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Ive got 2, neither of them are to huge crowds like the others mentioned before but to me these moments were just incredible. The 1st one was playing at The Charlotte before it went bust, it was in my old pop punk band and we opened up with eye of the tiger and because I was going out with the owners neice he turned out all the lights so when my drum sticks lit up when I played it made the intro look amazing really proffesional. The 2nd was hearing the crowd sing along to a song I wrote, it was a ballad which I normally step down from the drums and join in having a sing song but on this occasion I could hold the mic to the crowd and feel like a god, I still cant explain how amazing that felt, it nearly brought a tear to my eye

I always thought tab was more of a simplified guidline rather than it giving you all the bells and whistles like time signitures, rhythm patterns, keys etc.

I had an Adam Black Apollo for a few years and it was fantastic i really loved it but sold it in a moment of weakness after being booted from a band. My only issue is that the Apollo weighed a ton and broke the straps of 2 very good gig bags, about 12 straps (including leather ones) and one shoulder, I dont know if the weight issue applies with the titan but i would keep it in mind if you try it out.

I found one review some one scanned from a magazine which was a good one. I think im going to get it next year and hope for the best

Hey every one, so I was casually torturing myself looking at pretty basses I cant afford and stumbled across this beauty [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/kramer-disciple-bass-pearl-white/30629"]http://www.gak.co.uk...arl-white/30629[/url] and immediately fell in love. has any one had any experiences with Kramer basses? Ive only ever seen their guitars from videos from the 80's and to be honest I thought they finished in the 80's aswell so I was a bit shocked when I seen it.

I had a double whammy in one night. I got off the bus and had to go down some concrete steps to go onto the street where the venue was, I was using an Adam Black Apollo Custom at that point and if any of you have tried one you will know it weighs about the same as a block of flats so of course it breaks the straps of my gig bag and goes flying down about 6 steps (I about sh*t myself and everything went in slow motion). Luckily it wasn't hurt but whilest on stage trying to get the crowd involved and clap along my lovely leather strap snapped and sent my bass fling head first towards the stage at maximum velocity, but still nothing was broken but I didnt get to have my Bon Jovi moment that night, I just felt like a complete anus

Oh yeah it is an active isnt it, what a plonker Il check out the EMG Select cheers for help

Hey every one im building/restoring my first ever bass and have got a couple of questions which I couldnt find the answers to on google. Question 1: The bass has a P/J Pickup set, does this mean i have to buy P/J specific pickup sets or can i mix and match e.g EMG Precision Pickups and a Fender jazz bridge pickup? Question 2: If the answer to question 1 is yes I can mix and match then has any one got any experience with these [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/emg-p-set-p-bass-replacement/1883"]http://www.gak.co.uk/en/emg-p-set-p-bass-replacement/1883[/url] (sorry the link button isnt working) and do you think they would work well with a Fender Jazz bridge pick up and fretless neck? Any help would be greatly appreciated

I think the bass line to ''Say You'll Haunt Me'' by Stone Sour is a good example of how you don't have to stick to chugging on root notes in modern mainstream music

I love my epi blackbird which if you read 99% of any comments and reviews of it it seems to be the satan of all basses lol I had a bash on a couple of new gibson ones the other day and I had to pick my jaw up off the floor they were just completley gorgeous, I would love to get one but I dont think I could justify forking out that much money for a bass that only really feels a little bit better than the one I already have. Top tip for any one that does buy a tbird shaped bass: Get a case with it, they are sooooo hard to track down with out having to pay crazy money for a custom case!

I used [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/stomp-box/153763-my-do-yourself-ikea-pedalboard-build-thread.html"]this[/url] as my inspiration, i didnt bother with cutting out little holes for the cables or raising it up higher i just cut the shelf down to size so that it will fit into a large messenger bag and drilled in some rubber feet in the corners to stop it from moving. I got a can of spray paint from wilkos to make it look pretty and some velcro from a local craft shop which is doing a great job. i got some pictures on [url="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150432933015136.629123.780375135"]here[/url] of it if any one wants to have a gander.

In my old band that i used to play drums in I used to play Bite The Bullet by Machine Head as my sound check which is good because it uses all the kit and looks flash When we had a group sound check to check the mix we used to play one of our most lively and explosive songs which we found made the audience stick around and wait for you, where as normally people watch the band they came to see and then bugger off which always happens to be the 1st or 2nd band on the bill. For bass I find that the super mario brothers theme goes down a treat.

We used to do this in my old band because the singer found it easier to sing and play rhythm guitar if we were half a step down which was really annoying for me mainly because my tuner wasn't chromatic so I had to get as close as possible then guess the rest

Ive got a Korg Pitchblack which is pretty nifty, you can change the display to look like the red light bit on the front of KIT from knight rider which is really useless and actually quite hard to read but it looks pretty cool. I tend to just keep it on the default setting though which is really easy to read.

My first bass was a Legacy P-bass copy in sunburst which I got for £100 a few years back, They did throw in a fairly decent gig bag and put on some half decent strings before they robbed me blind I still have it but its really broken and covered in banana and god know what else thanks to curious sticky toddler fingers lol it played ok for about 2 weeks before it randomly got some really bad fret buzz so I gave it to my bass teacher to set up but the bit you put the alan key in to adjust the trust rod smoothed out, I then took it back to the shop and they said they would repair it and set it up properly but they didn't they just gave it back to me 2 weeks later exactly how it was and moaned that I covered it in stickers. About 2 months after that one of the tone pots stopped working so I just gave up and bought a Adam Black Apollo Custom which I loved but was far too heavy and ended up braking 2 gig bags and my spine.

I personally find Fenders (guitar and bass) really boring. They are fantastic sounding instruments don't get me wrong but I find that there isn't any individuality to them unless you mod the living daylights out of them but then there isn't much fender left to them.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='1242033' date='May 23 2011, 06:57 PM']Moving along, neck-dive. Yes, it's slightly neck heavy (yawn)...the added ounces from the new bridge perhaps subliminally go some way to resolving the issue, but to be honest I only played the bass on the strap once before I swapped over the bridge, so don't feel qualified to argue one way or another. To be honest, I'm a little tired of the whole neck-dive argument; sure if you're going to assume a JC pose every time you play it, then yes, the bass will rotate head first towards the ground, but very slowly. Jeesh. Get over it, it's not life threatening. Buy yourself a wide strap. Insofar as the neck goes, it's super thin and very fast.[/quote] Ha. This reminds me of when I was buying my bird I asked the guy if the neck dive was really a big problem, It went like this. Me: is the neck dive really bad? ive read every where that its a real problem. Guy: Oh do you play without your hands then? Me: No Guy: Me: He has a great point even though he made me look like a right plum

Heres my babies [attachment=80531:IMG_20110521_00003.jpg] from left to right: Lindo Red Tiger 2009, Epiphone Blackbird, Legacy P bass replica. The Lindo bass is probably my favourite at the minute, it plays really well and looks flippin awsome with the dove inlays that are on a lot of PRS guitars at the minute and the finish on the body is really nice too, the hardware on it is a bit naff but im planning on sorting that out soon it was only £60 brand new so I cant really complain. They are far from being luxury basses but they are very pretty and play very well except the legacy, that's broke far beyond repair and is now my sons toy

I love my epi blackbird I recorded with it for the first time today and it blew my socks off lol My biggest problem with it was trying to find a case for it. got one now though thanks to generous parents and sheer luck that my local shop only managed to get one of the epiphone hard cases and saved it for me

Hey thanks for the tips every one I think I might save my pennies up next week and give that pedal board tape stuff a go seeing as its getting some good reviews

I had to fill in on bass for my friends death metal band at the very last minute a couple years ago and the only advice I had was and I quote ''dont worry all you have to do is find the dirtiest, filthiest, shi**iest settings on your amp, tune as low as possible and beat the cr*p out of your lowest string, trust me no one will notice'' I did owe the guy a favour so I just stood as far out of sight at the side of the stage as possible and did what he suggested. Its safe to say that this was possibly the longest 30 minutes of my life and I wont be filling in for any one as im getting off the stage again favour or not!

Hey every one So iv recently had a moment of madness and decided to try something manly and play with some wood and see if I can make a decent pedal board using this as a guide [topic="0"]http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?2271963-My-Do-It-Yourself-IKEA-Pedalboard-Build-Thread[/topic]. Iv still got all original fingers, toes and limbs so im doing ok so far but im not sure what I should use to keep my pedals on the board, I know most people use velcro but I imagine it to be a right faff to get it off if I want to sell any pedals on. I had a quick look in Wilkinsons for some velcro any way but I couldn't see any. Is there any where else that might sell it or is there anything else that might work just as good?