Earbrass

[quote name='henry norton' post='1128084' date='Feb 15 2011, 10:38 AM']Keep this up and you might just scrape the magic hundred! That's about one tuning key on a US Standard isn't it? [/quote] Or about 1.66 Sue Ryder strats!

[b]First Bass Owned:[/b] Kimbara Jazz Bass copy (1977) [b]'Go To' Bass:[/b] Peavey Milestone III [b]'Your' Bass:[/b] Peavey Milestone III

I had one yesterday - for about £29. Still, can't complain, as this month I also received two £25 premium bond prizes - first time I've won anything from them in years. So it's been quite a good month so far. Must remember to renew my lottery ticket for Wednesday, as I seem to be on a roll!

Nice one. Congratulations, and welcome to the not-so-exclusive "Milestoners" club.

[quote name='ras52' post='1126877' date='Feb 14 2011, 11:56 AM']Just waiting now for the first pic of a (male) BC-er playing their RP-1 in a girly dress...[/quote] Oh, hang on a minute, I think there's a vid on YouTube somewhere of some Japanese guy....

[quote name='risingson' post='1124583' date='Feb 12 2011, 01:53 AM']Bass is bass, I'm a firm believer in thinking that most bass guitars sound more or less the same. That may sound a bit ridiculous but to a wider audience without a discerning ear, this is for the most part a universal truth. Yes a jazz bass is going to sound different to a P bass or a Stingray, and yes certain pickups/preamps will sound different than others etc. but who's going to notice? Not as many people as you'd like to think.[/quote] +1 [quote name='spinynorman' post='1124826' date='Feb 12 2011, 11:55 AM']Rather than looking for "the sound", I look for light weight and as little as possible to carry, set up and go wrong.[/quote] +100 [quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1124947' date='Feb 12 2011, 01:45 PM']1,an amp/speakers make just as much,if not more difference to the sound than a bass does.[/quote] I'd add that choice of strings can make just as much, if not more, difference to the sound than amp/speakers do. But since these don't have big logos on that tell everyone how flash / expensive they are, they get less attention than bass or amp.

[quote name='dwh87' post='1125550' date='Feb 12 2011, 11:39 PM']My first bass was a milestone III. I traded in an epiphone SG400 for it. Nice slim neck, frets were all great and the fingerboard had an eyecatching figuring. The pickups were average and the input jack was shoddy until i properly fixed it up. Highly recommend as a starter or just something cheap to sling around.[/quote] Agree about the jack - I've had mine replaced with a good quality stereo one (wired in mono, but the extra prongy thing helps to hold the plug in better) by the good people at the Bass Gallery, who have also foil-lined the cavity for me.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1122122' date='Feb 9 2011, 11:43 PM']First one, prearloid too Las Vegas, C&W for me.[/quote] +1

Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks these basses are gig-worthy: [url="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23922290-a-forbidding-triumph-for-esben-and-the-witch.do"]http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review...nd-the-witch.do[/url]

[quote name='Doddy' post='1122720' date='Feb 10 2011, 03:02 PM']I think the problem with a lot of people is that they change instruments regularly,looking for 'the one',but I feel that an instrument only becomes 'the one' after you've played it for a while and know it inside out.[/quote] +1.

Had one of these as my main / gigging / recording bass for a few years now. Fab bass - lightweight, well balanced, nice neck, good sound. Twice I've tried to "upgrade" to a more expensive bass, only to end up selling the new bass and returning to this. I got mine for £50 from a Crack Converters - one of the best musical purchases I've ever made.

I always thought they were like Fisherman's Friend, but with funkier flavours.

I used to have a Tascam 8 track, though a slightly different model, and it was a while ago so I may be misremembering. Is there a small slider-type selector switch (possibly on the back) that lets you change the input between Line / Guitar / Mic? If so, make sure it's set to 'mic'. Also make sure you've got the phantom power turned off - your SM57 won't like it.

[quote name='blackmn90' post='1114144' date='Feb 3 2011, 05:06 PM']ahrite well that does make sense. It is a shame though as it would be more useful if if they tuned to the same frequency[/quote] But if they did that, your bass / keyboard or whatever would only ever be really in tune in one key. The whole point of the equal temperament system is to allow us to play [i]very nearly[/i] in tune in all keys. In return for that, we make do with being [i]very slightly [/i]out of tune in all keys!

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1114071' date='Feb 3 2011, 04:18 PM']Thanks, EB. I should point out that the example was purely a metaphor for illustrative purposes and, in reality, I really coudn't give a rat's [/quote] Fair enough! [quote name='blackmn90' post='1114073' date='Feb 3 2011, 04:20 PM']Not sure i understand, basically i was playing along to a keyboard and trying out some ideas with harmonics. It sounded fine just when i would go to play the harmonic on/ around the 4th fret. I know its the equivalent to the strings major 3rd. So i played my bass through the tuner and everything was bang on in tune except for these specific harmonics. The octave harmonics are fine both on the 12th and 5th fret, and the 5th on the 7th fret is fine. Just these major 3rd's are ever so slighty flat on the tuner.[/quote] Could this be an equal temperament issue? The harmonic will be a "pure" maj 3rd, while the keyboard will be tuned to equal temperament. Could this account for the discrepancy?

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1114048' date='Feb 3 2011, 04:03 PM']What are you measuring it with? If everything else is spot on, this is technically impossible But then again, so is flight in bumble bees![/quote] Not this old chestnut again! [url="http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1076/is-it-aerodynamically-impossible-for-bumblebees-to-fly"]http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1...mblebees-to-fly[/url]

Not many people realise* that Mrs T is actually Suzi Quatro ([i][b]Can[/b][/i] the Can - Mrs [i][b]Tin[/b][/i]man - you see what she did there?), while skank is none other than former PM John Major. [size=1]*mostly because I just made it up. Or did I?[/size]

In: nothing Out: nothing Shake-it-all-about: Peavey Milestone III

[quote name='setekh' post='1111151' date='Feb 1 2011, 03:43 PM']I got the red strat (if you'd like some photos I might get them up in a couple of days) It looks pretty good, the neck is very much straight, the fretwoks is good and the tuners are decent (still in tune after a few of hours of messing around). Can't really comment on the pickups since I played it through the bass pod (which sounds horrible, but I haven't picked up a guitar pod), but output seems good and the pots are OK (no scratching). All in all, a lot of guitar for £60![/quote] Cheers for that. I fancy one of the black LPs myself.

Any more news/views of the 6-stringers? I don't need another bass, but I could do with a half-decent basic guitar for my studio.

I can only play this version....

[quote name='morsefull' post='1104568' date='Jan 26 2011, 11:39 PM']Found a liking for Bill evans on spotify tonight as well.[/quote] Excellent choice. I think he's probably my favourite jazz pianist. But sometimes it's Erroll Garner. Or Duke Ellington. Mostly, though, it's Bill.