Lord Sausage

My missus has her Youtube playlist on and the following song came on. I love it! Which is bizarre! It made me wonder if there was a guilty pleasure thread and lo and behold there is. Here is one of my many!

http://youtu.be/bBPtP4t2J1k

I've got one. They're pretty good. The eq is just alright. The contour is good. i don't like the colour knob, but i think that comes into it's own if you pair it with a HB cab. I use a Hartke Bass Attack pre amp pedal with it and it sounds really good.

I started playing both at the same time when i was 14. I found bass slightly harder to start with. Mainly the physicality of it, fretting the notes, the stretches etc. After a number of years of playing i found bass more interesting and more difficult to be interesting on so i played more bass. I think there's more to do on bass, support the rhythm, support the harmony and the melody. Also it's more difficult to shred on a bass, if your into that kind of thing(as i was in my early 20's). Piece of piss to shred on a gtr.

Listen to it a couple of times whilst looking at the chords. Then play what i want but i keep in the bits that have to be exact for the sake of the song.

When Guitar hero first came out everyone in my band got it and loved it. Who was the best at it?..........The keyboard player by a mile. the guitarist in the band, who is an incredible guitar player, was the worst.

Hi, stupid question time again. what does class d mean? someone explain the classes please

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Have to be one of these bad boys. fender tele!

My band, Asedya, are playing the famous Night and Day cafe in Manchester this friday. Friday the 13th. We are playing with Jesus in India and The Winnebago's. Come along if you can. £5 on the door.

Can't believe there has been none by this guy, Richie Blackmore. two of his best.
1)Sweet Child in Time, Solo 3.20

http://youtu.be/-o4-9toOBEI

2) Highway Star, Solo 3.40
http://youtu.be/jh0iihjANPc

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1340470201' post='1704971']
This video springs to mind...

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bit patronising!

Tho it pains me to say it!

Get the funk out- Extreme

Our House- Madness

That all looks incredible, but i know if i tried that it would be an absolute disaster!

For me Slash always plays the perfect parts for the song he his playing. I love this, underated and shows him at top of his game.

http://youtu.be/8D6k3LKeMA0

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1341080717' post='1713689']
Never liked Zeppelin much, despite being an ageing rocker, never liked Bonham, hate that slack-arsed sound. Someone once said he sounded like someone falling down the cellar stairs carrying a load of boxes, and I never got that out of my head.
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The thing is Bonham's style and sound changed a lot over his career, so at which point are you talking. If you listen at the begining when he was about 19-20. He was all arms, power, bashng and only a little finesse by around the time of Physical Graffiti he had changed his style to playing more with fingers, (trampled underfoot and fool in the rain are good examples) and more control in his playing and probably structure. He was a different drummer by the end the constant being his heavy groove.

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1341129400' post='1713994']
It makes absolutely no difference if you are talking one 2x12 v two 1x12; it is still a 4 ohm load and it is simply down to personal preference and for me the modularity of the pair of 1x12s makes that the winner. However if you are talking about one 4 ohm 2x12 v two 8 ohm 2x12 then the latter wins hands down (by a mile) due to the fact that you have twice as many drivers, double the displacement.
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Cheers pal.

Quite a number of numbers is murkier the waters again. So for instance. If you had a 500w amp you would recommend going into a 4ohm version of a 600w 2x12 cab rather than two 8 ohm versions of the same cab.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1341077115' post='1713622']
Goes without saying.....











.......but who's vanilla?
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ice!

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1334452921' post='1616457']
Malmsteen is arrogant .tick. King of arpeggios.tick. Albums poor.tick. However, have seen him at music fair at wembley
a few years back.Arrogant etc.very comical without meaning to be.
Saw him headline Hammy Apollo a few years ago, when schenker lost the plot and cancelled, leaving malmsteen to headline.
Malmsteen rocked,) absolute ly brilliant. Saw himat Astoria 2(the small one) shortly after not long before it got demolished.

What some people don't realise, malmsteen has as many imitators as Eddie van halen.

By the way m Bonham is the nuts.)
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But non of eddies imitators got anywhere close. Eddie had unique personality and fire in his playing and phrasing. That's the main thing people miss about eddie his phrasing!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1334418513' post='1616001']
er..will have to join you, Chris. I can get along with some of his stuff but I wouldn't put him right UP there.
Not a fan of super loose sounding unless it is someone like Chambers who is a Monster.

If drummers go along with the Bonham thing too literally then it is not a good thing from my point of view.
I think he was ahead of the game in a lot of respects and all due credit but give me Ian Piace anyday..
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Glad someone said Paicey, I bloody love him. Proper underated or at least not mentioned enough. Saw him live he was incredible and it was so easy for him. Saying that i just love bonzo. That groove....plus no-on plays a straight rock beat as well as he does/did!

cheers guys.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1341072280' post='1713534']
Are you thinking of buying more than one 2x12 or more than one 4x10? From your post it sounds like you are thinking either a 4x10 or two 2x12s, IME a good single 2x12 is a direct comparison to a single 4x10 (not much smaller in many cases in cab volume size), two 2x12s is a monster rig not to be confused with a single 4x10!
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Just one to start with

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1341072021' post='1713529']
When you said music shop you meant one of those [i]guitar[/i] shops that sell a few basses and Ashdown amps dont you?!
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[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1338828840' post='1679761']
The watts just don't matter, you have to increase them by a factor of ten to sound twice as loud. Always buy 8 ohm cabs so that if you need to add a second you can. And the last thing you'd add to a 412 is a 115, a 115 can't even keep up with a 212.
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[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1338829278' post='1679763']
So what do 1x15 give you then is it more low frequencies or is that bollocks! Just to be clear then, a 500w amp that only gives out 350 due to ohms would be plenty loud.
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[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1338830436' post='1679776']
Bollocks. Cone size in and of itself only affects one function, the angle of dispersion, The larger the driver the narrower the angle. All other aspects are determined by the driver specs. Same specs, same results, no matter what the cone size.
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This is similar to a post i've just done on another thread, I went into amusic shop with all the extra knowledge garnered off you fine people. I was talking to a saleman. I was looking at an Ashdown 4x10. He said if i buy it to then at a later date pair it with a 1x15 to get the low frequencies. i asked about what the frequency response of the cab was. He didn't know what it was, or meant i think, then went and looked it up on the internet.

Thanks basschat!!

So, armed with the extra knowledge that i've amassed off you fine people, I went to a music shop today. I was having a look at a Ashdown ABM 410 (can't remember the letters after the number. The label said it was 650w, on the back of the cab it said 600W. I started speaking to one of the salesmen. I told him how i couldn't make up my mind between buying some GK 2x12's that i'd seen somewhere else or going down the 4x10 route. He said "well most bass players use 4x10's, not many use 2x12's". He also said i'd get a better sound with 4x10's. I thought there may be a few people who disagree with that!