The Funk

I liked the old Warwick practice combos. Don't think they do them anymore. Small with a decent tone. Suitable only for home practice though! They were under 100 quid.

[quote name='ashevans09' post='566055' date='Aug 11 2009, 04:12 PM']Very fair point, currently I'm running an SVP preamp into a Mesa Strategy 400 into an SVT15E and 410HE . Might also try the head through my cabs too for giggles [/quote] Try your preamp/power amp through the Hartke cabs as well. The SVP/Strategy 400 seems logically like it should be a winning combination! It could be the Ampeg cabs aren't right for you.

[url="http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_online/speakers/portable_amplification_systems/index.jsp"]http://www.bose.com/controller?url=/shop_o...stems/index.jsp[/url] Just to throw these offerings from Bose into the mix. I played at my keyboard player's wedding with two of these for the band PA. Sounded pretty good to me but I haven't had the chance to try one as backline. It did look an intriguing option when I first stumbled across it.

I have the WTX260. If the 500 is the same thing but with a bigger power amp, I can say it gives a very clean Eden-type sound and does pump out as many watts as it says it does. It's very small and does just about fit in my bass's gig bag pouch. Worth getting a friend or relative to pick one up in America for half the price and bring it back in a suitcase though. No adjustments required - just plug it in using a UK plug.

Does a DI box count? If so, I've done a couple of acoustic gigs with just a DI. I wouldn't dare risk that for any other type of gig though.

Ok, just to confuse things further, once you've got a flat response cab, how will it interact with the actual PA cabs on stage?

The recording was multi-tracked and my bass track was EQd by the recording engineer (not the live engineer) in my absence. The feedback I have for him is that on one song one note of the bassline is too quiet compared to the rest. The rest is up to him but I'd like to have an idea of how best to deal with it for when I engineer demo recordings myself.

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='564074' date='Aug 9 2009, 12:21 PM']You want to try and minimise the amount of tension in your hand- might be worth trying to see f it makes a difference. I came to bass guitar from double bass, where the thumb is held directly behind the second finger, and this caused me no end of trouble with my fretting technique. Moving the thumb slightly solved it for me. [/quote] [quote name='dlloyd' post='564076' date='Aug 9 2009, 12:23 PM']It sounds very similar to the pain I used to get. It came from gripping too hard on the neck. I sorted it out by practicing with my thumb off the back of the neck.[/quote] Yep. This is what I was going to say. Ease off on the pressure on the thumb. Don't grip the neck with your thumb - just rest it against it.

Well, if a one-box, flat-response solution is what you're after then one of Alex's Barefaced cabs featuring a mid-range driver might be the solution. I only have a single full-range driver in my Compact so I can't comment on The Big One and how flat its response is. An advantage of contacting Alex is that you could maybe go semi-custom, customising one of his existing models. The Acmes would naturally go lower than a Barefaced but a B2 on its own probably wouldn't be enough for some gigs.

[quote name='Lifer' post='564026' date='Aug 9 2009, 10:29 AM']I've got one of these and had the 'clunk' as well, bought a loop pedal and have the wah always on, just switch the loop on when I want to use it.[/quote] That's what I do with all my pedals. I've tried the Bootzilla Wah and thought it was absolutely incredible on one particular setting. I don't remember the clicking on sound but it wouldn't surprise me - Snarlin' Dogs make great-sounding pedals which sadly have a reputation for not being as well designed/built as they sound.

Can't help on the AccuGroove front but can add a basic comparison between Acme Low B2s and the Barefaced Compact (as I own both). The Acmes are designed to be as flat as possible while the Barefaced is designed to be as loud as possible. Both sound superb with my Aguilar DB680/Eden WT1000 but if you're more concerned about faithful reproduction of sound, the Acmes might be better suited to you. I have a funny feeling though that you're going to go through every type of bass rig there is before finding someone to build you something from scratch.

Excellent. Thanks for that guys. The engineer's going to have a tough time because the bass, keys and guitar are doing tasty things all over the place frequency-wise.

I heard it was a blown speaker as well. That fuzz on [i](Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Gonna Go[/i] is immense.

[quote name='chris_b' post='561266' date='Aug 5 2009, 04:31 PM']Surely that's his job? You just tell him which note and the rest is down to him![/quote] Aye, that is his job (and he's actually pretty good at it) but I'd just like to have an idea of where it is for my own knowledge. I take Alex's point as well about boosting fundamentals but surely the overtones have their own frequencies and there must be a chart of those somewhere as well?

I'd like to get back to an engineer who's working on some live recording for me. There's a particular popped note that's buried in the mix and I'd like a bit of a wide-ish EQ boost around that note. Trouble is, I have no real idea of that note's frequency. I'm sure I've seen lists posted on these forums indexing various standard bass guitar notes and their frequencies. Can anyone help?

[quote name='jakesbass' post='559023' date='Aug 3 2009, 10:27 AM']It has to be said though that as a songwriter Stevie is way out in front of most of the world.[/quote] True. But I think Donny Hathaway was a better arranger. He worked as an arranger for Curtis Mayfield at Curtom for a while. Roberta Flack had to convince him to sing and not just be a keys player because she loved his voice so much. It's strange that other great singers like Nat King Cole also had to be persuaded to sing on top of playing their first instrument.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='558364' date='Aug 2 2009, 11:28 AM']I was having a discussion with a fellow band member the other day about feel, and whether it comes natural or can be taught. I reckon it's something you develop mainly by what you listen to and consequently play a great deal. How could you teach it? Any thoughts?...[/quote] Feel [i]can[/i] come naturally and [i]can[/i] be taught/explained and is something that you either develop or don't.

In 1998 as an eager-to-learn 19-year old, I asked someone exactly what he was playing with all the ghost notes. It took him 2 minutes to slow it down and explain it to me. At the same time, I'd also taken a rhythm/percussion studies book out of the library and was working on that. Over the next 11 years all that stuff finally filtered through. So my unpatented, unscientific formula is: Ghost Notes + Rhythm/Percussion Studies + Noodling + Jamming + Gigging = a cool slap style (after a few years).

It depends on the band. If it was [i]my[/i] band, no way would they get away with that - unless they all ganged up on me and sacked me. If it was just a band I played in, then sure, I'd be fine with it.

[quote name='Johngh' post='554682' date='Jul 29 2009, 02:42 AM']I've had a 4U Gator rack for a couple of years now and its been very good, highly recommended.[/quote] ++ Gator (and I think SKB) also do shallow racks if you've got especially shallow gear.

[quote name='Sjonnie' post='551017' date='Jul 25 2009, 12:04 PM']If it was me I would get these: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aguilar-DB680-Bass-Pre-amp_W0QQitemZ320400047323QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item4a9954bcdb&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1688|293%3A1|294%3A50"]Aguilar DB 680[/url] And [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-CROWN-XTI-2000-XTI2000-POWER-AMPLIFIER-AMP-SALE_W0QQitemZ150248284085QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item22fb7edfb5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1688|293%3A1|294%3A50"]Crown XTi Power Amp[/url] All the power and flexibility you'll ever need.[/quote] Seriously, the Aguilar DB680 is the best preamp I've ever heard. With that kind of budget, you could get anything that suits your aural/visual/style needs.

I had a question in a university law exam a few years ago that started something like this: "[i]Terry meets Julie at Waterloo Station on Friday night...[/i]". [i]You Really Got Me[/i] was probably the first hard rock tune ever. I remember hearing a story about Dave Davies throwing his guitar at the drummer's head one gig, knocking him out, drawing blood from his head, then running off-stage and hiding for three days because he thought he'd killed him. Now [i]that's[/i] rock n' roll!

[i]"Ladies and gentlemen, I have the pleasure of introducing to you - on my album - Mr Dizzy Gillespie!"[/i] I always love that bit - but Diz always seems a bit overwhelmed by the exuberance of that introduction!