MoonBassAlpha

Ha! I've never spent 10 hours on any of my entries, even when I've had to play everything myself! You can tell just by listening to my tunes, I treat it as an exercise in getting something down, then NOT going back to it to fiddle and fix. Anyway, I'm away next week until closing, so it's this or nowt. I recorded bass and backing vocals today and mixed it, so you could say I've "produced" it this month

I've been working on something we recorded this week. It's a tune we've had knocking around for a while but has had a total re-imagining and arrangement, and has a space theme. Not sure if it entirely fits the entry requirements. Shall I put it up?

My cheapo Sony ones are on their last legs. They were a tad harsh in the top end, but more comfortable for me than my last Sennheiser CX something that I lost. Any recommendations? Looking for flat (within reason) rather than big hyped bass. Cheers MBA

If there's room on the electronics cover you could locate a Strat style socket on the back. I'm pretty sure that would be out of the way of your playing style. I think I've seen this solution on a Ritter, if it's good enough for him....

Hi All Playing at the Library tonight (Sunday 26th) on Cowley Rd , Oxford My usual band, Charms Against the Evil Eye, is acting as Anton's band again, and he has decided we should be called " Thrust ". Cheers for that Anton. We will be on about 10, with support from Ghoul, and someone else whose name escapes me. I think I was told the entry is contribution based, but we won't be giving refunds at the end!

I don't think so, exactly, the send is after the preamp, return is input to power amp, so, yes, if you only input into the return, you don't use the preamp at all, but the power amp will be expecting line level input, which a preamp pedal should provide. Send return loop is for running effects at line level, meant to produce less (unwanted!) noise from effects.

Have you tried the old patch lead in the send return loop trick?

My band is acting as backing group for a singer-songwriter, and he has called us Thrust. Wouldn't have been my first choice, tbh!. Did wonder about sponsorship when I saw these amps though. I would have preferred National Thrust, but that got pooh-poohed

May just be worth taking all the valves out and putting them in again. Worked well for my friend's brand new Ac30

Would Warwick wax mixed with elbow grease clean that up?

Here's an idea for the pick guard. Make up a clear one, then slip a cut out of coloured paper under it. Then you can try as many colour variations, or prints, or designs as you like.

I use the R24 (same thing) standalone. You can do it all in the unit, you just need to get used to doing it. They have changed the way the drum programming works, and it's less easy to use than the older MRS series Zooms. Same applies to track editing on board. They removed a lot of functions. One upside is it now records in wav form so you don't need to use a propriety converter for anything else to read the files to convert to mp3 for easy sharing. The concept of the Rxx series really is to be integrated with a DAW, but there is enough functionality to mix on the unit. All my composition challenge entries have been done inside the unit, and band demos too. It can be battery powered too, so that fulfils the portable criterion.

You're fine, instrumental is good!

Looks more like a marquee.

Was that the famous Widdlefest?

3, U.S. Masters fretted (flats), U.S. Masters fretless (rounds), Sei Flamboyant (rounds). Covers all my bases atm, but got a hankering for a shorty. I found it quite hard to give up the Hofner 185 I did up for my best mate. 6 guitars though.

Shame the light show outdid my shirt!

That's it. As I said, Redox are popular, and always bring a crowd. I didn't think I'd played there before until I realised it used to be called the Folly Bridge Inn. Probably played it 4 or 5 times!

Played the White House in Oxford last night. Good crowd in, mainly due to the popular Mighty Redox topping the bill. Got rave reviews for my new paisley shirt, and some nice comments about the bass playing. Played through a TC amp and small Aguilar cab. Sounded solid close up, but folks said the bass was quiet in the room, same for Redox. May have been the room shape. Oh, and the monitors were facing towards the audience, not the band. Couldn't hear a thing, even after I turned mine round. WTF?

He sounded pretty good fronting the Q-Tips and Streetband. He had charisma, which takes you a long way when you're fronting a band.

I'm pretty sure I've got some of these in stainless steel. I could pop a couple in an envelope for you if you'd like. I think I've got 2 lengths, something like 10 and 6mm, very handy for non American Fender style guitar bridges where you don't want the screws tearing your hand up when palm muting. PM me and I'll check when I get home tonight.

Do you need to protect the vinyl after the hair dryer treatment? (Where's Sir Alex when you need him?) Also, how do you finish off the edges of the wrap at the back of the bass? I've had a sudden urge to do a bass in pink or purple paisley. The bass has very curvy sides.

First try dropping the pickup down a bit on the e side. Sounds like it could be powerful magnets pulling on the string, and the string will be closer to the pickup the higher you venture up the neck.