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[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='216222' date='Jun 10 2008, 03:09 PM']tight arse [/quote] And to think, I nearly complimented you on that Big Muff and copy of Kid A in the photo you posted a day or so ago. You big meanie! seriously, though, I'm a hobby bass player. My MIJ Jazz (Ұ 75 000 when I bought it in Japan - about £350) is as good an instrument as I'll ever need. I like food, wine, travelling etc etc too much to invest heavily in something that I don't need.

[quote name='birdy' post='212362' date='Jun 4 2008, 10:51 AM']To me its all about 'spare' cash that I have which determines how much I would spend. If I won £10 million on the lottery I would have no problem paying £30K for a 1960 stack knob jazz but at the moment thats unattainable.[/quote] Word. Assuming no lottery win (and I don't play the lottery, so that's a solid assumption), £650. And it would have to be a dream bass.

Fank 'oo kindly, sir!

The Bass Gallery's URL has changed from the one listed on the first post. [url="http://www.thebassgallery.com"]http://www.thebassgallery.com[/url] is the correct one. Is that a good place for getting pickups installed / screening / set up done? how about Dave Wild?

Just ordered apair of 84s for my MIJ '75 reissue Jazz. I'm so excited! Anyone know a good place in London to get- a) pickups fitted bass set up (intonation, truss, action etc) c) insides properly screened? I've got a gig on the 20th and want my baby to be in top shape! someone mentioned McGinley (Mcsomething?) guitars?

Just play F. With a muddy enough tone, no-ones know what note you're going for.

An ace-looking tatty P-bass, either an old-style burst'n'tort or a off-white-and-black. Or one of each. One of each. Inneresting...

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='197929' date='May 13 2008, 01:14 PM'][b]Stage fountains[/b] : When you take the 1st gentle sip from your pre-positioned bottle of beer and it froths over......... you try and catch it by quickly stuffing it in your mouth but it exits all available orifices and you have to jump about like a pansy so it doesn't get into your bass then you put it down on your set list (coz you don't like to leave a mess) and the ink runs and you have to share someone else's and you loose concentration coz you've just waisted a couple of mls of beer and then you think of something witty that you should have done to turn it into a rock n roll wheeze instead of looking like a noob that can't handle his shandy but it's too late and everyone thinks your a git then you forget all about it until you're tidying up and you loop a sticky, gritty lead around you arm........... No?...... Just me then. Happens every time. [/quote] [b]Stage Fountain[/b] has now been added to my vocab. Excellent.

You're missing Thomann 2: Electric Boogaloo

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='197276' date='May 12 2008, 04:31 PM']Its a moot point. Is the music interesting? If so, the bass line is, by association, interesting. If the piece is poor, the bass line can be a doozie but it will still be a weak piece of music. A great bassline in a weak piece of music is, thus, an oxymoron. It doesn't exist.[/quote] gunna hafta disugree wiv yuh there, bilbuh. There's a large non-rational component to the enjoyment of music. You can dislike a piece that is musically interesting. It can be a strong piece that you don't like. The inherent musical interest of a tune doesn't always (or even often) translate into my enjoyment of it. But you make an interesting point - a bassline can be appropriate, and interesting by association even if it's not challenging to play/containing interesting counter-melodies or whatsit.

I used to be in a band that covered Plush by Stone Temple Pilots. I hate that song, but the bass part was satisfying to play an lollopped along in an interesting fashion. I was listening to Anthem for a Seventeen Yeah Old Girl by Broken Social Scene the other day. I love that song to pieces but the bass is practically non existant. So: Would you prefer to play songs you didn't much like, but had satisfying bass lines, or play far less engaging parts in music you genuinely think is excellent. And minus ten thousand points if you answer "Well I like to play interesting bass parts in songs that I think are excellent." Ten thousand!

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='192776' date='May 6 2008, 11:12 AM']Ill try and pop in as i live next to the Barbican. Cant promise anything as i might have a gig myself but if i don't ill be there. Not been to the Dry Bar before although i have walked past it a few times. Clarky, did you use your UL115 that night? I was sitting in bored and would have [b]poped[/b] down if i had known you were there (always good to support BC members).[/quote] In the Popemobile? Thanks for the offer! Not sure if we're going to fight for a crowd. our singer's a bit nervous so we want to play some little gigs without publicising too heavily, and then tell everyone about our 'proper' first gig when we're match-fit.

Thanks Clarky - really informative post.

He gang. My new band has its first gig at the Dry Bar in London on 3 July! [url="http://www.myspace.com/drybarlondon"]http://www.myspace.com/drybarlondon[/url] Anyone played there? It looks like a good place for a first-timer. Does anyone know what kind of backline they have there - our guitarist said that we don't need to bring amps as they have stuff there already. All it says on their site is "Our standard stage configuration features elevated drum riser for best viewpoint of the act on stage". Anyone know owt about this place? Cheers.

I went P. I'm on a P kick at the moment.

This 'gay' joshing is lame.

Anyone know a bass/guitar shop near London bridge? I've got half an hour to burn after work but am heading to Stratford after that so don't want to head too far afield (eg not as far as tin pan alley). Just want some Ernie Balls for my guitar.... Cheers!

SEX

Indeed. There's a great example (as in, obvious and audible) of a noise gate on Godspeed You Black Emperor's version of Hungover as the Queen in Maida Vale. The guitar part is noisy when playing notes, but in the silences between the hum just drops out: [url="http://www.imeem.com/dopplganger/music/2aLRPhzo/godspeed_you_black_emperor_hung_over_as_the_oven_in_maida/"]http://www.imeem.com/dopplganger/music/2aL..._oven_in_maida/[/url] It's also a bangin' tune!

[quote name='Astronomer' post='187650' date='Apr 28 2008, 10:23 PM']I'm physically cringing as I type this. Could someone please tell me what compression does? I've heard and read a lot of talk about using compression to get a particular sound, but when I try to use it the only thing that happens is that things get loud enough to make small children cry. In Norway. So, what's it about? Is it just a means of preventing damage to the input stage of an amplifier, or to a speaker, or does it actually change the sound? Sorry, I know it's a really dumb question, but it's bugging me and I can't understand much of the stuff on the net. [/quote] There's no reason to cringe. We're all born knowing nothing (probably. Maybe. Depending on who you ask) and we all have to ask questions to learn stuff. If anyone gives you gyp then they're are a big meanie. What everyone else says. You set the threshold and the ratio on most compressors. Any sound louder than the threshold is squeezed quieter according to the ratio you've chosen. Means that super-loud sounds don't stand out so much, and you can raise the volume of the quiet bits. Lots of contention exists about the amount you should use it, but most of the controversy surrounds using it on a whole song at the mastering stage - if you make the loudest bits and the quietest bits the same volume and superloudify everything, where are the dynamics etc etc?. Bit of compression on the bass can work a treat.

Like it a lot. Big fan of bass lines that have 12th fret action over a lower open string. Good stuff!