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31 minutes ago, Misdee said:

Never underestimate the bitterness and resentment felt towards Britain by so many people across the world. 

 

To us Eurovision is a joke. To a lot of the other nations it's a serious matter of national pride, such is their cultural poverty compared to our own. Those  hapless Eurovision entries that we tune in to laugh at really are the best they can do when it comes to pop music. They can't forgive us for that. 

 

That said, the UK entry was indeed crap. He got what he deserved. Thank goodness. Do we really want to have to stage Eurovision ever again now that it has become this ridiculous political football?  Switzerland was the default voting choice because of it's  famous history of political neutrality. I'm sure Eurovision will now find a way to try and drag them into World War 3.

Yeah, agreed, EV is very serously for Latvia, but not for me. I never ever watched any semi or final at tv.

EV is just a show. This year i didn't liked the song and showman representing my country.

On 08/05/2024 at 04:17, Cheeto726 said:

Not exactly lol. I found a used hartke rig and jumped on it. It's sounds super sweet! 

I think - Hartke stuff is a bit more better than Fender rumble. 

Best regards !

When i practised drum beats to bass and different chords from guirar and keyboard, I just used a lot of different wav saples, mixing together and playing over and over again. The collection i got was for free from my friend. It was easy and very healpful, but of couse there are a lot soft. One of them i was interested was ''gig a day''.

8 minutes ago, gafbass02 said:

White EMGs now, that pic is very recent. 

OK, it's clear now.😉

10 minutes ago, gafbass02 said:

My 1990 jazz bass, been with me since around 93 I think. 

What about the pickups now ?

I had been in my country finals once, but since then and now i hate it.

As i remember - Fender 2003. Jaco signature jazz bass.

52 minutes ago, obbm said:

This is my current board based on the Aclam XS1.  In order to maximise space I replaced the end cheeks with pieces of right-angle aluminium faced with self-adhesive silicon rubber strip.  Underneath is a Thumpinator and the rechargeable battery pack.

 

 

 

It is my intention to  replace the Sweeper, the Subnup and possibly the Tuner, BDDI and Thumpinator with an HX Stomp. 

 

There are however a couple of issues with this.

 

1.  I need to change over from battery power to mains power as the battery pack does not have enough capacity for the HX Stomp. Not a big deal just need some cash.

 

2. Going from the the Cali76 to the Stomp will mean that the Tuner function is after the compressor which is not recommended.  Would it be sensible to put an FX Loop as the first block of The Stomp and run the compressor on that?

 

Small and stylish.

Gotoh GB640

Best regards !

My yesterday rehearsal in a new band was critical. The band was death metal, all tattued with satanistic signs, very young age. I thought i would be killed after the rehearsal and all my gear will be taken away. They all drunk 40% balm like coca cola. Finally i got up and said that nothing will continue and got home. Really felt very bad.

3 hours ago, Geek99 said:

Got a tc electronics bh250 on eBay. Works with headphones, I’ll get a cab when I can afford one. 

Go on!

31 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Just got in from a Spacewasters rehearsal, going through 3 songs for recording tomorrow. Used my fave Precision as figure best to record with the instrument you play best. Went well, all sounding good. Then we get the call that it’s had to get cancelled due to the engineer having a family problem. Shame but we’ll reschedule.

 

Edit - I should also point out that a full scale bass (both weight & size) really isn’t the right choice for me now, and although my Precision is my fave bass in all honesty my Mustangs suit the sound of the band better. 

So.....what will You choose on next rehearsal - precision or mustang ?

Donna Lee by Jaco. I learned it allready 15 years ago, but then was faster tempo - very close to Jaco record. Now i play it sometimes a bit slower, when i am sad.

21 minutes ago, dodgnofski said:

I had a ‘68 with Lollipops from the same timeline and the paint was starting to peel off on mine too (see pic) as it looks like it is on this - could have been a painting issue back then maybe? 

 

I was interested in this, but I’m too far away to collect & when I asked if he would consider posting it to me, he started saying that it would be completely at my own risk, wasn’t convinced that the homemade case would be strong enough to withstand the journey etc, etc☹️☹️

Precision of doom.😜

11 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

In 3 piece bands i've been in there was no centre stage. Guitarist/singer at one end of stage and bass (me !!!) at other end and we came together in middle for guitar solos on occasion.

Love a 3 piece band tho. When it works it really is the dogs "elbows". 

Dave

3 piece band is a mystery for me, never had a chance. Only 4-8.

I don't care - more right or left. Don't remember i had a chance to stand at the center ever.

Best regards !

1 hour ago, Count Bassy said:

To a large extent Fender did get it right with the P and J bass body shapes. They fulfill the essentials of balance, access, and comfort etc.  If pretty sure that when they came up with them they didn't just draw a shape and say "That'll do". Even the P & J shapes aren't really that far apart. These shapes can be tweaked by other companies, but in many cases coming up a dramatically/instantly recognisable different body shape is to the detriment of basic function.

 

They same way that  the vast majority of cars are basically the same shape.

IMHO of course.

Brick house

30 minutes ago, 12stringbassist said:

Fender P and Jazz copies by companies like Lakland and Sandberg et al.
Why don't they have the imagination to do their own body shape designs?

They just think that Fender design absolutely rules the earth and it will be easier to sell j and p shape models.

32 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Not sure that doom is really the one to get people going like that though...

Jaco with his "bass of doom" wouldn't mind.😁

3 hours ago, ped said:

Fred keeps asking if the bass can be his when I'm dead, seems like he's hoping I'll snuff it soon! I said it'll be sold on the open market and if he wants to put a bid in, that's fine.

This picture, it reminds me about the great headphones which where destroyed by my cat - the headphones died at age 10, but the cat died when she was 20.

When band leader - vocalist has a great mood.