Hi From The Wirral..

[Miker400]

Hi to Everyone on BassChat..

Only joined BassChat a few days ago & I'm really impressed by the support offered by others. Up until recently I used to have an Ashdown ABM Bass Rig with 115; 210 Cabs. I went for the tc electronic equipment as I was looking for an almost synthetic punch & High Fidelity snap to my slap sound - combined with compression at 3 stages I feel I have reached a level of utopia. I was also taken by the pre-set capability of the amp - so sounds can be dialled-up at the push of a button; ideally via the RC4.

I listen to a lot of Jazz (including accoustic) but dont limit my interest in bass playing to pure complex technicality.. One of my favourite songs of all time has Larry Graham playing the same note for the entire track with no slap; change in note or time signature - 'Different Strokes for Different Folkes' by Sly & The Family Stone.. Very restrained for Larry..! Other influences are too numerous to mention from Wooten to Krist Novoselic. If you play - I'll watch; listen & take something away with me..

I slap; a lot, prob more than should..!

[u]My Equipment:[/u]

Overwater Perception - 5 String 34" (with Chris May fitted Ramp).
Shuker Elite - 5 String 34".
Status Bass Stainless Strings (30 - 115).

tc electronic Staccato 51 Amp with Rack Kit.
1SKB19-6U Rack Case.
Behringer Bass V-Amp Pro.
Behringer MDX1600 Compressor / Limter.
tc electronic RS410 Cab.
tc electronic RS212.

tc electronic RC4 pedal.
Boss ME50-B Multi-Effects Board.

[BassTractor]

Hi Miker,

Welcome to BC. Yup, seems like you see right through these fora. Me, I've learned a lot here.
Nice equipment, and it was interesting to read about the tc. Had no idea it has presets.
Enjoy!

best,
bert

[Shambo]

Welcome fellow Wirralien.

[bigsmokebass]

Hey Miker400,

Welcome to the forum.

Pleased to see another Wirral'head and look forward to hearing your views on the forum

BSB

[Chris Horton]

Welcome

[JellyKnees]

Hello and welcome from sunny Birkenhead! I do wonder why people refer to it as 'The' Wirral though? Short for 'the wirral peninsular' perhaps? But I digress, this is a very useful site for all things bass, and occasionally things that aren't...have fun

[GUI101]

Welcome from Oxton,
Was thinking of the TC stuff myself, any downsides??

[bigsmokebass]

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1347709261' post='1804193']
Hello and welcome from sunny Birkenhead! I do wonder why people refer to it as 'The' Wirral though? Short for 'the wirral peninsular' perhaps? But I digress, this is a very useful site for all things bass, and occasionally things that aren't...have fun
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Better than saying "Hi from Rock Ferry" LOL

[daz]

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1347709261' post='1804193']
Hello and welcome from sunny Birkenhead! I do wonder why people refer to it as 'The' Wirral though? Short for 'the wirral peninsular' perhaps? But I digress, this is a very useful site for all things bass, and occasionally things that aren't...have fun
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Wiki says on the Origin of the name 'The Wirral'
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The name Wirral occurs in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle"]Anglo-Saxon Chronicle[/url] as [i]Wirheal[/i], literally "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_myrtle"]myrtle[/url]-corner", from the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English_language"]Old English[/url] [i]wir[/i], a myrtle tree, and [i]heal[/i], an angle, corner or slope. It is supposed that the land was once overgrown with [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrica_gale"]bog myrtle[/url], a plant no longer found in the area but plentiful around [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formby"]Formby[/url], to which Wirral would once have provided a similar [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat"]habitat[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-1"][2][/url][/sup] The name was given to the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_of_Wirral"]Hundred of Wirral[/url] around the 8th century. In the [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book"]Domesday Book[/url][/i] and shortly afterwards, the name of the hundred changed to the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundreds_of_Cheshire"]Hundred of Wilaveston[/url], which later became [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willaston,_Cheshire_West"]Willaston[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-2"][3][/url][/sup]
[b] [[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wirral_Peninsula&action=edit&section=2"]edit[/url]] History[/b]

[b] [[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wirral_Peninsula&action=edit&section=3"]edit[/url]] Prehistoric settlement[/b]

The earliest evidence of human occupation of Wirral dates from the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesolithic"]Mesolithic[/url] period, around 7000 BC. Excavations at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasby"]Greasby[/url] have uncovered flint tools, signs of stake holes and a hearth used by a hunter-gatherer community, and other evidence from about the same period has been found at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irby,_Merseyside"]Irby[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoylake"]Hoylake[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brighton,_Merseyside"]New Brighton[/url]. Later [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic"]Neolithic[/url] stone axes and pottery have been found in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxton,_Merseyside"]Oxton[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neston"]Neston[/url], and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meols"]Meols[/url]. At Meols and New Brighton there is evidence of continuing occupation through to the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age"]Bronze Age[/url], around 1000 BC, and funerary urns of the period have been found at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kirby"]West Kirby[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbre"]Hilbre[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-roberts-3"][4][/url][/sup]
Before the time of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire"]Romans[/url], Wirral was inhabited by a [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts#Britain_and_Ireland"]Celtic[/url] tribe, the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornovii_(Midlands)"]Cornovii[/url]. Artefacts discovered in Meols suggest it was an important port from at least 500 BC. Traders came from [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaul"]Gaul[/url] and the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean"]Mediterranean[/url] seeking minerals from North Wales and Cheshire.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-museum-4"][5][/url][/sup] There are also remains of a small [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age"]Iron Age[/url] fort at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton,_Ledsham_and_Willaston"]Burton[/url], which takes its name ([i]burh[/i]-[i]tún[/i]) from it.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-roberts-3"][4][/url][/sup]
[b] [[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wirral_Peninsula&action=edit&section=4"]edit[/url]] The Romans and Britons[/b]

Around 70 AD, Romans occupied [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chester"]Chester[/url]. Evidence of their occupation in Wirral has been found, including the remains of a road near [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollington,_Cheshire"]Mollington[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledsham,_Cheshire"]Ledsham[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willaston,_Cheshire_West"]Willaston[/url]. This road may have continued to the port at Meols, which may have been used as a base for attacking the north Wales coast. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storeton"]Storeton[/url] Quarry may also have been used by Romans for sculpture, and remains of possible Roman roads have also been found at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasby"]Greasby[/url] and at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidston"]Bidston[/url]. By the end of the Roman period, pirates were a menace to traders in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Sea"]Irish Sea[/url], and soldiers may have been garrisoned at Meols to combat this threat.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-museum-4"][5][/url][/sup]
The Romans left in about 410, but later coins and other material found at Meols show that it continued to operate as a trading port. There is evidence of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Christianity"]Celtic Christianity[/url] from the 5th or 6th centuries in the originally circular shape of churchyards at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromborough"]Bromborough[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodchurch"]Woodchurch[/url] and elsewhere, and also in the dedication of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Hilary%27s_Church,_Wallasey"]parish church[/url] at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallasey"]Wallasey[/url] to a 4th century bishop, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_of_Poitiers"]Hilary of Poitiers[/url]. The Celtic names of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liscard"]Liscard[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landican"]Landican[/url] (from [i]llan[/i]-[i]Tegan[/i]) both suggest an [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britons_(historic)"]ancient British[/url] origin. The name of Wallasey, meaning "Welsh (or foreigners') island", is evidence of British settlement.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-roberts-3"][4][/url][/sup] The Welsh name, both ancient and modern, for the Wirral is [i][url="http://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilgwri"]Cilgwri[/url][/i].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-5"][6][/url][/sup] In [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_mythology"]Welsh mythology[/url], the Ouzel (or [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Blackbird"]Blackbird[/url]) of Cilgwri was one of the most ancient creatures in the world.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-6"][7][/url][/sup]
[b] [[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wirral_Peninsula&action=edit&section=5"]edit[/url]] English and Norse[/b]


[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Mary%27s_Church,_Eastham.jpg"][/url]

[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Mary%27s_Church,_Eastham.jpg"][/url][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Eastham"]St. Mary's Church[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastham,_Merseyside"]Eastham[/url]
The [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons"]Anglo-Saxons[/url] under [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelfrith_of_Northumbria"]Æthelfrith[/url], king of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumbria"]Northumbria[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chester"]laid waste to Chester[/url] around 616. Æthelfrith withdrew, leaving the area west and south of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Mersey"]Mersey[/url] to become part of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercia"]Mercia[/url], and Anglo-Saxon settlers took over Wirral except the northern tip. Many of Wirral's villages, such as Willaston, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastham,_Merseyside"]Eastham[/url] and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sutton"]Sutton[/url], were established and named at this time.
Towards the end of the ninth century, the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen"]Norsemen[/url] or [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings"]Vikings[/url] began raiding the area. They settled along the Dee side of the peninsula, and along the sea coast, giving their villages names such as [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Kirby"]Kirby[/url], [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankby"]Frankby[/url] and Meols. They introduced their own local government system with a parliament at [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thingwall"]Thingwall[/url]. Ancient Irish annals record the population of Wirral by Norsemen led by Ingimund, having been expelled from Ireland around 902 and getting agreement from Aethelflaed or "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelfleda"]Ethelfleda[/url]", Queen of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercian"]Mercian[/url] English to settle there peacefully. The boundary of the Norse colony is believed to have passed south of Neston and [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raby,_Merseyside"]Raby[/url], and along [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibbinsdale"]Dibbinsdale[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-roberts-3"][4][/url][/sup] Evidence of the Norse presence in Wirral can still be seen from place name evidence - such as the common '-by' (meaning "village" in Scandinavian languages) - [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffix"]suffixes[/url] and names such as [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranmere,_Merseyside"]Tranmere[/url], which comes from [i]trani melr[/i] ("[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Crane"]cranebird[/url] sandbank"). The finding of two hogback tombstones corroborates this.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-vikingwirral-7"][8][/url][/sup] Recent [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y-DNA"]Y-DNA[/url] research has also revealed the genetic trail left by Vikings in the Wirral, specifically relatively high rates of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R1a"]Haplogroup R1a[/url], associated in Britain with Norse (Slavic Vikings) ancestry.[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-8"][9][/url][/sup]
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromborough"]Bromborough[/url] on Wirral is also one of the possible sites of an epic battle in 937, the Battle of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunanburh"]Brunanburh[/url], which confirmed England as an [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons"]Anglo-Saxon[/url] kingdom. This is the first battle where England united to fight the combined forces of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen"]Norsemen[/url] and the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_people"]Scots[/url], and [b][size=5]thus historians consider it the birthplace of England[/size].[/b] The battle site covered a large area of Wirral. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egil%27s_Saga"]Egil's Saga[/url], a story which tells of the battle, may have referred to Wirral as Wen Heath, [i]Vínheíþr[/i] in [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language"]Icelandic[/url].[sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-vikingwirral-7"][8][/url][/sup][sup][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirral_Peninsula#cite_note-9"][10[/url][/sup]
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Edited September 17, 2012 by daz

[bigsmokebass]

Gold bless Eastham, st Mary's being a stones throw from my mums house XD