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Headphones for practice and general listening at home.
tauzero replied to Ramsay777's topic in General Discussion
I've got the ATH-M20x and don't have any problems with them. I use them with active basses all the time. Are you sure it's the headphones and not somewhere earlier in your signal chain? -
I've got a can of it. The squirty nozzle bit on the top fell off and so it squirts all over the place.
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Has the Barrel Organ gone too?
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A stand. One with a neck support and safety restraint, eg https://richtonemusic.co.uk/stagg-sg-a100bk-tripod-guitar-stand/ Alternatively, if he's likely to come onto Basschat, get him either a 3-guitar or 5-guitar stand.
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Ah yes, another symptom. Inability to see beyond basses designed at least 60 years ago.
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<counts> Er, which month?
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Your best (and worst!) bass gear purchases of 2023?
tauzero replied to Al Krow's topic in General Discussion
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HOW hard is it to find a decent band to play in these days?
tauzero replied to Lfalex v1.1's topic in General Discussion
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Are the small pieces of wood strewn over floor and ceiling cleats to hold crack repairs together?
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I finally got round to learning Slade properly this year. Then the singist said he needed to take it down a semitone, which was mostly no problem. Then at an open mic last week, I played it for a uke player in the original key. Last night, played at our one and only Christmas gig, a semitone down. Life doesn't get much more exciting. What I did enjoy last night was playing "Last Christmas" rather more rockily and with a lot more going on on the bass than the original.
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I was just ruminating on exactly how hypocritical I am. So far, I've come up with Far too few basses have a headless option (see complaints above about headstocks Far too few basses have a natural finish option. I don't want ugly, easily chipped paint. Far too few active basses have a means of selecting passive. I don't like bolt-on necks with big heel blocks (eg FSO). If there has to be a headstock (occasionally a necessary evil), it should be equipped with compact tuners/machine heads/BOITNTBTTTTI, not those sodding great things that Fender use that necessitate huge headstocks. For five-strings, 4+1 is not good, 5+0 is definitely right out. Scratchplates. Horrible things. So, most of my basses do have heads. One is sunburst, the others are all straight natural. About 50% of the actives have a passive switch. almost all are through-neck, of the remainder almost all have heel blocks well up the neck. I have one with a 4+1 headstock. I have one with a scratchplate. The sunburst, 4+1 headstock, bulky heel block, and scratchplate are all on the same bass (Variax 705), which also definitely doesn't have an active/passive switch.
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Based on that, if Fodera tried to make a headless bass, they'd cut the wrong end off.
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I know it's been a while. I've got part of a box assembled, going to drill the front panel for t-nuts, cut some drainpipe to length (when I've established the final internal volume), and then finish assembly. Lessons to take on board (I don't think I'll be doing another one of these though): Don't get B&Q to do the cutting. I'm sure I could have done the cutting more accurately myself. Make the speaker cutout only as wide as is needed - don't rely on the specs for that, measure it. Get smaller battens. Make right angles 90 degrees. 88 degrees is not a right angle.
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"I've been buying my meat and vegetables from Asda all year, what a shame that they won't be selling anything special for Christmas. Oh gosh, there's that nice Michael Bubbly to tell me that I can get my turkey and Brussels sprouts [1] from Asda after all. Hooray, Christmas is saved." [1] Spawn of Satan
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Surely it's time for you to start playing fretless as well.
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That's a big ignore list you've got.
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It's not a bassist's list without Victor Wooten, yet here we are.
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Actually, I think it's Boz Burrell I have to thank. Never heard of Jaco until 15 or 20 years after I first played fretless.
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We sat in the kitchen so as not to put any pressure on him.
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Ah, you too, eh? Plink plink plink plink "f*ck". Plink plink plink plink "f*ck".
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HOW hard is it to find a decent band to play in these days?
tauzero replied to Lfalex v1.1's topic in General Discussion
I've got the large PA cabs and monitors, and my combo, in my car. At under 10kg apiece, I can manage it (it'll be a bit harder this weekend as I've put my back out though). Get shot of the heavy gear. I think part of what keeps me, and possibly the drummer, going is that the other two are 25 years younger than us. -
Do you think anyone's got the guts to gig like this?
tauzero replied to leschirons's topic in General Discussion
Surely with no rebound from the skin it makes playing rather more difficult, as you have to do not just the stroke but pull back too. -
Collaborations You Don’t Expect to See Pt. 2
tauzero replied to Old Man Riva's topic in General Discussion
Surprisingly good bit of Cilla with the always excellent Marc Bolan -
Your best (and worst!) bass gear purchases of 2023?
tauzero replied to Al Krow's topic in General Discussion
Best may be the Pedulla series 2 fretless 6 - something has just come in which may beat it, haven't yet done NBD on it though so the unveiling awaits. In non-bass-dedicated gear, the Alto TS408s that have replaced my RCF710As are excellent. Mrs Zero prefers the sound of them (I could live with either). And they're about 2/3 the weight. Plus I've now got a BCF2000 to give me physical controls for the XR12. -
Ho hum. Bent over to stroke the cat this morning (she was on a chair so I wasn't bending that far) and pretty much locked up. Managed to get back upright. Not ideal as I had a 5 hour round trip to pick up a bass. Now hoping I'll have a fairly functional back for the next gig (Saturday).