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PaulWarning

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  1. [quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1499162091' post='3329564'] You could give the flare audio aluminum/titanium plugs a try. They block the ear canal completely and leave you with only conductive sound perception, resulting in a more even signal to the cochlea. My leadguitar player loves his, though I haven't tried them myself. Edit: this is a heavy dB reduction, maybe too much for quiet bands. [/quote]cheers I'll check them out, our singer may have tried them, he's always saying he can't hear himself in the monitors, I wonder why? we had a support band the other week and had to turn down the vocal monitor by half, singers eh?
  2. [quote name='Bolo' timestamp='1499116922' post='3329386'] It will get better over time, but ears are most sensitive in the 1500-3500Hz range, where most speech is heard. That is where music sounds most lively, but also where good earplugs offer the most protection. I use 15dB pluggerz at the moment, they're fine. Putting anything in your ears will affect the sound but these are as good as it gets. [/quote]I use ER 10's, but, my hearing is damaged in the the speech range so using ear plugs makes the problem even worse (have to take out my hearing aids as well), never have got used to the detached feeling when using them tbh
  3. [quote name='ped' timestamp='1499105227' post='3329219'] Yes but it went quiet for a while after I made a change then this pops up again today when I made a similar change yesterday, hence my question. [/quote]never really gone away for me, doesn't happen for a week or so then starts up again perhaps 3 or 4 times a week, doesn't seem to be any sort of regularity to it
  4. been happening for months http://basschat.co.uk/topic/295323-scareware/page__fromsearch__1 I just hold down the enter key and click on the close window x till it shuts down
  5. I only saw the encore, Everlong, was it just me or were the vocals way down in the mix? on the subject of only a few good acts, that's because that's all there are, Glastonbury just way too big so they have to pad it out with not so good stuff, to put it politely. Quite honestly I would only go if they gave me a free ticket and let me take my caravan.
  6. [quote name='Freddy Le Cragg' timestamp='1498307657' post='3323770'] Pete Townsend used a shield because of his tinnitus [/quote]and Debbie Harry
  7. [quote name='binky_bass' timestamp='1498298946' post='3323689'] Was gunna take these! If you decide against them then I'm close to the seller today... Impulse buys are terrible things, are you sure you want them? [/quote]out of interest why didn't you bid on them? glad you didn't though
  8. [quote name='binky_bass' timestamp='1498298946' post='3323689'] Was gunna take these! If you decide against them then I'm close to the seller today... Impulse buys are terrible things, are you sure you want them? [/quote]I'll let you know, I'm picking them up tonight btw, he's not in till 5.30 tonight if it helps with your loss
  9. you'll like this Blue, the guy from Decca who turned the Beatles down in 1962 did so because "Guitar bands are finished"
  10. that was me, would you lot stop putting bargains on here? I just can't resist them, bought a lefty Columbus bass last time that I don't use
  11. just watching it on catch up, I hate overly prominent kick drums, but that sounds ok, snares a bit deep though but nothing I find annoying, Chrissie Hynde must work really hard to look that good at her age
  12. I've got one and they are incredible value for money but I prefer my Zoom B1on, a bit dearer but still only about £45 and it has loads more sims if you want them, I mostly just use it with Sansamp bass driver sim the point where distortion kicks in is a lot more controllable, I can have it set just below where it gets 'spikey' whereas the BDI21 seems to be all or nothing
  13. must admit in my limited experience I've never come across a soundman who has insisted on a feed before the effects pedal
  14. [quote name='Monkey Steve' timestamp='1497970432' post='3321714'] lifted wholesale from my old punk covers lot and based on how few chords on the guitar were required (apologies if I repeat some that have already been suggested) Pistols: Pretty Vacant, God Save The Queen, Anarchy In The UK Clash: White Riot - also doubles up as being musically almost identical as Two Pints Of Lager & A Packet Of Crisps Please by Splodgenesabounds Ramones: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, Blitzkreig Bop, I Wanna Be Sedated Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men Ruts - Babylon's Burning (also In A Rut, easy but a bit of a dirge) Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (disclaimer - it's a lot of work to get the guitar solos right, but the bass and rhythm guitar are a piece of p#ss) Damned - Neat, Neat, Neat Stranglers - No More Heroes (again, lead guitar and the arrangement take a bit or work, but the actual bass lines are really simple) Elvis Costello - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Green Day - Basket Case Still Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster (but again, the arrangement takes a bit of work) And another vote for Fight For Your Right To Party - we always did that as an encore and it brought the house down. [/quote]I have to say if you think Babylon's Burning is easy you're either a hell of a bass player or you're not playing it properly, and White Riot doesn't just follow the chords either, though I do agree about some of the others Another Girl, one of the few songs I can play without looking at my fretboard
  15. [quote name='Monkey Steve' timestamp='1497956909' post='3321573'] Exactly, it makes no sense to me either, but I've been in two different bands with drummers who insist that the bass drum needs to be mic'd at all times (and to be clear, it's been in the studio and at pub gigs where we'd do our own sound, situations where he could have a say, not where an engineer is sorting it out). Not all drummers, but it was definitely a "thing" with the pair of them. And like you, I can't understand it...just thought I'd ask [/quote]it's probably something to do with present fashion of having the bass drum very prominent in the mix, drives me daft, it used to be the snare drum at one time, a good drum kit is an acoustic instrument designed so all the bits are at the right volume, it's a bit like us bass players insisting that one of our strings should be louder than the other three
  16. [quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1497954321' post='3321533'] Anything by Status Quo is good. Caroline is a well known number. We also do Blockbuster by Sweet, very simple and great crowd pleaser. Highway To Hell Ac/DC also simple and effective. [/quote]Blockbuster, till you get to the triplet bit
  17. any Led Zep track is to be avoided unless the singer sounds like Robert Plant
  18. Don't play many multiband bills but when I do they sometimes want everybody to use the same amp for this reason I use an Zoom B1on pedal to get 'my sound' saves an awful lot of hassle, it can always go before any DI box that's being used
  19. I use a Trace Elliot head, SMX GP12, with a light weight cab, best of both worlds
  20. [quote name='yanto' timestamp='1497371548' post='3317639'] Babylon's Burning and other songs by The Ruts. The Rezillos also had a hard working bass player [/quote]Babylons Burning? that's tough, how he plays it with all down strokes is beyond me, I have to do up and down, doesn't sound the same though
  21. if you're after songs where you can hear the bass line so you can figure it out, try raising the song a whole octave with audacity or something similar makes the bass stand out, Blink 182 stuff is not very challenging, the Ramones even less so, but great fun, Hey Ho Let's Go
  22. [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1497355159' post='3317474'] I used to do exactly the same as you, small room with a loud drummer, Marshall guitar stack and a trace Elliott bass amp all at full gig volume, but we were 12 years old at the time [/quote]bloody hell you must have had a hell of a paper round to afford that sort of gear as a 12 year old
  23. [quote name='oldbass' timestamp='1497349033' post='3317416'] Your in a confined room with no bodies to soak up the volume plus surely the idea is to interact and sort things out etc so 60 watts is plenty if the guitars do the right thing and max the pre's and lower their master vol's. Also this idea that you have to keep up with the "loud" drummer is a bit amateurish imo. Our drummer simply plays a bit quieter in rehearsal and he still sounds crisp and on the money. Your ears will thank you for it in 30 yrs time. [/quote]the only time our drummer plays is at rehearsals and gigs (that's why we practice so often tbh) he could play quieter but it wouldn't have so much fun for him and we're all in it to enjoy ourselves aren't we? pass the earplugs please :-)
  24. [quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1497292641' post='3317122'] We always used to bring our own backline as well. Is it expected now for rehearsal studios to provide this? [/quote]most rehearsal rooms I know provide a backline and basic drum kit (bring beakables)saves lugging you gear to practice every week, makes it a lot more enjoyable [quote name='The59Sound' timestamp='1497292965' post='3317129'] We always practice at gig levels so we're more used to how it will be on the night. A 300w bass amp really should be the minimum for a rehearsal room. [/quote]unless you've got a room full of people at your rehearsals and you play in the same size room I wouldn't have thought it would sound the same as a gig
  25. [quote name='blue' timestamp='1497291621' post='3317113'] Another thing, I do all my tweeking & twerking in the bedroom through headphones and everything sounds great. Then I get to a gig and it's not the same.I should know better. Blue [/quote] [quote name='blue' timestamp='1497292025' post='3317116'] Thanks Red, I check out some demo clips. Blue [/quote]the same applies to demo clips as applies to playing bass on your own through headphones, it will sound totally different in a gigging environment, we've all been there, sounds great at home, sh*t at a gig
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