Lord Sausage

Top man! Would definitely do business with again. Great communication! He had to wait a couple of days as my second child was born, was great about it. Paid instantly after sorting out the deal! Had a good chat too about basschat!

legends, incredible, life affirming

Hi, Please could you listen to my bands new track, it's call Tortured Soul. Could you please give me some opinions on the Production and the Performance. I'm not 100% happy, though my band are. We recorded it at a slightly higher tempo than we play it at. So i think it makes the bassline a sound little rushed. There are a few production things too. Just let us know what you think please. [url="http://soundcloud.com/asedya/tortured-soul"]http://soundcloud.co...a/tortured-soul[/url]

A while ago i decided to get rid of all my equipment and start getting new stuff. I was totally ignorant of the technical sides of amps and speakers etc. So i had a gander in this section and asked lots of questions. Thanks to the help of members like Mr.Foxen, Bill Fitzmaurice, icastle, chris b, xgsjx and a few others i now feel i know enough to buy in confidence (even if on a budget) and advise friends. so thanks. i remember seeing an argument involving Mr foxen, fitzmaurice and some others. It involved someone saying how you had to match your amp power rating to the speakers (watts) or it wouldn't work (not enough power) or it would blow the speakers, something which i had been led to believe in the past. These guys basically said it was bollocks and a tiny amp could power bigger more sensitive speakers and the more speakers you had the louder it would be, or something to that effect. So, i thought i'd try it out. I have a Marshall Lead 12, a tiny 12 watt marshall gtr amp head (@8 ohms). So at band practice i plugged it into my guitarist 8 ohm 4x12 guitar cab (not sure of its ratings). Considering it was a basic amp it sounded great.....and loud. Loud enough for the volume we practice at. If it had better eq and some reverb it would of sounded incredible.

I thought it was terrible too. I'm glad others do. When i was listening to it i thought i hope i ain't the only person who don't like it. The main problem for me was how it just dismisses the overall ambience. The tune is mournful and this was happy. Didn't make sense. I'm aware of re interpretations etc but you should always keep the general mood of a piece. Also the melody didn't sit right. I a big believer in how a melody fits within in a tune. Its general flow. There was a cover on another thread of Look of Love and guess what didn't like that either...haha..but mainly as the melody didn't sit right in the new arrangement or convey the mood.

Just sold my first two items on Basschat. This space is for the unfortunates who've had to deal with me! Cheers!

Don't know who it is but it is sublime, beautiful. The whole guitar part... the song too! http://youtu.be/Yt2O4Y_sQ98

Here is a tune from THE band i was in. The one that tried to make it!. Formed when we were kids, supported proper bands etc. We were called Crank, Here's one of our tunes. [attachment=120114:Broken Wing.wma]

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1349302033' post='1824614'] The pursuit of [b]the[/b] 'perfect' bass always makes me smile and wince at the same time. I see people spending hundreds and hundreds (if not thousands) of £'s trying to emulate a particular sound but would be far better off getting to know their instrument better. Give me Mark King's kit and 15 mins to set it up and I'd sound just like..... me. Give Mark King my kit and the same 15 mins and he'd sound just like ..... Mark King. At the risk of driving this topic into genital comparisons, it ain't what you've got, it's what you do with it that matters... [/quote] Right....lets all compare genitals! Does anyone like their genitals? Really?

We used to have the greatest keyboard player in our band. He was class but he only played with one hand. He said his left hand was "for smoking and drinking!" Legend

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1349118453' post='1822114'] Brilliant , great fun and a good idea , I would however consider micing up the kick drum , it isn't quite high enough in the mix [/quote]

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1347111013' post='1797059'] Another from Mr Holdsworth. This is concise, and the phrasing is just great. Starts around 2.47 [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMu7XUc9OcI[/media] [/quote] ha ha no way was just gonna put this on. i band i was in at college used to play this when we were 17. We'd never heard of em but a lecturer told us to learn it as like a challenge. We nailed it. Loved it

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1349048222' post='1821215'] Yup. He's that good. Give up. Adorable! best, bert [/quote] cheers!

I would never sell any of them. Jackson futura- had since 1994 first good bass Yamaha bbn5- had since 1996, sounds awesome. It has taken a kicking over the years and still in one piece. Plus over the years i've had people i meet inscribe their name on it (will enclose pic) Fender Jazz 62 reissue fretless- beautiful! [attachment=119809:DSCF4110.JPG] [attachment=119810:DSCF4109.JPG]

I'd have to say Terry Bozzio and Ian Paice Bozzio is class on this, groovin and ripping. (tho he ain't on the picture, that's the touring band) http://youtu.be/Wb-Yxb7mGAg Likewise Paice on this http://youtu.be/fjb4Ilh6pSc

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1349015741' post='1820674'] A pair of drumsticks is not [i]that [/i]expensive. Invest in [i]his [/i]future, it'll pay you back many times over in your retirement..! [/quote] [quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1349015998' post='1820678'] Excellent! Though I must concur with the above comment about drum sticks . . . poor deprived child [/quote] ha ha. He has two pairs but he prefers spoons at the min. I think he's trying to learn two instruments at once.

Hi my son, Stan, loves Gotye. We filmed him playing a singing along to Eyes Wide Open by Gotye. We put it on youtube so members of our families who live miles away could see it. So what happens.....someone in Gotye's band sees it and tweets it......Gotye retweets it.....over 3000 people view it. Meaning he is more successful than me. ha ha....perhaps it's time to give up. ha ha http://youtu.be/xbMQvYIFMn0

I've recently started doing this for originals gigs. I just take my bass and a Hartke Bass Attack pedal. I love it, you have normal pre amp bits a eq sweep boost (changeable) and you can get a tubey sound from it. At the last gig i did the bass player in the band supplying the amp said don't touch the eq. I just said don't need to. I just used the pedal before it and turned off the compression on the amp. Afterwards he was asking what make my bass was cos it sounded so good through his amp. The pedal can also be used as a D.I box, pre and post.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1347401890' post='1800472'] What about guitar players who play without a plectrum? Or doesn't it matter? [/quote] Well Jeff beck plays without a pick and he sounds better than most who do! But it doesn't matter. One of the first things i learned being a musician was " If it sounds right, it is right!" http://youtu.be/3uwvBizKAwc

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A friend of mine has a 1970's Marshall Head (Gtr). You can adjust the ohms on the back. i.e 4, 8, 16. He has a 16 ohm cab. Would the best performance come from matching the head to the cab and have both at 16 ohms?