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[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='146134' date='Feb 24 2008, 07:06 PM']1. Silverfoxnik
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Cheers


Nik[/quote]

But if its only us then we could take my car Nik

See you Thursday
Al

[quote name='Sibob' post='144839' date='Feb 22 2008, 09:37 AM']Its not my birthday......I think I deserve one....I haven't had one in agggggggeeessssss!!

Si[/quote]
Oh go on then as its you

Saw it when someone showed me the Vai parody & it made me chuckle.

Now the question is, is the person who overdubbed the clip actually really good & just in Les Dawson mode or not?

[quote name='noisedude' post='145360' date='Feb 22 2008, 09:53 PM']Good question. Someone asked me if I could teach them to play bass recently and it occurred to me that, unlike with guitar, piano and drums, I have no idea what I am actually doing when I'm playing bass!

Am interested to see what people think.[/quote]
+1 to that

I get asked at gigs on occasion & always say "sorry, no" with a follow up that for me it is 30+ years of gigging, playing along to stuff, & general noodling, but no actual formal teaching, so that I would find it difficult to impart knowledge I just know what I do (if that makes sense) and would be worried to teach someone - particularly a novice - my bad bass playing habits.

Well it went OK despite a few alien abduction moments for me. Only real problem was the atmosphere with the sound guy who had taken the hump over a comment made when we finally bit the bullet over the amount of gear he lugs So we had a basic vocal PA & a huff all night.

Gosh I am soooooooo looking forward to the band meeting on Tuesday. I thought we were all old enough not to act like petulant children - obviously not

Top bloke as well and gives a really good roadshow. Saw him at a Peavey one a few years back and he was happy to chat to all & sundry afterwards

You could have a look at eMusic.com

They deal with small independents, but I think you still need to be on a label. They do not take stuff direct from bands as I recall, but there is a FAQ page that covers that sort of stuff.

I had a problem with a couple of items I sold some time back going AWOL for over a month, one to Italy, and the other to Scotland.

Both did turn up though after about 5 weeks thankfully, but as we are only 3 weeks into February there may still be hope

Whilst there are plenty of tales of people who have walked through unquestioned, personally I think I would be inclined to 'fess up and pay the tax if the price still worked out better than a UK price. I would just hate to be the person picked on who has my prized new toy confiscated because I tried it on.

Perhaps others will say go for it and that's just my honest streak rearing its head but my 6p would be it's not worth the risk

Nik

I took some lessons from a girl who used to teach in Bognor some time back, but I am not too sure whether she is still there.

She used to work in a studio with the guy my drummer had some lessons with. I shall check to see if either / both are still about in Bognor.

She was good, but is blind so if you were after pointers on hand positioning it might be a problem - and now I shall stop because however I try to word this it seems to come out lewd

[quote name='jimbartlett' post='139457' date='Feb 13 2008, 01:10 PM']Cool, thanks Ped!

That FBV looks like a good piece of kit mate.[/quote]
I've had mine a while now & it is really useful, particularly live.

As for my earlier re "patching", yes sorry I had made some largish assumptions & omitted to say what goes where now I read it back

[quote name='stratty' post='139172' date='Feb 12 2008, 11:22 PM']hi mate ive got one on the way too!! was wondering ive got a superfly too! how have you got your pod connected or havent you got it connected at all?
cheers

Andy[/quote]
You could either [list]
[*]patch it into the effects return - in which case you will just be hitting the power amp and missing the EQ, or
[*]into the front, in which case you will need to watch the input gain and probably use very light EQ on the graphics just to tweak for different rooms, other wise you will be EQing the EQ already set on the BOD
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[quote name='ped' post='132123' date='Feb 1 2008, 06:41 PM']Incidentally when you make a patch on the unit you can save it as a .l6t file which can then be swapped and traded with others (they are really small) and I have every now and then helped people get certain sounds, because it can be a bit tricky to begin with. Let me know if you want a hand...

Cheers
ped[/quote]
Now there's a thought for a forum Then again I suppose there is Line6 CustomTone and another site (that was set up when Line6 did nothing about tone sharing for bass for ages and has probably shrivelled away now) so probably no real nead for that

I too have a BOD Xt Pro and used that straight into the desk live for quite some time to great effect. I have since relented and now run one of the line outs to the Markbass 121H for some onstage monitoring as it was never quite the same back through monitors & the drummer & guitarist grizzled (a bit of overkill really but I got it for other reasons as well). Now they are moaning because I can't keep the Markbass quiet enough!! You just can't please some people

Hoping to get some recording done with it soon. Live I tend to use just a few patches in the main (1A for the Ampeg, 2C California & 2D SoCal) I also run the FBV shortboard for patches, effects switching & the tuner, which is fine for live

Interesting to watch the download counts for each one.

I thought I would stick all keys up rather than just stick to the "easy" ones as it is easy enough to do in Tracktion with a couple of mouse clicks (same with the tempo so long as I have set the loop characteristics correctly) and saves anyone having to pitch shift them.

I signed up ages ago, but have never really bothered.

Just received a subscription email offering "Seller+" upgrade for £49.99 in the next 48 hours offering:
[quote]• No More Listing Fees EVER
• No More Final Value Fees EVER
• No More Monthly Store Fees EVER
• No More Reserve Fees EVER
• No More BuyNow Fees EVER
• Add Videos to your Auctions FREE
• Google Checkout For your Auctions FREE
• Create Up to 5 eBid Stores FREE[/quote]
and to knock any previous fees paid on sales (that'll be none then) off the upgrade price.

Have to say my selling on eBay has always been in fits & starts and I have never really used eBid as it is so much smaller than eBay so its probably not worth it for me, but interesting to see all the same from another auction site clearly trying to kickstart its business.

I suppose they must be banking on an increased market share and the majority being regular sellers and carrying on paying fees. Compared to eBay they are [sub]tiny[/sub] - eg only 5 basses listed on the UK site and none of them very exciting

Mods feel free to move this if you feel it would be better off in Off Topic, but here seemed as good a place as any to start it

[quote name='spinynorman' post='137794' date='Feb 10 2008, 08:42 PM']I've heard the way round that is to burn your wma files to a CD and then rip the CD back to mp3. Never done it cos I don't buy that DRM'd stuff.[/quote]
That will do it, just annoying to waste a CD on a track

Not the greatest and the fill I used will probably drive you mad but anyway here you go

A [attachment=5557:Shuffle_A_120BPM.mp3]
Bb [attachment=5559:Shuffle_Bb_120BPM.mp3]
B [attachment=5558:Shuffle_B_120BPM.mp3]
C [attachment=5560:Shuffle_C_120BPM.mp3]
C# [attachment=5561:Shuffle_C__120BPM.mp3]
D [attachment=5563:Shuffle_D_120BPM.mp3]
D# [attachment=5564:Shuffle_D__120BPM.mp3]
E [attachment=5565:Shuffle_E_120BPM.mp3]
F [attachment=5566:Shuffle_F_120BPM.mp3]
F# [attachment=5567:Shuffle_F__120BPM.mp3]
G [attachment=5568:Shuffle_G_120BPM.mp3]
G# [attachment=5569:Shuffle_G__120BPM.mp3]

Sorry found after the upload it didn't like # in the file name

Well that's what I'm going to call them anyway. Basically the same clip, one at 100 BPM & the other at 120BPM

100 BPM - [attachment=5555:Ambient_...p_100BPM.mp3]

120 BPM - [attachment=5556:Ambient_...p_120bpm.mp3]

[quote name='Jimbo' post='136151' date='Feb 7 2008, 11:02 PM']....OK, if you think I am being a bit mad then say, but:

I have a near mint, midnight blue 2000 MIM Jazz with pearl PG and OHSC that has seen little use since I got it. Sheer laziness has meant that I have not got round to putting it on sale either here or ConBay. It has a new set of Elixirs on and is in a fair state set-up wise.

I plan to come to the bash and would be happy to contribute this to the raffle. Fair?[/quote]
Have you been drinking?!!!

Interesting, and in best Dr Who almost under mind control voice

m....u..st reeeesiiiiiiiist

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='136138' date='Feb 7 2008, 10:44 PM']Silverfoxnik had one. I'e got a 4 string but its no GB.[/quote]
He's had one of everything

Keep meaning to try one in Brighton Guitars, but at present my GAS has pretty much subsided

[quote name='NickThomas' post='135925' date='Feb 7 2008, 05:32 PM']Checking out retirement homes? lol[/quote]
Ah happy days [list]
[*]strolling along the prom before a sweaty gig laughing at all the coffins propped up in the hotels (oh all right not really),
[*]whipping the van a la Fawlty Towers when it wouldn't start, and
[*]scaring the natives coming out of an old time music hall show by locking one of the guys who used to roadie for us in a stands case & dumping him outside as it kicked out
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Not so funny now we are all coffin dodging 30+ years down the line

Welcome from anoter South Coast resident

+1

Ian is a really good bloke to deal with.

Had a nice chat & coffee at the services - there must be services caff's across the country with muso's & others doing deals, as we left there was someone selling his bike in the car park

Al

[quote name='Hamster' post='135398' date='Feb 6 2008, 11:19 PM']Whatever your total shipped price is, convert it to £ and add about 22% for the various taxes.

Hamster[/quote]
and beware getting the vendor to be "helpful" with the price because
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[*]Customs are no fools and have people who know the value of instruments so if you get too cute on the declared value you could come a serious cropper; and
[*]if there is a problem in the shipping and you need to claim it will be on the declared value not what you paid
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Even paying duty on the full value you will often find you still save on UK prices

[quote name='spinynorman' post='133924' date='Feb 4 2008, 09:55 PM']Recently had similar experience with Ashdown, with a Mag 300 head that was intermittently not working. Tech support guy (not MB) seemed very helpful, head came back from them with a £68 charge, but no details of the repair. When I emailed them to find out what the problem was, I got a report that said "bench tested, no fault found". Despite it having failed twice in setups where backup amps worked fine, they won't shift off "there's nothing wrong with it". While it was away I bought a Hartke 3500 that works, so I gave up the argument.[/quote]
I had a similar problem with my old Trace combo. It kept cutting out, but despite being stung by a store getting its own repair guy to look at it & do something that made no difference at all and then mailing the head to GM Audio for them to find nothing wrong the first time around I drove up to GM with the combo and they managed, more by luck than anything to track the fault. The amp was run up on a scope and there was nothing apparent, until luckily just before I took it away again we managed to replicate the fault, which turned out to be a hairline fault on the input board. Got that repaired and never had a problem after. It was bl00dy annoying at the time having to have a DI cable ready to plug into the Wal's cannon out for if/when the amp went down.