Lenny B

Sad news - I learned so much from this guy, what a groove, what a player

I've stumbled on quite a few of these recently - I think they're brilliant, there's so much great playing and production. Favourite ones so far are Eric Clapton soloed on While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Ringo on Oh Darling

I've a MIJ '75R Jazz, maple with roundwounds, and a MIJ '72R P, rosewood with flats. I don't think I can choose one over the other, I need 'em both.

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1330800459' post='1563251'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pws0ITGyogo[/media] First time I heard Floyd, 13th birthday present. [/quote] And me - I was there, right near the front, age 14 - had never seen or heard anything quite like that before

I was going to go, but couldn't get kid cover. It would only have sent me down an unnecessary GAS spiral, which I couldn't remotely justify at the moment

[quote name='WalMan' timestamp='1330797940' post='1563212'] Nicked the idea off the BP in a Floyd trib band I saw a couple of weeks back [/quote] Well they nicked it from Floyd - that's what they did on the recording

Big fan, not really of anything past The Wall, but just been through a huge Animals phase again. I did a 45 minute Floyd set for a mate's party a few weeks ago, was terrific fun - did Dogs, Astronomy Domine, Shine On VI-VIII, Run Like Hell - last time we did Sheep, Money, Have a Cigar - nothing I'd call boring, because even when it's simple, it's still got to drive it... (Next time will be Pigs, One of these Days and Arnold Layne...) I've also been listening to a lot of the live 70's stuff - the Wembley 74 concert (on the remastered DSOTM and WYWH albums) is incredible (especially, well, all of it - the early version of Dogs / You've Got To be Crazy is superb, and the DSOTM is the best version I've heard), and also bootlegs from the 77 Animals tour (especially Oakland). It's all on YouTube, amazing. (The drummer we used is an old friend from my jazz/funk band days - he noted how after working through 5-string Warwicks and Musicmen, 15 years later I'm back to a 4-string Fender P with a pick. Sounds great for the gig...)

Please delete, thanks

Great basses - I'm still playing mine 20 years on (but I don't remember them being £600, I thought £3-400) And I measured mine against my strat, and I think it is indeed based on a strat body (originally made from spare ones, I heard once)

Piper at the Gates of Bump...

Delicate Sound of Bump

Dark Side of the Bump

I'm playing a set of Floyd songs on 4th Feb in London for a mate's party, and the keyboard player now doesn't think he can make it. Anyone in a PF tribute band not playing that night who could loan me their keyboard player for the night? Should be a fun set, got some good players otherwise... Fingers crossed...

Do many other fuzzes have a clean blend? That looks a useful option

That does look good...

I started Yoga a year ago - it's done wonders for my back and posture

[quote name='pantherairsoft' timestamp='1324856749' post='1478187'] Do you have any extra power supplies or batteres? Try powering one pedal on a battery and everything else on a supply. See if anything changes. Then power that pedal again and do another off a battery. Is likely not due to a noisy pedal but this process will let you iron out that possibility. Compressor near the end of a chain = bad is noise bothers you. As mentioned. Ground noise can come from anything. Often from the fridge etc! What kind of noise is it? Hum, buzz or hiss? [/quote] Thanks all - I've only the one power supply, but will try batteries and a different socket to see if that makes any difference. It's hiss more than hum, but with each pedal having a different pitch to the hiss. The surprising thing for me was the hiss present even without the compressor on - will think about adding that later, but then the filter can get a bit peaky... Will experiment, cheers

Merry Xmas everyone Bit of advice required - I've been doing some recording over the last few days, and I didn't previously realise the amount of noise in my chain. I'm using pretty quality pedals, so I've been surprised at the levels coming through. The chain is; Boss TU2, MXR Bass Octave Deluxe, MXR Bass Envelope Filter, Demeter Compulator, Danelectro Reel Echo; all powered with a Diago powerstation, and using short, decent cables. I know that having the compressor later in the signal builds up the hiss, but I find it helps the sound following the filter+octave, and even when it's off the BOD and BEF are still surprisingly noisy. Any tips? Anything I should try? The MXRs are quite new and I've not recorded with them before, but they're much noisier then I expected... Thanks