xilddx

Hello mate!

I suppose about 30, given I'm in three bands, but there are others I've learned from records over the years.

Nice! Good luck mate

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='609157' date='Sep 26 2009, 12:16 PM']I thought that might happen! I'll try and work backwards and get it amended...[/quote] You can remove that Kopo from mine while you're at it I'll also bring the SansAmp Para Driver, I reckon most people have the BD so it might be good for a compare.

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='605791' date='Sep 22 2009, 04:44 PM']doesn't seem to be happening does it? [/quote] No it doesn't does it. I don't know why they confined it to Basschatters either. If they don't know how to run a bass shop in a way that emphasises customer service and care, price matching and holding decent stock, they probably should give up. I really wouldn't trust their after sales service either, if they have any, which is one thing they could offer to get one over on the internet sellers. Why can't they get a bloody web site sorted too?

TBH, I don't see the need for lockers on a bass.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='608516' date='Sep 25 2009, 11:45 AM']Bass or 6 string.... ? If its your bass I'd like a pic of that - always been envious of my g'tarist and his lockers on the Custom 22..... [/quote] No, it's a guitar. Sorry mate. Guitars are a pain in the arse.

[quote name='ezbass' post='608703' date='Sep 25 2009, 03:35 PM']Haven't got mine yet and it's already in the shops![/quote] I will be down to those lazy f***ers in the RM striking again, when the rest of us work for a living. They need bloody privatising, sharpish. Apologies to those of you here in the RM, but it pisses me off. I actually got an email today from Guitarist Magazine saying my subs issue may arrive late because of postal strikes.

[quote name='NJE' post='608368' date='Sep 25 2009, 09:31 AM']I love the new issue, great article on squarepusher, very interesting and this guy has some serious fans in the bass playing community. I have to say i can read the interesting bits in BP in smiths in less than 5 minutes ( I usually still buy it though). I was reading this months mag for ages and still had not got half way through. Lots of interesting stuff for me at least, maybe I am just easily pleased.[/quote] Agreed. Got it this morning and read the Squarepusher interview. I've said it before, Mike Flynn is a great writer and interviewer, a really top read. I felt the Music Man and PJB reviews were poorly written (really odd decriptions and phrases too) and there is a very dodgy problem with the text flow in the MM review. I really liked the Dingwall piece, that was great. Looking forward to reading the rest of it. There is a definite improvement happening with BGM. It gets better every month.

[quote name='Starless' post='608162' date='Sep 24 2009, 09:20 PM']I just can't see me debasing my Fenders with those pretty wee pastel coloured bits of twee. Probably Ok for 6-stringers (they're all closet flower arrangers anyway), but not on a bass.[/quote]

Kate Bush and Deftones

I also put Sperzels on my PRS, they're really good.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='608056' date='Sep 24 2009, 07:31 PM']The very first Warwick Thumb bass was intended to be a headless design... just saying. [/quote] Good lord, I had no idea.

TBH I think headless basses are the ultimate in stability and ease of string change. They also look ace. I wish Warwick would make a decent headless based on the Steinberger system. Don't tell me about that hideous Nobby Meidel thing though.

[quote name='thedonutman' post='606755' date='Sep 23 2009, 03:46 PM']I just missed a fretless corvette on the Bay actually, it went for ~£300 I think. I think I'll probably get a fretless neck for my Jazz. Does anybody know how Ebanol compares to Ebony in terms of feel and durability?[/quote] I put a Mighty Mite ebanol fretless neck on a Jap Fender Jazz Bass Special last year. I sold it to a chap on here who loved it. I loved it too. I only sold it because I felt I needed an active bass, ie. the Warwick. I can't recommend the MM Ebanol/maple neck highly enough, it was absolutely lovely, especially with the Schaller lightweight tuners I put on it.

I wish I felt comfortable wearing stuff like that. I'd design it but never wear it. They look really cool.

Try and get a second hand active Corvette STD FL of the bay. You'll be looking at around £400 for a near minter, maybe even less. I just got a new one from Thomann for £671, it plays beautifully and does indeed sound huge.

Anyone mentioned Matt Pegg yet? He's a really good player. Had a chat with him after a Francis Dunnery show once, lovely bloke.

1. Trace Elliot Stainless Steel strings 40-100 gauge 2. Trace Elliot Acoustic Phosphor Bronze strings 40-60-80-100 gauge 3. Bassic-bits 1m. Speakon to Speakon cable 4. Nikkai 6m male speakon/ male speakon cable (x2, brand new) 5. Nikkai 6m XLR female/male Mono 1/4" jack cable, brand new 6. Mikey's bass book (title tbc!) 7. La Bella Double Ball S100L Strings, 040 / 060 / 075 / 095 8. The Incident - Porcupine Tree CD 9. 10.

[quote name='Merton' post='604447' date='Sep 21 2009, 12:54 PM']OK people, I'm I charge of the RAFFLE for the SE Bass Bash (see [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=56195"]here[/url] for info), and I want your contributions! Nothing fancy (unless you want to donate a Status T-Bass 5er and make sure I win...) but just a bit of fun and the chance to raise a bit mor emoney for the charidees etc. I'll start the ball rolling with a meagre prize, please post your offerings added to the previous list, I'll keep updating this one as we go as well. On the day come find me to let me place your5 donations on the raffle table Tickets will be 50p each or £2 for 5. 1. Trace Elliot Stainless Steel strings 40-100 gauge 2. Trace Elliot Acoustic Phosphor Bronze strings 40-60-80-100 gauge 3. Bassic-bits 1m. Speakon to Speakon cable 4. Nikkai 6m male speakon/ male speakon cable (x2, brand new) 5. Nikkai 6m XLR female/male Mono 1/4" jack cable, brand new 6. Mikey's bass book (title tbc!) 7. La Bella Double Ball S100L Strings, 040 / 060 / 075 / 095 8. 9. 10.[/quote]

That's a really weird thing to say!

Oh dear I have had a listen to about half of it, I really couldn't stomach any more than that. Of course, this is my opinion, but the lyrics are pointless, his voice has no conviction, the sound of the record is weak, half empty. I was expecting something rich, lush, challenging. It all sounds so dated. The playing is good, but that's not why I listen to music. It's the sort of thing Muse do SO much better. Sorry Ped. [b]EDIT:[/b] I'll put it in the SE Bass Bash raffle [b]EDIT 2:[/b] Also, something about the first song was nagging at me, I have just realised a part of it sounds like just like a number on the first A Perfect Circle album. Now I think about it, it all sounds like a elementary attempt at being A Perfect Circle album. If you haven't heard APC, check them out, they are truly brilliant.

Is getting paid lots of cash to play two and a half songs a night two hours after you were supposed to a good or a bad thing?

Two of my bands the lines are already written by the songwriters, but live and in the studio I put some eyebrow on them and they definitely, Like others have said, have some silddx-essence. The other band I write most of the lines and luckily they love what I do. I have an equally lovely time with either scenario.

[quote name='Doctor J' post='599446' date='Sep 15 2009, 05:33 PM']You owe it to your audience (if you have one) to only play the best. If they've paid in to see you rock out do you really want them to think you're a band of tight-fisted wierdos, that they've given you money and you've spent it on a new conservatory or a nice cardigan instead of a fancy bass? Hell no! That's not rock 'n' roll. That's not even jazz. They want to see you rock, rock hard and would you cheat them out of that by playing some cheapo piece of crap? I should hope not. The audience comes first and that's why I buy expensive basses. Shame on you cheapo lovers, won't you consider somebody other than yourselves for a change?[/quote] That really is a very odd, completely misguided approach. The only things that matter are doing justice to the songs and performing to the audience the vision of your songwriter and band at it's best. If that can be done with a pole and a dustbin lid, then that's cool with me. My basses are reasonably expensive because the basses I need to do my work properly and satisfy my own sound, reliablility and performance requirements happen to be that price. I don't mind buying one second hand either. I've played Squiers on stage and the modern Chinese one was pretty poor, the Japanese Silver series was good. My drummer noticed when I started playing a Hohner Pro Jack that the sound was much better, and the Warwicks even more so. I've settled on Warwick as my instrument of choice and I have one fretted and one fretless. I don't need a back up because they are super reliable and I use high quality strings which don't seem to break, even under heavy gig pressure. I wouldn't play a Wesley because I wouldn't trust it to stand up to punishment or deliver the tone I need. The sound of the OP's might be good for his situation, but will the hardware and electronics and tone stand up to hard, prolonged use and BIG, transparent PAs? Maybe his ears and hands can't tell the difference? Who knows?