feel to it. I also have visited TB a couple of times and, again, found some helpful info there. I like this place generally too, but this is the only site I’ve got into “arguments“ on, funnily enough never about gear. Once I was accused of lacking a sense of humour and another time my humour being inappropriate. My experience to date is that forums are fine places, but it’s too easy to take what is typed too personally, out of context, or interpret with attritional bias, etc, as I can’t see the face of the person typing so can’t read their intentions. It’s too easy for peeps to get carried away (me included) or type something they wouldn’t necessarily say face to face with someone. I would like to add that mods have been very helpful here ime. I’m still a member. An old wrinkly member.

No forum is perfect, that's for sure. No matter where you go, you will find people acting in bizarre, unusual ways. My mind wanders back to that thread about Scott Devine and the OP who seemed to have some bizarre vendetta against him, even making some not-so-subtle aspersions about his decision to make his wife a director in his business. I find Scott's YouTube personality a bit cringey at times but when he takes the mask off he seems like a really sound down to earth bloke. However, no matter what you think of him, he didn't deserve the abuse he got got in that bizarre thread.

James Taylor or Jackson Brown if you're into West Coast stuff, Billy Cobham Spectrum if into funky Jazz, Phil Collins , Dolly Parton etc etc. You could listen to 10 albums a day and still be hearing his stuff 3 months later

Good job I fished this out of your dustbin last year. No, you can't have it back.

Check out my porn rig 😋

Ashdown RM800 EVO (thanks @Ashdown Engineering!) and two Barefaced One10s. This little rig is a killer combination

I feel for you, it must be awful you hearing us brag about where we are - not to worry.....

How did Tarzan die? Picking cherries

Then there's: Why do Elephants paint their toenails red? So they can hide in cherry trees Why do ducks have flat feet? So they can stamp out forest fires Why do elephants have flat feet? So they jump out of the cherry trees and stamp out the blazing ducks

Reminds me of the old gag: "My dog's got no nose" "How does he smell?" "He can't. He hasn't got a nose. Are you deaf or just stupid?"

Who was behind Finnbass? Was it BigBeefChief? I do remember his inane posting on this forum. There are always a few who desire to be 'edgy' and push the limits of what is acceptable, usually resulting in a ban. 'Makisupastar' on Talkbass was another absolutely prolific poster of rubbish. He had a startlingly high post count after a very short time on the site, and was always trying to push the limits of just what he could get away with saying. I just checked on Google to see where he had went, the first thread that popped up was one from two years after he had joined remarking that he was in the top 5 post count (some feat). On the subject of moderation standards, they vary but I think BC is about as good as it gets. It's still 'small enough' in terms of active members for mods to be accountable and fair, and of course their status is publicly known. Compare to that say, a Facebook group. I was given an admin warning (snort) by some twit on NoTreble or something a couple of weeks ago, when in polite discussion with some unknown, he referred to me as 'dyslexic' for not agreeing with him over a point of semantic dispute. When I called him out for the crass insult, he deleted it and noted that I had been given a mod warning for my part in the argument whilst also apologising for using the term 'dyslexic' as an insult. I did ask if he would also give himself a mod warning but received no reply, I guess that's not a two-way street. 😂

Wrong. It was there, and it was a large part of why I, and IIRC others, left.

You're very welcome! I hope you find them as much of a revelation as I did (and still do..).

Haven’t read the whole thread, but here is my advice. - Powered speakers, passive desk - 12” tops seem to work best IMO - 800w per top minimum (headroom is key) - If you want to mic bass drum, get at least one sub Si

You can join me on our new site sonnytruinedbassformechat.co.uk

Great colour!

Yes, I can remember decorating the ceiling when i was about 15... ...a small amount of touching up is all I can manage now....

I have just gone down this route and and am well happy. I run a EBS microbass 2 into a QSC 10.2 and I must say that the sound is the most natural, even and well produced sound that I have had for a long time! (I have been through Genz, MarkBass, TC, ETC.) I use it at quite a large venue and it really delivers, and it has loads of power!! Far more than I will need. I do prop it up on an amp stand as well and it has the added bonus that I can run my vocal mic into it and use it as a vocal monitor as well, using the thru output to go to the pa. It doesn't compromise on the bass sound at all. I don't know how it would fair if you played in a rock band with just backline, but if you go into FOH, and just need to monitor, this idea is second to none. A preamp pedal of some sort in my view is important for sound control. The 10.2 does have onboard EQ but would be a fiddle mid-gig. That to me is the only compromise. I was skeptical, but I am converted. No more bass specific amps for me! End of the day, it what works for you and this works for me.

Hiya! 🤪

'Bassist among the Veg' would have accurately described a couple of bands I've been in. Has Lee since posted about meeting the illustrious HappyJays?

Watch out for the exchange rate, especially if you have the option of paying using PayPal. The pound is pretty week at the moment, almost parity with the Euro. I ordered a new field recorder from Thomann on Sunday. It was B-stock, and quite a bargain, the advertised price was £70 less than the new price. I initially went to pay with PayPal, with their exchange rate though, it was over £20 more than the price on Thomann’s site, so I paid direct through Thomann and was charged the advertised price.

With absolutely no offence intended to the inhabitants of the dependent regions the Welsh, the Scots and the Northern Irish I must point out two salient factors: * Mr @Bluewine 's spiritual home is Liverpool, Ingerland * Notwithstanding his inner Scouse the language of Mr Bluewine's comments indicate that he is - in fact - a Cockernee. As support for my dialectological observation I commend to the forum's attention one of his recent posts: " Just done a 8 hour gig at this minging boozer in downtown Milwaukee. We orl tip up and the guvnor says to set up in the garden room away from the bar. Fakkin' muppet! So we goes on, like, and this hen party comes in and some fat munter who's been on the sherberts orl arfternoon goes ar5e over t!t right on our lady singer's mic. So she hauls one off on the munter and orl fakkin' hell breaks loose". Res ipsa loquitur, I think. Our very good friend Mr Bluewine is English.

The NHS website confirms they assist. Earplugs are sold with attenuation specs that have to be supported by testing to comply with advertising rules and Health and Safety Regulations. Thus there is ample proof they are effective. You have also been provided with analogy such as the crash helmet that still means a wearer is at risk of head injury. To sell earplugs "that do not work" would be a criminal offence of fraud, as well as contravening the various Sale of Goods statutes and Consumer Protection Regulations. Using standard dictionary definitions of the words you used in your title and in your original post there is no other way to read it. It is obviously and demonstrably inaccurate. If this forum was subject to newspaper oversight from the PCC a retraction or correction or clarification may well have been ordered. No earplug maker claims they protect against 100% of hearing damage. No PPE maker of any type would make such a claim. But they do have to show that what they claim about their product is true - particularly for any formal safety standards markings. A steel toe boot is very protective - unless you drop 3 tons on it. Does that mean it doesn't work? No. It will have specs as to impact resistance and deformity under load. I do not have a habit of making demands on anyone and I am not bullying you. I am however arguing robustly and pointing out the flaws in your position. The only personal thing about that is that you make the original claim. Please do not assume robust argument is anything other than robust argument. You may find my tone strident. Frankly I am unconcerned. I am far more worried that someone might take your initial post as gospel and stop wearing earplugs. That reader might not read the rest of the thread where you either ignore questions, move goalposts or backtrack from your original post. You are a moderator on a site where the members are often exposed to high volume levels. Claiming that a proven method of noise attenuation doesn't work, without caveat, is irresponsible. When I, and others - including your fellow moderators - have asked you to clarify what was said you have ignored those requests. Even the simple request from WoT "Did he tell you they literally don’t work?" you have ignored. Perhaps you didn't see the post. Now I have drawn your attention to it. It is a simple question. If the "expert" literally said they don't work, then this would be an extraordinary claim that would require extraordinary evidence to over-turn decades of accepted medical advice. If the "expert" did not say it then you expose the inaccuracy of your Original Post. It must be one or the other. It is not unreasonable to expect you to answer such a simple question that is of great importance to anyone who gigs at volume. Perhaps there was additional information. Perhaps the expert said "They literally don't work.... if you are using a road drill all day." That would be a very pertinent matter you neglected to mention and would massively change the applicability of the information in the Original Post. As a moderator, presumably you would delete medical advice posted by others that was demonstrably harmful? Breaches of the Cancer Act for example? Claims that some home-made concoction can cure a condition? Some idiot claiming that a mash of herbs is a better choice than chemo? Are you not concerned that your Original Post might cause others to abandon ear plugs, thus leading them to harm? This is a forum of noise lovers. It's of interest to everybody here. I think that brings additional responsibilities as to the accuracy of what is passed on as an expert opinion about hearing protection.

And fishing. None of that here....😔

How about - Earplugs Don't Work in situations where the level of attenutation is not enough to reduce the sound pressure levels acting upon your inner ear (through bone conduction and the earplug itself) to a safer level.

So you're standing by your thread title, literally written, i.e. 'Ear plugs don't work'? OK. Stop using them, and let us know how you get on.

I took a detour on my home tonight and dropped in on the Robin. They had another hunt for the cover, and this time, possibly helped by my description, they found it. So all's well that ends well, sort of.

I think that GAS can be defeated by actually spending time playing what you have.