stingrayPete1977

I haven't changed any of my strings for over a year and that's when I do it and change the battery, probably about due really, my blue and black SR5s have the typical dirty maple finger boards people dislike about them now.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1409762290' post='2543071'] it's a midlife crisis [/quote] Very good, sir, very good

A slightly less obvious female bassist and one I rate would be Charlotte Hatherley, Lead guitarist from the band Ash but she plays some nice bass on her solo albums. She is now in KT tunstall's band as lead guitarist but I bet she could do a good job on bass duties

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1409730986' post='2542638'] I seen where you went with that [/quote] I chose to ignore it, lol

Its a good question and certainly a thread I've not seen before, lol

It is live in the studio... at the moment it is being played is live...bleed is bleed, running a lead from the keys to the PA, mic'ing a guitar amp but keeping them low in the mix is just keeping them low in the mix, if they are lower than the signal going in via the SM58s as actual bleed (nothing to do with a studio term, it is still bleed) then you are not gaining anything and if the signal from the keys/guitar is higher than the vocal mic bleed signal then it is no different to what we all do and you mix the levels accordingly. Like I said before that is not bleed it is just putting a bit of keys/guitar in the FOH mix, barring any gig where all the players are in separate closed rooms it is what every band in the world does isnt it? I get what you are saying JTUK, you are putting into the PA what the mics would collect anyway, you can control the gain level to give more than the mics out front but unless you are doing something to stop the actual bleed you still cant reduce the amount of gain can you?

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1409695090' post='2542444'] You haven't played my Ric. At every Cardiff bass bash the "I don't like Rics" have had a go and changed their minds. There are great examples of all marques, just like there are poor ones. Each to his own, and I like playing my own. [/quote] This is what I keep hearing but they are being very elusive thus far

The sad truth is from 11000+ members we must have all sorts here ([b]I am not talking about gays here[/b]!), I know we have one member that is/was in a facist punk band, plenty of clips with swastikas etc "but he really just liked the music", OK on yer bike knobhead, thankfully I forget who it is. I presume we probably have some nonces in the worst terminology.

http://www.recordingmag.com/glossary/B/42.html As a site of musicians (I use the term lightly for myself!) strictly speaking we should use the correct terms imo, it only generates more arguements down the line

Thats just 'putting a bit of....' in the PA, not bleed.

One of my bands has electric drums, weird on stage as you can talk at normal volume to each other while the pa deafens the audience! Bleed is where the mics pick up other instruments, in this case the keys and other instruments can be heard via the singers mic coming from the pa a bit 'bleeding' out, its why some big stages have drums behind a screen afaik, vocal booths for live recording to keep a clean vocal track etc.

Im in the middle, weeks of going over the same stuff that someone (99% of the time the drummer) still hasnt learnt is painful, on the other hand im not good enough to blag it 100% so I like at least one run through before a dep gig or a few rehearsals if its a song for our own band. I know ebs freak's band dont rehearse at all, the email is sent, the song is learnt or perfectly sight read on the gig, if you cant stand the heat and all that! they can have many songs in a week to learn yet they are super tight, thats why they are booked up years in advance!

I like the sound of your band though! Best wishes with the fingers

Angel Dust, pearl jam Ten, Nirvana nevermind, pumkins siamese dream all went round and round my walkman for about three years with very little else

[quote name='slingo' timestamp='1409675323' post='2542135'] What a strange lot you all are [size=4] - I have plenty of info now now about which cars it[i] will[/i] fit in but no one has actually answered my original question lol[/size] [/quote] I was thinking that! Lol. If I get chance I will measure my moms Alfa for you.

[url="http://youtu.be/_4JIfIeQdoY"]http://youtu.be/_4JIfIeQdoY[/url] Oooh yeah nice you were right interpol52

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1409670003' post='2542042'] Haha! Good point! There is some footage on youtube of them doing Ava Adore on Jools Holland, the bass sound on that during the first verse is amazing! I liked Darcy, they never were the same without her, she looks a bit funny now mind... [/quote] Darcy with her stingray in 1992 was basically my idea of heaven, these days I think I'd rather have a go on her stingray though, lol. Anyone know what type of bass Billy used in the studio? I guess must good studios in the 90s had a P, J and MM knocking around, or something totally different.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1409657316' post='2541880'] Out. They are pubs ffs, not arenas. Keep the volume to sensible levels & LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. [/quote] The funny thing is I actually agree with this but I'm not the one taking a thousand watt amp,a Mackie pa and a pair of subs to the pub am I? If the venue size warrants that gear then it should be able to go through the pa no problem what else are the subs for else? Even if you are controlling the overall sound from the stage area you need to set the levels with or without it going through the desk the only difference being to get an even sound around the room the stage area sound will be compromised without a bit of everything in the pa, usually ending in a volume war and an empty pub. Again this only applies to a pub large enough to require the full pa.

If this is a small pub then by all means just use the amps as back line but leave the subs at home!

So only bands with an engineer out front can put everything through the pa? This is Bollocks of the highest order, if anything getting the mix level as possible through the pa is better as knob twiddling won't affect the mix out front during the gig, as soon as you crank that bass amp enough for the whole room to hear the guitarists will match it if not double it, vocals can't be heard so the pa his louder etc etc etc, if you can't get a good even sound from a pair of Mackie subs and Mackie tops in a pub you should not be allowed to touch anything!

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1409649580' post='2541771'] Well, you've qualified it now to your own personal experience and the generalisation was all I really took exception to. Sorry for being short yesterday - I wasn't having the best of days. FWIW, EBMM products seem fine to me, I keep having little wiffs of GAS when I see a Big Al... I really don't think EBMM get much of a rough ride around here though - there's this muttering about weak G strings (which I'm pretty sure if it does exist happens in a tiny number of cases and most of the time could be chased out through setup or choice of strings). If anything, the worst negative thing that sticks out in my mind mentioned here about EBMM is their rabid official forum (which I've never visited, admittedly) where apparently you'll get shot down in flames by a horde of fanbois if you dare to say anything negative about the company's products? I can't really answer the OP's questions - I lack the experience of P and J basses to give any solid guidance and after getting in a spat about generalisations it would be rather hypocritical of me to wheel some out right now What I will say is try both, play whatever you play and see which you prefer the sound and feel of, after all you're the one that's going to be playing the bass. Or just buy one of each [/quote] No worries and I agree on the big Al gas

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1409578692' post='2541063'] Some of you just can't resist a sly dig in the ribs, eh? [/quote] Sorry I missed this yesterday, every Rick I have played was terrible, every Gibson I have tried had neck dive so these are my findings, if that upsets people that's just how it is, do I cry in my corn flakes at the mention of weak G strings, active basses sucking, over priced mass produced ebmm basses? Nope.

My Mom has the alfa and my sister the kia, but I'm not within bass in boot testing distance right now.

I will see what I think of bassace's then, looks neat!

I am looking forward to hearing that at the bash bassace, I have a Genz STL 3.0 too, whats it like with that amp? Dare I ask how much these are triggno9?!