Jump to content
Why become a member? ×

steve-bbb

⭐Supporting Member⭐
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    4,193

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by steve-bbb

  1. steve-bbb
    thanks everyone
  2. steve-bbb
    i think hi ho silver lining should be a lawful excuse for GBH
  3. steve-bbb
    just as a thought .... has anybody any experience of perspex or acrylic bodies? i recall the dan armstrong thingy from years ago and if i remember correctly was there a bass version as well as the six string? the idea of a perspex/acrylic bitsa project has just occured to me and requires a modicum of investigation i feel
  4. steve-bbb
    [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1321626135' post='1441368'] What exactly do you mean by "Googling" it in this context? Do you just put the name of the process into Google and see what comes up? [/quote] absolutley - just type the process name into google and you will get pages of results of explanations regarding the process and its functions
  5. steve-bbb
    [quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1321610579' post='1441086'] I've used FreeStudio for ages & (so far) it's been perfectly OK, but Avast! checks everything on download & has prevented one or two from happening, but this always gets the OK. but +1 on the above. G. [/quote] i too have avast and recently downloaded/ripped some yewchube vids to mp3 - it wasnt until later until i had need to open up windows task manager that i spotted a process running and googled it to find it was malware installed by the converter that didnt get caught by avast
  6. steve-bbb
    in answer to your original question there is no real answer is there? to get good at both would require a lot of practice and research - and with regards to discipline isnt it purely down to the amount of self-discipline they have? you could teach somebody slap technique exactly like VW but then they would need the self discipline to keep repeatedly practising it over and over until its perfect
  7. steve-bbb
    [quote name='Leemarc Ferguson' timestamp='1321616625' post='1441187'] It does make me wonder how some bass players think if Im honest. I have had this same chat with other players. Some say you have the John Pattitucci or Jaco style of fingering that would blown anyone away but then others have said people like Victor Wooten, Miller, Larry Graham, Stu Hamm their style are forces to be reckoned with. [/quote] wearing a pair of adidas boots doesnt mean you can bend it like beckham why copy someones style when what you really need is to observe how people play and help them develop their own style?
  8. steve-bbb
    if you download any of the free mp4 > mp3 converters then check your machine afterwards for spyware/malware - odds are there will be something lurking on your hard drive you wouldnt have knowingly invited
  9. steve-bbb
    on my right hand which does the plinky plinky thing i recently noticed i play with my little finger sticking out - i do tend to use my [b]a[/b] a lot as well as my [b]i[/b] and [b]m[/b] edit - haha i dint spot the post above on my tiny little screen - not just me then - maybe we should start up a forum support thread
  10. steve-bbb
    pm'd
  11. steve-bbb
    just a further edit/bump to clarify the repair on the pic above you can see a largish cylindrical silver eletrolytic capacitor - this is the item which failed due to age and to me inadvertently loading it up with 9v battery direct without bringing up to voltage slowly - this component has been replaced with a new capacitor of the same rating/value. my friend who is the electronic engineer responsible for the repair has told me that the function of this particlar capacitor is to regulate and smooth the power supply from the battery - consequently it has no function as part of the amp/tone circuitry and does not affect the sound at all the part was probably ok but was possibly damaged by me inadvertently just by plugging a 9v battery in to test the unit - it should ideally have been loaded up with a very low voltage and stepped up very slowly over several hours back to its operational voltage - something to do with the capacitor losing all its charge and polarity when left in storage without being used for a very long time i dont have a six string thing any more but tested it using my squier J and trace boxer65 and it is in full working order ta
  12. steve-bbb
    try an online website for resizing images [url="http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=online+image+resizing&btnG=Google+Search"]http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=online+image+resizing&btnG=Google+Search[/url]
  13. steve-bbb
    have i got til saturday then?
  14. steve-bbb
    still trying
  15. steve-bbb
    do you still have the piece that became detached? a careful application of decent wood glue and clamping carefully in place and then cosmetic retouching afterwards should not be too problematic as long as the detached section is in one piece?
  16. steve-bbb
    bump
  17. steve-bbb
    [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1320422639' post='1426746'] So, who is secretly going to learn a slap party piece for the day [/quote] would love to go to this but the cynic in me is already saying RUN AWAAAAAY
  18. steve-bbb
    ok update time - after to a visit to a friend who a rather a whizz of an electronic engineer i now have a fully functioning fuzz box! now to begin the marketing strategy of where and how to advertise it to maximise the beer token return
  19. steve-bbb
    keep your fingers crossed that we get to sell the spare house quickly!
  20. steve-bbb
    [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1320971088' post='1434041'] Scott Thunes on Dupree's Paradise from Make a Jazz Noise Here. 65 P Bass, played with a pick, some chorus into a Trace I think. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb3bQoxvHRk&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLA828471784E3D573[/media] [/quote] personally i prefer the original rendition of the picked P bass (but neither are my favourite zappa bassist but thats a whole different thread!) [url="http://youtu.be/g5MWQB57QEQ"]http://youtu.be/g5MWQB57QEQ[/url]
  21. steve-bbb
    if you dont already know it and/or cover it ..... having a listen to this and plink along [url="http://youtu.be/0Wx-gt0jl4o"]http://youtu.be/0Wx-gt0jl4o[/url] not only does it sound absolutely bloody lush but that rolling riff in the refrain is just sooo satisfying to roll your fingers around go on treat yourself
  22. steve-bbb
    [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gr6Re7LKY0[/media] patrick o'hearn's bass tone imho is up alongside jaco himself check out the interplay from 4:15 its rather good
  23. steve-bbb
    only 80% the guitarist/leader of the band i am in has the most well worn capo in the northern hemisphere
  24. steve-bbb
    we recently did a little gig at local pub and just for a change we threw in a bossa version of teenage kicks went straight over everyones head - like we became the invisible band for 3 minutes - it amused us though
  25. steve-bbb
    [quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1320929814' post='1433275'] He sounded pretty much the same at the Dublin gig a few months ago. [/quote] maybe he has developed a cunning vocal technique of emulating the auto-tune i saw them on the permanent waves tour at hammersmith odeon and thought they were great but then i was young and impressionable
×
×
  • Create New...