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ack - beat me to it ! hope it works out well gary.

as girlfren's away...it was bound to happen left to right are: epiphone jack casady status t-bass (essex-born, like me) dean rhapsody 8-string

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1226746' date='May 10 2011, 09:25 PM']Bear in mind that while a chorus does thicken things up a bit, it will also make you sound '80s as hell.[/quote] plus the one

jimmy just popped round to buy my ridge farm gas cooker valve DI. top chap - wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again.

[quote name='Slipperydick' post='1226337' date='May 10 2011, 03:50 PM']That not what I mean by a noticeable difference. How about if you were in your 50s or even 60s, and the rest of the band were around 21 ? Where do you draw the line, come to that, at what point would the rest of the band ? How old is too old ? Sorry, dont mean to hijack the thread, but the point has been raised now.[/quote] if everyone in the band was happy with it, why should it be an issue ? i'm not denying your point, but i'd hope that age isn't an obstacle to making good music...it depends why you're forming a band in the first place.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1226124' date='May 10 2011, 01:16 PM']it's not rock bottom, rock bottom was a year or so ago, they are creeping up now. And outwith basschat they didn't crash as far either.[/quote] prolly sold my $$ too soon then...aaah well, i still have my fortress and my streamer std. oh and thank you..."outwith" - you've just improved my wordpower

now i wonder... is [i]this[/i] a bass solo ? (at 3.08)

[quote name='topo morto' post='1226088' date='May 10 2011, 12:50 PM']You might have some joy with a pedal like the MXR M108. Running it before the BDDI will allow you to get different tones out of the BDDI distortion, while running it after will allow a general boost and eq tweak.[/quote] plus the one. even discounting the distortion, you could use it as a two-channel preamp, with different eqs on each channel.

[quote name='markstuk' post='1225788' date='May 10 2011, 07:05 AM']cheers... would be perfect if not quite so expensive :-)[/quote] what about something like an mxr micro amp ? readily available and quite cheap 2nd hand prolly not clincially flat in terms of eq, but if it's always in your chain you could get round it.

[i]any[/i] solo that is there solely to show off how good someone's playing is totally pointless imho , and very few bass solos do anything but that. i was cajoled into playing a bass solo in the punky/mental band i was in many years ago. i just played a truncated version of 4'33

whatever you do - i quite like the look of the socket well staying black. top work !

maybe try to dig in a bit harder when you play and get a bit of clank going on ? the eq trick that 51m0n mentioned would deffo be worth a try.

that neck looks lovely. tidy bit of work

[quote name='icastle' post='1225422' date='May 9 2011, 07:08 PM']For me it's not been too difficult as it seems to be very much a 'genre' thing. No, I wouldn't 'fit' in one of them there grunge thrash prog rock bands, but I wouldn't want to be there anyway. [/quote] what ? you just nailed my favourite genre

[quote name='TimR' post='1225528' date='May 9 2011, 08:31 PM']Also you should only ever have one layer of string wound on the post this will affect your tuning.[/quote] i've never had any tuning problems with my usual 2 or 3, but ymmv.

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1225465' date='May 9 2011, 07:38 PM']You know what I don't think there's anyone I'd want to spend an hour with. The problem I find is that I'm crap at talking to people and I'm bound to say something plain dumb or regret something so it's probably best I don't spend any time with any of those bassists I admire and equally I'd hate to start chatting with somebody and find they're total prats.[/quote] i think most people when faced with a musician they admire would feel the same...

nope, but it's mighty purdy !

[quote name='icastle' post='1225218' date='May 9 2011, 03:47 PM']Doesn't really bother me too much, I've just picked up a job playing with a singer/songwriter that hasn't quite hit her 20th birthday yet. I'd [b]like[/b] to think that I got the gig based on my charm, wit, sophistication and youthful looks... [/quote] one of the best bands i've ever been in had a guitarist who was 21 when i was 37... be both thought a lot of each other's playing so it was never an issue. sadly a lot of people see it as an obstacle...when it doesn't have to be.

totally unrealistic expectations there... the market price for warwicks is rock-bottom at the moment. edit: and yes...it's not a $$ (bit slow on the uptake today)

[quote name='bassbloke' post='1224868' date='May 9 2011, 10:53 AM']What kind of music?[/quote] a wobbly line between post-rock (tortoise/bark psychosis), noise (sonic youth/my bloody valentine) and post-punk (wire/joy division)... it generally plays out like this... i answer an ad, meet up with an interested musician, and then i get the fob-off, even before a note has been played. i see the faces drop when they realise i'm not 10-15 years younger than i am.

well, as someone's who's having a hard time getting past people who think 41 is too old to play originals... musicians who value ability over age.