daz

My combo has a built in Octaver, does that count No seriously i never use it, dont see the attraction really. How many times is an octaver used per gig.?

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1029737' date='Nov 19 2010, 06:26 PM']They played a theatre near me recently and I was severely tempted to go along... till I realised the ticket price was £17! Not blaming the band/bassist (if he is indeed a BCer) but £17 for a tribute band seemed a bit steep or am I out of touch with ticket prices and/or how good this band are? [/quote] We saw Edwyn Collins and his band (Boz Boorer, Andy Hacket, Carwyn Elis, Paul Cook) the other night for [b]£15[/b] PS: As it was in Liverpool, Pete [i]'King of the liggers'[/i] Wylie was on stage for a few songs as well.

[quote name='flyfisher' post='1029136' date='Nov 19 2010, 12:13 PM']I've already got a copy, and very good it is too. Just one thing though, whenever the subject of copying music comes up there's a fairly large body of opinion that it's a disgraceful activity that robs the artists of their deserved income. Isn't passing this book around doing much the same thing?[/quote] Tell that to the worlds second hand book shops, and record stores.

[quote name='risingson' post='1028408' date='Nov 18 2010, 08:48 PM']I used to have competitions with Stuart Zender to see who could nail the most correct intervals in the dark, but he always used to win for some reason. [/quote] Why Zender thinks he looks cool in those 30 inch flares I just cant fathom. He will be wearing 3 stared jumpers next. ps: I was gonna put up a pic of three star jumpers for those under 30, in case they didnt know what the refference was. Howewver i could not find a single picture when i googled it!!! : Except for a tiny pic and somebody else bemoaning exactly the same thing!! see below [quote]Star Jumpers: A V-necked sweater in one colour (often brown or black but, occasionally blue or white) with three stars knitted in the centre in a different colour. All the Northern Soul kids with their massive flares used to wear them down the youth club thinking there were as cool as milk. And, briefly, around 1975, it was something that pretty much all the kids wanted. To have on when you were riding your chopper bike and wearing big cheap shades that made you look like Elton John. But, actually, Star Jumpers were rather trampy and after a while, they even found their way into an infamous football chant in which one team's fans would taunt the opposition for having "a three-star jumper halfway up his back." Unlike most of the things on this list, finding a photo example of one proved to be really difficult. Doesn't nobody still have a star jumper in their attic?[/quote] ps: I have a hard enough job puting my fingers in the correct place in the light, never mind the dark

Steve-Soar added to the list. The book is now with [b]bartleby[/b]. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did Remember everyone dont forget to sign the paper in rememberance of Old Git. So [b]tauzero[/b] is next on the list. Anymore out there want to read a genuinely hilarious book (I am really hoping for a sequal) 1. tauzero 2. ead 3 farmer61 4. Steve-Soar

The book is now with [b]bartleby[/b]. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did Remember everyone dont forget to sign the paper in rememberance of Old Git. So [b]tauzero[/b] is next on the list. Anymore out there want to read a genuinely hilarious book (I am really hoping for a sequal) 1. tauzero 2. ead 3 farmer61

good find.

Thanks for that mate.

A [i]high[/i] action is when you can wiggle a finger between frets and strings.

[quote name='Ian Savage' post='1020128' date='Nov 11 2010, 02:31 PM']Why has the number of TU2s gone down by two? Does daz possess anti-TU2s?[/quote] Aghh. sorry about that. And well spotted that man. The weird thing is though that though frankly i cant think how it happened. I dont recal even touching the Boss TU2 line. Mainly because i dont own one. I mean 'fiddle the results'. Why the bloody hell would i want to do that unless you belive i am in the pay of a cartel of Sansamp Bidi owners who are wringing their hands at the thought of being beaten in this poll, or something. [Whisper] (I blame the Mods trying to blacken my up until now solid reputation as most popular member of the forum) Either that or the piskies have been in. [u][b]Edit[/b]:[/u] Apparently a TU2 (& TU3) is a tuner not a 'pedal' as such. (Accdoring to post above this one) And i didnt even know that till i read [u]EssentialTensions'[/u] post and then Googled it PPS: I think i have just realized now what i did. I copied and pasted the results and as the message i copied it from had highlighted the [b]Boss TU2 [/b]in bold (to show a new entry on the poll) i must have selected it and put it back to normal size, then somewhere along the line i must have cut off the '3' at the end and not realizing it i put it back as a '1'. Phew thank flip for that i thought i was going crackers, that must have been how it was. Although i still dont really recall it. Some sort of Manchurian candidate thing from [i]Sansamp[/i] maybe? I have corrected the TU2 score. So including the pedals from EssentialTension the score below is (someone better go right through this twice and re check it) ================================================================================================== [quote]3Leaf Audio Groove Regulator - 6 Adrenalinn II - 1 Aguilar Agro - 1 Aguilar Octamizer - 1 Akai Unibass - 2 AMT Slap Bass -1 Ashdown Chorus - 1 Ashdown Drive Plus - 2 Asdown dual band compressor - 2 Ashdown sub octave plus - 1 Barge Concepts VFB-2 - 2 Behringer BDI21 - 3 Behringer chorus - 1 Boomstick Bottom Feeder - 1 Boss BF-3 - 1 Boss CE-2 - 3 Boss CEB3 - 1 Boss CS-3 - 1 Boss DD-20 - 3 Boss DS-1 - 2 Boss LS-2 - 8 Boss ME-50B - 1 Boss ME-8B - 1 Boss MT-2 - 1 Boss OC-2 - 12 Boss OC-3 - 1 Boss ODB-3 - 7 Boss PH-1r - 1 Boss PS-3 - 1 Boss PW-10 - 1 Boss SD-1 - 1 Boss SL-20 -2 Boss SYB 3 - 2 Boss TU2 - 13 Boss TU3 - 1 Boss TU-12H - 2 Boss chorus ensemble CE-5 - 2 Bugbrand Bugcrusher - 1 Catalinbread SFT (clone) - 2 Catalinbread Teaser Stallion - 1 Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer - 1 Danelectro French Toast - 2 Danelectro Reel Echo - 1 Demeter Opto Comp - 3 Devi Ever Hyperion - 1 Devi Ever Cherry Pop - 1 Devi Ever SodaMeiser - 1 Digitech Bad Monkey - 2 Digitech Bass Synth Wah - 1 Digitech Whammy - 5 DOD FX-25 B - 1 Dunlop Bass Cry Baby - 4 DHA VT2 - 3 EBS Octabass - 3 EBS Multicomp - 4 EBS Dynaverb - 1 EBS Unichorus - 1 EHX Memory Man with Hazarai - 1 EHX Bass Balls - 1 EHX Bass Big Muff - 5 EHX Bass Metaphors - 2 EHX Bass Micro Synth - 4 EHX Big Muff Pi (Black Russian) - 3 EHX Big Muff Pi (Green Russian) - 1 EHX Black Finger - 1 EHX HOG - 1 EHX Octave Multiplexer - 2 EHX POG2 - 1 EHX Small Clone - 1 EHX Small Stone Nano - 3 EHX Small Stone (Black Russian) - 1 EHX Qtron - 1 EHX Qtron+ - 3 Exar PigNose - 1 Ernie Ball VP-Jr - 1 Fishman Platinum Pro EQ -1 FuzzHugger ABsynth - 1 Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet - 1 Guyatone MD-3 delay - 1 Guyatone PS-3 Phase Shifter - 1 HBE Psilocybe -1 Ibanez PD7 Phat-Hed Bass Overdrive - 2 Ibanez SB 7 - 1 Ibanez WD7 Weeping Demon - 1 Korg DT-10 - 2 Korg Pitchblack - 4 Line 6 M9 - 2 Line 6 Bass Pod XT Live - 1 Line 6 DL4 - 3 Line6 FM4 - 1 Maestro Brassmaster (clone) -1 MarkBass Compressore - 1 MarkBass Super Synth - 1 Marshall Guv'nor (MK1) - 1 Marshall Jackhammer - 2 Marshall Echohead - 1 Marshall Regenerator - 1 Maxon CP9+ - 1 Mellowtone Clean Chan Dirty Chan - 1 Mojo Hand Cream Pie - 1 Moog MF-101 - 3 Moog MF-102 - 1 Moog MF-105b - 1 Moog MF-107 - 2 Moog MP-201 - 1 Mr Zinky Master Blaster - 1 MXR Bass Octave Deluxe - 1 MXR Blowtorch - 4 MXR El Grande Bass Fuzz -1 MXR M-80 DI+ - 6 MXR M-143 Limiter MXR Super Comp - 1 Peterson StroboStomp 1 - 1 ProCo Tubro Rat - 2 Radial Bassbone - 1 Radial bishot io - 1 Robot Factory Meatwad - 1 Rocktron Cyborg Reverb - 1 Sansamp Bddi - 8 SansAmp Para-driver - 1 Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz - 1 SFX Micro Fuzz - 1 SFX S&M - 1 Subdecay Noise Box - 1 TC Electronics PolyTune - 2 TC Electronics Nova Modulator - 1 Tech 21 VT Bass - 4 Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe - 3 Toadworks Mr Squishy - 1 Way huge swollen pickle - 1 Xotic X-Blender - 1 Xotic Bass BB Preamp - 1 Yamaha OD-10 - 1 Z.Vex Box of Rock - 1 (clone) Z.Vex Woolly Mammoth - 5 (clone) Z.Vex Mastotron - 1 Z.Vex Wah Probe - 1[/quote]

Will try and get there. ps The only Yellow Dog i know had a hit with [i]One more night[/i] many moons ago back in the late 70s early 80s

[quote]Video works fine if you got to Siddx's channel and then load it.[/quote] Ah cheers i can now hear it. Only t hing is i cant record it with my youtube recorder from within Si's channel for some reason. Great stuff though. PS: glad to see someone else playing with a pick. (by 'someone else' i mean a 'someone' who can actually play well) EDIT: [i]Want to hear the sound? [/i] Wierd. i went from Si's 'Channel' in youtube and clicked on 'See commnets' button and it went out of Si's channel back out to 'normal youtube' and all of a suddden i could hear the sound?? pps: Apparently there is an hour long vhs video called Chris Squire "Star Licks" where he talks quite a bit about his guitar. He why has an interesting sound and his unique method of playing that is half pick half thumb. Anyway. So I assume the next Chris Squier tribute project is gonna be [i]'The big one' [/i]eh? Pictued below. I double Dare you. No in fact I [i]triple[/i] DARE you . [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazgreen/5170022914/"][/url] . [quote]This one-of-a-kind triple neck Wal bass was owned and operated by one of the ultimate geniuses of the low end – Chris Squire of Yes. The lower neck is fretless, the middle neck is a “regular” bass, and the upper neck is a guitar with a Telecaster-style pickup and tailpiece arrangement. Here’s the kicker: Chris reconfigured the guitar neck into a 3 double-string octave bass that he tuned AA-DD-GG.[/quote]

Bargybass: I am sure you know a band called [b][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Andrew_Tweedie/Menace_(band)"]Menace[/url][/b] ? They were a similar sort of thing to Cock sparrer/ Cockney Rejects? One of my favourite bass playing bands, as you can really hear the bass on those great early recods, like Screwed up / Last years youth. Charlie Casey is the excellant bassist. [url="http://www.menace77.co.uk/"] Menace77 website[/url] Here is a youtube link to [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwODXDmPRSU"]Last years youth[/url], for those who dont know the band.

Oh what a surprize the Tab snobs are out again, what a surprize (Yawn) There is nothing wrong in using Tabs to learn songs whilst starting out, especially to learn some favourite songs quickly to give ones sleft a little confidence, and its a waste of time starting another divisive thread about it.

If you find yourself relying on tabs for certain songs that you cannot find sheet music for, then try doing what i do. Use 'Alpha Tab' I change the tab fret numbers for the notes themselves. So you are at least learning somthing whilst you play to it. Here is regular bass tab: G ---------------------------------------------------- D --------------------5--------------------------17-- A --------2----5-----------------14-----17---------- E ---3----------------------15----------------------- Translated into Alpha Tab: G -------------------------------------------------- D --------------------G-------------------------g-- A --------B----D-----------------b-----d---------- E ---G----------------------g---------------------- Alpha Tab works the same way as regular bass tab. All that is changed is the fret number becomes the note name. To distinguish between the same note name above the 12th fret, you simply use lower case. As for the vibration of open strings. Sympathetic vibtation depends on how hard you pluck or pick the strings. But whether or not you can hear it depends on several things, such as are playing solo or with a band, or whether or not your sound is clean or being altered by something before coming out the speakers. As for muting most people develop some sort of system whereby they dont even realize they are doing it. It is often done completely automatically without any thinking about it. also it is done in many differrent ways. Side of hand, finger, left hand, right hand. I wouldnt even worry about it too much.

3Leaf Audio Groove Regulator - 6 Adrenalinn II - 1 Aguilar Agro - 1 Aguilar Octamizer - 1 Akai Unibass - 2 AMT Slap Bass -1 Ashdown Chorus - 1 Ashdown Drive Plus - 2 Asdown dual band compressor - 2 Ashdown sub octave plus - 1 Barge Concepts VFB-2 - 2 Behringer compressor / Enhancer BLE1000 - 1 Behringer BDI21 - 3 Behringer chorus - 1 Boomstick Bottom Feeder - 1 Boss BF-3 - 1 Boss CE-2 - 3 Boss CEB3 - 1 Boss CS-3 - 1 Boss DD-20 - 3 Boss DS-1 - 2 Boss LS-2 - 8 Boss ME-50B - 1 Boss ME-8B - 1 Boss MT-2 - 1 Boss OC-2 - 10 Boss OC-3 - 1 Boss ODB-3 - 7 Boss PH-1r - 1 Boss PS-3 - 1 Boss PW-10 - 1 Boss SD-1 - 1 Boss SL-20 -2 Boss SYB 3 - 2 Boss TU2 - 11 Boss TU3 - 1 Boss TU-12H - 2 Boss chorus ensemble CE-5 - 2 Bugbrand Bugcrusher - 1 Catalinbread SFT (clone) - 2 Catalinbread Teaser Stallion - 1 Chunk Systems Octavius Squeezer - 1 Danelectro French Toast - 2 Demeter Opto Comp - 2 Devi Ever Hyperion - 1 Devi Ever Cherry Pop - 1 Devi Ever SodaMeiser - 1 Digitech Bad Monkey - 2 Digitech Bass Synth Wah - 1 Digitech Whammy - 5 DOD FX-25 B - 1 Dunlop Bass Cry Baby - 3 DHA VT2 - 3 EBS Octabass - 3 EBS Multicomp - 4 EBS Dynaverb - 1 EBS Unichorus - 1 EHX Memory Man with Hazarai - 1 EHX Bass Balls - 1 EHX Bass Big Muff - 4 EHX Bass Metaphors - 2 EHX Bass Micro Synth - 4 EHX Big Muff Pi (Black Russian) - 3 EHX Big Muff Pi (Green Russian) - 1 EHX HOG - 1 EHX Octave Multiplexer - 2 EHX POG2 - 1 EHX Small Clone - 1 EHX Small Stone Nano - 2 EHX Small Stone (Black Russian) - 1 EHX Qtron - 1 EHX Qtron+ - 3 Exar PigNose - 1 Ernie Ball VP-Jr - 1 Fishman Platinum Pro EQ -1 FuzzHugger ABsynth - 1 Fulltone Bass-Drive Mosfet - 1 Guyatone MD-3 delay - 1 Guyatone PS-3 Phase Shifter - 1 HBE Psilocybe -1 Ibanez PD7 Phat-Hed Bass Overdrive - 2 Ibanez SB 7 - 1 Ibanez WD7 Weeping Demon - 1 Korg DT-10 - 2 Korg Pitchblack - 4 Line 6 M9 - 2 Line 6 Bass Pod XT Live - 1 Line 6 DL4 - 3 Line6 FM4 - 1 Maestro Brassmaster (clone) -1 MarkBass Compressore - 1 MarkBass Super Synth - 1 Marshall Guv'nor (MK1) - 1 Marshall Jackhammer - 2 Marshall Echohead - 1 Marshall Regenerator - 1 Maxon CP9+ - 1 Mellowtone Clean Chan Dirty Chan - 1 Mojo Hand Cream Pie - 1 Moog MF-101 - 3 Moog MF-102 - 1 Moog MF-105b - 1 Moog MF-107 - 2 Moog MP-201 - 1 Mr Zinky Master Blaster - 1 MXR Bass Octave Deluxe - 1 MXR Blowtorch - 4 MXR El Grande Bass Fuzz -1 MXR M-80 DI+ - 6 MXR M-143 Limiter MXR Super Comp - 1 Peterson StroboStomp 1 - 1 ProCo Tubro Rat - 2 Radial Bassbone - 1 Radial bishot io - 1 Rocktron Cyborg Reverb - 1 Sansamp Bddi - 7 SansAmp Para-driver - 1 Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz - 1 SFX Micro Fuzz - 1 SFX S&M - 1 Subdecay Noise Box - 1 TC Electronics PolyTune - 2 TC Electronics Nova Modulator - 1 Tech 21 VT Bass - 3 Tech 21 VT Bass Deluxe - 3 Toadworks Mr Squishy - 1 Way huge swollen pickle - 1 Xotic X-Blender - 1 Yamaha OD-10 - 1 Z.Vex Box of Rock - 1 (clone) Z.Vex Woolly Mammoth - 5 (clone) Z.Vex Mastotron - 1 Z.Vex Wah Probe - 1

Argybargy/Bargybass ? Wouldnt be a Squeeze fan would you? Welcome back anyhow,

do you mean the BAZZ FUSS ? [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazgreen/5164901396/"][/url] so this is all i need to build my first fuzz box, apart from an actual box of course But thats no prob, I have loads of sheet steel and aluminium in the shed.

[url="http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=2174416"]close up of neck[/url] The neck seems to be 'bolted' on with two small screws. NB, look at the strange refelction on the top tuning peg on pic #4. Looks as if the devil is caught in it.

[quote name='paul_5' post='1016970' date='Nov 8 2010, 10:12 PM']Do it. It's loads of fun and really keeps the old grey matter going. Plus you can still tinker with stuff even when it's "finished"; you can pretty much guarantee that no-one else will sound like you too. If you fancy I've got a couple of circuit diagrams (Wooly mammoth and Russian Big Muff clones) if you fancy a fuzz project. Arguably this is the place to start, as they're generally not very complicated. Running on 9v also means that they're not going to kill you should you get something wrong (terminal annoyance aside).[/quote] That would be great, if you could wing them on over, what format are they in?

I should have a go at this. I have a big kit of electronics components and some 'thingy' board (cant remember what its called now, the board for soldering onto) I also have a soldering iron and some solder, so the only thing stopping me is the layout designs.

Stuart Zender reckons, that not only he cant read music, that he does not even know the notes of his fretboard.

I became a bass player because of many great records from my youth, but i think these 4 guys were mostly responsible for me taking up the bass. Geezer Butler - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbxfe7DMxVo"]Black Sabbath[/url] - The [i]Vol 4. [/i]LP and [i]We sold our Soul for Rock n Roll. [/i]LP Bought for Xmas 1975 by my Nan JJ Burnell - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aI9k06dGpg&feature=related"]The Stranglers[/url]. - The Peaches single heard on radio Summer 1977, whilst digging a mates Grans garden one hot summers afternoon. Youth - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBm56qSS58Q"]Killing Joke[/url] - The Wardance Single and debut LP, bought in 1980, after my mate Sven Harding (Bass player in The Jiving Daleks. Where are you now Sven?) said he'd heard it and it was excellent. Dave Allen - Gang of four - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7sNfbprnKU&feature=related"] Entertainment[/url] LP. one of the greatest and influential albums of all time. [indent] [indent][indent][indent][indent][indent][indent]+++++++[/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent]Click on the underlined names for Youtube links in case any of that lot are unfamilliar to any of you straighter flyers out there..[/indent]

[quote name='risingson' post='1013928' date='Nov 6 2010, 01:47 AM']The tone Brian Molko got out of those things was nothing short of brilliant. I'd really like one.[/quote] Id forgot about them