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hmmmm.... thanx for that, I'll look into the MarkBass stuff... SoundControl have the Ampeg stuff in, so when I get a chance I'll check that out too...

The older I get the more interested I become in lighter weight, smaller options .... ( my 14 stairs to my front door at the end of the night are a bit of a pain!) ....but don't want to sacrifice sound quality etc.. I've not had a combo for many years & generally prefer separates... These lil' babies look interesting!... I've not tried 'em yet but wondered if anyone else has, or even owns one? [url="http://www.ampeg.com/products/bassamp/ba300/210.html"]Ampeg BA300210[/url]

Drum Bank Music Guitar Centre has 3 specialist bass tutors.... [url="http://www.drumbankmusic.co.uk/acatalog/Musical-Instrument-Tuition.html"]Drum Bank Music[/url] although the fees have gone up since (& not changed on the website) £13.50 per half-hour or 6 lessons for £72

[quote name='Alun' post='112584' date='Jan 2 2008, 09:27 PM']I know I'm probably in a minority but I still love the Ibanez Phathead PD7. Great range of noises from clean and clanky to out and out death metal and the tone controls allow you to dial in all the low end you want. In fact the EQ is so good that I've been using mine with the "Clean" setting as a "smiley face" EQ for slapping. Cheers, Alun[/quote] ... +1, currently doing the same! my fave of all time though, was a 'coloursound supa tonebender' that a mate of mine had tweeked to fatten the bottom end... somewhere down the line I gave it away!

aahh, that'll be a 'zandingo' mate!

I really like the way she plays..... she's gotta be one of my favorite bass players soulful, tasteful & in the pocket.... beautiful sense of groove..... 'I'm digging you' 'if that's your Boyfriend' 'Thankful' 'Bitter' 'Stay' (....those dead notes! ) 'luqman' (off 'dance of the infidels') 'the sloganeer' 'virgo' all great bass parts for very different reasons..... some very minimal but so well placed.... (less is more!) 'make me wanna holler'..... .... anyone who gets 'my mother used to whore herself... & my father used to reap the benefits of her labours' in as a 1st line of a song, deserves to be listened to!........... A real unique player, indeed....

[quote name='Josh' post='113162' date='Jan 3 2008, 08:17 PM']That ain't me fooool! It's Bottomfeed/Dave.[/quote] ........indeed! yes, Mr Reason to the right! "thats a Lancia Delta INTACT driving behind you!!!"......... it is?!

< the 'king mullet' days.......... now......

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOAcS8sMiG4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOAcS8sMiG4[/url]

genius indeed!.... this is the one that really gets me!.... Ozzy got da groove!... heh heh! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqtk6kKTlDM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqtk6kKTlDM[/url]

Thanx for all the comments.... been very useful... we have decided to bring a sound engineer friend along to a few gigs & see what he makes of it...

[quote name='alexclaber' post='66643' date='Sep 27 2007, 10:05 PM']Another tip - if he can't hear the kick drum he should hit the rest of the kit less hard so the volume balances. Most drummers are too heavy with their hands and too light with their foot. The kick really shouldn't need gating - what about your drummer's pedal technique? He can control the length of the note by leaving the beater on the skin for varying lengths of time. Internal mics usually work very well but are relatively complicated and expensive. What kind of kick drum is this? If he's going for the big Bonham sound is it big enough to take a high tension tuning without losing all its bottom? More and more it seems to me that the most effective solution for tonal problems is practice - not at EQing but at listening and reacting in changing how you play. Alex[/quote] hey... the guy knows what he's doing when it comes to drumming.... it's a thing about micing an acoustic sound in venues with sh*t acoustics....

the majority of gigs, there isn't enough room for a baffle we only have wedges for vocals, no drum monitor at the moment...(the sh*tty carlsboro one packed up, but was useless anyway!) Not sure why, but it seems that if I add 250hertz to the bass ... he can't hear the kick..... if we take 250hertz out of the kick mic, it's sounds better to us .....but he isn't happy! if it's a gig with a hired in rig... generally no problems, often the kick gets gated to shorten the note, but keep the ummph.. kinda tried working from flat.... but often don't have time to adjust to every acoustic situation whats a bass shaker? he's considered an internal mic, but thinks it wont have the same 'acoustic tone' (or long droning note as our keyboard player calls it!) recently added a dampening strip behind the resonant skin.... very much improved the situation but not elliminated it entirely tried mic positions all over ...even tried micing from the back!... (not a bad sound actually!) ..again not consistant with every situation ' Also he should consider his distance to the back and side walls - if he's not careful he could end up sitting in a null where the sound from the kick is cancelled out by its own reflection off the wall - this is a very common problem.' - could have a point there! (sorry, I should have done all this with quotes!) thanks for the considerations so far.....

[quote name='Phaedrus' post='66433' date='Sep 27 2007, 02:37 PM']Call me a prude (I'm not), but IMO that's inappropriate - smilies or no smilies. Mark[/quote] aww come on, it was an expression my grandmother used to use.... whats the problem? 'a schoolboys wallet'?!.... hardly a substitute.... 'tight as a ducks arse' perhaps.... ....but no offence intended

[quote name='gypsymoth' post='66475' date='Sep 27 2007, 04:00 PM']beautiful monster - way cool tune.[/quote] well thank you kindly sir!....

I have been playing in various bands with a great drummer friend of mine for many years now... we even recorded a sample CD together & it's selling.... slowly!...( [url="http://www.bigfishaudio.com/4DCGI/detail.html?749"]http://www.bigfishaudio.com/4DCGI/detail.html?749[/url] ) But sometimes.... playing live, we have a problem... He likes to use a double headed kick drum (no hole) .. he likes that big 'Jon Bonham' sound.. (...me likey too!) but the problem we get at times is the punch & depth of the bass & the kick drum occupy the same kinda frequencies (around 250 hertz) with the sh*te acoustics of some of the venues we end up at, he's moaning at me coz he can't hear his kick drum... & I'm moaning back coz all I can hear is his f***ing kick drum!! we use a mackie PA (2x 450's & a sub) ... no gates or comp Anyone experience anything like this? Any solutions?

recently... 'the sloganeer' by meshell ndegeocello & 'us annexed' by Grand Island

although I can play the notes...in the right order... (almost!) at the right tempo.... I just can't get the 'feel' of Rocco on 'Funk the dumb stuff' tightness like a schoolboys wallet!!... {edited by dood}

well.... you know how it is... sometimes there's no choice but to 'flick ur own switch' ....of an evening I like the chorus in 'Beautiful monster' ..it ended up so off the wall! [url="http://www.myspace.com/tornondesire"]http://www.myspace.com/tornondesire[/url] & maybe I'll stick 'Pilgrim' up there, great fun to play live... What I don't like is punters coming up & banging on about the slap in 'Good foundation' ..."great playing man, really reminds me of mark king, man... ooh I do love mark king!".... It has nothing in common with Mark King!... whatsoever... other than it's struck with a thumb..... but I say "thanx man!"... coz I wanna be polite... & not throw it back in their faces.... rant, rant! just listening to Ped's '2006'.... very cool!!

[quote name='Rich' post='37292' date='Jul 26 2007, 12:51 PM']This one! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_BR2v4WsVg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_BR2v4WsVg[/url] [/quote] yeowwl!............. what's bootsy doin'?

Well I'm impressed.... go girl! (or is that sexist of me?!)

[quote name='Bald Eagle' post='38694' date='Jul 29 2007, 11:21 PM']The 80's was great, I thought Mick Karn epitomised the fretless sound of the era.[/quote] +1 to that.... & pino & cass I found myself listening to a lot of John Martyn in the 80's.... (great bassmen like Alan Thompson & John Giblin)

Meshell Ndegeocello......... she da man(!?!)

Howdy!..