tombboy

Lovely, smooth deal and a real nice guy! By the way Steve.... I want first dibs on that '59!!!! Serious too!

[quote name='Myo' post='674140' date='Dec 4 2009, 01:28 PM']Just trying to find out who played bass on the harvey mason album dancing in the street. any ideas? I'm sure I found some of his music once before but I've forgotten his name and I'm getting nowhere with google. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-j9C97y1xE&feature=PlayList&p=7BA7215ECC08BB78&index=9&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-j9C97y1xE...laynext_from=PL[/url][/quote] Paul Jackson and Chuck Rainey [url="http://www.soulandfunkmusic.com/album/harvey_mason/marching_in_the_streets"]according to this site.[/url]

[quote name='HeavyJay' post='673190' date='Dec 3 2009, 01:54 PM']That sea foam green is fab.[/quote] Agreed! Yummy.

I've got a Peavey Hysis 2XT cab for sale if anyone is interested. Plus another which is cacked. Go on.... make me an offer.

Contact the venues.... if they have bands from europe, they may well have their own voltage converters or even a separate ring main running 240v.

You need a 'Step-Up' voltage converter. Most are 'step-up/step-down' by switching a jumper switch on the back. Make sure you get at least 2000 watts to cope with the amp. I found [url="http://www.voltageconversion.co.uk/store/product.php?productid=16178&cat=261&page=2"]this[/url] which appears to be the only one they have in stock. Don't go for the flimsy plastic 'wall-wart' types.... you amp will fry them within the hour.

1985.... seventeen... Me and two mates were pratting about with musical instruments in an old annexe my parents owned. I was playing drums, one guitarist and a dodgy singer. Must have sounded dreadful but in our alcohol induced bravado we thought we were the mutts.... finished this then went up the pub to get totally bladdered. Talking to the landlord, he mentioned that the covers band he had booked for the following weekend had let him down. Cue our 'singer': "We've got a band!!"... we were duely booked, with no set and no band of sorts!!! Spent the next week persuading my brother who is a very good guitarist and an outstanding drummer to come down to our level. Frantic copying of cassette tapes with some sort of set list so everyone can learn the songs. We had our first rehearsal a few hours before the 'gig' then shifted all the gear 100 yards up the road into the pub. Five minutes before we went on we were all cacking it until we realised that the pub was rammed with friends and family. Played the first number (Jumping Jack Flash I think) and the crowd went bloody mental!!! By the time we finished the first set we realised that we had run out of material so we played the second set the same and just swapped the songs about a bit. Everyone was so munted, they didn't notice (or were we really that bad??). That was the birth of the most fun I've ever had in my life for the next five years.... we were like Gods!! LOL!!! The most fun gig was when we were bored one saturday in the middle of summer. Without any licences, we arranged a stage, power supply, lights, pa etc and set it all up on the market hill in the centre of town. A quick phone call to the local radio, messages sent round the pubs in town and the gig was on!! Played four hours to around 3500 people and two pubs on the market place took over ten grand each that day!! The town still haven't hit the attendance record of that day with their own 'organised' music festival!!! Glory times!!

[quote name='ashevans09' post='660980' date='Nov 21 2009, 01:37 PM']I saw this exact picture on ebay a while back![/quote] Either the fella who bought it off me was selling the same rig or it was a fake auction... that's my conservatory!!

Very fast payment and good communication. Couldn't ask for better!!!

Rammed venue, boiling hot, red lights and I'm wearing black..... hence my puffing expression!!

I always thought my old Trace rig looked cool........... Until I got this!!! Loved it, but my bandmates used to groan when I turned up at a gig upstairs somewhere!!!

A monitor will only be as good as the singer, microphone, technique and the room it is used in. A bad mic, bad mic technique and acoustics will seriously damage the monitor's performance. If none of the above, then eq the hell out of it!

Is it a series 6? I had exactly the same thing. I do remember reading somewhere (I think it was in an email from Gavin at GM Audio) that the series 6 amps had a common intermittent fault located on one of the plastic coupling terminals. Maybe ask your engineer to check them out. Sold it on with the known fault before it could be rectified.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='651195' date='Nov 10 2009, 11:33 PM']But then I've heard Vic Wooten himself say that music's nothing unless you've got something to say, and then bombard people with a barrage of double-thumbing noise that sounds like a hyperactive toddler with a pair of spoons and a metal bucket for 3 minutes straight. What was he trying to say? "I can play bass THIS fast"?[/quote] +1 recurring (can a '1' recur, I wonder?) Totally admire the skill.... just a bit like chinese food for me. BTW, Owls don't have arseholes.......... (where did THAT come from?.... I'm sure there's a reference in this thread somewhere!!).

[quote name='Craigmartini' post='650874' date='Nov 10 2009, 05:43 PM']Hey guys, I can totally understand not wanting to hear a bunch of w***king in music that does not call for it. But allow me to say this, Let's just say that the traditional roll of a bicycle is to get you to and from wherever you want to go to save you from walking. Would it be a fair statement to say folks like Lance Armstrong are bicycle w***kers because they take the idea of riding a bicycle to an extreme level of performance? Or the guys who ride BMX bikes made for dirt racing, riding freestyle or jumping ramps, flying through the air spinning about? I know there are bikes made for these purposes now, but that's only because someone tried something on a bike that no one had tried before. It became popular due to it being untraditional, different and overall fun to watch. In my opinion, if people stop trying to be creative and do outside the box things on our instrument of choice, we will have a zillion bass players all doing the same exact thing. Everyone will be great at it, but no one will be different. I am all for learning the fundamentals of music and bass playing in a traditional way, that is first and foremost! There is something very satisfying to me about locking in on a groove and staying there while you watch the dance floor move to the rhythm. But if you want to learn to do more, why stop there? Guitars were not really made to be played like Gilbert, Satriani,and Vai play them but it sure is great to watch, listen and be amazed by for some. I guess my point is, if you are happy playing and listening to traditional bass lines, that's great, I love those too. It is all about what you find pleasing to listen to and play, as has been stated above. But if you hear someone who has gone beyond the traditional roll of a bass (or any other instrument for that matter), just realize the person you are listening to has put lots and lots of time into playing their instrument to get those abilities. Countless hours of practice, sacrifice, and determination are required to play at that level. It takes serious dedication! I can appreciate anything that is done well. I don't really like modern "pop" or "hip hop" or modern "country" music, but I can appreciate the craft of it. I don't write those kind of songs, nor do I care to. Much like what you guys have already said here about bass lead music. But I play a lot of that kind of music every week for people who do love it. I see them enjoying it and I get a greater appreciation for the music I wouldn't normally listen to. I say keep an open mind, listen to what you like and turn off what you don't. There is room in the bass world for all of us!!! Craig[/quote] Perfect analysis.... I love bass playing... no matter how complex... in a SONG context. Solo-wise it bores me to tears. To me, it's not a solo instrument but can be and is an integral part of a musical composition. To me it's across the board.... drum solo's and EVH performing 'Eruption' don't induce an erection for me. Mind you, Mrs TB has just bought some fresh razors and a Barry White CD........... wish me luck!!