Dad3353

New music..? I'll just leave this here ...

Well, that was certainly a very difficult listen. No, I didn't stick around till the end (bailed at 10'30"...); it was better before the guitarist finally got his space-ship pedalboard to work. Free jazz..? Hmm... Not much 'jazz' in there. Infinite monkeys came to mind; maybe, by accident, a few decent seconds to be gleaned, but I've a life to lead, soooooo... I'm out.

Fixed (and perfectly true...).

Maybe try one out on the singer, then..?

I read the OP as being guitars tuned to 'Eb', with a capo to bring 'em to 'E', which they sometimes remove to drop back to 'Eb'. Seems odd, but... Maybe to suit the singer..?

Drop down a semi-tone from where..? If the guitars are tuned to 'E', with a capo they could be anywhere. If the guitars are down-tuned, with capos (why..?), down-tune the bass the same way. I'm not seeing the problem.

Whatever matches the guitars would work, Shirley.

Nave you tried doing the same as them, moving a capo on your bass..?

That's fair enough; other players have different needs, experiences and styles. No-one is obliged to use Fx of any sort, and personal choice comes into it. If you don't need or want it, that's fine.

Well, with bold statements of the sort, there's not much else of a response to give, I'd say. Compression, just like any effect/treatment, has its place, and is very useful in the right circumstances, for bass, guitar, vocals, drums (I'm a drummer...), so saying 'it's all in the fingers' is a bit... simplistic. I don't know if you've read through the pages on the subject linked above; there's much to learn there, for those ignorant of what, exactly, compression is, and what it can do. Worth a look, or not..?

Why does music have to be 'modern' anyway..? Anything, from any era, that you've not heard before is 'new', no..? There are fine sculptures being produced all the time; those crafted in Ancient Rome are still fine, even if materials and techniques have evolved, and continue to evolve. There is music from all around the world, so delving into an Indian back-catalogue, or tuning in to music from Ghana (other countries/continents are available...) should give a lifetime's listening of stuff fresh to our ears. This week's churned-out pulp is no better nor worse than last week's/year's/decade's; crap has always been crap, throughout the centuries. There's Good Stuff from every century, though, just as worthy of being heard. Why this fixation on the date of production..?

Do we have time for an anecdote..? We do..? OK, then, a story from my apprentice days... A young colleague at the time was Mick Greenfield. He was a BEA Mechanics apprentice (I was Avionics...), and, during our training at Heathrow, he had access to some sophisticated machine shop equipment. He made good use of it, re-building a Vincent that he had rescued from goodness knows where. The bike was stripped, and all its mechanics overhauled, restored and made as good (or better...) than new, this over a period of over a year. At last came the Great Day; time to see if the now-complete bike would run. Mick was not really small, but rather slightly built, so, when he primed the carbs, switched on and went to kick it over, he jumped onto the kick, which budged not one bit. Everyone watching had a go, but even heavyweight George couldn't shift it. What to do..? Someone (I forget who...) had the idea of trying a running start, attaching the frame with a chain to the rear bumper of a Land Rover. Mick sat on the saddle as the Landie pulled away, and once a little speed had been built up along the airport car park, he let out the clutch. The Vincent stopped dead, and the rear bumper of the Landie was pulled clean off with a loud 'Clang'. He had to dismantle the barrels and re-bore with slightly more tolerance than the factory spec, and put it back together with lots of oil, to enable the pistons to move. It ran eventually, but it was always a sight to see Mick leap high into the air to kick it into life. All of this, of course, well before the invention of electric start; that would be cheating..! Happy daze..!

Contact the shop, giving them the case number you have, closed or not, and make them aware that you are the rightful owner. Contact the Police, giving them the closed case number too, and explain that the stolen bass has turned up; give them the shop's details, and ask them to call them. Be quick about it; there's a chance it'll all work out, but you need to act, and act now. Report back here with results, please..?

Mine have lasted more than a couple of decades. No, there's no 'zing'; I never wanted 'zing'; it's 'bass' I want.

Is it this fellow..?

Mend your keyboard whilst you're at it. ...

Thanks for the offer, old chum, but 'I'm good', as they say on t'telly these days.

I really, truly, don't understand. I gave you a rational answer, and then another rational answer to your posted reply. Where did I go wrong, enough to start your stuff about 'bad things happen' or whatever..? From then on, it makes no sense to me. It may be me, of course, but I think I have a basic knowledge of English (although I'm in France...), and am well used to posting on forums in many languages (but not Latvian, I'm afraid...). Please believe that we are in good faith, trying to help when we can, in a spirit of goodwill and harmony (with a little humour from time to time...). There is never any need, or advantage, in replying in sharp terms. This is not 'my opinion'; it's the way this Forum works, and works well. Are there any problems with that..? Es tiešām, patiesi, nesaprotu. Es sniedzu jums racionālu atbildi un pēc tam vēl vienu racionālu atbildi uz jūsu ievietoto atbildi. Kur es kļūdījos, pietiekami, lai sāktu jūsu lietas par "notiek sliktas lietas" vai ko citu..? Kopš tā laika man nav jēgas. Protams, tas var būt es, bet es domāju, ka man ir angļu valodas pamatzināšanas (lai gan es esmu Francijā...) un esmu labi pieradis forumos daudzās valodās (bet ne latviešu, es baidos ...). Lūdzu, ticiet, ka mēs esam labticīgi, cenšamies palīdzēt, kad vien varam, labas gribas un harmonijas garā (ik pa laikam ar nelielu humoru...). Nekad nav nekādas vajadzības vai priekšrocības atbildēt asiem vārdiem. Tas nav "mans viedoklis"; tas ir veids, kā šis forums darbojas un darbojas labi. Vai ar to ir kādas problēmas..?

Be careful what you ask for.

Soooooo... Opinions were not what you were asking for..?

Define 'everybody'.

Hmm... It would seem that I just can't help some people.

In that case, I would suggest that the question was badly worded, and could have read 'Has anyone any experience, good or bad, with returning goods bought on-line from a major retailer..?' or similar.