Gareth Hughes

Thank you very much indeed.

[quote name='umph' timestamp='1343570970' post='1752165'] drill a hole, wire in a volume pot. tis a cheaper solution [/quote] +1 to this. Did this with both my Mini Q-Tron's - works a treat.

Great - now I've just realised how nowhere close to the mark I've been busking that song at gigs for years!!! Nice playing m'lady.

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1343134809' post='1745805'] That is one of the most sickening sounds you can hear. [/quote] I'll go one better/worse - hearing the headstock rip apart whilst you're playing in a quiet room. The sound of ripping wood mere inches from my head haunts me to this day - even thinking of it now sends shudders down me spine.

Bump

Hey Folks - Just got this book as a replacement book via an Amazon dealer, for another book that was pretty mangled. As luck would have it the cd is missing and the seller doesn't have a replacement copy. [s]Does anyone have the cd of this? [/s] *Sorted now folks - thank you good people of Basschat*

If you get the Simandl 30 Etudes, it's worth springing for the MusicMinusOne edition which has the piano accompaniments on cd, as well as another cd with the bass parts performed too. Great for getting the intonation together along with the tempo.

I use two 1x12's and love the versatility, and love being able to stack them vertically to bring the sound closer to my ears. My Markbass LMK 500watt head into two Epifani 1x12 cabs has more volume than I need. With one cab it's a great rig for upright. If I was picking a new rig from scratch I'd be tempted to go for the new GenzBenz Contour 2x10 combo and then add another cab when needed. As much as I love having separate heads and cabs so I can mix and match, there are times when I'd just love to roll a combo in, plug one kettle lead in and away I go.

Yeah, but think of all the straps you could get from that horse

I use a Korg Pandora PX3B jobby I bought years ago in London for way too much. Probably a better, and cheaper, updated version available by now. Decent sound, eq is grand and editable on each patch. Drum presets are cheesy but grand for practicing. Handy feature is the 'Phrase' function which lets you create a loop of whatever audio comes thru the Aux input. Oh, and it has an Aux input too

Bass clef wizard on my first go. I reckon I'd a Great Wizard if I knew the keys to type a lot better!!!

Hey Lindsey - that is such a great tone you get on the Carole King clip - especially on 'White Christmas'. Colour me with envy. Good luck.

Bout ye and welcome!!!

By soundpeg do you mean the sound post inside the bass? If so, it sounds like the sound post is too big to begin with, which results in it trying to push through the front and back (and also noticeable by checking the f-holes- if one side of the f appears higher than the other then that's what's happening. It could also be the result of this crazy warm humidity we've been having here lately. Ireland's normally just cold and wet but now it's becoming warm and wet. I'm just guessing on this second point, and maybe humidity changes don't happen that quickly. As for a repair- by all accounts Tom Barrett in Galway is the guy to go to. Don't have a number for him but do a search for double bass and his name and you should be good. Good luck!!!!!

Was digging through some old tapes and found this clip with Foy Vance from 2006. This was a good band I think. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RMTzPxWUYE&feature=relmfu[/media]

Yeah, I'm probably in the minority here but even at clank settings I still find something inherently dark about the Ampeg sound. I'm a 6K+ kinda guy

Ah, that be stuff I know nothing about then.

It can be turned off in the second version. I like it a lot. Found the VT to be too dark for my liking.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1340015958' post='1697539'] My apologies for taking you up wrongly. I would generally not consider myself to be naive. However, I have come across people who actually have the the views you "jokingly" related. So, as I dont know you from Adam, then yes, maybe the smiley may have been necessary. That's what they're for. [/quote] Apologies Coilte, not singling you out on purpose to make that point. Wouldn't be the first time my sense of humour didn't come across well. My genuine opinion is that playing any instrument in any way is valid as long as it makes the sound that's desired. As for who is more important in a band- every role is important and should be respected as such. My feeling is that folks who think bass should have four strings and be played with fingers in a subordinant role are missing the point of music in general. Music (and instruments) are in a constant state of evolution. To have the progress of that evolution stop at a certain point seems redundant to me and shows up a particular characteristic about someone that I really don't like. Like Frank Zappa said - a mind is like a parachute. It only works if it's open.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1339857255' post='1695494'] Thankfully, I have never felt inferior (unconfident at times...yes) as a bassist, and no, I never had the wish to play anything other the bass, though it is good to be able to play more than one instrument. You are correct when you say that when the bassist stops playing, then the whole shebang falls apart. So why think you'r inferior? [/quote] Jeez guys, is my sarcasm THAT subtle? Do we really need the smiley face icon to tell when someone is joking?