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Personally, I'd go for all black clothes, work boots and bullet belts. But I'm a silly old f***, so don't listen to me. Basically, this is a function of 'marketing' So look at your market. 1) Check out up and coming bands in the same genre - what are they wearing? What does your (target) audience wear? Now spin a variation on it. Maybe bigger, more flamboyant. or: 2) Go so completely outside the box that you're perceived to be outside any genre and [i]appear [/i]to be 'letting the music speak for itself'. But don't end up looking like a clown troupe (google Split Enz) 3) It's not just about clothes. If circs permit, could you work in some choreographed moves - and I don't mean synchronised dancing - maybe like a staged 'fight', some speaker climbing, singer using a megaphone, drummer trampolining right over the kit Maybe some props. 4) Image is a component of the show. Try to tie it all together. And a big opening and a big ending. People remember the first 30 secs and the last 30 secs. Use that time to make your statement and nail it home. All part of image, all part of the show. 5) Approach hats with extreme caution. Anyhow, it may [i]say[/i] they're emphasising image. I'd be looking some clarification on that...what's going to win you the comp is strong presentation of strong songs with strong hooks. After that, review.

What with the U2 tribute debacle, this is rapidly becoming a free-fire zone. Who'd a thought it, eh?

[quote name='simwells' post='402275' date='Feb 6 2009, 07:05 PM']Is it possible to run two instrument channels through my pedal board to amp at once? I would like to be able to use a theremin at the same time as playing bass, but do not know if this is possible. Also if possible what would be the best way to combine the two channels into one.[/quote] The cheapest way would be an a/b/y box, balancing the levels using the output volume controls on each instrument, but there are potentially significant differences in level here. Better would be a small mixer. Behringer knock them out for peanuts. Would recommend, however that you might want to use two separate amps to take into account the differing ranges of the two instruments.

Page Townshend Richards Mick Green Mick Ronson# Wilko Johnson All old boys.

Fine, fine vid. And a gorgeous groove too. Nice one.

That's the inherent limitation with electric bass guitar. Once you've got past the convention of plucking the notes with your fingers or a plectrum, then slapping/popping's about all that's left. So people are bound to try it and some will perform with greater proficiency and / or musicality than others. There is no point in assigning a greater or lesser cultural value to a playing technique, in the same way that there's no point in stating that a hammer's 'better' than a nail-gun. It depends on who's using it, their intended objective and whether they achieve it. If their objective is to satisfy their audience, that's one thing. If it's to satisfy themselves that's another. If it's to satisfy themselves at the expense of the paying audience, that's Jazz

[quote name='Deep Thought' post='399427' date='Feb 3 2009, 09:31 PM']Straplock-wise I like Schallers, although they are not a 'fit and forget' item[/quote] What he said. However, I also use the plastic dunlops at home on a couple of guitars and they're fine for 'light use'. Tip: You always have more guitars than straps. So, buying the full packet of schaller locks you can wind up with an excess of strap-end locks when all you need are the little buttons to screw to the guitar. Stewmac.com sell them separately, possibly saving a few bob. Whether they have a min order value, I don't know. [url="http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_parts/Electric_guitar:_Strap_buttons/2/Schaller_Strap_Security_Locks.html"]http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_part...rity_Locks.html[/url]

[quote name='Linus27' post='400085' date='Feb 4 2009, 03:46 PM']Fender [/quote] Ah! Just that I was after a cheap squier t-bass neck in rosewood and we could p'raps have done a deal. Have fun with the project...

[quote name='Linus27' post='399949' date='Feb 4 2009, 01:34 PM']I am actually now thinking about getting the Mike Dirnt bass in the Vintage White and then getting hold of either a 51' re-issue neck or Squire 50's Vibe neck so I then get the maple neck. Would be a little different but should play and sound great.[/quote] Which Dirnt were you thinking about - the Squier or the Fender? (I have my reasons for asking...)

[quote name='odub' post='399689' date='Feb 4 2009, 08:51 AM']"Why not take the head out of the Walkabout and then use that as a preamp into the PA?" Ah - now can I do this? Can I run it without a speaker load? the di level is linked to the volume knob, so It's not possible to have everything going out to di only.[/quote] If you want to go this route, you may want something like a DI box with a dummy load and a speaker sim, e.g the H&K red Box - here's a review which kinda explains it and some of the issues - [url="http://www.houstonmusicreviews.com/GearReview/redbox/hughesandkettnerredbox.htm"]http://www.houstonmusicreviews.com/GearRev...ttnerredbox.htm[/url] Maybe not the best example as it's said to be for guitar and the speaker cab sim is a 4x12 IIRC - I'm sure someone more knowledgeable can point you at a bass-relevant model somewhere

[quote name='Lew-Bass' post='399646' date='Feb 4 2009, 02:23 AM']Can anyone recommend an amp for no more than around £170 that would be ok for small gigs? Are there any? Greatly appreciated[/quote] £170 is pushing it [i]a bit[/i], depending on your definition of 'small gigs' For new - have a look at some little Peaveys, Laneys and...er...Marshalls. May be able to get something online that's vaguely usable around that budget. Buying S/H will get you more bang for your buck - check out the amps for sale section elsewhere on the forum. in fact - look at this - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39888"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39888[/url]

You could programme some beats into a software sequencer and run it from a lappie into the PA, but that's a whole other ballgame. You're talking about 'hardware drum machines' Either way, there's going to be a smidge of reading the f***ing manual, so buy some aspirin first. Loads of hardware drum machines (e.g. the alesis mentioned above) let you programme in a sequence of drum patterns (basic part > fill> basic part > fill > bridge etc) to build up a defined song. That's what they were originally intended to do. All this loop sampling stuff came later. Most of them come with a variety of onboard drum sounds which usually range from the quite nice to 80's hideous. Quite a few floor multi-fx pedalboards (zoom, digitech, etc) now have programmable [i]onboard[/i] drum machines of varying flexibility, alongside all the other bells and whistles. Both drum machines and pedal boards will have a line-out, either as RCA's, headphone sockets or 2 x1/4 inch. These can go straight into your mixer. Either way, [i]you're[/i] going to have to play to the drum pattern, rather than it play to [i]you[/i]. (Unless you get into midi triggering, but I'd give that the swerve till you've got your head round the drum machine malarkey) Check out some of the interwebz shops like GAK, Dolphin or soundslive; they should have something that'll do the job. Also, check out SOS (sound on sound) magazine - they have an online archive of reviews and lots of useful hints and tips which, although being about recording, will also stray into your area of interest.

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='397933' date='Feb 2 2009, 02:58 PM']When I was younger, I hated most music shops. They were intimidating places. I'd walk in, and there would be a couple of staff sat behind a counter usually chatting with a couple of their mates drinking tea and smoking (I'm going back a few years!). They would all stare at me as I walked in and usually not say anything. I'd feel uncomfortable and just want to get the hell out of there [/quote] ...and how things have changed, eh? Oh, my mistake. They haven't changed at all. Back to the point. I'd like to deal with someone intelligent and helpful, whether online, in a shop, or even in their garage. In fact, I probably buy online specifically to minimise my interaction with the pondlife that infests many shops.

[quote name='King Tut' post='397432' date='Feb 2 2009, 12:14 AM']But it's definately 'JV' 00001 so nothing to do with Gilmour. I mean it's obviously either the real deal or has a fake neck plate. Where are the JV experts? Wish I'd taken more pics, but I'd gone through about five bottles of dog by then![/quote] ...or you could just ask them - the band, I mean

[quote name='kdphysio' post='394982' date='Jan 29 2009, 09:46 PM']Ok, so you were playing jazz, BUT you were in a lapdancing club![/quote] Bilbo's secret dream.

...and nice to meet you too. Tasty, solid rig ya got there. Enjoy the forum!

Or could it possibly be an aftermarket part, engraved with 00001 as homage to the Gilmour #0001 ("Number One") Strat? [url="http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=259"]http://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=259[/url] And, from what I can see, the player looks a bit of a corker :brow:

You could always keep it low but angle the neck more to the vertical. Or try the happy medium approach. Not too high, not too low. And throw some different shapes.

[quote name='mrcrow' post='397005' date='Feb 1 2009, 05:00 PM']scale study...timing...and thought processes built on listening recall of blues recordings the mood needs to be understood[/quote] That sounds worryingly like jazz. The "workingman's" alternative is: 5 notes, 4 keys, 3 positions, 2 speeds and 1 finger

[quote name='YouMa' post='396601' date='Feb 1 2009, 02:58 AM']Dont diss the style council. Do you have style? I think not![/quote] Correct, I am indeed, style free! Mr Style and I are not on speaking terms and I am not at home to him. I have charitably yet accurately been described as looking like "a sack of sh*t tied up in the middle." But I didn't split the best band of the 80's, wear shorty beige macs, work with the ugliest keyboard player in the world and call myself "The Cappucino Kid". (Spits again, this time in an agricultural sort of way).

[quote]I've got a suitable box but Sainsburys are out of possum - any ideas?[/quote] Adult badger - just the right size, weight. Available freshly gassed from your local DEFRA cull. [quote]I've heard all the red squirrels are either dead or dying at Formby Point[/quote] I blame that George Formby. B*st*rd.

...and then subtract £12,500 for the Style Council connection. (Spits with disgust). Mind you, some Weller-head will probably have it.

[quote name='gareth' post='394710' date='Jan 29 2009, 04:44 PM']very individual bass but defianetly not worth the money[/quote] At least it makes me feel better about those shelves I put up. It looks like someone drove over a leprechaun.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' post='395391' date='Jan 30 2009, 01:46 PM']Where is it written that a particular type of music has to have a particular type of bass sound requiring a particular instrument.[/quote] I reproduce the following from Barry Chinstroker's seminal publication "Guide to British Blues Bass Playing" (Hi! Tone Publishing, 1995): [i]"....New-boy bluesers soon discover that a 'bells and whistles' 5-string bass is a major solecism (or 'faux-pas' as our Jazzbo friends might say). In 1978, well-known Chicago bassist Eddie 'Po'Boy' Sandwich turned up for a gig toting one such instrument. Bandleader, Howling Lemon Balsam shot him dead on the spot and the audience ripped his bleeding corpse to shreds before dining on his vital organs. It should be noted that British 'blues buffs' show far less restraint. ....The ideal bass tone should resemble the sound of a large, empty wooden box being struck by a good-sized possum. "[/i]