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Cant stand the look of them personally. But this is an interesting start to finish 16 minute video of the Hoffner 'Beatles' bass being built. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCOycca1ezo&feature=player_embedded[/media]

As Jah wobble says [quote]There's nothing better than the sound of an open E[/quote]

I havent checket my lottery ticket yet. You never know.

[quote name='Stuart Clayton' timestamp='1330210446' post='1554265'] Guys, As the author of these books I would be really grateful if you could refrain from scanning them and emailing them. I have not only invested an enormous amount of time in the creation and publication of these books, but I also pay the writers considerable sums of money for copyright permissions to reproduce these works. I appreciate that the track in question - 'Heaven in my Hands' is no longer in print, but 'The Machine Stops' is available in the new book The Level 42 Bass Book which is available now. We'll be launching this book at the London Bass Show, and I hope to see some of you there. I'm sure you can understand my feelings on this. Cheers Stuart [/quote] If the books were in print and easy to obtain surely this would not happen. ([b]All currently unavailable[/b], [i]see links below[/i]: But when they are for sale the second hand prices are often £40 or more) Why not print another run, im positive that they would be popular. Especially the first one. Book 1: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Level-42-Bass-Transcriptions-1/dp/095517130X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330233575&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.co...30233575&sr=1-1[/url] Book 2: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Level-42-Bass-Transcriptions-2/dp/0955171318/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330233575&sr=1-2"]http://www.amazon.co...30233575&sr=1-2[/url] book 3: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Level-42-Bass-Transcriptions-v/dp/0955798116/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330233575&sr=1-3"]http://www.amazon.co...30233575&sr=1-3[/url] book 4: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Level-42-Bass-Transcriptions-Physical/dp/0955171334/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330233575&sr=1-4"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Level-42-Bass-Transcriptions-Physical/dp/0955171334/ref=sr_1_4?[/url] [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Level-42-Bass-Transcriptions-Physical/dp/0955171334/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330233575&sr=1-4"]s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330233575&sr=1-4[/url] book 5: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Level-42-Bass-Transcriptions-V/dp/0955171342/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330233575&sr=1-5"]http://www.amazon.co...30233575&sr=1-5[/url]

Bases come and basses go. But I always end up with my CV Squier back out of its bag and on the rack as my number one 'go to' bass, in the end.

Nice Review Dood. and an interesting review in the Guitar interactive Magazine bass section too. Id forgot about that being out there. I've missed a couple of issues. All that kit for £666 of the queens pounds. A veritable bargain EDIT: Dood can i just ask you to clarify something. You say [quote]'Flat Response' on these tone stacks is in the region of 2 Bass, 10 Mids and 2 Treble. I'm not going to spend too much more time discussing why, but I will say that setting everything at 12 o'clock exhibits a gentle scooped 'smiley face' type frequency curve that works great for Bass guitar[/quote] The numbers you quote, are these [b]all [/b]'clock face posistions' or actual number settings on the knobs ?

Manchester to Heathrow? Ten minutes in the air ? (just wondering ?)

Mobile Metronome is free and quite good, it does do 16ths.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1329487555' post='1543243'] I'll drop you another PM, see if you can reply to that? [/quote] Yes i repliued to your pm, i could see the reply button on that one. but still not on the one i was on about. I do wonder if the guy has me 'blocked; so he cant 'see' my comments. I wonder if this would cause it ? Waiting for mods to answer here ?)

I have a pm message off someone here re a sale of an item. But unlike all my other messages, this one does not have a [i]Reply[/i] icon in the bottom right corner, just the [i]Report[/i] icon . Whas going on ??

Can you put me on the list please.

[quote name='Mylkinut' timestamp='1328428868' post='1526677'] I am currently of this 'youth' and I can say that yes, I know the staff at my local HMV by name, yes they know mine, yes they recommend things to me, no we do not all listen to metal. [/quote] I am glad to hear this, Maybe your local HGV is a shining beacon to the world [quote name='Mylkinut' timestamp='1328428868' post='1526677'] Nostalgia's a powerful thing. [/quote] Indeed it is yes I agree. But having lived in the 70s as a teenager, as well as in the second millnium. I know things were vastly different back then. A lot slower for a start. Which meant that patience may or may not have been a virtue, but it had to be bloody put up with whether you liked it or not. Things we take for granted today took a lot longer back then (ie: simply [i]contacting[/i] people), which meant we sat around waiting for things or people for longer. Im positive this affected the outlook on life that one had back then. PS: I hope you see some humour in this cynical outlook. I try not to be a [i]boring old fart [/i]as Johnny Rotten would have snered at me, but its like railing against the tide, as one grows older. [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1328443834' post='1526914'] Ah, so it was you that ruined the music industry by copying records. [/quote] I cannot tell a lie. It was my mate Ian

The demise of the small independant record shop is something that i mourn for more than the loss of the arrays of rare and colourfull vinyl and picture sleeves on show. My local record shop in chester was a place named Penny Lane records. For us it was a place to meet, hangout, catch up with old friends, meet new ones, etc. You could stand for hours flicking through the racks or squinting at every LP cover, and nobody bothered you to move on, or said to you "are you going to make that one Clash single last all day" It was small and intimate, and no matter how well informed the tatooed lip studded youth working at HMV might be, in all forms of death metal and speed thrash, it does not feel the same. I'm sure that many 'youth' meet up at the local HyperGlobalMegaPop store, but do that know the staff by name, and more importantly, do the staff know them by name and what new stuff to recomend for them ? I very much doubt it. When we went to London on our own for the first time at age 16 to see The Ramones and The Slits, what did we do in the daytime ? Visit Buck palace and Tower whatchimacallit ? Of course not. We spent the days travelling to record shops, that previously you had only seen in the back of the NME or on record labels of Punk/New wave singles. Such as [i]Small Wonder[/i], [i]Rough Trade [/i]and Camden Market in general PS: when you were going to spend £5 on an LP, and that was maybe your entire weeks spending money, you took a great deal of care to get exactly what you wanted. all avaiable options were weighed up and considered. We didnt have the internet of course. but after you had a few LP's you could start to go round to a mates and let him tape it while you looked through his music and asked him to tape you one in return. This and John Peel, were our only ways of hearing new sounds. I genuinely think that this made us more appreciative of the music. (I hope and belive its not just me saying "eeh when I were a lad... etc) They all sort of looked like this

I had a similar thing. Never found out what it was, probably a loose connection. Drove me nuts. Had to get rid in the end. Open the top up switch it on and wait and see if you can catch anything if you look closely. Maybe a cold solder blob opening up. ? Use a magnifying glass if nothing is visible with the naked eye. If you are lucky you might find it. The more you know about how these things are built the better chance you have of catching it. Sorry to be pessimistic.

Speaking purely as an amatuer DIY person. Unless you are sure of yourself with a chisel, I would be very aprehensive about wielding one anywhere near an Aerodyne that I owned.

[size=5][font=tahoma, geneva, sans-serif][sup]Looks to go into detail though[/sup][/font][/size] [size=5][font=tahoma, geneva, sans-serif][sup]ps: what on earth is wrong with the text changing size and font, on this forum today ?[/sup][/font][/size]

[quote name='throwoff' timestamp='1327934569' post='1518999'] Why did the font keep changing for the first 4 or 5 posts? I actually cant read it! [/quote] I wondered that too ? [size=2][font=georgia, serif]unless someone is doing it on purpose ?[/font][/size]

Is that a Modulous ?

I think its called the bass [i]lounge [/i]because it litterally is in someones lounge! Fortunately for the neighbours, their house is detached! Good luck to them. Never heard of them though. anyone else ?

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1327748402' post='1516108'] Agreed - i have seen him a few times, and it has always been that. One time in Germany, i was a few feet away from the stage, and was amazed how hard and controlled he was when attacking the strings with his thumb - certainly not afraid to give it some. Garry [/quote] Thats probably why he Gaffa tapes his thumb. ( Im actually surprised he does not put a thimble on it. Considering the sound he gets sometimes)

[quote name='Randy_Marsh' timestamp='1327529539' post='1513081'] I should have said Conan off of this here site [/quote] Damn I bet Conan the Warrior would have played a mean slap bass. (unlike me who has utterly failed at slap bass despite two people attempting to teach me, and both failing miserably, Both mystified as to why although I was seemingly doing what i was supposed to, I was still getting either a dull thud or a horrible twang!)

[quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1327536011' post='1513208'] Seems to work for me mate, Something about you doesn't seem to be on there. I'm no entirely sure of the legality of that site anyway as it seems to be transcriptions by Stuart Clayton from his books. [/quote] Must have been fixed as it and the other couple that didnt work either are all ok now. So that said. Has anyone got the sheets for [i]Something about you [/i]?

[quote name='Jayben' timestamp='1327249149' post='1508307'] With reference to the conversation a few pages ago about people making the time to learn new tunes for next r/h... If a band member says they'll learn 3 new tunes, then they should learn those 3 tunes, regardless of the circumstances (within reason, naturally). So what if you get in from work at 7/8 at night? Put the time in and make the effort - If you don't, why should anyone else? True story from Friday's gig... We lent a Marshall combo out to the headliner's guitarist, who has a Line6 half stack (which had been smashed by the main support band), and appropriate pedal board etc. This conversation ensued between our drummer and their guitarist: G: Ahhh, you've got Marshall.. D: Why, what's wrong with it? You know it works fine.. G: Yeah, but it's not Line6. D: So? G: Well I've got this footswitch that only works with Line6 amps, it tells the amp what to do D: Yeah but you've got the rest of your pedalboard there? G: Nahh mate, it won't work, my footswitch won't tell the Marshall what to do, 'cos it's not Line6 D: Ok, whatever. You can either do the show with the Marshall and have a few less effects and what have you, or you can cancel your show. G: F*ck it, we'll go home. Best ring all our fans and tell them to not bother coming now. These jokers bailed on a show because they couldn't have one or two FX, and let down the venue and most of their fans.. >< I'm just glad that not too many other bands do the same! [/quote] Who were the band ? [quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1327572805' post='1513430'] My current guitar fondler use a line 6 amp and pedal combo. It worries me. I`m already making plans for when it goes down during a show. [/quote] Line 6 make those strange 'sound effect' basses too dont they ?

[quote name='wingnutkj' timestamp='1327595752' post='1513987'] Is the updog suitable for a Henway? [/quote] Maybe a very minor modification would be needed.