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There's a live show being streamed tomorrow night .

Why are their (otherwise brilliant) basses always such a horrible shape ? Kinda like the designer has a jigsaw puzzle fixation .

Gotta say I did see a recently filmed live DVD of him a couple of years ago, and that was rather good. An amazing band with him, so that may have had some baring on it though.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1377900133' post='2193543'] To be fair, the cheap end of gear is not his market. He doesn't do MIM Fenders, or BB series Yamaha etc. he does high end gear with some mid ranking stuff. No shop would put Squires next to a Lull! He's had several thousand out of me and he'll probably get more too. [/quote] I wasn't actually after the cheap end of the market, I've got 6 basses, 3 worth well over a thousand (USA made Marcus Miller V, Pino P bass, Yamaha TRB6-P, and and 3 just under and I'm shortly getting a Celinder. A sale is a sale after all. I visit the Gallery quite often, and always feel more valued somehow.

I've been there a few times and gotten a similar response to some other guys on here. It seemed to me that if you're not buying a Roscoe bass and bergantino rig to play it through then you're wasting his time. I did phone him once asking if he'd got something in the store, he said yes so I drove 30 miles to him, only to find he hadn't, but that could probably happen with other shops too.

A friend of mine does PAT testing, with anything electronic i.e. keyboards, some amps etc, he'd actually only test the lead for fear of damaging the circuits. Computers in offices only have the detachable lead tested too, for the same reason.

I've always liked the original Steinberger, it's to me quite am ageless instrument.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1377829771' post='2192495'] The problem is, if he comes up with an idea I'm sure everyone is there to tell him how magnificent it is when what he really could use is someone to say " that lyric stinks", or "No, try this instead." Till that happens, I don't think he'll strive for excellence. Of course, he's already excelled more than anyone else on the planet, but it would be nice if he came up with one more classic. And one more killer bassline. [/quote] I think that happened to some extent on the album produced by Nigel Godrich. I remember reading an interview with McCartney and him saying that Godrich was telling him things weren't any good, and to try something different, and McCartney being a bit put out, then remembering why Godrich was there.

Let's not forget that music/bass playing isn't just Mustang Sally down the local. It can also be an art form and a means of social and political statement. I'm guessing the guys just want someone involved with their music to be of the same mind as they are. I don't see the need for extremely childish replies to the guy's advert. There was an advert earlier in the year from someone who wanted the bass player to use a certain type of amp, and didn't want MarkBass users, that again drew a whole load of stupid replies. If someone wants to post an advert looking for a musician with certain beliefs or with a definite sound in mind then they should be able to without a load of moronic replies. What kind of impression do they take away from this forum ? Do they go around telling people not to bother posting wanted adverts on here, 'cos you'll only get stupid replies. Should there maybe be a rule that if you've nothing constructive to say regarding someone's advert then you don't say anything ?

I've always liked the name, mainly 'cos my favourite book is Lord of the rings.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1375045986' post='2156193'] Had a bit of a sesh on the 5-er tonight. I'm trying to wean myself off that reliance on the lower positions, which caused problems when I had to cope with higher notes, especially when sight reading. Some things end up being a lot easier too, e.g. the riff at the start of [i]Rescue Me[/i]. I will be going back to the 4-string, but I'll try and stay off it for the time being. [/quote] I find sight-reading easier on a 5 than on a 4 string, mainly 'cos you can stay in one position and play across the neck rather than along it, concentrating on the chart and not on where you are on the neck. Pretty much all of my playing is from the 5th fret upwards, from there I can cover 2 octaves from a low E at the 5th fret on the B string up to an E on the 9th fret on the G string. It's good practice to practice away from the bass, just visualise playing stuff while you're bored at work or standing in a queue or something. Just visualise where all the B's are, or where all the A's are on the neck. Then put that into practice when you get home. just sit for 10 minutes a day and pick a note at random, and play all of them on the neck. Practice scales and triads etc all over the neck. You'll very soon be as familiar on your 5 as you are on a 4 string. You'll wonder why you didn't get one years ago .

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1375043512' post='2156145'] My genz shuttlemax9.2 has two channels (genz amps are popular with upright bassists anyway even the single channel ones) at the moment I can use my eub without touching anything at all and I put the fishman preamp into the fx return for the db [/quote] Genz isn't something I'd thought of, thanks for that. I was looking at their amps a day or so ago because of the valves, but not something I'd considered for the EUB.

I'm about to buy an EUB, and really think that I need to consider getting a 2 channel amp for gigs where I play both. There's the EA Micro 550, but are there any other contenders ?

I think the sound is usually preceded by "God my back hurts, I'm gonna have to get something lighter".

A definite no to anything like Grado. They're designed to sound good, which isn't something you want in a pair of headphones when you're trying to mix on them. I've got a pair of Sony MDR-7506's, which are or were pretty much [i]the[/i] headphones for monitoring while tracking in studios. They're supposed to be relatively 'flat' sounding, and are good for picking up details while mixing, but I would not trust them to mix on alone.

What a great thread, really interesting to see how people have gotten around the space (or lack of) problem.

[quote name='moonbass' timestamp='1375023718' post='2155864'] I've upgraded to X and so far everything is working from 9 to X perfectly. I don't really use third party plugins so can't vouch for compatibility of these. (I wouldn't know which are 32/64 bit anyway!) X is more intuitive and pleasant to use so far, but for most tasks it's pretty much the same as 9. Flex pitch is rather amazing! [/quote] I've only been using Logic 9 express, so I've been missing having the Space designer plug in, we've got 9 Pro at uni. The flex pitch does indeed look interesting. I've been using Melodyne for the last 3 months. You can download a months free trial, but you have to be connected to the internet for it to work. I've just gone onto the site each month and started the free trial again using a different email address.

I am going to upgrade to Logic X. Guessing that the release of Logic X was imminent, I bought a copy of Logic 9 express for a silly price off Ebay in January, I figured thee was no point in spending £149 when by waiting a few months I could buy the latest version (for actually less than 9 was selling for then). Does anyone know what happens to everything I've composed using logic 9 express ? Should I delete Logic 9 express or will it disappear when I've downloaded Logic X ?

Thanks for your replies. I'm gonna stick with my 2x10 for now, and see how it goes.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1374167748' post='2146083'] Absolutely! I'm trying to find a good guitar plugin! Logic's guitars are really poor, I think. [/quote] I don't necessarily agree with this. Straight out of the box yes, but the sounds are there if you spend the time tweaking them to how YOU want them. This is an example that I did in a hurry, the 'guitar' starts about 1.40 in. [url="https://soundcloud.com/plasticart/my-mind"]https://soundcloud.com/plasticart/my-mind[/url]