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Leonard Smalls

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    Owning and Gigging high end Basses

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I've been gigging my Wal since I bought it in 1990...
    M band at the time had a stage show where an artist would paint a background - and us - while we played. Luckily all that's washed off the Wal, but there's deep wear on the body. It's starting to look like Stanley Clarke's "If only this bass could talk" which is fine by me. It's there for playing.
    I'm not the sort of person who would buy a new couch and leave the plastic on for the next 5 years!

    Equipment Prices

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1420803153' post='2653550']



    If I owned a shop and knew this was what you were going to do..without even asking me if I could or would price match, I'd charge you to try out the kit :lol: :lol:
    [/quote]

    aye! If everyone only tried kit out in a shop then went and bought from an online retailer who had nowhere near the same overheads there would soon be no shops left.
    However, as a shop owner (not a music shop) I realise that to try and minimise this sort of behaviour I have to give the sort of service an online retailer can't, and hope the customer appreciates it enough to buy from us.
    Unfortunately lots of shops of all types don't seem to understand this might be their only way to survive!

    DJing

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I used to DJ in Leeds during the 80s at the Phono, Warehouse and University - mainly funk and general indie oddities... That was in the days when a Citronic Hawaii with Stanton carts was the beezkneez!
    I remember someone once asking me to play some "Proper dance music {I was playing "Flashlight" at the time} like the Virgin Prunes". Unfortunately for him I had "Pagan Lovesong" which he was obliged to dance to, on his own, in the meddle of the University Refectory in front of 1000 wannabe funksters!

    Snake oil... - Power Cord: a measly $149

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1419413111' post='2639624']
    I know a man who has, as part of his HiFi setup, an Isotek power conditioner. I think that they are about £2,500.
    [/quote]

    I know the guy who started the company, though he runs Isol-8 now.
    And to be fair, there's much more of an argument for using a power conditioner than an uber-mains cable!
    Some audio kit - usually because it hasn't got a robust enough power supply - is very susceptible to mains-borne noise, dc offsets and voltage fluctuation and reacts by either having humming transformers, or giving out low level white noise etc. Supply filtration or even re-generation in extreme cases can sort that out.
    However, a re-generator needs a lot of headroom if you're going to play loud and expect loud bass - unless you've got flea-powered amps and enormously efficient speakers.
    But as far as I'm concerned the power supply should be able to cope with any extreme of power supply that falls within the ESQR regs (electricity safety and quality) - my Bryston power amp specifically says don't bother with any mains foo as you'll restrict what the amp can do!

    Snake oil... - Power Cord: a measly $149

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The standard audiophool response on being told the science - whether it's to do with room tuning RFI suppressors or mains cables or even hi quality "hifi" consumer units and plug sockets - is to say "well science doesn't know everything, and how can you know this doesn't work unless you try it?"
    The usual answer is "I've never jumped off a cliff either but know it will hurt because science tells me that gravity will smash me very hard into the ground...
    The point is that you [i]have to believe it works [/i].

    Using a music stand in a covers band

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    You lot with your music stands'n'bits of paper/ipads/whatever!
    I once did a gig with a free improv band; the lady trombone leader issued us all with a piece of paper with some different coloured daubs of paint on.
    She said "we'll improvise around whatever you see in those colours".
    How we laughed!
    I ended up playing mainly wah-wahed bass with maximum distortion, which was no doubt lovely for the audience...
    Still, nobody threw stuff and there was roughly the same amount of folks there at the end as at the beginning, and they clapped (a bit!)

    December Composition Challenge - GET RECORDING!

    in Recording

    Posted

    [quote name='alittlebitrobot' timestamp='1418418848' post='2630170']
    I think about fireworks is the complete lack of rhythm. I'm worried that the only way I can respond to this image is with some ludicrous, unlistenable, arhythmic "free jazz" nonsense...
    [/quote]

    I did unlistenable free jazz for September's compocompo. I actually got a vote!!!!

    Colour of the cable...

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='jmchich' timestamp='1418231443' post='2628261']
    We got a work experience kid to ring up and order sky hooks... with hilarious results when the clueless phone operator at the suppliers didn't realise it was a pisstake and started searching the computer for them
    [/quote]

    You can actually buy skyhooks - I've used them many times while rock climbing:

    Should I re record my part in this song?

    in Recording

    Posted

    I'm afraid I have to disagree a bit with Douglas...
    There's room for improvement in both snare and kick, and there's room for making the bass sound better.
    However, I like the bass part - it's just too toppy which exacerbates fret buzz. I'd take out some top end and some high mid and pump up the low end a bit. That might not completely fix the bridge bit but there's an amazing amount you can do with eq, reverb and variable band compression!

    The story of Funk: one nation under a groove And Funk compilation programme BBC4 Dec 5th.

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Talking of Eddie Hazel, I just bought a mint copy of THAT album from our local 2nd hand record shop.
    Seriouslyfunkin!
    I was a little bit disappointed with the documentary. Nowt on Mama Funk, very little on Bootsy. As for the "Genius of Funk" live prog, surely they could have done a lot better. A bit of poorly mixed George, lots of average Jamiroquai, big chunk of James Taylor and Raydio (!).

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