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I'm deffinitely a band member first and a bassist 2nd. I'm probably better on guitar, and I never play my bass at home. Another example of my attitude is that I gig with 20+ pedals, but play acoustic guitar at home. The only reason I ever played the bass was because I thought I could contribute to the band with this instrument, so, the total opposite to you jamesemt!

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='118555' date='Jan 11 2008, 02:32 PM']What ever Kev decides is fair this week[/quote] Zing!

[quote name='wotnwhy' post='118485' date='Jan 11 2008, 01:12 PM']so do i. but i sound even [i]better[/i] through better equipment [/quote] Well, it's an interesting point. I have a bit of a "different" sound, so I find it very difficult to get the right tone with anyone else's gear. I've played some nice Ampeg, Trace, and Ashdown rigs, and none of them could really give me what I need. I guess, if I had the money, and time to try gear, i'd probably agree with you though.

[quote name='StiffyP' post='118080' date='Jan 10 2008, 07:23 PM']i think better gear is essential because like someone said earlier, if you sound good, ......[/quote] What is "better gear"? More expensive gear? I sound good through what some people would describe as "crap gear"!

[quote name='jammie17' post='118057' date='Jan 10 2008, 06:34 PM']Damn...how old are you....12?..... [/quote] Damn, how old are you? 90? LOL! EDIT: Fiendish beard Big Beef!

[quote name='TheBigBeefChief' post='117966' date='Jan 10 2008, 04:44 PM']He plays on the same squash ladder as me,[/quote] You should get him to autograph your balls!

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='117958' date='Jan 10 2008, 04:39 PM']OK?[/quote] Ok, but without defining it, the point is deffinitely lost on me. Obviously i'm one of the less knowledgeable bassists here, but, i've seen people go on about so many different kind of jazz, and I don't really get it! Or do you just love all of these sub-genres? In which case I should obviously shut up. ThunderThumbs - I think you make a good point about the general perception of jazz, there is a bit of a stereotype. I just wanted to make sure you weren't saying that the fast show sketch caused the stereotype, rather than the other way around. I'm sure there are people that have been influenced by the sketch, but their opinion isn't very valid is it! I have had these kinds of emotional listening/watching experiences with all kind of music, but only once jazz. I suppose it's inprovisational nature does lend itself to a more emotionally musical experience in certain ways, in that the musicians are really "expressing themselves" as opposed to trying to play the right thing.

You can call anything jazz if you want to - radiohead are jazz-rock? It's a bit stupid though. I hate these endless classifications, genres and sub-genres. Just because something has some improvisation or some clever ideas in it, doesn't mean it's jazz, and who cares anyway? This thread should be called "god I love music".

[quote name='Thunderthumbs' post='117920' date='Jan 10 2008, 03:49 PM']I think far too many people just watch too Fast Show and dismiss it because of that.[/quote] heh, you seriously think that?

Hamster - Sounds like you were forced by your insatiable desire for beer to get used to the crap!

I've not used it to be fair. I have merely heard of the idea of a Wiki, in that everyone can add things, organise it, correct mistakes etc, creating the perfect knowladge base. I suspect that only the mods can edit our Wiki though? Like I say, I haven't used it 'cos I generally see/get answers to my questions on the board.

I've never had the chance to play with a feedback loop before. I don't know if you've seen my board, but I have almost everything in the loop so when I hit the feedback button, it goes mental! with the feedback on, using step phaser on my zoom, I can make some really rythmic sounds, using my wah probe I can pitch shift, using digital delay just goes crazy, whammy and octaver are very cool and make computer type noises. All in all, it's really fun for f*cking about at the start, middle, and end of a set!

marshall jackhammer is good, plenty of eq and two modes, very tweakable creating loads of tones which are mostly usable!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='117751' date='Jan 10 2008, 12:31 PM']I'm not a mod, but it sounds a good idea to me. It takes the "sticky" concept to the next logical level.[/quote] I thought this was the point of the Wiki?

yeh :-(

I thought i'd treat you all to another one

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='116898' date='Jan 9 2008, 11:52 AM']Isn't it a 'trueism' that the General Public only notice when things are really bad and hardly ever notice when things are really good?[/quote] I think people notice difference and contrast, so if they hear a crap band, and then a good one, it makes the first band sound worse than they are, and the second band sound better than they are. It would be impossible to notice if something was "really good" if it had always been really good and there was nothing to compare it to.

MT-2 is quite good on bass btw. Anyone else ever tried an ibanez SS10? I use it, driving with a bit of OD from my zoom and mixed with clean/compressed. It's seriously noisy and very heavy for playing the old drop-D power chords (on bass - incase i get misunderstood).

There are loads of different "no name" DI boxes out there. I think it's nothing special.

DI box?

I bought one off Higgie (i think) and it's great! The blend is very useful, and I have been using the feedback loads.

The one tayste said was an NS2 doesn't look white to me, it looks silver.

[quote name='bassbloke' post='116172' date='Jan 8 2008, 12:59 PM']I salivated over this bass many a time. The wife even sanctioned it's purchase, but alas, common sense got the better of me.[/quote] How often does this happen? By the time she's so nice that she lets you have it, you feel guilty about wanting it!