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I'm not saying it isn't, just wondering why players who have been well known for decades for playing their styles, need to be asked "so do you play slap?". And if they answer with something negative (I'm sure I've seen the word HATE there), why isn't it edited out? Wouldn't it be better to ask them if/how they practice, tips for gigs etc? I would dislike it just as much, if it was a slapper talking about how much he hates plectrums.

I have no idea why the bassists from Offspring and Europe have been asked whether they play slap. Was it so they could have the opportunity to say how much they hate it and how it's only noise, not music? Or was the interviewer unprepared, so went with the most obvious question for interviewing random bass players: "so... do you play slap?". I guess you wouldn't ask Marcus Miller if he sometimes lowers his bass to knee level and bangs it with a pick... I don't play slap myself, but it's irritating when I have to read several times in a single issue how wrong it is to do so. Why spread the hatred?

Tried one on the last rehearsal - the singer bought it and put it in his little studio where we practice. I share Stealth's view on it. Haven't tried the TonePrint thingy, but even without it it's a pretty amazing piece of kit for the price. Sounds really nice, is loud and nicely put together, has good EQ and DI. I like.

Haven't tried the Ibanez, but my band's singer (who's also a member here) bought the BG250 recently and I've played last rehearsal through it. Quality piece of kit. Nice overall quality feel, effective EQ, certainly loud enough for most situations, good DI (we've been recording new song ideas). Didn't play with the TonePrint thingy, even without it's worth the price though. As stated above, EBS Session are really good (I've tried the 60W one a couple of years back) and I like the look, sound and general concept even more, but they look a bit expensive compared to the TC in power to price regard.

Funny, just a couple of hours ago I was cleaning the house and I found TWO of those DVDs in one of the boxes that stuff from Thomann.de came in. And after that I saw the video also in my Youtube subscriptions, uploaded by Warwick people Is the universe trying to tell me something?

wow, beautiful dense grained quartersawn neck <3 Saved it to watched, I'll see tomorrow how the bidding goes.

Well... As standard, 5- and 6-string SS1 have a 20mm spacing at the bridge. It can be adjusted +/- a couple mm, but a 5- or 6-string Streamer Stage 1 will have a noticeably wider neck than say a 5- or 6-string Streamer LX. Fact. Of course there's still the Custom Shop will all its options etc.

Bought a Demeter Compulator from Ed. Good communication and very quick shipping! I do recommend making deals with him

Hi Zak, I paid 300 pounds recently here for an Ashdown rig consisting of a ABM500 evo II head and a ABM410T cab (both made in the UK). So deals can be found I am aware that they (deals) aren't always as good as that one, but I'm pretty sure there is a ABM combo with 410 speakers for sale now here. Some people dislike Ashdown, I do like its sound and versatility. It can go from very clean to very grindy, usually sounds quite warm, but kinda fast and punchy. That is my recommendation then Older Trace Elliot amps and cabs go quite cheap too, should be possible to complete a rig within your budget. Few days ago there was a fun little rig here (older black Hartke 3500 with ABM4x8 cab) for something like 160 quid. Look around

Uhh... sorted. It was just a bad connection in the DC jack. I managed to see a tech unexpectedly quickly and it turned out to be a one minute resoldering job. Works brilliantly now! Which is a relief as Ed (the basschatter who I bought the pedal from) is on holidays and hard to reach.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1342105472' post='1729695'] Plenty money - and shame ............ when it's warranted. I'm just not about to fork out a fiver for a magazine full of opinions by either nameless wonders most folk have never heard of or never will again in a few months time - or revues about planks of wood which have never been near a craftsman in their entire existence. The kind of folk who buy a magazine just because they did the month before are the same kind of folk that play a mass produced plank because a lot of other folk play mass produced planks. There's a big difference between scanning the pages to see what's worth reading with an intention to buy if something is spotted - and using a shop as a library. The stacks of old guitar & bass mags in my loft will testify to that - as well as the three articles I've been asked to write - and had published. [/quote] Exactly. I do buy magazines that interest me, but I always flick through them before. There's a lot of subjects I'm interested in, if I was to buy all the magazines (that I buy sometimes) every month, it would be hundreds of pounds monthly. Like, I buy a photography magazine if I see a good test of an interesting camera, or a feature on some interesting techniques, or sometimes even just for a good picture that I know I will enjoy looking at. But sometimes there's none of those for me. So why buy without scanning first? To show that I have money and shame? I have no shame. I have money, but I worked hard for it, and I respect it, won't give it away in exchange for something that I can have no use for or no enjoyment from.

I bought the Compulator from a user here, it arrived this morning. Unfortunately, there is so much noise that it makes it unusable. I've used this model before, and while it wasn't entirely noise-free, the noise was negligible and only happening at really high compression settings. Here's what happening: When I power the comp with a generic Boss-type psu through the adapter (supplied together with the pedal by the seller), there is a very loud, constant-pitched noise, almost as loud as the sounds I make with my bass. My suspicion is, as Compulator seems to work on a reversed polarity, that may be the problem. I don't really understand those electronic issues though. Is it possible that powering the pedal with a wrong polarity psu causes such a noise? Would a polarity-reversing-adapter solve it? The psu is probably not the greatest quality, but works with Boss and Digitech pedals. Now with the battery, there is no such noise, but there is a completely different one. Not constant, sometimes completely silent, sometimes a slight sough/sizzle, sometimes irregular cracks, clicks and pops, some of them really loud. The battery is new and good quality. Now, at both situations the general compression action seems to be unaffected, it does the job as I remember it should, there is just that noise accompanying it. The levels of the noises are also unaffected by tweaking the knobs on the pedal. I won't be able to do any shopping or see a tech anytime soon due to work schedules, I also don't want to assume that the pedal itself is faulty. The seller is on holidays now and unable to receive messages. Any thoughts?

Hey Spluker, do you still have that sexy japanese jazz?

I was working as a waiter the other weekend on a function organized by a cricket club in a countryside near Swindon, there was a very good band, I chatted with the bassist a bit. Today I bought the new issue of BGM, where Paul Geary is mentioned a couple of times, and I think it was him! He played a 4-string jazz-style white Overwater bass (said that it was the first time in a long time that he was giggin with a four string) and an Orange rig, Terror Bass head and two of those funny 2x12 cabs that look like 1x12s (again, he said it was his first time gigging those). The guy sounded and played seriously good. They played some old r&b and soul covers, and it was a pleasure to listen to it.

I just bought the new issue, and I like what I see so far...

Another kind of alternative - you can play an octave higher through a distortion pedal and an octaver behind it. Less satisfying, as the original sound/articulation of the bass is lost, but can fill some of those spaces ocasionally.

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1341525217' post='1720634'] You don't look very punk Such. Punk also isn't about prissy explanations either. Fretless not punk. [/quote] Neither do you I don't, because I'm not. Still, I feel that large part of it is all about going against the grain. And if OP felt that this particular instrument choice is something he feels curious about trying, I want to encourage him. Especially loving fretless as much as I do. Peace

Do it! Play fretless in a punk band for the sole reason that someone just said that it's not appropriate. Unless you agree that punk is all about rules, traditions and convenanses, then a P-bass is a wise choice. Other than that, a Jazz Bass, as the name implies is quite perfect for punk.

when it comes to lined to unlined fretless basses, I feel the same thing as Lee Sklar - my intonation is noticeably better on unlined. Maybe because on lined, I "listen" to the pitch with my eyes, while on unlined I don't have that crutch.