gjones

It depends on whether the consumer will accept, AI music, AI films, AI books, AI online content, AI whatever.

If people are made aware that music, films, books, online content, is AI created, then they may reject it. If creative output of all genes can be show to be guaranteed human, then I can see people choosing the human option rather than the AI one.

At this stage people don't know if it's AI ,or if it's human, and they don't yet have the option to choose.

15 hours ago, ped said:

300w no extension out

Probably not good for metal.....

I've played with bands where they're playing the wrong chord, which makes it impossible to sing the correct melody (so they sing the wrong melody).

I've pointed this out to them and made them aware that all they need to do is change that one chord, which would allow them to sing the correct melody and am greeted by silence........ 

And they just continue to play the wrong chord.

6 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

I wouldn't have purchased my US made Fender in the last 10 months or foreseeable future.

 

Generally avoiding us brands where I can*.

 

 

 

*after all, I helped bring down apartheid by boycotting South African wine...

Does your US Fender actually have 'Made in the USA' on it?  I bought my Fender Elite Precision in 2018 and it has 'Made in Corona' stamped on it. Apparently there's not enough of it, actually made in America, to allow it to be stamped 'Made in the USA'. I bought a jack plug input for it, and although it's in a Fender branded bag, and it's the specific part for that bass. it says 'Made in Taiwan' on it.

If we stop buying USA Fenders, we'll put just put a lot of far eastern factories out of business.

The only time I've sacked anyone from a band was when one of the guitarists was a bit of a perv to the female singer. 

I had a thing for the singer myself, so took great delight in kicking him out 🤣

But other than that I've never sacked anyone, or been sacked. The classic situation is that the other members go off and start a new band.....without the member they all dislike (we've all been there). 

A really good setup.

I bought a 75 reissue AV Fender Jazz Bass, from Bass Direct, and it was set up to perfection. 

I know a guy who used to play a USA Musicman Sterling. At soundcheck it always sounded pretty horribly middy but once the band started playing, through the FOH PA, it always sounded excellent.

10 hours ago, tegs07 said:

Elon is part of the problem and not the solution. His involvement in other countries politics is frankly terrifying. 

He was on Joe Rogan's show the other day and he said he just does it as a laugh. 

You'd think he had better things to do, like send rockets into space, or something.

American Specials were a mix of parts manufactured partly in the USA and partly in Mexico. . They used to be called the Californian Series and then changed the name to American Special, then to The Highway One series. Fender do this from time to time.

They were sold for a price somewhere between the cost of a MIM and USA bass.

I have a friend who owns a Californian Series Strat and it plays and sounds great.

Soon enough there'll be UBI for everybody.

Elon says we've got 5 years max.....

The Rumble 500 is great but a few years ago I bought one of these and I'm glad I did. 

There's one guy on Basschat, who I will not name, that makes a career out of flipping basses. He doesn't even play bass, just lurks in the shadows on forums like this waiting for his prey.

He's flipped two basses of mine, one on Basschat and one on Facebook. He impersonated someone else to buy my bass on Facebook.... because I'd blocked him.

Gigs are the only revenue bands have these days. In the good old days tours would make a loss but the fans would buy the new album, which is where the money was made.

The good thing is that bands tour continuously, to pay the gas bill. So we can see them more often.

6 minutes ago, kwmlondon said:

A couple of times I've actually stopped and nobody's noticed!

Very funny

Buy a ticket for your Bass and take it along. 

Double post

I once played a duo gig in a bar with just one drunk customer. He started howling like a dog over the music and I couldn't take it any more.

So I went over to him, picked him up (he was only little) and threw him into the street.

He, did eventually, crawl back in to his seat at the bar.

...we weren't asked to come back 🤣

I received my preloved G&L L2000 today. It came with flats, which I really am not keen on, but they sounded fine.

I fitted it with a used set of rounds, which is my preferred type of string and it's still sounding excellent.

The action was a bit high but after a bit of trussrod tweaking managed to get a ridiculously low action on it and it's playing great.

That's sad to hear. I notice that GuitarGuitar have started selling them again.

I'm a big fan of G&L, I bought a used L2000 Tribute off Reverb yesterday.

I once bought a Jackson because I saw a guy playing it onstage and it sounded excellent.

It was for sale, so I bought it.

It played really nicely and had a great neck.

But I just couldn't get on with that pointy headstock and it had to go.

....I'm so shallow.

If you really lose the plot, just turn your volume down and dance about. Nobody will notice they can't hear you.

I've done it a few times 😄

I rarely talk about politics with my bandmates. I certainly don't bring up the topic of politics with them. 

I've had sneaking suspicions about some ex bandmates world views but never investigated further - because I didn't want their political views to have an effect on the musical relationship I had with them.

If I did find out they had views that were VERY extreme, I might think twice about playing in a band with them.

The idea of starting your own band sounds like a good one.

42 minutes ago, synthaside said:

I have to say when I know were going to be playing in a place with a rumble 100  I commit to taking my own markbass as it can be frustrating as no matter what i do with the EQ they seem to stay very wooly as the volume goes up , it could be the way it reacts to my active bass rather than a passive fender style one ...  but  i wouldnt say i love the " tone shaping options"

 

I used to have a Fender V3 100 combo and it was great. Extremely light and small, decent EQ, capable of competing with a quiet drummer live and unobtrusive for home practice.

I then bought a Markbass CMD121P and it can do all of the above, as well as the Fender, but it has a better EQ and can really pump out the volume and compete with a loud drummer when playing live.

I would recommend the Fender, because it's cheaper than a Markbass combo (if you're buying second hand or new) and you don't require an amp to pump out the volume, in a biker bar.

4 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

I can`t remember details but if I recall correctly I think after a specified period (determined at time of registering or something) music can be used irrespective of the artist? I may have this wrong though. 

I checked with Google AI and it said that copyright generally lasts for the life of the last surviving author plus 70 years.

Up until 2013 it was protected for 50 years. Then Paul McCartney said......'Hold on a minute!' and Keith Richards said  'Oi mate!'.