Bassybert

If only Kurt had played a blazing Phrygian/Mixolydian hybrid picked lead line over Pennyroyal Tea instead of some 3 note feedback I'd have had way more respect for him! On a serious note, for kids my age in the late 80s/early 90s Nirvana were a revelation and opened up my eyes and ears to a whole new world of music I hadn't really been exposed to in the UK. People can argue the toss and compare Richard size about how they knew punk before it was punk or whatever, but to me punk rock was/is more about a mindset rather than a sound. Nirvana/Kurt had a huge range of musical influences and that melting pot created some stunning music and turned loads of people like me onto some truly great music. It was almost certainly the success that killed Kurt - he just wanted to be in a cool band who made music for people who loved music like he did. Sounds like he really hated all of the hangers on, the legions of new fans who really didn't know anything about them apart from what they saw on MTV/News channels, especially the frat boy fans who were proclaiming to be fans when a few years earlier would have been calling him names in the street. Some of their live shows were seismic shifts, some of them not great but that's the nature of the beast. But as far as not being able to hear a word he's singing, to paraphrase Wesley Snipes in White Men Can't Jump... "Look man, you can listen to Jimi but you can’t hear him. There’s a difference. Just because you’re listening to him doesn’t mean you’re hearing him."

Bought Brian's Korg Pitchblack tuner pedal, he was a pleasure to deal with kept me bang up to date with the postage. Item arrived quickly and was well packaged. Top banana thanks Brian!

Ha ha, what the actual F*@k is that 😂 Looks like the buyer has simply clicked yes to every option available on the Warmoth website and screwed it together!

That rig is insane, reminds me of one of my favourite ever films...

That video has more cheese in it than a Dairylea factory 😂

Funnily I've been listening to Harmacy in the car this week!

Ooh I've not heard of those, they look pretty good ☺️

I have no idea how they have any hearing left at all TBH, playing in front of several fully cranked Marshall stacks night after night. Ears ringing for days!

Thanks everyone, was asking as I know they last for donkeys years I'm cool with that if they're going to smooth out. If they stayed like it I would have looked at changing them for a different brand but they feel and sound great, the tension is spot on.

Before anyone asks, no it’s nothing to do with sitting down all day or wearing tight underwear 😆 I’ve been playing some LaBella 760FS strings for a few weeks and while I love the feel and tone they get sticky when playing and it’s putting me off playing them. Has anyone else experienced this and if so does it go away when they wear in a bit?

I know one thing being a big fan of them from all the way back in the 90s, it would have been f&@#*ng loud in there!

Looking great, it’s amazing how much of a difference a couple coats of paint makes!

If he'd said Blood Sugar Sex Magik I'd be all over it.

I’m a huge Neil Young fan so probably being a bit one eyed here but there’s no way any of the others brought as much to the table as he did. Stills was/is a stunning guitar player and singer, whilst Nash and Crosby brought the heavenly harmonies. Although they all contributed songs to the group, without Neil constantly pushing boundaries and raising the standards they wouldn’t have been anywhere near as good without him.

Sorry mate I meant internally in the room, such as bass traps, sound absorbing drapes etc

I can feel the punch from those two hitting me in the back from here!

Looking great! Are you planning on treating the walls acoustically at all once they're plastered/painted?

Funny you should say that as I really dislike it when people dislike that expression. Swings and roundabouts and all that.

It still sounds such a good bassline, the perfect example of serving the song.

Thanks a lot Phil, much appreciated. I'm not obsessed about tone either, I love getting a good sound and feeling the trousers flap but I'm not good enough to be that fussy. I'm just looking for something that's portable, sounds good with a nice rounded low mid sound and has enough power to handle some gigs with a modest drummer. I love a bit of DIY so this sounds right up my street!

I’m thinking of building one of these cabs and wondered if it will handle the Motown/Stax sounds I play on my P bass with flats - that flattish eq but with the low mids boosted? Or would the traditional 15” speaker be a better option? I bought a set of Bill Fitzmaurice’s simplexx 15 plans a while back which look great and was thinking about building that, but the simple 12 would be a much more straightforward and cheaper build.

No problem thanks for the update 😀

Hi @ped, have cleared all cookies and re-logged back in and this is what i'm seeing by default when I view the amps and cabs forum which I'm not sure is any different. If I change the view to Sort By Start Date that works absolutely fine.

Looking fantastic well done, been really enjoying seeing the updates. When I boarded out my detached garage extension (Basically another 4m extension on the end) I used battened the brick walls with 2x1 and screwed 75mm PIR insulation to the battens, then used foil tape to create the continuous vapour barrier before covering with OSB. I had a double layer of PIR on the ceiling, put 100mm between the ceiling joists, filled in any gaps with expanding foam and then overlaid the whole lot with 25mm before covering with 12mm OSB.