BigRedX

Have a look at my thoughts on Sentric Music in the second half of [url=http://basschat.co.uk/topic/294501-publishing-and-song-copyright-good-places-to-go/page__view__findpost__p__3166544]this post[/url].

[quote name='SICbass' timestamp='1479124150' post='3174056'] Wouldn't tuning with temperature variations be a bit of a nightmare? [/quote] IME from owning an all steel Born To Rock Bass, the tuning is actually more stable because the body and the strings (made of similar materials) act more evenly to changes in temperature compared with a wooden bass.

If you ask for 2 effects why can't I select 2 effects in the Poll? Also why is Flanger paired with Phaser when they are are completely different effects, but Chorus which is a reduced functionality Flanger listed separately?

Does the world need yet another Fender clone?

Once you've adjusted the controls on your bass and your amp to get the right sound to complement the rest of the instruments in the band it doesn't matter what bass you are using apart from how it looks.

I would suggest that you go and sign up at the [url=http://www.mosriteforum.com/forum/]Mosrite Forum[/url] where you'll definitely get expert advice about the feasibility and costs of doing a restoration, or if you decide it's not for you, then no doubt someone there will buy if off you.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1478801020' post='3171789'] I'm not even sure that the neck is on the guitar when they do it. [/quote] So how do they do set neck and through neck instruments?

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1478767542' post='3171422'] There are very few bands able to deconstruct a song and write their own arrangement. Those that can are refreshing to listen to. [/quote] Surely being able to do this is basic musical skill that should come shortly after figuring out how to pluck and fret a note. Otherwise it's just a question of "monkey see, monkey do" which isn't really music.

IIRC from the interview in International Musician, Mr Birch had some very strong views on bolt-on necks and none of them were favourable.

IME theory only gets you so far. If you want to be properly authentic then you need to listen to lots of music of the genre.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1478682405' post='3170803'] Band Membership 101 - Never join a band with a keyboard player unless he has lost his left arm in a tragic industrial accident. [/quote] I know that the quote is partly in jest, but there is nothing wrong with allowing the keyboards hold down the bottom end as it allows you to play something more interesting. Of course if you don't know what to do with that new-found freedom then I'm afraid that you only have yourself to blame.

Stereo is one of those things that sounds fantastic in headphones and much less so in situations where you can't control the listener position in relation to the sound sources. Live, unless the majority of your sound is coming through the PA, stereo is pretty much useless from an audience PoV, and even then only a small proportion of those in the middle of the room will get anything approaching the full effect. Also bear in mind that stereo effects or active panning in the bass end of the spectrum can make your recordings impossible to cut to vinyl, were you to want to release your music in this format.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1478602572' post='3170145'] Theres no money above the 5th fret! [/quote] What a pathetically horrible quote. Whoever came up with that idiotic saying doesn't deserve to call themselves a musician.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1478602753' post='3170146'] I've taken some Brexit posts out here. We've had the debate and it is over. Anymore and I'll lock the topic. [/quote] Without wanting to stir too much, if this is the Basschat consensus then you are probably going to have to lock and delete every new thread concerning price rises for gear made outside of the UK, as whether you like it or not it is entirely down to the B.. word situation.

I use all the frets on all the strings. It's what they are there for.

Don't forget that what a lot of players call "tension" is actually down to the compliance (or stiffness) of the string and has nothing to do with the actual tension but is affected by the materials and construction of the string which can be quantified (although AFAIK no manufacturer does) and factors on the actual bass itself such as the break angles over the saddles and nut as well as the amount of dead string between the nut and machine head post and the bridge saddle and the bridge anchor point.

IIRC from my physics lessons a long. long time ago, the pickup is simply a device that produces an electrical current in the coil in response to an iron-rich object moving through the magnetic field. All that happens as you "dig in" is that the current is larger and therefore the signal is louder, but the pickup itself can't clip or produce clipping. You won't get clipping until the signal reaches the first bit of active circuitry that doesn't sufficient headroom for the increased signal volume, whether that's a pre-amp in the bass, the input circuitry of your amp, or something in the signal chain in-between like an effect.

[quote name='ribbetingfrog' timestamp='1478465607' post='3169256'] It's definitely easier to get decent folk to learn to play better than it is to get talented idiots to become better people. [/quote] I'd agree with this, but as you've felt the need to ask the question here, then you are probably not really convinced that this is the band for you, so you might be better off looking elsewhere.

You don't even have to go to all that bother. Just use the "code" BB tags.

[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1478260473' post='3167945'] Thanks for all the replies. I've updated my profile for location (Nottingham). I'm not too bothered about a heavy-ish head, it's more the thought of lugging big cabs up flights of stairs. I figured probably spending a few hundred on a head, use the cabs in the practice room for now (they are OK - definitely a big improvement on what I put up with in the late 80s) then get a cab as soon as I need it for gigging, probably early next year. I see a lot of those Mark Bass amps for sale but I have no idea about them and I've never heard one used in anger. I must admit that I'd never considered a 12" speaker - nobody used them for bass in the 80s, it was all 15 or 10. Again, I'd need to hear one at volume. [/quote] IMO the size of the speaker cone is largely irrelevant these days. I wouldn't even bother with it as specification when choosing a cab. Go instead for the sound and how portable you need it to be.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1478255113' post='3167872'] we're in desperate need of a Nirvana right now [/quote] [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1478255160' post='3167873'] I couldn't agree more... it's definitely time to get out the sweeping brush. [/quote] I would say that we need something more like Punk rather than Nirvana. By the time that Nirvana became popular the music scene was already far too fractured for them to have very much influence outside of the rock genre. It was still perfectly possible to be making new and popular music without it having anything to do with Nirvana and "grunge". For someone like myself, listening to and creating mostly dance music influence by the various variations on House Music, Nirvana were barely a blip on my radar.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1478221518' post='3167730'] Unless you're talking about the original Boroadcaster/Tele, Leo pinched it off Bigsby & just simplified it a bit [/quote] And Bigsby nicked the design off CF Martin who in turn had borrowed it from numerous German luthiers, most notably Johann Georg Stauffer who was building guitars in the early 1800s. It's hardly a new design.

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1478252800' post='3167834'] Yes, it's a lot easier forming bands or playing with other people you have got to know on the musical scene. There comes a point when being 50 plus years old is not looked at as being cool For youngish bands who are full of enthusiasm. [/quote] Not at all my experience. I haven't previously known any of the musicians in any of the bands I've been in over the last 15 years. And that has been the case with nearly every other band I've joined since forming my first one with friends from school in the mid 70s. And I haven't been finding my age a problem either. IME musicians who are still playing in bands in their 40 and beyond tend to be a lot more focused on exactly what they want musically and from the rest of the band. And the Terrortones have all been in their 20s, apart from the original drummer and guitarist who were in their 30s. I'm finding that in my mid 50s I am once again as free from responsibilities as I was in my early 20s and can really concentrate on doing the things that I want to do rather than what I have to do.

Take a couple of days out to go to Bass Direct in Warwick and The Gallery in London, where you can try out lots of new bass amplification. I would suggest looking at amps with valves in the pre-amp section.

As I've said before I really do think that you had to be there to really appreciate what a change the Beatles made. I wasn't since I didn't discover popular music until 1971 by which time they were over a year gone, and to an 11 year old discovering glam rock, pretty much irrelevant. Also, based on my musical tastes, I suspect that had I been born 10 years earlier, I would have most likely been a Stones fan...