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I didn't know it was 2k now. Have to say looking at some of these quotes, I'll stick with the union as the combined benefits are better ie the other reasons you mention. Had a radio mic taken last year whilst packing away. Despite being very vigilant. They paid up very fast no problem.

Funny, We have only ever had drunk people fall on us and damage our equipment, not the other way round. MU is now £155 without double checking but you do get £1000 of instrument cover chucked in with your £10,000,000 of idiot insurance.

Gone to new home

Where outside ? if you are in a school playground or at the back of the village hall, the hard reflective surfaces will help loads. But set up on grass in the middle of a field you could be sunk. see you mention bass bins+ On big gigs I do mic guitar and pan across PA and DI mine just to give weight but you need drums mic'd bass drum and Highhat, min. Tip if there are any spare fold out tables, grab three or four and lay them on there side behind you to reflect your sound out, great for open backed guitar combos and helps the drums too, and allows you to hear each othe better.

Have tried Thomastik and Roto 77 real smooth flats but preferred Elites ground wound ss best for tone and perceived tension 45 - 130

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Aphex Bass xciter = phat

Buy once. Is my advice and so save money long term, (like what we do on here ) even if you have to borrow to get the right bargain now. Agree with Lozz, on watts and the trace / Peavey used kit suggestions, Another suggestion is swap amps with your guitarist, the ratio of watts for bass and guitar would be about right then Also go out and get the book "Stuff good bass players should know" by Glenn Letsch (Hal- Loenard) Its all in there and more, I bought it twenty years too late. and still learnt stuff

Buy the bloody Carvin, what you waiting for. A top notch computer machined Ebony board, neck through, + bridge pickup these are top notch basses, PM him tonight

A smileee face EQ helps best, but I find a compressor is required to help even out the two distict different forms of attack slap n pop. the treble can cut through and the thumbed note gets lost, bring up the bass to compensate and it blooms all over everything, a good sound is down to technique and EQ settings on your amp and bass, but put a good comp between you and the Amp can help sort some issues, and is kinder to your amp and speakers. This is from someone who can't slap to save his life. but if i could it would sound good a bit of chorus or flange on the top end can do the bizz too.

Amen. Chris b.

[size=3]Hi Lawrence, seems I was wondering all the same things you were, as the amp seems geared toward an overdriven channel stomp facility. But it is better than that single market application. It can get a dirty if you crank the gain up to 3-4 o’clock; I only tried it to see. It is not noticeable at any normal gain setting, in fact the grit lovers may actually be disappointed in the amount of distortion available, and it’s subtle. That is not my bag at all, I just love the valve warmth which to be honest I did not think possible from just a preamp. I have previously owned an Ampeg B1, also with three valves and preset buttons; it was very nice but not as flexible as this or as warm. You do need to go easy on the settings at loud volumes and come back a tad on the contour to get some life and high mids back in your sound, basically what is a great finger style setting needs a tweak for pop or funk, sometimes I find I have no bass left anywhere to turn down. So I am obviously starting out too far that way. My only suggestion to GK is that it was a shame to have a channel footswitch for dirt lovers, when a footswitch for mid freq shift would have been for more useful. [/size] [size=3]Gig wise I set up both my amps on top of each other as a ready to go spare, and swap speaker and mains cables over, during sound check to see which suits the hall best, then end up swapping over in the interval.[/size] [size=3]It’s a keeper. [/size]

I can sympathise with the sentiment as we have a loud drummer who uses heavy sticks, but wonder if we bass players would accept it if the rest of the band told us to play with gloves on, use rubber picks or ganged up to set our amp gain to cap our volume. I think commitment by the drummer to practise to be able to play with a light touch when required is the way to go. Musicianship. Or buy Perspex screens and refuse to mic him would be another way. Recognising bad rooms with reflective surfaces and agreeing as a band before you start that we're gunna sound sh*t tonight if we don't all keep it to a realistic level, is always a good start.

Got mine from Markorbit and him from Owen. I was concerned that they both said the sound was not for them, two quick pass on's is enough to make you doubt the reviews. But I love it. Very warm old school. I use it with my EA 12” M lines This is now my main amp for swing band jazz gigs, I have used it for function band work but think I still prefer the flexibility and cut my Markbass LMK gives me, due to constant style changes, Funk, Ballard to Rock. Just worth noting here, I changed out the valves for some 40 year old as new boxed NOS British 12AX7's There is a difference in the warmth and bass and low mid, but not as much as I had been led to believe from valve buff web chat. So anyone thinking the same the selected valves by GK are pretty damn good. I got the AX7's from a radio buff friends shed, not yet negotiated a price but you can pay £80-£100 each. £50 the lot sounds about right for the improvement gained. If you do change valves best undo the bridge rectifier board cables then un screw this and the transformer, lift them out the chassis, to be able to undo the valve caps. You can't get a BA spinner to the nuts between the valves to lift these out three in a line. So has to be the incoming power supply that gets moved. Great Amp, would not part with it,

We did this about 10 years ago, never regretted it. Our keyboard player left due to work travel. Now = guitar, bass and drums. + Female vocal, We are now tighter, happier. I had to change the way I played which was a very staccato attacking punctuated style to be heard through the wall of synth sound. I can now play quieter sensitive phrases and be heard, we've got our dynamics back. And I know our new guitarist is with us for the same reasons, It gives him freedom of expression. There will be numbers you can’t do, but we don’t give up until we have tried them, Vocals make a difference, if three of you can sing harmonies.

Hi, I always recommend and used Madonna’s [b]Isla Bonita[/b]. It is a reasonable pace but is great for your left hand to get use to arpeggio shapes major and minor both forward and backwards without moving your hand. http://youtu.be/zpzdgmqIHOQ

Didn't know the Hives broke the states

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Can't believe i missed that what a bummer. Always a bit of a hero of mine, good ole no frills working bass player.

I have been on here every day and only just heard that Duck died on Sunday. The bass community grieves the loss of another one of its greats. Donald “Duck” Dunn, member of the legendary Booker T and the MCGs died Sunday night in his sleep. He was 70-years-old. While initially his parents did not see a future as a musician for their son, Donald, a self-taught bassist, put together a vast and impressive career. He was overseas in Tokyo, Japan, playing bass on a tour with his long-time musical companion Steve Cropper, having played a double set that night at the Blue Note Night club. Along with Booker T. and the MCGs Dunn helped define what came to be known as the Memphis soul sound. As a session bassist, Dunn worked with the best of them through his career, from Eric Clapton to Bob Dylan to Neil Young, and in 2007 he was awarded a lifetime achievement Grammy for his great contributions to music

I got a Mey stool from Thomann, Germany over £100 prob £120 with postage but very good but heavey. check the site they have loads to choose from

On my P bass, cant get a pound coin under the 12th but can just get a £2 coin under the E but not the G. the relief is about 0.5mm would prefer lower but get buzz arround the 20, 21st

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Intersesting things coming out of this. I do use Mississippi for 16th notes. to keep track in a Bar so Miss - iss - ipp - i Miss - iss - ipp - i Miss - iss - ipp - i Miss - iss - ipp - i But not funny lyrics, But Ringo has been credited with "would you stand up and walk out on me" as opposed to John offering of "would you throw squashed tomatos at me".