fretmeister

I reckon the Ox was thinking about the laydeeez he had lined up for his hotel after the show. Wanted to save his energy...

Aren't the mods reactive rather than proactive? Or are they going to have to approve every post in advance now? I know you are in China and Ofcom wouldn't be able to enforce a fine against you personally but, but they still could order UK ISPs to block access to BC. And of any UK part owners of BC would carry the entire can - fines for regulatory breach are always 'joint and several' so if there's a massive fine and only 1 person in the jurisdiction, they get pursued for it all even if there are dozens or even hundreds of owners in other jurisdictions. I hope it works out. I love this place.

I remember a similar review of a Steve Vai gig - the reviewer said that the main problem was a lack of tension. Everyone in the room knows that Vai has the ability to play everything and make it look easy. The review wanted raw panic, like the player and the audience had no idea if it was going to work out well!

There's a lot to be said for a good EQ pedal with simple sliders for better visual clues. The Boss EQ-200 for example. Very easy to experiment when you can also see the EQ curve.

Mmm… I remember when Nadine Dorries asked Microsoft when they would stop using algorithms….

To prevent terrorism, child abuse and trafficking and violent porn etc None of which happen on the open web anyway.

Here's the risk assessment guidelines https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/online-safety/information-for-industry/illegal-harms/risk-assessment-guidance-and-risk-profiles.pdf?v=388034 Age verification and thus ID verification would seem to be unavoidable. That would cost thousands to do and keep up with every year. Then if OffCom decide there will be reporting and auditing requirements, that will be worse. The entire thing is such crap. It's not just about a bunch of middle aged musos. Forum Communities have been built for vulnerable people - gay teenagers who cannot tell their parents, Somebody dating someone outside their religion etc etc. All amazing support groups for all types of people.

The draft looks like it will apply to any forum that gets a lot of traffic from the UK -so the hosting location might not matter. While the govt might not be able to enforce against a foreign hosted site they can order UK ISP's to block access completely.

There's a dedicated guitar / amp courier now called Overland Express. I have never used them but they are popular over at thefretboard.co.uk and I think the company owner posts over there too.

The model I was looking at at 40g was the GB350 and they are 3/8 inch rather than 1/2. They don't do a 1/2 inch version, and the other direct replacement models are much heavier.

I was going to say that if forums all die out then at least the drummer forums will go as well. Every cloud... Then I remembered they can't read, let alone code! This law won't affect their cave wall scratchings.

From that vid he seems to be a bit of a clone of his mentor.

Now that I've listened to it... It's quite a generic theatre pit / west end musical type tone. The Ian King Theatre Rig Rundown video has a very similar tone. Andrew Gouche has a very similar tone. So that's 3 players getting a similar tone with 3 different amps - GK, Mark Bass, EBS. It's a tone that compliments busy arrangements with lots of other instruments and singers as it sort of pokes through without getting in the way. J or modern J type bass. Probably blended towards the bridge pickup just a little. Not much treble, and actually not much super low. Sounds like a bit of a bump at 100hz or so to make it sound full without annoying boom and flub. He's got several social media accounts - you could send him a message and ask.

Quite - and these days a huge amount of school work relies on phones and tablets for internet access so that won't happen. Amusingly, the EU has planned regs to stop this sort of draconian over-reaction.

More google shows him also using MTD basses (possibly borrowed from Andrew Gouche, his mentor) and a Bossa UJB5 (Japanese brand I had never heard of).

He is Matthew Ramsey - it says so in the video information! Google says he's a GK endorser. On the GK site the white J type bass he is playing is a Sire. https://www.gallien-krueger.com/matt-ramsey Also the main guy looks really constipated at about 25 seconds in.

The bit on fines makes it clear that fine levels for non-compliance are not linked to site revenue. Limited Company status doesn't usually protect from regulatory compliance failure. Even Mumsnet are taking this seriously and they have about £6M in the bank.

As Lee (Digitalscream) says in that thread - he wrote to his MP about it (different to the current one) and the MP basically said that if thefretboard didn't want to comply clearly they are doing something illegal!! As for Labour being of assistance - their position in the debates was that the Act didn't go far enough...

I wasn't aware of the extent of the incoming regulation. Thread on thefretboard - https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/276080/have-forums-reached-the-end-of-the-road/p1 Digitalscream is the owner of thefretboard.co.uk and he's done a deep dive into what the rules would mean - and that basically means the end of forums like this: This place, and thefretboard is very important to me. I'd hate for them to go. Does BC have a plan?

I shall be needing another one soon as well. Usual P bass. Might go for a 0.1uF cap this time - so it can get really dark. Mainly as this build will have stainless steel rounds on it. Got to at least try to get from Freddie Washington slap all the way down to Duck Dunn!

The neck for my parts build precision should arrive later today and I need to get some tuners. The neck is a genuine Fender Player series Jazz neck. I had planned on Hipshot Ultralite 1/2 inch Y keys as they are the lightest 1/2 inch option at 49g each. What else is there that is an easy / direct fit that won't need the tuner holes made larger or the use of a load of plumbers tape on narrower tuners to make them stable? I'm only looking at really lightweight options. I did see that the Gotoh Resolites are only 40g but I don't think they have suitable bushing sizes for a Fender bass.

Of course - I used to use a pair of Boss LS-2 for my set up and make sure they were next to each other on my board so I could hit them both at the same time if needed. It's a great idea to get some paper and draw out your signal chain - makes the wiring up process a lot easier.

If it's under the clear then I think you'd have to remove a little of that first, then get a close enough colour match with a sharpie or something and then do a superglue repair to fill the hole. Then polish it.

I really hope it's good. As you say - some very talented people. Fingers crossed and all that!