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[quote name='Sibob' post='12098' date='Jun 4 2007, 09:50 PM']To be honest, i think that counting things is something that well get debated for years to come.
As long as the tune your doing sounds good and feels good............it is good! .

And based on my very limited knowledge of reggae (i like it but never studied it), if i was trying to explain the basics to a guitarist, i'd just say "play the chops on the upbeat", simple as.

Si[/quote]

Yup and back we come to the problem ...
When is the up beat?
I know but the guitarist doesn't .....

Heads up for anyone in the studio end of things
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Pass it onOG

[quote name='The Funk' post='12019' date='Jun 4 2007, 07:34 PM']I think it can affect the feel of the music. I think that's why people sometimes get quite heated about how to count something.[/quote]

I had a look through youtoob for drum lessons on reggae and none of them count the bits in, drummers etc?

I'll have to get some sheet music for jammin the Exodus album or something and see what the transcriber's said ..:0
To be honest it doesn't really matter I just wondered

[quote name='paul, the' post='11996' date='Jun 4 2007, 07:10 PM']Excellent, nice find. Wish I still had my 62 ri.[/quote]

Wish I still had my 62 .... and that slim frame ... Still got hair, thank gawd

[quote name='alexclaber' post='11720' date='Jun 4 2007, 10:45 AM']4/4 with kick on 3 and skank on 2 and 4. Counting it in half time with kick on 2 and 4 makes it much harder to feel the bubbling forward motion.

It sounds like your musical director is treating it too much like a polka!

Alex[/quote]

Yeah well I think he lack skank in his soul ... more of a jazz man ..

[quote name='JPJ' post='11694' date='Jun 4 2007, 09:41 AM']I got mine of a guy in the US on eBay. Mine is the old equal sized cases with the uneven coils so that the top half covers the B,E & A and the bottom half the D&G.[/quote]
OK ..
I saw a numnbr of those but I like the quirkyness of the odd sized "pair"

[quote name='chardbass' post='11652' date='Jun 4 2007, 01:42 AM']A cool tip that's worth trying is to count slow ballads in double time (or feel the 8th note pulse) and up tempo tunes in half time (or feel the half note pulse)- it can stop you slowing or speeding up respectively.[/quote]

Thanks

Actually playing it is not the problem. The problem I have is explaining to gu|t@rists where to put the skank chop.

I'd say "2 and 4", but the MD (who I dare not contradict for fear of loosing my solos...) says "& and &" and the strummers look blank and then get lost

Well I was watching the Exodus 30 year Horizon programme last night on the BBC and I still think its 4/4 with the one drop on the 3 and the skank on 2 and 4 ..

These are fun:




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Hiyah Loadsa work eh?
So what Bart P Pup will you have? Will it be equal sided or lop-sided like mine?

[quote name='lushuk' post='11282' date='Jun 3 2007, 04:22 AM']Hi just brought Si's Fender lyte as described, promised etc no sign of the trousers in the packing though! Top man many thanks!
Eddy[/quote]

Hey You should have said you wanted them! I'm sure we could have come to an arragement
Thanks Eddy

Well I sent the P Lyte off with Interparcel and it turned up safe and well and fast ...
That will be my choice for sub £1000 stuff from now on anyway ..

[quote name='Vasquez Rich' post='11150' date='Jun 2 2007, 08:04 PM']I did think of doing that... but it'd be too much arsing about.. I don't think anyone would be that interested.[/quote]


Aw gwaaaan, You know you want to
Maybe Oxfam could open a special website for re-cycled bass strings like their book shops ,,#Whaddaya think?

[quote name='ShaunB' post='11019' date='Jun 2 2007, 02:04 PM']...aha! Good thread that second one - funny how someone asked the same question... "how do ya just use the simple effects?" and there's a fairly simple answer, which I will try next time I have a free couple of hours... ;-)

I think the lack of kids is really hindering me... I should have had one simply to explain the techy side of things and the willingness (and ability) to RTFM!

But struggle on with it I will as there haven't been any bites at my attempt to sell it.

If I have a breaktrhough I will pass it on (for good or bad)[/quote]


They sell on Ebay for about 175

[quote name='Vasquez Rich' post='11096' date='Jun 2 2007, 05:11 PM']Where I used to work (I'm a metallurgist..no don't ask) we had a large ultrasonic cleaning tank thing. Fill it up with meths and dump the strings in it for half an hour... almost good as new, in fact I don't like brand new strings (a little too bright) so I used to clean and reuse strings a lot. Left there now so can't do it anymore.

Richard
VASQUEZ[/quote]

Sounds like a business opportunity ..
Got a shed?

[quote name='Tanc' post='11008' date='Jun 2 2007, 01:30 PM']The point I am trying to make is the DOUBLE STANDARDS bull sh*t that goes on in this forum. If I made a racist comment, or a rude comment about any of the mods, then I would get a warning as per the terms and conditions of the forum which includes sexism.

A guy writes that he likes the way a breast hangs over a bass, which is sooo sexist that it's not funny, no one does anything. This is double standards. THIS IS WRONG!!!

The WAY it [u]should[/u] of been dealt with, is the person in question should of received a warning and the thread should of been removed, or blocked. I should of received a pm from a mod or from the person in question apologising for the behaviour.[/quote]


Yup I'd expect to happen too.

Self regulation only goes so far and I for one am in favour of a little parental control now and then to avoid this forum falling to teh depths of some others.

[quote name='Gazm' post='10980' date='Jun 2 2007, 11:54 AM']I'd say it was faulty. If they all do this they would have failed the EMC testing part of the CE marking.

Pete.[/quote]


ha ha yeah well I called the shop and they guy told me it's normal for some amps to pick up strong radio tramsmissions some time
"No" I said, "it's not receiving. It's [i]transmitting[/i]" at which point he got all excited and rushed round with his FM portable and found out that all the MB amps he had in the shop do it ....

So I'm going to email Marco and ask him directly - hey why not.

I tried the double layer of cooking foil (on the amp, not my head) and it did reduce the interference a little so I think we have identified the problem ..
Thanks

[quote name='ShaunB' post='10932' date='Jun 2 2007, 10:05 AM']Hi OG,

...thanks for the pdf - I'll take a gander. From my readings (at least 10 times through the manual now - very un-manly!) I think I need to create my own patches which are simply just Chorus, or Phaser etc. But then if you want the auto-wah you have to click the pre-set patch pedals and hunt up and down - it really must be easier...

Self-help group? Count me in! (is there tea and biscuits?)

...it all started when the guitarists said, "so, who's gonna play bass?" doctor...



Let me know when you get the box... it is a sturdy, but rather expensive tuner...[/quote]


ha ha yeah "I helped myself to some self help ...... I'm still diggin' on James Brown"

Hum Ok may have to ask my scientifically minded wife to help me out , or my son. he's 9, he should be able to sort it

More - mixed - opinions here on TB
[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4247215"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4247215[/url]
[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=334460"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=334460[/url]


Loks liek "RTFM" is teh first bit but what's this about Roland not allowing a printable download of the book? Hum

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='10909' date='Jun 2 2007, 09:07 AM']Blimey, if thats what he does for mind reading, I shudder at the thought of how he stops their anal probes.[/quote]

Why would he want to stop them?

[quote name='DrGonzo' post='10862' date='Jun 2 2007, 01:01 AM']Weirdness!

Maybe just slap some tin foil on top of the amp?[/quote]

Do I still need to do that if I'm wearing my Anti-Alien mind reading hat?

Ok
Tried a few things .. Same power source, moved the amp 12 feet from the radio, still some interference (its just the radio, not on CD) Different mains spur, no change

Tried a portable FM radio right on top of the amp and got thw same thing.

When turning the amp off I can hear the power draining out through the radio fizzzz as the lights fade away (capacitor drain I guess)

So yeah EM interference is my guess too ..

So part two: Working as designed or back to the shop?
I guess I'd better try my wireless to see if that is affected as Iintended it to sit next to the head.

[quote name='Tanc' post='10531' date='Jun 1 2007, 01:51 PM']If you have an issue of my freedom of speech then that is your problem.
I can see that it was a HUGE mistake to join this forum.[/quote]

Wow Tanc, don't tar us all with the same brush.
and don't leave the Forum 'cos of the remarks in this thread
OK?
OG

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='10725' date='Jun 1 2007, 07:24 PM']Can you describe the interference a little more? Is it hum or crackle?[/quote]


It's radio interference - ie the station hisses when I turn the amp's power on and stops when I turn it off.

I am reminded of when the air is really, really cold and the FM and telly signals weaken ..

Perhaps this is one of the fabled MB LMK "Black Hole" prototypes and it's sucking all into its inner depths ....
Oh sorry, They film Dr Who around here you know .....

I'll try plugging the power lead into a different spur of the house ring main.

[quote name='ShaunB' post='9259' date='May 30 2007, 03:14 PM']Hi guys, any GT6B experts out there? I am having trouble using the very basic effects, say, just Compression, Chorus or O/D or Phaser, but for the life of me and scanning through the manual can't find how to bypass the pre-set effects which adjust different combinations of 2 or more effects, alot of the time with different pre-amp settings which I don't use/need. A simple fellow who wants a simple life... I thought getting rid of 4 pedals for one plug'nplay board would be the way to go - but I don't need my bass to sound like a chainsaw in need of a body...
Any help gratefully received.
[/quote]

Hi Shaun
I've got one of these on its way and it looks really complex (help!)
However I found this "TurboStart" PDF document that seems to be a kind of short cut list.
I can't vouch for how useful it is as I don't have one to try it on yet

[url="http://cachepe.zzounds.com/media/GT6Bts-622157afdbe12f8e00ee36a7bf9f0242.pdf"]GT-6B TurboStart Document PDF[/url]

Let me know how you get on? PM?
We can form a self-help group

My sparkling new Mark Bass LMK is causing interference on the dining room Midi Stereo unit on FM radio ..
Seems strange .. It's plugged into the same power socket but a good 4 feet away from the FM wire ariel ..
Does that sound normal or do I need to talk to the shop it came from.
I'd rather resolve this before I gig it ..

Any thoughts?
OG

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