Lfalex v1.1

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1370884928' post='2106894'] Brilliant idea. How many other forums would you find someone doing this sort of thing? Liam [/quote] The EBMM forum Rick Resource forum Where else?

Quite a random purchase is that!

In the event of owning multiple basses and not enough cases, it's sometimes cheaper to keep your kids in cases under the bed. Then you can get to your basses more easily, too.

Sprocketflup got it right with the first YT clip. Great song, from an album that rightly stays somewhere in my all-time top ten...

As previously stated... Too quiet acoustically Too prone to feedback when amplified Certainly not better than anything else you might use instead (fretless electric, upright, P with flats) Cumbersome Unwieldy to play Delicate A pain to get a decent case for.. All of which contributed to my Ovation being sold...

[quote name='sprocketflup' timestamp='1370806642' post='2105852'] are you really asking "Who, Pat?" [/quote] I didn't think the World Health Organization did Portable Appliance Testing?

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1370798278' post='2105684'] tv is tv is ruined by The Voice [/quote] May I suggest subtitles?

[quote name='Ruck' timestamp='1370803271' post='2105797'] My functions band have been made to take out insurance for this kind of thing for some of the weddings we play. In case we damage the public's hearing or our singer flying kicks someone in the head. Didn't cost much at all. [/quote] ....PLI? Public Liability Insurance?

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1370804362' post='2105820'] Lesson learned: Don't take your Wal to the pub. [/quote] That, or Wal stays in case whilst not strapped to body. That's what I do at any gig with any bass to avoid accidental damage..

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1370773768' post='2105270'] Depends on the attack of your right hand, mostly, IMO. If you have a strong grabby technique then you may overpower your strings. I use a 118 B st but only get away with that set as I play light and I now use compression to stop me chasing and digging it too much. I like the feel of the 42-118 off my left hand but don't suffer from a lack of weight in the low end. I don't think gauge has much to do with that....in itself, and i think the 118 is perfectly balanced in terms of tone across the strings on my basses. So, in short..it is more than just one component or change that makes the deal [/quote] Nice post. Good use of language to describe an issue many of us have with r/h technique. Especially the chasing part. I personally run the hybrid sets (45,65,80,100,125) which help to compensate for my heavy-handedness over the G and D..

Blimey! But you are not alone... I didn't get to photograph the fallout from my unscrewing the back panel of my NS upright without slackening the strings. I was too busy scrabbling around trying to find the bits that had been catapulted all around the ground floor of my house!

I'm quite interested in purchasing a stick, but have no idea where to start! How much are they? I guess about £1500 and up. I've not seen many secondhand, which suggests that availability is poor in the s/h market. I'm loosely familiar with the models, but don't know what features and tunings would best suit an absolute beginner. The only factor that really deters me is the possible need to be some kind of theory wizard to really get into the instrument. I'm not and never will be deeply into the theory side of music. I've got about 20 years' bass playing under my belt. Is the transition a difficult one?

But if you were to ask Mr. Shuker to make any of the changes described above, I'm sure he would... The bass featured is someone else's vision of what a bass should look/be like. The whole idea of a custom/bespoke instrument is that is should tick all of your own [i]personal[/i] boxes. Not necessarily anyone else's.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1370596995' post='2103135'] Just listening to Aqualung for the first time. Not going to go there again but appreciate the craftsmanship. [/quote] The song or the album? If it's "just" the track (and that's hardly bad!) Then you're missing out. There are some real gems on that album. Jazz it ain't, though....

[quote name='Green Alsatian' timestamp='1370688243' post='2104361'] There's a real menace to the Dirty Harry soundtrack, paired beautifully by Andrew Robinson's superb performance as Scorpio. This tune sends a shiver down my spine: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp8DGoaDZ5k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp8DGoaDZ5k[/url] I'd also struggle to find a Lalo soundtrack that I don't like - Enter The Dragon's another favourite of mine. [/quote] I didn't even realise he'd done Enter the Dragon. On reflection, it does sound like his work. And there's always Mission:Impossible...

Have you tried using the 5 string equivalent of your favoured four string set? I personally like Elixirs or DR Fatbeams. I'm sure everyone else will come up with their favoured brands.

Not sure on full spec, but I'd have a Jazz. Ash body Stacked knobs Lollipop reverse tuners Maple neck with graphite reinforcement. With only side dots. No front face markers! In Candy Apple Red Matching headstock, naturally

It is a superb score. And better for the fact that the main title theme uses an electric bass guitar and drum kit alongside regular orchestral components. I have it on a CD in my car. It has an [i]interesting[/i] effect on my driving... Haven't heard a Schifrin piece I've not liked yet. Magnum force has a good soundtrack, too...

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1370157564' post='2096958'] Intonation. Noone in the audience knows I'm horribly out But really (boring time) the tone and attack/decay profile of the note is sheer beauty to me and makes electric bass sound agricultural by comparison [/quote] This. I've never played a DB, and have no desire to indulge in that side of things (won't fit in the car, will have feedback issues, too expensive etc.), but my EUB has such as lovely tone to it (and you can tinker with it, as it's active). The low B is lovely. It's a fiver, BTW. Still hankering after an electric cello and maybe a Chapman Stick, but either of these will require some serious graft just to get a noise from them at all!

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1370580963' post='2102960'] might be worth setting your strap length to the same height as when you're playing sitting down, (ie don't have the bass down by your knees!) [/quote] I do just this. I'm on my feet all day at work, often lugging stuff about. I've plenty of stamina for standing gigs, but sit at home. Consequently, my strap is so adjusted. I've gig seated for acoustic gigs, as do the guitarists and the singer. I'd have to stand if using the upright. Otherwise I only sit due to injury/convalescence.

Er.... I might be an exception! Man-cave currently occupied by me, Fender, Warwick & NS CR5. Cased elsewhere: Status Yamaha Vigier Westone Hohner Also owned: Ibanez Ovation OLP Musicman Iceni I wouldn't consider myself that partisan at all. If I'm in the market to buy, I'll try as much as I can get hold of. I don't really care for colours/designs or brand names that much. I'm more concerned about how a bass feels, plays and sounds than which company produced it.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1370429582' post='2100619'] It does matter since I turned 40. I used to gig alot when I was younger with a 10.5lb Stingray and the weight if it never even crossed my mind. Now I've put together my own custom P-bass using a lightweight body and parts. It weighs in at 8.3lbs and now once again I can just go out and play without it being an issue. Another plus to it all I found is that my lightweight P is the most resonant and growly bass I've ever owned which is the sound I was always chasing really. [/quote] I must be lucky. I've just turned 40, and my 14lb (!) Warwick Streamer LX6 still isn't an issue. Good (ish) playing posture and a w-i-d-e strap help, though!

[quote name='The Bass Doc' timestamp='1370266325' post='2098285'] James Blunt lends himself to limericks better than Mozart. [/quote] Well, I thought it was funny... Personally, I like Beethoven. Movies about big soppy dogs? Gotta love 'em. More than that Blunt.... (Searches for rhyme) Bloke.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1370245797' post='2097914'] John Hall has opened a Spanish factory now?? [/quote] Nah. [I] Mexican[/I]

How refreshing.