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I’m going back to flats tomorrow. This time I lasted 5 days.

Ignore the Voicelive Touch here...

Sorry but that's horsesh!t. Bowie used samples in loads of songs. Remember that tune he made with Goldie in the 90s? It was all samples.

Right. I tried the QSC at rehearsal last night. Observations: - 5 piece band: drums, keys, 2 guitars, bass + vocals (Americana/rock) - Plenty of headroom - more than enough. Lots. Like buckets of it. I was at about half vol on the QSC and controlled volume on the bass or Preamp pedal. - It plays with Preamp pedals very well - gave a good representation of the sound I was after - Lots of bass for a 4 string - never felt like the lows were struggling - No parping out or rattling - nice and smooth. Response was as good as a Barefaced Compact and it was louder. - Projection across the room was also good All in all it worked very well.

The instructions will be in Mandarin

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None of my basses play like butter thankfully. I play in a mod band and often sport a tonic suit. The mixture of heat a dairy based spreads would be a disaster.

Hi all, done a few transcriptions over the last couple of years so thought I'd start sharing them with you all here, before I get my own website up and running. I'll be doing some playalongs of some of these tracks in the not too distant future also. Hope they are of some use to you. Countdown to Ecstasy and Pretzel Logic are also done, just proof-reading and layout to do, so expect them soon! Cheers https://drive.google.com/open?id=17WeLSNw4fCnT6vLav75e0Nr0f0iXx6IB

A wee google search and GAK had them for 729

I always find criticisms of musicians as “flash” or “busy” a bit strange, as if the only sign of a great musician is restraint, regardless of whether that’s what is required at a particular point in time. I always got the impression Buddy was doing his damnedest to swing his band into outer space, which is a fairly admirable trait for a jazz drummer in my book.

Indeed, a showbiz legend. Watching Buddy being interviewed on TV was always good for a laugh, with all his musician stories and antics. And of course, the Bus tapes are legendary. His driving, hard swinging Big Band playing was pretty spectacular in a showbiz way. Certainly put bums on seats. Not my favourite drummer, but certainly deserves his place as a respected, top musician. I only watched him play once (Lewisham Theatre in South East London), the evening was great, totally amazed by the level of musicianship from his young band. There are still a lot of his ex players who talk fondly of him, and there were some terrific, well known musos who passed through his bands. Steve Marcus (RIP) was playing Tenor with him for years and gives a great radio interview about him below (worth a listen - some good music in there as well).

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It wouldn't be Buddy if he didn't mouth off. Buddywas more than a great drummer, he was also a celebrity a personality. People expected and we're entertained by his antics. Blue

In that case, getting yourself one of these monitors is the perfect move. I’ve just discovered this myself and now I can’t imagine having a better rig. My usage scenarios are identical to yours. A quality FRFR speaker is a jack of all trades and master of all.

I still lust after one of these...

Has anybody else tried Olympia flats. Really cheap at £13:99. Low tension, great sound and feel to them. I actually took a set of TI Flats off my Yamaha BB4424x to fit these and I really do prefer them. Well worth a punt at this price.

Yep, I concur! I put a pair of Fatbeams on my Stingray 5 and haven't changed them since 2009...

I've been following this on the other bass forum, neat idea.

Might be worth adding - I used to use a LM Mk III with a BF Compact for rehearsing in the same room - with the Preamp into the fx return. That would have been set to 50% on gain and just over 70% on Master for a similar volume level. The reality is that volume (or at least sound pressure wise) the QSC gives monitoring volume about the same as a decent 500w head into a 15" cab. Depth wise it's not as full and rich as a 15" cab, but it gives a much wider and fuller sound - more detailed, and more expansive. My original intention was to have this for on stage monitoring and direct to PA for gigging - it does this perfectly and fulfils the brief completely. Oh, and it's one thing to carry and a lot smaller and lighter than a big cab and an amp head...

Have Andertons actually taken on board some of the stuff that was thrown at Lee? I don't think I need a spoiler here but: I know that Andertons videos are hitting thousands of views, but I'd like to see less finger-pluckn and more pick work. Also, if you're showing off a brand new copy reissue clone of a vintage bass, then have an actual vintage one there for comparison sake. Having a 60s vibe is meaningless unless you have something to put it up against.

My housemate is a 4X sized ex-competition weight lifter. That's his next Christmas pressie sorted if @Grassiefollows through with shirt merch (or shmerch as I like to think of it). PS: It's got to have to have a BC logo on it if it's a shirt.

Great poster. How about putting them in chronological order (sorry, I'm a Virgo). That would also show the development as well.

Try here http://www.mindformusic.com/big-band

Rules of thumbs: Venue equipment is generally tired, knackered and will not deliver the sound/tone you desire. In a ton of places I've played, it's only there to allow for quick changeover and sound-guy convenience. Always take your own gear.

Very nice, you guys were locked on that groove. Loved it. Blue

They probably didn't appear on the first page of his google search when he was 'researching' this vid.

Sorry, poor grammar,. 1 tea please sugar

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2 metres wide..? I'm triple-XL, but that's enormous..!

Ooh T-shirts! 😉

five pages of pontificating, and you know what? I couldn't give a fcuk how many notes make a chord

Tell any classical conductor, composer or teacher that a chord is made of two notes and you'll get three options : he will die immediately, he will tell you that it's the best joke of the year or he will smash your face with his desk three times to help you understand the music theory ! And if your minor or major third sounds odd it's because of the tempered tuning (say hello Bach). If you want to hear all your notes precisely and exactly in tune : play fretless !

Think of it this way, say another band on the same night had an extra guitarist and keys - the FOH would have to deal with those extra channels then, why should you be treated any different. Just class the B9 as your keyboard player! The B9 has a dry output, so unless you want to split your signal beforehand so you can send an octave up into the B9 (which I recommend trying), just go into the B9 first and send the dry output to the rest of your bass chain. I really like the B9 going into a bit of overdrive or even a dirty guitar amp (that you could then mic up), so give that a try too!

What’s your monitoring going to be like? If good then I’d say take your bass and Evo head since you have all your modelling etc in there. If there’s no guarantee of decent monitoring then take you cab too, just in case. Better to have it and not need it than the other way around.

I would sum all your signals back to one point before sending it to your amp or FOH. Though the soundy might be really happy with 3 DIs that he can control.

Wrong website again. *Puts on Batman costume and takes pound of lard out to garden shed*

Unless you are a builder with big hands and sausage fingers and play a 7 string guitar.

@FuNkShUi you weren’t joking!

I bought a Bartolini preamp from Steve. He sorted the best deal out for postage to The Netherlands. The preamp was secure packed. Highly recommended seller for me. Thanks, Steve!

Huge thanks to Steve for the excellent Subway 800, for which I am extremely grateful. Dealing with him has been a totally positive experience

Fair enough, but the tone (from some) went from 0 to “He’s a troll/con artist” in under three seconds. I reckon there’s a really interesting bit of Basschattery to be had here if we’re all a bit more open and welcoming to a noob and dial down the “a$$hattery” a smidge.