cheddatom

get a danelectro french toast IMO

Maybe it's a shame, if you have some kind of emotional attachment to british manufacturing. If Ashdown have made a change in their manufacturing process, and it is for the worse, then obviously this needs pointing out. However, that change could have been made anywhere in the world. Any generalisation of products based on where they come from is (basically racist ) seriously limiting your opinions without any rational justification.

There's a difference because Ashdown decided to make changes, not because it's being made in China! Fair enough if you have your own views about the economic patriotism/loyalty of Ashdown, but where a product is made, doesn't have any direct bearing on the quality.

[quote name='David Nimrod' post='103265' date='Dec 12 2007, 02:47 PM']As far as I'm concerned I wish very little was made in China.[/quote] Why? Surely it doesn't matter where it's made? It matters how it was designed, and how it was put together. If ashdown can't sort out their own QC in China, then that's their fault, not China's!

I wasn't offended by the language at all. I was offended by this notion that because something is produced in china, it's of poor quality. I had a massive argument with someone about this on another message board, and they had no good reason for saying it. I know we should really be talking about this 'cos someone's going to get offended etc but..... Chinese people are not a seperate race, they are a nationality. If you group all chinese people together, in a negative way, it's not racist, it's just anti-chinese, and bigotted etc. Maybe that's pointless, but I don't think many chinese people are going to take an abbreviation of their nationality as a racist slur. Obviously, i'm not chinese, and so I wouldn't know, but with respect to the actual word, which is causing offence, it has much more in common with "brit" than that other racist slur you mentioned.

I would get the one with the exp pedal. Once you start playing about with it, you'll love it! It can control most things you'd want in effects, but you probably don't know what they are yet.

Heh, thanks!!

Heh, Linkin Park? I'm glad you like it though. I'm guessing you're a potter? You should pop down!

I don't think anyone disagrees about the sound of ashdown, it's just whether you like that sound or not. He obviously does, so I have nothing to contribute other than my attempt a wit!

Antibiotics won't put cash back in your wallet after your infection clears up and you realise you've bought an Ashdown!

Full and organic, like your ears blocked with a horrid yeast infection.

I take: 1 bass 2 pedal boards - one heavy bstrd, one in a bag with extra leads etc in 2 combo amps 5 items - Not so bad considering the amount of floorspace I take up on stage!

This will be our first gig in ages so you know it'll be a great show, and we're playing with some great bands! Doors are at 8pm tickets are £4 so I guess it might be £5 to get in, but once you're in you can stay in for the club night, which is apparently good. You can hear us here [url="http://myspace.com/nologorock"]myspace.com/nologorock[/url] The other main band is bad sandwich [url="http://www.myspace.com/badsandwichuk"]myspace.com/badsandwichuk[/url] And also playing are our friends called Screwloose [url="http://www.myspace.com/screwlooserock"]myspace.com/screwlooserock [/url] EDIT: If you turn up and say "hi cheddatom, I saw your free beer advert on BC" i'll get you a pint!

I played guitar for ages and only got a bass 'cos a mate wanted someone to play in a band, and I always loved the sound of basses. ou7shined sayed about playing along to the TV - I've been doing this all my life. I'm not particularly great, but I can generally play something that is at least in tune and in time with anything that comes on, and I find this helps me find my way around the fret board.

And how is it?

What's the EBS thing? and is that a Jaques distortion? What kind of sounds does it do well? Doesn't anyone else have a crazy disorganised board? I feel a bit stupid next to all these perfect boards :-/

I found that buying multi-fx to learn what effects do, and how you can control them was really useful. It didn't make me look for places to use the new crazy sounds I had, but it made me know what sound I wanted, and how to get it, when I heard a place that needs it. That's not worded very well sorry!

I think the best advice is to get a multi-effects unit, and learn about what the effects are doing, and how to get the sounds you want. You don't have to replace your unit with singles if it sounds good enough to your ears. I recommend the Zoom B2.1U The only "must have" effect I think a bassist in a guitar band should have is some sort of compression/limiting.

I don't lust after basses or amps, but effects!

what does YMMV mean? I agree, everyone has different tastes in distortion pedals. A big reason for this is that when you're playing in a band, you may have to have quite a crap distortion sound to cut through, and sound good. As in, it'll sound crap solo'd, but works well with the band. We're all in different bands, so we all need different distortion pedals etc?

It seems these kind of aches and pains are really common for bass players. There have been a few thread about this kind of thing. I personally have pains in my wrist and hand, and it's made a hell of a lot worse by using the computer. I haven't found anything to cure it. I went to an osteopathy clinic for 4 weeks and they said that they couldn't do anything, and gave me some exercises to do. These are to strengthen, and loosen the tendons in the arm. Basically, they told me to get a can of beans, and keep lifting it with just my wrist, so that only your hand is moving - it could be some help?

Their last range was really good too, but was in plastic cases and was a bit unreliable. This new range is rock solid metal, and it costs the same money! I think it must be slave labour, but i'm not going to start a campaign for ethical gear.

Did you have a go?