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Definitely a good idea, when used correctly. Keep your eye on the Effects for sale part of the basschat forum marketplace. Also, there's a good article in this month's Bass Player magazine (John Entwistle on the cover) about the fundamentals of the effect.

[quote name='dc2009' post='1259751' date='Jun 7 2011, 02:51 PM']Wow, the first video has that sound as if he's really digging in, yet you can see his touch is seriously light. I can't comprehend how he is able to play PoT that quickly and remain clear, and his harmonics sound unbelievabubble. I do like the melody of PoT too, so nice.[/quote] There's a quote somewhere where he said something like "It took me 5 years to learn how to play it, and another 5 years to learn how to play it clean" Wikipedia says this of the song: "It is considered by many a bass guitar standard, and is often used as a benchmark for a bassist's abilities". Better get practising.

[quote name='Doctor J' post='1259707' date='Jun 7 2011, 02:11 PM']Your thumbs [i]don't[/i] bend backwards?[/quote] Despite what the ladies may say, the most I can manage is approx 55 degrees.

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I put it down to a cool hat, alarmingly high-waisted trousers and

[quote name='TimR' post='1252467' date='Jun 1 2011, 10:54 AM']I'm wondering if the building work on the cross rail project is impacting the area. I walked up from Trafalgar Square and up Totenham Court Road last Sunday and the Denmark Street area was desolate. The works practically cut Charing Cross road off from Oxford Street and anything north. You have to make quite a deour. No passing trade?[/quote] I think business is pretty much as usual from my experience, however... I was in The Gallery on saturday, having a chat with the guy who works there (not Martin, sorry don't know his name). I mentioned that the BC was pretty uninspiring these days, he said there's a danger that the Crossrail work will affect the north side of Denmark St, and that the guy who owns the BC and other shops is consolidating stock to move into shops on the other side of the road and the surrounding area "just in case". As much as the Bass Cellar isn't that much these days, it'd be terrible to see the entire row of shops vanish into a railway station

My iGig got delivered this week. It's genius, thanks for the heads-up everyone. After I opened it up and saw the neck support and body-glove combo, I had to go for a little lie down. (they're currently in stock at Bass Direct btw. I ordered Saturday morning, it arrived Wednesday, which is pretty quick even without a Sunday and Bank Holiday in the middle)

[quote name='tauzero' post='1246903' date='May 27 2011, 12:08 PM']The Corrs for the view.[/quote] A chum happened to be in the studio when they were recording Talk On Corners. He got roped into doing the drums on one track when CC couldn't get it right

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[quote name='Salt on your Bass?' post='1245407' date='May 26 2011, 11:43 AM']How was the sound form those of you who werent touching the roof?[/quote] A bit of a muddle for the first few songs, it was fine from the middle of the first set right through to the end. No trouble hearing Ged's bass properly and the kit sounded great. Friends in Block B had trouble as well in the first set.

I was at the O2 last night, brilliant show - I was in the 2nd row right in front of Ged. Got a load of pics, I'll edit and post the good ones later. I think he played about 5 different Jazzes over the course of the night, I can't remember when each was used and for what song, but here's some facts I do know - can anyone else flesh out the rest? 1. Black signature bass with new neck (pearloid slab markers, white neck binding) 2. Drop-D tuned Jazz for Stick It Out 3. Red Jazz pictured above for 2112, I think tuned DGCF No fretless this time - as used on Malignant Narcissim from the last tour. Any ideas about the others? The steampunk setting was cool - even the bass/midi pedals got the treatment.

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='1242059' date='May 23 2011, 07:11 PM']It used to be that Denmark St was almost all owned by MusicGround; is that still the case since they got nabbed, are they all indepedents again? Andy's used to be a cracking shop, but MG killed it, it was hard-core rip off prices when I was last there, but that was in MG's peak days.[/quote] Nope, still dominated by MG and Rhodes - Andy's is now a MG shop (I think - maybe something else), and also Macari's from Charing Cross Rd has moved into one of the shops that used to be MG. It's worth a look in all of them just to see what's there, there's an occasional curiosity in Vintage and Rare, Regent Sounds is friendly but a bit guitary, everywhere's got a bit to a lot of vibe of "you're probably not going to buy anything so why should I be nice to you", or in the case of Bryant's "I'd really like to sell you something so I'm going to be a bit too friendly".

[quote name='silddx' post='1242017' date='May 23 2011, 06:43 PM']Ooh, the Lemmy BP is on my coffee table, who are you in it?[/quote] Page 12, the "Let's get copy straight from facebook" feature. Look for the fretless Stingray! Not very exciting really. Back in the day, I threw together a bassist's useful links web site (long gone) when HTML was easy in the mid-90s. BP must have been either hard up for material or eager to embrace the internet age, as they mentioned it in the opening pages of the magazine.

[quote name='ZMech' post='1242267' date='May 23 2011, 09:23 PM']Instead I'd suggest bond street is your easiest midpoint as it's on both the central and jubilee lines, so no unneeded travel, meaning more beer and chow time. Bond street to wembley park will take your at least 30 mins of time sitting in the train, i don't know how long the walks through the stations are (can add a few minutes each end sometimes). timeout will often find you a good place to eat, or maybe someone on here will know of one.[/quote] Agree with this, although 30 mins is a smidge pessismistic - but definitely don't underestimate some tube line changes. Whereas some are as simple as crossing from one side of the tunnel to another (eg Victoria/Bakerloo at Oxford Circus, Northern(Bank)/Victoria at Euston), others can be a good 5-minute trek or more (eg Victoria or Bakerloo to Central at Oxford Circus)

[quote name='dc2009' post='1241844' date='May 23 2011, 04:41 PM']Which bit?[/quote] Both, really: Denmark St has indeed got all the shops but I'd never buy anything there; also just because there's a lot of tourists and places to eat in Leicester Sq it doesn't mean they're any good for tourism or food!

[quote name='mikegatward' post='1241762' date='May 23 2011, 03:47 PM']6.00 Tube to Sudbury Town (I heard this was the least busy tube station for Wembley) then walk to Wembley[/quote] It's a 2 mile walk, which explains why it's less busy. The Jubilee Line and Metropolitain Line are closed on Sunday up that way, but looks ok for Saturday. It'll be fine. The overland to Wembley Stadium might be a better option if the overground is running ok - see [url="http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/track.aspx?offset=weekend"]http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/r...?offset=weekend[/url] Also, The tube will be closed by the time you finish drinking at Beirodrome. Night buses go out that way towards Shepherds Bush though.

[quote name='dood' post='1241419' date='May 23 2011, 12:13 PM']BassChat take over BGM! - Muuuuutineeeeeeeeeee!! ha ha ha[/quote] I'm in the Lemmy edition of Bass Player. And the Gene Simmons issue from 1996 ish

[quote name='dc2009' post='1241712' date='May 23 2011, 03:13 PM']I'd say dodge the bass cellar, but denmark street has all of the music shops, as well as proximity to leicester sq and chinatown for even better tourism and food![/quote] You're joking, right

[quote name='Clarky' post='1241704' date='May 23 2011, 03:07 PM']Go to Camden and visit the Bass Gallery - proper bass porn there. Then wander up to Camden lock and get some nice food![/quote] +1 for the Bass Gallery. What part of town will you be in? There's loads of good places for lunch past the immediate vicinity of the major rail terminals. If you're in Camden, check out Ray Man Music just north of the Lock for more eclectic selections of instruments. Camden Market can be good to get lost in for an hour or so, but it'll be crowded with goth teens on a Saturday.

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[quote name='RhysP' post='1234329' date='May 17 2011, 02:23 PM']I saw him in the 12 Bar club in Denmark St. years ago (didn't go to see him, he was supporting somebody else) & he was absolute f***ing rubbish. Haven't seen or heard anything that has made me think otherwise to this day.[/quote] From the interview with S3 and JPJ on Friday night, it sounds like it was the 12 Bar gig that JPJ first turned to first listen to him. And the sound was mixed from the live show on Tuesday for the Friday show - sounded much better on my TV, but still not great.

[quote name='Fredde' post='1236748' date='May 19 2011, 10:53 AM']Smoke on the water is a sh*tload of 1/8ths on the same note right? As weird as it sounds, playing the same note repeatedly is very memory-intense. If the playback is uneven, it usually means the browser's buffering can't keep up. You could also try to playback with a lower BPM. (Or choose a tune with a walking bass line ) Tip: When I transcribe a classic rock song with the typical 1/8 machine-gunning going on, I just play 1/4ths or halves and then change the tab after copy-pasting into a text editor afterwards.[/quote] I was playing the intro riff: G Bb C, G Bb C# C etc - so yes the app gives me the accurate tab but it's tough to get the timing right. Might next effort was Enter Sandman: ||: E E E E E E E F :|| which gets a bit bumpy probably due to the buffering problem you mention. Any tips on how to increase buffer size?

I'm joking What would be good is to drag around the notes once you've played them - I just played the Smoke On The Water intro. The tab was right but the playback was lumpy and the timing different to what I played. I'm using Google Chrome on Windows XP, sp3

Good stuff! Mine's out of tune though

Maybe they'll fix the mix before Friday's show. They did with Vintage Trouble a couple of weeks ago.