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[quote name='Les' timestamp='1489252411' post='3255528'] Will pm you tomorrow pal, getting ready for tonights gig, I actually have 2 for you to choose from cos' this is the second P I''ve changed the neck on. Les [/quote] oh! cool! whenever you have time. Have a good one tonight!

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1489170484' post='3255004'] I enjoyed the D'Addario black tapewounds for quite a while, and I too was surprised at how bright tapes can get. I kept overplaying them and making them go "splat" though - it took some real concentration not to. I tried a used set of the LaBellas very briefly, but for whatever reason the D'Addario were more up my street. [/quote] I used the D'Addario before, and I still have them on my fretless. I find the LaBellas white nylon a lot brighter, very much like rounds but with a tamer top end. The plasticky "splat" is not pleasant, but you adjust to them. They're a LOT lower tension that my usual string sets, so I needed to adjust the rod a bit and they do feel a bit rubbery, but it allows for some really pretty slight vibrato (not that I need it in my bands, but at home it's fun) and you can do some crazy string bending... add overdrive and octave, and bend strings... FUN!!! I'm not enjoying the £45 a set, 'though. I bought these strings ages ago (from time to time I'd buy strings I wanted to try when I had some spare unallocated cash in my pocket), and I forgot the price. But I think the Stingray with these would be amazing, and keep the SUB with roundwounds (DR Fat Beams stainless steel)... I love the lowmid-rich 'finger funk' kind of tone I get from these strings, very very good low end definition...

[quote name='Ironbar' timestamp='1489173843' post='3255030'] My Sire is active and I love it, love it, love it! [/quote] If I were The Boss, I'd ban everybody here from mentioning Sire. Ever since I found they're coming up with a Precision type instrument, I'm salivating excessively. A Precision type, in 5 string, active... aaaargh!!! take my money already!!! So, shut up already about some of the best value for money basses out there

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1489162595' post='3254884'] i dont post anything, but it would be good if you could set it so only people you allow can see your page not just anyone, the privacy settings do seem a bit vague. [/quote] the fact that they seem to change the settings from time to time doesn't help, it's true.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1489155357' post='3254804'] feeler gauges, trouble is you need a load of them together to get 2 or 3mm and they tend to spring apart not a problem when you doing spark plugs but it is when it's easy to move one of the things you're measuring, like a string, they're really designed for narrower gaps, well that's what I've found anyway [/quote] I have to admit to never having used them, but I saw a guy recommending them and sounded like a good idea. He was measuring the gap between the bottom of the string at the top of the fret *while fretting at a high fret... 15th or 17th, somewhere around there. Then the gap is a lot lower than 2-3mm. It certainly is on my basses and I don't have a particularly low action. I like what several others have commented here using picks, or finding a coin whose height fits just right... I have never measured my heights... I tend to just go by feel, when it feels right, I stop messing with it but I like the idea of a more systematic approach. I also want to get into fret levelling. So far that's one aspect I've always left to the pros. But it really isn't such a big deal and I should invest on some tools and practice. Anyway, that's another entirely different matter!

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1489239531' post='3255393'] [/quote] looks great! I have an old battered Squier Jazz that despite being *just* and "old battered Squier" it's just a lot of fun to play. The thing is the neck... 1) it's rosewood and 2) it's a Jazz neck. I much prefer maple and Precision necks... are you planning to keep your Squier Precision neck? If you'd like to sell it, send me a PM

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1489147397' post='3254729'] i only have an account really if i need to get hold of the kids and they are not answering their phone but they are online really dont like the loose privacy settings as we found out recently on my wifes account (she uses it alot). Shes a teacher and one of her students decided to search her name and then found we had a daughter around the same age as him and sent her a friend request after looking at her page, cheeky git. But for the life of me i couldnt shut her account down so that people couldnt search her so we had to change her name on there. Bit rubbish. The idea of someone being able to track you down and look at your life is what gets my goat. Our band does have a facebook account but it doesnt seem to attract much attention so any tips on improving that would be good [/quote] They only look at your life if YOU post about your life... If you want to do that and remain somewhat private, then you do need to look into the privacy settings. But then they seem to change them from time to time so that would be frustrating

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1489142333' post='3254668'] I'm assuming you're all using a steel rule to measure string height, well I can't tell .2mm accurately even with a magnifying glass, if anybody's using a different method please tell, as said before I use a pound coin under the 17th fret, different coin widths are available. [/quote] a set of gauges like those used for car spark plug gaps are useful

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1489141280' post='3254653'] The first one, Kurtis Blow, is probably more Go-go than hip-hop. In fact the backing band (at least in the video) is the mighty Troublefunk [/quote] That explains a lot!

That 2-Pac dude had a lot of good stuff...

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1488984706' post='3253496'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MegK4YXKWzw[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95-Sdq2EKrg[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZQQGX24Teg[/media] [/quote] nice one, cool bass lines too... but... the last one... THAT bassline is something *I* was doing to one of my band's new songs... almost exactly! All I can think is that bassline must have been in my brain from hearing it at some point in the past and I believed it was my idea... damn.... that's annoying

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1488944664' post='3253136'] Im a little surprised at some peoples definition of Hip Hop. Some great stuff though. This is killer.. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8W6_grAI0Q[/media] [/quote] oh yes, funky!

[quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1488929391' post='3253088'] Also for more bonkers stuff have a look at Dr.Octagon (alias for Kool Keith) and Handsome Boy Modelling School (kool Keith's producer Dan the Automator) [/quote] cool, I found a couple of really good tracks from Dr Octagon already, must check him out more... thanks!

[quote name='crompers' timestamp='1488898578' post='3252753'] Jurassic 5 have some great bass lines [/quote] oh yeah, I had found these earlier but forgot about them, good call!

[quote name='Monkey Steve' timestamp='1488895089' post='3252718'] Give Hilltop Hoods a try - a crew from Australia with a very British sense of humour. Their best albums (IMHO) are, in chronological order: The Hard Road The Hard Road Restrung (rather than re-mixing the album the hired an orchestra - classical hip hop: genius! and makes Metallica's orchestral effort look rubbish) State Of The Art (my personal favourite - check out Chris Farley, Parade Of The Dead and Fifty In Five) Drinking From The Sun a lot of good music, including a lot of double bass. Gone off the boil on their last one - far more bland R&B arrangements which is a bit dull [/quote] nice, some really cool stuff there!

[quote name='Bastav' timestamp='1488876573' post='3252483'] If you like busta rhymes check out his 90s group Leaders of the new school. Also juggaknots first album is very bass-tastic and one of the rappers has a very unique flow Oh, and Artifacts first album. Great bassy boom-bap [/quote] Liking the Artifacts one, thanks!

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1489053424' post='3253952'] problem with that is, just because you can't hear it doesn't mean you need to turn up, I'm sure we've all played gigs where it's difficult to hear yourself but out in the crowd you're well loud enough (had one of those myself last week) under those circumstances it's very difficult to stop yourself playing harder [/quote] if you dig in to make yourself heard you're achieving the same effect: louder, so the result is the same. If it's not a matter of volume I'm sure you can EQ yourself a little differently. Digging in for every single thing you play just doesn't give any room for dynamics. Fine if you're playing fast punk, but it's not how I'd like to play at least.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1488985622' post='3253506'] Personally i didnt like my BB2 much. Lovely cab, just didnt produce the tone i wanted. This was with a MB F1 head and also a GK MB800. I could quite easily have lived with it had i no other options, as it did a great job as far as volume goes and was so light, but it just felt very low end heavy to my ears. [/quote] that was my impression too. I owned two of the things! So clearly I did not hate it but it was not quite the thing. Then I found the TKS S112. It is a bit limited with regards to low end and volume... but a pair of those have worked for pretty much everything without any concerns. They're compact and only 10Kg each! Then I found the BF Two10. That sounds not too far off the S112, but bigger sounding and louder... but it's not a 112 cab. Still, not bulkier than the BB2, and an easier carry (because of the shape, since weight is about the same or only a bit lighter). It's such a nice sounding cab. Very tight low end, focused, and more than enough treble that doesn't get harsh no matter what you do... it makes me sound good even when I shouldn't

I started this thread... and I have a new favourite string, but this one is MUCH MORE FAVOURITE LaBella White stainless steel nylon tapewound. 750T 50-65-85-105 They have that plasticky feel that tapewounds have but it's easy to get used to, and they're soooooo smoooooth. They're also very bright, they are more like roundwounds than flats. A lot more. They have a beautifully balanced low end and presence... the G string never sounded better. And they are very low tension. If you enjoy bending strings and adding vibrato here and there... these strings make it very easy. I put them on my Jazz and I can't stop playing it. They sound and feel fantastic...

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1489016697' post='3253837'] No love for Facebook here then... Facebook is a useful tool for the independent musician. [/quote] That's what I find too (in fact I joined because more and more things I wanted -info, photographs, etc- were shared through FB and not being there just made it unnecessarily harder, for no good reason in my opinion). The idea of "a place for people with no real friends" is so laughable I won't even start especially when brought up at an internet forum like this one FB seems to be whatever you want it to be. You're not obliged to start posting pictures of your breakfast or chat to anyone... I treat it as a public place, so nothing personal goes there, so I don't care about privacy settings. The main page where you get "suggestions" is as easy to ignore as a multitude of threads in Off-Topic here that I don't even touch You don't need to behave like a 15 year old in heat just because you have an account and it makes it extremely easy to keep in touch with other musicians. We have a band FB page and we get a lot of invitations through it (via messenger)... I could stay away but I would certainly be missing out. Then again, I don't have a compulsive personality that makes me want to read everything possible on FB just because it's there. Now I'm off, I still have 37 threads to catch up on here

[quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1489048937' post='3253907'] When I play at home, I tend to find a nice low action is fine [color=#0000cd][b]but as soon as the band kick off I need to dig in harder [/b][/color]and it's clank and buzz. It's not like I play like Hooky or anything, but it's horses for courses really. [/quote] I find that as well, if I am not loud enough TURN IT UP! seriously, I have found that I needed to dig harder but that was because my bass seemed underpowered (either EQ or more commonly just volume) turning up a bit fixed that everytime. Digging in is good for effect here and there but if you need to wrestle with the bass for a whole gig that just makes playing more difficult, for me.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1488962511' post='3253217'] But how can you keep the '57 vibe without a gold anodized guard? Why do you need to touch the guard during normal playing? (I can see it if using a pick). And where are you getting these compatible 10-hole guards from..? [/quote] 1) 57 vibe? I went for the neck profile/dimension and the rest of it... not a cold dead metal pickguard, blegh 2) I don't know where you put your thumb... but mine (and worse: the nail!), and parts of my hand touch the pickguard often. Urgh. 3) I can't remember... it was a shop in The Netherlands, through eBay. Very nice 'mint' hue. Some are too glow-in-the-dark green, theirs was perfect. [b]edit:[/b] Ha! Ooops... I have the bass next to me and I checked... The one I have not a 10-hole one, but 12! It's been 3 years already and I don't recall the experience of making a couple of new holes, so most of them must have aligned. Making a few new screw holes doesn't worry me, it's not a bass I could play without a pickguard so you'll never see them

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1488841006' post='3252374'] ...and if you like Cyprus Hill you'll probably dig these guys - Funkdoobiest - arguably the originators of that particular style. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXkvf3d7pQc[/media] [/quote] Hmm, Spotify has given me a couple of good ones from these guys, thanks!

[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1488835915' post='3252299'] Try D'angelo's album Voodoo which features the rather talented Pino Paladino! His latest album is also exceptional: [url="https://youtu.be/lZoxdPGu_4E"]https://youtu.be/lZoxdPGu_4E[/url] [/quote] that's a bit different... David Bowie meets Prince! Cool!!!

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1488835748' post='3252295'] Contains rap language. [media]http://youtu.be/-hIjgofcuWU[/media] [media]http://youtu.be/FWOsbGP5Ox4[/media] I'll let someone else chip in, but I'm sure I'll be back... [/quote] Interesting. I haven't got to Snoop Dogg yet but I'm liking what I heard with Dr Dre and someone else... and this one too. So one for the list. And 2Pac... I knew this one but I didn't know it was him! Thanks!