DanOwens

In 10 years, I'd hope so!

That's not a standard Fender Precision, for sure. 

I used to file Dunlop .73s to a point until I discovered that they made them like that. I'm not a metal player or anything, I just liked the attack of a sharpened 73. Oddly enough I used >=2mm picks on guitar but .73s on bass.

I have no idea who told me about the Prodipe TT1 but I'm very enthusiastic about how much better they are than the 58

It should be here, but since the end block has already been replaced/‘reinforced’ I’d be concerned about the force being placed on the endpin. To be fair, I’m already worried by that end block but it might be fine; I’m sure there’s someone who knows better than me. 

On 16/03/2020 at 11:43, Monkey Steve said:

purely for home use, I got one of these for a small 5w Marshall amp:

https://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept/electric-guitar-accessories/electric-guitar-hangers-stands/quiklok-bs317-amp-stand

works an absolute treat, although very much based on being a good fit for the dimensions of my amp.  Admittedly mine's a combo, so I didn't have to worry about the head

This is what I use. Very handy for all sorts of guitar and bass cabs

15 hours ago, pbasspecial said:

I love the name.

Any chance to slip in a sneaky swear word is good with me: 

Two hats, one car, fox hat, etc

I actually loathe the name for that exact reason, but I was the last one in and we had gigs booked under the name so it stayed. 

2 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

but, but, but there are three hats! 😧

Its like I've always said: there are three types of people in this world: those who can count, and those who can't!

Our video for Death Rag seemed to generate a bit of interest so here's our vid for 'Three Line Whip'. Follow us on insta / facebook / youtube etc. It makes our harmonica player feel like he's a real human when people pat him on the back!

Let us know if you like it too. You'd be surprised how many people message to say they dislike it; its significantly higher than those who seem to like it!

This thread is somewhat unexpected. I assumed you'd all start recommending hand-made boutique active basses that I can't afford, but no! "Just add chorus" is something I can get behind!

1 hour ago, cheddatom said:

I had this recently at a really nice pub with great (but expensive) beer. The last two times we were there we got free beer all night. Last time they just charged me. I'm far too british to ask why so I just paid up

Yeah, I simultaneously think "well that was nice whilst it lasted" and "where did your kindness go?"

I don't expect free drinks, but when they're offered then great. The worst is when you have another gig at the same venue a few months later and the free beer has been stopped.... "how bad did I play!?!?!?!?"

Adjusting the EQ? On the monitor? Whilst performing? You guys are crazy!

I play in an acoustic trio but we use about 12 instruments between us, including a mandolin with the dreaded DPA4099! As such I'm definitely an advocate of subtractive EQing simply to get rid of problematic frequencies (usually feeding back, but also artefacts of amplification like piezo quacks etc). 

A 3-band EQ on the back of a monitor is a waste of time and resources in my experience. If you're lucky enough that one of your problems is at an EQ centre, and the Q/Width of that band perfectly matches your requirements then excellent, but otherwise those EQs get put flat and left flat. All of the EQing is done at the monitor graphic EQ (thank you XR18) which allows far more accurate isolation of problem frequencies. With so many mics on stage (the guy playing Dobro won't use a pickup, we all sing, etc) there are so many risks and possible sources of feedback that I use the monitor to reinforce the live sound and run it as low as possible. Of course, that's still often close to feeding back, especially when the dobro player leans down for a beer and presses his chest into the mic!

TL;DR: Its probably too loud on stage, and you need a proper multiband EQ to use on your monitor but that isn't to make it more bassy!

Gadd does ABBA? I'll defo check it out.

And yeah, I know I don't NEED more gear, but I have a load of stuff in storage (synth pedals etc) that I was going to fish out or trade depending on people's recommendations.

Me and a few friends are putting together an ABBA band for a PRIDE event in September. I have a cheapo passive PJ Yamaha and a Darkstar'd Precision. What toys do I 'need' to buy to get some ABBA sounds? Synth pedal? Bass preamp to 'active-up' the Yamaha?

What would you recommend?

Thanks Nick! See your channel for our new vid too

I finished my music degree and committed to several originals bands, which didn't pay, so I got some peripatetic teaching work, which led to me hiring others, and running a community group, and stressing every month about paying my bills but also worried about the security of my future as I've always been taught to save and I wasn't earning enough to. So I went the other way; I went from regular touring, dep work, teaching, into the classroom. I stopped playing with bands as music was a job, not fun like it used to be. 

Now I'm in a job I enjoy (Data Analyst) and gig with a covers band more than I have ever done (consistently up to 5 gigs a week every week). It pays and I love the material (blues, Rock & Roll etc), and I'm not wringing every penny out of something that I hate, which is where things have got before. 

10 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

Just move your head to the right a bit. 

I just headbutted my colleague. Thanks m8

I think you can get a 'bowed' type sound with an VCA filter that swells into the note; auto-volume echo works in the M13 but you've got to dial back the 'echo' bit. Maybe a bit of reverb too. And when a cellist bows into a note they know the note length whereas the auto-volume echo will be the same swell so won't react to your playing. Maybe a volume pedal might work instead, but I really hate the sound of volume swells on bass (except Jeff Beck's version of Nitin Sawhney's Nadia).

BUT... effects for effects sake is a bad path to go down and you'll be putting warbly choruses and spacey flangers on everything if you're not careful. My advice is to have a clear idea of what sound you want to create then apply the relevant effects to get that sound. You might have to experiment to get there, and it's worth noting that a fast 2 pole phaser is radically different to a slow 8 pole so don't think of 'chorus' as 'chorus', instead experiment with parameters to explore what 'chorus' can do.

On 31/01/2019 at 10:41, Jakester said:

If you’re a professional musician definitely worth a look, but sadly weekend warriors are excluded. 

I gig weekends around a normal 9-5. I had to send them 2 videos of me performing and I got approved. 

If you 'might' be eligible, I'd definitely encourage you to apply. 

Sack your guitarist, run parallel high and low rigs with octave up into a guitar rig and octave down into a wall of 15" speakers. Low pass filters with slow chorus for the deep stuff and high pass and delay / postrock verb / fuzz for the high stuff. 

Then sack your drummer and beatbox. Then lose the instruments and go acapella into the fx rig and start your new avant-garde solo choir. You've already got one fan here!

I think its a DB but maybe half size; you could measure it and compare it to the size guide HERE. If there's a label visible inside the bass (through one of the F-Holes) then try and get a photo of that for us as that'll contain some vital information.

Yeah HEIC is a iOS native format. Doesn't play nicely with Windows.

1 minute ago, MoJoKe said:

... so the whole boom arrangement is wobbly/sloppy...  disappointing....

thankfully this hasn't been my experience of the Herc stands we use in the band, but I would also say that we also use a lot of K&M stuff and we also don't have problems with these.

I've found Hercules customer service to be excellent too when it comes to finding spare parts.