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[quote name='liamcapleton' post='481810' date='May 7 2009, 12:06 PM']With the greatest of respect, there is a lot of good music out there nowadays if you were to look hard enough. It's fine sticking to the argument that 'music isn't what it was back in the day' but it just simply isn't true. You need to let music evolve sometime, otherwise we're stuck in a cyclical situation where views such as that simply serves to inhibit new music to come.[/quote] Yeah, fair enough, I wasn't being entirely serious there. There's good stuff around, just as there always has been. [quote name='liamcapleton' post='481810' date='May 7 2009, 12:06 PM']What I meant was that jazz (which as someone pointed out is far too much of an umbrella term anyway) doesn't serve as much of a huge sector of musical revenue nowadays because it seems to be viewed by most as an institution or an era, like classical. It may not be the most musically endearing news that practicing jazz musicians want to hear, but it's true.[/quote] I just don't buy into the idea that music only matters if it's making money for someone, or has a wide appeal or a cool image. To me those are completely irrelevant to what makes good music.

[quote name='liamcapleton' post='481377' date='May 6 2009, 08:16 PM']Jazz .... serves little to no purpose nowadays aside from entertainment value[/quote] unlike the pap that passes for rock these days, which is of course, saving the world. [quote name='maxrossell' post='481635' date='May 7 2009, 09:24 AM']Can someone throw together something like that which would broadly sum up how to recognise Jazz?[/quote] This reminds me of an interview with Louis Armstrong from the 60's. He was asked what he'd be doing if he was a young man now. He replied "I guess I'd be playing guitar like that cat Hendrix". The interviewer, surprised, asked "Do you call that jazz?", to which he replied "Hell, man, if that ain't jazz, what is?".

[quote name='chenzo_1' post='475869' date='Apr 30 2009, 12:05 PM']A mate of mine is selling his peavey milestone for £35 is it worth buying it ripping the frets out, whackin in some nice pups and adding an a nice set of flatwounds? If i ever decided to sell it on after woulds would i be able to break even? thoughts and comments please!![/quote] I've got a couple of these basses, both second-hand, and I think they're pretty good as they come: light weight, nice neck, well-balanced. Hardware isn't the best, but it's not crap either. As I've said on other threads, I had one of these and a Fender Aerodyne Jazz for a while, and I honestly couldn't say either sounded better than the other - except that the Peavey hummed less when recording, so in the end I sold the Fender and bought another Peavey (I like to have 2 basses so I can keep one in each location I regularly play). I paid about £50 each for mine, second-hand, including gigbags. At £35 you really can't go far wrong. I'd say, buy it and live with it for a while as is - it may surprise you. Just my 2p's worth.

To me, tort and/or pearloid scratchplates on basses are like sparkly jackets on comedians; tacky, dated and rather more "London Palladium" than "Carnegie Hall". Don't ask me why.

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I was wondering whether those of you with the Roland Bass micro cube RX could give an opinion on whether it would be loud enough to keep up with acoustic instruments (guitar / hand drums / accordion / vocals) for band practice sessions. If not, does anyone have an opinion as to what is the smallest, lightest amp that could? Thanks!

For a couple of years recently we had Fred Friedlein, the original founder of Trace Elliot, as a next door neighbour out in the wilds of Suffolk. Nice guy. He runs a small PA company now (www.soundranger.com), and occasionally plays guitar in an Everly Brothers tribute band.

[quote name='ped' post='428712' date='Mar 8 2009, 05:19 PM']I never intended for anyone to like my music apart from me![/quote] Great line for an epitaph.

[quote name='ARGH' post='425677' date='Mar 5 2009, 12:42 AM']Music is a sh*t business...[/quote] [attachment=21535:s2_les.jpg]

[quote name='liamcapleton' post='422169' date='Mar 1 2009, 04:06 AM']...it does get my wick a bit when people put forward something as fact when it is simply their own opinion. ..have written timeless songs...[/quote] Would that be a fact, or your own opinion?

So... it looks as if we finally have a set of masters for our new album that everyone is happy with, so the next hurdle is getting some copies made. Anyone have any personal recommendations? We're probably looking at getting 500 or 1000 made, and we'll need the cases and the inserts printed up and so on. Thanks. E

[quote name='MananaMan' post='407199' date='Feb 12 2009, 12:47 AM']yeah, I used a Bass Juice for a few years. Good pedal, nice variety of sounds from it. Didn't know they got a beating from BC, can't really eplain why either, seems a perfectly good pedal, if a little pricey. I seem to remember it was another pedal before being licenced (how do you spell that? I've never had to before, and its really puzzling me...) to T-Rex?[/quote] It's "licensed", because it's the past participle of the verb. 's' for the verb, 'c' for the noun. Same as practise/practice and many others. If you ever get confused, think of advice and advise, which nobody gets wrong because unlike the others they sound different. So, if you are licensed to kill, for example, you have a licence to kill. A licensing authority issues licences. Just as if you are advised then you receive advice, and an advising body issues advice. HTH.

[quote name='beerdragon' post='405342' date='Feb 10 2009, 01:40 PM']Looks nice. here's another one a bit cheaper. Unless i'm wrong it works out at about £425 plus tax? [url="http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.mikigakki.com/category/details.php%3Fitem_id%3Dujrb600blk&ei=KoKRSf3_I9yxjAfR1KjBCg&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Djayro%2Bbasses%26start%3D30%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN"]http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl...l%3Den%26sa%3DN[/url][/quote] Looks nice but: ※ We will ship internationally is not supported. 予めご了承下さい。 Please note in advance. (Seller will not ship internationally.） ...so it's a long trip to the shop to pick it up.

They do look good...but since the price is over 75% of the cost of either of my basses, I don't think I can really justify it. ;-)

[b]Feedback for user Jak1502[/b] Hi, I sold a pedal to Jak1502. He paid promptly by cheque, was communicative and friendly. No problems. Recommended. Earbrass

Speaking as a confirmed luddite, I have to say putting batteries into guitars is just plain WRONG ;-). Electronics evolve much more quickly than instrument design. If you bought or made a great passive bass today, in twenty years time you will have a great classic bass. If you bought or made a great active bass today, in twenty years time you will have a great classic bass with outdated electronics. Keep your electronics outside the bass, and you can change them whenever something better comes along with minimum fuss. Just my 2p worth.

Peavey Milestone III [url="http://www.hartnollguitars.co.uk/products.asp?id=748"]http://www.hartnollguitars.co.uk/products.asp?id=748[/url] For a while I had one of these and a Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass - decided there was nothing to choose between them in sound - except the Peavey was quieter for recording - and actually preferred the feel of the Peavey, so sold the Fender.

FWIW, I have the Pandora PX4B (for bass) and it's superb as practice tool: tuner, fx, headphone amp, amp modelling, simple drum machine/metronome, basic sampling (record a groove then play over the top of it) and all in a teeny tiny package.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='384783' date='Jan 19 2009, 11:08 AM']You get no radio with the bad monkey in the chain. Does the bad monkey have to be on? Otherwise, there's your solution.[/quote] Sadly... Bass >> PD7 >> Bad Monkey >> Amp: radio Thanks anyway

[quote name='escholl' post='382771' date='Jan 16 2009, 08:04 PM']Does it only happen with the pedal engaged, or does it happen in bypass mode too?[/quote] Both, as I recall. I'll try it again tonight if I get a moment. Cables and bass could both be an issue, but they're fine when the PD7 isn't in the chain. Cables are good quality though. Thanks for all your thoughts anyway. Regards E

[quote name='Maxcat' post='315426' date='Oct 26 2008, 10:42 PM']pitch black every time. Accurate great display and a great choice of visuals .can't go wrong[/quote] +1

Hi all, Yesterday I took delivery of an Ibanez PD7 bass overdrive. Love the sound, just what I was after. But I may have a problem; playing through the PD7 and my practice amp and headphones late at night, it was very noticable that I was picking up foreign radio stations. A bit of experimentation revealed the following: Bass >> PD7 >> Amp: radio Bass >> Bad Monkey >> Amp: no radio Bass >> Behringer Bass Driver >> Amp: no radio Bass >> Amp: no radio Bass >> PD7 >> Bad Monkey >> Amp: radio <unplug bass> >> PD7 >> Amp: no radio Bass >> PD7 >> Mixer >> Headphones: no radio The combination of Bass / PD7 / Amp seems to be the one that causes the problem. My concern is that this could happen at a gig (I wouldn't be using the practice amp, but I may not have choice over what amp I use, and if it can happen with this amp, I suppose it could happen with another) Questions for the panel: Do I have a faulty pedal? Are these pedals particularly prone to this problem for some reason? Do I need to get my bass properly screened? If so, why do I only have an issue when using the PD7? Does anyone else have a particular combination of gear that causes this? What fixes it - if anything? P.S. I also tried plugging in a guitar instead of my bass, with the same results Thanks and regards, E

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