Count Bassy

Yes you guessed it: Bass players that are pretty good, and almost, but not quite, as good as people say.

Not a vast range of experience of different amps (at least not owned by me), but so far

'Traditional' solid state (well class H): undoubtedly the Marshall DBS400.

Light weight solid state. Markbass LM3.

I reckon you'd best to play it like a hammered dulcimer.

I iamgine that so that the low strings sound a bit more bassy and the higher strings have a bit more "Zing".

Hard to tell what the letters are - It can be read many ways, but (to my eyes) it's not a single 'W'.

21 minutes ago, Beedster said:

Screw the courier issue, I find it concerning that any BC member would have that much cling film to hand

It's still less than it takes to wrap a body though ..........

20 hours ago, Russ said:

 but I would pay through the nose for the old DBS preamp section coupled with a big-powered Class D amp. 

Me too!. The DBS 400 is brilliant, but flip me it's heavy.

On 08/07/2020 at 13:30, Rich said:

My wireless lead is an OBBM, it's bombproof.

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(I know what you mean really)

On 13/08/2020 at 17:50, StickyDBRmf said:

Hey I got an orphan Ibanez acoustic/electric bass and I'm wondering why not D'Addario nickel round wound, like I have on every other bass, guitar, and Chapman Stick (the string supplier) that I own? What's with the bronze strings? It's not like I'm gonna go to an open mike and play in front of an OPEN MIKE. Anyone give me a reason to put bronze strings on, as opposed to what I'm used to? Am I missing something? 

Might it be to do with tension/load on the bridge?, or possibly they vibrate more, hence more volume?

On 04/08/2020 at 11:22, ezbass said:

Nail varnish remover works on Sharpie too.

 

Need to be a bit careful with nail varnish remover (acetone) as it disolves lots of things, like some plastics and some paints/varnishes.

Lynn Jackaman, who used to sing with St. Jude. Not seen her since those days though.

On 27/07/2020 at 10:03, KiOgon said:

Not in my experience.

I should have said IMHO, YMMV  etc.

Personally I've not had a problem with the Neutrik stuff except for some of their early Right Angle "Silent Plugs", which jammed.

(They acknowledged that there ws a design problem and sent me four of the revised design  - I'd only bought two in the first place!)

A shout out for Neutrik as well. Same quality as Switchcraft.

Part No  NYS229  for mono.

17 minutes ago, Bobthedog said:

Thank you, I meant his version  as opposed to Gary Moore. 

Ah, OK. Yes his version is beautiful. One of the few songs I can (mostly) play and sing at the same time, but my version is distinctly less beautiful!

Maggie Bell

1 hour ago, Bobthedog said:

One of my favourite songs to noodle over in a quiet moment is Peter Green's Need Your Love So Bad. I just find it one of the most relaxing tunes to play and listen too. Sad times RIP Mr Green.

Pedant alert/ Actually written by 'Little Willy John', but can't disagree that Peter Green made it his own.

On 15/07/2020 at 12:45, Bill Fitzmaurice said:

If you doubt that valves will be with us for long consider what's happened with vinyl.

Time will tell with Vinyl. Personally I suspect it will prove to be a fairly brief resurgence based on nostalgia. In every technical respect digital is superior. The reason many people prefer vinyl is that the production techniques and aims were different in those days. If you digitally record and compress as is the modern trend then Vinyl would have no advantages (IMHO), other than the sleeve size.

21 hours ago, LeftyP said:

, but you would think that national chains and global companies would have enough 'fat' to survive.

Big companies with "Fat" generally results in big dividends and director bonus's. Not saving some for a rainy day!

Jerome Rimson on Roger Chapman's 'Live in Hamburg'.

I leave the strings tuned but put the body between my knees and pull the neck back to take the strain off the truss rod while adjusting it. Seems to work - haven't broken one yet, but then I'm not doing it every day.

8 hours ago, Barking Spiders said:

£1.57bn is peanuts. Too little, too late for many small arts businesses. I know several self-employed people who've made their livings in the arts sector. Not only have their revenues completely dried up, they got zilch from the government, no furlough money, no universal credit. A lot of them are only getting buy through the kindness of family and friends.

Hardly peanuts, and it puts us second in the list quoted above.

Obviously I am arts and music inclined, but even I can see that getting manufacturing going again is far more important.

Some very understandable entries there, but equally some really wierd entries and ordering. 'Vive la difference' I guess.

1 hour ago, Nail Soup said:

Better than a lot of bass solos I've heard, and they have good stage presence and movements... so overall not too bad.

This.

6 hours ago, DaveFry said:

Macca’s “ Bluebird “;

All alone on a desert island 

We’re living in the trees 

 

- Must be the kind of desert with trees in , then .

And "Blackbird singing at the dead of night" - most unusual.

The Orange oil based 'label Remover" is very good.