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[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1358684842' post='1943195'] I read a lot of threads on here and there's a lot of chat about finding "your sound". I don't have one. Am I ok? I turn up at a gig, set everything in sight flat. I have a listen. If there are any odd resonances or other oddness in the room I try to dial it out then off to get a diet coke. That's it. I'm weird aren't I [/quote] not at all i do pretty much the same but with full fat coke

[quote name='Jabba_the_gut' timestamp='1356803089' post='1913810'] Getting to the point of applying the finish to my scratch built bass. I'm using water based satin laquer for the body and neck but am not sure what to use on the wenge fretboard to give a nice finish. Any suggestions for a nice natural finish? Cheers Jez [/quote] Hi Jez just found this thread - is this using the slab of elm by any chance?

[quote name='dbeachy1' timestamp='1358661293' post='1942914'] and the 'y' would stand for "Yamaha". [/quote] one day all basses will be made this way .... keep spreading the word

i used to be guilty of this in my mispent youth - first it used to be emulating the crunch of chris squire and geddy lee - then later when i got into jazz and fusion stuff it was the tone and licks of victor bailey in his weather report days then i stopped playing bass for about 15 years and only took it up again last year and i dropped all those previous lazy habits now i just play straight down the line - if there is any style developing these days i havent a clue who it sounds like codger stylee perhaps

yay for the squier J

i need to do this too - i only have a 250w hartke head but it is ample for average pubs and clubs - at a gig last summer i had the 410 and the 115 hooked up to it thinking i would need the extra oomph - standing on top of it you can only just hear it - friends over the far side of the pub told me it was shaking the windows and everything

i got a blockage once and nipped down to our company medical centre to get ear syringed and a chunk of orangey brown wax about size of a large pea came out

why overdrive - why not try an octave pedal and mix in a small amount of lower octave to give the tone a bit more beef

[quote name='Rodulator' timestamp='1358461314' post='1939845'] Any recommendation anyone has for good 5 strings that are good for high string would deinftely be appreciated as I am looking to upgrade as soon as possible. [/quote] oh hai - u kn hz [url="http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/guitars-basses/el-basses/trb/trb5p/?mode=model"][b]TRB5P[/b][/url] nice early japanese one should do the trick

one pint jobby me or my finger-2-ear coordination goes to rat sh1t

from another member of the TRB fan club

[quote name='Jayben' timestamp='1358520283' post='1940728'] [url="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/jls-named-britains-hardestworking-band-of-the-year-for-second-time-consecutively-8434118.html"]http://www.independe...ly-8434118.html[/url] [i]"JLS have been crowned Britain's hardest-working band in 2012 after headlining more major concerts than any other artists.[/i] [i]The boy band performed 34 UK shows in the last year, securing the four-piece the title for the second year in a row."[/i] What do we think of this then? [/quote] it must be true because its now TWO years in a row which can only surely show their consistency and dedication and its in the indiependent not some shabby old rag like the sun ....

beware the trap! they already know the answer to their own question they are trying to trick you into saying wild cherry because they are too ashamed to say it themselves

from a local amp tech here he tells me that speakers are rarely ever exactly 4 or 8 ohms so if you want accurate figure prob best to get somebody to throw multimeter at it maybe ??

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1358415362' post='1938609'] I was a teenager in the late '80s / early '90s so no, indie to me is what it says it is and there was a ton of good stuff that carried that tag in those days. Got to the office this morning and my co-worker is playing this new EE album. Very nice. [/quote] I totally agree the ee thing is quite listenable I just cringe (like many others too I guess) at the modern usage of indie (and RnB too for that matter)

kirsty maccoll new england and pretenders dont get me wrong for our cover band , both great fun to play sometimes i will go through something and figure the bass line and other parts too just to see if its do-able or not for our covers band sometimes will go through 'standards' like sir duke or party pieces like mayor of simpleton, charming man, rhythm stick etc just so my brain and fingers have figured the patterns out in case i need to pull them out the bag at short notice

hola

am i the only one who gets instantly put off by the 'in*ie' word??

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOGMGOMG black and maple marathon (swooon) .... come to daddy before mister shergoldsnickers sees you now i have GAS oh sorry .... hi and

Definition of rock journalism: People who can't write, doing interviews with people who can't think, in order to prepare articles for people who can't read. Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny. All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. I wrote a song about dental floss but did anyone's teeth get cleaner? Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. [size=5][b]FZ[/b][/size]

me in chavham ......... ME5 garden of england

bass clef wizard 1.3 seconds tremble with fear mortals

postage wouldnt really be an issue surely would it? there are enough peeps on here to be able to pass it on at a gig or post gig with members being local-ish enough to be able to meet up and pass it on? id happily give it a go if it comes over anywhere around the garden of england and from scanning the boards here there must be at least a dozen members who are well within a 20 minute drive so easy to pass it around

[quote name='Jambo10' timestamp='1358067204' post='1932432'] I think at the end of the day, unless it's your full time job, we will always make the odd gaffe or 3. As long as we can cover them up well. [/quote] laughing and gurning at the cheese-wire strummer should do the trick then