paul_5

be careful what you wish for…

Me too. One bass (admittedly a home-made / custom Jazz bass) that covers all the basses (pun intended) and one amp that's pretty transparent (modified SWR SM400) into a Hartke hydride 410 and a custom (me again) pedalboard sees me content with all of my kit. Does it count if you've made most of the stuff yourself? I reckon so!

OK, what dates would be preferable to everyone? Not sure how far I can take this, but I'd like this to happen. What day / evening would everyone prefer?

Do it. Do it now!

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1424629325' post='2698507'] You must play Ebony and Ivory and I Just Called To Say. The audience will never forgive you if you don't. [/quote] And we'll never forgive you if you do.

Also there's [i]For Once In My Life, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, Master Blaster, Higher Ground[/i]... You're spoiled for choice really with an artist like Stevie.

To be honest, I'd be happy to hear a band get through anything from [i]Songs In The Key Of Life[/i] - classics each and every one.

[i]I wish[/i]. SUCH a good groove! If that doesn't fill the floor then you're in a room full of people who are dead inside. You should probably run away as soon as you can. And [i]Sir Duke[/i] if you all fancy a bit of a workout.

You're not kidding. Teentown was a bit sloppier than I remember (slower too), as was the unison run in 'Sir Duke', but I had a load of fun.

Just spent a couple of hours running through all the stuff I was playing at Uni (12years ago). Had an ACE time. Teentown, Coninuum, the Chicken - Jaco ABC, I Want You Back - jackson 5 I Wish, Sir Duke - stevie Wonder and a few others. Feeling a bit stiff now though, but still grinning to myself like an eejit. Best night in I've had in ages.

Sign me up chaps and chappettes.

Dream Theatre. John Myung's an amazing player, but just can't listen to them as a band.

I daresay our elders had similar concerns when that 'Rock and Roll' music (and later 'punk') came along. What concerns me more (although that's still not much) is the increasing dependence on technology and software. What we've got to realise though is that music, like any other language, is in a constant state of development. Some words/sounds fall out of favour and get forgotten, and some get altered and bastardised and continue in a slightly different form. It's a funny old game.

Fletcher & Munsen might have provided a scientific footing for why bass sounds better louder, but can they explain why a guitar sounds better the quieter it gets? I think not.

Yup, that's the one I use.

Yup, I've made (and still use) a good few of those. Super-useful.

JFET blend. Nice!

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1424178233' post='2693468'] Guts pictures or you didn't succeed Si [/quote] Will see what I can do - haven't put the status LED on yet, so it'll have to come out at some point.

Just finished an EHX Small Clone (clone). Beautiful, lush chorus. [url="http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/EHXSmallClone_zps09530e5c.png.html"][/url] I modded it by swapping the 150pf capacitor between pins 1 & 3 of the 4047 to a 330pf to make it [i]super[/i] wobbly. Loads of low end and sounds great on t'other guitar too - very 'early Rush' sounding...

I made a small 4 channel mixer (one for bass, two for L+R inputs from iPod, one as a spare) prior to using the DHA VT1-DI EQ, and that did everything I needed it to. There's a simple 2 channel veroboard layout here: [url="http://www.tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/2-channel-mixer.html"]http://www.tagboarde...nnel-mixer.html[/url] You could probably make it for less than £10 all in, it'd be fairly small too.

Listen to your rig. I mean [i]really[/i] listen…

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1423957774' post='2691002'] Air needs to be moved. Trousers need to be flapped. Wombs need to be vibrated. [/quote] This. Like watching an HD movie on your phone - yes, it's possible, but much more enjoyable through the [i]proper[/i] kit.