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I don't think reaper is much like reason at all. I don't know how you feel about software piracy OG. You may want to send me a PM.

[quote name='silddx' post='543378' date='Jul 17 2009, 04:47 PM']Wot, with my knee?[/quote] I've no idea what that means

silddx - you were standing up right? [quote name='Doddy' post='543370' date='Jul 17 2009, 04:38 PM']The moral of the story being......learn to re-string your own instrument.[/quote] I was 15 and scared!! Anyway, yes, that's what this particular incident taught me.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='543363' date='Jul 17 2009, 04:34 PM']Ooh that's bad. Defo wasn't me...I couldn't sleep for the guilt. I once heard of a guy charging someone eight quid for changing the top E string on a guitar.[/quote] It bloody was bad at the time! They basically ruined my musicmaster. It's not a massive shame as I swapped it for a drumkit soon after. EDIT: Since then I have continued to use the shop as they have good stock, are nice and friendly, and generally knowledgable if you get the right guy for the right field (which you do 9 times out of 10).

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='543349' date='Jul 17 2009, 04:21 PM']I couldn't agree more, Mr Blob. Bad service = no sale. That goes for you at PC World who told me the modem I wanted to connect the missus's laptop to the internet was probably too difficult for me to use, so he recommended I pay ninety quid for them to come and do it. A mate did it for nothing. That's you at the Orange phone shop who told me she couldn't help with anything because my contract doesn't run out until September. That's me going with Vodafone, then. That's you at the Halifax who was trying to upgrade my current account and could have given me the facts in 5 minutes, but blabbed on with small talk so the appointment lasted the full half hour she was allocated. I could go on.[/quote] That's you who I asked to re-string my bass but when I came back you tried to charge me for a full set up and fret re-dress and wouldn't let me have my bass back until I went to the cash point to draw out the extra £30!! Only kidding, that was 10 years ago, so probably a different bass guy at AOS Stoke then.

I don't know, i'd feel rude without an invite to do so in his sig'.

[quote name='Rich' post='543047' date='Jul 17 2009, 11:13 AM']Perhaps the answer is to wire the gtrs and basses up so they can't actually be played or even picked up without being unlocked. And keep the kettle leads for the synths etc. behind the counter.[/quote] yeh like in technology shops

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='543010' date='Jul 17 2009, 10:40 AM']Regarding the acoustic guitars, it was getting so bad that we went from a few signs around the area to a sign on each guitar. And some of them still ignored the signs. Whereas there used to be 3 or 4 kids at a time coming in, now it's not unusual to see 10 or 15. On the day I turned the power off there were about 2 pianos with 3 kids on each one at the same time, playing different 'tunes'; 3 electronic kits were being played, with not one kid asking for a pair of headphones, and if they didn't have sticks they would bash them with their hands; most of the synths were being played; someone was bashing on the handsonic-type kit. I tried to tell them but the noise was so bad they couldn't hear me, and those that could completely ignored me.[/quote] It's a difficult one. You can't really afford to alienate all the kids, but you can't afford to let them scratch the instruments. Bigger signs, or maybe a rediculously loud tannoy system - that could both amuse the kids, and get them to stop when they've gone too far.

[quote name='jensenmann' post='543003' date='Jul 17 2009, 10:34 AM']Thanks for your understanding that I´m not a native speaker. Your comment shines a very glorious light on your interhuman abilities.[/quote] I'm not sure if you're being bitterly sarcastic, in which case your grasp of our beautiful language is excellent indeed, but your sarcasm is misplaced. I wasn't insulting you!!

I've never heard an "everything delay" before

[quote name='peted' post='542945' date='Jul 17 2009, 09:46 AM']I have to plead guilty when I first started out playing 12+ years ago I would go into music shops to try stuff out with absolutely no intention of buying, let alone having the available money to buy. I was far too shy to ask the 'adults' running the store to try something out. Of course my junior years meant that I failed to grasp the concept that the store were accountable for the instruments and any wear-and-tear they were subjected to on the shop floor (especially in my sweaty greasy pubescent hands).[/quote] +1 We used to go to Academy of sound in Stoke on saturdays and kill an hour playing stuff. We had no idea it was annoying or costly to the business. Kids will never see the bigger picture. You have to spell it out for them. IMO if you have signs on the guitars saying "please ask before playing" and they still play the guitars, the signs are not good enough. Get them around the strings or something. If a kid takes the sign off, then surely you could kick him out. If the sign's there, it's pretty clear you should not be playing without asking, even to a kid. I would never have done that.

You can't just miss quote me to make it look like you've helped me spell a word. That's offensive!!

It's probably his dad. I know a catholic vicor who might be interested.......?

Is then when you're going straight from bass to wah to amp? Do you have a compressor turned on on the amp? Other gain or comp pedals, or the same on your amp could exacerbate the noise.

[quote name='tauzero' post='541820' date='Jul 15 2009, 11:50 PM']That's not what you said though. You said that you bought what your favourite players used. I rate (for example) Chris Squire highly but I wouldn't buy a Rick, and nor would I particularly want his sound as I'm not keen on it. It also doesn't make much sense just to buy one bit of the chain. You really need the same instrument, effects, amp, cab, strings, and fingers.[/quote] yeh it seems a very weird approach. If you were to only ever use the gear of the players you admired, then you could be missing out on a whole world of sound and tone which would really suit YOU but doesn't suit those you admire.

[quote name='WalMan' post='542016' date='Jul 16 2009, 10:28 AM']I keep thinking I should add something to the WIKI, but life is just too short sometimes[/quote] You could just copy and paste the massive post you just made.

I've seen that before somewhere!

Put the octave pedal at the start. IMHO pitch effects should always go first, because it's the same (almost) as playing two notes at the same time.

could be a dodgy footswitch. Is there any way you can try another?

I have an Athalon mobile CPU running at 2.3Ghz, 3Gb RAM, 2 x M-Audio Delta1010Lt, Cubase SX3, a couple of speakers plugged into an amp. I do recording at home through a crappy phonix mixer. I record at my practice room using a rack of pre-amps, and some budget drum mics, some used condensor mics I got from here and ebay. I'm working on an album at the moment, so you'll be able to hear the sort of "quality" I can get from it.

Where's TheFunk? He's clearly the best dressed bassist and band leader out there.

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='541044' date='Jul 15 2009, 10:15 AM']I find this thread quite funny, there is no way on earth that my band would arrange beforehand what we are wearing, people will get home from work, or get up in the morning, put on clothes, then show up to a gig later and play in said clothes.[/quote] We used to do that. We were trying to get somewhere (like a record deal) though, so we decided to address every aspect of our band to give us the best possible chance.

The keyboard player can't do everything, they deffinitely have sequenced synth tracks as well as bvs and guitars and sometimes bass - but the bass is generally a synth sound over chris playing the line clean. I used to love the way muse had a massive intricate heavily layered sound on their CDs, but playing live it was very stripped down, but still sounded huge. Simpler = heavier IMO and they really had that. Clearly that's not what they're into anyway.

It doesn't matter what you wear, as long as the whole band are agreed on what you're wearing. I think it's generally agreed that it would be beneficial for you all to conform to the same style, if not coordinate. It's not a nice thing if you're not into image (like me) but it's a fact of life you will have to accept.

[quote name='jonthebass' post='540239' date='Jul 14 2009, 12:35 PM']Totally my opinion but I don't agree. How did you come to this conclusion? Not starting a war here, just curious. Cheers, Jon.[/quote] We're on the internet here, so start a f*cking war or i'm not replying. Seriously though, the basic reasoning is this... When you go to watch bands playing live, 90% of the time, all you hear from the bass (if the sound is good) are the fundamentals or whatever it's called. The low end balls of the sound. Then, if there's a lot of distortion or top end or high mids etc, you can cut through there and compete with guitars and keyboards. You won't compete in that range by just using your fingers. Any "subtle" or "natural" sound will do the low end balls fine, but at 90% of gigs, no-one's going to hear what you spent £1000s on. You can get the low end balls from any old crap rig. Basically, no-one cares about tiny subtle changes in bass tone. People notice when there's a massive huge distorted bass sound, or they notice when you're wahing with some fuzz, or when you're playing subtly through a whammy and digital delay, but none of these people will be able to tell that the frequency response of your EBS rig is totally flat and "true to the bass". [quote name='stevie' post='540348' date='Jul 14 2009, 02:25 PM']Except when playing through a Peavey combo, when turning it off sounds better.[/quote] I love my peavey combo, and I continue to get great sounds out of it now. I've used some right crap amps at gigs (even ashdown!!) but i've also used some excellent pro touring rigs. I'm not saying my peavey is better than them all, but it can do what I want just as good as any other amp out there. That said, my gigging days involved a 2 x 12" guitar combo as well.