MiltyG565

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1367758794' post='2069103'] Took the baton to church this morning. I made a speech about the relay, waving the baton around like a demented King Arthur with Excalibur. I played it on all the songs in the service. Result - £96.50 in the pot [/quote] Oh my goodness, you are some kind of magician! [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1367753037' post='2068998'] I'm sure that would be a pleasure! I just hope you don't stop playing halfway through and enter review mode talking about my bass and it looked nice but it plays like sh*t and it needs new strings and the preamp is unnecessary and this and that [/quote] It's a near certainty, my friend, a near certainty

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1367772198' post='2069270'] Ah... is that what you use for your video blogs? Sounds ok if so but not suited for instruments. As a bare minimum I'd recommend a simple general-purpose condenser mic (I use a cheap Behringer C-1) and an audio interface to hook up the mic and your bass/other instruments to your computer (Focusrite Saffire 6 is good value for money). A budget of £130 or less would cover it if wisely spent. In the meantime, don't underestimate Logic! You can make complete tracks using just that - lots of people do - and learning to programme virtual instruments is a handy skill. Where there's a will... etc [/quote] I'll need to see what I can do

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1367747314' post='2068906'] That's why I think [i]networking[/i] is a critical skill for a musician. [/quote] Bingo! [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1367754028' post='2069030'] That's Dr Evil to you. [/quote] Evil Dr. Nacho. How's that?

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1367750912' post='2068979'] You're a smart cookie and you'll get your head around it in no time [/quote] Mmmm... Cookies [quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1367750912' post='2068979'] Logic is a great system. You have everything you need right there to create superb-sounding music using just your computer keyboard if need be. And you have a mic - probably a condenser, right? That can be used to record a vocal, a bassline and even 'found sounds' around the house. [/quote] Just the mic on this laptop, which happens to be pretty crap.

I thought I had something for this, but then I remembered my lack of recording equipment and ability, my lack of composition ability, and my general lack of able-bodiness recently. Maybe i'll be able to make something just in Logic with my tiny keyboard. Who knows?

Dermatitis. Honestly, probably talc, as has been said. I would only use it lightly though, otherwise it could clog up between the winds of the strings and kill the tone of them. He could maybe try some very thin gloves, although I've never seen somebody use them on guitar. Maybe the strings are too close together for it.

The binding around the neck looked especially sublime.

[quote name='rubis' timestamp='1367429201' post='2065593'] [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f57/5-string-fanned-hybrid-headless-898958/"]http://www.talkbass....eadless-898958/[/url] so good it must be the work of Beelzebub [/quote] pfft, I reckon I could do better on a rainy afternoon [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1367437544' post='2065726'] I love threads like that, I can get lost in them for ages. Like that Israeli guy making a lightweight resonant Jazz, that was an amazing thread. Please don't ask me to find it, I can't remember any useful keywords [/quote] Yes! I remember that thread too! I believe the forum was called something like TDPI. I love them too, but it is 4am, I just looked at the amazing pics, and left it there for tonight

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1367656222' post='2067934'] after a long time hunting one down for the right deal I travelled to get a 1991 musicman stingray bass , pretty cool that it's the same age as me 4 string, 3 eq, maple neck, bridge with mutes, honeyburst colour, in mint condition! Perfect! Here's a picture [url="http://s187.photobucket.com/user/marcusbell/media/image_zps9061dbeb.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] WOW! What a stunner! Lucky you

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1367717764' post='2068744'] I think in the future I'm just going to assemble bands and be the one auditioning other members! [/quote] You EVIL man!

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1367696990' post='2068589'] Looking good ain't it. [/quote] Yeah! That's from one gig? Madness!

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1367687004' post='2068451'] £61.70 in the collection boxes from Gazm's gig last night. [/quote] Oh my God! That's FANTASTIC!

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1367679532' post='2068329'] [url="http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=29283"]http://forum.cockos....ead.php?t=29283[/url] Read this Milty, makes a world of difference. Takes a long time to read it all mind, but really helpful stuff from the ground up. [/quote] Cheers! But still doesn't change that I have no equipment, and no money for any I'm going to read it anyway, I need all the help I can get

[quote name='sblueplanet' timestamp='1367618262' post='2067747'] I once toured as part of a support act to a major band and I was horrified to watch the bass tech snap the strings off the bassist's four basses after every performance whether all the basses had been played or not and put on new ones for next gig. Pretty soon I had befriended the bassist and his tech and was getting 4 sets of 'as new' cast-offs a show and no more strings were being chucked into a plastic bin every night. I guess some people want their strings sounding BRIGHT [/quote] I think loads of big names do this. Flea does it, be he uses those GHS nickel wounds which I think don't last a crack. I think it's more about consistency. If your strings start fading, you'll need to EQ to compensate, and if you're doing 4 or 5 big gigs every week, that's a bit of a hassle, because then the PA need to EQ the bass channel again too. And as has been said on another thread, strings lose their intonation if you use them too much, as you actually flatten the winds where they meet the fret, so you don't get a single sharp point of contact anymore. Plenty of good reasons for changing strings every gig if you can afford to, which I'm guessing he could.

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1367678509' post='2068311'] Glad you bumped it, I missed it first time round, and definitely need to read this stuff. I've been trawling through yep's "why do my recordings sound like arse" thread over on the reaper forums as well, but there's a lot of that... Good stuff Si. Thanks. [/quote] Anything I've ever recorded has sounded like arse. I pretty much don't bother anymore. I don't have the equipment or knowledge to make a decent recording. I record the odd thing on my laptop to see how it sounds, but that's it.

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1367658011' post='2067963'] Not a very handy way to do business when you live on the West coast of Scotland mate [/quote] Or Northern Ireland...

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1367664602' post='2068084'] One of these days I may get around to adding some more to this, once I'm not tied up running the mix comp [/quote] Bizarrely, I had a dream last night that I got the K meter thing to work... Yes, my mind really is that empty.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1367632780' post='2067842'] Now I'm worried... [/quote] I thought the worry would have set in when you offered to let me play at one of your gigs? Or the fact that you might actually meet me!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1367607875' post='2067606'] if you fancy playing some RHCP, RATM or... SBK! I am sure that could be arranged [/quote] All of them! I'll even wear my Nacho McNacho costume on the night

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1367479414' post='2066087'] Morning All. I've been looking for a four string as I miss playing slap (can't fit my fingers between the strings on my sixer, due to a combination of inexperiance and poor technique) The Gallery have a G&L Tribute L-2000 (the korean ones) I'm thinking or trying out. Are these any good? nice slap tone? decent build quality? Thanks [/quote] Never heard a single bad word said against them. I see McNach has one, and I may well pay him a visit just to play it I saw this the other day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzU_27OnabE

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1367603210' post='2067533'] And there's a snippet in BGM about it!! With a pic of the esteemed Steve Lawson. And you can just about see Bluejay in the background!!! :-) [/quote] Really? That's pretty cool! Is everyone getting attention form their local press? It could give the funds raised a real kick up the behind.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1353503815' post='1875274'] Cheers Si! VERY useful. Thanks as always You should compile all this info into a book one day - seriously - I'd buy it and I'm sure many others would too. [/quote] It's a book I could do with

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1367603516' post='2067539'] Make it private on soundcloud. Make sure its downloadable. Send me the link via a PM Better send a wav rather than an mp3.... [/quote] Ah, ok. I've just uploaded to sound cloud from my iTunes library. I'll figure out how to upload in wav format.

And there's more good news! I should be having my surgery soon, so I may well be able to have a bash on the relay bass! I just need to find a gig that people will let me play at

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1367597200' post='2067440'] The track needs to measured with a K-meter at K14, and not go over 0. Yes it will result in a damned quiet track, this isnt what K-meters are really about - and there really isnt space here to go int that! - the reason for using a K-meter at all is that they have strict rules govering the algorithm controlling frequency sensitivity and blalistics (or they should have) so we are all playing the same game of dropping the main out level to the same level as perceived by the same meter. It shouldnt peak over 0, it shouldnt light up anything over 0 at all, at any point in the song.There is no limiting involved in any of this at all, its all measuring.... If you cant figure out how to get Span to do that submit what you've got and I'll sort it in Reaper... [/quote] Ok, do I just submit it as an MP3 file from the likes of sound cloud?