Rich

[quote name='joegarcia' post='464628' date='Apr 17 2009, 02:07 AM'](I'm a sound engineer)[/quote] And a feckin good one, might I say You're the only engineer ever to have got us a really good sound at the Fleece! [quote name='EBS_freak' post='467237' date='Apr 20 2009, 09:59 AM']PS, If you don't mind going rack, the Focusrite Compounder, as I've said before in other threads, is a great compressor. Great for live use and superb in the studio. Your bass (and drum) mixes will literally jump out the speakers.[/quote] +1, although Focusrite anything is wonderful. The compressor on my Focusrite Trakmaster is an absolute joy.

[quote name='ARGH' post='467140' date='Apr 20 2009, 12:46 AM']Yes get a head..get a cab..... Pods..are not the way,if they were,the amp industry would have died..thay are made of plastic,plastic breaks onstage..dont do it.[/quote] The monitoring thing might not be 'the way' or your particular cup of lapsang, but it does seem to be increasingly popular. Sansamps and so on, it doesn't have to be Pods specifically. Personally I could be quite tempted to go down the in-ear route.

[quote name='silddx' post='467016' date='Apr 19 2009, 09:14 PM']I've added an option for those who think it's pointless.[/quote] Yuss, but you added strings (pardon the pun) If it had just said 'pointless' I'd have used that option 'cos I think it's just pointless. One man's p.o.s. bass is another man's all-I-can-afford bass, or somebody else's starter bass.

[quote name='LWTAIT' post='466394' date='Apr 18 2009, 09:44 PM']the rolling stones dont count.[/quote] The only thing I would ever use the Stones as an example of is 'How To Be Utter Crap* And Still Get Paid Shedloads'. [quote]i said the public dont want to listen to oldies playing wierd scales that dont sound right, which they dont, not that they dont want to listen to oldies.[/quote] Why does it necessarily have to be oldies playing weird scales? Is that any worse than youngies playing weird scales? [quote]i suppose your eyesight just isn't what it used to be though [/quote] Better than 20/20 in both eyes, thanks and after all these years of staring at monitors & drawing boards for a living too. Thank god at least part of me still works properly [size=1]* purely MHO of course.[/size]

"The public don't want to listen to a bunch of oldies"..? Really?

[quote name='Cornfedapache' post='465972' date='Apr 18 2009, 10:53 AM']Where do you get BP then? I thought it had gone bust?[/quote] Not as far as I'm aware? Where did you hear that?

[quote name='51m0n' post='465566' date='Apr 17 2009, 09:45 PM']I cant even talk and play....[/quote] For some bizarre reason, this is [i]immensely[/i] more difficult than singing and playing. I can sing and play quite well, done it for years and so it sort of comes naturally (depending on the complexity of the bass or vocal part, and how different the two melodies or rhythms are). But talk and play? Nah. Can't utter a word without the bassline going all to pot. Like him or loathe him, for my money Mark King is one of the great singer-players. Quite how he manages to sing a complete counter-melody over some of his complex basslines is totally beyond me. 'To Be With You Again' is a case in point. 0:41 onwards: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwrJNhTBNWs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwrJNhTBNWs[/url]

And the Wagon Wheels are smaller.

Yeah, but can you get proper biscuits like ginger nuts and custard creams?

It looks like a much, much better version of the Wolf/Mazeti basses that kept cropping up on fleaBay a while back (maybe they still do?). I had a fretless 6-string one for a short while, the woods were gorgeous but the electronics were shoddy and the neck dive was horrendous. This one of yours looks better, with a longer top horn and a much smaller headstock. And decent guts too, judging by the pickups. Yes, review please

It's political correctness gone mad!

Why o why o why? As a pensioner, it's more than I can stand. I remember when all this were fields. I've got all my own teeth you know. And we used to be able to leave our front door open. Is it time for my nap yet?

Just how heavy is it?? Seriously though... congrats on your new baby and, yes, review please!

[quote name='crez5150' post='463909' date='Apr 16 2009, 01:30 PM']Hmmmmmm sounds like high quality audio equipment....... not[/quote] Hey, we can't all afford K-Array PAs, y'know

that TLA 5051... *drool*

[quote name='larrikin' post='463868' date='Apr 16 2009, 12:52 PM']Thanks, but i really want to stick with my t-bird, i love it![/quote] I can't help thinking that getting a Tbird to sound like a baritone is going to be like getting an orange to taste like an apple... [quote]What's midi gear then?[/quote] MIDI = [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midi"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midi[/url] Typical MIDI effects gear =

[quote name='OldGit' post='463651' date='Apr 16 2009, 08:55 AM']The English language ones are all about kill kill kill, fighting battles in the Dungeons and Dragons way, my sword is bigger than yours and we will kick your head in.[/quote] One of the funniest things I've read in ages. Thanks Si!

[quote name='bubinga5' post='463391' date='Apr 15 2009, 09:01 PM']It depends on what music scene you follow..[/quote] +1000000. Yet another clash of opinions with, as usual, some of them being dressed up as fact. [i]"I like Band 1, they're great!" "Band 1? Nah they're rubbish mate, you should listen to Band 2!" "Bands 1 and 2? Pah, they aren't a patch on Band 3."[/i] And on and on and on and on, ad bloody nauseum.

In that case, you probably stand a whelk's chance in a supernova of replacing the bridge without drilling any holes. Your main problems will be maintaining the string spacing [i]and[/i] covering up any existing screw holes.

[quote name='donhills' post='461420' date='Apr 13 2009, 07:13 PM']For those of you lusting after a jazz bass, get a 60's classic series [b]p[/b] bass[/quote] errm..?

Well, it would give you lots of ways of finding the same sound that you don't like

I love the guy's feedback history... Negative from buyer: "the shirt had a stain that was not mentioned in the description........NO GOOD!!" His reply: "the description said the shirt was worn once. how dare you leave me bad feedback" The indignance made me chuckle. He must be from a planet where 't-shirt is in great condition, only been worn once' translates as 'stained P.O.S.'

The overly tight string spacing put me off the 5 string. Shame, I'd like to have tried one. [quote name='BLUEAARDVARK' post='462707' date='Apr 15 2009, 09:10 AM']BY THE WAY can anybody recomend a replacement for the bridge that will fit without changing the string spacing or having to drill holes....[/quote] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-ELECTRIC-BASS-GUITAR-5-STRINGS-BRIDGE-CURVED-CHROME_W0QQitemZ160283519702QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item160283519702&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]This any good[/url]..?