paul_5

Can"t post pictures at the moment, but my SWR220 is my current squeeze. Very flexible piece of kit!

Yup. I'm very aroused!

[quote name='funkgod' timestamp='1375396673' post='2160858'] are you saying that we should not have missed it for some reason ?? [/quote] I miss loads of stuff. Eastenders, my own birthday, the toilet seat. The list goes on.

You could always use some old 5 string strings and use them to enlarge the existing grooves.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1375350928' post='2160055'] I`m yet to visit, as I fear it will be an expensive trip............... [/quote] +1000

started off borrowing a mate's Tascam Porta 02, then one of these: [font=Helvetica][size=3][url="http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/recorder_zps802c49b7.png.html"][/url][/size][/font] [font=Helvetica][size=3]through Cubase VST with a pair of 20 bit Echo Layla interfaces in my desktop machine.[/size][/font] [url="http://www.pcrecording.com/laylarev.htm"]http://www.pcrecordi...om/laylarev.htm[/url] [font=Helvetica][size=3]Nowadays it's Protools 10 and an MBox 2.[/size][/font] [font=Helvetica][size=3]At some point I had a lovely Tascam 34 tape machine that was lovely, but a pain in the arse to maintain.[/size][/font] [URL=http://s1221.photobucket.com/user/paul_510/media/Tascam_34B_1_zpsc2608c8a.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/Tascam_34B_1_zpsc2608c8a.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Does Gene Simmons' 'Punisher' signature bass actually spit flames? That's a deal-breaker for me. Sorry.

Have you looked down the back of the sofa?

Just did a little test recording tonight after finishing the bass for a separate track to demonstrate the HH fretless Jazz setup. http://snd.sc/1e6Q5Nh The first sample is a little distorted due to the ridiculously hot output of this baby...

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1374949803' post='2155194'] Not really, just get rid of the black keys and have 11 white ones per octave [/quote] But then all the pianist's hands would be too small... Excuse me, I think I need to lie down.

I used to import MIDI files into Sibelius (but much cheaper programs will do the same thing) and then play along with what was on the screen. It's a bit cumbersome but it worked for me.

No, simply because of the dangerous voltages inside of them. Reading through your post though, it looks like you know what you're doing, so more power to your elbow, glad you're enjoying the sounds!

Horrid, horrid feeling. I have recollections of using a '75 reissue Jazz in a studio and having exactly the same problem. This is the only reason I've never owned a Fender.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1374940687' post='2155043'] Well yes, but a lot of punk bands were not exactly blessed with even half-decent singers either. [/quote] True, but at least they sounded like they meant it.

Some people are born singers, some achieve singing and others have singing thrust upon them. Couldn't carry a tune in a bucket!

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1374166615' post='2146060'] ahhh, you see, now I have to put (another) one on my fretless Jazz. Would it be considered 'over the top' to have an HH Jazz? [/quote] Just finished it this week. I f***ing LOVE my bass now. Sounds like a Jazz but with loads more "oomph"! Photos (edit - and samples ) later...

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1374925949' post='2154841'] I'd try an explain but this is so much easier to understand. WARNING! Watching this video WILL make everything you listen to immediately afterwards sound dreadfully out of tune lol. [media]http://youtu.be/BhZpvGSPx6w[/media] [/quote] AAARRRGGGHHHHH! EVERYTHING'S WRONG!

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1374750406' post='2152706'] Would like to see them with a singist too... [/quote] how about 'Mit Mike Love'?

Fair point, but I reckon it'd better to take it apart it once to photograph it than to have to do it for every Tom, Dick and Harry that shows interest.

Icthus basses are great for scale practice.

Thanks for that Joe, I might have a do tomorrow while the Mrs is having her hair done...

pre Bach (the chap who devised our 'tempered scale' system notes were worked out mathematically (based on Pythagoras - the triangle guy), so that (for example) C# and Db were slightly different in pitch from each other which meant that changing key could be a bit of a bugger, as the keyboard instrument (spinnet, virginal, harpsicord etc...) had to be tuned to the new key. What Bach did was to work out a pitch that sat equally in between the two, and just use that for both pitches. Bach then went on to publish the 'Well Tempered Clavier' to demonstrate his system. The books featured keyboard pieces across all of the keys that could be played without retuning the instrument. Bingo! Do you know Bach's organ works? of course it does - he had 23 children!

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1374824528' post='2153569'] And why CBS' introduction of a fretless Precision was a great indication of how little they understood their own product. [/quote]