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tauzero

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  1. [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1404218942' post='2490410'] I don't know about the vocals but Jeez do any of you think she was playing that fiddle? Come on then digital camera experts why was the guy on the right playing in time when hers wasn't, my bow technique on DB is terrible but I can tell you that's not how you bow a fiddle! No mic, no wireless Kit, no piezo installed... [/quote] And, funnily enough, only the sound of one violin. It hardly seemed like a serious attempt to fool the audience. And no-one has bothered mentioning the security guards doing a dance routine to "Jolene". And I don't think anyone who was actually there has said anything about her miming. Never mind, there's always time to get a Miltychat flashmob together and grab the pitchforks and blazing torches.
  2. [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1404139220' post='2489638'] Has anyone else noticed how Ellie Goulding is getting increasingly desperate in trying to turn herself into some kind of credible "alternative " artist [i]a la [/i]Florence And The Machine? [/quote] You mean she's started to sing wildly out of tune?
  3. I like it. Two previous bands have threatened to do it but never did, I'd like to give it a whirl sometime.
  4. They're identical apart from the pickups, finish, and pickguard. I suppose it keeps the manufacturing costs down if you make a standard body/neck and then route and paint it differently, but it does mean that the variation is pretty limited.
  5. [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1403685786' post='2485183'] Where's best for the conventional (solderable) right angled 'low profile' (flat) plugs? This type, with guaranteed quality. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hosa-IRG-100-5-Low-Profile-Right-Angle-1-4-Jack-Patch-Cable-6-/281343823905"]http://www.ebay.co.u...6-/281343823905[/url] [/quote] If you've got slightly more room, I'd be inclined to go for [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-3mm-1-4-Connector-Jack-Plug-Right-Angle-Design-Male-MONO-Guitar-Leads-Plug-/201115223846?pt=UK_Musical_Cables_Leads_Connectors&hash=item2ed366c726"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-3mm-1-4-Connector-Jack-Plug-Right-Angle-Design-Male-MONO-Guitar-Leads-Plug-/201115223846?pt=UK_Musical_Cables_Leads_Connectors&hash=item2ed366c726[/url] as I think the cable clamping will be a little more reliable.
  6. I'm not putting the band through the PA, it's currently used for just vocals most of the time though I have put kick and occasionally snare through it too. I thought a sub might help spread the load of the kick. I was actually looking at something more like the Alto True Sonic TS SUB 12. When I say "cheap" I mean "don't have to play too many gigs at £50-£60 a pop to pay for it".
  7. [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1403737420' post='2485902'] Funny how you can always spot the home-made jobs, there's always something sort of wonky about the body & headstock shapes. [/quote] There seems something not quite right about the body shape. I'm not sure if that's simply that I'm so familiar with P basses that something that has a shape which is similar but a little different looks wrong (in this case, the lower bout is narrower than the horns, while on a P it's wider, so a P looks like it's got a fatter arse), or whether it's simply that it's not quite right.
  8. One of these had me convinced my wireless, or my bass, or my amp was at fault, as the rest of the band carried on playing. Then I worked out what it was and the guitarist pointed me to an extension lead that everyone else had plugged into that he'd forgotten to tell me to use when I arrived. I should point out that said extension lead was officially sanctioned, it was the club ents secretary who provided it. Did get me quite paranoid though, swapped from wireless to a lead, from main bass to backup bass, and then was trying to work out what might be wrong with the amp...
  9. Doesn't look like they will be back in stock - showing as "not part of our current product range anymore.". Boo.
  10. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1403696996' post='2485369']Simply wheel into position, remove the front and back lids, and plug the power into the back and I'm ready to go.[/quote] And presumably it would be the same procedure for the bass rig?
  11. [quote name='bassace' timestamp='1403077678' post='2479420'] Sorry, you may as well be talking in Swahili. [/quote] Toggle reply pane: When you start making a post, you do it in a bit of the screen marked "Reply to this topic". There's a couple of rows of icons at the top of this bit, under the words "Reply to topic". If you move the mouse cursor over these, a little description pops up telling you what they do. The top left one is "Toggle editing mode". If you click on that, you'll see what's in the bit you type in change in appearance. If all the icons except "Toggle editing mode" are grey and don't do anything, you're in basic editing mode, and the editing program shows the raw text of what you type in - for example, if you do a bit in [i]italic[/i], it would appear as italic in the standard editing mode and as [i]italic[/i] in basic editing mode. Install another browser: Go to [url="http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox"]http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox[/url] or [url="http://www.google.com/chrome"]http://www.google.com/chrome[/url] (or both), download and install. Then, instead of running Internet Explorer, run Firefox or Chrome.
  12. You need to look carefully, with your eyes closed.
  13. [quote name='Kev' timestamp='1403028106' post='2479050'] He seems like a very angry person. There is something about the whole listing I don't like...can't decide what though, other than its general angry tone. I also don't like that it has sold (relatively cheaply) twice and yet it is still up for sale, despite his reasons... [/quote] I can see that the first paragraph is sort of angry, and the last one seems to have been added in frustration at people asking him why the sale fell through, but the chunk sandwiched in between those two paragraphs doesn't seem to be at all angry. I'd be more concerned that he played with some members of Dire Straits yet doesn't know how to spell the name of the band, unless he's referring to a tribute band called Dire Straights...
  14. I think that the JH/BC correspondence is a little misleading - IIRC, the only part that's mentioned in that is the headstock and TRC, but there are also trademarks on the body shape which aren't mentioned in that. I make no comments on the rights and wrongs of the situation or the vigour of RIC's pursuit of infringements.
  15. I'd go with taking out batteries if present, stripping down the pedals if possible, and washing in water, using common sense to avoid washing any parts which might actually be mechanically affected by water, then leave in an airing cupboard or other warm place for a few days to dry out.
  16. [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1402867949' post='2477478'] I do enjoy the snobbery on here sometimes, some people love to go on pretty much every Fender thread to lets us know they like weird stuff, good for you, [/quote] So if it's not Fender, it's weird? The point you're missing here is that one Fender Jazz looks much the same as another Fender Jazz, barring the colour. The ebay forum is going to get pretty bloody boring (not to mention unreadable, and full) if every time a different Jazz bass is put on That Ebay, it gets posted up as a dream bass.
  17. I'm saying that jazz basses are as exciting as Mondeos. Almost. And the white ones are just a little special, like the needs of their owners. Big smiley goes here.
  18. [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1402568905' post='2474814'] It's not a "why do you like them?" question. For me it was more a "what makes this bass more special than any other Fender Jazz?" question. I could understand it if the OP had actually had a go on the bass in question and it was an awesome sounding and playing instrument, but it's just some photos in an eBay listing. So what is it? [/quote] It's because it's white. Think about it, how many white Mondeos do you see? They're just a little bit special.
  19. I don't think the bridge pieces are on a different piece of wood, I think that there's a cutout a few millimetres deep that they're in, presumably to lower them. That neck joint is very Ritter.
  20. [quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1401991098' post='2469044'] What is he measuring in picture 8? [/quote] How far down his floor is from the top of the cab. Trying to extrapolate his inside leg from that is prone to parallax error.
  21. No measurements of the wife? Agreed about the socks, planer just beat me to it.
  22. [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1401963076' post='2468684'] And if 15 strings aren't enough for you: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIupV9HyeSE"]https://www.youtube....h?v=kIupV9HyeSE[/url] [/quote] Reminds me of what the good Dr Johnson once said: "[font="verdana,helvetica,arial"][size="-1"]Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."[/size][/font]
  23. Dave Perry of EAD cabs fame has recently inflicted GBH on a Status to produce a variant on the Steinberger 4/6 headless. It put in an appearance at Moffat: I had a try on it - found it rather awkward, probably because it was hanging a little low and I haven't played a low-slung guitar since I was a teenager. Dave Perry didn't have any such problems.
  24. I'm surprised that the Thought Police haven't waded in yet. Maybe they only do that when Prince is the one having something very slightly negative said about him. I suspect it's going to be one of those songs that is going to take years to go away. It doesn't seem to be anything special to me, but obviously enough people think it is for Mr Williams to make another few million from it, which is more than is ever likely to happen to any of my songs.
  25. [quote name='notable9' timestamp='1401468757' post='2463981'] Fiddling with the head is fun but at the end of day your tone is all in ur fingers......is'nt it? [/quote] It must be. The most significant change I've made to my tone in the last 20 years was a week ago, when I cut the fingernail on my right forefinger well back. Finally got rid of the harshness. Mind you, it'll be trickier fingerpicking on guitar now.
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