Woodinblack

Was the band posting this intentionally to get at the sound engineer, ie, did they know them personally? If they had then it might have been ok for them to say 'well, I am not doing the sound for them, you will have to get someone else to do it, but not sure why that would affect the other bands. If I was the venue owner I would have no problem with that, in fact I would support it, but just not cancelling the whole night.

Well, obviously but by 'don't need one' I mean it doesn't answer any problem I have. It doesn't give me anything over the HX, and frankly not sure that that gives me anything over the B3 in a gigging situation. But that obviously doesn't mean I don't want one, or if it had more buttons I would have already got one!

Why has the time not arisen? are you not gigging at the moment or some other reason you are not gigging with it? I must admit I would like one but don't need one, the FX is good for me as I am only going through an amp anyway rather than the PA and actually I am still using the B3 until I get power sorted (and patches I need done). Must remember to order a power socket!

A derogatory term used to indicate someone who cares about different things to you. Normally used by someone that gets offended easily about something else.

This was just that pack of bubblewrap in a dpd bag!

Got some strings from Andertons on thursday. Flatwounds as it happens. Luckily they arrived undamaged.

Youre lucky, my neighbour is from New Zealand - the amount of hassle we had when I was in the garden fixing my outdoor wooden platform and he asked me if I needed some help polishing my deck.

"Woke up dis mornin', my partner done left me and my pet died..."

Never used a G&L? Conversely I haven't ever really used a tone knob on a bass

DV247 have them in stock in the blue, or a return in the sunburst, if you mean the traditional JB look one.

My L2500 has a 3 way Quad switch, so it has Parallel, Single coils and series both. Probably a bad mistake, it is too versatile and I can never remember what the settings are! Its a shame they don't do their Vs as a tribute, Would love to try an SB2 to see what the neck is like though.

Maybe. My ideal neck width is about 16mm. So I am happy to play a 15mm or a 17mm bass just fine. Can I play a 20mm spacing bass, or a deep neck, yes of course I can, but I can't play it anywhere near as well, and thus don't find it as nice to play on. There is more than the spacing obviously, there is the spacing at the top of the neck, and the depth of the neck. The dingwalls are wider than that, but I found it ok to play because the necks are much thinner. Something like a P is not pleasant for me as it has a chunky neck and wide spacing. I have gigged them, many times but I can't play them as well as I could play an Ibanez for instance - I can't play it as fast and I make more mistakes. Literally I can play hit me with your rhythm stick on a jazz, but I can't on a P. So yes, I could probably get used to anything but if I am buying something, why would I buy something that I don't find comfortable when there are plenty of things that I do find comfortable, that would surely be crazy?

Amesbury? As I have had bad meals in both the George and the Bell, as long as you don't have to eat!

We have just started the commitments version of take me to the river, which I like as there are no correct tabs to it so I really had to listen And that, also started that one last week I am enjoying all these sort of tracks as I never did them before.

The tone controls on an active bass are only there as a byproduct. The main point is the buffering to stop the loss in the leads, enable you to present the same sound regardless of amplifier and lead combination and to prevent mains hum induction. I would have an active in any bass even if it had no tone controls (which I never really use anyway)

One of my wifes favourite. In fact his whole first album. Not as keen on the second

That is the reason for 90% of the 'news' stories on facebook! I would normally say that, but in this case, the fact it is currently broken is the problem to be fixed. Oh, another things, the pots in there at the moment (although they look a bit knackered), won't necessarily work well running it in passive.

Almost never the case. The only time you get that is the other way round, Leo Fender did a lot of experimentation with low output pickups for sound benefit which needed a preamp, but generally the preamp is not used for boosting at all, they are just for impedance matching. If you have a properly set preamp the output level should be exactly the same passive as active, as long as your amplifier impedance is good. With my ibanezs, the only way I know that it is active or passive is to change the bass control - doesn't work with the G&L, as the bass and treble are active anyway. The whole point of the buffering is that the tone is shaped by either the controls on the bass, or the controls on your amp, not the cable you are using, and also to prevent noise from in the system by providing a low impedance source.

It really depends on the system. Most active basses can be passive as well with no real problems. Obviously if they have active passive switches then they can be left passive. The only things that would be a problem would be actual active pickups, where the preamp is in the pickup itself, there aren't many of those around (and they are normally EMGs), and a few others that are lower impedence, which would be quiet, although you can always turn it up. I would personally try it and see (actually, that is not true, I would just put another preamp on it, I wouldn't be interested in having a passive bass).

Well, I used their contact form to tell them that I didn't think it was a great idea. It may be that they are not interested, which is fine, but there is no point moaning about something if you don't make the effort to contact the people responsible, so I did.

Also like the album (and UFO was the first proper gig I went to), but can't listen to it at home as it brings back bad memories for my wife so I don't listen to it much. Like you though, I was not really that much of a fan of their studio albums.

We do does your mother know - generally towards the end as it goes down so well.