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[quote name='owen' timestamp='1507558723' post='3386330'] I have run into this before, but this one has beaten me. I have tried standing up and dancing with him. I have tried grabbing his foot and making it work on the pulse. I have given him basic drum tracks. Nothing is working, He is completely Disco-lexic (Copyright Happy Jack). Any ideas? [/quote] Your doing it all wrong, i feel bad that you have put him through this humiliating torture. Please try this. Put a large pan on his head and hit it with a big wooden spoon in time with some music. Its alot of work for £30 an hour, but at least it gets you to practice drumming at the same time

[quote name='AlpherMako4' timestamp='1508095495' post='3389725'] If I could get my hands on another Super Redhead I would! [/quote] Another ? why did you let it go ? once you av gone Red, everything else sounds dead, i just made that up ya know, yea , i was just sitting here and it came to me like a fla....al get me coat..

Great gear, old but gold. i have at mo..... 2 swr super redhead 2x10 combos 1 swr 2x10 ext cab (900w) 1 swr 1x15 son of bertha cab 1 swr 500w sm500 amp 1 swr 6x10 golly Been using the same super red head for 20 years, love it had 3 red heads, 1 in the studio, one in the practice room, and one for gigging. but just sold one of them. If you like recording the redhead has one of the best bass studio preamps out there, worth having just for that. All in all i cant fault it, clean clear crisp sharp and powerfull. have no intensions of changing any of it in the future.

[quote name='adriansmith247' timestamp='1503305447' post='3356969'] Hi I have recently fitted a realist after using a shadow pu for years. (Still fitted to try blending) in fact the realist was professionally fitted Great sound but the e string is weak and lacks volume. I got away with it at a gig yesterday but feel it wouldn't work out in higher volume gigs Is this normal for realist? Can I improve this by moving the realist slightly under the same e foot? I would like to find a solution that doesn't involve blending two pickups. Some if the best bass sounds I have heard have been with players using a realist so I don't see why I am getting this issue Thanks Adrian [/quote] Hi Just incase.... Where did you get it ? cant name names here but when i ordered mine from a "Reputable" uk bass maker/shop it was rubbish, nothing like the one i had been trying from a friend. it was a home made copy, and charged me full price. THE Robber ! ! when i got intouch with david gage they sent me out a new one right away even tho this was not their problem. i still owe them. David Gage... thanks, what a great Company. so..... can you post a pic of it ? the copys you can tell the copper foil is not cut right, , the heat shrink and cable look cheap mine did not even have the print on it ! and the jack socket was very cheap looking. and the output was half as weak with nothing but low boom from the E string.

Bugger, i missed it. double bugger, i could of met my hero thrice bugger, ... i could of met my hero quad bugger, ........i could of met my hero Just ... bugger,

Nice bass, Rich, the trans red looks cool, book matched 2 piece body as well.... niccceee Here is mine hanging out with chums. i think they talk about me when im not there... so... he used you yesterday did he ? the barstool kept that quiet. its one of them cheap HK 6 string that ebay were flogging off about 5/7 years ago that are just impossible to get now. how can anything so cheap be so well made and sound so good, my bargain of the decade. i love it. [attachment=255596:IMG_1400.jpg]

[quote name='Cuzzie' timestamp='1508018283' post='3389380'] Funk god The Technique suits the song S'all good [/quote] thanks for that cuz, always great to hear from other good bass players. just reading through some of the comments, there does seem to be an equal amount of love and hate toward the slap thing, while agreed its not really soup of the day, but i bet as soon as it is again, it will entrap a whole new fraternity of disciples willing to take it a step further, rinse wash repeat, step forward one step. for me it would be interesting to hear where the next wave of disciples takes it. we will see

Here is a rare sight, 2 x L2000-E same colour 1 hog body 1 i think swamp ash Member I.clarke a friend for years has just bagged this, and he is made up with it, he is only down the road about a mile, so went round with mine and let them have a little cuddle on the couch aaarrrrrr, im sure he will be along to tell yall about it. it plays like a dream. nice middy punch to it as well ( his is the hog on the right) [attachment=255571:IMG_4484.JPG]

Thanks al, im made up now,,, yea original, i originally wrote it on a looper, great little tool for getting ya chops down. did you get the film ??? comeeeooonnnn its easy. my fave slappy playing now is in controled bits, iv posted this before, but i think this sums it up, melvin davis is great at this type of playing. total control enjoy [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ceQ0VypjS8"]https://www.youtube....h?v=4ceQ0VypjS8[/url]

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1507989992' post='3389198'] OMG [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdHiziEiAnA"]she's good[/url]! Thanks - I'd not heard of these guys before, so I've defo learned something! Sounds great on a number of levels. Not just 42. So you got any clips of some of your best material uploaded you could share with your thumb in action? [/quote] Hi Al sorry no live clips , i have some old very rough sounding mp3s of stuff i have done in my man den that we do live tho, was trying to do a peppers thing with this, the guys have nailed this one even with that bass drum ( not easy), as you can hear its also unfinished but the idea is there enough to give the band to play with, will redo it one day. , had to do the guitar the same way slapped as well No prizes for guessing the classic film on the end. slap haters please just bypass this..... [url="https://soundcloud.com/mr-funky-7/8-freak/s-1Ua1g"]https://soundcloud.com/mr-funky-7/8-freak/s-1Ua1g[/url]

im not sure who is calling the shots anymore regarding song structure, alot of todays music i think is conveyor belt music, stars for a day and simon cowell pushed sh!te, so the bass player in that invironment gets no say, yes there are still good old bands, but as you say not alot going on there either, maybe influenced by the soup of the day? bands led by bass players you might get your treats/horror now and again. i write most of the songs for my funk band, and i try to cover alot of ground, old school funk, jazz funk, northern soul, groove, gospel, and when i want to pin people to the back wall with some power funk, then yea out comes the thumb, just another tool to do the job....i just wished some of that was simon cowell pushed sh!te star for a day... at least it would of been a day.

I have a few in mind that could go on this list. but the one that i think tops all of them and should be known more is...... Jimmy Herring. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fau1dnLWTLA[/media]

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1506669957' post='3380237'] i have a full time traditional job, but would gig every night if i could. having other things doesn't always mean we become indifferent to gigging. i crave the stage, but i haven't played live for 3 years because i haven't found a band i considered to be anywhere near a gigging band (and in all cases i turned out to be correct). [/quote] THATS the spirit..... being in a cab band ? im with "delberthot" iv always done it, always will, I will put on a red nose, wear size 25 different coloured shoes, call myself coco and put a hoop in my pants if thay are going to pay me. and i will enjoy it ! im there to entertain............ i do draw the line at facepaint tho.. it also pays for my funk band which is my "do it for the love" band. all in all i can say cabaret has been pritty good to me, so..... yea, as often as i can.

Guys,, if you have to leave gear in a van, you can do this. if a diesel, you can do a few things, 1 find the fuse box, and take the glowplug relay out tho some still start if still warm. if a petrol and diesel best bet is take out the fuel pump fuse as well van might start but will only get 10 yards if at all. best bet is do it and try and drive it your self ( on an empty road) you could if wanted replace with a blown fuse in case they check, at least it will look like one is in. on alot of diesel vans like the vw there is a 12v fuel cut off soliniod usualy on the pump, that will be a single wire going to it with a spade end. it takes 10 mins to put inline and hide a cut switch. engine will not start at all, it will just keep turning over till the battery is dead, like no fuel in the van. Tracking now is so cheap,15 quid delivered is not alot, check them out on ebay. you can even use a dog coller tracker left in the van, and with an app on your phone see exactly where your van is all the time. the blue tooth ones are only very limited coverage tho, check,

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1475438462' post='3145944'] I've just been looking at your black one, it's a Beauty [/quote] Thanks roger, it has a sound all of its own, the slap sound is really honkey, i have not heard anything quite like it, will have to do a youtube vid to show that off sometime. cheers Was just looking at fine young cannibals live, what a great bass player [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Steele_%28musician%29"]David Steele[/url] is, low and behold seems a long time G&L L2000E user, [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14SCa31I_Xk"]https://www.youtube....h?v=14SCa31I_Xk[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2aha4uEpEQ"]https://www.youtube....h?v=Q2aha4uEpEQ[/url]

looking good, alot of work you have put into that, well done. just spotted the 9098........mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Amek niiiiccceee i have the 9098 mic pre, would not be with out it now, works great with bass as well

Yea, Mark was a good player no doubt, but i dont know anyone that could play Relax that tight. This is the mutz... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbCEF4sYSiY

Why did the mexican throw his wife off the cliff ?? All together....Tequila, sorry Inspierd by Skols post, i made some sound boards, some cheap batton wood from B&Q some wiggley nails, and a large roll of foam backed black cloth from aberkhan £2.50 !, all the boards done for under £20 with loads left over. large one on the ceiling which im putting a tacky rope light round. makes a huge difference. Cheers Paul [attachment=252015:IMG_1347.jpg] [attachment=252016:IMG_1344.jpg]

[quote name='pmjos' timestamp='1502217549' post='3350077'] The reason these instruments are so valued is that they sound the bollox. Play 'em but do it respectfully. Don't take your granny crowd-surfing but if she still sings like Ella let her sing! [/quote] My 62 jazz was the worst sounding bass iv ever had, talk about "Dead" most of the neck was one large dead spot. so... no point keeping something you cant use, so ended up swaping it for a JD mark king when Fusion music was on argile st in birkenhead. so yea i can say mine did sound Bollox,

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1503183180' post='3356346'] Good tunes and performances, strangled at birth by lifeless, plastic production. [/quote] I can see where your coming from, but have to say i love raw talent demo sounding music, when i collected LPs ( remember them?) i liked live albums just for that rawness, one of my faves was "10 years after recorded live" this was raw energy greatness as its best, stunning even. But at the other end, i love the art in perfect sounding studio albums, another art in its self, we all in our quest want to create, and some of us want to create that raw and some of us want to create hifi" i love the production of it, i think becker and fagan created well deserved benchmarks in this hifi area. Iv got all dans stuff on LP and cd even all members solo lps, and can see the rub off on them members, larry carltons room 335 had that same sort of studio clarity but also had a rawness to it, which i think is attributable to his playing. Another fantastic sounding LP/CD that has killer production but has managed to keep that spark is gary willis "Bent" check that out, so good i sampled that dennis chambers snare, Nightfly..... yea, i also got alot from that, clarity of notes was something i mainly got from it. fave dan LP was ,,,gaucho, , (glamour profession i wish i had wrote that) funny enough ..... Gaucho sounds amazin on Lp, but i dont get the same vibe on cd., "plastic and lifeless" compared to the LP...i sort of get that.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1503383366' post='3357652'] Great Vid Chris , how long did that take to put together ? [/quote] Hi Kev, the studio iv had for ages, only recently got the second D8B. the vid ? The vid took all of 15 mins, set the cam up press play then just used windows movie maker on my laptop windows 7, fast to use if you know what you want to do in the first place. if you want anything doing let me know im getting ok with that. could film the next bass bash? or the dam sync ? The sync, thats another story, there is already a program called " flying faders" for the mackie the problem was syncing the two d8bs together, as there is not alot of info out there, quite a bit of trial and error. got the hard bit coming up... syncing the tape as well, now that is story ! your eyes would bleed before i finished I did the vid mainly as a short view to show the studio for the new band site coming up, and also incase anyone wanted any advice on syncing up the two d8bs. did you see the " Lower East side" bit ? lower east side... of wirral, sounds so much cooler than smelly Ellesmere port

Yea,, i know its a bit of a mine field to do i only know two ways to sync tape from a daw .. "Clasp" which is so expensive And a tascam Midiizer Mts1000, which are hard to get But have found this, not sure if this will do it, some of the old heads on here might have some good advice. "old heads"... what am i saying... i am an old head. but even older than me. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XRI-Systems-XRI-300-Smpte-to-midi-synchroniser-Fostex-B16-E16-Tascam-MSR16-/142442336757?hash=item212a3991f5:g:nx4AAOSw2iNZZJrE#ht_69wt_975"]http://www.ebay.co.u...JrE#ht_69wt_975[/url] [url="http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/xri-xr300-synchroniser/2219"]http://www.muzines.c...nchroniser/2219[/url]

had a revamp, here is my old set up, ( old but gold ) but moved around a bit to make space for a second D8B. been a bit of a task syncin everything. has anyone got tape synced into there daw so the tape is controlled from the daw ? Get ready for the very high spec needed for all the wizardry..... 1 desk is 72 channel, 56 input 8 bus 12 aux every chan has compress, gate, large eq, and controlls high quality plugins from Drawmer, Massenburg, IVL, TC, Antares, as well as others with a full multiband comp mastering proccessor, final mix. surround sound, full monitoring Full Automation and recall of everything. Whats needed to run all that..... ready 256m ram....................................... 300Mhz processor.......................... (remember socket 370 celeron !) Hard drive only........wait for it......20g 1 custom motherboard................... The recorder will record 24 chans of 24 bit wav at the same time with no effort with the same 256m ram and a 300mhz processor ! i find it amazing all that can be run on so little, and all with 0 latency,...the secret ?? no windows or mac OS everything runs from mackies own os which the whole thing comes on..... wait for it....... 3 floppy discs Yep...thats it. all that...= 3 floppys [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7S_T11Mreg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=P7S_T11Mreg[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7S_T11Mreg[/media]

Not sure what you want to spend but Check out the mackie D8B with probox, on youtube

and funny enough there is a wal pro on adverts IE bit expensive tho ! [url="http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_bass/"]http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_bass/[/url]