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[quote name='MusicLover20015' timestamp='1326308799' post='1495323']...how do you guys do it ?...[/quote]

The age-old traditional method: coke, grass, houch...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1326290778' post='1494971']
[b]How Did You Train Your Drummer?[/b]...[/quote]

Can your 'friend's drummer not find a decent drum teacher in his region..? A decent one can do all sorts of wonders, and, if he's good, knows very well how to put someone 'on track' over this very problem. It's their job, and many are good at it. Doesn't have to be lessons for years on end; a couple of months and a bit of concentration should sort him out.
Just my tuppence worth ([i]but then again, what would I know; I'm just a drummer[/i]...)
Hope this helps...

This ^^^^

The singing's not too bad (for the 'genre'...) but the vocal sound is pretty bad (imho...).

A difficult one to pull off; my band left it after a while (may try it again...). Keep working, it will all improve with practice (including the recording/mixing...).

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1326221969' post='1494071']
Now sorted.
I applied said lube/cleaner in a vigorous action and whilst doing this my knob got stiffer and then there was a sudden release and now my knob is slack.
I am so satisfied.

Thanks for all your contributions and keep on truckin.
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Fine, but how's the bass..?

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1326094811' post='1492061'] ...drumchat.co.uk...[/quote]
Not to be confused with drumchat.com, an active US-based drum forum ([i]who would have thought it, eh..?[/i]). Slightly churchy and twee, but I'm often on there despite that. There are some nice folks there...

Yep.

[quote name='DrBike' timestamp='1325370118' post='1482678']...about to become Staines Upon Thames.[/quote]
Good evening, DrBike, and a Happy New Year to you and yours...
Staines..? Know it well; used to be from those parts (Bedfont, then Shepperton...).
'Upon Thames', eh..?Going up in the world, are we..? A rose, by any other name, and all that..? Be careful, though; if the waters continue to rise, you'll not be only waving, perhaps..!
Welcome to the forum...

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1325279251' post='1481789']... the £300 worth of soap in the box was just one huge lump.
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By my calculation, that's about 150 bars of Pears..! You must be very clean folks.

Good afternoon, Richard...
The '33' is country code for France, '53' Dept. code (Mayenne...).
I had a fleeting thought that we may have crossed paths, 'til I remembered that my school bus was the 285..! 'twould have been strange coincidence indeed to encounter an Old Hamptonian here..!
Quite sincere about the bass, though. If I was selfish, I would hope it to be still available it a few months time. I have an excellent Hofner Verithin, but yours really is a corker, even the good lady found it pretty..!
On our Hofner site, the main focus is on 'vintage' guitars and basses, but contemporaries are also of interest (and will become vintage in time..!). Yours is a very good example of that principle.
Hope for your sake it goes quickly ; secretly hoping for mine that I can PM you at a later date to arrange shipping..!

[quote name='Amazoman' timestamp='1325204640' post='1481050']
...a creamy, bluesy tone rather than a gritty sound so the tech suggested a KT 100 ,which is a beefier version of the KT88, which is a recommnded change from the stock 6550 valves to get this sound...[/quote]
Slightly off topic here, but this still seems very strange, so I'll pursue slightly, if I may. I am open to correction, but for my money, a decent KT88 design would be about as 'transparent' as one could get, most especially if not 'pushed'. The term 'gritty', or even 'creamy'/'bluesy', seem out of place somehow. These valves don't 'break up' easily at all, until concrete-grinding volumes are reached. They are used especially for those requiring 'headroom' for just that reason (I don't want break-up with my bass, only headroom...). The KT100 has a slightly higher break point still (some 3db, depending on circuitry...), or roughly double the volume. If that's where you're looking for your 'creamy' sound, then heaven help your FOH sound engineer, and bring on the masons for rebuilding the stadium..! The 'tone' comes from the pre-amp and tone stack; the power section takes that to a higher power with as much transparency as possible, until driven hard enough to contribute it's own tonal characteristics. That point is pretty damned high for these valves, and even when reached, is far from 'gritty'. That's a term that I would more easily associate with a choice of pre-amp valve (selection of ECC83, for instance, between Mullard and Electro-Harmonix , NOS versus new, etc...)
In general (few exceptions...) a good valve amp with a 'tone' is a small(ish...) amp cranked. If you want creamy/bluesy for a guitar, a Pignose does better than a Marshall stack most of the time. I can't recommend much for 'creamy' bass tone, as I look rather for clean headroom, but I'm pretty certain you won't find it in a powerful amp at anything under high volume (or very heavily attenuated, perhaps..?).
Just my tuppence worth; there may be other elements not covered that I've missed, in which case; apologies.
Hope this helps.

I'll have some of these if you can ship them to France, adequately boxed...

Wise, 'sound' decision, imho (pun intended...). Classic setup, should work just dandy and no messing about. Well done (tried sending pat on the back by pm; it didn't work..:-))

A great deal of the tone of your amp comes from the speaker/cab combination. It will do no harm at all to try coupling to a Barefaced instead, and, if you really like the result, modify permanently, but I seriously doubt that the result will be anything comparable to the present, standard, sound. No harm in trying, and you may get a very pleasant surprise. I'd be curious to hear how this turns out, if you decide to go for it. I did quite a bit of mixing/matching back then (anyone remember the 'Concord' valve amps from Tottenham Court Road..?), and every combination of amp/speaker/cab was radically different,mostly in unpredictable ways.
Really, the answer's a lemon; suck it and see..! You won't blow the WEM.

A 200w valve amp is perhaps a tad 'overkill' as a home practice amp, and you may be expecting much to want stage power and bedroom use. I use a Hiwatt DR203 (200w PA amp, 4 x KT88...), which very quiet, but it takes little to produce hum from these monsters.
Was the hum there before changing the power tubes..? The KT100 seems a strange choice to me (I'm not [i]that [/i]clued up, however...); they have extra gain and power handling, but that would rather increase the problem, if it's in the pre-amp.
BB above has pointed the right way, however. Your amp tech should be made aware of the issue, and will doubtless suggest a solution. It may never be completely silent, of course, but it's rather a judgement call as to whether it's 'normal', or acceptable for that use.
Hope this helps...

Good afternoon, fryer...

I've posted this to the Hofner forum which I visit daily...

[url="http://www.hofner.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2589"]http://www.hofner.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2589[/url]

...I'll remove it, of course, if you have an objection...

([i]Damned shame to be married, sometimes, it would be taken otherwise[/i]... )

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1325168789' post='1480460']...he slept with my best mate's wife...[/quote]
"...He's not flashy, he's solid and we lock in well together..." No surprises there, then..?

The clue is in the title...

'...[i]almost [/i]ceased'.

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1325107575' post='1479974']...the old guy makes me sound like a plodder (somebody has to keep the beat)...[/quote]
Good evening, gjones...
Seems to be a problem of temperament between you. There are many qualities required in a band, and musicianship is not always the highest regarded (perhaps even more true for drummers...). You may not come out that badly, though, if we cite the example given by The Who. Despite the somewhat extravagant percussion, the bass player (one Entwistle...) is seldom rated as a 'plodder', even with his definite quality of 'keeping the beat'. I rather think that most would rate him as the lynch-pin of the group. Is there no comfort in such a role model..?
As a drummer myself, my innate and immense modesty should preclude me from agreeing with the thread title, but it's generally true, nevertheless. My band is an exception, as it is the singer who makes it all worthwhile. The bass/drums melding is however fundamental for most outfits, the rest is trimmings.

I'd go for it, but don't like the colour (or could I get it re-vanished..?).

[quote name='norvegicusbass' timestamp='1324996008' post='1478950']
......What lengths have you all gone to to achieve the sound you want and has it been a long journey for you?
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Tru-Bass 88 Black Nylon strings on a Hofner Verithin bass, Hiwatt DR203 PA amp (4 x KT88...), Fender Bassman 2 x 15 or Ampeg 4 x 10, all setting flat. I mostly use the neck p/up, and vary the volume a tad on the bass or, occasionally, the tone pot. Fingerstyle only, no pick. Long journey..? The first 40 tears were the hardest, after which things got (slightly...) better.
Tone chasing is a blood sport, akin to chimera hunting. To me, it's all in the mind. There are those eternally unsatisfied that keep a whole economy going, and those that use their fingers to get what's required (I'm assuming a certain minima here; silk purses, sow's ears an' all...). There are some demi-gods that create particular sounds that identify them, and it can be fun trying to replicate, but I humbly believe that 95% of 'normal' bass can be covered by any half-decent gear. Heretical, surely, or maybe I'm more deaf than I think, but the laws of diminishing returns make me satisfied with an 'average' tone, more especially as I am a less-than-average player.
(With drums, it's the same. Birch, maple, oak shells, single or double-ply heads, matching stick weights... All that and much more just to bash out 'Highway to Hell' etc... Maybe I'm just cynical..?)

Costs nearly as much as a 'reliced' new one..!

Damn..! I thought this was going to have a U-tube vid with a hilarious catastrophe to watch..! Oh, well, hope they go to a good home just the same.
Merry Christmas.

'twill end in tears, I'm afraid. He wanted a Jaguar XJ...

T'would fall over if put on top...

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On the floor, it can't fall far...

As a drummer (and amateur bassist...) I look after my kit and cymbals in what, imho, is a reasonable manner, but when the situation requires a sacrifice, it's the end result that counts. Having a sub-standard recording is too high a price to pay, again, imho, when there are simple alternatives. If it took using a blowtorch on my drums to get the right sound, I would object in the strongest terms, but turning a bl**ding tuning key (even leaving a mark...) is not the end of the instrument (well, perhaps, for bongos..:-). Your drummer may well be a fine lad, more power to his elbow, but a bit of a tw*t, to my mind. I am rather 'maniac' about my cymbals (Cymbags, never touched with bare hands and all; that's just common sense at the price they cost...), but I've busted quite a few over the years, by hitting them with bits of wood.
How does he preserve his toilet paper from being soiled, I wonder (but not for long..!)?
Just my tuppence worth...