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    [quote name='SaxyBassist' timestamp='1452938486' post='2954825'] So having tweaked my settings, I think I'm beginning to understand how to manipulate my sound to get a smoother, lest grating more textured sound, but I have another question since hearing a recording (DI'd into mixer) - my E string sounds bassier/boomier than my other strings, is this to do with compression? I have it set on about 9oclock...... [/quote] Could be string height? Is the E string closer to the pickups than the others. You could try raising the E string a bit to see if that makes a difference
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    [quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1452542782' post='2951049'] Me too... [/quote] And me
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    Slade (minus Noddy) at Robin near Wolverhampton just before xmas. Great gig and good support from Joanovarc.
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    Thanks for the tips so far everyone. Never tire of listening to those early albums. Just my opinion but I don't think the production of the albums Master of Reality onwards came close to the first two albums. Shame as there are some great songs on them , especially on Volume 4
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    I am surprised you are still persevering playing there as he will no doubt be there again. I'd run a mile. We used to do a local pub where one of the regulars used to drunkenly dance in front of us knocking over mic stands and falling into one of us. Once was okay but he would do it all night. Gaffer and other locals found it hilarious but we didn't. We don't play there anymore.
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    Great stuff!! Very tight sound and comes across really well. Loving the bass tone too. Only thing I would add is a bit more backing vocals. Female backing vocals would sound great on chorus alongside your singer on first track especially
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    Just listened to a great documentary on radio 4 called Compression vs Art. All about how compression is used in the music industry for both sonic reasons and to reduce file size. Plenty of examples where they show the same song in compressed and uncompressed formats. Well worth a listen on catch up. I would recommend listening through decent speakers or headphones though. It's 30 mins long.
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    Approx 20 gigs per year 2 basses. 1 P and 1 J both taken to gigs but P bass gets used the most. I would like more but I'm skint and have a very unsupportive wife
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    Had a guitarist turn up at an audition once with his guitar in a hard case. For some reason he was the type that locked it with those little keys. Problem was he forgot the keys and thus his guitar was locked inside. A rather amusing 20 mins while we all watched him taking the hinges off the back of the case with a screwdriver one of us had lent him.
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    Thought bad news was very funny. Also liked dirty movie and the famous five send ups from the comic strip
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    I've always wanted to cover the damned version of Eloise but it's a bit hard in a 3 piece
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    Good on you. I do these all the time singing solo with my acoustic. Believe me they may not show it but they are so grateful for musicians going in to do this sort of thing. I remember doing one a few years ago and the nurses wheeled out a man in his twenties in his bed and he watched me from the back of the room with his head propped up by pillows. He cried all the way through my singing and isn't wasn't until afterwards I found out he used to be a singer but had a motorbike accident which had left him paralysed. Really upset me but still makes me count my blessings
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    [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1451462128' post='2940587'] I like lots of \stones stuff, but Paint it, Black is dreadful. A mess of a song with no purpose. But then, it's pretty popular so what do I know? [/quote] I thought that about paint it black too till we started covering it. Now it's one of our most popular songs and I love playing it. I think it sounds better live than hearing a studio version of it.
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    Good coverage on the late BBC news last night. More than I was expecting so just shows what a legend he is.
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    Zoom B3

    bonzodog replied to Wan's topic in Effects

    Zoom B1-ON is even cheaper and is a great piece of kit. Doesn't look as good as the B3 and does not have DI out but I think the effects and drum patterns are the same and it does have an auxiliary in to play along to Mp3s etc which the B3 doesn't
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    Gutted. A true rock n roll star
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    [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1451057834' post='2938070'] TOO MUCH INFORMATION!!!!!!!!!!!! PS So am I! PPS Merry Christmas everyone! [/quote] It's the only time I ever go on basschat.
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    If we are looking at it from a bass players point of view (as it's a bass player forum ) then it has to be hair metal. I can't even hear the bass in most death metal songs I've heard
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    Cool...thanks guys. Yes I've seen footage of him playing over the neck with his P bass. Very similar technique to Noel Redding from JHE who also had a great tone. I'm only playing a JHS Vintage P Bass with flats so may look at upgrading that or at least the pups.
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    In the new year I want to try and develop my tone more and thinking of picking up some new gear if need be. If I had to pick my ideal bass tone then it would be Geezer Butlers from the first couple of Sabbath albums. Evil Woman being the perfect song where the bass to me is as good as it gets. Im hopeless at recognising how to achieve a tone so are there any Geezer fans out there who can tell me what he did to get that amazing sound. Bass / amp / EQ / strings / technique ? Thanks in advance
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    A very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year to you all. Thanks for all the very interesting and informative threads this year and just for balance based on some posts so far in this thread....I am going to get drunk most nights
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    Now sold via ebay
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    Selling my brand new Behringer BVT4500H bass amp. Bought this a few weeks ago from Thomann for £90 and only used at home once to make sure it worked which is does. In immaculate condition. I am asking £50.00 for it. This is a 450w amp and sounds lovely through my cabs. I bought this as a back up to my main amp but although it is a great amp it is heavy and i have back problems hence why i am going to part with it. We gig every week so don't want to keep lifting it in and out of car. Will post pics later but there is not a single mark on it anywhere. Collect from near Wolverhampton or could possibly meet up somewhere in West mids.
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    I have been listening to eiter FM or digital radio for a long time now. Recently i heard some old medium wave radio and could not believe how poor the sound used to be.
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    Active peavey eurosys1 monitors are quite common on ebay for 20 quid upwards depending on condition. Very loud
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