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Watched this in spite of myself. Really enjoyed some of the quieter bits where the Rhodes came through, if he switched to doing stuff like I'd happily listen to more. But he kept going back to stock Foo Fighters stuff which I find really boring. Nice guy tho aye.

So I bought a B3n as an upgrade to my B3. But I'm finding that with only 4 parameters per effect, I can't dial in the sounds I'm getting from the B3, particularly on the synths. At the moment this is stopping me from switching over. Any other B3+B3n users hit this snag?

Bought a Fender Jazz V from Nicco. Quick & efficient transaction, bass was even better than described & a lovely chap to chat with to boot. Buy & Sell with confidence!

PM'd

PM'd

Is this still for sale?

This all day long:

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/stagg-(mxs-a3)-adjustable-mixer-and-keyboard-stand-in-black-84cmm-max-width-70cm-80cm-height?v=c

Folds flat, goes pretty high, takes a decent weight & in most cases you can put your cab cover over it so it looks tidy for the gig

7 hours ago, FinnDave said:

I worked in TV centre in the 80s and 90s, on TOTP recording days there would often be hordes of kids, almost all girls, wandering around the building having climbed in over walls or sneaked in past security (commissionaires!) on the gates. For a couple of years, I worked in the basement (VT ops), same level as most of the dressing rooms, and there wold be streams of girls trying to find where the stars' were. To us, they were just a bloody nuisance, getting in the way as we got on with our daily routine. It was always ten times worse if there was a big name band in. 

Into the lion's mouth...

2 hours ago, Bilbo said:

Twelve year olds don't discuss pop music any more. Too much porn available.

To be fair, any 12 year olds hanging around the TOTP studios back in the day probably didn't get much chance to discuss pop music either, due to too much porn on a whole nother level

These look great and I can't wait to upgrade from my V3 500 combo. I'm all about convenience these days & if I can ditch my B3 & a cable or two I'll be very happy.

Do wish they'd kept the silver grille tho  

58 minutes ago, HazBeen said:

THIS! We probably should close the thread on this note too. All in favour?

No way! Some of us spectators are just cracking the popcorn out here

Agh! National Express have cancelled my service from Cardiff, all the trains are cancelled & me car's off the road so no way I'm making it. Gutted. Have a good one tho folks!

4 hour odd trip from Cardiff. I'll give em a ring to clarify I think.

10 hours ago, ambient said:

They charge for luggage now?

I had the misfortune to travel with them a few times when I first started at uni. I always took my bass on with me and had it in front of me. There was no way it was going in the luggage underneath the coach, not the way they drive.

The only time I’ve ever been to a guitar show I was going straight to a gig afterward. I wasn’t allowed to take my bass in, I had to check it in. 

They've got stuff about charging for luggage over 85cm in length & paying an extra tenner...I need to read their T&C's properly but there's no way it's going in the hold, even hard cased. Gonna turn up nice & early & sort something out with the driver.

7 hours ago, bazzbass said:

you had me going there for a minute, Lesbian, something Gay, something....

I know, when the I pulled the tickets out of the envelope I was proper confused for a minute, thought we were off to a gay pride march! Then the penny dropped & everything made sense.

3 hours ago, ped said:

Plenty of people do, if they want to try a certain amp or something. The environment is far from the best place for auditioning an amp though but if you want to bring it, go for it. There should be someone on the Basschat stand all weekend so you can leave it with us if you want. 

Cheers Ped, that's great info. I shall bring both old girls along (my bass & my missus who got me the tickets as a birthday prezzie).

...like for the setup classes or anything else? Wondering if it's worth paying the extra luggage charge with National Express. It's me first LGBS.

5 hours ago, Raslee said:

Allocate the jobs to ensure each band member knows what they’re needed to do

Gold star if you managed to get your drummer to chip in too...

With ours it's plonk your gear all over the stage > set up kit > play annoyingly & incessantly while everyone else sets everything else up > zoom to the bar immediately after sound check while everyone else clears up cases etc > moan on the rare occasion he's paid to take the PA home & no one seems to want to help strip it down.

Yup, get there slightly earlier than you're meant to & do the best you can in the time you've got. If your desk is digital & someone's got wireless to go out & check levels, you're golden.

Leave someone to work the mics if you get asked to put speeches thru em. & if the speeches start going on too long, chuck a sneaky ring mod on the vocal channel to give everyone a good laugh & bring things to a close so you can get playing & get finished.

9 hours ago, drTStingray said:

Mr Collins at his best - another essential bass part for a funk/soul/groove player to learn!!

 

Love Bootsy on this. He comes thumping in around the 20 sec mark then gives way to one of the funkiest bass lines ever. Proper in his pomp.

Was it good?

26 minutes ago, Cato said:

Chas 'n' Dave (featuring Labre Sifre)

 

Who'da thought that?? Nuts combination! It ain't Gertcha.

This foray into funk may explain Dave's unexpected slap excursion on C&D's 'Turn That Noise Down'.

Some fantastic soul songs from the little known Sam Dees if you have Spotify (can't find his stuff on Youtube). Tasty bass on all his stuff & all.

When it comes to the funk, there's really only (the) one for me...the entire P-Funk universe. The P-funk collective covered all bases & spawned a whole load more over the years. I just love em, never more so than when they're just being plain old Parliament and Funkadelic.

Parliament

Funkadelic

Cheers G-Dog!

Dunno if this actually fixes the master vol affecting the DI vol tho. Be good to see schematics when they're available.

Ooh that looks interesting. Anyone found any news other than the shop sites? Nothing on the (rubbish) Fender site

If the fx are good quality i.e. at least equal to my B3 I'll have probably have one. With a bit of luck they'll have sorted the stupid DI volume change issue which the V3's suffer from as well. Wish they'd kept the silver grilles mind.