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They sound really good! Hope it goes well on Saturday!

'morning all, Cherry White have two London gigs coming up in the next few weeks: [b]26th March at the New Cross Inn[/b], in South-East London, and [b]9th April at The Troubadour[/b], in West London. [b]26th March[/b] is a gig that we're booking and running ourselves, so all proceeds go straight to the musicians! We have Buffalo Fish and Stoneface Travellers in support, so the vibe of the night is very much in the classic rock/blues rock vein. £3 on the door, or free if you bring a valid student ID. More info at http://newcrossinn.com/?p=2&id=1288 and there's a FB event deelie at https://www.facebook.com/events/219392564919979/ [b]9th April[/b]...we're still waiting for a bit more info on that one. I'll update this post when we hear more, or you can follow the FB event deelie at https://www.facebook.com/events/214087282126692/ http://cherrywhitemusic.com

Just bought a little Laney amp from Ellis - amp works fine, sounds great. Nice feller, a pleasure to do business with!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1394627250' post='2393419'] Re: about a million threads on tone, fingers, gear etc. McCartney's Ric sounded very different to Squire's Ric (for example). I think most bass gear can be made to sound like most other bass gear. It's just down to personal preference, imo. *Nomex suit ON* [/quote] *clutches fire extinguisher* I think you're right - compare late '60s John Entwistle with James Jamerson and you'd probably struggle to believe they were both playing Fender Ps. Certain tonal characteristics of the bass will probably still come through - e.g., people buy Precisions "for the thump," or they buy Rics "for the clank" - but you can radically change that tone through various means. Which probably explains why no one can decide whether Geddy was playing his Ric or his Jazz on [i]Tom Sawyer[/i]!

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1394561389' post='2392759'] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkwBOSAfr1w Nothing new? Our new EP, recorded and released this year, 100% Ric. Available to buy and stream from all leading sites (shameless plug!) [/quote] Great stuff, that! (And lovely Ric tone as well!) Can I get your EP off Bandcamp?

Cheers Clarky, glad you like it!

I notice JHS are still shipping the Vintage VS6 with gold hardware...afraid I don't have a photo of my own, pre-Wilkinson one, but I'm sure the body finish used to be a shade darker than the one pictured. Closer to burgundy than to cherry, if you will. I reckon gold looks alright against a suitably dark background. (That said, I'm glad my tobacco-burst T-bird has black hardware...)

I know we've had a Lemmy clip already, but just to represent the other extreme of what you can do with a Ric: http://youtu.be/5wfzGkldPnc

Yep, definitely in the first category, although I think it comes down to the "£1000 on guitar/amp/lessons" question. Arguably, I've got two tones, broadly speaking, depending on setting, band and bass of choice. But I think in all settings the playing style comes through, and so a lot of "my tone" is down to me playing in my particular style. (I was almost going to say "idiom," but I thought that would sound a little too pretentious!)

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1394126464' post='2388234'] You would need to get ones with midi to sync the tempos. That to put them into a feedback loop with a delay at the end (set to single delay for feedback loop), i find delays help sync up modulation effects. [/quote] That's a good point: I could always just boot up Pod Farm and simulate it for myself. Much easier to sync them if I can just type the tempos in!

So are you running the signal simultaneously out to both sets? (And if so, is it actually safe to stand in the same room when you're playing through it all?)

Isn't the Ibanez Double Tubescreamer basically just two TS-9 circuits built on top of one another? (I had the opportunity of trying several variants in Guitar Guitar when I went searching for a Bass 'screamer, so I've been able to compare the double and standard side-by-side.) Would be very interested to see what happens if you start chaining modulation effects, mind...though I suspect it could get very messy very quickly!

That's not bad, that - definitely some catchy tunes in there! I'm with DorsetBlue; [i]You are OK [/i]is my favourite of the three.

I'm going to be incredibly cheeky and proffer one of my own: http://cherrywhite.bandcamp.com/track/dont-hold-me-back Not the sound I had in mind when we went into the studio. I thought "a bit of grit" would work quite nicely...but after playing around with a few different amps, the engineer pulled a ProCo Rat out of a cupboard and put that between my T-bird and some massive Hughes & Kettner valve head, and so we ended up with what can only be described as pure filth.

[quote name='AL-the-Bassman' timestamp='1393709245' post='2383688'] aye. but a great challenge and I shall be brushing up on the fridgian and meloncholic minor scales [/quote] You'll always get a cool sound out of a fridgian scale.

That Band What I Play With recorded a song at the beginning of 2014. This one was particularly special, because it was our first recording with our brand new singer. And today it's out - you can listen for free at http://cherrywhite.bandcamp.com/ and it's also available on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify if those are your preferred methods!

Done! Have to say, I really like the idea of a programmable effects pedal. Good luck with the project!

[quote name='dustandbarley' timestamp='1393589302' post='2382251'] Aah Haa - And that's lunch…. Great thread [/quote] Yep, and I think you've just won it! It's a nice idea, but they seem to have missed off the one feature I'd really want: a reversed pickup.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1393563539' post='2381917'] i see this. why did i piggin start.? Bill Sharpe is just amazing imo. one of my musical heroes. anyone who might not have heard of him, he was the pianist for a band called Shakatak, . you might recognise a song called Night Birds . imo this is epic in anyones book. [/quote] Agreed - beautiful stuff!

Bravo, chaps. A difficult choice, as usual, and quite the eclectic mix. It is after no small amount of deliberation on my part to give my vote to stu_g. (A very close 2nd and 3rd...possibly even joint 2nd...to Ou7shined and Dad.)

[quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1393432099' post='2380256'] Interestingly I started off playing jazz piano before switching over to bass... I half wonder if I'll go back one day? [/quote] Me too! Well, I had piano lessons for a few years with a guy who introduced me to jazz...saying I could actually play jazz piano might be overselling myself! I do still play, though I haven't practised regularly for a long time, and I'm limited to a keyboard in my pokey London flat. It probably gave me a bit of a head-start when I first took up the bass. I'd already been taught a few scales and some basic theory, so once I got hold of a bass guitar scales book it made it much easier to find my way around the neck. That, and a collection of Doors songs transcribed for piano. Couldn't play most of them for the life of me, but it was a good source of inspiration - ol' Ray (RIP) did play some really nice bass parts with his left hand!

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1393422330' post='2380018'] Yes, of course, but whether it is or is not a nice tune is subjective and therefore the OP wnats to understand what influences that subjectivity. Otherwsie, we are just passive consumers and will take whatever old s***e is thrown at us. [/quote] [quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1393423432' post='2380042'] Oh Bilbo, so young yet so cynical ;-) [/quote] He's got a point - I once shared a flat with a guy who had virtually no interest in exploring new music. In his own words, he just listened "whatever's popular." So quite literally, as Bilbo puts it, "whatever old s***e is thrown at us." This was, to be fair, the same man that saw me re-stringing my basses before a recording session and asked me, in all seriousness, why I changed my strings. I don't think we ever really saw eye-to-eye...

[quote name='Jonnyboy Rotten' timestamp='1393241212' post='2377602'] Is it anything to do with the white and black notes on a piano. For example - if you tune a string to C then the marked frets would be all black notes and the unmarked be all white notes? *Edit I can't work it out but I think I am wrong anyway but I can't think of any other pattern or reason. [/quote] Hmm, not quite...your 3rd fret would indeed mark Eb, but then your 5, 7 and 9 would indicate F, G and A-natural. Though on that note*, it does make it very easy to track a minor pentatonic up a single string! (*No pun intended, I swear....)