tauzero

I'm pretty sure the Delano Sonar 2 has that - never take mine out of active though.

The Who - You Better, You Bet has the line "[color=#252525][font=sans-serif]I drunk myself blind to the sound of old T. Rex".[/font][/color]

You can try getting the police involved. They'll almost certainly ignore you and tell you it's a civil matter.

The Persuaders

Years ago, the speaker in my Gallien Krueger 200MB (the little 1x12 combo) fell apart - the cone just parted company with the surround, having hardened and crumbled away.

I bought a second Trace Elliot because I'd forgotten why I'd sold the first one. I have now learnt my lesson, so won't be getting a third one until I've bought another Precision, somewhere round when hell freezes over.

[quote name='DrBike' timestamp='1481896511' post='3196082'] Not sure why but this was the first one that sprang to my mind too! [/quote] And me.

Covers band: Bassist, odd backing vocals and very odd occasional lead vocals, bringer of active PA speakers and a light bar. Website and posters. Most of the gig bookings. Husband of singer. Load in and out and setting up are shared tasks. Guitarist does the front end of the PA and the lighting. Acoustic duo: Guitarist, backing and some lead vocals, PA. Husband of singer.

We do "Go your own way" and the guitarist nicked part of the solo from "Sultans of swing" - the part that goes over the intro riff, not the part over the verse. So I now play the bassline to that when he goes into it. I have no idea whether anybody notices. Mrs Zero and I occasionally play in a ceilidh band at barn dances (she does the calling). Whenever she introduces a move called the chain, I think it's fairly obvious what I start playing.

Ask him what date he'd like the Valentine's show to be. And get the guitarist to turn down.

So what will you be performing for us on tonight's X-Factor?

Most of my basses are neck-through, one is notlob. They sound very different, but that may be because the notlob is a 10-string.

The output from an active bass is similar to that of a passive bass, somewhere around 150mV P-P.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1480886469' post='3187895'] It's disappointing this error could take out a monitor. A signal from an active bass should just clip, not cause damage. [/quote] I thought active monitors would take line level input, which means that a signal from a bass (active or passive) shouldn't even touch the sides, let alone clip.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1480585761' post='3185570'] I tend to sway about like a sapling in a breeze Anything more ambitious and I either fall off the stage or whack the guitarist round the head with my bass. [/quote] This, of course, is why everybody [1] should play headless basses. THat way, you never smack another band member round the head with it unless you actually want to. This may not, of course, reduce the number of times that said band member is hit significantly. [1] where "everybody" refers to the subset of "everybody" that plays bass on stage

If you still have BSSM by RHCP could I have that please?

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1480428157' post='3184289'] don't forget to bring some fans ! [/quote] I'm the only one in the band who does, even though the others keep moaning about how hot they are.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1480504627' post='3184852'] It's disappointing that the BBC are using a racial angle in their headlines. It's nowt to do with the colour of his skin. [/quote] It falls in neatly with their "black and British" week. I find it all very confusing, are we supposed to be blind to the colour of someone's skin or are we supposed to acknowledge it, or does it just depend on the day of the week?

I'm going to try harder to get there this time. Especially if there's cake. Probably with a Sei or two and perhaps an Esh Poseidon.

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1480373006' post='3183927'] Paragraph headed Attention [url="http://www.neutrik.co.uk/en-uk/plugs-jacks/silentplug/np2rx-au-silent"]http://www.neutrik.c...np2rx-au-silent[/url] [/quote] Which says "[size=4][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Please note that the signal isn't muted with some types of active electric guitars which are equipped with tip-ring-sleeve jacks that tap to activate the guitar power supply."[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I'm not sure what it means. Signal muting happens when the lead isn't fully inserted, it's done by shorting the tip to the sleeve, and it relies on the movement of the sleeve to switch the reed switch.[/font][/color][/size][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=1] "[/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1480370180' post='3183870'] Neutrik say on their web site that Silent jacks are not recommended for active instruments. This is because the ring connection in the jack is used to power the onboard pre-amp. As you insert the jack the pre-amp is powered and is charging its capacitors at the same time as the muting comes off resulting in noise through the amp. [/quote] I've never noticed it, and I plug and unplug my bass several times over the course of a rehearsal (I go wireless for gigs).

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1480371264' post='3183891'] I use wireless at rehearsal. why wouldn't you, not like it takes any longer than connecting a lead? I can wander round - there is always more room at practice. [/quote] I've got a lead coiled up in the bass case so I just take the bass case rather than that and the case with the wireless in it, which also means I need one more mains socket than is available.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1480180911' post='3182342'] Cricket box. [/quote] At what point do you let the crickets out?

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1480185693' post='3182397'] Has your amp ever stopped working ? [/quote] Yes. Superfly got beer spilt into it (it recovered later after I washed it out and dried it). At another gig, my 4x10 became a 0x10. Hence carrying a spare amp and running 2 1x12s.

[quote name='josie' timestamp='1480194571' post='3182485'] Yes, the whole family is consistent. It did take me a long time to get used to the fact that the string "below" the one you're on is "below" in tone and therefore "above" on the fretboard! [/quote] The original guitarist in the current band used to refer to "up" and "down" in the opposite direction to pitch, both across and along the fretboard - so the 12th fret would be "down" from the 11th fret, and the B string would be "down" from the G string. Perhaps true in relativistic terms (if one slopes the guitar with the headstock upwards) but very confusing.