Bobo_Grimmer

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1331059399' post='1567061'] Aggh! It's [i]him [/i]again, isn't it?? [/quote] looks like it

2 8x10! wow that's a good idea lol thank's obbm that's exactly what i was thinking i just wasn't to sure.

I have good days and bad days i guess. we jam every week. We call it jam because we don't really practice songs we just turn up set up turn up and play. I used to set standards for myself and i seemed to end up thinking far too much and killing it before it started but now i try to relax and play. If we do go through songs on the odd occasion, i guess for me there are still a few of them that give me that thrill from when we wrote it or from when we play it live but there are some that i can't help but fully involve myself in. every time we play one of our songs i feel it fully and feel very tight with the drummer, we hit together and maybe play about a bit. i will dance if it comes up and regardless of my emotional state or tiredness i will always enjoy it even though the track is 12-15 year old! most of our jams we just play. i find that this is where your emotion and musical feeling can entwine with the rest of the band and that webby mess can sometimes create some of the most awesome musical experiences I've had without drugs. I'f it's a good song or had a good rhythm section then I'll enjoy playing it all the time.... I'm still young though so it might change yet... then i guess live it's down to how i am on the day. I've had some very good gig's and some very bad ones, or at least that's how it felt from my end. i think all in all for me it's the connection between the band that gives me the buzz and fuel's my enthusiasm for music. ^_^

I'm a very nervous person and quite quiet off stage and because of that I used to be very still on stage. It used to bug me too and i'd not enjoy looking at pictures and video from our gigs. Now i tend to relax and enjoy what we're playing. If the track makes me move or the drummer and i have a new groove going then i move. I have found since the connection between the drummer and i has grown and strengthened that my stage 'dancing' and general stage presence has improved.. i say improved i guess what i mean there is i seem more comfortable on stage and look like i'm enjoying being there! I bet a lot of other people will have seen bands in the past where you can tell that the guys on stage have seen others, famous people or bands they like, place a foot on the fold back or punch the air with a fist so they do it and you can really tell that that's what they are doing. "he/she sticks their foot up here and rocks out so that's what i will do" ok maybe they don't think that but that's kind of what it looks like. Just chill and you'll find the comfort and ease on stage will produce what your looking for... i think. ^_^

some very interesting stuff in here. Here's mine. [url="http://soundcloud.com/brothersgrimmer"]http://soundcloud.com/brothersgrimmer[/url]

Hey, I'm off work ill this week and have been spending my time thinking about bass amps Hopefully my question is worth while and not pain killer induced... I've used the AH1000, an old one not the new weird looking ones , for several years now and love the sound i get from the BFC and a trace 8x10, not at the same time ofc, but was wondering if i could connect several smaller cabs to it at the same time if i wanted to. Now from what I've read in the manual there's not really any mention of connecting cabs to all the outputs on the back of the amplifier at the same time or of their total minimum load. It does say on the back of the amplifier in two places about a 4ohm minimum though... [quote]The speaker outputs are provided on both jack and XLR sockets for the Full Range Stereo 500 Watt Left and Right outputs, and jack only for the High Pass Right stereo Bi-Amp output. The Mode switch and Speaker Outputs are clearly marked as to their operation in the three output modes of the amplifier. There is a further speaker output provided with the SPEAKON connector on the extreme right side of the amplifier. This is for use only with the special Stereo Bi-Amp cabinet ( called the BFC ) that has been designed to operate exclusively with the AH1000 to provide a full stereo bi-amp speaker configuration in one cabinet with the only interconnection required being this one SPEAKON socket. This special cabinet can operate in FULL RANGE MONO, or FULL RANGE STEREO, in BIAMP MONO or BI-AMP STEREO merely by using the OUTPUT MODE switches on the AH1000.This has reduced what used to be a nightmare of interconnections using external power amplifiers and probably four cabinets to a single amplifier head ( the AH1000 ) with a single connection ( 1 x SPEAKON ) to a single cabinet ( the BFC ).[/quote] now i understand that the BFC is three cabs in one. 2x 2x10 and 1x 1x15 all of which are 4ohms. That's all taken care of by the speakon connection for the bi-amp BFC ect ect. When ever i use the 8x10, which is 4ohms, i plug it in with a jack to jack speaker lead to the low pass 500W with an output mode of full range stereo. This works fine an was my normal set-up till i found the BFC. Both sound lovely and have typical trace awesomeness. I understand that with it's extensive crossover section i could use separate power amps to extend the rig further but I'm only interested in the main out puts of the amplifier for this question. One other thing is that this amp is technically three amps. A 500W, for the lows, and 2 250W amps for the left and the right. The question remains is that can you plug three 4ohm cab's into the three separate jack outputs on the rear of the amplifier or do you think it's a definitive 4ohm minimum for the total of the output stage?

Hey everyone, I'm looking at getting a new, at least 16ch, rack mounted firewire audio interface. I need it to record the band and jams i may have at home with friends. My set up at the moment is a 16ch Analog desk that all the mic's and d.i's go into and then all the out from that go into my audio interface through firewire to my pc. I end up with a multi-track recording that i can then fiddle with and produce our albums, jams and general messin' about. I have a little bit of money to spend and more in the new year. Anything that's £500 or less and capable of at least 48/24 would be awesome. I'd be really interested in what interfaces you guys might think would be a good option for my recording needs and also what interfaces you might use or have used or would like to use. I've been looking around at a few and have some ideas but i thought i'd wing a thread up on here to see what you guys think might be a good interface to get. thanks, Shawn

Oh yes good old Charity Shops! Me to dude, always.

[quote name='neilb' post='939998' date='Aug 30 2010, 02:49 PM']Rikenbakers[/quote] +1

Well i'm really not one of those people. Don't get me wrong i really am a gear geek and have alot of random bits of kit to twiddle and bash ect. one thing i've done is get a rack case for all my gear so i stick my 8X10 up there behind the drummer and stick the rack off the stage to one side, near me, so people have no idea what i'm using other than my bass and cab. Also i have tapped over the name on my floor deck I try to hide my gear because i want people to enjoy that we play and not bitch at me or just stand at the bar looking down their nose at me while i set up and play. maybe i've just played in some bad venues...

I have to say i hate people that do that... When i get to a gig i'm there to entertain people not show off my gear... Don't gig in Bournemouth because it's full of musicians looking down their nose at you as you set up. I always feel very conscious of my gear. i have some good gear and sometimes hate bring it all in because it shouldn't matter what your playing it's [i]what[/i] your playing that counts. Sometimes i wish i could sit all my gear out of eye line so people could just enjoy the music for what it is and not bitch about where it's coming from. IMO of cause. ( Sorry if i'm missing the point some what )

Hello dude, I use the ac-30 amplug. [url="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.fretbase.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/vox-amplug-ac30-headphone-amp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.fretbase.com/blog/2008/12/review-vox-amplug-ac30-headphone-amp/vox-amplug-ac30-headphone-amp/&usg=__s27vDXX5TDW6n4ZWDjZpUvFMQLk=&h=551&w=700&sz=56&hl=en&start=0&sig2=SjdWsU-WLIiBvcsvNgyJfg&zoom=1&tbnid=KVWZfEZvVz-geM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=166&ei=0Y17TPTECI6VswbYxfiyDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Damplug%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D703%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=351&oei=0Y17TPTECI6VswbYxfiyDQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0&tx=87&ty=39"]small picture here.[/url] it's small, runs on batteries and has an aux. (Y) Sound is really nice too.

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='939851' date='Aug 30 2010, 11:18 AM']I believe the tighter the string the more sparkly the overtones. Shorter floppier strings are known for their tubby or boomy tone which basically means less overtones and more fundamental. Currently I'm running 40-60-80-100-120 and I get fat full tones as long as I don't play too hard. When I play a B as big as a 135 I find it hard to get a good tone out of it.[/quote] Hum... interesting. thank you

Hello everyone, This may be a bit of a 'dumb blond' moment i'm having so bear (rawr) with me... I've just recently picked up my 5-er again and for the first time since i've owned it i'm finally really really liking how it plays. At the moment i'm running 45-65-85-105-135 and they sound really nice with a low rumble but with good deffinition and a chimmy top end.... droool. I'm thinking of going up a gauge, but here's where i feel a bit blond, is that going to give me a deeper, richer and fuller bass tone? That is what i'm after you see. I'm just wondering if it will have an effect on that side of my bass's sound. Oh and how much larger shall i go? I'm thinking i'd like a thicker string... Any thought, suggestion would be most awesome thank you Shawn

[quote name='budget bassist' post='928202' date='Aug 17 2010, 11:41 PM']I'm gonna make a guess.... you're second from the right?[/quote] I'm the one in the top hat...

[quote name='Lord Sausage' post='927015' date='Aug 16 2010, 10:36 PM']Its genius! no matter how many times you see it.[/quote] my thoughts exactly

We're at that, um what do they call it, 'cutting edge'.... tee hee. Nah everyone from dorset looks like that.

[quote name='silddx' post='927673' date='Aug 17 2010, 03:53 PM']Haha! Excellent! Tell your drummer to get rid of those sticks though [/quote] lol awesome. He's like a clock work monkey really. just wind him up and stick him behind the kit...

Here's a shot of us a few weeks back. Got an awesome guy down to where we jam to take a few pic's. was fun. more of his work here at [post="0"]http://www.wip-tricky.com/[/post]