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Paul is well known for his wise and humourous contributions to many a thread on Basschat. It transpires he's also an excellent man to do business with - I've just made a very small purchase from him and it's all been handled very well indeed, with excellent communications and prompt delivery. You can transact with Paul with absolute confidence. Martin

Our singer always introduces me as " the best bass player in his price range".

Our singer always introduces me as " the best bass player in his price range".

My PP18 ampmaker build is also very loud (but fantastic). He does a kit that reduces the voltage in his amps - see http://www.ampmaker.com/infocentre/thread-47.html It might be a suitable mod for your amp.

Anther gout sufferer here. Managed through diet and cutting down heavily on alcohol but still get the occasional flare-up - always in toes and ankles so far. My dietary management is complicated by other dietary-cuaing health problems (high BP, gallstones) it's amazing how many foods are supposed to be good for one complaint, but are discouraged for one or two of the others. Even water was on one of the "banned" lists! Dehyration is the most common cause of gout for me.

Nice one Michael, might have to make the effort in the absence of a Yorkshire one.

Scoop by Evelyn Waugh is laugh out loud hilarious. The Tales of The City series by Armistead Maupin are funny/bittersweet.

But which is best for metal, D# or Eb?

Here a post that Pere Ubu put on facebook today about their rehearsal yesterday... "Nine hours spent yesterday recomposing the underscore for the French version of 'Carnival of Souls' and breaking in a new technology. During the one fifteen minute break the goals and objects of the current 10 year plan were outlined and the role of the 'Orange Period' summarized. Members present were forbidden to talk to the Americans in the group about it. The hegemony of bass and drums must be smashed for the good of mankind and the abomination that results from bass playe...rs and drummers obsessed with the notion that they must play together or that there is in fact any special relationship at all between bass, drums and the rhythm of a song. As discussed in the chapter 'Drums & The Modern Man' in the book 'Chinese Whispers,' even the term 'rhythm section' is a deception. The Singer and the Time Space continuum of the Song is the only rhythm section. Drastic measures may be required - first step may be to prevent the bass and drums from hearing each other. We'll see. Fortunately, Steve and Michele can handle anything thrown at them and excel."

Glad its working out for you. I'm reasonably happy but the Korg is nowhere near as good as my Sonic Research Turbu tuner.

I have a 3u rack case with my GK MB Fusion and a Korg PitchPro tuner. Into the case also goes my microphone, speaker cables (already connected to the amp), channel footswitch and even my guitar stand (one of those little wooden ones). Whilst I lose some of benefits of the lightweight amp, the convenience and protection to the gear are well worth it. To echo someone else's comment above, I'm not entirely convinced about using the PitchPro yet - both from having to turn my back to tune up, and also, frankly, it's just not as good a tuner as my Sonic Research, but again the convenience and practicality are winning me over. I have short power cables for the amp and tuner plugged into a two-way to which I've attached a short lead and power socket and velcroed to the inside of the case. I then use a standard kettle lead to run to power (kettle lead stays in the rack too),

If he wanted to say "piddle" he'd probably say "puddle". We Kiwis [i]really[/i] don't do vowels very well. For us "fish and chips" is "fush and chups". For an Australian it would be "feesh and cheeps".

My friend was there and sent three texts. First one said he was the only straight man there (to which my reply was "since when"). Second one said "she's put on a few pounds so no leotard - feeling silly that I wore mine now." Third one, which ensured his eternal damnation in the eyes of my wife and daughters who couldn't get tickets, said that he'd left at half time.

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Playing a home town gig tonight at the Blues Bar. Fine blues and soul from 9:15.

I've got one that I use for some rehearsals, but my main amp (like Discreet) is an MB Fusion. I've often thought the perfect rig would be 2 MB200s with my 2 Compacts - plenty of volume for gigging, and maximum backup (both amp and cabs backed up).

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1407170267' post='2518021'] I want [i]less [/i]players inspired by Kim Deal and her ilk, not more. [/quote] Actually what you really want is [i]fewer[/i] players inspired by Kim... Sorry if that's construed as bickering. I see it as education. Having read all this I'd hate to think what Dingus thinks of the player I nominated in an earlier post - she makes KD sound like Jaco.

[quote name='Raslee' timestamp='1407103939' post='2517449'] I find 'Higher & Higher' tedious...particularly as i was requested to put in less fills ...'Hit the Road Jack' is a bit ploddy too, great tune though. [/quote] I don't mind the bass part for 'Higher and Higher' but I find it impossible to play that and do the backing vocals - the mixture of rhythms is too complex for my little brain.

Ko Melina from The Dirtbombs. Strictly speaking she's a baritone guitar player these days, but I first saw her playing a short-scale bass and she still plays the same lines.

[sub]I used to use a Shadow bridge pickup many years ago - looks like they still make them [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/shadow_violin_pickups.html"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/shadow_violin_pickups.html[/url][/sub]

Well there's a couple of venues that we play where the bar pays a fee and then put the bucket round the audience to contribute so I guess that counts as a sort of tip.