Happy Jack

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1396548207' post='2415004'] My point exactly. I pointed to the various members of staff the nearest thing to what I wanted. Even if Rolf Harris drew it for them, they would not understand [/quote] Ray, please tell me that you didn't ask: "Can you tell what it is yet?"

Breath akimbo? [size=5][i][b]Breath akimbo???[/b][/i][/size]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1396541911' post='2414910'] That's not Maplins, that's women. *Runs away* [/quote]

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1396541107' post='2414893'] Why does a simple question have to turn into someone explaining their life story to me? [/quote] Taking that big leather couch with you everywhere you go is probably a bad idea.

The Flight Of The Double Bass? http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com/score/BumbleeBass.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1o9KKdstFQ

I thought the OP wanted a pedal to delay the onset of GAS ...

This video has been removed by the user. That went well ...

Hmmm .. like all good April Fools it has an underlying logic that ain't so daft.

Do remember to replace the Trace-Elliott 4x10 and the 50lb valve amp while you're at it ...

I think that constipation is the thief of time.

I'm surprised so many are taking this seriously. It's clearly a wind-up, guys.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battle-Rope-Battling-Rope-Boot-Camp-Rope/201059812942?_trksid=p3984.c100018.m2045&_trkparms=aid%3D333008%26algo%3DRIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140116134642%26meid%3D5807206625096147150%26pid%3D100018%26prg%3D20140116134642%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D291105229922

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1396008089' post='2408912'] Yes. Did a gig last year after a bit of a break and was mortified to find it had been recorded and was up on YouTube the next day. I'm fairly sure we didn't give any permission for that one. Very annoying as the audio and video quality were extremely poor. Plus I looked like a pensioner having a stroke while wearing gardening trousers at a chimps tea-party, but I can't really blame anyone else but myself and the band for that (I hadn't had my afternoon nap so was a bit grumpy). [/quote] Link?

Yup. There on the Friday.

The parking is seriously rubbish around Hammersmith unless you know the area pretty well. Assuming that you'll be heading for Swindon afterwards you'll want to be sure to park west of Hammersmith with decent access to the M4. That's harder than you might think, especially with major engineering works screwing up the District Line this weekend - though the Piccadilly Line is fine. You could do worse than somewhere like the top end of Bollo Lane in Acton, take the Piccadilly Line one stop to Hammersmith. On the way back, when you get back to your car drive West on Gunnersbury Lane, then South on Gunnersbury Avenue, and within five minutes you're on Chiswick Roundabout.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1396001010' post='2408778'] It's the modern equivilent of someone showing you through books and books of holiday photos... Look how exciting my life is! Are you jelous yet? [/quote] +1

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1396000918' post='2408775'] Oh gawd, I'm getting so confused now. This is an interesting thread on Talkbass: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/di-recommendations-behringer-ultra-di-di100-606401/"]http://www.talkbass....i-di100-606401/[/url] " You don't want a DI, because 90% of the time they do not boost! That's not what a DI is for." Can I check my BDI-21 at home without a desk to see if it's working? If I plug my bass into the BDI "IN" and then run an XLR from the BDI into my Compact, should I expect to get some giggable volume? I'll go and try it now while my missus is at the stables and report back... [/quote][quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1396000918' post='2408775'] Oh gawd, I'm getting so confused now. This is an interesting thread on Talkbass: [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f36/di-recommendations-behringer-ultra-di-di100-606401/"]http://www.talkbass....i-di100-606401/[/url] " You don't want a DI, because 90% of the time they do not boost! That's not what a DI is for." Can I check my BDI-21 at home without a desk to see if it's working? If I plug my bass into the BDI "IN" and then run an XLR from the BDI into my Compact, should I expect to get some giggable volume? I'll go and try it now while my missus is at the stables and report back... [/quote] A passive DI box is not a pre-amp, and certainly not a power amp! Go back to basics. The signal chain for a backline rig is: Bass --> pre-amp --> power amp --> speaker cabinet If you want to go through the PA, the signal chain is: Bass --> DI box (producing a balanced signal through an XLR cable --> mixer pre-amp --> power amp --> PA cabs You can do all sorts of things with different types of DI boxes, including (with some types) boosting the signal, but a bog-standard passive DI box won't boost, amplify or change the signal other than to convert it from a 1/4" jack unbalanced signal into an XLR balanced signal. That allows you to plug the signal into a PA channel strip intended for use with vocal microphones. Strips like that include a powerful and (usually) pretty reasonable pre-amp. Alternatively, you can plug your bass into a DI box using a 1/4" jack instrument cable as usual, and then run another 1/4" jack instrument cable to one of the line level channel strips on the PA. Strips like that include a less-powerful but (usually) pretty reasonable pre-amp. IMHO the ONLY way you can test this stuff at home is if you have some sort of mixer at home with you. You can't test a DI box by plugging it into your backline. Given how cheap rehearsal room time is (even in London most places charge roughly £10 an hour) why don't you just set aside the first hour of your next rehearsal specifically for equipment testing and working out which settings do what?

[quote name='Mark Dyer' timestamp='1395947487' post='2408334'] Off to see George Porter tomorrow in Manc, I'll let you know how it went... [/quote] Got a small crew together to see him at The Borderline in London on Sunday ... saw him exactly a year ago in Philadelphia with The Metermen, absolutely outstanding. He's still got it.

If the problem is the Transformer, why doesn't it turn itself into something else, like something like really cool, you know like, like maybe a speedboat or a spaceship with like special laser weapons and stuff?

Yup, I'll be there, so will Bluejay, and I'm sure some others too.

He managed to spot that this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8EotTtv2GU was lurking somewhere inside this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVJMMT9nXRI

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1395929948' post='2408083'] That's what National Socialism was all about. [/quote]

Yes, it works exactly the same as any other bass. If it's a pukka German-made hollow-body (i.e. not a CT or an Icon or similar) then it's worth bearing in mind that it's nowhere near as fragile as it feels - those basses are actually very well-constructed and strong. I'd recommend adjusting the truss-rod only in 1/8th turns though. The neck on a shortscale tends to move much less than on a longscale. I haven't adjusted the trussrod on my '64 in years.