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[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1344353590' post='1763237'] One of John's excellent Jazz bass wiring loom bought. I never knew that decent pots (and soldering) could make such a difference to the sound of a bass. It sounds great! Make sure your control plate is made for the larger CTS pots. Mine wasn't so I needed to get the old file out. Gareth [/quote] Great stuff! This time I bought one in Precision flavour. Sounds excellent and fitted in 10 minutes.

I have very high standards. I hate it when band members put videos of the band up online. Usually the sound is crap and is a bad reflection of what we sound like live.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1428261960' post='2739730'] I find the GAK demos to be pretty much as bad as they could possibly be. I can't complain though because I doubt I could do better than either of these. [/quote] Yes, it's the guitarist playing bass syndrome. Very sloppy playing by a guitarist pretending to be a bassist. I assume he got the job because he sounded good in front of a camera. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5_KBiLxlfc

There's a thin line between being 'creative and melodic', which is a good thing and being 'busy', which is a bad thing. Your clip by Opeth is an example of being 'creative and melodic'. It adds something to the tune. A busy bassline is one that doesn't add anything to the music being played. It just sounds like an insecure bass player saying 'look at me'. Hit me with your rhythm stick is insanely busy but it still works. [url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0WGVgfjnLqc"]https://www.youtube....bed/0WGVgfjnLqc[/url] As far as your question on keeping an eye on the other players is concerned. I play in a lot of bluesy type bands where there is never a set arrangement for many of the songs. I tend to keep my eyes glued on the singer and guitarist, as I never know when they're going to go off on a tangent and I'll need to follow them. I enjoy the unpredictability of that kind of gig.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1428259524' post='2739703'] They probably use exactly the same components as any other Chinese built solid state amps (Ampeg included), they just don't have a "prestigious" name badge on the front. [/quote] Yup!

I've played in Blues bands since the early 90s. Most of the bands I play with are still playing the same, tired, old songs to an aging, balding and rapidly thinning audience. The Blues is great but when I play festivals it's rare to see anyone under 50 in the crowd. My brother in law is the programmer for The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival and he's well aware of the problem with ageing Blues acts performing to ageing audiences. At the moment he's over in the States checking out acts for next years festival. He's primarily looking for young talented acts that can bring the blues into the 21st century and appeal to a younger audience. He'll be travelling all over the states from San Francisco to Florida, taking in Clarksdale [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#545454]Mississippi [/color][/font][/size]on the way. This is one of the guys he'll be bringing over this year. Castro Coleman (Mr Sipp) won The International Blues Challenge final, held in Memphis in 2014. https://youtu.be/aDvVQxMY67M

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1428172707' post='2738842'] Usually nothing. If I am giving the drummer a lift we will have a good old natter, and he sometimes suggests Bob Harris or whatever late night Radio 2 show is on. Then we play 'Guess the artiste'. [/quote] Ahhh....Whispering Bob. I've been known to make a 70 mile detour, to Perth and back, while listening to Bob's show after a gig. The guy's got good taste in music.

Hmmmm.......They sound like they're great amps. But looking at the Andertons site they show the 210 combo as weighing 36lbs and the 210 extension speaker as weighing 44lbs. That doesn't seem very logical?

Great stuff. You should notice a big difference very soon after the operation.

Too much bass!!!! Get yourself an electric fan if you want to get your trousers flapping.

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1427817567' post='2734618'] Yeah, thought it would have been. Should have specified in the OP that it was more about the electricity used and keeping you and your fellow bandmates safe if somewhere has potentially dangerous/unclean electricity. Maybe it's something slightly paranoid, but I've heard stories about people getting electrocuted onstage and I want to try and prevent that from happening. [/quote] I find one of these comes in handy [attachment=188211:Divers suit.JPG]

I had the same problem and replaced the speaker, in the cab of my old Ashdown EB 150, with a B stock, 450 watt, Eminence Kappa 4 ohm 15 speaker. It cost me £40 (usual price about £80). It allows me to use the full 500 watts of my MiBass 550 and is very loud ,very clear and distortion free. I realise that some speakers don't work with some speaker cabs, for technical reasons that go over my head, but this combination works fine. I have owned posher and more upmarket gear but nothing goes as loud as my old Ashdown cab with it's monster Eminence speaker. This is the one [url="http://www.lean-business.co.uk/eshop/eminence-kappa-15-4ohm-15-450watt-speaker-p-779.html?gclid=CJfHtLHmysQCFUvLtAod2XAALw"]http://www.lean-busi...CFUvLtAod2XAALw[/url]

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1427272464' post='2728020'] I'd forgotten about the vouchers - it's not been an easy few years! I'll go back through the customers we offered them to and get them sent out. Sorry again - switching over to in-house CNC based production, developing the Gen 3 models and then moving the factory stretched us to our limits and customer service ended up slipping during that period as we had to prioritise basic survival of the business by not running out of money. Hopefully those growing pains are over! [/quote] I got your email with the voucher Alex. Many thanks.

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1427232059' post='2727775'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hey all, frequent reader but new poster here - Just wondering if any recent recipients of a Barefaced cab would be willing to share what their waiting time was like - I put a deposit on 2 super compacts and I'm quite excited to get my mitts on them..just wondering how long people have been waiting from deposit payment date to delivery in the last couple of months..[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I know it says on the website the current time is about 2-3 weeks, just wondering if that is actually what their current turn times are..[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]BTW I'm not bitching here! Just excited![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Cheers All![/font][/color] [/quote] Mine was 4 months. I was supposed to get a Barefaced voucher to apologise for the delay, I never received one (despite a reminder email to Alex). I may buy another Barefaced cab in the future (as they are excellent). But it will be secondhand, not direct from Barefaced, as I can't be bothered by the hassle and lack of communication.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1426113422' post='2714692'] Now be quiet and check out some real bass playing. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A82RlqBOpB8[/media] [/quote] Who is she? She's very, very, good.

I've just read his new one 'Why I sold my Precision'.

I agree. I've never liked the sound of Rickenbackers. They do sound like a cheap £50 bass from an Argos catalog. I always thought they sounded woolly when played finger style and harsh and clanky when played with a pick. A good bass player can get a workable sound from any bass but why spend £1,500 on a bass that sounds like it cost £50. Merely my opinion of course. Here's five grands worth of Rickenbackers, doing a variation of the woolly and clanky thing. [url="https://youtu.be/sI416nWdxxY"]<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sI416nWdxxY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>[/url]

I've played with really low action in the past but as the ambient temperature changes so does the action on your bass and that's just more hassle than it's worth. I've known some very good pro bassists who had, what I'd call very high action, but it didn't hold them back. In fact Vail Johnson, who is a member on basschat, says that low action is the enemy of good tone. And who am I to argue with that ........especially when he can play like this. https://youtu.be/fWSqLD6gdrI

I was just about to buy a Squire VM 5 string and fit a John East. Now I'm not so sure?

I've seen a lot of ads like these for Highway 1 basses. Maybe the guy actually thinks it's a USA standard? Maybe he's trying to pull a fast one?

[quote name='DunRockin' timestamp='1426038545' post='2713749'] Hi all, Just wondering if anyone in the UK has found a readily available aerosol paint spray can colour that's reasonably similar to yer Sonic Blue once it's sprayed on primer. I've found a few pale blues at the usual DIY chains (Wilko, B and Q, etc) but the colour on the can may not be what it actually looks like sprayed on, so I'm wondering if anyone's actually[i] used [/i]anything that proved a half decent, inexpensive substitute... Cheers, Dave. [/quote] Is this the kind of colour you're looking for? It Molotow premium graffiti paint. It's easy to apply and doesn't drip. It looks lighter than this in reality. [sharedmedia=core:attachments:155215]

Call me sexist but check out this girl playing bass. http://youtu.be/H_X7mMU6Gb0

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1425818337' post='2710980'] Err....is the little finger not one of the other four??? [/quote] I wondered how long it would take for somebody to spot that mistake. I don't really have 6 fingers on my hand

CTC doesn't affect the little finger, just the thumb and the other 3 fingers. But it could still be nerve related. Your GP should refer you to the neurology dept at your local hospital for further tests. The sooner you have the tests the better, as the longer the problem continues, untreated, the more likely it is you could sustain permanent nerve damage. I've had CTS and my wrist has been operated on. I've had no problems since.

I usually give people 48hrs to reply, but if they were really interested in what I was selling you would expect them to reply sooner than that.