Jamolah

Hi Chatters, Spent a few days in the studio last year with my function band, Groove Central Station. Thought it'd be nice to share 'em on here with you folks, as I'm pretty pleased with the performances and the bass sound! Love playing with this band. Great players and a setlist that avoids most of the standard wedding fare, but (almost) never fails to get a crowd up... Shout out to the guys at The Garage in South Shields. Lee and Kyle did a great job and I was really surprised by how good these vids turned out, given the (very resonable) price. Recommended to anybody in the North East looking to get some videos made, these guys have their stuff together. So yes, peep 'em if you like. It would be ace to get some feedback from the BC community. Much love, JP [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff3ZvJM7Qxw"]https://www.youtube....h?v=ff3ZvJM7Qxw[/url] Never Too Much - Luther Vandross/The Way You Make Me Feel - MJ, mini-medley [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXCxA4BS0vs"]https://www.youtube....h?v=hXCxA4BS0vs[/url] Last Night A DJ Saved My LIfe - Indeep [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS2Qw7wysKc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=iS2Qw7wysKc[/url] Something Got Me Started - Simply Red

Sure enough: swapped the wires rounds on the bridge pickup and everything's sounding sweet! Whoever shipped the package had mislabeled the hot-and-cold colours for the bridge pickup (I did think it was weird that the two 'cold' wires were different...). Thanks for the tip-off.

Ah! Had a feeling it might've been some thing like that. Will give it a go when I get back in and let you know. Cheers!

Hi guys. So I installed an East DJ-retro preamp in my Lakland DJ5 this week, and have noticed a funny affect it's had on my sound; when in "passive balance" pickup mode the sound seems to thin out, lose a fair bit of volume and goes kind of hollow-sounding (very different from the sound of the old passive system with both knobs full). Same when the rotary control is dialled in the centre. Either pickup on its own sounds perfectly normal, and the blending seems to be pretty smooth too (very happy with the sound of the preamp, as it happens, when switching between pickups). I thought I'd ask on here to see if anybody else has experienced this, wether or not it's something inherent in DJ's or if it's maybe a fault with either my installation or my pickups or something. Any advice appreciated! Cheers, Basschatterers...

That first album was the album I learned to play with. The old cliche; running home from school cos I couldn't wait to plug in and rock out. I used to put the album on and play all the tracks through, start to finish. IMHO they are one of the best bands to pick up the bass to. They groove really hard, the riffs are easy enough to learn but really need to be locked in to feel right, and once you've nailed them then the sound of your basic pentatonic scales will be ingrained in your ear, even if you've never considered it. Bloody excellent material for an upcoming newbie. I definitely would not be the bassist I am today were it not for RATM. Cheers, JP

[quote name='KevB' post='546329' date='Jul 21 2009, 12:48 PM']I think in his day he was a well respected player in the area but he's not gigged seriously for 12 years and I came to live work late in life so our paths have never crossed. He's played more gigs than I'll ever do in my life so I've tried to show the respect due but I can only assume his social skills have got a bit blunted during his lay-off.[/quote] See, when I hear stories of/go through similar encounters, I always assume it's because these people are unrealistic rock-star dreamers who have no idea how to deal with [i]professional[/i] musicians in real life (flattering myself here, perhaps ). It smacks of inexperience and nervous, overcompensatory braggadocio to me, but I suppose there are plenty of well-practiced douchebags out there too! +1 for forming your own band, with guys you know or have worked with before.