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[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='738553' date='Feb 7 2010, 10:33 PM']Have you got a pic of your rig, Ped?[/quote] Not a very good one I'm afraid but you can see it behind and to the left of this pic from the SEBB I'm very pleased with it. I don't think SWR make those cabs any more though. ped

OK Tim, here is a square crop, and to satisfy Rasta's request for a black and white image I put it to greyscale too. ped

Yeah, the poweramp has XLR or 1/4" inputs. I run it in stereo; one side driving the 4x8 and the other with the 1x15 giving me independent vol control over each cab. I was REALLY impressed with the way it filled the auditorium during my demo at the SE Bass Bash. I think it sounded better than my old Mesa rig. ped

I am really loving my 1u digital poweramp and my SWR compact cabs (one 4x8 and one 1x15) they sound sweet and are not half as bad as a 4x10 and standard 1x15. Not THAT light but not too heavy either. The whole setup cost about £300, too... ped

No problem Rick it was good old eBay.. The Samsung GX1L is the same as a Pentax *Isd or something, pretty entry level. Works well though. Was just talking to my best friends granddad who was the photography lecturer at Oxford Brookes for 40 years - he looked at my pics and liked them, and gave me some advice. Really great to have him on hand, and when I come to upgrade my camera he will be pointing me in the right direction! ped

[quote name='mrcrow' post='738273' date='Feb 7 2010, 06:12 PM']do you have a tripod[/quote] I got a Gorillapod SLR zoom for Xmas from my grandfather but didn't use it here, mainly because I didn't have enough space behind the camera to see through the lens with a tripod, so went hand-held, but a well supported position using my knees and so on!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='738017' date='Feb 7 2010, 12:44 PM']I'm thinking something like this would be a good start before I invest I can see how I get on. [url="http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/S5100/S51A.HTM"]http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/S5100/S51A.HTM[/url] What do you think?[/quote] I think you might as well get an SLR because you can play with different lenses and that is where things start to get really interesting. How much dosh do you have? I got my camera and two lenses for about £300 ped

What are you going to go for? The reason I went with the Samsung (which is basically a modified Pentax) was that there are loads of lenses available quite cheap.

Hi Wayne Looks good - nice idea. The main thing I find that really improves a pic is the area around the subject. A simple floor is fine but it doesn't help 'pop' the instrument. Think about shadows, depth of field (the distance in focus behind and in front of the subject) and the composition. Also attention to detail (removing random items in the frame, straightening things up) make the pic much neater to look at. Try that pic again from directly above and see if you can clear a bigger space of floor so nothing else is in the frame. A nice wooden floor might look nicer too perhaps. Cheers ped P.s I don't now what I think gives me the right to give advice!

I have a Warwick one for sale, collection only from Oxford - give me a shot if interested. ped

Spot on.

[quote name='Sibob' post='736982' date='Feb 6 2010, 10:30 AM']Nice one Ped! I look forward to you using your lens on my lil collection soon! Si[/quote] Me too Si, should be fun. I'm moving very soon so will be in touch for a 'photoshoot'!!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='736884' date='Feb 6 2010, 01:06 AM']Ooh they're nice pic. Hey Ped I just looked at my Thumb on the way into the room and actually the shape's not that much different to your Vigier, pickup positions aren't that different either, maybe I ought to like them more.[/quote] Yes you should young man!

Hi dudes Thanks for all the nice comments. It was indeed ISO 800 (this camera seems to have a 'sweetspot' at 800) and shutter at 1/25 and the aperture is 2.0. The lens is an old Pentax Asahi fixed 55mm f2. Only cost me about £50 and it's a really great lens, and has to be used in manual mode which is forcing me to learn what works fast. It also helps me with the 1950s film 35mm camera my grandfather gave me which again is all manual. My camera isn't anything special, a Samsung GX1L DSLR. One day I'll upgrade to the GX20. The 'kit' lenses are great too, an 18-55 and a 50-200. The samsung cameras are basically slightly modified versions of the Pentax models. I like 'em and it's a bit different from the Canon/Nikon club! ped

[quote name='bubinga5' post='736801' date='Feb 5 2010, 11:38 PM']Ped i often want to do this as..like you i have nothing better to do..he he..lovely Vigier...i often have wondered waht these sound like??[/quote] Wonder no more, here are a couple of clips! I have posted these before so sorry for posting again, I'll have some more crap tunes soon as I'm in the studio next week. [url="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Canti%27s%20Wrap.mp3"]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Canti%27s%20Wrap.mp3[/url] [url="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Sticky%20Situation.mp3"]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/85432/USB%203/Stic...20Situation.mp3[/url]

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='736820' date='Feb 5 2010, 11:55 PM']It's a nice pic, don't go all OCD over it. I don't usually like Vigiers but that particular one is really nice. Maybe it's because you take so many nice photographs of it - maybe in the flesh I would be all "Eww!" [/quote] It's French so Brits are predisposed to hate it automatically! If you heard me play it you would probably be bed ridden for days, in a bad way.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='736809' date='Feb 5 2010, 11:43 PM']FWD to my psychiatrist, he'll be in touch. [/quote] I seriously have nothing better to do. How sad is that. I even sat on the flor for this pic like some bored bedroom paparazzi idiot

[quote name='bubinga5' post='736801' date='Feb 5 2010, 11:38 PM']Ped i often want to do this as..like you i have nothing better to do..he he..lovely Vigier...i often have wondered waht these sound like?? here's my Sei for a change..with 3 more..my old Fender, Yamaha, shouldnt have let these basses go...and the love of my life cat..[/quote] Lovely Sei - it's hard to find a good background for a bass pic.. I have an idea I'll try this weekend, but there's nothing wrong with a classic 'bass on the bed' shot :0p ped

Thanks - I might do another tomorrow without the shadows of the chair leg and wall if I can! Oh I always have a ratio of about 1 'good' pic for every 10 taken!! The bass has been modded a fair bit to be honest, it has a Marleaux preamp and Basstec pickups (these were installed as the bass was basically an empty shell originally) and I recently added the Roland GK pickup and output on the side of the bass which you can sort of make out. She's a mongrel alright! ped

I have recently got hold of a really nice lens for low light photography, so I thought what better way to try it than on some bass in a chair pics? Here is one I just snapped... the lens is manual focus so it took a few tries to get it right because despite my magnifying eyepiece it is harder to focus in low light! ped Shame the bass isn't straight in the chair, the legs of the chair aren't rotated to be square with the wall and the skirting board isn't straight along the bottom of the pic... and the bass shadows could be removed too. I'll get there one day..

LMAO

Well, there's not THAT many... and I guess people like them as a rough guide or a starting point from which to learn a particular song...

I doubt many of us really mind what the audience think, though. We are nerds and as such like to get our sound the way we like it, regardless of how the ignorant public feel. I don't do it for anyone other than myself. It's the same with anything, really. I almost like the fact that its something only I appreciate!