paul_5

stick a 250K pot going to ground just before the output jack - should send any unwanted signal to ground.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1336585974' post='1648045'] It's actually a US based custom build shop, although I've never seen any of their gear over here. [url="http://www.texascustoms.us/id20.html"]http://www.texascustoms.us/id20.html[/url] [/quote] I just checked out their stuff. The sound clips sound like 8bit lift music played underwater in next door's pool. Not a great way to sell a musical instrument...

dunno, if it's someone else's project then I'll play whatever is needed and yes, that can mean changing basses for sections of the same song. If it's my stuff though I want 'my sound' on each track, so there's a lot less changing - often just between fretted and fretless Jazz basses.

Sue Ryder 'P' and blow the rest on hookers, jelly babies, good coffee etc... Nah, seriously though, with that sort of budget I'd take Bigredx's advice and treat yourself to a roadtrip...

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1336516765' post='1647020'] This is always the correct answer. [/quote] True dat.

[quote name='Hector' timestamp='1336481729' post='1646169'] I think effects on double bass are super-cool ([media]http://youtu.be/D7KXq6RJ0PA[/media] awwwww yeahhhhh) [/quote] First thing that I thought of when I read the topic of this thread - this album in particular is amazing.

The best (uncoloured) headphone amp I've had so far is the EHX Headphone amp, really compact and clean. It's made of metal too, so VERY not plasticky.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1336279048' post='1643447'] And I want to play with her maracas... [/quote] easy now, down with that sort of thing. Kid's obviously put some work into that, and I enjoyed his playing.

[quote name='CBbass' timestamp='1336269391' post='1643424'] Make them an offer for the bass, perhaps you can get it for a low price! [/quote] You could explain that your uncle has room in his loft for it, and you're buying it as a gift...

Played at a friend's wedding this morning. Lovely do, beautiful old (and I mean [i]old[/i]) church, unfortunately it had old wiring to boot. Tried a new mixer that I borrowed from a mate at work and stuff just whistled. Pulled my 30 year old studiomaster out of the boot and 5 minutes later we've got a great, clear sound. All in all, a good do.

[quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1336244088' post='1643105'] its good practice to always have the tuner as the first box in the signal chain - that way you can ensure that the tuner receives the cleanest signal which means most accurate tuning [/quote] Aah, mine is later in the chain, does this explain some of my fretless 'moments'?

Lovely offer, but distance and gigs permit me from popping round.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1336144369' post='1641630'] It's not really a case of what is being reviewed that bothers me, it's the fact that practically everything gets a pretty positive review. I mainly buy it for the backpage stuff, the lessons and the like. I think the section on other bassists from not very well known bands is a pretty good section, gives coverage for quiet promising acts and opens up readers to new music. [/quote] All of this. I used to enjoy the technique stuff when there was a bit more variation (solo bass arrangements, more theory based stuff), but now I've outgrown the cycle of funk / learn to read music / triad shapes that seem to frequent bass magazines. That's my fault though, [i]not[/i] BGMs.

we got a load of Carlsbro things for our BTEC course. Our students still managed to kill some of them , but most remained intact. We don't deliver BTEC anymore and this is one of the reasons why.

Yeah, I'd give the flea bass a WIIIIIIDDDDEEEE berth. £200 will get you a really good squire VM Jazz bass which is a far better bass in terms of playability, sounds, feel - pretty much everything

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1336111773' post='1640949'] Do you play to a metronome? If I set the murf to a pattern & we start off in time with it & then turn it off for something like a verse, when I bring it back in the tempo is out. [/quote] Not at all - the freeze won't do looping of phrases, but generates drones based on your input signal - a bit like this: [media]http://youtu.be/jTlVmNuD5Qw[/media]

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1336087723' post='1640879'] Yeah it is nice for droney stuff, or just filling out a sound under a bassline. think I'm gonna flog it though cos you can do similar with the hold setting on the DD-6 [/quote] The freeze pedals get loads more useful once you put them in a loop. I regularly set mine droning a chord or double-stop up the dusty end and then when the guitarist dives into a solo just bring it back in without stopping the bass part. The trick is finding one chord or note that will fit with everything else...

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1336078246' post='1640694'] I always wanted to go & see him in the Rio whenever we went to Vegas. Finally the Mrs said we could go & see him back in 2007 & He stopped his residency there! However, Bjork did a gig in the Palms & it was awesome!!! [/quote] ...must have been a 'short people' convention or something

Brilliant, just brilliant. Lovely growly Jazz Bass tone too.

Most Jazz basses have a point on the neck (roughly 4th or 5th fret) where the fundamental dies away really quickly, leaving you with only the harmonics - this might explain some of what's happening. I was chatting to a luthier about this a while ago - it's something to do with the mass of the headstock. He suggested clamping a heavy piece of wood to the back of the headstock to increase its mass, and thereby allowing ALL of the note to sound properly.