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  1. [quote name='Jack Cahalane' timestamp='1360398156' post='1969720']

    So now I'm confused! If it's not my bass that's causing the problem, what is it? Can bad wiring in the building (more of a big shed than anything) we rehearse in affect my amp? I should also add that it was the first time I've had problems hearing myself there, and also the first time we've picked up interference from the band next door.
    [/quote]

    It certainly sounds like bad earthing to me. The old rehearsal space in Cambridge had the same issue as my mate rewired the place.

  2. [quote name='Antiloco' timestamp='1360222270' post='1966794']
    What you say sounds pretty fair except for the simple fact that the meaning of words is not subjective.

    [/quote]

    Words a means to communicate. They are entirely subjective. To one person, "yes that is good" means that it is good, but could be improved. To another person, it is recognition that they have achieved something.


    Just my 2p

  3. Ps. Digital village has turned massively guitar based recently. Used to be all hi fi only, but now a good range of bass stuff. Bitch to find somewhere to park near tho. Best bet is pay and display on st barnabas road and a 3 minute walk.

  4. It's not really good here for music shops. If you go to ken Stevens and want to buy anything tell them your bass Teacher sent you. Pm me if you want a name to use.
    Want any gig recommendations or want to come to a jam night whilst you are here?

  5. As above for some other people

    My first ever bass sits on my wall at home. Naff old ibanez Gio thing. Worth under 100 quid. Shocking action on it ( higher than a stone Jamaican). The strings are probably worth more than the bass ( some flat wounds )
    Never selling it though. I do occasionally (very occasionally ) use it to work out songs in Eb tuning variations because it's easier to tune 4 strings than 5

    I also have a fretless aria pro 2 on my wall gathering dust. It just needs a replacement tuning peg but has been 18 months since I bought it for 80 quid or something daft from a cello player who couldn't get on eith it. Might be worth a few Bob if I fixed it and got it set up etc.

  6. I'm in an odd situation.
    Our band are split in 2 locations. I'm in cambridge. Everyone else is in Downham Market)
    Our keyboard player has a van. but it only has 3 seats. (5 in band) so we almost always end up with 3 vehicles if we aren't taking our soundman to a gig. (We'd prefer to take as few as possible) I almost always have to drive hte furthest due to the drummer booking gigs in norfolk, so always feel the short straw.
    OTOH, we have a 1/2 split in the gig fund that means that people who drive the most get some money. So say 60 quid in the petrol fund, if i drive 100 miles with 1 person, they drive 50 miles, 2 cars, 3 in one and 1 in the other, then I get 20 quid, whoever drives the van 30, and 10 for the other car.

    Complicated, but useful!

  7. Matt took a Hartke head and a tuner from me
    Unfortunately, the head did not survive the transit, it appears the previous BC owner , (or maybe pre them , have had no reply about it ), unbeknownst to me, seems to have done a repair job on it, and left it in a state, to the extent the circuit boards were not screwed into the case. As such, the amp shook itself to pieces in transit.

    Matt, a true gentleman, managed to get a chap he worked with to get the amp fixed, (naturally I covered the costs) and was a good natured person throughout the whole saga, with fast efficient communications

    Cannot recommend enough.

  8. As a band, we've decided to go for IEMs.

    Our drummer/lead already has a set, as does our keyboard player (they used to be in a band together playing with them etc)

    Anyway. The basic plan appears to be to run 3 channels out of the mixer for smaller gigs - vox1 for lead singer, vox2 for drummer/lead2, and a instruments mix. (for keys, me , and guitar) then we would have a 20 quid mixer each to mix as we chose
    I am a little worried that we wont be able to hear enough of ourselves in that, to which the reply was, you'll still have your amps on stage... but the singers just want to be able to hear themselves.... (we have no monitors in our setup, only the sound man has monitors for the bigger gigs...)
    My personal thoughts were , just buy a set of monitors.... or just a powered monitor , for the singer, we're fine with our amps. Long term we are going ampless anyway


    Anyway, the real question is :

    On a budget of say. 100-150 quid, what is
    a) good for a bassist? I'm reading most places that you want to get triple drivers.
    B) good sound reduction (I wear earplugs all the time)
    c) is it worth going wireless or just stay wired?

  9. Mrs G loves rock of ages, however I quote:
    [quote]
    I can't listen to your band doing "i wanna know what love is" without thinking of them shagging on the pool table any more
    [/quote]

    I enjoyed it at the cinema, got free tickets and was good toe tapping fun. Also went and saw the west end version with shayne ward? before the cast changeover. That was good, and completely different to the film.
    Its the same guy who does glee (the musical director of the film)

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