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I normally listen to it, play the root notes along with the guitarist and then I listen to it properly and find out all the stuff that I didn't hear in the first place! An MP3 player, headphones and lots and lots of repetition. If I can find the TAB then I'll use it but so many are just plain wrong, even the 5* rated ones.

Hey no probs. We all have off moments I do the same thing at work when I've been asked the same question by three different people even though it's new to person number three I'm after a 5 string P-Bass but all the Squires I've seen on the Fender website have a normal p-pickup so the two Jazz setup looked weird to me. There's another on eBay in black with no strings. According to the advert, for a small fee, the seller will string it for you!

Does this mean that the new P-Bass 5er on eBay from the US for £700 + about another £70 shipping is going to end up costing more than it would if I bought it over here? I did think it was too nice to happen!

Exit to the Imperial March from Star Wars :-) I wanted to but wasn't allowed :-( I also suggesting Killing in the Name Of as the first dance, that got vetoed as well. We both suggested Du Hast but didn't get it or many of our other more sensible suggestions due to the appalling "DJ" we hired.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1388796242' post='2326305'] Yes it's a Squier (note the spelling). Not a Squire. [/quote] Yeah, I saw that after I'd posted, but it was late and I'm on my phone. Dannybuoy, thanks for the info Squier5, sorry that I don't know everything and have upset you by asking such an obvious question.

Any ideas what this is? The shape is right but the pickups are wrong and the neck plate isn't on straight. http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=261366753521

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1388695916' post='2325070'] You mean like this one? [/quote] Er... Maybe... :;

Can you see John Hall making a Lemmy sig? I think he'd top himself first! I'd have a Steve Harris sig if it wouldn't just sit around looking pretty as I'd never use it.

Just the question I've been asking myself

I got the promise of a gig bag. Now I need to research what's out there and make subtle enquiries as to how much I can spend

Happy Christmas all

Resurrecting this one as I've thought of another question... I've been looking at small mixers, for no better reason than I can. I thought of getting a little one to record to a computer and play about with multiple inputs and generally learn how to use it. If the phantom power is global, as it appears to be on most desks, does that mean you are only able to use powered microphones? Most channels seem to have a normal 1/4 jack as well as the XLR so I'd guess amp line-out's can go in there rather than using the powered XLR on the desk?

We're working on a song which has the guitar and bass copying each other note for note under the verse and then root note/chords for the chorus and under the solo. It's a punky sort of number so dirty guitar power chords but when we get to the solo it's just me following the roots with the guitar noodling away on top and it sounds a little thin. Any suggestions on what, if anything, I can add to my sound to fill that gap in? I could play power chords I suppose...

Has anyone had any experience of using a Linux based system for recording the output from their interfaces?

Thank you

I don't suppose any one has the bass dots or tab for Doubleback by ZZ Top do they? The 'net is full of the guitar parts but not the bass.

Ooo crikey DM. It does have two toggles, but as they're between the controls for the inputs and there's no obvious manual online I think there had better be more research. What's a condenser microphone, or rather, is one better than a dynamic microphone? I think I need to rename the thread

If we plug the vox microphone into it won't that need the 48v?

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1383315877' post='2263076'] +1 to what 51m0n says! We're posting up a sticky on this sort of stuff fairly soon. Watch this space, etc. Well not literally... go do something useful in the meantime [/quote] Wot no sticky?

I've not got an XLR out from my little amp, just a 1/4 jack. The GK has one, but I'm not using that this time. I've got one on my tuner though, which has a 0, -10 and -20 db switch, would that be safer to use? Even just having a cursory Google throws up all sorts of weird things that look shiny but I have no idea whether any of it is any good or not. I'm very definitely in the shallow end of this very big pool I'm going to suggest that if the singer wants the speakers to hear himself then that's fine but we'll get a recorder like the H4n instead of the M-Audio thing and carve the soundfile up on a PC afterwards.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1383583715' post='2266187'] Ah. In that case... [/quote] I know what the magic bit is supposed to be now. One of these http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MTrackQUADNew.html I've no idea whether it's any good or not but... He's also talking about these; http://www.equatoraudio.com/D5-Coaxial-Studio-Monitors-p/d5.htm which I'm assuming is because we have no means of attaching a mic to anything so he can hear himself sing! It all looks rather funky, but I'm going to look for an H4n in the meantime!

Not an H4 or is it not as good as the H2?

All I got this morning was an email asking whether my amp had an XLR line out on it. It doesn't, but it does have a 1/4 line out. Which is why I asked whether the 1/4 to XLR cable would work. What will actually happen I have no idea, I'll find out next time we meet up. If anything sensible comes out of the other end I'll post it so you can laugh at my shonky playing

Are all DI's at mic level then? So in my practice setup where I have a little 25w Marlin combo with a line-out on the back and my tuner on my board has an XLR DI out the two outputs will be at different levels? Why should line level be different from mic level? We don't have a mixer, our singer is talking about recording us using some sort of MIDI input with an output to a Mac. Until I actually see it I haven't much of an idea of what he's talking about, I'm just the bass player after all I would like to start recording us and I'd like to learn more about the dark arts of doing so, I did the lighting desk for a year at Uni but never got to play with the audio side. We're nowhere near being a real band yet, we don't even have a human drummer, just a Boss Dr Rhythm

While that sounds tremendously cool, what I actually meant was could we get a desk that would allow us to record our practice sessions as well as being able to mix a PA when necessary. Something like a mixer with a built in HDD or a USB interface for connecting a PC to.