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[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' timestamp='1330355454' post='1556074'] Thanks - will check it out. Does it give you a lot more depth to the tone from the bass now? [/quote] the bass boost is better on the seymour duncan as the stock pramp was just a bit silly on the bass front imho - just far too much of it ! the replacement is much more defined to my ears.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1330269793' post='1554908'] I think it's made clearer by this bloke [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=323kQis2zbM&feature=related[/media] [/quote] brilliant kenneth williams looks about 15

i put a [url="http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/bass/music-man/electronics/stc3m3_stc3m4_f/"]seymour duncan musicman pre[/url] in my sabre and really like it. might be worth a look.

cos i'm an idiot

[quote name='sprocket123' timestamp='1330270749' post='1554930'] Hey apook : did a nice job buddy [/quote] thanks -i'm quietly chuffed with myself.

ok, here's some samples ! [url="http://soundcloud.com/moltendog/streamer-mods"]http://soundcloud.com/moltendog/streamer-mods[/url] first three are running through the pickup switching: 1.series 2.single coil (neck side) 3. parallel and then, staying with the parallel setting, some examples of the artec eq 1.bass boosted by ~1/3, treble flat 2. bass boosted by ~1/3, treble boosted by ~1/3 3. bass boosted by ~3/4, treble boosted by ~1/3

[quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1330184374' post='1553865'] How much is people's perception of a genuine, live, energetic rock performance coloured by years of media saturation of miming to pre-recorded, studio quality tracks? [/quote] i'd say this is definately a factor when rating a 'proper' band's live performance.

can't make it down to see you, but best of luck !

thanks might get some sound samples up tonight

a couple of weeks ago i decided i'd try fitting an active circuit to my warwick streamer std, and bought an artec se2-a - it's a stack knob bass & treble control so i could just replace the existing passive tone control. so, i did that bit of techery this week, and was very impressed by the artec eq - the bass boost is very nice...warm rather than boomy except at the very top of the range. the treble rolls of nicely as well - quite like a passive control. i'd hacked the artec circuit a bit to fit around the existing push-pull switch on the volume control for single/double coil switching and it was a bit messy, and as i'd found an on-on-on mini switch in my bits box (well, one of them !) i decided to do a full series/single/parallel switching job as detailed [url="http://www.1728.org/guitar7.htm"]here[/url]. it meant putting a hole in the bass for the switch, but it turned out rather well i think the choice of sounds is great - i'd already replaced the stock MEC pickup with a bartolini and i'd found the humbucking tone a bit full on, and preferred the single coil sound, which is still there, but the parallel tone is lovely - thick without being dull. anyway - i'd recommend artec eq's if yyou don't want to splash out on emg or similar.

[quote name='TommyK' timestamp='1329234333' post='1539260'] + 1 on this. + also "factory of faith" from the new chilli's album, love it.... [/quote] 'bubbles' has been dropped from the set as it's not well-known enough. aaah well.

i use an alesis F2 and am quite happy with it. i bought it as a expression pedal, but it does both jobs admirably.

[quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1329922152' post='1549794'] A lot of the bass players here are a certain age and these players are the ones we had posters of on our bedroom walls [/quote] plus the one. (not that i had said posters, but i'm agreeing with the point)

[quote name='hairyhaw' timestamp='1329913397' post='1549511'] I'm happy for you too stick Osman et al in the bog-standard box but I disagree about James. The lines he wrote for “She’s so High”, “Bang”, plus the intro motif for “There’s No Other Way” and “Tracey Jacks”; these are all very well thought out lines. Not Clayton style root note run-of-the-mill at all. [/quote] plus the one (esp 'tracy jacks')

not their most stellar performance, but still very enjoyable. [quote name='Cyrene' timestamp='1329902643' post='1549199'] What I'd really like to know tho is who here thinks Alex James is a good bass player? Obviously within the context of the whole indie/pop/rock genre, he must be considered somewhat better than his peers. [/quote] i think he's a superb bass player - very melodic and groovy.

never carry more than you can eat.

[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1329816035' post='1547649'] You either do the gig and accept all that it entails, or sell your gear and go and do something else, for gawd's sake... [/quote] plus the one. as far as i can see complaining about your audience in the contect of this thread is like a pig farmer complaining about the ever-present smell of sh*t.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1329821635' post='1547764'] Apparently it all goes downhill from 25 - I just tried noiseaddicts and could hear 14khz but not 15khz. I'm 47. [url="http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2009/03/can-you-hear-this-hearing-test/"]http://www.noiseaddi...s-hearing-test/[/url] [/quote] 16kHz was fine, 17...there was something there, but i'll not say i could hear it properly. edit: good point charic - it might be my cheap headphones that are topping it out at 16, but i'd be suprised at 42 if i could hear 17 anyway !

a 2nd guitar is a must, and if you're guitarist doesn't have a spare... oh hang on, i've never me a guitairs without at least 3 !

i'm faily new to the covers band lark, but i learn the basslines note for note. firstly because we're a covers band, and secondly if i don't learn the bassline as it is on the record and put my own bits in, then i'm playing like me, which doesn't teach me anything. if i try to copy the existing bassline i may end up learning new skills and get ideas.