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[quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1443599657' post='2875991'] I thought it was going to be Angel of Death by Slayer - still different strokes 'n all that [/quote] I was thinking of[i] Mexican Radio[/i] by Wall of Voodoo, but the same applies

Anyhow, congrats to @discreet on the new MB200. I very nearly bought one myself, but decided I wanted the toys that the 500 offered.

Interesting that GK seem to have changed the illuminated push pull switches with toggles for controls like the -10db cut on both models since I got mine.

[quote name='dodgnofski' timestamp='1443527272' post='2875504']Although there is only one speaker output, I think it is a dual Spakon / 1/4" Jack - so you never get caught out if you forget your Speakon lead[/quote] YMMV. As I discovered after I bought mine a couple of years ago, they changed the MB500 to Speakon-only and lost the 1/4" jack socket in the middle, even though the manual still referred to it. It's quite possible they've value engineered the MB200 in the same way. Edit: though I'm happy to be corrected if anyone has a recently manufactured one.

<super pedantic>but he did also own a 5 string</super pedantic> [url="http://www.ricksuchow.com/press-group-248.html"]jamerson 1979: the guitar player interview[/url] [quote][i]How many basses do you own?[/i] Four. I have an old German upright, a Fender 5-string, a Hagstrom 8-string, and the Precision.[/quote]

I seem to have just bought one. Thanks for the heads up.

I think we can resolve this. There's a story that Geoff Emerick tells about [i]Something [/i]in an interview with Music Radar about the making of Abbey Road. [url="http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/beatles-engineer-geoff-emerick-on-abbey-road-219542"]http://www.musicrada...bey-road-219542[/url] [quote]"Paul started playing a bass line that was a little elaborate, and George told him, 'No, I want it simple.' Paul complied. There wasn't any disagreement about it, but I did think that such a thing would never happened in years past. George telling Paul how to play the bass? Unthinkable! But this was George's baby, and everybody knew it was an instant classic."[/quote] So, I'm reading that as George got his way and the recorded version [i]is[/i] the simpler bass line, which would account for[list] [*]why the story is floating about that George thought Paul's playing was too busy [*]why he was happy for Klaus Voorman to play almost exactly the same line at the Bangladesh concert [/list]

I thought it was going to be a Small Faces cover

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1443344742' post='2873922']That 185 should never be prone to feedback unless there's a specific issue.[/quote] Ah, yes, I forgot the Galxie is a solid body. That's a bit odd then.

My Hofner Verithin will do feedback at the drop of a hat when playing loud You have three options 1) Careful muting of the strings with your fingers 2) I have found you can notch out troublesome frequencies with EQ to minimise the feedback 3) Go with it and use the feedback for a drone note (which I used to do a lot with one of my old bands)

FWIW this guy on Flickr seems to have the same model and doesn't think much of it https://www.flickr.com/#/photos/lord_mudshark/sets/72057594077196720/

Ta. I may well give them a chance. I've my eye on some Ernie Ball Slinky cobalt flats, too, so I think I may put them head to head on The Stingray after payday and see which I prefer.

Eric Faulkner's been touring with his own version of the Rollers recently. Conspicuously absent from this one.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1443011157' post='2871407'] Please God ... why, Why WHY??? [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34323112"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-34323112[/url] [/quote] It says why right there in the article... [quote=BBC][color=#404040][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Announcing the reunion at a press conference in Glasgow, singer Les McKeown joked: "You think we're doing it for money but we're doing it for the glory of Scotland and the glory of the tartan.[/quote][/size][/font][/color] [color=#404040][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] [/size][/font][/color][color=#404040][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=4] [/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='Grahambythesea' timestamp='1442845709' post='2869930'] Bass Collection do an excellent tribute to Jaco's Jazz with no scratch plate called the Portrait. Check out bass centre.com. [/quote] I am beginning to feel like it would be nice if someone was making cheap-ish fretless Jazz basses that [i]aren't[/i] Jaco tributes with no scratch plate.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1442854714' post='2870036']Tom Waits[/quote] ... or possibly Serge Gainsbourg

[quote name='Alec' timestamp='1442911403' post='2870359']Counter to any previous experience with bass rigs, the bass is the heaviest item, followed by the head, followed by the cab - how often has this ever been the case...[/quote] It does seem to run counter to the natural order of things. Burn the Brighton heretics!

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1442913577' post='2870385']That said i dod sell a hartke cab once and years ago a Session combo but only after years of use. [/quote] A Sessionette 100 by any chance? I used to torture one badly with extended bass feedback drones on my Hofner Verithin. Amazed it carried on working sometimes.

[quote name='lonestar' timestamp='1442848829' post='2869969'] Ivor Cutler [/quote] +1

Possibly a controversial choice here, but Kate Bush seems to (almost) always have one track on each of her albums that makes me cringe. Case in point: [i]Experiment IV[/i], which was the bonus '[color=#252525][font=sans-serif]previously unreleased track[/font][/color]' on [i]The Whole Story[/i] greatest hits, which leaves me embarrassed for her every time I hear it. I think there's a similar example on just about every other album she's put out. [i]There Goes a Tenner[/i] sticks out on the otherwise magnificent [i]The Dreaming.[/i] Lots of other examples to be found. Oddly, [i]The Hounds of Love[/i] is entirely free from such aberrations, which is probably why it's my favourite KB album.

As of a couple of weeks ago, it's been all about my new fretless Stingray 5; running through every song I know with it, and learning quite a few new ones just for kicks. I know from past experience that once I get on a fretless buzz, I will attempt to do absolutely *everything* with a fretless and usually get away with it My Sabre has been taking something of a back seat.

[quote name='Old_Ben' timestamp='1442654443' post='2868466'] could always try in ear monitor system our vocalist swears by it, there are some good things out there and they dont take up much room in the van/cars [/quote] And IEMs would eliminate any problems with feedback

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1442593869' post='2868116'] Ah, the Westone Thunder! Good spot, sir - you certainly know your 80s guitars. [/quote] I had it easy - a Thunder 1A bass belonging to my best mate at school was probably the first bass I ever laid my hands on. 35 years later we are still playing in a band together and the same bass lives on the wall in his recording studio.

That Westone Thunder guitar looks precariously balanced too - a slight jog of the cables on the floor will send it over.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1442567292' post='2867794'] There are a lot of British bands who could do with putting in the time. Many of the guys you see playing in pubs and clubs have no groove and are plainly not listening to each other or playing as a unit. Hopefully if you had to play for 4 hours a night the bad and indifferent players would fall by the way side and the whole music scene would improve. [/quote] From my (admittedly limited) experience of watching bands play in bars in Chicago, DC and Virginia, the standard of musicianship in the US is considerably higher than it is in their equivalents in the UK. I've usually put that down to the fact that they are playing much long sets together and consequently 'putting in the time'. As a casual, corollary observation: it does seem that US audiences are much more [i]into[/i] the idea of watching a band play live in a pub/bar than most I've experienced in the UK, certainly round London and the South East*. Americans do seem to be more inclined to dance at the drop of a hat and actually engage with what's going on on stage rather than hiding in a corner with their pint and talking over the music, or standing at the back of the venue with their arms folded and an 'entertain me, then, I dare you' look on their faces. Of course, it's possible there's a bit of a positive feedback loop here: better bands make people more inclined to dance, etc. * from the times I've played north of the border, Scottish audiences are generally more responsive. I am, however, amazed at the low rates of pay all that time put in generates if this is typical [quote name='blue' timestamp='1442550625' post='2867694'] While we get our share of the good festival & fair gigs in the Summer were are still classified as a regional bar band. Here's the deal for all of our bar gigs and I have 2 this weekend; 1. 4 hours with two 15 minute breaks 2. $100.00 a man minimum ( we won't turn the key for less)[/quote]