The Burpster

Its all to do with the speakers ( a wise old man has told me) and their efficiency...... This comes down to the quality of the componenets and how the inefficency is reduced. Apparently if they are not working at thier optimum range and input ( I still need to do more research into this before I understand it thoroughly) they are very inefficient, and I guess thats what we get used to..... So it would appear that Peavey source some good kit for thier cabs, which is apparently the norm for American kit as our US cousins just dont buy it, if its not up to much. The Peavey cab probably lets your GK head work at its best....... I would like to hear it, sounds great!

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='86183' date='Nov 9 2007, 07:48 PM']Jenna Jameson/Neil Strauss - How To Make Love Like A Porn Star[/quote] P, Jeeeeaaaysus, is that for real? does it have pics? Some breat suggestions bud, "Walk this way" is on the short list, as is "beyond the bass clef"

I personally wouldnt consider more than 5 strings, but that is because I do not have the reach or skill...... I used to think "why?' when ever ERB was mentioned but now I just just think "why not?" It saves having two necks, and you wouldnt be slagging off a player with a twin neck 4 string and 6 string or 12 string guitar would you? So I ask, whats the difference between ERB and a twin neck? why is one seen as retro cool, and the other seen as freaky modern??? Why discriminate?

Sorry amateurs get out of the way....... Proper Orange bass time...... (as Bart would say) "prepare to be dazzled!"

I think its pretty but I'll be very surprised if he gets anywhere near what he wants for it! Its not collectable, its not uber rare, its not especially pretty (one of my PRSs is prettier than it).... So good luck to him I say!

Great suggestions so far..... Keep 'em coming.....

I think I can ID it..... I think its called Phil and it sleeps rough in a cardboard box, near the fire exit of our local Boots the chemist where every Tuesday and Thursdays it picks up its Methodone script. The rest of the time, it lives on White Lightening and out of date food from Sainsburys, and it stinks of pi55...... I beleive you get the picture......

Well folks, my annual trip to sunny places for 2 weeks for sun and a major chill with the 'ole lady looms....... Things not allowed are bass and guns (obvious reasons) for me, and anything Hockey related for Sal, so we have to spend time with each other.... Actually it really does you good, no work pressure or time constriants because of time consuming pastimes. It does give us time to read, which is something that will extremely pleasent where we are going..... so ....... [b]What bass or muso related books can you recommend? [/b] No theory please, have plenty of them! Done lots of repair theory and practice! Do enjoy music history (but not heavy theory based stuff!) Do enjoy lighthearted suff too! Still got 4 weeks before we go so have time to get stuff from the US if you know of a 'must have!"

That latest pic, makes it look like a scaled down, slighty pink and spangly, PRS....... F**k me, its [size=4][b]really[/b][/size] pretty isn't it! I wish I had an excuse to get one!

If that were mine, I'd be looking for a Status graphite P neck, some Schaller hardware and a Wizard or SD pup with an SD active circuit in the back ( I presume its a large triangular rout at the rear?)..... However thats just my (wanna build, next project) kinda views..... trawl fleebay for 2nd hand necks or better still order exactly what you want form Warmoth...... (lined fretless 2-a-side P neck would be kinda cute!) Oh and yes keep us updated with what you do, as its potnetially a cracking build diary!

Shim the neck....... [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/work-your-bass/nov-05/15314"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/work-you...ss/nov-05/15314[/url] Enjoy....

I've seen this advertised before by them ........ The bits that get me are:- i) it works..... ii) it has a case? These guys must've been out the back of the shop smokin' when they came up with this idea.....

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='84575' date='Nov 6 2007, 07:22 PM']I usually have mine between 2 and 3 o'clock. Your picture looks like 1 o'clock it might be affecting your technique.[/quote] 1. Unless I am very much mistaken it says 3 o'clock in CTMs pic....... 2. You are indeed a lucky man, I rarely get home before 4.30 to have mine.......

I doubt it now if he has access to this forum.....

A general cause of cramp (I occasionally get loads of it) is that you are not taking in enough Potassium (yes I know that cramp is Lactic acid build in your muscles, hwoever potassium prevents this build up becoming painful somehow....It was explained to me by a physio some time ago but I have forgot the specifics!) . You can get it more form eating Bannanas but no more than 2 a day as this can lead to heart difficulties..... Best thing ( I've found now) is to take a Chelated Potassium tablet every day ( available from Holland and Barrat shops) you take in what you need and wee the rest out..... Complete relief from cramp...... If wont help the nerves but, if your not concerned about cramping up you may relax more..! Works for me!

Daisy Rock ........ in fact Do Rock.....! Very well made axes, and whats all this 5hite I've heard some folks say about "well there not serious instruments, because they are for girls..." JLP good on yer bud, thats one very lucky young lady!

Get one...... If you like P basses you will love 'em! No I dont own one but I have played one, and is it as good as my MIA Custom shop P...... Pretty darn close! Be aware its finished in thin cellulose that will wear and chip very quickly..... (thats what its intended to do!) If they bring out a black one with a Maple neck I'll be amongst the 1st to order it...

Guys and Gals..... I hope I have covered most of the stuff.... if you can think of any obvious howlers I've omitted PM me and I'll ammend it! I would like to think its good, honest and unbiased advice......

This thing we do started back in 1951, when Leo Fender stuck a 34” scale neck on an extended Telecaster shaped body, and the 1951 Precision was born. Since then history takes over and electric basses have provided the rhythm for just about all the music you hum and tap your fingers to! So now you’ve decided you want to buy a bass what do you look for?, well I have to say this always comes down to money…… How much have you available to spend? And don’t forget to allow for a lead, (to connect the bass to your amp) oh, and an amp of course! Another ESSENTIAL piece of kit but an inexpensive one is a tuner. You could of course choose to bypass this route and get an acoustic bass……? So you need to do a bit of research. 1. How much will a practice amp cost? 2. How much will a lead cost? 3. How much will a tuner cost? 4. Headphones (worth considering if you don’t already have them, as p155ing off those around you with flat renditions of “smoke on the water” will make you unpopular!) Start looking on eBay (or the for sale section of Basschat ) for these items NOW….. Now remove these items from your amount, and you have what you can spend on the bass. This is unless of course you already have some of those bits of kit, or you can beg or borrow them from someone. This doesn’t mean that you can’t just spend all your allowance on a bass, however you won’t enjoy playing an out of tune electric bass unplugged! NO, really, you wont! So lets get onto the juicy bits……. Modern basses come pretty much in 3 types, 1. Electric solid body, 2. Acoustic (mostly with an electric pickup, as they struggle to replicate the volume produced by their 6 string brothers) 3. EUB Electric Upright Bass (and of course the grand-daddy of this, the Double Bass) My guess is that you will want a solid body electric, as these are by far the most popular and those to which easiest access is available. To be honest, the other two types are quite specialised to play (uprights are fretless to start with) and maybe something, once you have started you will want to try…..? So Electric basses are available in all sorts of makes, models string numbers (both right and left handed!) and COST…. If you have never played stringed instruments before, you will want to start with 4 strings. These are from the top down, tuned to, E A D G and the E is the fattest (largest gauge), G the smallest, so if a description says .45-.100 the smallest is 45 thousandths of an inch the largest 100. Strings are a completely different subject, and you’ll get into them more with time. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=660"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=660[/url] Graduation onto fretless, 5 and more string ERBs (extended range basses), is just that IMO, a graduation. Get comfortable playing 4 strings and getting your sense of rhythm before you try the twiddly iddly bits available with all them other notes! ☺ So we have decided to get a 4 string electric, and you know how much you can spend, so where do you get one? Well this day and age you can get them from on-line shops, from ebay and from good old fashioned high street shops. If you have made your mind up that you want to do this, and the money is burning a hole in your pocket. Get a budget bass from an on line retailer and learn by experience (most of us have done similar, its called jumpin’ in the deep end!!! ). However, take a little time and think it through and you will get a bass you connect with and struggle to put down, and to start with that’s exactly what you want. Playing and learning to play, again is another subject and there are plenty of us on here willing to give you advice (oh, and some very good tutors too!) …. However, suffice to say little and very often is the best way to learn! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1293"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1293[/url] So you are sat here reading this, having put a bid on a tuner and practice amp on ebay, and now you’re shouting….. “What bass do I get, you muppet?” Price ranges can be kinda put into 3 categories Budget (up to £400) Mid range (£400- £800) and top end instruments (£800+) ……. So you ask, does that mean that budget are crap? Well absolutely not!!! Spending more money will get you better quality electrics, wood, and more importantly more time by someone putting the bass together. With modern machining and CAD, only really basses for less than £100 new, are dodgy and unreliable, and even then you COULD get an absolute peach! In this budget class (£100 -400) there are some great basses, made by Squire, Vintage, Yamaha, Ibanez, Peavey, Cort and many more…… You will get a capable instrument that if not set up properly when new, is at least capable of being set up well and making a credible sound. My advice, and this will be echoed by most on here, is get yourself along to a shop, look at them and ask to try a few. Now if you can’t yet play this is potentially embarrassing, as you will look a dork when you pick it up and go twang! Especially if there’s one of those smug shop types hanging around, so its great if you can take someone along that can play, THAT YOU TRUST….. [b]This is Important too, as you want to buy your bass, not one they like….! [/b] You may have to ask the person in the shop to play it for you, as you cant yet play, and now you are at the mercy of their advice. They may be good, they be absolute pants and/or uninterested! SO, go into the shop, look at what they have, if you can, touch and handle them. Talk it through with the mate you take, or the shop person, and then turn around and walk out. Do not be pressured into buying one there and then! That is for two good reasons….. 1. It may not be what you actually want and, 2. You will probably be able to get it cheaper elsewhere if you can remember what model it is! However there is a 3rd reason, and that is that once you have seen a few basses and you now have a good idea what you want, you can also consider a 2ndhand bass from the next price range up…… This is where you are likely to be buying a ‘keeper’ from…. A bass that feels wonderful when you pick it up, makes EXACTLY the sound you want, and a bass that you are happy to be seen with. Is this possible for your first bass? Well, yes it is, if you can be patient! There are some great buys 2ndhand on ebay (always be wary, of course) and in the ads. on here. If you are committed enough to get a bass from the mid range you are more likely to keep playing, and secondly, it will probably be worth around the same as you pay for it when you come to part with it, If indeed you do! Now I’m not going to advocate a particular make, model, or type as your first bass as this can depend on so many different factors…… budget, type of music you want to play, sound you want to be able to make, and of course fashion…..! If you are a died in the wool old fart who plays blues (like me!) if doesn’t really matter what it looks like (of course I’m lying), as long as it makes that tone that you want…..! However if you are playing Death Metal, it is of course, VERY important that the bass looks right for that genre…… As it would be potentially mildly amusing, if you turned up to practice with your mates with an ESP for Country and Western covers! Its much easier for us on here to offer you advice, on a particular bass if you narrow it down to 2or 3 models and a particular sound that you want achieve…..e.g. [i]“I’ve seen a new Yamaha RBX370 and a 2ndhand Fender Highway1 Precision bass in my local shop for the same money, I want to play Brit pop with my mates and I can’t decide which would be best……” [/i] Now go out and do some looking, both online at all the catalogues and makers webbies, (for sale section here of course) and in your local shops. Although you will find instantly that there are very few specialist bass shops, and general guitar or music shops will have very few basses in stock. That’s because on average there is 10 guitars sold for every 1 bass. So despite what your mates say, you are special for wanting to be a bass player and we welcome you amongst us!

Not played a custom but have tinkered with an Attitude and was pretty impressed...... For 300 sobs you'd be a twonk not to buy it! If its in good knick and not knicked!

[quote name='andy67' post='83456' date='Nov 4 2007, 11:38 AM']the ibanez blazer is superb....i miss mine sooo much, best pbass I have ever owned!![/quote] Indeed it is, that example above is a pig, and very overpriced! But if you get a nice one (which I have) then I agree with you... a wonderful P....

Sounds a bit Seymour Duncan to me, and you will definatley get a better response in reiars and tech so off you jolly well go... Both I and Beedster have done a bit of 'playing around' with pups on P's I know loads of others have too.... Good luck.

Can you turn off the EQ + pre amp in the Ibanez? If so turn it off, plug your lead into the passive input on your amp and select the front (neck) pup only. Wind it full on. Take your tone controls (on the bass) to mid point. Roll the gain on your amp to about mid-way, and then just add low end boost on the amp with a very neutral high and v.slighty boosted mid unitl it sounds warm and fuzzy.... Thats how I get my active P (with j bridge as well) to sound like that trad P sound..... Hope it works for you!

I'm pretty convinced that this is more a 'build diary' now..... Any objections to going there?

Agreed, you were a bit of a C**k getting rid of that, its a very sweet looking instrument.