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Theres an application on facebook that allows you to listen to full songs in the database, it's called 'Boombox', seems like a useful way to do it but not everyone will have facebook i guess.

I'm bad enough with my amp if a guy turned up without a bass AND amp expecting me to lend him one i'm afraid that band would have to do the performance without because the truith is if they can't be bothered to get there own even basic equipment they aren't a commited musician and certainly don't deserve to touch the equipment i worked hard to get.

wow, hope i can make something like that one day!

I've got a Cube 100 it's brilliant tone of the 30 with extra features and a bit more omph!

A new decision was made, we gave up on finding the E bow for christmas and I settled for a 16 minute record time boss loop station from amazon

ah right , that vleared it up a bit, i'll have a look at the wiki too, anybody know what the best brand for a poor bassist is?

Strings, the most important feature of the guitar, everything is built specificly to make them usable and hearable, so heres a question correction some questions i've allways wanted to ask but allways feared i would look stupid: What are all the different string types you can get? How do they affect playability? how do they interact with the rest of the bass (settings etc.)? if anyone could point me in the right direction these are some facts i should probably know.

[quote]How about you get picked with someone then you have to go and find and listen to/buy/get hold of the last 5 tracks/ 5 different artists tracks that the person you are matched with bought? An review them!.... or does that idea suck?[/quote] I'm up for it, and thats a good idea if we're worried about copyright, you can listen to pretty much anything on sites like youtube and the like without upsetting basschat admin or big music corperations

I had a problem with this at a performance in september, i let one band use it as they asked in advance however they hjadn't told me that none of the bassists had bothered to bring amps, they were rubbish anyway so i made sure they didn't touch my settings and kept them on my 10db safeguard so they wouldn't blow up my combo, i felt obliged to stand on the edge of the stage making sure they didn't fiddle, one of my drummer buddy has the same problem and gets very nervous when other people play on his kit.

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='101144' date='Dec 7 2007, 09:55 PM'][url="http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/brands/EBow/Accessories/sc1218/b1324.aspx"]http://www.nevadamusic.co.uk/brands/EBow/A...1218/b1324.aspx[/url] This one doesn't say it's out of stock, does it? It doesn't say they have them in stock either, but surely worth a try? And that looks a very good price![/quote] Is the site legitimate? (not wanting to lose details to 3rd party groups etc.etc.)

[quote name='Alun' post='101138' date='Dec 7 2007, 09:43 PM']I love mine to be honest. Steve Lawson also uses one a fair bit ( and Michael Manring). According to the Ebow site, [url="http://www.ebow.com/"]http://www.ebow.com/[/url] , the UK distributors are.. * Dixie's Music 0148 442 5920 Huddersfield * Sounds Great 0161 436-4799 Cheshire There are a few Uk sites selling them here... [url="http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=ebow&btnG=Google+Search&meta="]http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q...earch&meta=[/url] Cheers, Alun[/quote] they all either say out of stock or this product is discontinued, i spoke to my mum bout the dealers, too far and too short notice

I don't much like those body stylesm, the fender shape really is perfect, and the warwick shape too, love that one.

Been listening to alot of my rammstein recently and i would love to be able to play the string parts when i get my RBX 375 on the 25th (courtesy of my loving dad) I was aware that the Ebow exists and from what i've seen, it's a good tool for creating infinate sustaining notes for treating your bass like a cello, however, where can i get one??? nowhere thats where! I typed the question into google and got an answer from yahoo where someone had asked a similar question and recieved a response along the lines of: "It was a crap gimmick for people who can't really play guitar but want to pretend they can, go learn to play your axe." i concluded that the responder was someone who had been unable to play using this "gimmick" and vowed to say how crap it was (and how he was so great that he didn't need it) from then on, no doubt i'll get lots of responses telling me it's not worth while and was indeed a gimmick, goody, I accept that it's a gimmick and probably a waste of time however even if i wasn't going to listen and was going to ask for one for x-mas anyway, i wouldn't get one, because there aren't any... are there?

first one was zombie by the cranberries

[quote]And if you happen to be in the west Country any time soon call in and see just how good the BA4X10 really is.[/quote] I might actaully find a dealer with one on display and have a try for myself to see how good it is sometime, i have to say if theres one thing this strange discussion has led me to believe is a peavey might be a good idea so long as i rip the label off

[quote]Oh and don't forget to ask us again if you want any advise on furnaces and gasifiers[/quote] OK point taken

the short answer, no. the long answer, no. i think i'm just gonna go with it and come crying for help when it all goes pear shaped if thats allright with everyone, yeah btw even if you say it's not allright i'm still gonna do it

[quote]Hmmmmm, looks like maybe you have the Cube 100 then, and not the Cube 30 as you first thought.[/quote] obviously, thanks for setting me straight lol! the manual says the rated power output is 100w and the input is 28w but i can't find the RMS anymore which wil kinda destroy what i've been saying entirely.

[quote name='Jack' post='90982' date='Nov 19 2007, 06:01 PM']Nope, even RMS can be fudged. I'm fairly some of those 10kW car audio amps are measured at something ridiculous like 15kHz. I just loked up the manual, it definately says 100W. You sure you have the Cube 100 and not the 30? Even so the difference between 100 and 28W really isnt too much.[/quote] The cube 100 is loads bigger size wise than the cube 30 and says cube 100 bass on the top and came in a box that said cube 100 and on the instruction manual says cube 100 so yes i am sure that i have the cube 100 and not the cube 30.

i got the 28w figure from the instruction manual, where it says 'RMS:28W' , there are apparently several different measurements of output, RMS is the only really consistant one when looking at the power capability of an amplifier.

[quote]But does he play bass?[/quote] No he plays piano, but tbh you don't need to be a bassist to be knowledgable in the field of amplification even for basses.

I've never seen a brand new ashdown so cheap!!! is this site legit?

It's not for bass i don't think but it's a mini version of mine [url="http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/roland-micro-cube/12942"]Micro Cube[/url]

[quote]Hey, just to clear up a few points here. First, whomever told you this is talking out of their behind. You can have cabs that handle 20 bazillion watts of power and use a 3 watt amp, wont make a damn bit of difference. Many people make blanket statements like 'underpowering is bad for cabs' and they think they're right, that they're doing you a favour but you need to be aware of all of the facts first. The thing is, if you drive an amp to the point of clipping (that horrible sound when its running flat-out) it can put out power much higher than its rated for, for a long period of time. Lets use an example rig of a head that puts out 100 watts and a cab that can handle 150 watts. This seems senible right? Plenty of margin for error. But its not really because 100 watts is nothing (personally I'd never gig with less that 300, but thats just me) so you turn your amp right up all the way. Lets see where this plan goes downhill. A head run into serious clipping can increase its output by 3db very easily. So now the 100 watt head is doing 200 watts continuously into a cabinet that can only handle 150. Result? Damaged speakers. And people will tell you that because this happened to them, you should never underpower a speaker cos it'll be bad. However, lets say your 100 watt head is feeding a cab that will take 1000. No damaged speakers even if you run the amp to 11 all night. You see now where these 'never underpower or you'll be eaten by goblins' people are going wrong? Conversely, a big amp that's run well within its limits can often be used safely on cabs even with lower power ratings. Lets use an amp that does 450 watts and a cab that will take 300 watts. Because the amp is being run clean and not clipped and because you're not using the amp to its full volume the cab will be fine. An upside is when you slap that low B and use the full power from your big amp even if the cab gets 900 watts for a millisecond (+3db remember?) it will be fine and just keep on rocking. 900 watts all night will most likely result in a short (but spectacular) fireworks display on stage, so be careful with that volume control. What's the point of all this? Power handling is one of the LEAST important factors to consider when buying a rig. Power output can be VERY important, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND. As long as the amp is loud enough (clean, unclipped power) and the cab is somewhere in the same ballpark, everything should be fine. The onus is YOU the operator, if something sounds bad, or speaker cones are shooting at your ankles, something isn't right.[/quote] Ok, there's beeen a miss understanding, i didn't mean that if you used a amp lower than the rating of the cab it would blow up, of course it woun't!, i said it would be innefficient, also i never said that using and amp rated higher than the cab that it would definatly blow up even at low volumes! What i was saying is that to use a cab of a certain value of watts with minimal risk of it being damaged and without it being inefficient you would have to use the right value of amp. It obvious that underpowering an amp wont do any damage, but for using the speaker with maximum efficiency a 30watt amp just wont do! I'm pretty sure a man with over 30 years experience in industrial and electrical engineering who runs his own business where he works for and advises other people on how to design and build furnaces and gasifiers using very high voltage power circuits etc. is not going to be talking out of his behind when it comes to physics.