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nobody experienced squealing black nylons?

ok not sure where to put this thread but this folder seems as good a place as any [size=6][i][b]So [/b][/i][/size] .... i recently bought some black nylons - and coincidentally i also bought a set of rotosound trubass black nylon wounds adn this is the cause of my woes not gigged them before so decided to give it a run this afternoon (on a squier fretless vmJ) the squeak from the strings (both left and right hand) was causing some serious whistling and feedback!! - initially i had flanger on and the settings were a bit much so wound it down and that seemed to stop it - however every time my fingers caused a squeak on the strings the bloody thing would howl like mad - im guessing somehow the mics were picking up the initial squeak - i thought it might have been the flange or chorus accentuating it so turned them of but to no avail anybody had any similar problems with flat black nylon wounds? must admit never had anything even remotely like this with steel or nickels

what is the real dilemma here? is it that you feel the playing on the final recording is not indicative of your style and in particular your standard of playing? is the playing significantly below your standard and therefore likely to affect your reputation as a bass player? - will it likely have an effect on any future offers of work? - will it have any significant impact on your fiscal status? if not to all these then why worry the bottom line is... it's the bottom line - most punters buying it will be listening to the words and tunes and only a few picky musos like us lot would know or care about the difference anyway

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1371369610' post='2112923'] Now do this for anything you can imagine going wrong at the gig! [/quote] what about when 'the song about the girl and the car' goes bad? edit - on a serious note some of this might be useful [url="http://www2.hull.ac.uk/administration/pdf/HSafety-Guidance%20on%20the%20use%20of%20marquees.pdf"]http://www2.hull.ac.uk/administration/pdf/HSafety-[/url][url="http://www2.hull.ac.uk/administration/pdf/HSafety-Guidance%20on%20the%20use%20of%20marquees.pdf"]Guidance%20on%20the%20use%20of%20marquees.pdf[/url] [url="https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/pdf/business-healthsafety-safe-outdoor-events.pdf"]https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/pdf/business-healthsafety-safe-outdoor-events.pdf[/url] [url="http://www.noda.org.uk/archive/GuidanceforriskassessmentofexposuretoentertainmentlightingV1May2011.pdf"]http://www.noda.org.uk/archive/GuidanceforriskassessmentofexposuretoentertainmentlightingV1May2011.pdf[/url] [url="http://www.soundadvice.info/amplifiedlivemusic/casestudies.htm#outdoor"]http://www.soundadvice.info/amplifiedlivemusic/casestudies.htm#outdoor[/url]

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1370902300' post='2107345'] Hey O-man, Welcome to BC! Try the Amps & Cabs forum in the Gear section. They should know. best, bert [/quote] bert you scared him off!! besides i wouldnt come on here and ask that specific question - half the members on here would probably suggest that you would actually need to pay someone to take it away edit - ..... oh wait hes gone

when is it coming daaarn saaarf ?

oh and [color=#008000][size=5][b]FINGERS FINGERS FINGERS[/b][/size][/color]

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1371315869' post='2112554'] BOO!! I can't answer 'cause I'm a girlie and not a gent [/quote] it's short for gentleperson now quit whining like a girlie

can we get back to slagging off this sh*tty bass please?

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1371295614' post='2112228'] Did anyone mention gettin' the burds? [/quote] except the ones who come up to you afterwards and ask if you drum in any other bands!! gig last saturday night got asked again if i was the drummer

9.3 lbs all of them

havent seen it since the middle wallop air show in late 80s! i expect it is still as loud though

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[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1371285466' post='2112040'] 1. Music - in particular that of Slade, The Sweet and T.Rex [/quote] oh yes and this too - electric warrior was my first vinyl LP and i suspect like many others of a similar age the slade sweet t.rex trio was everybody favourite top three and before any of you 'younger' metal fans out there start sniggering at the the glam pop thing go check out some of sweets b sides

bugger i forgot to put 50p in the meter

nobody mentioned nuances yet?

im shivering with anticipation

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1371202313' post='2111075'] I wouldn't describe this rig as 'loud'. It can hold it's own against two apparently deaf, half-stack equipped, guitarists.... [/quote] You too huh ?!

[quote name='thehillscorporation' timestamp='1371154070' post='2110694'] i'd forgotten just how tasteful & tasteless Frank can be, often both at the same time! oh, and it's a Supernatural Series II [url="http://bassaxe.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/jay-dee-supernatural.html"]http://bassaxe.blogs...pernatural.html[/url] John [/quote] +1 but his soloing has improved much since those early days [url="http://youtu.be/qG7jtjC2N9g"]http://youtu.be/qG7jtjC2N9g[/url]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1371137756' post='2110380'] I agree with you in some ways, in that the effect of hitting strings in different ways on an electric bass does not have the level of variance that it would on say a classical guitar, and that some people do talk a lot of bollocks on this subject. BUT, players do have very different sounds when they play the same instrument. When people say fingers, they really mean BRAIN. The way each note is attacked, the way the right and left hands interact, the left hand techniques used, the minute decisions people make while they phrase a musical passage, these all combine to make very significant differences that add up to a personal style of operating the instrument. That's what I think people mean by 'fingers'. [/quote] no sorry mister Nige - its deffo my fingers play my bass - but i get your point and i'll extend it further by postulating that its your unconscious brain that does all the good stuff - if your conscious brain starts taking over it usually tries to hard and you'll probably end up sounding all malmsteeny or something

meh its got a chuffin big hole in it