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that's a great sound...works well with those drums

[quote name='The Legoheads' post='223230' date='Jun 20 2008, 08:30 PM']I sometimes have a problem with Stone Roses, I Wanna Be Adored... it's so repetitive that as soon as you think what you're doing it can all go belly up... I also hate playing those really simply basslines where you just follow the chords... no riffs.. I can never remember them as they are so indistinctive....[/quote]

got a mail back this afternoon from jon at black guitars. lovely chap, and the price is right. thanks for the advice (don't worry - when all the work's done, pictures and a run-down will follow !)

sounds like a lovely guy

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='223111' date='Jun 20 2008, 05:28 PM']I've just got a really sick D&B bass sound out of my Supercollider fuzz going into a Tonefactor 442 analogue filter (which you can now buy as the Boomstick Bottom Feeder). Even though the fuzz compresses the peaks, it's still possible to control the envelope with how much you dig in, and it sounds like a really dark Renegade Hardware style filtered bass synth. Adding octave/modulation/delay to this would be awesome. I'll do some clips alongside drums sometime this weekend![/quote] ooh - i'd like to hear some clips

oooh - that's a nice 'un i'll post a pic of my dearmond starfire when i get home. (and not just cos it's possibly, maybe up for sale !)

imho playing repetitive stuff should be the first thing you learn as a bass player. it's like the anecdote about stuart copeland saying at a drum clinic that he was about to do what most modern drummers can't do...and then playing a straight, simple rock beat for 2 mins.

[quote name='Musky' post='222812' date='Jun 20 2008, 12:11 PM']You could try [url="http://www.blackguitars.com"]http://www.blackguitars.com[/url] He does the repairs for some Denmark St shops, but does repairs from home at very reasonable prices. He's based in Stoke Newington.[/quote] oooh - top tip...i live in tottenham...he's just round the corner many thanks..i've just sent an email.

[quote name='Toasted' post='222720' date='Jun 20 2008, 10:34 AM']Haha "This one's going to need some new dilithium crystals... I think I can get them but I'll let you know"[/quote] you're losing me here folks...is this an example of their attitude ? i miss living in newcastle and having howard on my doorstep.

the bass i'm putting together for the festival date in two weeks needs a p-up rout enlarging and a set-up... any ideas for a fast-working luthier in london, preferably centrally-based. ideally i'd like it done by the end of next week] any ideas ?

[quote name='dood' post='222461' date='Jun 19 2008, 08:25 PM']So you have three settings. OFF, Clean on (with or without the colour preset and active EQ ON) , Clean + Drive (with active EQ ON)[/quote] when you engage the drive channel, the colour circuit is automatically included in the signal path

[quote name='Clarky' post='222456' date='Jun 19 2008, 08:17 PM']Sorry if this is re-hashing old ground but what does this do that a Sansamp doesn't?[/quote] a lot of it depends if you like the sound of a sansamp really. i didn't like that it did to my sound, and thought the overdrive was weak. ymmv also the mxr has a noise gate on the distortion channel, and you can switch the distortion on and off and still keep the clean channel activated.

the eq works with the colour switch in or out.

used this for the first time as a di box last night. the soundguy seemed very impressed...i just used the 'colour' switch and cut the treble slightly. lovely sound...shook the stage until my bandmates demanded it was turned down a bit - spoilsports

[quote name='chris_b' post='222386' date='Jun 19 2008, 06:53 PM']My mate had his lungs, kidneys and liver removed and he kept playing.[/quote] presumably he wasn't an organist

can't you nick some scrap timber from a skip ? much cheaper if you just want some firewood

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='222306' date='Jun 19 2008, 04:45 PM']Didgeridoo?[/quote] i thought we were talking musical instruments here, not fashion accessories for trustafarians

[quote name='BassManKev' post='222170' date='Jun 19 2008, 02:21 PM']you'll enjoy it gunna be trying out new valves in it soon, looking at GT 12ax7-m and sovtek 12ax7-wb (i think thats its name)[/quote] have you thought about different gain valves ? 12au, 12at, etc.

who knows...but i'm finding this more and more to be honest. at last practise, the band before us didn't clear out of the room until gone the time we were meant to start, and then no apology. i've seen bands 'soundcheck' and play half the songs in their set (nobody obviously told them that you don't need to do whole songs to soundcheck !!) sadly, musicians are no different to the majority of the public...they're stupid, self-centred and arrogant.

a peavey 410t...my old workhorse, but the swr is smaller and lighter

[quote name='cheddatom' post='220570' date='Jun 17 2008, 01:42 PM']Either way, how many training days and courses and etc do these teachers get? I couldn't beleive that my music teachers were expected to teach this music tech A level (and they thought they could!) based on a manual from roland. They couldn't even search google for help if they got stuck![/quote] aaah, the fun when top-loading video recorders first appeared in classrooms...

don't ask me, i'm just the bass player

[quote name='BassManKev' post='220456' date='Jun 17 2008, 11:08 AM']although i will say that generally i think mxr pedals are a little on the expensive side[/quote] they are a tad pricey but i think the sounds are worth it. and they're much cuter than boss pedals ^_^

[quote name='Oscar South' post='220220' date='Jun 16 2008, 09:22 PM']I don't rate most boss effects pedals, maybe the tuner, the EQ, the Noisegate, the Delays, basically utility pedals like that are ok but I can't stand any of their 'tone dependent' stuff. I've used a bunch of them including wahs, distortions, compressers, phasers etc., the modded CS3 I think is decent but better for guitar or vocal than for bass but all my boss stuff now has been sold and replaces with, MXR, Aphex, EHX and Korg pedals. On the other hand most of their effects are excellent for electric guitars.[/quote] plus the one. boss may be bulletproof, but imho they are pretty poor when it comes to the sounds they make. they do good tuners tho. i much prefer mxr or ehx tbh. as for the behringer vs. boss...i'd say it al depends on what you wnt it for...

[quote name='Sibob' post='219995' date='Jun 16 2008, 04:22 PM']If you anchor your thumb on the pickup and play the E string, you're probably bringing your plucking finger back to rest on your thumb. So when you play the A string, bring your plucking finger back to rest on the E string, and so on![/quote] oh ? i do that anyway..except when i'm playing bass [i]properly[/i]..with a plectrum.