mcnach

so... technically it's not finished. I can still assemble mine before you do!!!

The idea wasn't mine... I saw another orange bass here and thought it was too sexy

That is beautiful!!!!

[quote name='matski' timestamp='1365935486' post='2046084'] Spanky D'Monkey [/quote]

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1365926012' post='2045934'] I loved the suggestion of "The Mangetout experience" but now that Monkeys have been brought into to equation how about.... The Mangetout Monkeys Or (Having learned Spanish a bit where I'm quite sure Monkey is Mono) The Mono Mangetout? However, that implies you may never have a stereo sound.... Oh this is too hard.... I'll get my coat! [/quote] The Mangetout Monkeys has a ring to it...

Looks like a nice bass, I really like the Streamer design. If the neck on that one is nice (I've tried some delicious and some incredibly uncomfortable Warwicks) it seems like a decent deal.

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1365883657' post='2045700'] Ah yes, sorry I should have qualified where it was used. [size=4] Is there a word for South/Central American Spanish? Latin Amerispanish maybe?[/size] [/quote] in my comprehensive (3min? ) research, it seemed it was common in Northern Argentina and also in Mexico... and it was used in a variety of ways. It's always good to know. I had meant to ask you what a superchango was, now I have an idea How did your band's name name come about?

[quote name='bagsieblue' timestamp='1365882097' post='2045656'] One of the early German budget ranges? - Streamer Standard. One piece bridge, Carolena body, a precursor to the Rockbass but they were made in Germany - not bad basses really. [/quote] really? wow, you learn something everyday. I had no idea there was a budget line of Warwick Streamer that were made in Germany. I thought the budget line started with the Rockbass!

[quote name='Huw Foster' timestamp='1365808114' post='2044940'] [media]http://youtu.be/gZehS6m-P9Y[/media] Another new one... Got some free time at the moment so I'm just enjoying being able to play! [/quote] YOU!!! I am pretty sure it was a video of you playing that Precision that made me think for the very first time "hmmm, P basses can sound really good!" And if it weren't you, this video does it again x10. Lovely playing and beautiful tone, thank you for posting this!

I googled chango, and now I am suitably enlightened (definitely not in use in Spain)... but I also found other meanings. In particular, I loved this entry from the urban dictionary: [quote] A school that is part of Shenendehowa. Even though it's only an elementary school, it still has cliques. Cliques include: Popular kids: A bunch of immature snot nosed f***wits who think they own everything in the school. Goths: A bunch of kids who masturbate to Good Charlotte, whilst slitting their wrists. Wiggers: A bunch of kids who are white, but they think they are black. Weird kids/nerds: The group of kids who look normal, but act "weird" according to the popular kids. This the group I was placed in. Normal kids: Nothing special about them. The teachers are mainly nice, but one of the gym teachers owns a riced out Scion xB. In short, it's an okay school. Not the best, but okay. [/quote]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1365874862' post='2045546'] Then the band should be called 'Monkey McMonkey & The Chunky Spunkers'. See? That doesn't use the 'F'-word. [/quote] Milty!!!! See what you did???

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1365874710' post='2045541'] ...for monkey? [/quote] I've been called that...

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1365872185' post='2045486'] [url="http://s1262.photobucket.com/user/chaylockyer/media/ChangoWebButton_zps8f863a4c.png.html"][/url] How many points do we get? (Chango is Spanish for monkey...) [/quote] I had you in mind when I wrote "or logo" Chango is monkey? In what country? (just curious, I am from Spain... but there are quite a lot of different words in the spanish we use in Spain or Argentina, Bolivia... sometimes with hilarious consequences )

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1365788017' post='2044639'] This thread is like deja vu! My band (also soul/funk) had the same dilemma when we started, first name chosen was FUNKIT (already named here by someone) and there was the chance to play around with the words and make it FUN KIT (also mentioned here). In the end we decided to quit the FUNK or SOUL word games and we simply became GROOVES. What's funny about this thread is that i read the names of a lot of funk/soul bands that are actually playing right now here in Portugal, from memory i recal FUNKENSTEIN, FUNK OFF, FUNK U... there's really no much more room left for funk band names... stop thinking about it and call yourselfs a different thing. From your OP i would say "THE CATS". Cheers [/quote] indeed, leaving the word funk out is the safest bet... almost any combination with funk in it has already been used, and if it hasn't, there's usually a good reason for it!

erm... what do you think? [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/warwick-streamer-bass-for-sale/1008675626"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/warwick-streamer-bass-for-sale/1008675626[/url]

you are discussing the wrong point. It's not whether 15" or 18" can produce enough treble... the question is... who is going to carry my cabs??? The 2x 15" I tried might as well have been part of Stonehenge!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1365783566' post='2044553'] Well go like their facebook page then! [/quote] well, I got curious and checked them... I like it!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1365772967' post='2044292'] Yes! It's settled then, your new band is called The Funk Brass Monkeys [/quote] No, we only established that if you have monkeys, you get more points

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1365772800' post='2044286'] I ran my Ashdown 400 watt head through a couple of 4ohm 15" cabs a couple of times, and it had loads of volume and movement of air, and house-shakingly bassy, but there was absolutely no clarity to the higher notes. The speakers weren't the best you could buy, and the cab was home made out of MDF, so all in all, probably not great for what i was using it for, but if you had a decent neo 15" and a good cabinet, and pair that with a 4x10, it would probably sound rocking! I have no idea how an 18" would sound, but it was the idiocy of the guys argument. He liked distortion because it cuts the low end, but he also wanted to use 18" speakers... How stupid can one person be? [/quote] I moved past that idiot, I don't care about him I just want a cab with two 15" or two 18". The two 15" cab I tried, an old Peavey of some description, did not lack treble, at least not to the levels I normally want.

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1365763300' post='2044039'] No way!! The 30 mile cycle back will sober you up ready for the evening [/quote] I'm calling a taxi...

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1365764651' post='2044068'] Ha! It's genuinely funny that this guy was such a Lemmy fan, that he thought you had to have Lemmy gear, but didn't understand any of the reasoning behind it. Why would you use distortion because it cuts all the low end? why not just EQ it out? and then why also use 18 inch speakers, which will just make it more bassy? I would choose any GK cab over any 18" cab any day of the week. [/quote] I'm not saying he is right in anything. But I would personally like to try 18" cabs, if I had someone carrying my stuff. I was surprised at how good a 2x15" cab sounded, and how powerful, with just a 150W amp. I imagine 18" speakers will not be very efficient, even less than your typical 15" ones, but I'm curious.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1365771257' post='2044242'] The funk brass monkeys! [/quote] any band with monkeys in their name or logo earns extra points, for me...

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1365676258' post='2042632'] Some idiot on YouTube argued with me one day about bass tone. He basically said distortion was a good thing, because it cuts all the low end, but then said you [i]need [/i]to use 18inch speakers, and not some "4x10 gallien krueger POS". This was on a Lemmy video. I just decided the guy was clearly too stupid to even understand what he was saying. [/quote] youtube arguments: engage only for amusement purposes I had one guy, a couple of years ago or so, who took serious offense at something I said about a moronic post of his and he kept adding comments to my comment and then sending me messages. This was both in English and Spanish, both of very poor quality... I had a little bit of fun winding him up, but he was too easy a target and I got bored soon. He continued to send me messages for a while after I gave up...

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1365678038' post='2042674'] What's the difference in timbre with your ProSteels compared to a cheaper alternative? And what gauge? I use D'Addario 9-42 on my Strat, it sounds great. I have also read from an expert on Gibsons that many players go for higher gauges on their Gibbos to get better tone, but if you have a great guitar in the first place it will sound great with even 8-40s, only poor guitars need heavier gauges. [/quote] Somehow the 9-42 has become "standard" on the typical Fender scale length instruments, and 10-46 on the Gibson shorter lengthe ones, which results in a comparable feeling of "tension" on the strings. I do feel that thicker strings sound meatier, and depending on what you want, this could be just the thing. I had a Yamaha AEX502 with P90s and it came with 11-48 or something like that. It was not as nice to play as my strat, but that thing sounded huge! I changed to 9-42 and it still sounded great but a bit of the "grit" and creaminess was not there anymore. Still great. But different. I don't think you can salvage a poor guitar with a heavy gauge string set... it would just be another flavour of poor, no?