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[quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1450274479' post='2931246'] I think this is perhaps at th base of the issue. The fellow is a terrible guitar player (I mean aweful, knows no theory and cannot string a melody to save his life) and he uses scooped and over-saturated sounds to mask his bad playing. I guess its driving me crazy since how terrible he sounds is going somewhat un-noticed at practice because his tone is so aweful that it cannot be heard properly. I have a video of him doing a 'solo' toward the end of our last set and I just want to die of embaressment to be honest. He even tries to do some speed tapping...out of key and time...oh help me. [/quote] A bad workman always blames his tools. Sounds like you need to move on. Life's too short to play in sh*t bands.

[quote name='hairychris' timestamp='1450269918' post='2931184'] Having spent a lot of time in 2 guitar bands as a guitarist, I always found the guitars sit better with one more mid-focused, and the other slightly scooped. Note: slightly, as in just for emphasis, and preferably following the amp's strengths (Marshall JCM800 and Mesa Dual Rectifier is a fantastic combination, for example). [/quote] This. My main band has a one guitarist into a JCM800 head, into a full-sized 4x12" cab with a scooped tone, and another guitarist with a Peavey ValveKing MkII head into a 4x12" extension cab (smaller enclosure) with a lot more mids. They work really well together, and there's [i]just[/i] enough room for me to poke through with a dirty/clanky jazz bass. Took us a while to find what worked though, so if your guitarist is prepared to listen to suggestions bear in mind that it might take a couple of rehearsals (and even gigs) to find the solution.

I'd have walked at 'solid state Marshall'.

I use DI and mic, and blend to taste in the mix. SM57s will give great results - especially with a mild O/D tone, but I tend to use an EV RE20 for clean bass sounds.

I remember pitch pipes too - like a little, sh*t, harmonica.

Loads of great tracks on here - I'll add 'Turn the Page' by Rush [url="https://youtu.be/6E0m0Gcblp0"]https://youtu.be/6E0m0Gcblp0[/url] 'Ethiopia' by RHCP https://youtu.be/yirMSLeV3f0 and Charles Mingus' 'Better Git It In Your Soul' [url="https://youtu.be/hpZTtaWqxsQ"]https://youtu.be/hpZTtaWqxsQ[/url] there may be more...

So now I need 2 pieces of kit to tune up? I'm out.

I've bought a few albums this year - none of which were released this year. The closest is Primus' 'Wonka' album, and that was October 2014.

There's a brilliant video on YouTube running through the spectrum of sounds available from the early VT1s. The updated ones fo the same sort of thing but with a cleaner headphone output. http://youtu.be/cYpdDY3dMxo

I'm on my second VT1 DI-EQ. I sold my first one because it was a hassle having its own power supply (they are 12v, centre positive supply - the opposite of standard 'Boss' style pedals), and I thought I could get the same sound with other pedals. Turns out I couldn't. The mp3 and headphone sockets mean that I can practice at my kitchen table through headphones and still get a great bass sound. Compared with the MXR unit the overdrive sound on the VT1 is massively superior (IMHO) - it'll do tiny amounts of breakup to full on fuzz if that's how you want to run it. The big difference though is that the MXR is 2 channel, so you can set a clean channel and a dirty channel, whereas the VT1 is single channel on/off unit. You've also got a blend control on the MXR and not on the DHA, but to be honest, I've never missed it. The MXR automatically adds a 'mid scoop' on the O/D channel if I remember correctly, making you sound great when you're playing on your own, but put that in a band and you'll just disappear in the mix. That's what I found anyway. I never gig without it.

Massively different - the whole of We Will Rock You is a bad hatchet job.

dunno really, some new strings mebee… I wouldn't want a new bass though; nowhere to put it.

My fave is 'Saturday Night' - used to play that one in a funk band back in the early noughties.

Inevitable, and expected, but still .

As much as I don't relish learning year another DAW, I'm really impressed with it so far. I can update my OS too, without having to shell out mucho monies for an updated PT license as well. Seems to be the way forward.

I was playing about with Reaper last night on my Late 2011 Macbook Pro and couldn't believe the performance improvement from my usual DAW (Pro Tools 10). PT10 really struggles with impulses reverbs and higher quality amp simulators, but Reaper just keeps going - seriously considering moving to Reaper full time now...

[quote name='gyrus' timestamp='1449394119' post='2923068'] this is good material, but about the chords... i think the "Dm7" is supposed to be "D7" as you can see, the "F#" is played on that bar. [/quote] Yes, it's a D7.

Seriously though, I heard that Macca would record the bass part [i]after[/i] all of the vocals had been done, so he knew exactly what the song needed, and more importantly, what it didn't. Not to take anything away from him though - they are still great, great lines.

[quote name='kevvo66' timestamp='1449320030' post='2922550'] I've seen his dry stone walling he's really good and his needleworking skills are phenomenal [/quote] Those are a given, but his artexing is abysmal. Simply terrible.

So What - Miles Davis The Eton Rifles - The Jam

I'm really into the fretless playing on the Lion King soundtrack. Great stuff!

I've got this transcription with Roy Vogt on bass: [URL=http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/Autumn%20Leaves%20with%20Chromaticism_zps7eta7oaq.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/Autumn%20Leaves%20with%20Chromaticism_zps7eta7oaq.jpg[/IMG][/URL]