SubsonicSimpleton

The main thing that devalues the historic brands like Fender, Gibson and Rickenbacker is their own inability to apply meaningful consistent quality control to their products IMHO. Unfortunately lots of people hold the view that certain brands are "legit" and you are not a proper musician if you don't play a "legit" instrument - always cracks me up that Slash who has probably done more for Gibson sales than any other individual in the last 25 years played a fake Les Paul in the heyday of GnR.

As no one has posted this yet...... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ODN1c_6ik[/media] hilarious rage against the clank stick But in the interests of restoking the GAS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xoj1zX1_F0

This just popped up on jmb, might suit the OP http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/guitarist-required-and-a-bass-player-chap-t871584.html Also an ad on partysounds for a prog band seeking a bass player, search for ad reference 141595 (I can't link the ad directly) http://www.partysounds.co.uk/v3/mca-search.php

If you have a local model engineers society (the sort of old guys that like to build miniature steam engines) I'm sure someone would be able to whip up a new ferrule from a bit of brass and identify the correct thread for a replacement machine screw. If you are really OCD, and would be unable to live with an unplated brass ferrule, just buy a new tuner.

Well apologies for the lateness of my acceptance speech, but thanks very much for the positive comments and taking the time to listen and vote. I'm a bit puzzled why the noodle challenge isn't more popular, the very loose rule of 1 minute of bass really means you can set your own challenge within a challenge(if you want to) or just have a bit of fun, and it's interesting to hear how everyone approaches this differently.

+1 for the J-tone - I can't offer any comparative experience with other pickups, but I've been getting very good results with mine. Had to spend a little time getting the fit in the bridge right for optimum sound, and it sounds very natural by piezo standards, to my ears.

The amount of ins/outs you need is largely dictated by your work process for recording; If you are going to be recording one track at a time in a series of overdubs, then you need either 1 input for mono sources or two for a stereo pair. If you intend on recording multiple sound sources at the same time then you need more inputs. You will need 2 outputs for montoring, many interfaces also have a separate headphone socket - you only need more than two outputs if you are going to mixdown/process/reamp tracks through outboard equipment or you need to be able to provide multiple different monitoring mixes for tracking multiple musicians at the same time. Something with a similar spec to the Steinberg UR22 gives all the I/O you would need for home recording - 2xmic/line ins with phantom power, two outs for monitors, midi I/O, headphone socket for direct monitoring the input signal. The midi functionality is useful for using older midi foot controllers, control surfaces, sound modules and keyboards, although a lot of the newer control devices offer USB connectivity. edit:Always remember to check for compatibility issues - the Steinberg UR22 is known to have issues with certain mac OS versions - stable operation should be top of the shopping list IMHO

You might want to try running your guitar through an amp sim plugin in your DAW before you start dumping money on other hardware - I'm not up on all the latest stuff(my DAW and plugins are 10 years old), but you might want to look into LePou ampsims (free and well regarded) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L8iXXl9dpE and the free version of amplitube for starters.

So it's not buy a new bass/amp/cab, proclaim it to be the best thing since sliced bread and then post it for sale in the classifieds two weeks later?

You still have till midnight, plenty of time.

Cheers Rob, I thought that as we'd already had slapping this month, I'd try to up the ante of socially unacceptable musical practices by including a drum solo (of sorts)

And noodled https://soundcloud.com/user-623375481/almost-st-thomas

Been discussed before, here are some links, hope they help http://basschat.co.uk/topic/265683-squier-precision-tuner-upgrades/ http://basschat.co.uk/topic/282025-squier-cv-precision-machine-heads/

How loud do you need to be in the rockabilly band? Do they have a specific image in mind for the DB? Are you expected to climb on the DB? Duke make pro quality ply DBs (a few members on here own them or have used them long term) that look the part and sound good - Rabbie and Artisan spring immediately to mind as Duke players, and there are good quality vids of them using their Dukes on youtube, they would be well qualified to advise about feedback resistance etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwelbZ08TMU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvbcaC98qa0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_HDnDun9so

Bunch of trace manuals can be found here http://www.britishaudioservice.com/#!trace-manuals/c1mt9

If your cab contains two drivers which each have a nominal impedance of 4 ohms, you can wire them in series to make the load that the amp sees 8 ohms, if they are wired in parallel they will present a load of 2 ohms to the amp.

One finger per fret is asking a lot of your physiology that low on the neck, especially if you don't use light strings and a very low action. The answer IMHO is to use Simandl double bass fingering (index, middle, pinky(supported by ring) spanning 3 frets) and shift your whole hand using the thumb as a pivot rather than trying to stretch your fingers and remain in one fixed position, and only use one finger per fret higher up the neck where doing so is comfortable - of course different people have different hand and body structures, so there isn't a one-size fits all approach. Tell your teacher that what they asked you to do hurts, if they insist you persist in hurting yourself, get a better teacher pronto IMHO.

Are you attempting to play 1 finger per fret?

Saw the poster and thread title and expected to be entertained with hi-jinx involving feaces. Very disappointing

Interesting result, I assumed that the Markbass combo would have been running very inefficiently with such a small enclosure volume for the combo speaker and would have opened the gap a bit when using the same cab for both amps. How loud (db) does the B15 get before distortion becomes unavoidable?

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1460910792' post='3029721'] It's Mr Anthony!!!! It's 82 lbs according to the spec on the website, my plan is for Ampeg b15 on ground floor gigs, markbass stack for anything above ground level, although to be honest, it doesn't seem that heavy.... [/quote] My bad, must have looked at the spec for the heritage when I posted, still too heavy for solo load in/out for my back/knees however - I've got an old peavey which has similar weight and dimensions, but it has only ever done duty as a rehearsal room amp, because it is such hard work to move from one place to another.

B15's are sexy amps, but IMHO the issue is more likely to be weight and bulk making shlepping it about an issue - 99lbs is just too damn heavy(for me at least) for regular gig usage if you don't have roadies to move it for you.

You could just get a simple enclosure and make a passive pedal - easy to experiment with component values, instantly reversible, and no chance of damaging your instruments electronics. The advantage with this aproach is that you can play with options such as rotary switches to give you the choice of multiple capacitor values (like the tonestyler), different tone pot values etc.

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1460833476' post='3029252'] Well this may not be the most scientific experiment in the world, but it's the best I have. I A / B volume tested the two amps with a decibel monitor placed about 20 foot away, 30 watts of Ampeg and the left, 300 watts of Mark bass on the right...(the Ampeg certainly wins out on sexiness!!) [url="http://s1366.photobucket.com/user/chrisanthony1611/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps4lwkr7tp.jpeg.html"][/url] The Mark bass got to 94 / 95 decibels at about three quarters volume, it was sounding stressed and maxed out and I certainly wasn't going to take it any higher, and it didn't really get much louder after 12 o clock, and the quality of the sound was certainly degenerating. The Ampeg was quite happy being maxed out and sounded great from 1 through to 10, and that maxed out at 93 / 94 decibels, which I think is about 10% less volume than the Mark bass. As I said, not the most scientific test in the world, but tells a story, I've not gigged it yet, that comes next Saturday in a function room at a pub which will be a test as our drummer is not the quietest..... Oh, and my favourite channel,on the Ampeg is the 1964 channel which is only 25 watt...... When I bought it off Beadster he said it was surprisingly loud, and he was right, gets me thinking about those watts though!,, [/quote] I suspect your test shows more about the efficiency of the cab/driver combinations in each combo at turning watts into db than whether the B15(or valve watts) is somehow magically louder - you would need to run both amps through the same cab to get a meaningful comparison.

Before you decide on what guitar to buy, give some thought to what sort of music you are interested in playing - if you use a guitar that is well suited to the style of music you want to play, it will make life easier both in terms of physical execution and getting the sound you want. And absolutely you are not too old - but you do need to be willing to put in some focussed quality practice time (rather than noodling on the sofa while watching the tele) if you want to make progress.