Ashwood1985

Thanks man, May well try them out at some point!

George bought my pod xt. Swift payment and nice guy

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1348948514' post='1820112'] Well here's what the Status Hotwires/half rounds sound like now that they are played in Carvin bass, straight into the computer with no tweaks, bass high, treble high and mids left neutral. I'm happy with these so thanks for the advice. Note: Excuse the voice and technique, I'm not a pro. [url="http://soundcloud.com/mole-music-1/supersonic"]http://soundcloud.co...ic-1/supersonic[/url] [/quote] Thanks for sharing mate: very nice tone they have! Where did you pick them up from BTW?

[quote name='Higgie' timestamp='1349112214' post='1822002'] I currently only have one 5 string, and the other 6 I own are all 4's. I used to just swap whenever I felt like it, and take whatever bass I thought appropriate for the gig, but after being on a cruise ship for 2 and a half months, reading and playing nothing but my SR5, I'm finding playing a 4 again a little weird! When I first picked up the five there was literally no transition period, it was just a 4 string with some extra notes to me rather than a different kind of bass, and I could pick up one or the other without thinking. Now I feel like I've got so intimately acquainted with the 5, that I'm picking that up over any of my 4's, and it used to be the other way round! [/quote] Yeah I've had a smilar set of experiences to this. Although my thumb BO 4 that I picked up a couple of months ago has got me inspired! I actually find the lack of extra width in the neck to be refreshing when playing it. Although it does make me really want to try a BO 5 BN version to see if I still feel the same magic with it plus I get the thumb's legendary B

Gutted I missed what was obviously a great day. And at the same time I'm chuffed that you guys had a blast I really hope to make the next one!

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1348927831' post='1819843'] Note to self - must get that Ashbory rubber string bass. :-) [/quote] Well I'm gonna get the u-bass just to out-member you! :-D

Nonsense is what it is. For me anything beyond a piccolo bass is an awkward guitar

I move my thumb up to rest on the second away from where im playing eg. on my A to play the G string as when it's one above eg. on the D when playing G, my hand feels real cramped up as I have spider leg fingers. So that often means that any prevention of ringing out on the string between would be left up to the left hand, which is often a bit busy on the higher string. That's my only Achilles heal with regards to muting but I've been working on it the last 6 months and I'm happier with the cleanliness of my lines now. Regarding us all giving and recieving advice on how to mute unwanted sound and play fluidly at the same time, I think it's important to communicate and take note of the physical attributes of each persons hands. To give or receive advice without establishing an understanding if each others hands are similar could be very problematic! :-/

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1348834880' post='1818856'] Sorry, but that's just bollocks. [/quote] Wow! Ok first of all I said 'a lot of guitar forums' not all. Indeed there are also bass forums with the same problem: ie talkbass. So please back off with the (rather ironic) offensive posting. Secondly thank you for the suggestions of forums. Ash

lol moonlighting on the skinnies! yeah good point I'll make the suggestion to im.

Aggghhhhhh and a full on GRRRRRRR My line manager suddenly had an ingenious idea to change a shoot to Saturday from Sunday and force me to work it! Not a happy bunny (sigh) anyway, name removed from list. c'est la vie... [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]1. Hamster - Fender Hotrod P/J, Bareface Compact, Auralex Gramma Pad, SFX Thumpinator; either Markbass 800 Tube or Ampeg PF500 Portaflex 2. BigBeatNut - Rob Allen Deep 5, Status Electro, Lakland 55-02 Fretless, Markbass CMD121P, a selection of SFX micro pedals 3. Stingray5 - Musicman StingRay5 and Stingray fretless, Tune TWB-6, Trace Elliot BLX-80 combo, Boss GT-6B fx, Gramma Pad, (+ raffle bits & freebies). 4 OBBM - undecided on basses but Schroeder cab(s) and mini-rack Mk2 (+raffle bits) 5. Charic (tentative) - ACG Finn 4 (Drop C tuning), Yamaha RBX6JM, Modded Fender MIM, TC RH450, 2 x TC RS210, Line6 DL4 (delay pedal), Behringer Chorus Pedal 6. Happy Jack - Ampeg Baby Bass and (just for OBBM) at last I'll bring along a Hofner Verithin. If there's enough (any) interest, I could also bring along a Fishman Fusion pedal plus a rig to play through. 7. Macdaddy - custom shuker or custom Iceni Zoot or Hamer Blitz + raffle bits 8. Billyapple - Gibson Thunderbird, Un-Finished Wishbass Lobe, Matamp GT200 Head, Matamp 212 Cab, DHA VT1 Eq 9. Walman - (assuming it'll all fit in the smaller car I got last year as I was cutting down on gear ) Wal Pro1/Custom hybrid, 2 x G&L L2500 US, Tanglewater ClassicJ, Roland PK5 bass pedals w DSI MoPho synth, GenzBenz Streamliner 6, BF Super12T - alternatively a poll on which to bring may be required 10. OliverBlackman- going to bring the Tokai as it seems in a recent thread not many have experienced the 80's Jazz sounds. 11. Shockwave - Gibson RD and Gibson Grabber or Fender P-J Antigua. 12. dc2009 (tentative) - Warwick Corvette $$ 5 Special Edition, Lakland Skyline 55-01. Sansamp, SYB-5, Q-tron+, BSY600. Anything more will need a lift! 13. Eude (tentative) - ACG Finn SC Classic BO 5 string 33" Scale, ACG Finn SC Classic BO 6 String 33" Scale, Ibanez Promethean 5110C & EAD Foundation 112 3-way Prototype. 14.Bloodaxe (tentative) - Aria SB-1000 Frankenfretless, Ibanez Promethean 5110C [might add the SB-900 & Bloody ZZB Custom to this if anyone's driving from E or SE postcodes & I can blag a lift] 15. 51m0n - the usual guff (Roscoe, Berg, MB blah blah, if in doubt check my sig) + a very tentative PluxTheDuck & related kit 16. Urb - Sei bass plus laptop (maybe) and my fingers 17. Seashell - Fender Precision (MIM) and Ibanez SRX500. No rig! 18. Merton - multiscale 5 prototype, other things maybe, like Mikey's sleeping bag 19. Russ - Sei Bass 5-string fretted singlecut, Sei Bass 5-string fretless J, Ampeg SVT-7, Markbass 106H 20. Silverfoxnik - Roscoe Beck 5, Schecter Diamond P 5, BC Rich Eagle, Hughes & Kettner Bassbase 600 head, SWR Triad, Boss ME-50B 21.Bassmanady-Yamaha BB 2005,Yamaha BB605 22. Hen Barn - Status Kingbass 23. 6feet7 - matching pair 1999 Fender Hotrod Precision & Jazz basses, GUS G3 Retro Active 24.Barneyg42 -Status S2 classic 5 headless, Status series 1 five, NGC Nanyo Bass Collection fretted and fretless,MXR pre into Crown poweramp into Acme low B and Barefaced Compact 25. ped - Vigier Passion, S2 1988, Roland V-bass, arse hair clippers 26.TheGreek - the unsellable Overwater J4, possibly my custom headless, GK backline 110 27. Sibob - Barefaced Compacts, Markbass LMII, Genz Benz Streamliner 900 (probably for sale), '71 Precision, '03 or '73 Jazz. Effects? 28.JHK-(99% sure) GB Spitfire five,TRB6P,TRB5P,MM Stingray five fretless,probably a little bit of EDEN gear. 29. Fat Rich - 70s P and J basses, 5 String Status S2, Hartke XL410[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]30. Tom Kent - Fodera Emperor 5 Standard, Fender Jazz (and maybe some others.. awaiting confirmation); Krampera KVB800 w/ B1T & B1B.. I'll see what pedals I can dig out.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]31. Si600 - Aria Pro II 5 String, Peterson Stomp Classic and TC Nova Dynamics.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]32. Bluejay - own bubbly self, plus by now infamous camera-that-never-lies (no Photoshop) and perhaps a bass guitar that's "the wrong way round"[/size][/font][/color]

Hi guys, My guitarist needs to do a couple trade etc and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of uk based forums for guitar for him that are as community based and reliable as BC! I suspect a lot of the guitar forums out there are strewn with many members who are not on a progressive vibe with regard to helping each other out. Cheers in advance

Andy bought a bassmurf from myself and was a treat to deal with. No hesitations

Yeah thats right: funnily enough it's surprising how many officially endorsed review vids out there sound awful. I really don't get it. It reminds me of something I saw the other day when looking at comp pedal vids where a official video had a guy looking incredibly pleased with himself for a abusing a bass with a super low action by hammering it with some seriously hardcore fingering. I know its a kinda metal style to generate substantial buzz from a low action but this was a hi-fi sessiony lookin guy makin a sound that would make any animals near by run for the hills! What I don't get is how the manufacturer PR guys can review the rushes from that shoot and say 'yeah that'll sell some units alright!' Makes me feel that they're very out of touch with what players want from their gear. Slightly pointless rant over. Going to bed.