MiltyG565

[quote name='Rigges' timestamp='1359651559' post='1958284'] Thanks Leen! Drop me a line if there's anything you need from Germany! [/quote] DO YOU OWN THOMANN!? Anyvay, velcome to za site! Maybe that's racist... hmm.... Anyway, welcome to the site, and don't mention the war. Nope, not that one, the cold war. It gives some of the old folks on here flashbacks

I told you i was freaky *he told you he was freaky* I told you i was freaky, baby *take that off* I told you i was freaky *put this on*.

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1359661728' post='1958520'] Recently our singer texted me at 1am to tell me the drummer had to change the practice night. I had gone to bed and the text alert woke me up, but luckily not Mrs Mep. I frantically texted him back telling him not to text so late. He was drunk and had just rememberd to let me know. I leave my phone on at night for the alarm. [/quote] I did this to my old boss one night. Unfortunately for me, i was too drunk to remember, and the text looked something like this- "Y u no like me, you dick?" I got a bollocking for it, but thankfully, i thought he was a **** anyway, and didn't care

[quote name='thebigyin' timestamp='1359653562' post='1958337'] Thanks for the feedback....seems like a common problem...never mind i'll have to grin n bear it....just a pain when one loses out the odd gig/support ect. [/quote] If it's really that urgent, phone him. No answer? Phone him again in an hour.

[quote name='thebigyin' timestamp='1359642948' post='1958123'] Hello, Played in many Bands over the years....enjoyed most of them....The latest venture is a Rock Covers Band...all in our late 40s and early 50s apart from our drummer who's in his 30s....so you'd think we'd know better...one of our members as got an annoying habit of ignoring texts messages...some important like gigs or support slots, some just well wishing "hi mate how's it goin" sort of thing texts....i find this behaviour rather baffling, annoying and plain rude....or am i just been an 'over reactionary old git'?? [/quote] I've been here. In my experience, most people read it, understand, but choose to reply later, but a lot of the time forget to reply. Yeah, it's not ideal, but some people are busy (or let on to be) and i don't think they are doing it to be ignorant at all. Maybe they think it's ignorant of you to text in the middle of the day while they are working? who knows. I just kept texting until i annoyed them enough that they replied.

[quote name='WhoNeedsYou' timestamp='1359637832' post='1957997'] "Bring the drums" Yup! The DG10 was from 1983 & didn't have the MIDI out socket. Same mandolin noise & dodgy drum fill tho! I shall take some pics tonight for you lot [/quote] Ah that's great! It would be cool if you did a little cover with it too and put it on YouTube, just a though

[quote name='WhoNeedsYou' timestamp='1359632962' post='1957826'] Love them souch I bought a DG10 before Christmas!. Cheap as chips at fifty quid, couldnt afford a dg20 tho! [/quote] Is that the electric guitar thingy? I want one of those. "I think i need my casio DG20 electric guitar, set to mandolin *dodododdododo*"

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1359631458' post='1957774'] Just cannot find them funny, a good friend of mine was massively into them and kept playing me their songs and making watch the show and the overriding feeling was always, 'when does the funny start?' I kind of expected Spinal Tap and ended up with hipsters. [/quote] Sorry, this is the "Flight Of The Conchords APPRECIATION thread". [quote name='DogHammer' timestamp='1359630694' post='1957755'] Brett McKenzie wrote alot of the music from the recent Muppets movie right? Oscar as well I believe.... [/quote] Yes, watch the "Feel inside and stuff like that" video on this thread, you can see him and Jemaine asking the kids how good the songs were in the muppets movie.

"Milty's got it going onnn" Sometimes i hear what i want to hear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwFPJ2AWrEU

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1359548062' post='1956333'] Hi folks, Quick update on this project: the woods and construction type have been decided (see above) and the materials are now on order. This gives some time for me to start pondering what sort of pick ups and EQ would best suit this bass... Paul ([url="http://www.13guitarco.com/"]13 Guitar Co[/url]) has offered lots of very useful advice on this already. And as always, I'll be trusting his own judgement on what's best. But in the spirit of this project I also wanted to get some feedback from fellow Basschatters on what you'd recommend, or what you've found works well on the basses you own. [size=5][b]So... what are your thoughts and suggestions for choice of pickups?[/b][/size] Paul has been helpful in giving me some things to think about, which I'll share here too. He's described the pickups and strings as being crucial for the overall 'sound' of the instrument, whereas the woods and construction contribute to its natural EQ and envelope (attack, sustain and decay). I think in terms of mixing audio, so this description made good sense to me. Overall, I'm looking for a warm, low tone from this bass - more bottom end than top/treble. I play fingerstyle (rarely use a pick and almost never slap). The sound I have in my head is akin to modern dub/reggae recordings... I'll try to put together some audio samples or YouTube clips and upload them here, as that's probably the best way of communicating the sound I'm envisaging (rather than calling it "fat" or whatever ). Here are some useful links that Paul has shared on this topic, which might interest some of you: [url="http://www.notreble.com/buzz/2010/11/16/bass-pickups-a-guide-to-formulating-your-sound/"]http://www.notreble....ing-your-sound/[/url] [url="http://www.frudua.com/how_pickups_work.htm"]http://www.frudua.co...ickups_work.htm[/url] Comments and suggestions very welcome as always! [/quote] To me, it would have to be single coil pickups. I find the difference between a humbucker and a single coil is that fatness you describe, but also more pronounced highs, which you obviously don't want. As far as winds a materials go, i'm not entirely sure. More winds gives a pickup more response, so maybe a pickup with slightly less winds than average is what you want? I wouldn't know what sort of copper winding you would use though, early fender pickups used one called heavy formvar, but if you are going down the single coil route, at this point, you might as well get a couple of reissue pickups made. Unless both coils on a humbucker had less winds than usual, it might give it less response in the high range and maintain the fatness of it... it's worth a chat with an expert on it.

Well, i've recorded my bass a couple of times. Luckily, both my amps have a DI out on them, so it's pretty easy, here's how i do it. I plug in my bass and amp as normal, set it up normally, although keep the "input" volume low- this is the volume of the preamp, the part of the amp that is actually being used when DI'd. So then i plug my XLR lead into the DI out on the amp, and it goes right into the audio interface, which has a female XLR on it, so i plug the XLR lead in there. Then there is a lead that runs from the interface to the USB connection on my Mac, this powers it and also allows the information to be transferred. Then i go into audio/midi set-up (it's in the applications folder) and change the drivers to the one for my audio interface. That's it in a nutshell really. If you don't have a bass amp with a DI out, then you should pick up a DI box. Very handy to have, you can get decent ones from £20/£30, or really good ones for £250, and pretty much everything in between. It depends on what you want it for. Just recording? Just get a fairly decent cheap one.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1359565215' post='1956754'] Cheers Milty, I am keeping up with your troubles too which are worse than mine but I tend not to post in off topic these days [/quote] I wouldn't say it was worse... just more deadly. I'm bloody grateful it doesn't affect my arms.

[quote name='MikeeP' timestamp='1359553675' post='1956489'] Any opinions on my bass from the experts on here? [/quote] Probably, but does it matter?

Hello! welcome! Tips for a beginner? Listen to a song before you try and learn it. listen, listen, listen, listen and then listen again. Know that bassline in your head before you try and play it. Also never underestimate the value of practice! in between sessions of listening, practice, practice, practice! If you have any more specific questions, just post them somewhere, nearly anybody could give you a good answer here.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1359486283' post='1955543'] Strewth mate, some b*st*rd's gone and stuck a bottle opener in your arm! [/quote] HAHA! It does look like a bottle opener Hope you have some form of normality back in it soon Pete

[quote name='thumbo' timestamp='1359497466' post='1955858'] Quite possibly the best comparison of bass and guitar ever: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5iG11s-dok[/media] [/quote] Oh, i couldn't have gotten it much more wrong. Although, you'd have to be deaf to hear that.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1359494192' post='1955767'] OH YES! Huge Conchords fan here. Was lucky enough to see them live in Manchester a couple of years ago. "Dad guitar". Nuff said ;-) [/quote] "No, i call it the dad guitar, because it's all like "nah, i'm having a beer" and "c'mon kids, get in the car"" maybe not the best way to line up words ever...

[quote name='Sean' timestamp='1359410154' post='1954464'] It's your apostrophe abuse that would put me off. But then again, I'm a pedantic tw@t. [/quote] Tw@* if we are going to be truly pedantic.

[quote name='bigjohn' timestamp='1359166378' post='1951171'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDSaMc93nmo[/media] [/quote] Glad to see he was always an obnoxious self righteous little prick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddhAhMJcpQs Chad smith has some pretty interesting stories about learning drums...

[quote name='Norm' timestamp='1359460933' post='1954995'] That's one of my faves, genius! The Gangsta Rap song is brilliant too. [/quote] They call me the hiphoppapotamus, my lyrics are bottomless... *cough*....

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1359456137' post='1954902'] It's comedy! It just struck me as a bit like saying "has anyone seen that Monty python thing?" Obviously most people will have seen it and laughed a lot as it is a very successful show which has spawned hollywood actors. Not to be taken too seriously. I'm just pulling your leg of course. [/quote] Eh, go on to Spotify, they have 3 albums up there. I think it's safe to assume it's music. Not gonna lie, they are also a comedy act, but so are Tenacious D, they have made movies and albums.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1359455784' post='1954897'] Love 'em. [/quote] Currently listening to "Foux da fafa"

[quote name='lettsguitars' timestamp='1359455208' post='1954882'] A few years too late? Anyone catch Testees? Very similar format albeit without the music and got cancelled pretty early on. [/quote] That's like saying it's a bit late to appreciate the Mona Lisa... It's music.

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1359455018' post='1954874'] Any bands on here who have had a manager or band leader worryingly close to 'Murray'? [/quote] no, let's not turn it in to one of THOSE threads