Mrbigstuff

1. You don't need an estate, i've got the skoda fabia hatchback and DB with full rig (2x 1x12) fits fine with another person in. 2. i went with ensleigh, who have a scheme where after 6 months of no claim they give you a years no claim bonus. So after 6 months its cheaper. I paid £900 for the first 6 months and it shouldn't be more than £500 for the next 6 months. Admiral had me down for £2800, I'm 21.

this is one of dirty loops greatest hits [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=0LXQYAphr0M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=0LXQYAphr0M[/url]

its got some great moments although the bass solo doesn't do a lot for me. Not saying its not good but i wasn't particularly overwhelmed by it. The stabs and some of the keys playing is amazing! The guys got a great voice too, i think they've been hyped so much people expect the impossible from them.

its 60's spacing. I've lowered the neck pickup as low as it will go and i can't raise the bridge pickup anymore. Its still an issue. Amp wise I'm going through the fx return so i've bypassed the pre-amp. I think i might take it to the gallery to see if they can re-wind the bridge pickup.

same issue, it'd be like £50 and 2hour trip a go. There must be someone wanting to do this

[quote name='LawrenceH' timestamp='1334835086' post='1622026'] Jam nights are all round the best way IMO, if you're in an area that has some. [/quote] trouble is with jam nights is you either have to by chance know the songs being played or have a really good ear and knowledge of harmony to be able to pick up whats being played. I was at a jam night last year and the cock didn't tell me the key, i spent once round the form working out what key it was in and then the progression and must have looked a right tit

The neck pickups not got much room for adjustment as my actions low as well. The difference in volume on mine is beyond pickup height though. For example if i have the bridge pickup on full, i have to have the neck pickup on 70% for it to become an acceptable volume. This is just for bedroom playing as well. Starting to think from responses on here that its just a fault with my bass.

thanks for the responses guys. I've got the pickups so the bridge is a little higher than the neck already but i don't want to move the neck pickup as i really like the tone's i can get out of it. I appreciate that the bridge pickup is going to have smaller vibrations over it but i would like to be able to make the frequencies picked up by the bridge pickup more audible. Is not not the way the pickups have been wired then? I thought that the tighter the wound the higher the output, and maybe my bridge pickup was wound to be weak on purpose.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1334829380' post='1621864'] You should be able to adjust your pickups as each should have its own volume control. [/quote] yh i know that lol, i'm on about when the controls are on 100% theres a huge difference in volume between the neck on full with no bridge and the bridge on full with no neck

can you please check something for me. I noticed my tokai has a much higher output on the neck pickup than the bridge and i think this could be responsible for it lacking a bit in the low mids. I was wondering if people could check theres out and comment on what the difference in output is like. If you could also specify what model you have as it would be interesting to see if theres a purposeful difference in and place of manufacture. cheers, Ollie

we need to know what it is. It could either be the recent red one, which retailed at £1800. Or is it one made in 1996 where its just got a thing on the back of the headstock that says "50th anniversary". If its the latter then its not worth anymore than £600 because there were thousands made and £5-600 is the going rate for s/h american fenders.

if you always play with people better than you you will get more out of it. If your timings not great, playing live in a band will make it better. If your ears aren't great, playing live in a band will make them better. If you lack confidence, playing live in a band will make it better. ect. Aslong as you enjoy it and have a laugh with other people in the band you'll be fine in most bands.

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1334698008' post='1620067'] Parallel to this, although I've slimmed down my own gear to a combo and a stand, the PA has grown, and the lighting, and I've picked up my share of that. So by the time we start playing I'm ready for a lie down. It has to be a really really good gig for me to get much of a buzz out of it. Add to that a total absence of GAS. I still look, but nothing stirs any interest. Maybe I'm just too old for all this. Is approaching 60 time to switch to jazz? [/quote] switch to jazz as soon as you can but yeh, keeping a band afloat is an awful lot of effort.

as expected, this is terrible. I haven't enjoyed any of the acts

jools holland is back tonight.... with paul weller. Im hoping for a bit of a better series than the last one, metallica & lou reed? It can only get better, surely?

Congrats again, and a great performance. Was the bass your first instrument?

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1334310522' post='1614138'] So to get back to the topic, I haven't heard his new album, would anyone here recommend it? To a music listener, not a bass player - I don't listen to music just for the bass player. [/quote] its in no way a bass players album. However, the rest of the composition is very subjective as you can see on this thread. I sometimes prefer music with a catchy melody that i can sing along to and this album lacks this. I think this has led to the criticism on here but look at the space in between album, he can definitely write catchy melodies when he wants to.

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1334269690' post='1613746'] Is that another way of saying that Bob Reynolds has better tunes?? [/quote] i wouldn't say so. What if nursary rhymes and pop music used diminished scales. Because our ears would be used to them, the major scale would feel "out there". I presume.....

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1334171032' post='1612069'] In the real world punters tend not to over analyse why they like something, nor should they! Obviously simpler and more accessable music is more accessable to the general public. However, if a group like Weather Report can put out tunes like Birdland or Teen Town, then they will be able to reach a wider audience..... [/quote] no of course they shouldn't, but it's fun for us musicians I think you will be very hard pushed to find a large group of people who like teen town these days. This is now ridiculously off topic though. I listened to the album on my bike ride and really enjoyed the most part, i don't like the synth effect on the bass but theres lots i can learn from it and hopefully use the new knowledge to write songs to the best of my ability.

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1334169632' post='1612025'], which I think bears out your point i.e. the better the music the more likely it is to appeal to those who you wouldn't normally expect to listen to it..... [/quote] what makes it better though? I prefer bob reynolds music to Janek Gwizdala's, and i've found its because the melodies follow simple harmonies, something my ears are more accustomed to.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1334168849' post='1612007'] I did get what you were getting at, I just used your post as a bit of a jumping off point, sorry I didn't make it a bit clearer. But there is a lot of music out there that isn't 'accessible' and I don't buy that you necessarily need a good understanding of any type of music to make a judgement on it necessarily. I dragged along a few people to a gig I went to on Sunday night that had absolutely no listening background in jazz but very much enjoyed a very leftfield jazz ('fusion') style band. Likewise my girlfriend's mum got taken along to a Shostakovich concerto recently having never been to (or listened to) anything much orchestral in her life and yet now she can't stop talking about him, talk about getting thrown in at the deep end. I think ultimately what is boils down to is just how open-minded you are, not how much you've listened to one particular type of music. Let people decide for themselves. [/quote] This is a difficult thing to explain. Because first you've got to find out what it was that they enjoyed. Was it the level of energy created by the performance? The feeling of release after tension? Or in the case of snarky puppy, their use of uncommon harmonies and subdivisions that make all us musicians poo our pants. Another thing. Pop music, rock music, and simple blues' use simple harmonic content. I can only imagine this is because the mass public prefer music where it is simple and easy to listen to, whereas a lot of jazz, especially fusion, has a niche market, most of which are musicians anyway.