gjones

Nice try though......at 99p at the moment. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1980s-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Electric-Guitar-Axe-MIJ-Japan-w-HSC/221327686633?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D19101%26meid%3D3171002357123682284%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D8669%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D161080911443%26"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-1980s-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Electric-Guitar-Axe-MIJ-Japan-w-HSC/221327686633?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D19101%26meid%3D3171002357123682284%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D8669%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D161080911443%26[/url]

What you're hearing sounds like electronic clipping from having the gain up too high. The gain control is used to increase the input from your bass to a usable signal that the power amp can amplify. If you increase the gain too much the signal from your bass will start to distort and you will get clipping even at low volumes (there may be a warning light that comes on when this happens). My advice is to turn the gain right down and the volume to full. Then slowly increase the gain. stop when the amp starts to distort (or the neighbours start to complain - whichever is sooner). You should get lots of clean loud sound level out of your amp this way.

Yes it's difficult to tell sometimes. On Sunday I played a P/J Japanese Fender that had a really lovely neck but the action on it was like a bow and arrow. It was actually painful for me to play the action was so high.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1386087818' post='2295549'] You'll not be 'liking' this, then... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No0xDPFoMq8[/media] [/quote] This is [u]SO[/u] Alan Partridge.

[quote name='Mr Stinky' timestamp='1386084289' post='2295495'] Now that's interesting and something i didn't know. Thanks. [/quote] Notice the headstock on the first strat. It's a hondo or something? Once he smashes it, he then is given the proper one to finish the song with. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2miLo3hbEZE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2miLo3hbEZE[/url]

Richie Blackmore used to swap his strat for a cheapo woolworths special before sacrificing it on the alter of Rock 'N' Roll and the Marshall stacks he used to destroy were made of cardboard. It was all just pantomime for the teenage boys in the front row. I hope this bit of inside information has calmed you down.

I never touch the levels on a borrowed amp, when I'm playing with other bands. So that if the worst happens and the thing does 'blow up' I know it wasn't my fault. In fact, I was playing on a multi band gig recently (arranged by the bassist whose gear I was borrowing), and the speaker blew. I wasn't playing loud and hadn't touched the controls on the amp so knew it wasn't my fault. The bass player whose amp I was using, was quite philosophical about it, as he was going on tour in a weeks time and would rather have a speaker blow before the tour than during it. When people use my amp I will hang around and make sure they aren't abusing it. I have no problem with going on stage and adjusting it if the pre amp is sitting in the red or whatever.

Wasn't it the Ramones that said they knew they were getting better because the set that usually took them 45 mins was now only taking them half an hour.

Mike Scott from Adventures of a Waterboy is a good read. He can string a sentence together allright but if you're looking for sex, drugs and groupies this ain't for you. [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Of-Waterboy-Mike-Scott/dp/1908279249/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386012396&sr=8-1&keywords=mike+scott+waterboys"]http://www.amazon.co...scott+waterboys[/url]

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1386000447' post='2294468'] Not always economical that way though. Live drums take ages to set-up and record, if you do one or two tracks at a time you're paying for that set-up time over and over. The thing i always say to bands is book a practice room, get amazingly good at playing the songs, then come to the studio prepared for one or two takes. If you're on a budget, getting the tracks down live then overdubbing bits is the way to go. Set up takes longer but at least you get everything down. You can then get rough mixes of everything and take them away. Decide which ones you want to add overdubs to or mix down and just go and do those. When you have a bit more cash you can go back to the others. Writing in the studio is a decadance that few can afford these days. [/quote] It may cost more in the long run but you end up with better sounding tracks that you didn't have to compromise on because the clock was ticking. It's also a good way to audition the recording studio and engineer as well.

After many recording nightmares with various bands I recommend the following. 1. Only record 1 or 2 of your best tracks 2. Record and mix them to perfection 3. Pay the recording studio 4. If you're happy with the results record another 1 or 2 tracks and repeat the process until you have your album This way you can concentrate on getting the songs recorded and mixed as you want them to be, without compromising, and you don't have the worry that you'll run out of money before the final mix is done.

His playing is melodic and he's able to show his technical chops off as well without fret w***ing. I hate guitarist who just play scales incredibly fast - It's incredibly unmusical.

I used to use a Selmer valve PA head as a practice amp for a while. Sounded fine but not much low end.

They are very heavy too, as you can have 20ft of lead condensed into 4 or 5ft (because of the curls).

I bought a Fender curly lead 3 years ago. Took it home and it didn't work. Went back to the shop and they replaced it. Before I plugged it in I read all the bumf on the packaging from fender about how 'curly leads have changed' and that they 'don't 'suck the tone out of your guitar any more' etc, etc. So I plugged it into my bass and it sounded horrible. There was no high end at all and it sounded very muddy. I still have the lead but I don't use it any more. They sound bad enough with a bass guitar but I'm sure a guitar would sound horrible using one of these. Maybe the newer ones sound better I don't know?

I think the transpose button has been pressed on his tuner. He needs to read the instructions, and reset it, or buy another tuner.

Intonation at the bridge. If the intonation is out, the open string can be correct but the fretted note can be out by a lot.

It depends if she's pretty or not....

Over the years there's been a few opinionated a**holes on BC. They can be quite amusing. But they usually don't stay around for very long.

My compact took a long time to arrive but Alex did reply to my emails very quickly. I think it's all about managing expectations. Everybody who orders a Barefaced is aware that their cabinet will take a while to arrive. If it's going to take longer than expected then Alex should be proactive and contact customers if there's going to be a delay. They then have an option to cancel their order (most won't). I think it's the uncertainty that bothers people and not necessarily the timescale.

[quote name='Zampa' timestamp='1385761040' post='2292048'] I had Naproxin once, I was working at a hospital and gave mu back a bit of a pull...woke up in the early hours of the morning with a feeling in my stomach like I had swallowed a hot lump of coal!!...not for me. [/quote] After I had surgery for carpal tunnel, I was given this stuff for the inflammation. After 3 days of horrible indigestion at night, I actually read the list of side effects, realised it was the naproxen that was causing it and threw the stuff away.

Welcome! Hey, you took your time. Better late than never though.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1385715297' post='2291359'] Think the 80's was Fender's penny pinching era... Those extra couple of screws probably represented a cost saving... [/quote] You're right. According to my 'The Fender Bass - An Illustrated History', in 83 they changed the bridge on the Jazz to a 3 screw version. The P bass stayed as a 5 screw. If moving the neck a smidgeon didn't work, then best to take it to a tech.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1385632021' post='2290366'] That sounds like good advice to me. I'll give it a go tonight Thanks for that. [/quote] If, loosening the neck and pulling it into position doesn't work, you can put a small shim down the side of the neck pocket (a sliver of old credit card or thin plectrum). This will hold the neck in the correct position. It's pretty invisible and will permanently sort the problem out. I've done it myself and it worked a treat.

I've had that issue before and it's usually due to the neck not aligning 100% correctly in the neck pocket. What I did was loosen the neck, pull it into the correct position (it will only be a mm out), and retighten the screws. This usually fixes the problem permanently.