OldGit

[quote name='paul h' post='18614' date='Jun 15 2007, 10:44 PM']always helpful OG..thanks mate. NightDragon has been up since yesterday...and all the text is as supplied. i gather that they are sending out an investment pack with a link to the website so they are not relying on people finding it via a search engine. but if it becomes an issue i will happily look at the changes you suggest. as for my site...i love the idea of using the misspellings! top tip. i am always the top of the search engines with the right spelling...but how many people spell it right??? good stuff. paul.[/quote] You are welcome .. I'd suggest that from now on you always add a site map to any design, linked from the Home page, and submit it to Google site maps. You don't have to make it a glaring link, something subtle will do the trick. The robots don't know what image you use so a 1x1 pix (with good tuned alt tag of course) will do it if you don't want teh humans to see it. Yes any ol' SEO company can guarantee to get a site to the top of the search engines results pages, if the search is for something unusual like your name, Dood's name or "hht6789jkim3m3m3m44" assuming that text thread happens to be on the Home page somewhere Re Night Dragon, It looks great by the way - the site I mean .. I expect the movie will be good too .. "I gather that they are sending out an investment pack with a link to the website so they are not relying on people finding it via a search engine." OK same points, really. i.e. most people that get any info about the film from any source, trade press, a flyer, and especially anything on paper or via good ol' word of mouth, will instantly search for "Night Dragon" in Google and see what comes up. And, as any ecommerce adviser will tell you, these days if you ain't on Google page one - five, you don't exist .. So I'd have though you really should do as much as possible to make the site work as well as possible on Google given what they have supplied .. I know a lot of web designers have "SEO " as an add on at extra cost but for the 5 minutes it takes to do a decent page title tag, description and (image and Flash movie) Alt tags I'd have though it was an easy bit of "added value" to offer your customers .. But then if they all did that I'd have a lot less work

[quote name='Painless' post='18600' date='Jun 15 2007, 10:30 PM']LoL!!! I actually live on Marylands Eastern Shore, which is farmer and redneck country... anything over 150 watts and you risk blowing their straw hats off![/quote] My apologies That sounds a whole lot more civilised to me Then Rumble-on, boy

[quote name='paul h' post='18485' date='Jun 15 2007, 06:37 PM']let's keep the old website thread alive eh! i have just done a bit of web design this last couple of weeks and it's made me realise how out of touch i am with it all! first i had to find a way around microsofts annoying "click to activate this control" thing for a flash navigation bar to work properly. that wasn't around last time i did anything. in the end i dynamically loaded the swf using javascript and it worked a treat. so then i decided to redo my personal site in the "modern" style. by that i mean by using just divs and css to take care of all the layout. no tables to be found! check it out if you fell like it. definitely the "cleanest" website in terms of code...and probably design i have done. just lacks content at the moment. no site engine optimization on there at all...but i get all my work through word of mouth anyway. [url="http://www.paulharckham.com"]www.paulharckham.com[/url] paul.[/quote] Hiyah Paul Yeah people do still PM me now and then to take a whiz through their band sites and I'm happy to do that .. Yours is interesting cos, as you say, it's not really there to be found by concept searchers. You might like to optimse the SEO for people who know you exist, know you have a website and are trying to remember where the hell they left the url though ... "Now what was that guy's name? The designer guy that did Night Dragon, Paul something Arcam? Hackem? Harkam?" I'd put all the possible misspellings of your name in an Alt tag on one of your images just in case .. is this you too? [url="http://www.paulharckham.com/portfolio/"]http://www.paulharckham.com/portfolio/[/url] Flash is generally a pants way to display info or navigate for DDA and SEO reasons as the spiders just can't see the contents of flash movies (and they hate javascript too ..) so they just won't get past the Home page unless there a site map or text links to the other bits... Of course you don't have a huge amount of stuff there anyway so it's less of a problem for your site but normal navigation and bits of Flash adding, well, "flash", work "better" and can achieve the same visual effect, more or less .. Not being found on Google may not be a problem for you but I suspect it could be a problem for the Night Dragon site as there's little accesible stuff for Google to index ... and it hasn't got as far as indexing the "we want investors" page, despite the link.. . This may be because it's new and just not indexed yet or it may be that the spiders got to the home page and found not much to index, no metatags to speak of etc and just went off somewhere else more stocked with search terms ... If it's been up for longer than 6 weeks I'd suggest you look at the SEO .... Incientally "Click here" is not good text for a link, in general, superflous and not beneficial for google, it also works less well for people using screen readers - imagine tabbing between links and all you get ist "click here" click here" "click here" Better if the links are informative, say "Home page" "contct us" "investment details" or better still "invest in Night Dragon" .. Anyway I hope this second view of your sites helps .. OG

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='18187' date='Jun 15 2007, 12:16 PM']My 100w watt Rumble used to hold its own doing small pub gigs. They do also have a balanced XLR out so you could run it into the PA for bigger ones. I got GAS though and felt the urge to upgrade![/quote] Yeah but he's in the states where a small club bass rig is 1000 watts ...... (sorry talk like that got me chucked off US forums

[quote name='obbm' post='18238' date='Jun 15 2007, 01:00 PM']It does raise the question as to what is wrong with your existing rig?[/quote] The ash trays are full

[quote name='The Funk' post='18225' date='Jun 15 2007, 12:48 PM']So, we're agreed? 1. If you can 'feel' it, you won't be counting it. 2. If you can't 'feel' it, you have to count it. 3. If you have to count it, you count with the accent/drop/kick on the 3. 4. The reason you count it so that the accent is on the 3 is that we have passed a resolution on these bass forums declaring so.[/quote] Ha ha Yea man, We ruuule

[quote name='BOD2' post='17800' date='Jun 14 2007, 07:14 PM']The Behringer one could probably be made to work but, as obbm says, the cabling would be a nightmare. You could use two of the Boss FS5L switches and make up a "Y-cable" which effectivley changes what was your stereo jack into two mono jacks. OldGit's Matrix FSL-2 looks promising (although I can't find any detailed info about it) but it looks to be the right sort of thing. Likewise the Marshall footswitch shown also looks promising (the LEDs must be battery powered). Other than that I could post a circuit diagram (would have to be tomorrow now) showing what you'd need to do to make one but it would probably end up costing just as much as the Matrix FSL-2. Lots of options there [/quote] Thats OBBM's Matrix rather than mine ... in that he has one and recommends them. The Marshall pedal LEDs are powered by something in the amp that squirts some sort of power down the cable... I'd like to know if the Mark Bass LMK can do the same trick but I'd need to find someone who has both

[quote name='Painless' post='17825' date='Jun 14 2007, 08:07 PM']Firstly I want to say thanks to everyone for their input, you've all given me plenty to ponder over. If I do purchase, it will probably be online from musiciansfriend as they seem to offer the best discount I've seen so far, unless anyone else knows better? I think I would rather go for a new unit than a used one. +1 to the point of getting out and trying some combo's in the shops, I just need to find one around here that actually knows that bass exists and devotes more than one dusty corner to it. The stores I've been to around here so far just only seem to concentrate on guitar equipment and not bass. There ought to be a word for that.... basscistism? Russ.[/quote] Ah well as you are in the US... The Peavey BAM 210 is on sale there at one of the big onlines for $599 or so. At that price it's an absolute steal ... You may have to google for a few hours to find it as some stores are still selling them for 1200 dollars but I definately saw it last week, just can't find it again ..

[quote name='Muppet' post='17751' date='Jun 14 2007, 05:58 PM']It doesn't work in proper English, Old Bean. EZ is pronouced Eee Zed.... [/quote] Ah but he's in Tasmania .......

[quote name='obbm' post='17487' date='Jun 14 2007, 11:35 AM']Ashdown ABM requires latching switches which connect the signalling wires to ground so there are no volts available down the cable to drive LEDs. I use one of these: Latching switches, LEDS, battery inside, Ring/tip/sleeve jack socket. Not made any more but they do come up on ebay from time to time.[/quote] Aha They have them [url="http://en.woodbrass.com/FOOT+SWITCH+CONTROLLER+MATRIX+FSL2+FOR+KEYBOARD%2C+GUITAR%2C+HOMESTUDIO?currency=GBP&products_id=21651"]here[/url] It's abroad but they ship to the Uk, About 40 Euro inc shipping

Yeah thought it was not obvious. I think the Rocktron RFS-2 will do my job for me if I can find one in the UK .. [url="http://www.music123.com/Rocktron-RFS2-Rampage-Footswitch-i157116.music"]http://www.music123.com/Rocktron-RFS2-Ramp...h-i157116.music[/url]

[quote name='Hamster' post='15592' date='Jun 11 2007, 02:00 PM']lol - you forgot Audiologists! - eh? - pardon?[/quote] and Chiropractors

How about this? [url="http://www.behringer.com/AB200/index.cfm?lang=eng"]http://www.behringer.com/AB200/index.cfm?lang=eng[/url] I can't quite work out if it will do the switching job Dave can you translate the spec int yes or no?

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='17401' date='Jun 14 2007, 10:11 AM']quite possibly although i might just go and get one of these and stick a stereo jack on it[/quote] I guess one of those with a battery to power the LEDs if needed would do it. It's already got a stereo jack ... "If you you an LED you'll need to power it. You can power the LED from a 9V battery but you'll need to find space to fit the battery. Alternatively you could power it from a 9V dc power supply if there is already one on your pedal board. In this case you'd need to fit a socket to take the power plug." in the past I've attached an external 9v battery clip to gadgets where there's not been enough room inside ..

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='17398' date='Jun 14 2007, 10:03 AM']the ABM's as has been said elsewhere do have a warm sound, if you are looking for something a bit more edgey then have a look at the MAG range (yes i know i bought one so i should be happy with it ) when i was looking at amps i was very keen on the rumble but was worried by the 100watt max (think it was the one with the 15" driver) but liked the sound and they are very expensive for what you get IMHO. i got as good if not better sounds out of the mag and there seems to be more available sounds in it too and a 307watt 210 combo for 300 quid can't be beat really. but like they say it may not be for you but defo worth a listen.[/quote] Mike has a point - 100 watts isn't really enough to play in a club with a drummer and a couple of guitars .. you may - just - get away with it if you add another speaker cab to shift more air but a safer bet would be something that has 300 watts to start with. Anyway the rule with anything like this is to take your bass down to "Sound Control" or your local music store on a Wednesday morning and just play through as many different makes and speaker config combos you can find. Then you'll have a better idea of the makes and speaker sizes you like... Then look through the for sale bit here and post a wanted ad .. and EBay etc ...

[quote name='BigRedX' post='17383' date='Jun 14 2007, 09:46 AM']Will Boss FS5L (latching footswitches with status LEDs) not do what you want?[/quote] Marshall do a bunch too, nice and cheap, but there's no mention of what powers the LEDs

I too would like one of these. I'm LED (ho ho) to believe that the MarkBass LMK footswitch has LEDs to indicate function so that may work for you. However it's getting one for reasonable money that's difficult. Having said that I can't see any in the pictures ... Dave, could you knock some up?

[quote name='ste_m3' post='17232' date='Jun 13 2007, 09:53 PM']i wasnt dreaming... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=619"]Ashdown Combos[/url] Theyll eat any of the aforementioned [/quote] Well some of us just don't like them ... Never could get a good sound out of mine ...

[quote name='acidbass' post='16019' date='Jun 12 2007, 02:55 AM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut88RYybqiA"]Linky Linky[/url] As OG says, the review in BP Mag was also very good, I think Ed Friedland did it too.[/quote] Hey good link. There's some very good other videos on there - reviews and lessons.

I'm not sure it was this model of combo but Bassguitar mag reviewed one of the Fender Bass combos - it had modeling, drum machine, practice looping etc - and thay absolutely loved it. Let me know if you want me to dig the review out. OG

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[quote name='Rich' post='15453' date='Jun 11 2007, 10:12 AM']The only P-style bass I've ever enjoyed playing is Si Oldgit's gorgeous Shuker P-5... other than that, they simply aren't my cup of Lapsang.[/quote] Well since you've brought the subject up. My Shuker P5 neck is not really very much like the contemporary 4 string Fender. It's a five, of course, and it's very wide. I like like that. It's based on teh Ibanez BTB neck profile - ie very shallow. That may be why Rich likes it .. In a bit of mutual appreciation, I really like Rich's Shuker jazz V but in general there are too may pickps and too many knobs on a Jazz for me, when I want to sound liek a fender, its a P I am looking for. That skinny jazz neck is just not wide enough for my fingers which are long and fat I've always felt at home on P basses - US ones, MIJ ones I even had a JV series Squier - that was nice to play too. In the 70's I had the holy grail of P-basses, a real 62. ( for 10 years or so) It had the very shallow profile neck. The 1980's MIJ 62 RI was extremely good as well and stunningly close to the real one. I like the sound, of course, er which sound ? well I like all of the very varied sounds it can make that have been mentioned before. Brilliant for reggae too, just roll all the treble off and pluck them up by fret 20 . I'm bemused by this talk of not being able to get the action down low .. I can't do it cos I don't fettle well, but I know a man who does and he's always managed to get mine down really low and with just enough fret rattle to sound right, even with my preference for rediculously light weight strings So .. A great general purpose bass. I don't think they are the ultimate bass for a lot of people but they are generally a lot better than "good enough" for a most musical situations.