Sibob

I'm not sure what the issue is? I know it's not what we're talking about, but most commercial releases will be multi-tracked, and everyone will do their parts separately! Even with most 'live' studio recordings I've done, they'll be a guide vocal, but re-recorded afterwards/another time. I've never heard of a band needing the singer to 'play to', a band should be able to create it's own dynamics that the singer can play off. If it's the only way forward, just record the music and do the vocal another time, if you're well rehearsed, it'll sound fine! Good luck Si

So who's going from west london, south bucks kinda way?? Shared lifts etc? Si

Wow, Bona & Nitti...... although i'm confused...is that for this year? or 2009? Si

That vid of them on youtube with her singing Under Pressure on the Reality Tour is amazing!! Si

If I'm honest, I don't like the front facing...looks very 'busy' to my eyes! But the fingerboard is Sexy McStunning, very very nice!! Si

Covers or originals? Whichever one it is, they must be pretty big gigs to warrant a contract, never signed a gig contract ever and both my covers & originals band plays paid gigs! Si

I'm a fan of everything apart from gold hardware! But I'd say for this particular bass, has to be black!. Si

[quote name='7string' post='246513' date='Jul 23 2008, 11:48 PM']Always exciting to get some progress pics. On the other hand, it makes the wait that little bit more painful [/quote] Thats why i'm not getting any pics for my neck build Looks like another awesome Shuker, love single cuts! And a beautiful top, exotic but understated. Si

At Islington Academy in April Si

Have a video, from the same gig as the picture I posted earlier in the thread! Si

If its short scale, get a new bass, you'll get naff-all tension for low tunings out of anything shorter than 34" (except maybe a well made custom 33"....thats my disclaimer Eude ). And yeah, Drop G is pretty low (although Sikth were in drop G for DOADD, and I'm sure Meshuggah are around that area, and their guy just uses a 5 string Stingray I think), 35" would be preferable. If you're running a 4 string, use the lowest four strings from a five string set (BEAD) and tune down, re-cutting the nut while you're at it, u don't need to necessarily bother with heavier gauges, just higher tension strings....check out Newtone Strings. If you're running a 5 string, just a standard five string set (BEADG) and tune down with the same high tension strings! My band tunes to Drop C standard (C,F,Bb,Eb), and with the high tension strings I get a similar action and tension to my standard tuned basses, very little rattle, and all on 45-105 gauges at 34" scale To answer the original point though, if you're bass is active, try looking into having it changed to an 18v circuit, that usually fattens up any sound. I'm trying to move away from Active stuff, so my current project is a passive bass for my band, I've gone for some really high-powered passive Dimarzios, and with a little extra work from my amp, should get just as fat a tone as I get from my 18v Stingray Si

This Is Where It Ends - Barenaked Ladies from the 'Born On A Pirate Ship' album Si

Might try and get along to this, I know Acle from Tesseract/Fell Silent quite well, he's producing our album! Plus I hear funny things about Anchorhead lol Si

Basically I'm after a Dimarzio Model J (to match the model P already installed) to be routed into the bridge position of my Precision project. Seemingly you can't buy Model J's singularly, so I emailed the UK distributor and they said they can have a single one sent to me, but it wouldn't be boxed and would work out to about £55!! Seeing as the Ebay shop I got my Ultrajazzes from are selling both the Model J set and the Model P/J set for £65, it seems much more economical to buy one of them and sell the surplus pickup. So yeah....anyone looking to buy either a Model P or the neck pickup of a Model J set? for around £32? Gimme a PM Cheers Si

Well I got hold of my Dimarzio UltraJazzes from these guys (after a little cock-up on my behalf) yesterday, and I have to say, I couldn't be happier!! The price was great (£35 cheaper than allparts) They were VERY quickly delivered The customer service / correspondence was fast and very helpful I think perhaps Thomann only have two of those boxes ticked? Perhaps just the first one!? BIN's are also only available to people who have feedback over 15? is that right?.....I think its in the pipeline for these guys as soon as that happens. There was no 'bidding' on my item...the price stayed the same! Anyway, highly recommended! Cheers Si

Yeah I didn't know about the Lakland thing either!! Fair play! Si

I think my friend Gabby Young was playing! Si

Well I just purchased some pickup from them yesterday (monday 14th), so we'll see how they get on! Si

Hard to get decent pics of the whole band on stage.....standing in one place anyway lol [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] Islington Academy April '08 Si

Very cool!! My mate just got back from San Diego where he pickup up a pre-CBS ('63) sunburst strat!!!! Si