WalMan

Where to start!! [list] [*]Being the band battery fairy [*]Apparently being the only person who can write in the band when being paid & filling in the paperwork at gigs [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] [*]Suggesting songs & getting a big fat NO only to find them suggested 6 months down the line by someone else and immediately accepted as being the best thing since sliced bread [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] [*]Listening to moans about the PA when I've turned up early and been watched while I struggle my gear in [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] [*]In a discussion last night for a new intro suggesting an option. "Don't think that'll work" Only to have the exact same thing suggested 1/2 hour later [url="http://planetsmilies.net"][/url] [*]And [*]And [*]And [/list] Not looking good is it. My blood pressure is obviously getting up

[quote name='Inca' post='182295' date='Apr 21 2008, 09:44 PM']something hideous like £2 a drink[/quote] Only £2!!! You're lucky

Welcome. I considered PJB stuff having sold my Trace combo last year, but ended up going with a Markbass 121H. Tiny, light, loud, but an acquired taste - and my taste says yum!! The rest of the band say "for goodness sake turn it down" and that when it is on 9 o'clock in & out Also just replaced my first 5'er in 30 years (MM SUB5) from last summer with a G&L L2500 and I would heartily recommend that, or the G&L Tribute equivalent, which I believe is hard to tell apart from the original. In the context of the rock covers I do it sits beautifully, and I am sure there are plenty of other tones in there

[quote name='TonyRamwell' post='181831' date='Apr 21 2008, 01:55 PM']So what's the trick then? Do share...[/quote] Can you not just right click on the image & select [b]Sa[u]v[/u]e Image As....[/b] - or have I misunderstood what you are trying to achieve? Interesting site, but I don't have time to look through 5000 pages just now

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='181805' date='Apr 21 2008, 01:27 PM']Where in North Kent are you?[/quote] ....and think carefully how you answer. And welcome as well

What do you want it to do? I used to use a [url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/froogle/32742/"]Tech21 MIDI Mouse[/url]. If all you want to do is step up & down patches its great. You have an up button, a down button, and a get ready button (the one in the middle that you click, then move to the channel you want, then tap again when you want to make the change. The Behringer is not a lot more, so if you want more than the very basic functionality provided by the MIDI Mouse, that's probably a good bet, but otherwise if that is all you are after it's worth a look.

Oh yes definitely. They may only be bits of wood & wire, but I love both my basses, and to quote the late Chuck Heston, the Wal will only go "from my cold dead hands". We've been through some times, and she is semi retired since the L2500, but even so still a great sounding bass. I have been listening back to her in original passive state with remixing some recently found 8 tracks and even then had a great sound. The actives are just the icing & make available a greater range of tones. And then there's to L2500. May be the cause of my current shoulder ache (which is a tad worrying), but just sounds so good in the context of the rock set we do. The old SUB5 (my first foray into 5's) was good, but the G&L (the Stingray on steroids as they say) is so much better. Not as clanky, but with a nice bit of top end bite over a nice solid bottom end.

[quote name='s_u_y_*' post='180845' date='Apr 20 2008, 02:38 AM'][url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5616144&postcount=13"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php...mp;postcount=13[/url] Check out this guy's response to my post on TB![/quote] Good lord, I don't think I would go that far!! And [quote]I own loads of Monster cables and whilst they are great cables, I only bought them because Andertons where chucking them out half price 7 or so years ago. When they go belly up I will either be trying to claim my lifetime warranty or buying some nice new replacements produced by OBBM.[/quote] Funnily enough, me to - although I have already invested with OBBM

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='180839' date='Apr 20 2008, 02:29 AM']Just back from Shoreham Harbour club near Brighton where we played 2 sets.. Great gig and really good crowd! So many gorgeous women it was untrue.. Must be something in the water... Certainly makes the evening more pleasant! Can't decide whethe to stay up for the Calzaghe Vs Hopkins fight or not as I'm prety knackered??? Come on Joe - let's finally see a British fighter win over there in the States!![/quote] Morning Nik Glad your went well as well. I think my vote is a shower & my pit. I'm knack'd!!

[quote name='bassninja' post='180464' date='Apr 19 2008, 01:42 PM']Gig at The Fountain, Chichester last night (looks like the same venue that WalMan is playing tonight with the fabulous Alibi: nice posters, btw). We hadn't played as a 'full band' for about six months, much less rehearsed, but it went really well. Loads of gals dancin' and great jams with good ears from all concerned. We used to gig tons and tons but now we all have other projects on the go and can rarely get the band together. But its really good to think that after fifteen odd years of playing together, there's a communication that doesn't need to be thought about too much. Just lots of smiles and unpleasant stories about our drummer's escapades in the dodgy boozers of Littlehampton... Have a good gig, Al...[/quote] It was indeed, and it was bl00dy marvellous!!! I always enjoy playing there (cue a bad one next time) Couple of hundred in & queuing to get in & out. A crowd that sang along to everything, lots of young lovelies, what more could you want. That's the sort off gig that makes it all worthwhile. First set was the normal hour or so, but the second ended up an an hour & forty minutes because they wouldn't let us go Just got in from a wind down at the drummers girlfriends place as it was his birthday - no not that sort!! - just a few dips, a cup of coffee for me & a natter. Very rock 'n' roll

So I went to [url="http://www.mobilemusic-fareham.co.uk/"]Mobile Music[/url] who has a working Tascam 8 track 1/2 inch machine and we kept our finger crossed. Just about got away with transfers from the 1986 tapes, but the 1989 tapes probably need baking so more expense after £100 on Friday Spent some time tinkering with one track from '86 this afternoon & it seems to have come out not too bad From our Nik Kershaw phase - [url="http://www.tideway-la.co.uk/AKoF/Storyteller.mp3"]Storyteller[/url] Be gentle it was a long time ago

[quote name='3V17C' post='179770' date='Apr 18 2008, 02:21 PM'][url="http://www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com/lgslive.html"]http://www.londoninternationalmusicshow.com/lgslive.html[/url] might have to get my lazy self down there for the day - Billy Sheehan doing 1 hr live slot, and also Paul Gilbert later on (guitar i know but....) I've not been for a few years anyhoo, though think i'll take ear plugs this time as all the constant widdling as you wander around the exhibition can seriously hurt your brain after a while!!! peace c[/quote] We're planning a band outing Haven't done that since the old Shows in Wembley probably 20 years ago. Billy Sheehan could be good & I saw Paul Gilbert when he did the Wembley show a few years back. First time I saw his version of [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-sy62EIeVo&feature=related"]2become1[/url]

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='180412' date='Apr 19 2008, 12:20 PM']Here's a picture of WalMan carrying out said order... Great gig Al; the G&L sounding sweet and 'White Punks..' is just brilliant![/quote] Cheers Nik. It was fun. Different with the twin guitars too. They didn't do too bad having worked them out on speakerphone last week Its funny how Tubes fans always seem to come out of the woodwork when we do 'White Punks..'. Have to say I do love the sound of the G&L myself (and ain't she pretty :wub: ). It just sits in there beautifully. So on to Chichester tonight & hopefully I won't cramp up towards the end like I did last night. Have a good one in Shoreham

A link to another attempt at intimidation [url="http://www.madmartian.com/legal/"]HERE[/url] Love the examples gleaned to take to court quoted in his response to the apology letter that include: [quote]Number of times "monster" appears in the script for Young Frankenstein: 185 Number of times Monster Cable Products Inc is referenced in the script for Young Frankenstein: Zero Number of children who imagined there was a monster under the bed: probably millions Number of children who imagined there was an audio interconnect cable under the bed: probably none.[/quote] Good grief look at the list of cases they have pending [url="http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?qt=adv&qs=monster%20cable%20products&page=1"]HERE[/url] - 126!! And against all sorts absolutely nothing to do with audio connects.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='178470' date='Apr 17 2008, 12:11 AM']Sorry mate, but my drinking companions have over-ruled me and we are going to the Duke of Wellington in Shoreham that has good bands and good beer. You should try and get a gig there.[/quote] Ah well, never mind. I must have a look at the Duke of Wellington. It's a bit of a trek for some of my lot as we are spread between me in LA & Sound guy near Emsworth. We used to play there 15+ years ago & I remember it as being an odd shape & quite restricted for bands, but that could well have changed in all that time.

Quite like the comment in the related article [quote]While we don't speak for Blue Jeans Cable, we'd like to supply an answer on their behalf: "Mwuhahahahaha, haha, haha.. ahem. *cough...."[/quote]

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='177458' date='Apr 15 2008, 11:07 PM']Might pop along.[/quote] That'd be good. I think Nik & Mrs S may make Friday. This weekend we are a 5 piece with 2 guitars - as the keyboard player is not available (actually I don't think he has managed one this year )

Couple for this w/e if anyone's about LA (Lil'ampton mate) or Chichester

[quote name='Murph_Orpheus' post='176754' date='Apr 14 2008, 11:28 PM']Did more modern Wal basses have active pick-ups? I'd be interested in that 1981 model...[/quote] I think most Wal's with the exception of the Pro 1 (and possibly 2) were active, the Pro2E having actives in. My Pro1 was originally a single p/u, volume, tone & coil tap set up with the controls on a small tear drop plate. When I took it up to Pete in 96 he had another one in being converted to active. Talking to Pete at the time as I understood it the Pro1 passive was always designed to be retro fitted with the actives at a later date - which is what I then had done (not having intended, or known it possible before the visit). Search for PB1680 [url="http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~koesters/Privat/Wal/walspec.html"]HERE[/url] They can be an acquired taste, I well remember trying a few at the old Bass Centre years back and wondering what the fuss was (perhaps they were just badly set up & with old strings). Then I got mine & fell in love, even more so when the actives went in. Until I became unfaithful with the G&L a couple of months back it was my number 1 bass for 20+ years (indeed my only bass for a lot of that time). Still not forgotten (and certainly not for sale before you ask ) but just being given a little rest at the mo.

[quote name='Macko1968' post='176410' date='Apr 14 2008, 04:43 PM']<smug mode> Bought one on eBay a couple of years back for £800 on a BIN, flipped it a week later for £1500. A great profit but I really wish I'd kept it, sounded immense.[/quote] <GRRRRRRRRRRRRR mode> followed by [quote](I've met one guy who has 20+ Wals - but he can't play a note. Just likes to collect them & is using them as a pension fund)[/quote] <Sob mode>

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='176048' date='Apr 14 2008, 09:11 AM']In fact sometimes they take over. [/quote] Was it Mae West who said [quote]Are you in showbusiness? Then get the hell off my stage[/quote]

In your dreams They turn up on eBay occasionally, but beware shysters with little or no feedback who have only just joined & are in Aberdeen!! There have bee a few scammy ones recently. And you will need some fairly serious folding available nowadays sadly. I'd love a 5'er, but unfortunately have yet to come up with a plan quite cunning enough

Friday had its moments [attachment=7660:Chickie.jpg]

[quote name='Machines' post='157503' date='Mar 14 2008, 04:41 PM']I think they're horrendously expensive.. i'd love one on my Stingray but can't justify £45 for a machine head that saves me about 5 seconds.[/quote] Not exactly cheap, but probably not unreasonable for the additional working gubbins. I fitted one to my Wal about 15 years ago and it is great. A direct replacement for the original tuner (and they cover pretty much any style & finish you want) and I wouldn't be without it now. It's not so much that it's not possible to quickly detune with the tuner (indeed I have a live track from pre D-tuner fitting where I did the detune during the song to get a low D for the ending) but that you can flick back & forth between the two to get the extended range for a short section then back up with no problem at all. Until I got the 5 I used it in various ways, constant detune for a song, as well as start detuned, flick up for a key change on a solo & back down again after, or just the occasional flick down and back up as needed through the song. Depends what you want, and how often you might use it, but IMO its a great bit of kit & well worth it. [quote]I want to fit one to my aerodyne, but im not sure on which one to get.[/quote] Check out the models [url="http://www.hipshotproducts.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=6"]HERE[/url]