Count Bassy

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1339771551' post='1694119'] Absolutely agree. 192KHz 24bit through a banging monitor system (B&W Nautilus, PMC MB-2s, whatever, driven with appropriate amps and cabling blah blah blah) in a great room sounds fantastic, I'd never be able to tell it was 'digital' in a double blind test against a 1/2" analogue master tape of the same music at the exact same volume. Not a chance, and I would love to see any digital naysayer in the world do this with anything beyond statistical average accuracy. In fact I wouldnt be able to tell them apart at all if the volumes were the same. [/quote] Except the analogue in any realistic system, would have more hiss, crackle and pop.

No particular order: John Entwhisle Mick Karn Andy Fraser Jerome Rimson Martin Turner Gary Twigg Boz Burrell Malcolm Hoskins Duck Dunn Leyland Sklar But it could be different tomorrow!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1339058518' post='1682902'] Which is ideal world conditions so I think you've missed my point entirely. In the real world you turn up having been told you're playing in a marquee only to find a small gazeebo with water running underneath the sides and forming puddles in the grass. The drummer plugs his fan into an extension lead that he has mended with insulation tape after the rabbit has chewed through all the insulation. The keyboard player is having to play with his foot on the mains lead of his keyboard to keep the flex from pulling out of the plug. The singer is complaininig of getting shocks from the PA because someone extended the mains lead using a 2 pin lawn mower plug and socket that they had lying around. But no-one has to worry becuause you're using an RCD. Granted if you play in a regular band with the same guys using the same kit week in week out you can be pretty sure your kit is good but quite a few of us don't. Those were only a few of the situations I've been in. Not including the two extension leads mentioned earlier. None of it IP68 rated and not even a plastic bag wrapped around where they're joined. Add the red mist that descends on someone who has spent a lot of time and money organising the gig and insists you set up a quickly as possible and people will do the most stupid things. [/quote] In which case, walk away.

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1339330445' post='1686870'] I just bought myself the 32Gb memory stick. [/quote] Can I I advise that you check it. I bought one (not from that site, but on Ebay) and it turned out to be a 4 gig one doctored to say that it was 32Gig. Best check it before you commit anything precious to it ( I didn't!). Free utilities are available to check it out thoroughly.

[quote name='amnesia' timestamp='1338845519' post='1680057'] Next to last song a couple of weeks ago and I start to loose notes intermittently. I have had a slight issue with my amp at this venue before so I assumed I was looking at a big bil and a broken amplifierl. By the time I realised I had a problem the sound was gone, my concentration was gone so I left the band on stage to play the last track without me. Not cool. After the set I tried my other bass and it worked fine. Went back to my Tbird and the notes were gone again. Worked out that open strings were fine but fretted notes were rubbish. Then spotted the bridge pickup touching the E string. Thanks Gibson. Thanks a lot. Needless to say I'm back to the Warwicks for a bit - my confidence needs shoring up! [/quote] To be fair you can't really blame Gibson for that. Edited to say - I presume that the t.bird has adjustable pickup height.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1339348762' post='1687228'] Thinner sticks? [/quote] No Sticks !!

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1339025516' post='1682739'] ... but it's all the same techniques as playing guitar not specifically bass guitar. [/quote] Exactly! Just call it a wide range guitar!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1338755314' post='1678971'] Extension leads go faulty really quickly when you pour water on them. [/quote] Well if you let your mains connections get wet then that counts as something 'faulty' in my book. Like your brain!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1338737361' post='1678638'] The big problem is you can't play on grass, you'll get electrocuted. If you've got flooring down it's risky but better. [/quote] Only if something is faulty in the first place

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' timestamp='1337547480' post='1661884'] Yeah, I've had a few goes at them but they're just odd and I'm not a big fan of the sound so I've never gone all in with one. There are a few players (Jim being one) that make them sound great though. [/quote] For a 1 row like that think of it as a harmonica -tunings exactly the same.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1337385707' post='1659329'] Oh, I thought this was going to be a thread about Stevie Ray Vaughns greatest song [/quote] Me too

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1336902050' post='1652421'] At the other end of the scale our drummer packs his gear away wearing cotton gloves. The acidity of the sweat on your fingers attacks the cymbals. Apparently. [/quote] I auditioned for a band where the drummer did this! Not the Travelling Riverside Blues Band is it?

Best way I've found in these situations, (in a practice at least), is to stop the song and just say "we're slowing down", without pointing the finger at anyone in particular.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1337014169' post='1654028'] I wouldn't believe any of that - if they say "use a plastic container" to hold acetone I don't think so I'm sure there are some that will BUT! [/quote] Beat me to it! Any site that says to put acetone in an unspecified plastic bowl should be taken with a big pinch of salt! (Acetone is used as a glue for perspex - works by dissolving it!)

[quote name='mart' timestamp='1337157387' post='1656219'] Just to extract one highlight from that tb thread that you linked, Neutrik say their jacks are 6.29mm (according to the technical drawing download available from [url="http://www.neutrik.com/en/audio/plugs-and-jacks/px-series/np2x"]http://www.neutrik.c.../px-series/np2x[/url]). So if these differences matter, then there seems to be more choice than simply 6 or 6.35. [/quote] We're talking 60 microns difference - it doesn't matter in this context. Let's face it if the hole in the socket is 6.35mm/ 1/4" then you wouldn't want to try and get a 6.35mm/ 1/4" plug down it! I don't believe that anyone makes a 6.0mm jack plug, when they say 6mm they mean 6.35mm. Even if someone does make a 6.0mm plug then it would still work fine in 6.35mm socket due to the way the contacts are sprung. Had a look at various drawings of sockets on their site, but couldn't find any that actually specified the hole diameter. With regard to the OP - as others have said, your socket's probably faulty/worn/dirty. You might try cleaning the inside of the socket barrel (if its that sort of socket) with some emery or a plastic pan scourer type thing (Scotchbrite). Also you can bend the spring contact / retainer to make the plug sit and be retained correctly (clean it while you're in there)..... Or just buy and fit a new one, as already suggested.

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1336349551' post='1644448'] +1 to this, and any half decent CNC machine is potentially far more accurate and repeatable than any person could hope to be. [/quote]

whoops, double post

[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1336300436' post='1643636'] I'm a fairly aggressive player, using picks and fingers. I used to use Rotosound wounds and would get about 6 hours of live/band practice use out of them before they were too dull, for my liking. D'Addarios last around 10-12 hours, but I have a set of DR Neons on my Stingray and they've clocked up about 20 hours and are still sounding good. It's taken me 20 years you realise cheaper strings are false economy. [/quote] Not aimed at your post particularly, but surely it depends on the bass to some extent. I have d'addario's (Nickels) on my Fender Urge and like them. I tried them on my Ibanez SR505 and they were zingier than a zingy thing on zing street. I had to play with the treble backed right off to get an acceptable (to me ) sound. I had these for several months and they were still too zingy and I ended up with Status half rounds. My point being that, on some basses, and according to how much zing you wanted, you could start with new strings and the treble knocked down, and compensate for the ageing of the strings with the tone controls, effectively extending the life of the strings.

[quote name='SidVicious1978' timestamp='1336101345' post='1640925'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwC2o9SCqgc[/media] [/quote] Got to say that if you took the drummer away from this it would be pretty dull.

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1335873227' post='1637246'] Seriously guys. This is niche. [/quote] I agree with this. The vast majority of people I know (which includes lots of musos) have never heard of him, and I hadn't until I started coming here. Plenty of other dead bass players who would have a wider appeal. However, it's great that someone wants to make this film enough to sink their money into it.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1335274659' post='1628418'] I'm making up a pair of Speakon cables for a nice new amp and my nice new(ish) speakers. Its a 900W amp (although I frankly am a little cynical about that). Will there be any difference at all between the two cable sizes? Will the 1.5mm2 be well within its limitations or will I be pushing its limits (whatever that may be)? Cheers [/quote] Is that Wattage RMS, and into how many ohms, and what is the length of the proposed cable?

At the risk of being kippered, I'd say that a class D amp [b]is[/b] digital, in that the output devices are either 'On' of 'Off' (apart from brief transients) In the same way that digital computers works with "ons" and "offs". Not digital in the sense of a CD or MP3 where a digital value represents an instantaneous volume level, but digital in the sense of Pulse Width Modulation. Unlike analogue computers which used to work with, well, analogue signals. PS: Has anyone put a switch mode PSU into a "conventional" (solid state) Amp? -would preserve the original sound (if you believe that there's a difference), but save a ton of weight.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1335644890' post='1634261'] Yep. I'm using a 505 and just haven't seen, heard or played anything that I'd want to replace it with. If the SR300 is just half as good as an SR50X, then it's going to be an absolutely cracking instrument. I'm wanting to try an SR5005 to see if it really could be an improvement on the SR505. [/quote] Yeah, I'm using a 505 at the moment (the older one without the mid frequency switch), and think it's brilliant. I used to find it too bright and zingy, and always played with the treble backed right off, but have recently changed to Status half rounds and loving it even more. Now liking the sound with all the EQs about flat, which leaves me plenty of room for adjustments! I'd like to try a 5005 as well, but to be honest the 505 is a better bass than I am a player, so can't really justify anything better. Mind you I'd quite like the 605, purely on aesthetics, which is far as I can see is the 505 with an Ash body. (SR 4505 also looks nice, but so it should at around 2 grand !)