Woodinblack

4 hours ago, BigRedX said:

 

Marketing emails will have been sent using a bulk email service like Mail Chimp, and although it will have a Bass Direct "return" email on them, they won't have actually come from that address.

I suspect their email system is fine, just that they aren't sending any messages!

I guess I have to chase it up again, they were waiting for a part on the 9th March, I guess they are hard to get..

I used to use the Voice Live play, which is the cheap one, and it can do quite a lot, but after a while I realised I just needed the gang vocal thing, so I have a TC Critical Mass pedal which does what I need.

20 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

I've spent a little bit of time A/B'ing with a Spotify track (the start of Maria by Blondie as it happens!). There's a level of additional detail coming through on the ZARs that isn't there on the ZS 10s - on the guitar, most certainly on the drums (which sound flatter on the ZS 10s) and a richer tone to Debbie H's vox. The ZS 10s are decent enough, but the ZARs are unquestionably a step up and will be my goto pair going forward.

Well, that is handy as I bought them on your recommendation

I get the marketing emails on the sunday from them. Don't seem to be as quick with the updates to the effects pedal I sent back to them a few months ago to fix.

32 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Maybe they just suit my ear shape, but they are a better fit and, although bulkier, they provide a much better seal which was immediately obvious. The very much reduced "leakage" from external sounds is also going to have the added benefit of providing better ear protection, which is more than worth the entry price of these for me.

When you say bulkier, is that also heavier? I always hae the problem of one of my KZZ10s falling out, bad ear shape I guess, but it doesn't help that its heavy.

I never change the channel so its probably something you get used to. Yes, it was a bit bigger than my 2.4GHz dongles, but I figured maybe it needed to be.

That is the same one I have, other than mine is white and cuvave, used for the last n years now, and never had a problem with. I only got them because I lost my previous ones and my smoothhound was being repaired, but they have been so trouble free and reliable over the last years that I would need something to pull me away from using them. They also have the advantage of being very light, so they don't flap too much

Our lessons were pretty useless and fairly haphazard, more done from the fact they had to do it rather than any love of doing it.

11 hours ago, SteveXFR said:

 The guitarist and singers were awesome as well but for me it was all about the rhythm section.

In which case it is an accurate rendition of tool!

2 hours ago, BreadBin said:

I'm seeing the real deal next month 🙂

Well worth it - saw them in the O2 last year, in general I don't like stadiums but that was fantastic. Remember to keep your phone in your pocket!

The burgundy looks nice

27 minutes ago, ped said:

Don't know why but a refinish always puts me right off. Good job, otherwise I'd be much worse off!

Well, that makes sense - what you are paying so much for is that it is an antique, and if it has been modified it is not the same thing

37 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

 Until they make a 5-string Thunderbird that is essentially a 64 model with an extra string, I'm unlikely to be interested in anything they produce.

I would buy that

14 hours ago, lidl e said:

I saw dozens of guitars. I asked the girl working there "where are the thunderbirds?"

 

And she looked puzzled and asked me "what's that? Docyou mean firebirds?" Lol...

Pretty poor considering how few models they actually sell that ou don't know all of them, if that is your job and you haven't just started yesterday.

5 minutes ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

 I'm no stranger to learning and pulling off fairly complex songs with a fairly short preparation time -

Probably going to be ok with "Touch Me" then, which is the only thing anyone knows

49 minutes ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

I'm extremely flattered and we shared details, but I don't think I'll go for it if he does end up asking. Not only do I need to renew my passport, but I don't own any flight cases for my gear not to mention a massive dose of imposter syndrome and I don't think I'd be able to dedicate time to learning a batch of songs I've never heard of at very short notice - it's just not a skill I'm used to doing.

Oh come on, how can you not do that? I have heard you play stuff many times harder than anything that she is going to be singing without error. It would be a crime if you didn't!

39 minutes ago, neepheid said:

II think my mistake management has improved.  When I started out, I would be very uptight and small mistakes would put me off a lot - my drummer is still mentally scarred by the "death stare of '09" when he had the audacity to miss a snare I was expecting!  Nowadays, I am a lot better at recovery when I make a mistake, and see other people's mistakes as an opportunity for humour - a knowing look with a smile tends to get a better performance out of others than a death stare.  

I think mine is earlier than that. When I was a kid i had a very strict, and not entirely mentally stable piano teacher. Well, actually I had 2, complete contrasts. The first one i went to and loved, but my mum took me away from there, as whenever we went or she picked me up there would be other kids there too, and the lessons merged from one to the other (ie, you got there 5 minutes early you would listen to the previous kid, then at the end of yours the next kid would be listening). She was great, but my mum though it wasn't the right personal attention as others were there, so we went to another one. None of that there. But she was strict, very strict and almost took all the joy out of playing sometimes (but not quite!). I still have manuscripts with very large drawn angry pencil marks around a sharp I got wrong (F# - always hated it since). so when I got something wrong we would stop and do it again until it was right.

Which means I really hear every mistake reverberate around my head, and every note that is wrong overides the 100 that were right.

I have learned recently that just laughing at the mistakes with the drummer when something sounds bad is a more enjoyable way of doing it, but it takes work!

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

Striving for perfection is admirable, but don't let it drag you down.  Did the audience have a good night?  Then you did a good job, case closed.

Within bounds yes, there is the feeling of a job well done, and obviously perfect is the enemy of good, but sometimes, good would be a step up

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Its odd but i've experienced this too where audience seem to love every song, the band are enjoying and yet i hear things that aren't quite right and when i mention it i'm told "ach the audience will never notice that" but some do and historically we always aimed for perfection every rehearsal and gig.

Bugs me too, quite a lot, but we don't aim for perfection because frankly, we would never get there.

On 05/04/2024 at 13:49, Agent 00Soul said:

My first electric instrument was a Jazzmaster that I got in 1984.  Nobody was buying them then so it was dirt cheap.  A few years later, I unscrewed the neck and found out it was dated 15 June 68, three weeks from my date of birth.

You know that the fender neck codes don't contain the day don't you? it would just say June 68, the 15 is the jaguar model neck code from 66 on - (would be 1 before that), like 5 would be P bass and 7 would be jazz bass. So it could be 2 weeks closer to your DOB (or further away!)

I never found spread to be that wide an effect that I would want to modulate it while playing tbh - I would tend to put it on filter cutoff / blend or a->b algorithm sweep.

I just got a B Stock Cobalt 5, and have been spending time with that (few knobs downside, upside much less table!).

28 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

It’s rare to find one of these that isn’t signed by Sting 😄

its 10k if you want one that hasn't been signed by sting!

25 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Now all I have to do is find out what is limitations are with regard to what it can be assigned to.....

Expression can be assigned to anything, so if you just select EXPR in the modulation options you can then touch any control to assign it to there. Although obviously a large number of those options wouldn't be terribly useful but its nice to have the option.

2 hours ago, Minininjarob said:

I don’t get this fawning over a company rep talking about the products.

But he isn't here as a company rep talking about the products, in general he is here as someone talking about amps and amp design in many threads with some valuable insight. Obviously if people start talking about the amps that the company he works for he is going to talk about that too, but that doesn't make him a company rep.

2 hours ago, Minininjarob said:

And the line “maybe these aren’t for you then” from the rep when someone says something negative is incredibly condescending and leaves a sour taste. 

Really? There is nothing at all condescending in that that I can see, it appears to be a statement of fact. Like people drive round in Range Rovers and go on about them, and I don't get it, so the only valid answer to that is that maybe they aren't for me, which doesn't make them idiots, it just means it is not my thing. Some people spend thousands on a fender P bass, when you can get one for a couple of hundred, I have tried both and the only valid answer to that is maybe they aren't for me.

Just because something offends you, doesn't mean it is offensive. 

4 hours ago, prowla said:

The seller also states no returns, but what happens if there is an issue?

The 'no returns' thing on eBay means just no returns in case you change your mind. If there is something wrong, or it is not advertised properly (or there are additional fees) then you can return anyway.

Honestly I would be ok doing more miles if we had more gigs - its been really quiet this year, but mostly because the singer and guitarist have had holidays on alternate weekends. I think i might put a post on our local music group to see if anyone wants a dep.