Dad3353

Good afternoon, Framca, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. Oh dear; I hope I haven't started a trend..! Yes, there are several drummers here, either picking up the bass later, or converting to head-bashing after plucking strings. Settle in, make yourself at home and enjoy. Be warned, of course, that there are still some dinosaurs here, as everywhere, that can only remember 'drummer' jokes, without realising that there are just as many 'bassist' jokes.

I'll admit to leaving them to it after an already too long set at some big festival or other, early '70s. Interminable slathering and pounding; enough, already. I was definitely disillusioned on sitting through 'The Song Remains The Same' at its cinema release. Rather an exposé of their attitude, I thought, and I left at the end feeling rather cheated by the whole 'machine'. I was never an unconditional of the drumming, to be fair (I'm a drummer; I prefer other 'touches' (Joe Morello, anyone..?), whilst giving the bloke some credit...). I'm out.

S'all in the fingers, innit ...

Good evening, Niall, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

Discussion and cogitation ongoing in the Upper Echelons; meanwhile : topic locked.

I don't doubt it, but I now have almost a big a collection of downloaders as Vst's..! They keep getting out-of-date, too, so need renewing when you next need 'em, and most will not allow to choose the destination for the download. My 'C' SSD is small, and used by The System; I don't want gigas of stuff passing through there, maybe getting stuck, or, as is the case with Guitar Pro, staying there for ever, as they squat the 'C' without any choice at all..! Grrr..! Ah..! The key has arrived. Yes, I get to choose the destination, and it'll now run for the next two hours or so, maybe longer if I stream a film at the same time. Modern Times, I suppose. Thanks for the heads up, though; I'm just not feeling too well this evening (post jab on top of generally 'rough' ...)

Once again, a bit spoiled by the delivery system. Yet another downloader programme to install, with its own password, and I'm now waiting for the 'redemption key' to arrive for getting the stuff. The expansion pack is a simple zip file; I'd want the Taste pack to be just as simple to get, or at least have that option. Am I just being grumpy again..?

I've Reported the Original Post here, to see what the Others think. Back in a while when we get some more guidance...

It would, Andy, and the DB section is not the most 'Wild West' of the Forum. The 'Wanted' section has, however, different rules to the rest, to prevent unscrupulous folk from replying to wanted stuff with an unpaid ad. That's why open replies to wanted ads are excluded; they're to be by PM only. Sorry, although if the Upper Echelons feel this could change, or have exceptions, that's fine, too. Maybe ask, in the appropriate section, for members to have a look in Wanted, without mentioning your specific search..? Just a thought.

Good evening, Gerry, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

It's worthwhile if you're going to be using all of the treatments in there. As I'm not interested in stuff like 'Stutter', 'Trash', 'Beat Machines' or 'Audio Repair', it doesn't work for me as a deal, but Ozone Elements and Neutron Elements are very good (I have them already...), and their Reverbs are good, too. No problem with the quality of any individual Fx, but I don't need/want all that's in there. It's good if you need/want them, though.

Never mind the bloomin' bass; do you still have the Hiwatt stack..?

Maybe ask Admin to change the logo to pink, if it makes you feel more at home..? ...

See reply elsewhere ...

Sorry, Pascal, but you're out of luck on this score. A series of updates of Forum software a few years ago now had the unfortunate side effect of losing all the attachments (pictures...) for all the posts. There is no way of getting them back (yes, it was attempted...). Try a Private Message (PM...) to @Stompbox, the Original Poster (OP...), to see if the pics are still in existence..? Be aware, though that his last visit here was two years ago.

... and no foldback. The monitoring was from the FOH itself...

The 'same as it ever was' rig. The sound engineer will fit it to the FOH rig. Been there, done that; no problems. Oops, sorry; wrong photo ...

If the rewards are worth the dross that one has to wade through, this is doubtless true. To me, with what time I have left on the Planet, that's not a price I'm prepared to pay. OK, I'll miss some gems. I'll miss a much greater mountain of dross, though. That's not to say I'll never 'take a punt'; I've picked up a lot of Good Stuff from recommendations on this very Forum. I've equally wasted more time than is comfortable trying to stumble upon something I can listen to in the Reggae topic, or the Funk stuff. As a Mod, I peek in there for 'house-keeping', but have learned that the chances of my listening to a whole video posted there are slim indeed. It has happened, but oh, so rarely.

You've not heard me (try to...) sing..!

This reads as if you're playing your bass through the monitors and recording the result (with a mic, I presume...). Is that really the case..? It's far more common to either play the bass directly into the DAW or recorder and add Fx as required, or play through an amp-cab and capture the result with a mic (very often both are done at once ...). I'd say that it's quite unusual to use monitors as a source signal for recording bass, or anything else. Apart from not doing the monitors any good, they are not designed for that. Maybe I've mis-understood (it wouldn't be the first time ...).

Eight years since Bilbo's 'motherlode', he may be in need of new stuff; well done.

Short scale..? Check Light-weight..? Check. Great sound..? Check. Thing of beauty to behold..? Check. Solid investment..? Check... Gibson ES-Les Paul Bass ...