LiamPodmore

The gigs i've done where it's gear share, i've always cleared it with the other bands first, and if they say no (Which i've never actually encountered) i'm more than happy to go DI as it's always at somewhere like Academy with a monster PA. I don't have my own cab (Due to cash/storage/transport arrangements) so whenever anyone's willing to lend one is always helpful. I intend to get my pedalboard set up so that i can go DI without any issues whatsoever as soon as i can afford everything i need.

Liam

To me, a good bassist is someone who plays the right notes (Be that the note, the amount of notes, or where those notes are) to fit the song. Whether that's 2 handed tapping (A Wilhelm Scream - The Horse), or just simple root notes with the odd fill thrown in (Dougie from McFly), or even just mirroring the guitar riff note for note (RATM - Killing In The Name). Whether that person is the most technically proficient player on the planet has no bearing IMO. You could do 2 handed tapping in a McFly song but it would likely sound horrible. I find it more impressive to know a person can play like that, but chooses not to as it wouldn't fit the song/band that they're in, than someone who constantly shows off all of their technical skills.

Liam


[size=3]Note: Everything said is just my opinion, you may hate the bassists/songs mentioned and think they're absolutely sh*te but you're more than welcome to.[/size]

Looks like i'll be on a mass liking spree tonight. Not sure where i got up to last time so i'll just start from the top again.

Liam

The prices have been higher since the export of neodymium out of China was restricted, as that's pretty much where all the worlds supply comes from at the moment. There was something on the Barefaced website about it as they had to charge extra per driver because of the sudden price increase.

Liam

Pretty much always use my P bass, unless i need the 5 string, though in the year i've had my P, i think the 5 string has left the house 3 or 4 times.

Liam

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1360516884' post='1971581']
True. What we need is to have a couple of really successful bands/artists who do everything themselves - writing, performing, recording, producing, distributing, promotion etc... who have an exciting take on popular music to really move things along.

Tall order.

The Internet and DAW technology [i]should[/i] make all of the above possible, but it's not necessarily guaranteed to be successful...
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Enter Shikari fit this until the past couple of years, and i know The Blackout did as well (Even to the point where they had pledges and a donation fund to manage to record an album). Not sure i'd really call either Innovators, though i suppose the way Enter Shikari have fused electronic music into rock/metal could be seen as innovative.

Liam

Most active circuits are just passive pickups running into an active EQ, so you shouldn't have a problem there as far as i can see.

Liam

[quote name='Jellyfish' timestamp='1360233326' post='1967011']
With my Ibanez SR Prestige hard-case (obviously specific to the SR bass itself) it won't shut with a strap on. And strap locks [b]would[/b] mean that taking it on and off is a doddle, but the standard Schaller strap lock screws don't fit into the Ibanez holes...
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Matchsticks! (Pop one or two in the whole, cut of the excess and screw the schaller in) A lot of people add some glue too but i've never needed to. Either that or get some Dunlops instead.

Liam

The Cavern in Liverpool, Dry Bar in Manchester (Contact Alex McCann at Designer Magazine), or if you want to go absolutely tiny, The Alma Inn in Bolton.

Liam

The '95 Squier i got from the youth club where my dad used to work (For free though). Wish i still had it as i reckon it could've been a good bass. Not forgetting the Squier in the music department where i work (They've got a mid 80's MIJ Fretless Jazz that i want though) and the bass what i used at school, which i have no idea what it was.

Liam

I'd assume that the speakers are pretty similar to the ones in the ABM combos, so providing they are. I know a guy who's been gigging an ABM 1x15 combo for years now without any issues or ever wanting more, and that's including some biiig stages (RockFM Events, Supporting N-Dubz, etc...)

Liam

I see there's also a VT Bass Rack coming out. Halfway to what i want (MIDI controllable VT Bass Deluxe in a 1U Format)

Liam

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1359754976' post='1960036']
So what you really need is a thick-walled, non-plastic cab voiced for bass... now where would I get one of those...
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[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/gallien_krueger_410_mbp.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...ger_410_mbp.htm[/url]

The only one in the MBP range i could find. They did do a 2x12 and 1x15 as well, but they may require more searching.

Liam

Belt and balls when stood up. I don't find things any more difficult when i've learnt them sat down and played them stood up, but i do both on a regular basis.

Liam

Bass, Strap (Not attached) spare tuner, spare strings for guitarists, spare batteries and some small tools. All cables, effects, etc.. are kept in either a laptop bag, or my pedalboard case which never gets used as a pedalboard.

Oh and in case anyone wants to know, it's just the original hard case from my '86 P. One of the ones that will barely fit anything other than a P bass.

Liam

My modified Ibanez GSR200 and my Squier Jazz Deluxe 5 hardly ever get played, despite the fact that they're right next to my Fender and my Acoustic on stands, ready to be played.

Liam

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1359849590' post='1961289']
Is a broken cymbal a symbol to drummers?
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Yeah, it tells them that they need to stop hitting said cymbals so hard, as does the fact that he/she is almost deaf. I never remember any of my dreams, except the one where i won the euromillions and subsequently spent a lot of money on building a race track in the garden of my new rather large house, before deciding that you were only allowed to race Ice Cream Vans and Bendy Buses on said track.

Liam

Out of all musicians, i envy the.... talented ones!

Liam

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1359625761' post='1957647']
Jessie J. I could play with her all day long

Don't tell the wife
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Her bassist is actually on here, he posted some stuff from Glastonbury last year.

I'd be happy with any one of: Katy Perry, P!nk, Taylor Swift, Carly Rae Jepson, Professor Green or Example.

Liam

Edit: Oh, and VersaEmerge: too! Can't forget them.

Nothing wrong with an LD150 if it's set up right, i've been gigging one for years, except that it's usually too quiet. You'll find plenty in the way of cabs, knowledge, and general obscurity on here, and many things to empty your bank account.

Liam

[quote name='okianok' timestamp='1359489626' post='1955637']
which specific barefaced cab
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Drop them an email. Alex'll advise you on the best cab for what you want.

Liam

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1359375567' post='1953666']
What does the G50 do that the G30 doesn't do? I'm genuinely interested as I only want to buy once.
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Metal housing instead of plastic, 200ft range instead of 100ft (Though both of these are underestimated), and 12 channels instead of the 6 that G30 has, and the G50 reciever has a more reliable connector.

Liam

Edit: i meant Transmitter not Reciever.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1359368772' post='1953510']
Tested - as in playing on real life gigs... where you can comment on the reliability of connections and the impact that wifi systems (like found in hotels) can have on these type of systems? You know about battery life, the ease of replacing components?

I'm not intending to single you out but recommendations on here when people haven't used them in anger in the field don't hold much water...
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The other guys i've been talking to regarding the Line 6 stuff have been on tour with them for the past year and a half without any issues. The other stuff has either been other bands i know who've had them and used them constantly (Sometimes 35 gigs a month) or has been stuff i've borrowed from friends or other bands and tested at gigs myself.

Liam

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1359368308' post='1953503']
How do you know? Have you tried them all? Or are you just saying this because you have Line6?
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I don't have any as i can't afford one at the moment, but between me and a lot of other guys i know we've tested most of the name ones around that price range, and think the Line 6 is the best all round. As soon as i can afford one, there's a G50 going on my pedalboard.

Liam

Another vote for Line 6 here. They just beat all competition in their price range (Except possibly Stageclix but that's out of budget)

Liam