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[quote name='bobbytodd' post='1300097' date='Jul 11 2011, 05:00 PM']you seem to have no luck when it comes to new gear[/quote] Cuz 'e don't play it first! Do you Gareth I was roundly told recently that I should PLAY an instrument before buying it. I felt I hadn't got time for that, the options are far fewer because I've bought all my sh*t online for the last few years, you fall in love with a pretty colour and a promise of a great action and sound. You end up usually disappointed. I went to Nevada Music, tried a bunch of guitars, talked to the guy in the shop, and I bought a diamond (well mrs silddx bought it for me actually ), it sounds and feels beautiful and I love it. I'd never have bought it online because it's the wrong colour, I don't trust Fender QC, and I didn't know what a Fender American Deluxe V-Neck feels like (f***ing amazing!). Now I love the colour because it's on a guitar I adore, it's sublime!

[quote name='Panamonte' post='1300197' date='Jul 11 2011, 07:22 PM']No pics, no Pierrot... [/quote] Yeah, I dunno what she was on about tbh

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1299919' date='Jul 11 2011, 02:21 PM']Thanks Nige, much obliged ... I should have realised that Jake's Feedback would not be in the Feedback section. [/quote] He's far too cool for that mate

[quote name='silddx' post='1300032' date='Jul 11 2011, 03:54 PM']I'll have to have a word with my new drummer's mate. He's in the support band.[/quote] Why?

I'll have to have a word with my new drummer's mate. He's in the support band.

Not been on tour myself, but some of the people I play with do so regularly. One of my band mates recently told me he saw another bandmember (who liked his alcohol and other stuff) chatting up a girl after a gig somewhere in Eastern Europe. While he was chatting up this girl, he turned his head to one side and puked on the floor, then carried on chatting her up and tried to kiss her, unsuccessfully. A couple of days later, he was chatting up another girl (pissed and whatever) and mid-sentence fell about 30 metres off the edge of a cliff. He got rescued and had cuts and bruises and a knackered ankle.

[quote name='Conan' post='1299925' date='Jul 11 2011, 02:28 PM']On a more general level then. Some times the bass player can be the "cool" guy at the back who just stands there and plays his part... Other bass players are far more active on stage and contribute more to the overall visual experience. At what point do most of you draw your own line about what is over the top? Have you ever been told that you were acting like a prat? [/quote] Never been told I act like a prat, but I have done some daft things on stage, both movement and clothing. Did get mentioned in a review a couple of years ago, decent review of the band but it also said [i]'.. but why oh why was the lead guitarist [/i](I was playing bass!) [i]dressed like a modern day Pierrot?[/i]'. I wore a black and white outfit with a beret and a B&W Venetian mask - in a South African Zulu funk band

[quote name='Conan' post='1299874' date='Jul 11 2011, 01:29 PM']One of my favourite acts over the years is Blue Oyster Cult. Just been watching a fairly recent live performance of the guys on youtube and it got me thinking. The bass player, Rudy Sarzo is not one of the original band members. In fact, BOC have had a bit of a revolving-door policy regarding bassists! Anyway, what do you think of his performance? Not his actual tone or note selection, but the way that he comes across on stage? And yes, I now know how to embed video!! [/quote] I love BOC, have done for 30 years. This is one of my favourite songs. Sarzo is a very good player, but he looks a bit wrong on that stage, like he wishes he was back in Quiet Riot with Randy. Shame Joe Bouchard isn't still with them. Mind you, they are all looking and sounding a bit dried up now, way past their best IMO.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1299794' date='Jul 11 2011, 12:15 PM']I find it hard to believe that this is Jake's main Feedback thread ... [b]someone point me in the direction of the real one, would they[/b]? In the meantime, I had a 2-hour introductory lesson on DB with Jake last week, in the comfort of my own sitting room. An excellent session all round, taken at a pace that was comfortable for me, focusing on issues that mattered to me, and placing equal emphasis on identifying what I was doing well as on what I was doing poorly. Conspicuous by their [b][i]absence [/i][/b]were a dogmatic approach, an obsession with "right" and "wrong" ways to play the DB, and big chunks of musical theory. Instead, Jake built his teaching around what I actually needed from the lesson. An ideal way to spend an evening. [/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6270&hl"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6270&hl[/url]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1299620' date='Jul 11 2011, 09:15 AM']Rather than start still another thread on this subject, I'm re-using Pete's. Re-cycling is good. I am routinely suffering from this problem, and have done for months & months. There are certain days, or parts of days, when trying to do anything on Basschat becomes virtually impossible. Individual page refreshes can take several minutes, time-out's become a normal part of the browsing experience. With all the housekeeping that's taken place over the last month or two, I was hoping that there would be an improvement. This has turned out not to be the case. Is this a recognised issue? Is it widespread or confined to a limited number of users? Is there anything more that I can do do reduce the scale of the problem?[/quote] And me too, on different machines in different places.

[quote name='Bassman Sam' post='1298663' date='Jul 10 2011, 12:01 AM']I had my first audition in 15 years today and I got the gig. 3 piece band playing blues and '70's rock. The guitarist does the vocals and his brother plays drums and I am now the bassist. I am sooo made up by this as I suffer from RA and I couldn't play for 3 years. It's only been in the last few weeks that I could practise pain free. Today I got a big blister on my middle finger of my plucking hand and it feels like a medal of honor. We jammed for 3 hours and it passed in a flash. I haven't played that long for ages and I loved every minute of it. The plan is to rehearse towards recording a few tracks for a limit run of CD's and doing a few fundraising gigs for charities. As I've posted before, I don't think that I would have even tried if it had not been for this wonderful forum. Thanks to everyone involved in running it and for the input of all it's members. Now cure me of GAS. I am now going to give a bottle of gin a good slap to celebrate.[/quote] Congratulations mate! That's fantastic! Enjoy the gin, you clearly deserve it

I've had this for nearly three years and used it in my home studio, in professional studios, and live. I don't own a rig, and live I usually only use the POD and rely on stage monitors. If there is an amp available I will happily use it on stage, I just take a 1/4" direct out into the power amp stage but run the full patch, ie. amp and cab sims and effects. The same as the Studio Out XLR. I will explain these settings shortly. The unit is suitable for bass, guitar and vocal. It has a very large range of sims for amps and cabs, pres and mics and mic placements suitable for their intended instruments or vox. There is a large selection of effects sims too. You can select whether they go pre or post. You get two separate "Tones" per patch too, which is enormously useful. Think of the "Tones" as running two patches simultaneously as a single patch, you can turn either one of them off and on and configure them separately in all parameters. Great for running a doubleneck guitar and bass through separate patches using the aux (which is what I used to do), or guitar and vocal, etc. The two Tones for each patch are separately route-able to separate inputs. There is no noticeable delay between switching patches. The unit itself is sturdy enough but I wouldn't chuck it about, I don't think it's THAT sturdy. It has the main instrument input, an Aux input for running two instruments at once, XLR Mic input with trim pot, two XLR direct outs, two 1/4" direct outs, headphone out, CD/MP3 in, S/PDIF, Variax, Loop, MIDI In/Thru/Out, FX Send and two returns for stereo, and USB. In fact there's almost nothing you can't connect to it, or connect it to. The two XLR Studio direct outs and two 1/4" direct outs are configurable for what you plug them into. The 1/4" outs can be configured for Combo Front, Combo Power Amp, Stack Front, Stack Power Amp, all of which turn off your amp and cab sims and leave only the FX but "focus" highs, mids and lows. Or you can duplicate the Studio Direct outs which have everything and which are also configurable. It has a volume/wah pedal and a jack for an external expression pedal. It has a bunch of pretty bad presets, but the SUB DUB one is f***ing amazing. It was created by Justin Meldal-Johnson and you can make people sh*t themselves with it, especially if you turn the drive all the way up through a decent PA with subs. Basically you want to create your own patches, so choose an empty user patch. Scroll through the BASS amp and pre folder until you get one you like, change the cabs, change the mic placements or go direct. Add your effects, eq the patch so you have a bass sound as big as Beyoncé's leg. Add Tone 2 where you can chosse a MESA guitar amp and get some filthy distortion and phaser going on without turning Beyoncé into a size zero. Stick that through your PA and see the audience think, "sh*t! he manages to get that massive distortion without sucking the bass out of the sound! I must email him to find out the secret!" etc. I'll admit, it's a bit of a learning curve, and volume balancing each patch is not that easy, lots of trial and error. But once you've got it, the fun begins, there are huge rewards for effort with the POD X3. The producer at one studio we use was most sceptical when I first turned up with it. He asked me to abandon ship and use his old compressors and preamps, but I insisted and he admitted it sounds good, I think that was a grudging admittance. It's an immensely versatile piece of kit. I would be completely lost without it.

I ADORE my POD X3 Live. It's a little bit of a learning curve, but so what? Get stomp boxes and you'll be spending loads of cash, asking which goes where in the chain, creating unwanted noise, and be restricted to your settings and box choices. I would die without my POD. No amp, no boxes, no DI box, and I can use it with bass and guitar and vocal. And I can set up a bunch of patches for each song. It's fantastic.

[quote name='funkgod' post='1297219' date='Jul 8 2011, 02:02 PM']Anybody got an idea why the new stingray nut is like it is ??? i have just ordered a new neck from MM and it came with this on it makes it almost impossable to replace with a nice brass one or the intonation will be out. ahhhh its all so apparent now !!!£££!!! i cant see any reason why the change was made, other than you will now have to order a new one through MM, i hate it. i can see they are now stepped but there is nothing you would not get on the saddles. [attachment=84240:IMG_2492.jpg] [b]i wish they would use the old warwick thumb bass "just a nut 1" that was a perfect design with the strings going over the screw heads set in the brass nut.[/b][/quote] It was rubbish. And Warwick recognised that and designed the JANII which was even more rubbish. Now we have the Brass JANIII which is a lovely bit of work.

[quote name='Truckstop' post='1297047' date='Jul 8 2011, 12:25 PM']I think the band were making things much more complicated than they had to be. [b]Why detune a semi-tone, and then play a semi-tone up from that?[/b]I'd be confused also. If I'd learnt Sweet Child O' Mine in Open E tuning I think I'd find it tricky to play it a fret up on the fly, I think anyone would! But can I ask why you didnt just leave your bass in standard tuning if, in effect, that's what the guitarist was doing? Truckstop[/quote] Tone.

Good. We seem to be getting a few more women joining lately which is a very good thing for basschat. Hello Chlo. That is an impressive CV, especially since you are so young, that's what classical training and attitude can do for you I guess. Looking forward to your contributions It can get a bit blokey on here sometimes, a bit argumentative about such world-changing subjects as 'to slap or not to slap' and 'which epoch of human evolution is Alain Caron from?', because men are all really just failed children Seriously, it's a fantastic forum and you'll get no end of support and advice if you suddenly find you have a pancreatic oedema or something. All the best.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='1296088' date='Jul 7 2011, 03:47 PM']Wouldn't that just possibly damage the head or slot rather than the thread?[/quote] Yeah, I think I misunderstood and thought he meant the height adjust grub. Lot of people strip those with the wrong allen keys.

There's a fair bit in my build thread too with some of the pitfalls and frustrations, but got there in the end. I used nitro from Tonetech. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=94028&hl"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=94028&hl[/url]

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1295750' date='Jul 7 2011, 10:49 AM']Hmm don't know if it's the sellers fault. Those parts are all to often prone to "melt" in inexperienced hands.... and the OP has admitted to stripping it whilst setting the intonation ie. while it was under tension. +1 for buying a replacement. Sell the busted one as parts to help pay for your new one.... and be careful next time. [/quote] Yep, wrong size allen keys in the wrong hands. Imperial / metric confusion perhaps?

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[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='1295853' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:28 PM']Oh I forgot, we need someone to post this: Yawn another slap thread yawn lol typical ur jealous lol.[/quote]

[quote name='dc2009' post='1295479' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:05 AM']Eye of the beholder and all that, might change my mind when I see one in the flesh (i can certainly think of basses that have gone the other way like that) And as for the corvette assessment, I think you might be right, the funny thing is, the thing I like least about the corvette is its looks, if I was buying one of them for looks i'd buy the non $$ because i don't like the look of 2 huge exposed pole piece humbuckers in a smallish bass body, and the shape, not a huge fan, it's all about the play and that growl for me! Mind you, if I was putting a bass on a wall hanger it'd be one of the TBs hands down I know it's a way off but seeing as you're near me silddx could I perhaps ask if there's a chance of getting a lift to this, in return of course for fair petrol sum (or a charitable/BC donation if you prefer)?[/quote] I had a Corvette $$, my main bass for a couple of years. It was fabulous! Mate, I'd love to give you a lift, but I drive an MX-5 sorry fella. There's a good chance there will be others who can give you a lift though. [b]Can anyone give dc a lift from London?[/b]

[quote name='dc2009' post='1295312' date='Jul 6 2011, 10:22 PM']damn those streamlines are ugly as hell IMO, bet it sounds fantastic though[/quote] They are beautiful! They look like a Warwick Corvette with its wedding vegetables hacked off.

01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Hughes & Kettner Bassbass 600 head & SWR Triad.. plus old Peavey Head and 1x15 for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. EssentialTension: Fender Precision 62, Fender TF Fretless P, Lakland Decade, Mesa Walkabout 12. 03. Waynepunkdude : Arsenal shirt, Nick Cave underpants, Sunburst Musicman Sterling H and Ampeg SVT 2pro G&K Neo412 04. Clarky: Currently Ampeg Baby Bass, Acoustic Image/Euphonic Audio rig; By September, who knows (watch the FS forum) 05. Truckstop: MIM Fender Jazz V, pimped Kay 2B; Gem/Ampeg rig; some effects 06. Urb - either Sei Jazz or Singlecut - and maybe some pedals - possible Genz Shuttle 9 07. dc2009 - Warwick CS Corvette $$ 5, Epi TB Vs (Reverse and non-reverse), my Dean if anyone actually wants a go, Trace Head, Marshall cab (heavy and big), various pedals. 08.Shockwave - Pedulla MVP5 Mean Green machine. 09. Sibob - '71 Precision, '73 Jazz, MIA Jazz 5 if there's interest, Barefaced Compact, Orange Terror, Pedal-board if there's interest. 10. MacDaddy - Custom Shuker & Hamer Blitz or Iceni custom. 11. Essexbasscat Roadworn somethingorother + Gs112. Amp - not sure which one yet 12. Plux - Berg HT210 & HT115 Hartke LH500 Ibanez BTB 13. 51m0n - Berg ae410, MB, Focusrite and Roscoe 14.seashell - MIM Fender Precision + some sort of Marshall practice amp (I'll look it up tonight) 15.Barneyg42- Some secondhand tat bought over the years! 16.Happy Jack - Double bass of some description 17.silddx - Hohner B2ADB Headless Boat Paddle / Home Built Chris Squire Electra Evolution 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.