chriswareham

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1465139886' post='3065548'] There simply isn't such a thing as a future-proof audio interface. The only way to do it would be to stop updating any of your software including the OS. [/quote] Not true with class compliant USB devices. I recently had to install Windows 10 on a spare laptop so I could use an obscure MIDI utility. My ancient USB MIDI interface (circa 2002 or 2003) worked fine because it's class comp!isn't.

Mid to late 1990s, formed a punk/goth band and called it Wasp Factory. We got an indie recording deal, and were all set to go into the studio when NME had a gushing write up of an unremarkable indie band called ... The Wasp Factory. So we became Complicity. We shouldn't have bothered with the name change as the indie band went nowhere. An acquaintance, now sadly departed, had a band called Altered States which he formed in the 1980s and which he later reformed in the 1990s (with a bassist who went on to become the Complicity guitarist funnily enough). He registered the name, and I know for sure he stopped at least one other band using the name.

Played the White Horse in High Wycombe when it was a biker pub. We were on after the strippers ...

Hmm, I'll try moving the whole stack into the next room and seeing if the noise disappears.

The inference is usually enough, and I suspect the police really turned up to prevent a breach of the peace or assault.

Played one of the Chinese made Hofner versions a couple of weeks ago just for a bit of a laugh. Now I actually want one! Turned out to be a really nice short scale bass, and I would so love to see the looks on peoples faces as I play one in my doomy, stonerish metal band :-D

I'm wondering if anyone has any insight into why I might be getting a weird buzz from my amp at 40Hz (open E string) and 80Hz (E on seventh fret of A string). This only happens at home, not at rehearsals or gigs, so I guess it could be something to do with the electrical supply at my house. Could it be a ground loop problem? I know this normally manifests itself around 50Hz, but I thought it might be a possibility.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1465139672' post='3065544'] You guess wrong. I have been in that situation. Found the oik responsible after reporting it to the police and them doing nowt. Rang the police to tell them I would be round at the oiks place at 06:00hrs the next morning with a few mates. Guess who was being led away to a police car when we arrived at 05:47hrs? [/quote] You're very lucky they didn't arrest you for threatening behaviour.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1465124568' post='3065421'] I, too, am absolutely amazed that this has not been dealt with via the police. You know the guys name, you know the area in which he lives, the three local shops know him. What's the problem? The choice is simple: Call the police or send the boys round to sort it. Job done! [/quote] I guess you've not been in a similar situation. I have - involving my car which was removed from my parking bay without my permission - and the police were no help at all. As for sending the boys round, it's potentially satisfying but fraught with risks and likely to get you in more bother than the thief. I again speak from experience, having had tenants in my flat who stopped paying rent and then overstayed their contracted tenancy. In that case I wasn't even legally allowed to enter my own flat!

I've had a bass smashed by ParcelFarce, with clear signs the double walled box had received a sharp impact as well as boot prints where it had been trodden on. Despite this PF dismissed my claim and refused to refund the cost of the enhanced compensation that I'd been sold by the Post Office staff (who asked what was in the box but still sold me insurance I couldn't claim on). The recipient had photographed the damage before opening the box, which had been delivered to and signed for by the recipient's neighbour despite the recipient being in all day (it was a commercial premises). Cucking funts.

The printed sheet that comes with the pedal has the sample settings for the lead guitar version, but the online PDF on the Beringer website has the bass settings.

I love lizard skin (fake stuff, I wouldn't want the real thing), and even have one arm tattooed in a snake skin pattern. I could totally see me rocking a bass with this finish. There is the rather lovely Duesenberg snake skin finished bass, but that's way out of my price range ...

"New" Music? They been around for over twenty years. Glad to see Radio 1 still has it's finger as far as ever from the pulse of modern music.

USB is 5 volts. How are they going to prevent their charger potentially destroying standards compliant devices?

I find that the kind of high frequencies from ride cymbals causes a "spike" in my tinnitus. I now where ear plugs that are more heavy duty and reusable compared to the single use yellow foam ones. They definitely help. A friend also has the two part goo for making moulded ear plugs, I'll find out where he got it from because it was a fraction of the price of the branded kits.

I like that, reminds me of the equally impractical Vox teardrop basses that I also have a soft spot for. Actually, I think Eko were responsible for Vox guitars when production moved from the UK.

Anyone know what Acoustic Control Corporation did to make their solid state amps sound so good compared to other SS models of the day? I think mine runs internally at 70v which suggests limitations similar to the early tranny amps, but it's very loud, with lots of bottom end and not much noise.

Theo Argiriadis http://www.tube-electronics.co.uk/. He modified and overhauled my Sound City amp, and is currently converting my Acoustic 140 to UK mains voltage. He can be a bit choosy about the work he takes on, depending on how much custom kit he's building at the time, but is a genius.

Even if you don't like his music, you have to admire his talent. This was a guy who had a studio engineer on a retainer for the frequent bursts of creativity he had, when he'd want to record regardless of the time of day or night. There are allegedly hours of complete recordings that he's accumulated over the years but which have never been heard outside of Paisley Park. He genuinely lived for and through music.

My first was a pointy headstock, Korean made Aria. Neck was too narrow at the nut, and really deep, making it awkward to play. The headstock snapped off and I binned it. I still have my second bass, a short scale semi acoustic made from Eko parts by Brandoni, and bought from Macaris in Charing Cross Road as my 21st birthday present from my parents. Lovely neck and huge "piano" like tone from the body and dual humbuckers. Love it, and had it completely restored by the Gallery a few years ago. They did such an amazing job that I'm in no way ashamed to say I had to quickly leave the shop as I welled up with tears of happiness!

I'd love to know what else he's got lurking in storage. Let me know if you don't mind me tagging along if you do pay him a visit, I'm not far from your neck of the woods over in Enfield Town.

Thought I'd already posted a "defence" of Carlsbro combos in this thread, but can't seem to find it. My first amp was a Cobra 90, and it was great - bought it from a friend who got an excellent tone from it with his active bass. Didn't sound quite as good with my passive bass, but with a 15" speaker and decent EQ it was perfect for pub gigs. A band I liked even did a gig at the Birmingham NEC with one - Taru from Sunshot - and she had a great bass sound.

With my current band, I have a Darkglass B3K switched on almost all the time for a nasty, Lemmy kind of sound. The exceptions are two songs, our slow one which I use no effects on, and a track called Hail Hydra that has an EH Clone Theory chorus on it: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDtY1Ev2-Kg[/media]