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Hi, I'm hanging in there. I'm scheduled for my second procedure on 4/30. Hopefully it will be my last one. Work on my new teeth starts on 4/ 12. Everything should be fine by June. I'm booked for the whole summer. YAY! How are you guys doing? I have attached a clip from a virtual NYE acoustic gig. Our set starts at 38:40.All originals Headphones or speakers recommended. Cheers Blue

I’ve posted an announcement that’s visible to guests to welcome them and offer tea and cake. Kind of hoped everyone here would be cool about it and not use it as an opportunity to slag off TB.

Personally I wish the TB team all the best and will help them if I can. Must be a nightmare.

When an Englishman greets you with a cheery 'Hello, you fat bastard' you know you've a friend for life. I tested this theory (almost) to destruction when one Christmas our office did the 'Secret Santa' thing. I drew a colleague who had recently discovered his house was under threat of compulsory purchase for a road-widening scheme so I bought him a small Corgi toy bulldozer.

It's the British habit to mock such people freely; it's not meant as any disrespect to others.

Let me introduce to you, a very English Stephen Fry.

It's because we have the Den of Iniquity thread, where civilised, well-mannered types rehearse all manner of martial fantasies with comic brio and a general ethos of trousers-down absurdity. It's all so harmless it makes Sgt. Bilko look like the first ten minutes of Saving Private Ryan. There's no place there for twonks who dress like those idiots at the Capitol without a sense of how ludicrous it looks. Also, there is often cake. In real life, of course, I'm a crass oaf who cannot string two words together without punching someone out of sheer frustration. I'm 99% sure the other people on the DoI thread are absolute sweethearts, prone though they may be to flogging dead llamas.

I read TB a lot, there's a lot of expertise there as there is here, and the US bias there around gear/music can balance the at times UK/Euro bias here. The two sites complement each other rather well

Welcome to our TalkBass Pals I for one am desolated to hear of TalkBass's travails. Were the same to happen to BC (perish the thought) I would be so entirely mortified that I would literally shed body weight until service was resumed. To which end I echo our glorious leader @ped in extending a welcome to those orphans of the storm, where ere they hail, who wash ashore upon our modest strand, blameless victims of a catastrophic failure beyond their control. In a very real sense, their plight is BassChat's to assuage, however fleeting may be the acquaintance. Practical Assistance for Visitors Feel free to interact with the locals; only a vanishingly small number of them will be comprehensible; just nod and smile. Suffering from GAS? Why not take something home as a souvenir of your stay? Equipment sales are in the BC Marketplace. Those who find themselves in a state of tempest-related undress may source clean, pre-loved clothing from the BassChat Quartermaster in the basement, no chit required. Fancy a slice of local culture? Get thee to Off Topic (some adjustment may be required) Those wishing to sample our local cuisine should hie themselves to the Food Court in the west atrium where succulent, traditional delicacies abound. Enjoy! Today's Special: Mr Skinnyman's Lincolnshire Delight (£5.99 / $8.23) Enjoy your visit. Stick around, even. There's usually someone here until quite late.

After a long(ish) search & after exhausting all other options including getting Ernie ball to make a new one, BFR's & five strings I finally got my hands on this exquisite bass. Via a private sale & at a decent price I've finally got one! Plays absolutely beautifully & weighs a tonne too! Fretboard was swapped a few years ago by a studio in London & new bound ebony fretboard installed. At first I wasn't really keen on the binding, but it's growing on me. Hipshot D Tuner installed (I have the OG tuner) but alas no original hardcore. This is my second ever vintage bass after my 72 Jazz & I've fallen in love! Unfortunately I don't think I'll be using her for every gig I'm hired for, but I will try my dammed hardest! Serial starts No. B00. Neck signed by "Andy" IMG_3658.heic IMG_3659.heic IMG_3660.HEIC IMG_3656.heic

Thanks Skankdelvar, I'm hoping to have a clean bill on my health by June. I don't want to cancel any gigs. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Daryl

New addition to the fold.

Dropped my fkin monocle now

DI mixes to a desk are cleaner - speakers tend to not capture all the top end - including all that lovely harmonic content that comes from the unmiced tweeter (assuming there is one - people! make sure you use tweeters!). It's better to have all the source content to process (and take away if necessary) at the desk. If the cab is a key part of the sound (e.g. capturing the drive from the amp), then its best to DI and mic and blend at the desk.That way, you get the best of both worlds. (You can get DIs that tap off the power amp but they aren't that common place on stage) In smaller venues, the majority of the time, the bass is DIed because it's one less mic stand on stage and one less mic to get nicked... and a lot less hassle. Plug in. Done. And above all, if you put DI first, if the bass amp goes down, the bass can still be heard and nobody looks around at the person on the desk and starts giving them evils. Why not DI amps you say? Because the colouration that the amps give is a significant part of a guitar sound. A DI guitar without processing sounds awful. And don't send your DI post EQ. You ears are on stage, not in the audience. Let somebody else take care of that for you otherwise you could sound like a complete shower out there.

have you ever known the bass player in a band to have the time and luxury to actually mic up their cab? far too busy sorting out the PA and lights and the Guitarists (Gods) Mic placement to the mm on his poxy 412 as well as getting in the first round...

Zealandia, a scientifically accepted continent that is now 94% submerged under the Pacific Ocean, surrounding the areas of New Zealand and New Caledonia, and quite Atlantisy, except that it's real..

Yes (thereabouts) - it's not as simple as anyone would like it to be - it's a mental illness through and through and a strange one. She is in a small minority who have made a good, possibly very good "recovery" from having been in a really terrible state. She is in a good place now - happy in a long term relationship and in her work , back exercising normally (still likes to run up mountains), eating healthily and working as a hospital doctor - no one would know about the illness to look at her BUT she does have to manage certain things in her life and that will go on for many years I think. Anyone who wants to talk or ask about anorexia can PM me if they like - there is nowhere near enough support available.

I agree with none of those points but hey. to each his own. If you don't notice the difference, for you there is no difference.

Local customs usually prevail. I am a dual US-UK citizen. When I engage with my fellow Americans, I try to respect the fact that Americans (a) overwhelmingly still pay lip service at the minimum to the monumental achievements of the Constitution, and (b) an awful lot of my fellow Americans have no real grasp of it but like an argument. Marketplace of ideas, and sometimes it gets ugly. When I engage with my fellow Britons, I try to respect the fact that (a) Britain has a long history of dealing with intractable systemic flaws by exhausting every comic possibility they offer, and (b) as long as a Briton is willing to engage at all, it most likely happens in good faith. One the whole, and leaving aside the very real and nasty strains of violence and hatred that are part of the human condition, Britons tease those they love and ignore those they do not. Being mocked is far, far better in the UK than being shunned. Mockery is familiarity but not necessarily contempt. I have always encountered much more good humour than mean spirits in both countries. And I'm a genuinely pessimistic misanthrope, so that's saying a lot.

#1 (left) now officially has my name on it.

Birmingham

I'll happily pit my £500 Chinese made Yamaha BB against your German (or USA) made Sadowsky P and assure you that no pub audience will notice the difference 😁 But put the exact same basses in the hands of Kinga Glyk and I suspect no stadium audience would notice the difference either. I don't buy the concept of a "world class bass", but there are clearly world class bass players! I think you'll find that basses end up sounding pretty much like the men and women who play them. Obviously we all have more or less money to spend on our gear and can get our basses accordingly. Oh and the Chinese make some fantastic high-end gear - ever heard of an iPhone?

Likewise.

Every desk should have one. Usually labelled guitarist (running a 4x12 that's usually already overpowering the singers vocal only PA - but you know, not enough guitar still)

Ahh the DFA channel

LOL The Hoover Company hoover.com The Hoover Company is a vacuum cleaner company founded in Ohio in the US.

The great thing is that our Talkbass friends now get chance to enjoy the Special Relationship that exists between the two fora - and, for a limited time only, at a specially discounted membership price! PM me for details of how to pay.... 😁

So the replacement nameplate turned up today... very happy with how it turned out

A 1973 Jazz I bought in 1981 and have gigged it regularly ever since. It will probably never be sold in my lifetime. The Ibanez is a recent acquisition. Very nice instrument taking a bit of getting used to, if I’m honest. Might be a keeper.

The Guy Pratt wedding speech quote was a cracker.

Just for you @Woodinblack.... Jon has just me some photos of a choice of three neck blanks to choose from. One pic is dry wood, the other is wet to give an idea of lacquer finish.

Like in Me for a Me and tooth for a tooth? That rages I as well

Oooh, I see fender has thrown a new inexpensive option into the mix (although at 32" it's not a true short scale). That MM type pickup could work rather well in its design. Could be a good option for those wanting to try something different, or just to have a play with at home. https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2021/04/06/squier-unveils-the-affinity-series-jaguar-bass-h/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bassistscom+(notreble.com)

I did the same thing with my Blade B2. It now has a Sadowsky preamp and pups. The Blade is a very nice bass with some neat design features. I particularly like the truss rod wheel, which has a "Levinson" brand name as a cover on the neck heel.

A lot of advice was provided from guys on the TB site who have their own Subway forum. @agedhorse is very involved in the forum and provides an outstanding level of support and advice. It has taken me a long time to finally commit to another set of lightweight cabs after the failures i've had over the years however i have found that between BC & TB the overall consensus is that tonally they are as good as the heavier range. My big problem in UK was i could never get to test the "rigs" that i thought might work for me. UK shops simply dont stock the range and i suspect the cost means they dont sell too many of them. Many many reviews and youtube clips listened to of the various combinations available. Historically i always preferred the 15 with 210 cabs and altho i've tried so many other combinations i found that falling back to this combination looked like the ideal set up for me. Having tried the cabs individually i believe i could get a great sound from any combination of the cabs. The 410 cab i reckon must be a monstrous sounding cab. The 210 cab has so much depth i was honestly taken aback. A special thanks to our very own @Steve Browning who has been a huge help on my Mesa journey over past few years and given me lots of advice on how to get the best from Mesa amps along with sharing his own conversion from the heavy Powerhouse range to the lightweight Subway range. Dave

I intend to keep mine for a good long time!

Some posted pictures of the moron who stormed U.S. Congress dressed as a Shaman. Five people were murdered that day. There's a sickness in the U.S. and it certainly isn't funny or cute. I am offended by that picture. This is about bass camaraderie, not about the ugly, perverted side of society. For the most part I am always impressed with English civility and proper manners.

I just realised I should have probably listed the spec. D'oh! It's going to be a variation on the existing 'JJ Burnel Lite' model. The top of the range 'Carbonlite' models were a limited run and are all spoken for now anyway as I understand it. So, this is what Jon and I have agreed:

I managed to find a guy who makes custom pick guards in Glasgow. I sent him my original and he copied it in tortoiseshell, both arrived today. In the interim I put on new knobs. I shielded the pickguard and screwed it all back together. It looks as good as I hoped, however... it suddenly doesn't have any output 😖 so I'll have to get it to a tech to check the wiring.

There's nothing wrong with amps - I love amps. Tech has moved on, which gives people more options now, options that actually sound good (unlike modelling solutions of yesteryear) - and depending upon your situation, you can make life so much easier, both in terms of moving gear about and getting a better band sound. If you haven't figured, I'm all for silent stages and IEM mixes. Being able to hear all the detail (and no post gig tinnitus) in your monitors and cleaner feeds to mix the front of house with. To be honest, between the big name modellers, they can all produce great bass sounds. I use a Kemper - and actually use a channel strip profile instead of an amp. I can plug that in, any volume, I know it will deliver the goods. Same with a Helix - I know plenty of people using Helix now, both for bass and guitar. They don't miss their amps and enjoy the additional flexibility of carrying around a load of modelled amps and fx. The key point is, these things are indistinguishable from the real thing now, especially live. Anybody who thinks otherwise, is kinda kidding themselves. Blind tests have confirmed this! If you look around on bass chat, theres a fair few that have made the move to modellers and IEMs, or modellers and FRFR setups. I don't know anybody who has regretted the move. In fact, a great deal of them have sold off all their traditional bass rigs.

No scouser robs on their own doorstep it would seem. They all hop over to Manchester.

Wheels are a bit small. I just had a look at mine and it has 18cm diam wheels - that means you can manage it over kerbs and low steps when fully loaded. The smaller the wheels the flatter the surfaces need to be to roll properly.

There’s a favourite knowingly bad rhyme of mine too, from Mr. Knowitall by Primus... They call me Mr. Knowitall I am so eloquent. Perfection is my middle name And whatever rhymes with eloquent.