thumperbob 2002

End of a long day with builders banging away- 26 and 25

Zoom H2- brilliabt for recording practices, gigs even. Great quality piece of kit and strong- fallen to the ground a few times and still very reliable. Very simple to use and records just the same as the human ear. Tend to place mine at the very top of our p a speakers- picks up the band and also the audience. press record and forget.

I have had lots of 4 x 10s and then went to a 2 x 12 schroeder which was immense. Cant see why anyone would need anymore than this. Sold the Schroeders ( regretting it a bit ) Now have a Hartke Hydrive 4 x 10. Really impressive Cab- massive sound, clean as you like. Very light too and was only £300 !! Bargain.

Sounds pretty good pal- very large indeed.

Got a few good musicians in my band- but still as I am a grumpy old man I am never satisfied- never happy with the sound- cant stand our audience- or indeed other band members. Love playing my bass though-

I`m an improviser as I dont know which lick I will use and when.

I had a studio in the 80s- used an analogue Akai 14 track machine- 12 track analogue, two track SMPTE. Sounded great, though I must admit I hated all the sequenced work we had to do. I got into playing to play- not to deal with computer nerds ( I ended up being one ) But talking about cheating- had one band in and the bass player was a bit dodgy. The band knew I could play so asked me to do his part ( he wanted me to ). Couple of takes later it was done.They ended up getting loads of work in America from this demo. I like technology and the convenience of it but I still think there is no substitute for the human touch.

Stagescape looks great- high quality that but nearly twice as much as the Mackie. Have you got one silddx?

start one yourself pal- loads of musicians out there. Go for a beer and discuss before you pick up your instrument- or theirs. sounds like you have a bit of experience so likely that you`ll be a ble to suss out the plonkers who cant play. I am extremely skilled at this.

Why should I be bothered that someone else does a gig for free? Will not affect me at the least- any band worth their salt will always charge ( ignoring the odd charity gig ) Bands that play for free will not be worth worrying about and will no doubt make us look very good indeed. For the original circuit this is different though, where from time to time you have to pay to play - definite benefits there though.

Oh and the reason the red ones are so hard to find is that they are the best ones. Truly a major difference between the two colours. Really important thing about these is they have to be set up right. I had to shim both of mine. Spent hours setting them up. Now they are amazing. Who needs to spend £000ss on vintage instruments? These look fantastic too.

I have two roadwork jazzes. One fiesta red and one sunburst. The fiesta Red one is the better bass but its so opinionated I bet I think the sunburst one is better soon enough. I have had loads of really expensive instruments over the years I still have a thumb nt 5 ( rrp £2500 ) and a low end 5 ( rrp. $3500 ) and these two stay in their cases whilst I play and gig with the roadworns. Amazing basses that will go down in history as the height of Mexican workmanship. But dear new but I picked both up for less than £600. Bargains of the century.

Other benefit of this is that its tiny- 11 inches by 16

Yep pretty cool video- still dont understand it though. Unfortunately the Ipad is not included- £942 for the mixer only- bit of a waiting list for them- mine has been on order for 6 months.

I too spotted that and thought of Basschat. Who is the illusive bass player?

Got a fantastic Thumb NT 5 and a Low End Jazz 5 but as I have now reverted to 4 strings these are never played. May even consider selling them. I have a fantastic Roadworn Jazz in Fiesta Red which is the best Jazz I have played- amazing- so so good that I bought a Sunburst one but strangely enough they are quite different basses- the sunburst is great but the Fiesta Red one is amazing.

I learn them note for note, sometimes embellished a little ( or showing off ) - Brick House for example is slapped. Learning Cover songs properly sorts out the wheat from the chaff.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1349345180' post='1824928'] I like fountain pens.... [/quote]Yeah I have a Mont Blanc- great piece of kit but for a mixer- it sucks! But I think you are referring to the Snapshot of remembering the settings for various gigs. I can see that as we have so many residencies that because the Ipad remembers these setting, for future gigs just a signal check will be fine- therefore saving so much time and hassle. Getting to a gig an hour later? certainly will.

Its a Mackie 1608dl. Amazing piece of kit this. This is a wireless mixer that uses an Ipad for processing. It will mean that I can soundcheck the band out front and adjust all parameters with my Ipad so there is no tooing and frooing to the stage to adjust. Loads of effects, compression, really quality sound. Wireless works perfectly. I cannot imagine anything as revolutionary as this for your normal band. 16 channel inputs ( more than we need and there is 7 of us) . 6 Auxilliaries. This can use up to ten Ipads so each member of the band can sort their own monitors etc. We do four residencies so saving the mix as a snapshot is so useful. Really happy with it. Welcome to the future.