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depends which sort of 'metal'. For some kinds of speed metal/thrash you'll probably need something that sounds like a jar of wasps through a telephone speaker...

[size=6]ALSO, STOP SHOUTING ABOUT IT!!!!!!![/size]

Thanks for sharing, nice site too!

The little blighters alter all of my pedal board settings too. Something should be done about the influx of this diminutive imaginary pest. Bloody fairy folk coming over here and taking liberties with our kit, stealing our plectrums and sh*t. Hanging's too good for 'em.

More like 'Mongo' [media]http://youtu.be/28khv-BydeY[/media]

Brand New Heavies too, I think Andrew Levy (their bassist) plays on the first Jamiroquai album too. I'd also consider Herbie Hancock's 'Headhunters' essential listening for burgeoning funkateers.

I've just parted with the nicest playing 5 I ever had. I've got a fretless 4 now and a fretted 'bitsa' in my shed that needs tinkering with / spraying / setting up. Both are 4s. I've played 5 strings almost exclusively for roughly 17 of my 20 years as a bassist and found myself just not using the 'window rattler' any more.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1350164436' post='1835449'] ...and just get a f***ing P- Bass. [/quote] (with a MM humbucker near the bridge... and a Jazz bass neck).

Got a 2 band on my fretless and it's actually pretty good. Tempted by a 3 band...

I never hot swap anything; ALWAYS turn phantom power off before changing microphones! ;-)

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1350060864' post='1834217'] Bit OT Bremen, but why do you have a TV in your pants? [/quote] [IMG]http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd471/paul_510/felix.jpg[/IMG]

If I'm depping I'll usually get CDs in the post (or digital equivalent) and maybe one rehearsal to top and tail stuff. Most of the time though any diffferent arrangements are hastily mapped out during soundcheck. Often I'll have to make my own charts, but TBH, most cover bands play the same sort of stuff, so once you've done a couple then you start to build up a library. £50 for all that is a bit optimistic though.

[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1350038615' post='1833795'] I have an LH500, and I've never once had any sort of grind from it at all. Its easily the cleanest amp I've ever used. [/quote] True dat, if you've got some distortion then plug your bass into the 'active' socket (assuming that you don't want distortion, that is), occasionally on board Pre's can overdrive the tube in the preamp stage, but only very rarely. One curious thing about these amps is that the EQ section has a 'built in' mid scoop with all three knobs set to 12 o'clock. I think to get a (nearly) transparent sound from the amp the bass has to be at 10 o'clock, mid on full and treble all the way off IIRC.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1349974137' post='1833012'] Or one bored man with lots of computers! [/quote] guilty as charged.

I listened to the 'Madness' single and it took me a couple of goes. It's really very, very dull, and Dubstep really doesn't suit them. Fair play to the for constantly pushing their sound and trying different approaches/genres, I just don't think that this one works, which is a shame, as I really quite like Muse.

"Advice for dipping a toe in the Rock genre" says you, "P Bass" says I. Oh, and a little bit of overdrive goes a long way. Ditto what everyone else has said about doubling the guitar riff - if it's good enough for Led Zep...

Sorry Matt, not got that one. Transcribing upper extensions of Jazz chords is easier (for me at least) on a piano. I tend to get the root note first and then find the other notes that fit - [i]then[/i] I worry about what the chord actually is from a theory perspective.

or give Dr Tweek a bell - he's uncannily good at finding NOS components etc... http://www.doctortweek.co.uk

Hi matt, i'll have a look through my real books to see what I've got...

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1349785036' post='1830432'] ...the guitar player and I played a 12-bar blues in which we played the whole thing a semi-tone apart (he was in Bb, I played it in . What''s more, we alternated so, after each chorus, we swapped. No-one noticed. You may be agonising over that sharpened 5th but, trust me, no-one else is, possibly not even the rest of your band. [/quote] Taxed - can't wait for the next 'dinner' gig.

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1349777922' post='1830280'] Am I the only one who though this thread was going to be about [s]Rudy Sarzo[/s] Gene Simmons? [/quote] Fixed.

Hi matt I've got a confession mate, i use your site as a transcription resource. Sorry bout dat. Snce we're sharing, I sometimes leave the toilet seat up too.

Billy Joe Armstrong really struggled to smash his, and he's a *real* punk rocker.