chrisd24

[quote name='icastle' post='1268953' date='Jun 14 2011, 05:57 PM']Yep that's right. What they're saying in a roundabout sort of way is that it's a positive tip.[/quote] that gave me the confidence to plug in an adapter i had laying around and it works! although theres a distinct hum (kinda like a badly ground bass) with no instrument plugged in,and if i touch the chassis of the amp it silences it, is this a ground issue?

I have an amp which needs a power supply (12v 2amp but with a negative ground) what do they mean by negative ground? is it referring to which way the polarity is set to the tip?

Mediocre middle of the road bass player available in the northants area, i would grade myself at a very ambitious 4/10. Can handle roots and fifths and play in time (most of the time) So if your an aspiring musician or band and looking for a good bass player pleae dont pm etc. Cheers Chris.

Dave had a jazz body off me,great comms quick payment,all round good egg!

just binned 50mb of pure nonsense....sorry bout that didnt know they stuck around for so long

anyone?!

Body and stand gone.

Was just looking at [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Light_Snake.html"]this[/url], anyone got any experience with one?

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' post='1256985' date='Jun 4 2011, 11:59 PM']The museum is quite small, opening hours are a bit eratic, poor disabled access. Admission price is at the Managers discretion. The bar facilities are particularly good though!! [/quote] HA!.....as i said "my kind of museum"

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' post='1256974' date='Jun 4 2011, 11:36 PM']Well, I'm not exactly gonna put my address on here, but if you ever fancy a gander at anything, PM me. Cheers[/quote] May have to take you up on that, certainly my kind of museum.

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' post='1246512' date='May 27 2011, 12:35 AM']Hey, i see you're also from northants. Good morrow neighbour.[/quote] Good morrow indeed! where abouts are ya?.......actually with that collection dont answer that!

I have a plywood jazz body i got from another basschatter which i was gonna use for a project but never did. its a creamy yelowish colour which has been drilled from the side for a side loaded jack. 8 inch speaker grill like the ones you get in maplins. hercules guitar/bass stand,wouldnt advise this for a jazz but a good little compact stand its [url="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=hercules+stand&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=1584168959524815683&sa=X&ei=Pa_qTcumB8nJhAfevqy6Bg&ved=0CGoQ8wIwAQ"]this[/url] one. all this is free you just pay the postage (and maybe make a small donation to bc if you see fit

A friend of mine recently bought a Roland electric drum kit and I said I would lend him an old powered monitor I had kicking around for when he didn't want to use headphones…that's Shen the problems started! The tweeter is hissing ang crackling like mad at certain frequencies,if I just change the tweeter is this likely to resolve this or is this problem likely to be inside? I have checked all connections and a had a cleanup in there but it's made no difference.

Im guessing doods abilitys are all due to those extra 3 strings rather than experience and talent.....well im gonna keep telling myself that anyway

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1246468' date='May 26 2011, 11:46 PM']Blooming heck do you fancy a trade for a 3 bed detached in a nice staffordshire village! 2 small spaniels included in the trade as I would never have time to walk them ever again [/quote] actually made tea come out my nose

[quote name='dood' post='1246445' date='May 26 2011, 11:25 PM']Here's a vid with a bit of tapping and arpeggios - well - all the way through the choon! Apologies, it's an old song from back in 2000![/quote] Is that you btw?

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1246452' date='May 26 2011, 11:28 PM']Set up of your bass is more important for a good tapping sound than EQ in my experience! What kind of tapping are you doing? I do everything from the odd right hand single note to finish a lick, to whole arrangements played with both hands and such like! A little bit of compression can be useful, and a little scoop in the mids, with a little bass boost (just a tiny tiny bit!) and a decent amount of treble is a classic two handed tap sound which i use for whole two handed pieces, But low action with a good set up is key for "good tap tone" and it makes it easier! as it were. Chorus and echo can be fun, and i use delay pretty often! But to me its just another thing to do, so i'll EQ and use effects just as i would as if i was playing normally [/quote] I guess you would call it 2 hand tapping....I'm basically playing a root note with one hand and playing the lead part with the other (sorry i sound like a complete noob!) Think a re set of my bass is certainly the first port of call here....now where's that allen key......

[quote name='dood' post='1246445' date='May 26 2011, 11:25 PM']Hi Chris, first of all forget plugging in for now. I say this because you'll get much better results concentrating on getting loud clear and unmessy tapping out of the instrument amplified if you can tame all of those buzzes and rattles before you plug in. I like nice new strings for that 'ping' - some also prefer a much lighter gauge as they are easier to bend. The action on my instruments is really low with a flat board (practically no relief in it at all). It rattles badly if you dig and and play hard, so it requires a lighter and more controlled touch. So, action nice and low. Two complaints I have of tappers that will change you from a good tapper to a great tapper is firstly to concentrate on the timing between individual notes with a metronome and get them REALLY tight. Anyone can flail away in an 80's style 'widdle' - but I'd liken it to a drummer with no sense of timing - it just sounds really messy. Next up is 'droning string syndrome'. Keep an eye on those other strings rattling away doing there own thing when you are playing others. I use a hair band to wrap around the bass neck to keep any strings I'm not using quiet. When it comes to plugging in, I recommend pulling back the deep lows and to boost regions of the EQ around 800hz and 2-4Khz (depending on your gear) as it will help to bring out the clarity and impact of each tapped note. Another secret weapon to bring up the level of the lighter tapped notes is a multiband compressor (that compresses Bass, Mids and Treble separately) - even better, one that can do 'Parallel Compression' as well, such as the TC Electronic Nova Dynamics. For solo pieces I like a little chorus and reverb to give the sound a bit of width. Here's a vid with a bit of tapping and arpeggios - well - all the way through the choon! Apologies, it's an old song from back in 2000![/quote] Cheers dood, Strangely enough i have playing all night not plugged in so accidently doing your first tip there due to a lack of amp! Currently just playing around on my p bass,the action is pretty high as when i play normally i dig in a bit, but as I don't really gig this bass any more I will have a tweak with the truss and maybe put on some lighter strings which would make sense. Also now I finally know why I have seen sweatbands wrapped round nuts of bass necks! I'm currently just fiddling around with some classical stuff,no fusion just yet but gimme a week! Must admit I'm really enjoying it so far, kinda feels like im playing a completely new instrument though

I'm basically rubbish at tapping but getting a bit better and I think it would probably help if I had any idea of how to set an eq for it and or what effects would give it a little lift,any help and mild mannered p#ss taking is invited!

The gk one is definitely the loudest Honestly I couldn't give you the maths behind it and it would seem the 4ohm option would give more power,I run mine at 8ohms @ 350 watts and I'm never past 12 o'clock on my amp,and basically it's very very loud!