funkgod

strap length ? A bit personal, but lets just say i don't get many complaints 🙂

remember a few posts back i said i use the AMEK 9098 with my bass sometimes..

well i was just watching this with Bootsy talking about his history with Tascam.

and hay ho, look whats in his rack at about 0:58 

i wonder if he uses it for bass also ?

aaahhhh im going to have to find out, my new mission 🙂

I love that X48, you just dont see them come up that much

🙂

ahhh ha ha, thats great...i went the other way !, i got rid of my Alesis compressor and kept the drawmer, im not even sure why now it was a while ago, horses for courses at the time i suppose.  i wonder if the TC reverbs in the 02R are the same in the d8b ? as the ones in the d8b sound great and well usable,

and because they are right there i use them on nearly every mix i do. 

at the mo cus im doing an old school rave type track ( not my usual thing i would strongly like to point out  haha ) im using some old Yamaha reverbs to try and get that "Old school" sound, so im using a rev 7 for one or two things (i have two of those) and last year i got hold of pro R3 which was yamahas flagship back in the day which im finding a few good uses for but still really tinkering around with it looking for its strengths so cant say allot on that at the mo but its "WIDE" open i know that. and i do like the upfront open sound of it, so im using that more at mo that the Rev500 iv had for a while on this track, we will see  🙂

Regarding the D8B, i love that thing, im so use to it now i just cant be @rsed to use anything else and go through all the learning again, so just incase it goes down i have another at the ready, Here ya go, this will take you back.......

On 02/11/2023 at 10:09, VTypeV4 said:

It seems to be cheating a little as I run a commercial studio with an extensive analog setup but here's some of my rack candy through various stages of development. 😬

 

 

 

 

 

I'll not list everything as we'll be here for days but a few personal favourites are..

• TC M1 multi-fx units as they have a size and fidelity particularly with reverb and delay that's tricky to match with other units.
• TC HOF 2 specifically for the drag / shimmer reverb effect.
• ART VLA 2 - almost certainly my favourite hardware compressor as they just make things sound better.
• WA Bus Comp does exactly what it says adding a positive 'binding agent' to mixes.
• KT76 which are as good as any plugin I own.

For recording, I tend to use a Trace SMX as a first stage then feed out of this to other setups including an SVT, Bassman and sometimes a V-Type. The rack gear is exclusively for mix down with the A&H ML5000 console.

I think i have just duffed down me leg 🙂

I like the M1 allot,  i have the M-one and the D-two ( delays) both great units, i use them all the time, the routing building blocks in the M-one

is just a fantastic idea and makes a big diff in the sound what way you put them,

still both great units even by todays standards and you can pick them up quite cheap now.

im going to check out the WA Bus compressor, cheers ,

The Klark Kt has had some great reviews, iv never tried one, , im just fixing a Universal audio 1176LN for someone, and still waiting for parts, their back up service is just CR@P ! ! but when thats done al have a little play on that should be about the same sort of think as the Klark,

But at the mo im using Massenburg EQ with drawmer the old DL221 remember them ? the dam thing just keeps going or if not the drawmer then i have some software built into the mackie D8B called "finial mix" i think this was sold off by mackie to tracktion and is now called "master mix" but is more or less exactly the same thing and works wonders in the D8B.

Cheers for all that

https://www.tracktion.com/products/master-mix

https://massenburgdesignworks.com/

owen, try this its a stand alone system, you dont have to connect it to any daw, just chuck your mp3, or better a wav file in to it, then pick a style from a big list, and let it do its stuff while you sit back and have a brew.

one thing... put your original file in its own folder on your desk top then do it, then all the stuff it does will be saved to the same file.

its free for doing files for up to 3 and a half mins or 4, or something like that, and will only use 4 multiband compressors, but good enough to give you an idea,

plus its got some VERY handy tools you can use.

try it if you like, ya good to go, if not its cost you nothing.

i know people who are charging using this as a mastering service.

cheeky buggers

enjoy

https://www.curioza.com/index.php/audio-mastering

1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said:

A’re you trying to annoy me?

youd fink with spell checker it would sort it all out for you wouldn't yo?, yea.. that's cr@p as well 🙂

25 minutes ago, snorkie635 said:

I reckon you and @Jackroadkill should team up, pick an unsuspecting music shop and annihilate all their bass stock in one blitzkrieg visit. 😎

yeee haarrr , Let me at them :-), i could walk down the line of them cr@p, cr@p cr@p cr@p cr@p cr@p cr@p cr@p cr@p ..meehhhh av ya got any plecs ? ?.. ahhh.... yeaaa there cr@p too, ah well..bye 😋

pointy headstocks

sharp angles in bodys.

headless basses

stick basses

roundwound or tapewound strings

cheap electrics that have next to no variance in tone

glued in headstocks

light bass bodys

maple fretless necks

stock musicman stingray pickups, they still not addressed that out of line G pole piece

that plastic chad valley ronco  stingray battery holder.

the newer wide G&L natural maple necks ( awfull)

bridges that when the barrels are on the base the strings are still too high. ( more to do with the neck pocket too high really)

sh!t tuners that unwind themselfs

carved engraved bodys

single cut away bodys

fat chunky necks

basses that are more "ART" than usable bass, like overpriced over the top Alembics.

semi body basses with F holes, though some do look great.

fanned fret boards.

see through resin bodys

covers over pickups, right where i want play

pickups that are right on the end of the neck, i can get my fingers under to snap,

and last but not least... Anything that says rickenbacker

im pritty sure that covers most of it 🙂

6 hours ago, bassninja said:

PM’d

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19 hours ago, Grezza 1 said:

No problem my friend I am sorted for now but thanks anyway, 

Hows things? 
 

all good in the hood thanks, hope you and yours are too, did you sell the swr?

also if ya ready to get back playing, i know a band in liverpool looking for a bass player.

pm me if interested

sorry gray, iv only just seen this, it is 🙂

no one ?

ok ..... tempting time....

al chuck in a cup tea and a quality biscuit.

the tea might not be that good, either made by midgets, monkeys or gnu's

depending whats in at the time.

but the biscuit ?  omg, another world.

al keep the make as a surprise.

On 28/11/2023 at 20:48, taunton-hobbit said:

^ ^ ^    Better still, replace the bluddy thing -= about 3 quid on EBay ........

 

😎

haha there is that, sometimes if its say a date stamped pot like the 60/70/80 cts and you want to keep it original or an expensive pot then its worth the effort.

if replacing there are some very high quality pots out there that are worth looking at, im just working on some universal audio preamps and comps like the 1176LN limiting amp and they use PEC pots made in Canada, well impressed with them, and im very tempted to try some on a passive jazz.

you could write about any thing,

1, your own life and views

2, commenting on others lives and views.

macca said he writes about the day, from when he " jumps out of bed" what you see and what you feel, its as simple as that.

you could add another insight to a  book you read, aka steely dan.

or just some good advice you might want to share

or just about searching for an idea for a song untill the light popped on while reading a post on bass chat 🙂

But for me clever writing is next level stuff, some songs that tell you everything in the first two lines. like..

"Seven days" was all she wrote,

a kind of ultimatum note.

as much as i dislike him, thats clever

If you have tried all that and its still crackly, then....

1, take it out,

2, bend back the 4 legs on the pot covering.

3, take apart.

4 clean the carbon track with a cotton bud and isopropinol or WD40 . ( then check it with a meter if you have one)

5 and again very carefully clean the wipers without bending them, if they are worn right down the the legs renew pot

6, again clean the carbon track with vasaline leaving the faintest trace on the track ( literally hardly anything)

7, put back together leaving some vasaline on the shaft ( acts a a dust trap on the shaft)

and you should be ok

On 11/11/2023 at 06:41, MNY said:

I have already mentioned Marcus Miller as my number 1 but it was a hard choice. For those of you who have never come across a band called Sixun, the guy in the video Michel Alibo is Sixun’s bass player. Originating from Martinique he settled in France and was a founding member of the band . A huge influence on me, but sadly virtually unknown in the UK. Jo Zawinul from Weather Report recruited several members of bands based in France including drummer Paco Sery from Sixun and bassist  Etienne Mbappe from Ultramarine, eventually replacing Mbappe with another French based bass player Linley Marthe an absolutely exceptional talent. You might want to check these players out if you’re curious. 
 

Here’s Michel playing some frankly ridiculous bass to Sixun’s track Djoudjou. Hope you enjoy it and find some new inspiration. 
 

 

that was ace, enjoyed that cheers, did notice that's john east retro pre he is using there

last shout before it goes on Ebay

Tascam master cd player for studio, with pitch control, fully programmable,  with the hard to get remote control.

full working order and only 1U rack space.

loads of names above

julian crampton has been a big fave of mine for years.

i have loads of stuff with him on, and what a nice guy.

played with loads of people,

seen him once with another hero of mine deodato ! i just about duffed down me leg 🙂

he does lessons as well if you feel the need based in london

https://www.juliancramptonbass.com/get-in-touch

Touring / Recording
INCOGNITO
THE PASADENAS
DONNA SUMMER
GEORGE BENSON
PAUL YOUNG
M PEOPLE
US 3
WESTERNHAGEN
ED MOTTA
MICA PARIS
BASIA
MATT BIANCO
HEAVEN 17
ANGELIQUE KIDJO
JIMMY SOMERVILLE
CONNER REEVES
GEOFFREY WILLIAMS
MAYSA
DOWN TO THE BONE
PEE WEE ELLIS AND FRED WESLEY
STEPHEN DUFFY AND NIGEL KENNEDY
PP ARNOLD
STEVE WINWOOD
EN VOGUE
ERIC MARIENTHAL
REEL PEOPLE
ELVIS CRESPO
JASON REBELLO
TONY REMY
TERRY CALLIER
JEAN TOUSSAINT
STEVE GROSSMAN
RAW STYLUS
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RAHSAAN PATTERSON
PETER WHITE
JAARED
GREGG KARUKAS
TIM BOWMAN
RANDY SCOTT
CINDY BRADLEY
OLI SILK
GARY HONOR
MARION MEADOWS
ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY
THE SUNBURST BAND
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
MARK ALMOND
THE LUNGAU BIG BAND
VOODOO FUNK PROJECT
TONY MOMRELLE
OLA ONABULE
JOEY NEGRO
ADAM F
REDMAN
LEON WARE
MARK NEVIN
RANDY BRECKER
GERALD ALBRIGHT
MARC ANTOINE
CHUCK LOEB
DAVID BENOIT
KIRK WHALUM
BONNIE PINK
SKY WU
STEVE COLE
JEFF KASHIWA
THE SAX PACK
MARIO BIONDI
JAKATA
JHELISA
B.E.F
SHEENA EASTON
RAVEN MAIZE

RAVEN MAIZE
JAZZINHO/GUIDO DE PALMA
BRIAN SIMPSON
GRAHAM HARVEY
GARETH WILLIAMS
CHIELI MINUCCI
U NAM
ATTILA MOLNAR
NEIL ANGILLEY
ERIC DARIUS
MICHAEL LINGTON
VINCENT INGALA
STEVE OLIVER
NILS JIPTNER
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Sandy Shaw, kim Wilde, Midge Ure etc..)

Hi all, just wanted to ask is anyone still using their red head ?

and how they think it fairs to other stuff they have tried, modern or old,

Im still using mine, and have tried a few others a few years back but just keep going to the red head. so nothing new in the last 6 or 7 years, and there is a reason for that

i think its become part of "my sound" now, and as much as i try when i tried others i am just now so use to it, that

i don't think the others sound like me, or more to the point, sounds like it, but its not just the sound its the way like your bass you get use to it.

i know exactly what setting to set if i want that nice clean studio sound with a bit of click from the frets, and the same if i want that Motown sound, its just something you create over a long time using something and being able to dial in that sound right away,  familiarity could be the death of advancement here i know, but again there is something else going on that i feel is missed on a lot of things today, again its "familiarity"

its abit like your studio headphones that you have had for years, and have got so use to them you know their faults, you know the hi's in them are not exactly how they sound in the monitors and that lack of wide mid in them, but you are so use to them you know how to eq the mix to compensate, so when you try a new " better " pair you then have to RE eq your head, and spend time

re eq ing just to get to the same place you was with your old pair, and i think that goes with alot of things when buying new gear, trying to get "your" sound out of a new piece of gear is it just something you had before ?

now... on saying that, i know it takes some a lot of trying new gear to find their sound and its only when you have tried quite a bit of gear you say to your self, "well actually i loved that sound from my old trace elliot, i was more at home with that" and you learn to live with that,

its a great adventure and a learning curve that most of us go through, all to get that sound that is in our heads.

so ... after all that, im stuck with the red head, and cant see myself in the future with anything else. although i do have a 2x12 silverado that does the same thing, its just to big to take out.

i have a few extension cabs i use with the red head depending on the gig, but overall im very happy with everything it still gives me.

only one left for £20

this £20 will go to a charity of my choosing.

and i choose the funkgods lack of beer fund.

this will help mr funkgod to relax and enjoy a late evening appointment with Mr barleycorn and have flaggen of mrs thrickle spicks old festival nogg

at ye old tavern end t road.

if its good enough for Rocco tower of power, its good enough for yall.

Bass solo @ 7:00  🙂

no takers ?, ok then, time for some persuasion

a bit of torture..........

ready.....

£35 ! ! bosh

take that

for two speakers !

cool ay ?

anything between 35 and 70 each on ebay

if no takers by sunday al pop them on ebay

On 27/10/2023 at 12:37, jezzaboy said:

Great player, just watch this clip form the BBC.

 

 

not seen that clip befor and yes i think this sums dee up very well, its just insanely good, almost fusion jazz in parts, .

was watching this clip below and jon blackstone goes on to say at about 38:15 about Dees white jazz bass being left in his will to Clive franks, who was the FOH sound guy from eltons band, elton would not have anyone else do the job, Clive also mixed and produced a lot of eltons albums, seems he was surrounded by a lot of very talented people at that time, im sure there are a lot more unsung heroes that have helped push eltons buss.

im good at funk, i know i am, cus i can play all the right notes, at the right time, but not necessarily in the right order