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Gareth Hughes

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  1. You're not a fraud - and you're not alone!!! I play for a living so the smug side of me reckons I'm the dogs doo-dahs. Well, I just started playing with a new band and found myself rushing all over the place. I've always been pretty proud of my timing (one drummer I work with a lot re-named his new bands click track 'The Hughes Track'), so I was well mortified at finding myself pushing ahead. But..........I have been playing a lot with a slew of young drummers in a wedding band that rush like crazy when they gets all excited. Losing whatever sensitivity I ever had, I've just started glaring at them, doing a Status Quo impersonation to show where the time is and yelling 'Are you in a rush to get home?' at the top of my lungs mid-song. The upside to all of what you're going through is that it will make you a better musician. I used to enjoy playing with dodgy drummers because it made me work harder to establish the beat. Used to. Now it just p*sses me off.
  2. Great bass for the money folks. I had one a few years back - a VERY satisfying sound indeed.
  3. Folks - up for sale is my 7 month old Genz Benz Shuttle 3.0/10T combo. Never used in anger - only ever taken out to the cosiest of restaurant gigs, a few theatre gigs and some recording sessions. These are great for upright bass - the tight low end makes usable volume without feedback a breeze to achieve. Also great for theatre pits where space is restricted. Brand new these are £699. I'm selling this for [s]£520[/s] [b]£500[/b] including an Arriba soft case and shipping within the UK. Oh, and some new control knobs (shown in pics), as my old tired eyes didn't like the original ones. Original knobs included too. [b]NEW BIT[/b] - [color="#800080"][b]I've had someone interested in buying the cab alone, so I'd also be up for selling the head separately. The head sells for £449 so I'd let mine go for [s]£300 [/s] £290 including shipping.[/b][/color] More info from Genz Benz: The SHUTTLE series has been developed for professional players, who require an easily transported, great sounding and flexible bass system that is full-featured and extremely transportable. The heart of the SHUTTLE series is the lightweight amplifier design. This 2.75 lb amplifier is available as a “head only” or in combo versions delivering 175 watts at 8 ohms and 300 watts at 4 ohms. In the combo models, the SHUTTLE amp chassis can be easily removed from it’s combo “saddle” in seconds and carried to a larger gig in the pocket of your bass case or the available carry bag. The SHUTTLE head is extremely useful as a “stand alone” unit. The headphone output is great for quiet, personal practice sessions; you can even adjust the volume level and tone you hear with the preamp. Using the “post eq” setting on the D.I. turns the SHUTTLE into an outstanding preamp for recording sessions. The STL3.0-10T combo is ideal for café gigs, “acoustic” performances, jazz gigs or for practice. The SHUTTLE 3.0 amp when coupled to larger cabinets (NEOX-210T or 212T for example) can provide the power and clarity for much larger applications. This combo offers a Neodymium 10” and tweeter and weights a mere 18 lbs. The punch and clarity of this design is suited for a variety of venues and uses. The tone, features and performance of this SHUTTLE is sure to be a winner for many bassists the world over. Power rating is 175 watts; 300 watts with optional extension cabinet. A bottom-mounted kick stand is provided to project the sound upward towards the performer. FEATURES • Ultra Light 2.75 lb Design • Power: 175W/8 ohms; 300W/4 ohms • High Current, Class D Power Amplifier • Extended Range Input Gain for Active/Passive Sensitivity • Active EQ w/Parametric Mids • 3-Band Signal Shape Circuit • Tuner Out •Headphone Jack •Aux. Input •Limiter Circuit • LED Status Indicators • Speakon® and 1⁄4” Speaker Outputs • Full XLR Direct Out Interface • Combo w/10” NEO and tweeter • 175W as combo/300W with EXT. Cab • Compact 18 lb/ 8 kg combo • Removable Amp Chassis •Rear-ported For Full Responses [attachment=81510:Close_Front.jpg][attachment=81511:Close_Controls.jpg][attachment=81509:Full_Combo. jpg]
  4. Hey DB Folks - Up for sale is my Glasser German Bow. It's a fibreglass bow - one of the cheap and cheerful varieties. Bought this from Gollihur's to give German grip a go but - Vive la France!!!! The bow has barely been used, so plenty of life left in the hair. Here's the info: [url="http://www.gollihurmusic.com/product/1412-DOUBLE_BASS_BOW_BY_GLASSER_FIBERGLAS_HORSE_HAIR.html"]http://www.gollihurmusic.com/product/1412-...HORSE_HAIR.html[/url] After shipping and duties it came to just shy of £70. Also included in sale is a hard case which was about £30 or so. Selling both bow and case for £60 including shipping. [attachment=81504:Close_up.jpg][attachment=81503:Bow_and_Case.jpg]
  5. [quote name='Hector' post='1250467' date='May 30 2011, 04:48 PM']Not so much for jamming, but Bill Bentgen's scales podcast is pretty good for practising intonation. (If you just search his name on Itunes store, I'm sure it'll come up) I'd quite like to get into trying to practice scales with some drone notes though, if anyone knows where I can find some? EDIT - Found a couple of sites that have drones free to download, if anyone's interested.[/quote] Absolutely - where'd you get them?
  6. I think this is a very useful tool. Even just using the given examples of chord tones over a 12 bar, it's a good way to demonstrate how to connect chord tones and avoid always playing on the root. Fair play and thanks to BassoRidiculoso for sharing this.
  7. Envelope Filter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  8. Maybe try raising or lowering your bass, or pulling the neck in close to you so the headstock is behind your head. Careful experimentation should yield some good results.
  9. Ooooo oooo - and check this one out: Sara Lee playing live on Ani DiFranco's 'Anticipate' from 'Living In Clip'.
  10. Maybe not in the same vein musically - but a bassline I love playing ad infinitum in Martyn P. Casey's line on Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds cover of Nina Simone's 'Plain Gold Ring' from the 'Live Seeds' record. Beautifully hypnotic. Comes in at 0:47:
  11. Bought a TC Electronic Classic 450 head from Lozz, along with a great GigSkinz bag, and a very funky beach towel. Good man is Lozz - happy to buy from him again.
  12. The closest you'll come to using the POD (well, the original version anyway, that's all I'm familiar with) without any amp/cab simulation is to use the Tube Preamp setting. I used to have the 4 channel footswitch but never liked it for on the fly changes as there was a delay in switching channels. If I were you, and you knew which patch you wanted on each song (only one per song in this way) I'd use the POD with something like a Boss LS-2 Line Selector pedal. That way you would you the LS-2 to turn the POD effect on and off and still have a clean, bypassed, non-amp simulating signal.
  13. Tis a good show indeed. I did it a few years ago. Who doesn't smile at 'Feed me, Seymour!!!!'?
  14. Oooooops - I hope Chez Clarky doesn't smell of burnt circuit board now.
  15. I did for the last few months - but I guess after all those years of resting my thumb on the neck pickup that I just fell in love with the tone found there and missed it too much, so off they came last week.
  16. Yep, it'll be fine - the kettle lead is just carrying the juice from the wall. And AFAIK, those Doubler heads are voltage correcting themselves anyway, so they sort out what they need to run on.
  17. [quote name='Darshan' post='1241779' date='May 23 2011, 03:57 PM']how much for just the chorus?[/quote] £40 posted.
  18. The Boss CEB-3 is a classic - and yep, I'm selling one [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=134212"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=134212[/url]
  19. Or something like a Boss GEB-7 eq pedal?
  20. [quote name='PaulKing' post='1238091' date='May 20 2011, 01:08 PM']I can get two in the back of my Golf hatchback, easy peasy.[/quote] Now that's just showing off Paul
  21. From endpin to the top of the pegbox is about 6ft. I got mine in an old VW Polo. They're quite deceiving buggers.
  22. [quote name='High5bass' post='1236632' date='May 19 2011, 09:12 AM']I use this - [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=SIS14-BK"]http://www.djmmusic.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=SIS14-BK[/url] Looks the same as Gareth's from Thomann. I've had no problems with it.[/quote] Egads - I hate being done on a deal!!!! Yep, looks like exactly the same stand for a few quid cheaper. Caution tho - it doesn't work so good, nay - NOT AT ALL - with an angled endpin. I found this out right at the interval of a gig in front of 1000 people. Put the bass on the stand, turned to walk off and something just felt wrong. Turned around quickly and saw my bass headed for the floor. Thankfully I had a monitor to my right instead of in front of me and the lower bout of the bass hit that first, delaying it from hitting the ground as I got to the bass in time.
  23. Cool one - just put in the intro to 'The Peter Gunn Theme'!!!!
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