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Pat Testing, Yep bought my own Pat tester in the end. I have been asked for certificates ahead of gigs, but never on the night. It’s all good to show on your web site that you are a professionally minded outfit, but it seems it is all coming out of my pocket.

This is always a difficult one, I also play in a non profit making Big Band and these things are a drain on your resources. I did comment in other threads about the MU, as I am a member it now costs me about £150/ y but I do get my own instrument cover which is comforting, had a radio mic stolen in Jan this year and they paid up £450. No probs, I also benefit from the PLI and as I own all the gear PA lights etc. I consider if there is a claim then it will be against me, i.e. a speaker falls on someone or the gear catches fire. Other members are not in the MU, that's their choice. Some may frown at this as all members are encouraged to Lobby others to join, but this is the real world. There are many companies who offer this insurance it’s just finding the best. I would go for an annual cover rather than for a one off event. Hencilla Canworth Limited cover the MU try them direct.

As I also play my five string electric in a swing band, I have always felt aware of jazz purists frowning that I don't at least double on upright. Then I was shocked on seeing the RAF band the Squadronaires Live and the bass player was using a Variax, so how convincing is its upright sound?. I would have thought he would have been court marshalled for even suggesting using one in such a high profile outfit. But happy in the knowledge I can mention this if the topic should come up. They do not feel right to me even before plugging them in.

Love you guys for your passion, really like these techno threads. Harmonics. It’s worth remembering it is our ear and brain's ability to sort harmonics that we can tell if a note e.g. (C concert) is played on a Clarinet a Piano or a Trumpet. Mens voices have more harmonics than a female voice, this makes a male voice clearer and easier to understand than a female voice, which is why women should not be used to make anouncemense at train stations. So from all this you may sort of understand why a good sounding cab has more to do with selection and matching of components and construction and much testing than just going for the 0 - 60mph figure and the go fast stripe most manufacturers want us to go for. I also understood that a Bass Viol sounds low mostly due to its unique harmonics due to its scale length

All of these, purspex sheet seems popular, lighter than wood. But i am still struggling on, Cruisin for a Bluesin we are doing at present five sheets long with a D.S. I have seperated this into a two and a three sheet'er. still a pain. I also mark all key changes and repeats with felt pen - Green and D.S and D.C's in Red. It all helps.

I don't use Fuzz so can help there but would suggest keep the dry signal high, if it is a boss Octave, try the dry signal 75% (3 o’clock) and the oct 1 at between 12 and 1 o'clock with the second lower octave off. Most of my pedals are sorted but I still occasionally get my Dynamic Wah out of sync with the room. Good luck

Are you relying heavily on your effects for your basic tone? This may be the issue, although we all suffer from this set up problem. There are similar comments in a multi effects unit v individual pedal thread. Get your tone nailed from your hands to Bass and amp; use the effects as the icing on cake if possible. Keeping the dry signal high. Make sure you get some sound check time. Q. Is this problem via a multi effects unit? If so try not programming loads of different effects to make up each sound, may be a return to the default settings and try that and tweak a little at a time. Take your rig down to your village hall and try things alone.

Interesting how most hate them. About 20 years ago I got a Yamaha FX500 because our guitarist had one and was impressed, they did bring out a bass unit later the FX500B. But with all these programmable units what you sort out at home sounds S--t on stage. I actually worked out settings for every song we did and logged the step numbers to the set list. That lasted all of one Gig. I then got down to about 5 useful settings for certain songs. But any over or under volume, depth or speed could not be adjusted if it sounded bad in the live situation. Things have moved on but don't like um.. I now have a small pedal board, comp, Oct, chorus, flanger, synth, and bass xciter. I don’t always use them, could get by with just the Chorus and the Octave

Yep, these make a lot of difference and not too obtrusive. just a bass treble pot by East.

John East Delux, thats the one with the passive tone pot that runs along side the active, I'm hooked on this in my Shuker although my Schack active takes some beating.

Pino is also my favourite finger style in the pocket bass players check out Paul Carrack Blue Views album,

check out [url="http://www.woodland-gmbh.de"]http://www.woodland-gmbh.de[/url] Helps if you speak German, but he makes great basses and supplies loads of the main manufacturers

So they really are linked to the Sue Ryder homes. Just thought it must be a coincidence

I have been on this site for about 9 months now, and keep seeing reference to 'Sue Ryder Bass' Put me and I guess others out of our misery and explain cheers

[quote name='stevie' post='1286899' date='Jun 29 2011, 08:10 PM']Just because you're the world's no. 1 manufacturer doesn't mean you don't produce crap. There isn't a natural relationship between size and quality. Look at General Motors. [/quote] I agree to some extent, what annoys me about some of the leading brands, is when they move away from their flag ship models that got them the recognition and status, then start producing compromised designs for the beginner market and make misleading advertising statements as to their performance. Just to get a piece of that market. Basically build down to a price. So my advice is buy a reputable brand second-hand cab from someone on hear. why bother making something that other people do better. Probably looks better and has a re-sale value. I have read up enough on the subject initially to do the same, but the more I learned the less sure I was about starting. Bill and Alex have said it all on here many times, and they could name a few companies that are happy to compromise their integrity for a share of the most profitable end of the market.

I did successfully use Aluminium foil But I bought a pie tray from Makro, well had to buy a few actually, gave the rest to the wife who looked puzzled. It worked fine as it was thick enough to solder earths onto. I used ordinary cooking foil to glue to the cover. But I did re- do this a year later when I changed the preamp and purchased the proper copper tape along with my order for Pots and string ferrules. Good luck

Wish i could sing, wish i could play bass better. The two at the same time would be great. Have a job plucking the same note I'm fretting sometimes. Interesting Alex commented on Reggae, as the only person i can understand how they play and sing at the same time is Sting. Early Police bass lines his vocal style sits in the gaps. So maybe start there at it may get easier ?

Phew ! But Life's too short. I enjoyed playing this at a wedding, but there were four of us. Even working just the bass part out took me long enough, ended up righting it all out so i could argue with confidence with our guitarist, but you don't have that problem. Well done, no Click track i notice. How often do you reckon on running it through so not to forget it, if you intend to perform it in the future, guess it will need some maintaining.

Rarely go above the 12th Like Johnston, I only venture beyond fret 12 for Free - Alright Now and the intro to Sweet Child of mine. (oh! Just learned the bass solo to Smooth operator for the hell of it) I am Bass player Damn It Wasn’t it Marcus Millers Dad who reminded him that, what’s played below the 5th fret is where the Bass player earns his money? I used to have a headless Lag with about 29 frets, my others are 24, but since buying Homers Shuker with 21, I prefer it, it feels right like my first P bass. More room on the body to pluck n thumb Go for less Frets

I thought that a gas torch and set fire to it was the way to go then a rough rub down and use an acid wash on the grain then a thorough rub down followed by a wood stain to the exposed grain then a final rub down re exposing the main body but leaving the darker grain pattern which is now slightly below the surface, untouched. But don't listen to me as if have never tried it. Ash is the only wood I would attempt this on anyway and your axe looks too nice for this Zebra effect treatment. But if you mean enhance rather than bring out the grain, then thats a whole different thing. Try Mr J Shuker he is renowned for his finishing.