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Definitely an improvement IMO

I didn't buy the bass from them, they just did the setup once I received it (it was brand new, soundpost down etc). It was a couple of years ago anyway. I do now have a set of files which I used quite successfully on my bass guitars; I just need to get over my nerves before tackling the big beast. Thanks to all for your help, will keep you posted.

+1 What he said.

No- Glasgow Uni.

I know Dood uses a low F# on his Shuker 7 string, and I believe he uses the Warwick Dark Lord strings.

I honestly can't recall- it was passed around in a lecture, I can't even recall if we actually listened to it or not. I think the simplest way to do it would be to just change the speed but no doubt there's a good reason for it...

[quote name='dlloyd' post='500731' date='May 29 2009, 11:47 AM']I love the directions in this one... Release the penguins! (It might not be entirely real though)[/quote] Here's page 2 (possibly). Also, on a similar note, I saw a piece by Brian Ferneyhough which was in 4/12. That just about caused a riot when I queried it over on TalkBass.

[quote name='Eight' post='499987' date='May 28 2009, 04:08 PM']Great posts guys. No bar lines makes a lot of sense to me. So I'll add to my reform of standard notation by removing them.[/quote] Its actually a nightmare to work with- my girlfriend did part of her music degree in editing German renaissance choral music- the kind of stuff posted above. As part of this I had to help her transcribe them into modern notation, and its impossible to tell where you are without counting notes or looking for particular figures. It's also a total PITA to do in computer notation. They did use breves (and some longer notes) though...

We're going through the unsigned competition to try and get on the Bloodstock bill- final is June 12th and we stand a decent chance hopefully.

I have two 5 strings (fretted and fretless) which set me back less than £200 for the pair. Good value.

Is that power amp one of the ones off Ebay from the US? Does it run on 240V or is there some adaptation required?

Which is why I prefer to use crotchets, quavers etc- bypasses the whole issue!

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='487755' date='May 14 2009, 12:09 PM']yes, but what are they an eighth of? An eighth of the bar? An eighth of the beat? Calling them eighth's is redundant, they are only eighth notes in 4/4.[/quote] They're an eight of a whole note (semibreve), in every time signature.

One of the best things I've found to help with this is to think of your fingers as being numbered 1 and 2, and say it as you play it; sounds very simple (and I'd recommend trying it in private cos it sounds a bit weird) but it gets surprisingly tricky, especially playing odd numbered groupings. It helped me with my 3 finger technique quite a lot.

Something I did wonder about- if you set it up as two separate channels (with separate ins and outs) could you run a lead from output 1-->input 2 to combine effects? Not sure how useful it would be, right enough.

Looking at the manual, I think you can only have one effect from each block at a time, so that would be a no, unless you can have 2 signal paths on at once; ie you could have filter and distortion on at the same time but not filter into distortion on the same channel.

If you want to do an "academic" music course at uni (ie classical analysis oriented) the ABRSM theory grades are worth going through. Anything else I'd say it really doesn't matter- there's not enough of a consensus in "popular" music styles about the different graded exams to make them worthwhile IMO.

Honestly, I'd really rather not. It really is heavy as f**k, and quite frankly, I don't want to get into the hassle of posting it. Sorry!

Ha they didn't have them with price tags on- if you have to ask I guess you can't afford it.