tauzero

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1485249261' post='3222375'] I'm probably going to regret asking, but Mr Pratt seems to be a 'marmite' character on this forum, what has he done to deserve that? He seems a pretty normal well rounded type of guy? [/quote] One of the professionally offended accused him of saying something racist, IIRC.

I'm pretty sure that Dave from Musical Exchanges, who sold me the Warwick JD Thumb that I have to this day, went there. No, I just took another look. Dave went to the Carlsbro shop just round the corner near Richer Sounds.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1484814062' post='3218607'] A good few bands are just getting panned here, merely because people don't like the band. That is not the point of this thread surely. There are a good number of worshipped albums that I could easily diss because I don't like the artist. The real test of this thread is for those who are actual fans of a band's or artist's work to say that a particularly well regarded album is somewhat lacking in their opinion. [/quote] Queen - A Day at the Races - first stage of their descent into dreadful crappery Queen - News of the World - see above Queen - Jazz - see above Queen - The Game - see above A trend may be emerging here.

[quote name='Burrito' timestamp='1484736547' post='3217865'] Makes me wonder what critically panned albums we all love.... [/quote] You really think a consensus could be reached on Basschat, where if there was only one person posting to a thread it would still end up as an argument?

[quote name='casapete' timestamp='1484705365' post='3217714'] Donald Fagen, The Nightfly. Think I'm the only muso ever who doesn't like this. Those irritating 'clever' songs played so perfectly with no soul/feel. Liked early Steely Dan stuff, but then it all ended up sounding like this. [/quote] It's not just me then. I imagine every band in the world who's ever had a critically acclaimed album will find themselves in this thread. I'm going to go with anything by Rush.

I can see a way of doing DI on it, if DI was the only output you wanted and you didn't mind losing one effect slot. The Left/Mono output is also a headphone output, so if the final effect inverted the left output and sent it to the right side (and applied gain of about 4x to bring the signal from 150-200mV P-P to 600-1000mV P-P), you'd just need a stereo jack to XLR lead.

I'd forgotten about the Facebook page, possibly because I hate Facebook. Ta, and see you at Moffat.

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1484593104' post='3216650'] Would depend on the crowd. Osmonds covers for bikers, Megadeth for the local old peoples' home and so on... [/quote] Mrs Zero and I did a Metallica song in our set at the local old people's home, which went down well. The song suggestions so far are actually the set you'd put together if you were about to quit a band you really, really hated. To which I'd add Red Red f***ing Whine. All Right Now, and Ma Baker by Boney M.

Having read [url="https://gear-otaku.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/zoom-b3n-bass-multi-effect.html"]https://gear-otaku.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/zoom-b3n-bass-multi-effect.html[/url] (I love Google Translate), presumably access has been suspended until the official announcement in two days time at NAMM.

I want. I hope the fact that access to the page has been stopped isn't a bad sign.

As the covers band I've been playing with for several or eightal years is folding, I'm on the lookout for something else. Anything considered, both covers and originals. I'm in Tamworth, which puts Birmingham, Lie Sester, Nottingham and other places within 40 miles in reach. Good gear (note: I don't own, nor do I contemplate owning, any Fender-like instruments), own transport, all my own teeth and some of my own hair. Examples of my playing can be found at [url="http://tauzero.co.uk/music/index.html"]http://tauzero.co.uk/music/index.html[/url]

Has anyone mentioned [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izNxtsC1b4k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izNxtsC1b4k[/url] yet?

Alternatively, copy the direct link (http://i.imgur.com/xxxxx.jpg), click on the little square icon two to the right of the links of chain that looks vaguely like a picture, and paste the link into the dialogue box that pops up.

I've had several Mondeo estates, which are great, and currently have a Vectra estate, which isn't - load space is fine but the trim on the backs of the rear seats is held on by bits of plastic pushed into channels, which pop out as soon as you load stuff into it. Plus the tailgate switch stopped working just after I'd loaded up for a gig, so had to unload at the venue, load back up, and unload when I got back home through the back doors. The Vectra's steering pump failed and the garage lent me a Renault Megane estate while they fixed it. What a dreadful thing that was, and only marginally bigger than a Metro. Hated the stupid handbrake on it. Two members of the ceilidh band I was once in had a Zafira, which was an unreliable piece of crap. Then they got another one, which was an unreliable piece of crap. So I've decided that Zafiras aren't for me.

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1484216527' post='3213547'] My issue is that I also play in a 'Classic Rock' covers band and as yet, have restrained from introducing them to the Ibanez, purely because I don't think that the 'fancy woods' look looks right in a rock band. I'd be interested in everyone's thoughts [/quote] I will only play basses with fancy woods in rock bands. Those painted things look crap.

Is there likely to be a Bass Bash X in 2017, Alan?

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1483793486' post='3210141'] Edit: Oh and Tauzero - if you fancy bringing your Buzzard along I'd love to see that again [/quote] Sorry, the Buzzard has gone, replaced by the Esh, which itself will be going at some point as I just got the Sei Flamboyant 5 to add to the other two Seis. So I could have 3 Seis there now.

Sadly, there was enough time for Red Red f***ing Whine.

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1483253445' post='3205637'] Crikey, now that is ballsy! Where do you keep the other two hidden? [/quote] They're consecutive rather than concurrent.

How could I forget? Child Star by Tyrannosaurus Rex namechecks Debussy, Mendlessohn, Handel, and Dvorak, while Ballrooms of Mars by T Rex has namechecks for Bob Dylan, Alan Freed, and John Lennon.

4-string - pickup cover. 5-string - pickup cover or B string. Also occasionally (with either) the side of the neck, if for some reason I'm plucking that far from the bridge. I also use a classical guitar technique, playing with thumb and two fingers (I have some sort of mental block on this, playing guitar I use thumb and three fingers) in which case my entire hand position changes.

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1483226313' post='3205584'] Nope. I'm one of the lucky ones that has escaped marriage. Living happily with 13 basses. [/quote] I have about 15 basses and 13 motorbikes and just the one wife. Admittedly she is number 3, but she's put up with me for 12 years now.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzzOBv7RPbw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzzOBv7RPbw[/url]

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1482869288' post='3203241'] I've never seen a twin neck that I've liked the look of. The headstocks always look like they're just two separate necks bolted onto a body rather than been designed as a pair with some sort of symmetry. Maybe somebody should make a L/R necked twin neck. [/quote] Headless would be even better. Oh, look: although I prefer parallel necks (which they do too). And they're composite so they keep the weight below 6kg.

The Sei Flamboyant headless 5.