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Rotosound and Fender flats are like fencing wire. TI flats are super compliant Status Hotwires are somewhere in between.

It'll do the job admirably and I reckon it will surprise you. My bass tutor uses an RBX (dunno which one - it's not posh though) live through an Ashdown Electric Blue combo, and seems perfectly happy with it.

What's bugging you about the tuners which are currently there?

[quote name='mart' post='1308879' date='Jul 19 2011, 10:27 AM']That brings back some memories: Aberdeen was where I last saw Maiden, back around 1990, in the Capitol. Also saw Van Morrison there. Not on the same night though. [/quote] That was the last time they had visited Aberdeen until this Thursday. I remember saying at the time (having neglected to go - I was only 14 at the time though) that they were too big now and would never be seen in Aberdeen again. Just goes to show - never say never

Yup, I will be there. Saw them once before at Download 2007. Will try to remember it this time

[quote name='gavgravy' post='1308664' date='Jul 18 2011, 11:54 PM']Firstly, I realise there's tons of these topics on here but I am SUCH a noob I thought I'd just ask again the direct questions I need answering and hope people take pity on me and don't mind repeating themselves. Me and my housemate/band mate have never built a guitar before. I have a squire precision that we've just de fretted and now we're thinking 'what else could we do?' so we joked about having all three pick ups on one bass. So if you were doing this mad feat where would you position each pick up? I love the precision pick up where it is (about 4.8 inches from the 20th fret) I was thinking a Bridge Humbucker and a Neck Jazz pick up So where would you put them? Any other hints and tips I should know? Thanks for your time guys, it's really appreciated[/quote] There is a commercially available bass with the pickup combination you describe - the Spear Flextool: I'm not saying it's the way to go, but hope it gives you some food for thought...

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1308431' date='Jul 18 2011, 09:05 PM']Look again- it's a 6 piece body...[/quote] I counted 8 - butcher block bass anyone?

I realised that I had never finished this story. Allow me to rectify that state of affairs. The body was refinished by Rich (Ou7shined) while he was doing my Victory Artist and once again he did an amazing job. I then dragged my heels for ages until I finally put it all back together and returned it to its rightful owner, who was delighted to see it again after so long and thankfully did not kill me Suffice to say I don't think I'll ever take on something this big for someone else again.

Tell your missus. Plan it out together.

[quote name='Faithless' post='1304881' date='Jul 15 2011, 04:54 PM']Maybe I'm missing something, but Skype sees soundcard as one unit, so I can't why it wouldn't recognize two signals coming from USB audio interface?[/quote] It would - one stereo signal means one (say your microphone) is left and the other is right. They have independent recording levels (think of it as a very simple 2 channel mixer). I believe my E-MU 0202 can also make it a single mono feed, mixing the two together (although how it appears to the computer is a stereo signal where the left and right are identical)

[quote name='ped' post='1299852' date='Jul 11 2011, 01:06 PM']I'll move them tonight - I mainly grabbed ones with loooong threads, I have lots of smaller ones that shoudl also be moved. I would quite like to have a photo gallery in the forum with a mixture of pictures from all bashes - not sure how I would do it though![/quote] This hasn't been done yet. Not wishing to pester you, but (representing Moffat as a regular attendee) I'm feeling a bit left out of all the special forum goodness.

Best bet for me would be an external sound interface. I have an E-MU 0202 which is able to take 2 outputs (one with a mic preamp) and mix them together with independent levels. Computer only sees one sound device. Job done. It'll also have a lot less latency than most onboard sound, and you'll also have the benefit of local monitoring through headphones so you can hear what you play, not what your computer thinks you've played (with the associated latency - very off-putting).

[quote name='Paul S' post='1303575' date='Jul 14 2011, 02:33 PM']As per title, really. I am picking up a Westone Thunder Jet soon (after having recently had one but sold it - long story) which I will probably be pimping a bit. Arguably the best option would be J-East P-Retro but that might be a tad too dear for the project (bass is costing under £80, although it should be good quality) Maybe the guts out of it's cousin, a Thunder 1A, but I'd need to be lucky to find a breaker. Are there any other simple (and relatively inexpensive) onboard preamps out there for single pups? I had an Artec SE-2 fitted into a bass and it worked a treat but they don't seem to do a single pup version - could a kit like that be adapted for just one pup? Or an active pup rather than a preamp? Never played a bass with these - how does it compare? Thanks![/quote] You can easily use an SE-2 - just ditch the blend - remove the wires from the blend circuit board and attach them directly to the pickup.

Fingers, I've dabbled in pick playing but never got the hang of it. Fingerstyle just feels so much more direct and natural to me.

Search broken again. Couldn't get it working last night, it's the same this morning. Message count got fixed when I got a PM, that seemed to reset the count.

I don't know if changed is the right word - more like came home. My first bass was an Epiphone EB-3, and I flirted with lots of other kinds (P, J, so many others) but I had an Epiphone EB-0 for a while then I got an Epiphone Les Paul Standard bass and realised that I would always like the Gibson side of life. Collection began with a G-3, since augmented with a Victory Artist and an IV. Broadened my scope to be "under-appreciated American basses of the 70's and 80's" with a Guild B402-A. Remaining things on the hit list would be a Gibson RD Artist and possibly a G&L El Toro. I do have a couple of "sensible" basses - like the G&L Tribute L-2000. Sometimes (like when playing a venue for the first time) I want something I know just works - one less thing to worry about! As for choosing what to play, I try to be fair and equitable between all my basses, they go on rotation. It doesn't matter a damn to me which bass I use in the practice room as long as I can be heard, and to be honest I feel kinda the same when playing live. The only time I would actually have a proper think about it would be when it comes to recording, but I haven't done a lot of that - still learning

Been playing "properly" for three years or so. Highs: Joining my first band, recording for the first time, people asking me about my gear at the gig (and seem to be genuinely interested), the quantum leap forward in my playing since I started taking lessons. Lows: First band breaking up (prematurely in my opinion), one gig where I made the same mistake at every chorus of an old song I ought know backwards, having virtually no recollection of my first gig - too much adrenaline/nerves!

I don't think I've ever encountered a dead spot. No, I do not want someone to point out where they all are on my basses, I'd rather continue in blissful ignorance thankyouplease

Lots of bridges exhibit a small degree of tail lift. The bridge on my Gibson Victory Artist has it, you can slide a piece of paper under the back of it behind the mounting screws. Doesn't seem to affect performance (break angle over the saddles) and bear in mind it's taken 30 years to move as much as it has. Could be worse:

Simon is a great seller - I bought a Yamaha BB614 from him. He sent it to me promptly and extremely well packaged, took the trouble to remove the neck so as to reduce postage cost and maintained great communication throughout. Flawless!

Nice one, cheers

That's a couple of times now in the past few hours that I've been unable to search the forum. I get this error: temporary searchd error: server maxed out, retry in a second Also I'm being told that I have -1 new messages. Dunno if that's related at all.