Hot Tub

Oh f-ck. My head hurts. :blush:

It was 30 (ish) years ago. I was a teenager. John McCoy was (is) god. Simples. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMDHMuj2OmA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMDHMuj2OmA[/url] This, ladies and gentlemen, is rock 'n' roll. This is music with emotion. This is music with guts. Greenday? Coldplay? U2? Nickleback? Oh, please. THIS is music. Because it has FEELING*. *Feeling:- Alien concept to anyone who listens to (or plays) jazz, or anything written after 1976,

[quote name='cheddatom' post='588651' date='Sep 3 2009, 02:16 PM']the standard seems to be earnie ball, but there are loads of cheap plastic passive volume pedals around. Can't you use your knob?[/quote] <[i]sigh[/i]> You just line 'em up, don't you? Aksherly, I like to adjust volume while I'm playing. Obviously there's hard and soft picking/plucking, but I also like to have my foot on the throttle. As it were. I guess what I really need to know is: Are any of the passive pedals bass-specific, or will they work with anything?

Well, having done away with my ME50B because "I don't use it", I've now discovered that the one thing I did use - all the freakin' time! - was the volume pedal! So, can anyone recommend me a nice, smooth, preferably passive, volume pedal?

+1 Top chap, exceptional shop. It's only about half a mile from my house. Anyone going there, pop me a pm and I'll get the kettle on!

I had the exact same problem a few months back. Tracked it down to the little clip-on connector for the battery. Turned out one of the terminals on the connector had become loose. I removed the battery, and [i]very gently[/i], tightened the terminal with a small pair of pliers. Pop the battery back in, problem solved.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='582137' date='Aug 27 2009, 08:20 AM']RBI? Wossat?[/quote]

RBI for under £100 would cook my noodle!

Outstanding business to deal with! Another order at an excellent price, delivered in 24hrs! Fantastic outfit, you won't be disappointed!

[quote name='ped' post='579378' date='Aug 24 2009, 06:51 PM']That's interesting. I use Elixirs and have had the same set on my fretted for over a year and they how no signs of flaking whatsoever (though I never use a pick) and still sound fresh.[/quote] The Nexuses (or is that Nexi?) sound absolutely fine. They're just looking gawd-awful!

I guess mine is probably the Status Quo version of "Safety Dance". Closely followed by Girls Aloud's "Walk This Way". What's yours?

Use a pick for "With Or Without You" and "Not Fragile", but everything else, general noodling, is all 2 or 3 fingers.

I fitted a set of Rotosound Nexus strings to my 5-string bass on June 10th - so about two and a half months ago - and a quick calculation shows that they've got around 180hrs playing time on them. And the coating's coming off! The E string has a two inch stretch which is almost pure silver now around where I pluck, and the others are going the same way. I think I've got a pretty light touch. Is it normal for the coating to wear so quickly???

John McCoy. Massive stage presence, massive sound. I was just a teenager and I thought, "Oh my god I have GOT to get me one of those!"

[quote name='7string' post='575003' date='Aug 20 2009, 01:14 AM']It's one of those things which was so much mystery around it that some players think it's complicated. It's only 1 screw to adjust after all When I set up a bass I deliberately set all the saddles flat so that I creep up on the intonation by degree. This also puts the bend in the string behind the saddle and not in front of it. I also compare the open string against the 12th fret note, not against the harmonic which gives a false reading.[/quote] Pretty much exactly what I did. Probably more luck than judgement, but it seemed like common sense.

I fitted a new set of RotoSound Nexus strings a couple of months back. That in itself was a revelation! :blush: However, I've been progressively less happy with the "accuracy" of notes around and above 5th position, despite having my tuner on its most accurate range setting and being absolutely spot on for the open strings. Some notes, I'm not sure how to describe this, just don't seem to "fit right". Time, I thought, to have a look at intonation. I had a read of various books and did a bit of research, and despite some of the horror stories I'd heard, it seemed pretty straightforward. Straightforward, I'm happy to say, is a gross overstatement! It's an absolute piece of p!ss stroll in the park! Half an hour to set up my 5-string from start to finish! And the difference is amazing! Suddenly it sounds accurate, precise, and... well... beautiful! I guess the deterioration must be pretty gradual, exacerbated no doubt by the new strings, but I'm amazed that I could tolerate it at all. Seriously, it's like a new instrument, and so incredibly easy to do! Happy Hot Tub just wanted to share!

Goldy Lookin' Bass? Sorry. Coat ---> door.

Try mayonnaise. Seriously.