stewblack

[quote name='phatbassdude' post='10153' date='May 31 2007, 08:32 PM']What is the bassing contingent's view on Behringer cabs and amps??? They seem cheap and with a lot of bang for your buck - but does this affect their quality of sound? Models of interest are the BB410 or BB210 and the BB115. I would ideally have the 410 and 115 matched to my Hartke HA550. Many thanks.[/quote] They are fantastic value for money. Mine have conspicuously failed to explode or sound sh*te no matter how often people who won't use Behringer say they will. I use the BA115 and the BA410 but the 15 is 8ohm so I don't get the best out of it. I recommend the 410 more . Very big sound. I use mine either in a stereo set up with a behringer 450 amp and an eden nemesis 650 or just the two together with the nemesis. I wish I'd gone for two 410 instead now as that would suit the impedence of my amps better and they have a bigger sound. They are solid, nicely carpeted and have cunningly concealed wheel arrangement. As far as I'm concerned at the price they go for they could be as sh*t as people who never use Behringer say they are and still be worth it! Oh and while I think of it, my guitarist is so impressed with my rig that last night he said he wished he'd saved his money and tried Behringer before he spent a fortune on Marshall. For one thing the sheer solidity and build quality impressed him as he hauled his disintegrating overpriced 4X12 out of my car last night. Now missing another castor!!

[quote name='mhuk' post='9109' date='May 30 2007, 12:53 PM']Has anyone tried both the Markbass Little Mark II and either the Eden Nemesis NA650 or NA320? I need a smallish head as I've got a dodgy shoulder and a headphone socket is a nice-to-have (which the Markbass doesn't have). Comments, suggestions, advice etc. muchly appreciated. Thanks [/quote] Tell you what, I'm buying a cab from a BTer in the midlands, hopefully ready for me in early June, why don't I swing by your place and you can have a bash through the Nemesis? Unless there's a shop near you that stocks them of course?

[quote name='BassBod' post='9769' date='May 31 2007, 11:09 AM']Hi stewblack, Looks like you don't live far from me - I've got a ply "knock about" upright and the Clifton EUB, so if you want to try one out....I can certainly explain the difference/process of moving from BG to upright. It is addictive though. And expensive. BB[/quote] What a kind offer - thank you! Although ... addictive and expensive~? Hmmm, can I afford to even taste it? Where are you BTW?

Re Slap: Never learned it, so old now I probably never will. Just don't like how it sounds really. That's it!

[quote name='Vasquez Rich' post='9459' date='May 30 2007, 08:50 PM']There's an old saying (attributed to Ginger Baker).. "Good band, sh*t drummer, sh*t band" .. do you think this applies to bass playing also.. if at all?[/quote] I must admit I'd not heard that quote before but I've often said similar about bands that just don't quite cut the mustard. The audience (the non musician members of it) know the band's not up to much but how many of them realise it's down to a crap drummer? As far as bass goes I don't think it applies as fundamentaly. If the bass and drums aren't together then no matter how good the individual musicianship, the band won't work, that much is definate.

[quote name='Tinman' post='9460' date='May 30 2007, 08:50 PM']Thank you my friend, you're the first one to say something positive about it , I was thinking I'd bought a complete lemon . It is a lovely bass, the neck is stunning, it's just a shame that thru necks turned out to be wrong for me. Anyway, it's for sale now and I'm sure it'll go to a loving home. Pete[/quote] Can I also say something positive? It looks lovely. There you go.

[quote name='dood' post='9472' date='May 30 2007, 09:07 PM']Awww that's easy! Save yourself a bundle and get some of the best leads around! Custom lengths too. Watch how many +1's my post will get when I recommend our very own Dave 'OBBM' Polgaze. He makes leads to order.. Speaker/ Instrument / Patch.. pretty much whatever you need. Competitive prices too![/quote] +1 that's for my personal kit +1 that's for the stuff he's made for my venue +1 For the fantastic service +1 cos he's a really, really nice bloke to deal with +1 for the speed of service +1 cos you can show off that you have your leads custom made

I have recently aquired the NA650 - it is, frankly, excellent. It's designed so you can run it with just headphones plugged in which fits your bill. It also has a lovely blue light! I've never used an amp with such responsive tone controls, sadly can't give the comparison you desire as I've not used Little Mark, but I've heard a few and they sound great too. Not much help am I? Sorry.

I think in some ways I won't get any better and in others I'll continue to improve. I listen back to old band tapes from the eighties and wonder if I could ever be bothered to put the work in to write such complex basslines. I used to think nothing of spending a week writing a bass line to a song, every spare minute. Now that youthful enthusiasm has naturally subsided my basslines seem a little ordinary by comparison but what I've gained is experience, a knowledge that I can hold my own and there ain't much I can't play if I only put my mind to it. I play with greater assurance and these things grow and grow with age. There are some marvelous technically proficient bass players who I have no interest in emulating - the one thing that has always motivated me is coming up with great bass parts for songs. It isn't how many notes or how clever or how fast it's how it compliments the song - that is all that ever matters. So in answer to the original point enough is never enough as long as there is another song around the corner waiting for a great bass part to be written.

[quote name='subaudio' post='8718' date='May 29 2007, 06:04 PM']Ah ok, sorry, if you were London based I could suggest someone, I think once you start to hanker after DB it's already too late, it'll get you in the end there really is nothing like it for sound and feel, I still love playing electric bass, and it seems physically less of a strain when I go back, but I rarely pick it up these days comparatively. I am beginning to think about selling my first bass, which is totally fine to learn on and with an ebony fingerboard, new strings and a pickup it would be a great gigging bass, which was my plan but then my Zeller came up as a straight swap for a fretless I wasn’t using so I shelved the idea, the bass is worth about £350 as is and would probably cost about £500 to get up to gig spec. just to give you an idea (as i understand it) of what's out there and what the options are without spending huge amount's of money.[/quote] Thanks mate. Not started serious GAS yet for the double bass but I have an outline plan for a project which, should it ever come to fruition will mean me playing the 'real thing' so one day ...

[quote name='subaudio' post='8695' date='May 29 2007, 05:30 PM']Where are you based?[/quote] In the west country between Wells and Bath.

[quote name='Super_Mario_Bass' post='8673' date='May 29 2007, 04:45 PM']anyone got one? I think they can look a bit garish in red, but in sunburst i like them [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Japan-Jaguar-Bass-JAB-97EQ_W0QQitemZ180122142673QQihZ008QQcategoryZ38079QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.com/Fender-Japan-Jaguar-Ba...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] [/quote] That is damn sexy actually, always thought of one in black when I allowed my gas dreams to stray Fenderwards but I'm liking that a lot.

[quote name='subaudio' post='8554' date='May 29 2007, 12:33 PM']I would politley decline, double bass is completley different to electric bass, and if you havent played one before you'll get a bit of a shock as they count off the first song, cool that your getting offerd work though, maybe you should buy one, get some lessons and start doubling? I've been studying double bass for 5 month's, (I have played and gigged/sessioned on electric bass for nearly 20 years) and wouldn't take a paid gig on DB just yet, in another 6 months time though.....[/quote] I've made it clear it's pretty unlikely that I'd risk ruining any part of someone's wedding ceremony just for the fun of having a stab at something I don't know. It is however something I wouldn't mind trying, but it is I assume an expensive thing to get into?

I've been asked to dep at a mates wedding on the old double bass. Thing is, it's this Saturday, we'll be playing in the actual church during the ceremony, I've no free evenings to rehearse with the other musicians, oh and I've never touched a double bass in my life before. What do you guys think - I should politely decline? Or it's a piece of cake!!!

[quote name='Phaedrus' post='7967' date='May 28 2007, 10:07 AM']"comfort"? Surely avoiding breathing in multiple stranger's used, exhaled smoke is a bit more than a comfort? AFAIK, it's[/quote] Good point - poor choice of words on my count health and comfort would have been better, sorry.

[quote name='Waldo' post='5732' date='May 24 2007, 01:42 PM']No, that was a serious question. I'm interested to see the logic behind people typing in capitals all the time. Why do you do it?[/quote] Waldo is on a one man crusade to regulate how we all post MB1, don't pay too much attention, I'm sure he doesn't mean any offence after all we all have our little idiosyncracies. Mine involves hard boiled eggs.

[quote]I never understood why more pubs didn't become non smoking voluntarily[/quote] Speaking as a publican it's simply because I would have to alienate an enormous - and I mean overwhelming - percentage of my customers, for the comfort of a tiny minority. The non smokers drink less too. Don't ask me why. Just to avoid any confusion I reiterate I do support the ban (turkeys voting for christmas I know) but am simply pointing out the facts from a business point of view. There simply isn't a huge mass of people waiting to flood the pubs, who currently stay away because of the smoke.

Not a widely diverse web publication though - the strap line is "Jazz / Funk / Fusion" which leaves my, and I suspect many other's, boats firmly unfloated.

[quote name='anti-barbie' post='7573' date='May 27 2007, 12:35 PM']The small fact that smokers seem to ignore is that they are [u]not[/u] being banned from smoking, they are only being asked to go outside to do it - real hardship and erosion of civil liberties there. [/quote] Which smokers seem to be ignoring this fact? I've not heard any. The libertarian argument (with which I strongly disagree) comes from smokers and non smokers alike. Anyway we can all debate it until the cows come home - the fact is it's here and no government will ever reverse it so we'd better get used to it.

There was a time when the Gov was toying with the idea of only banning in places that served food. My venue would have been a license to print money then - we'd be the only smoking venue in town! Can you imagine? It would have been rammed in there. Ah well, I want another job anyway.

5 string MM stingray is all at the mo. Settle for that blue Bongo that went on basstalk a while back.

tonight's rig:

Digression is the stuff of fora though, don't you find?

Dunno - all I can add to this is that while my Nemesis will run at 2ohm, those nice people at Eden say they recommend I put it through a 4ohm speaker for the best results all round. That implies lowest not necessarily bestest, non?

As a licensee I'm naturally interested in what effect this will have, especially on band nights. During the summer we may have to forget about bands as they'll be playing to an empty cellar with the garden upstairs full! As far as nanny state goes I get a bit tired of hearing this. Even tho this could catastrophically affect my business, I still wholly support the government. If we are in possesion of all the facts (and where smoke is concerned we are) and are aware of the dangerous anti social effect of our behaviour and still after many years do nothing about it then it is the responsibility - duty even - of our elected representitives to impose laws upon us. When the public behave like irresponsible children and it directly affects the well being of others, well they damn well need nannying.