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[quote name='paul, the' post='156970' date='Mar 13 2008, 08:11 PM']evenin' and welcome, Spider. It appears when entering 'uk bass forum'. I don't think it used to, though.[/quote] Google rankings are set according to the number of links back to a site from other sites, so lets get out there on facebook and mypace scattering a few links around the place Welcome aboard spider

nice one Luke - great feel

[quote name='tauzero' post='110600' date='Dec 29 2007, 05:40 PM']Disco stuff - "Just an illusion" by Imagination (Youtube has a [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPuIpPYGXMM"]live version[/url]) - discotastic! Hang on, it must be jazz, the bassist is wearing a beret...[/quote] Putting my bass geek hat on for a sec... [attachment=6375:imaginat...I_bass_1.jpg] Does anyone think the bass player miming or maybe playing a Wal MIDI bass? [attachment=6376:imaginat...I_bass_2.jpg] There looks to be a fairly chunky lead coming out of the instrument.

1. Jaco 2. Bernard Edwards (trust me, I would love for Bernard to be #1 but Jaco did more to push boundaries) 2. Larry Graham 3. Rutger Gunnarsson (Abba) 4. Colin Hodgkinson

[quote name='s_u_y_*' post='153909' date='Mar 9 2008, 02:10 PM']Anyone fancy giving me and a bass a lift from Battersea, South London? I can always travel to a tube or train station near you... and of course, will chuck in some petrol money for your troubles. [/quote] [quote name='dannybuoy' post='151133' date='Mar 4 2008, 04:18 PM']I'm up for this, it would be great to meet some of you after being on here for a while. I'll bring my Yamaha fretless (equipped with quarter pounder pickup) and my pedal board (if anyone's interested in trying out an EBS Multicomp, Digitech Bass Synth Wah, Humphrey Bad Monkey and DHA VT2 Dual Custom!). Shoot me a PM if anyone's driving up from London and has room for a small one in the car![/quote] Alternatively, if you can make it to Ravenscourt Park/Stamford Brook I can give you both a lift also, given neither of you plan to bring big amps.

[quote name='KevB' post='154626' date='Mar 10 2008, 03:29 PM']Would anyone be interested in my beaten up old stingray that has had a Nordstrand PU and John East pre fitted so people can A-B it against either modern rays or all original old ones?[/quote] My Cutlass might fit the bill. Sounds a bit harder than a stingray tho.

After a booking for band didn't follow through with a deposit, the chances are that I can probably make it. Normally I would bring the Smiths but this time I figure on bringing a selection which is a little different. Celinder Update P (ex Flanker) Celinder Update J (ex Flanker) Musicman Cutlass 1 Pedulla Pentabuzz (with Alembic pickups) I would bring more but don't have enough stands. Potentially amp-wise - 100w all valve Burman Pro4000 (because its relatively low power and has two channels) and EBS Neo212. I would bring the V8 but I believe someone has already offered? I'm looking forward to trying Johns headless Shuker as some indication of what I can expect with my own and the Modulus Oteil 6 because I've loved the sound of every Modulus Quantum I've ever heard except for the two I've actually owned. If anyone plans on bringing a 70's Jazz and Precision, I wouldn't mind A/Bing them against the Celinders just for shits and giggles.

How about going to see a hearing specialist and getting them to map out your frequency sensitivities? With that map you could get a preamp made with a compensated curve for you to plug in ear monitors into maybe? There are some very small internal preamps available for bass, such as the Aguilar OBP1 or you could even just get EMG active pickups instead. They have a preamp built into each coil. [url="http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Bass&categoryid=23"]http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.asp?...p;categoryid=23[/url]

[quote name='OldGit' post='153831' date='Mar 9 2008, 10:35 AM']I may have dozed off for a second but no mention [b]at all[/b] of Carole Kaye?[/quote] I think she produced, directed, wrote and filmed it? No credit, of course.

Hartley Peavey consciously tries to deliver value for money. Whether that matches up to your expectations of quality is another thing entirely. Try before you buy.

we knew that stuff already

I reckon a number of basses currently under construction are going to end up being 'birthed' simultaneously.

Good topic! Haven't had this one before - hope it doesn't cover just basses tho coz here's mine Chinese harp. A bit like this one: They have sympathetic metal rods tuned to the same frequency as the strings, so that reverb effect you always hear them with isn't added with a delay unit. I found the sound of playing one in the flesh was mesmerising. Also, a keyboardist we nearly hired for our band turned up with one of these and it was literally love at first listen. It absolutely nailed all those classic blaxploitation hammond and rhodes sounds, plus he was a very very good player. Knew exactly how much to play and when to leave space. We were all gutted when he backed out to go travelling because his playing made the rest of us play so much better. I own examples of all the bass guitars that have been memorable for me, so I won't list them. Pete.young's Jap p-bass through my Burman was extremely nice though, I swear they were making big sexy time with each other. Oh and definitely an NS CR5 after it had been set up for me properly. I estimate it would take about 6 months of practice for me to get the hang of it though - gorgeous amounts of mwah and a deep, solid, thunderous amount of bass from that 41" scale.

[quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='151944' date='Mar 5 2008, 07:01 PM']But would you have guessed he was playing on "If I Was" by Midge Ure if you didn't already know?[/quote] I haven't actually heard the original of that, only the version that was played at the 1987 Princes Trust Gala by... ...mmm, Mark King of all people.

Mark King - I can't think why though...

[quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='150979' date='Mar 4 2008, 11:51 AM']Its owned by a guy called Tom Bowlus on talk bass, you can check his blog here,[/quote] Oh yeah, I've exchanged emails with him a couple of times. Good on him for having a go, if anyone can make it work then he can.

I can't see a lot more there than you'd get through talking to people in one of these forums TBH. It just bundles up selected snippets into a convenient to access package and they charge you a subscription for it. You could probably get the same information from Talkbass by using the search function. I've noticed there seem to be a few 'online magazines' now as well so it'll be interesting to see how long they all survive. We were kind of going for the same thing with the Wiki I guess, hoping that members would contribute or pinned topics would get transferred over but...? Mmmm.

I'm still looking, I was in on an ebay auction today in fact but bids spiralled way beyond what I thought was a reasonable price for a used unit - even one in superb condition. Ironically, there were loads of them around about 2 years ago but not at the moment it seems. The other thing is that its all too easy for shill bidding now that bidders identities are protected. So now its very much a case of setting your price and sticking by it regardless of whatever else is going on in the auction. You never know when someone's trying something on. At the moment I'm trying to secure a used Mk2 (preferably with updated firmware) but if one doesn't come up at a reasonable price used by the time Jon's finished with my bass, then I'll bite the bullet and get one new. I asked Jon the same questions about the Axon and he said the manufacturer claimed it was the best thing for bass out there at the moment. I guess we'll see. TBH, I think I'm going to be fairly easy to please because I had a go on Trev's (G-77) Roland synth and it was a lot of fun, no lag that I noticed and this was a unit that was 20 years old.

This guy doesn't seem to be having any problems. The unit needs about half an hour to set up properly to respond to an individuals playing nuances, so I understand. I've been looking at getting one for the MIDI bass that Jon Shuker is building for me. I suspect you are likely to face paying more than a couple of hundred quid for the full set up though, if you're going for the easier to update MkII version.