dave_bass5

I lie the look of these basses. Im very tempted to pick up a unloaded body off ebay and make my own version.

[quote name='krazy_olie' timestamp='1335717689' post='1634953'] Is that instead of the sterling by musicman range? [/quote] No, its still the Sterling by Musicman range, just not a SR or Sterling copy.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1335564125' post='1633338'] Ha! post up some clips on here and get a thousand honest opinions! [/quote] .....and all completely unbiased ;-)

Actually both are 9.5". I really must try one as i think other than the CV Jazz all the VM's look nicer.

CV for me as well. Ive got both the P and Jazz. The big attraction for me was the necks and vintage style frets. You dont get many basses that have these at this, or double the price point. Tone wise, well i cant really comment as ive changed the pups on both my basses but im not sure there would be a huge difference. There are many, many posts about both ranges on here, but i feel i see more love for the CV's.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1335374135' post='1630165'] I am known for being pretty picky in my number 1 band so I pointed out a few ways I thought we could up our game. I have to say I was a bit surprised when I got 2 mails from 2 members who did not see the point I was making and said essentially that as a predominately pub band that made x amount of £'s on a gig, they weren't going to put any more effort in as we were as good as we needed to be. I could have replied..that is why we are just a pub band but have resisted so far. So, the question is, would you want to be as good as you could be with a reasonable amount of work, or would you say you are good enough for the local standard and that will do...?? [/quote] Thats pretty much the opinion of the rest of my band. We get gigs, we get paid so why put more effort in and spend out more money. I record all our gigs and upload copies but i dont think any of them actually bother to listen to them.

Yes, the Apogee is more expensive and I personally dont think it's worth it in terms of what it is and it's build quality. Saying that it is worth getting something that will do the job and after having the iRig (twice) I felt spending the extra to get something I felt was usable was worth it and I find I use it a lot more because the sound quality and latency doesn't put me off. For me the Tascam is overkill but I guess if you do expect to do a lot of multi intramental recording it might be worth it.

It looks like its made out of wood

Ive tired a few interfaces and think Apogee JAM is one of the best, certainly better than the headphone input type. Latency and signal level is greatly improved over something like the iRig. Garage band is great but for just practising along with tracks i love AmpKit. I found this to be the best as far as control over the tone, and the ability to play along with tracks without having to import them. They recently released a Trace Elliot head for it and i feel this is the best head so far (Bass amps seem to be lacking with all these amp sim apps). I also have the GK one, although i have the paid for version as it has the EQ section. I just dont really like the GK tone at the moment so dont use it. Everyone should have GarageBand, its a jack of all trades and master of some. Considering the amount of instruments and amps it comes with i would expect it to sell for a lot more than it does.

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' timestamp='1335449525' post='1631378'] Just tried the MoMark again into a 4x10, sounds really nice I don't really understand why you wouldn't buy something that's on a showroom floor? [/quote] I would, what i said was that i and some others would expect a (small) discount if its been on the shop floor rather than pay full price.

Not even a new Wall Hanger Fran ;-)

I used to have a black SBMM Ray34 and it was very nice. build quality was up there with my Lakland's (same factory). I sold it on here for £400 IIR so they do come up every now and then.

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1335367358' post='1630002'] I love the playing on these 2, absolutely brilliant live as well. More Reggae/Rock if you ask me, but these guys are one of the best local bands i've ever heard, seen them a few times and they never fail to put on a brilliant show, with some absolutely brilliant song titles too. They've become pretty popular around here, because nobody from Wigan seems to have heard anything that isn't rock, pop or mc (Is it really music?) before. Liam [/quote] I've never heard of him/them but really enjoyed those tracks, especially the first one.

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1335352582' post='1629633'] Three little birds for me. [/quote] We used to do that song and i loved playing that bass line. Ive always like the bass line on Night Nurse (even the Simply Red version).

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1335345151' post='1629453'] It could be worse! You know when things are getting serious when you get invited to Ikea! The ultimate nightmare. Not only the boredom of shopping there but the next day spent putting all the useless carp together! [/quote] True That, my flat looks like a Ikea Showroom owing to the fact that my GF practically lives there. :-(. The last time i went to Ikea i popped back to use the loo and couldn't find my way out. seriously. Never again. I now refuse to go shopping with her.

AAAAAARRH LAKESIDE...Noooooooo. Now im going to be tempted to go with the GF next time she goes shopping :-(

I thought exactly the same but forgo tot post about it. It sort of gave me the creeps if im honest lol

LOL, i guess we can all something. I like to pluck just between the pup and the start of the neck to get that deep DB tone so i would need very big palms to mute as well.

Cheers John. Funny enough i never use a pick at home, and quite often play as if i had one between my thumb and finger, but just use the edge of my thumb. At home i can play like in those vids but when i tried it at a gig i just couldn't keep up, thats when i turned to the foam. Although i could practice it im trying to develop my finger playing speed so this technique will have to wait.

Yeah, i realise the pick needs to go to get that authentic tone, i'm working hard to get up to speed with my fingers. Ive found having the foam tone (good phrase) is helping me get there. i definitely need a normal tone and yes, its taking me a bit too long to get the foam back in so i need to sort something to. To be honest in my case its not the end of the world what i do, after all ive been in this band for 9 years and getting the "correct" tone has never really cropped up, its just something i'd like to experiment with now. Before i thought of using foam i have been using the palm mute/pick combination to good effect, but it was because i wanted to use fingers more that i turned to the foam as i find palm muting and finger playing a bit difficult to do at gig speed. I know what you mean about "dub-land". The first time i used the foam my drummer said he couldn't really hear what i was playing, it was too muffled. This i found surprising because i never thought he listened to me anyway ;-) My cab is a bit low end shy so it its not sounding too bad at the moment. The foam is giving me a bit more of a traditional bass tone if that makes sense. I have noticed i dont bother using my BDDI in the smaller rooms, especially those with hollow stages .

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1335211744' post='1627441'] [url="http://www.bassmute.com/bassmute/bm_mainframe.html"]http://www.bassmute...._mainframe.html[/url] [/quote] That what im going to get. There was one on here a few weeks ago but i wasn't interested in muting at that time :-(