paul_5

Yup, it's a bass. You're welcome.

What about the H&S issues here. You should have warned people that they "may contain nuts". Can't be too careful.

I reckon you'd get more "mojo" to your sound if you move the reel to reel machine forward a bit. And everything else back a bit... Track sounds great though, nice "mash up".

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1348282' date='Aug 22 2011, 07:22 PM']I started with this I switched the neck to a 62RI. I've since changed the pickup, addded the ashtrays, changed the nut, replaced the pickguard....[/quote]Surely that makes it closer to your second bass than your first?

I'd say do it. I quite like the look of them, and may just put one on my fretless P. I couldn't really put one on my J as I play up that end quite a bit. also - satin sheets? do you work in a brothel?

Just got back from Chicken-sitting at my brother's, and my Gravity Picks were waiting for me when I opened the front door. Once again Mel delivers outstanding service and products - a highly recommended BC'er

I'd probably have bought a Jazz / Jazz derivative first off and then never bothered buying any more basses. When I started playing I had a good job with lots of overtime and lived with my parents. I used to think that Fender / traditional basses were for old men. This was something of an error on my part. I'd probably have bought an all valve Ampeg rig too, before the build quality nose-dived.

3 hours is pushing it a bit, certainly if your clients are kept waiting. I've drummed for gigs when I've had literally 20 mins to unload, set up and count everyone in (early Sat Nav mishap), whoever's causing the delay needs a bit of a friendly prod. Generally it's the guitarist who fiddles about with FX settings. Kindly inform them that that's what the EQ on the amp is for - use that to 'tune' the rig to the room.

I've used the MXR for a while now, and until recently have been very happy with it. The distortion circuit is pretty good, but it's not possible to bypass the "color" (mid scoop) when using this channel. I've just sold it, and am expecting a Dave Hall DHA EQ-DI, which doesn't have a distortion circuit, but is supposed to be a really clean DI with a very musical EQ section. I'll let you know how I get on if you still need the info.

Even though I've got a lot of love for Protools and Cubase I'm not 'up to date' with either pieces of software. I still occasionally use a 4-track. Do I win a small, outdated prize?

I've got two basses at the moment. MY Blade 5 string cost me roughly £600, and it does me proud everywhere I go - gigs, studios etc... So I'd be tempted to say that the bracket that this falls into is still a pretty good one. I also have a fretless P-bass bitsa that I put together for roughly £100. It's my 'go to' bass, as the playability is just sooooo good. What we have here is the principle of "commodity fetishism" played out on an internet forum. To summarise it, we (as capitalist consumers) are conditioned to believe that something that if option A (bass, car, PC etc...) costs more than option B, then option A [i]must[/i] be better than option B. I'm not really a Marxist, but I am sympathetic to a fella called Theodore Adorno who was. He wrote lots of papers/essays on popular culture and its place in society, and talks a lot of sense. Ears don't lie folks, Joe Meek pegged it right - "if it sounds right, it IS right".

[quote name='bartelby' post='1335154' date='Aug 10 2011, 03:14 PM']The cloth, with pedals still attached, came out of mine last week when I tried to remove one pedal.[/quote] Superglue. Because glue can be super, can't it?.

Paperweights, doorstops and a holder for paperclips.

Don't think so, as the 'plug' bit is more like an RCA connector than a laptop plug. Could just pull the HD out of it and sell it like that, but I know I'll get more for it with the HD intact.

Hi all, I'm after borrowing a 65W power supply for my old 17" G4 powerbook. Basically mine's given up the ghost and I'd like to borrow one to reformat the drive before I sell it for spares. It's the old 'barrel' type connector, not the new Magsafe thing. Anyone feeling benevolent?

FTAGH - Quiktime (sic) quartz metronome. Goes from 40 - 208 bpm with a really annoying (but functional) A440 HZ tuning pitch. Will switch between 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4. It's in really good nick and has been sat in my bass case, unused, for months. TBH I've only taken it out to turn it off when I've moved the case and it's been turned on accidentally - not a good idea in this day and age to be walking round major cities with a ticking black box... First come, first served. PM me and I'll post it to you gratis.

[quote name='Mr H' post='1330273' date='Aug 6 2011, 07:56 PM']Thank you - I will have a very slow go at that.[/quote] Best way - the slower the better with a piece like this.

[quote name='akabane' post='1327470' date='Aug 4 2011, 05:18 PM']That "looks" good, but I don't have the bass with me now. We need someone who is kind enough to play it (nice as you should have promised! ) and upload![/quote] I'll try to record it tonight.

Rickenbacker case? Headcase.