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[quote name='lemmywinks' post='625913' date='Oct 14 2009, 12:40 PM']Surely that's part of the fun of playing bass though? Trying new stuff out to see if you like it, if it can add something to your sound?[/quote] I think this is where the difference is- a lot of people like (or think they like?) chopping and changing gear, whereas for Bilbo its all about the music, and the gear is very much secondary to that. To you (and a lot of other people) that is part of the fun but not necessarily everyone.

The compressor is getting a lot of love over on T*lkb*ss.

[quote name='Faithless' post='623711' date='Oct 12 2009, 08:22 AM']Am I missing anything here?[/quote] Gospel= typically music of faith Faithless= typically without faith Just slightly ironic, nothing personal

Coooooooool.

I prefer a hand held one, since I don't have effects I use live a pedal would be a PITA, more expensive and would be unlikely to offer audibly better tuning. I certainly wouldn't waste a rack space on one.

Off topic, but did you buy your Professor from Upton directly, Bassace? Every so often I fond myself on their site admiring them

1) What kind of maintenance do you carry out on your instruments at home/gigs? Nothing at gigs. At home I'll do action tweaks including truss rod, the occasional home-brew fret dress and a bit of cack-handed soldering. 2) What position is it easiest to have the instrument in for these actions? (vertical, horizontal, at an angle?) I generally lie the bass flat on a carpeted floor with a pillow to support the neck. 3) Are there any tasks you currently carry out where you find it hard to securely orientate the instrument in an ideal working position? Not that I can think of.

Try [url="http://earachenews.blogspot.com/2009/10/evile-statement-mike-alexander.html"]here[/url]. Very sad news

[quote name='Spoombung' post='619087' date='Oct 6 2009, 10:17 PM']Oh, I can't help it now, you've got me going. The Wal website looks like some sort of Ikea/Habitat generic abomination made by a team of 6th formers on a Dreamweaver course. There's tiny little pictures that you click on ... only to bring up more tiny pictures. Their website puts me off ordering a new Wal even more than the actual price.[/quote] From their website: "We design with the following browsers in mind: Internet Explorer 5+, Netscape 6+, and Mozilla 1+. This covers just about the entire range of browsers currently in use out there."

[quote name='Kev' post='619068' date='Oct 6 2009, 09:59 PM']at that kind of starting price, you are paying for the brand. You could get a superb bass for half the likely final price from the likes of Shuker or similar, and i doubt the quality difference would be noticible. Great to see them in production though, just a shame they have followed the trend of needing to make such a large profit margin. No different from anyone else though i guess, tis the nature of the business these days[/quote] Surely that's the [i]entire point[/i] of running a business? If someone asked me whether I wanted to do the same job for £50k a year that I was doing for £15k before, I would jump at it.

Excellent stuff. Tone and playing both very nice

I guess its possible that Gary Willis has never bothered to adjust the intonation of his bass? The behaviour he describes sounds similar to when a fretted bass is not intonated correctly, and as we've seen a lot of folk don't really bother with setting up fretless intonation in the same way as a fretted.

If money really is no object, you'll be after a [url="http://www.looperlative.com/"]Looperlative[/url]. Failing that, you might also consider the Digitech Hardwire DL-8 which has a decent, if not exactly feature rich, looping function.

I don't think those amps will fit on stage at Stereo...

There are indeed two purple blobs. Its easy to tell them apart- one can play chords and one can't

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='616963' date='Oct 4 2009, 10:47 PM']Any! What about a major chord - all three notes of it.[/quote] How high is your action? It may just be a matter of repetition- it took me ages to get guitar chord shapes down but one day it just clicked.

What chords are you trying to play?

Having a sell out crowd erupt into massive applause as we finished Brahms' 2nd symphony at a concert hall in Aberdeen with NYOS. Even sitting at the very back of a bass section that was a pretty spine tingling moment.

The [url="http://www.bigjohnmusic.com/effect.html"]Big John Hairy Balls and Granny Puker[/url].

NS Design site says black rosewood.

Was it [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58886&st=60&start=60"]this one[/url]?

Also, if you're having trouble with strict alternation, number your fingers (in your head!) and say the numbers out loud as you play. Makes you feel like a tit but it does work.

I've been using three fingers (Ring, middle index) for a few years now. I could never get the pinky consistent enough with the other fingers, although I've recently been working on using the thumb. As far as practice exercises go, all I can say is start slowly, use a metronome and just play what you play normally. Make sure you can play it perfectly slow before speeding up.