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Well thats it, got tickets, am definitely going See you there....

Markbass F500 into a Berg ae410 Growlosaurus baby More to the point these amps dont add too much of their own spin on your tone, and the cab is very punchy and will really allow you jazz bass' natural growly tone to come through...

[quote name='chris_b' post='612820' date='Sep 30 2009, 10:45 AM']If you can you get to the Bass Bash (just off the M25 near Staines) in two weeks time you should see more top class bass gear than even the Gallery can put it's hands on![/quote] +1 The gear list that will be there will allow you to hear more bass cabs,amps and combos than going around any of your local or not so local shops (seriously, check out the list of people and what they are bringing!). You will also get to talk at length to the owners and find out if it does what you need. That makes it worth every penny IMO!!! On top of this there will be lectures from our very own Alex (Mr Barefaced) on psychoacoustics and bass, and various other luminaries of basschat (I'm really looking forward to hearing what Jakesbass has to say, he is a highly respected member of this forum, pro bassist and by all accounts an exceptional teacher). If you can drag your self along I think all your questions will be answered. I personally think the Compact would be a clever move. It will significantly increase your volume (up to a theoretical 6dB which is a lot), but in the long run you are right, that you will need to replace that extremely underpowered combo. The beauty of going the Compact route is that when you are ready you can trade the combo against the head you will replace it with, and the Compact can take a lot of grunt, so you will probably find that trading an underpowered combo for a decent head will mean you end up with a much smaller lighter solution that is easily loud enough. I would suggest looking at Hartke LH500 to eventually pair with the Compact.

Fantastic stuff, thanks!!

I've been enjoyiong this months one too - esp the Squarepusher interview - damn he's a control freak live I struggle remembering which end to blow through, and hes running sequencers, lights and blowing a gale - git!

Well I think I will, and take my eldest too, he knows Herbie quite well from the last two Rockshops he went on, so he wont want to miss out, plus I've not seen Terry Popple for a while and he's an old mate from years ago (and a superb drummer to boot), a jam with him is always worth while!

Nope there will always be hugely influential innovators, they just dont turn up very often, and in the meantime the industry just keeps trotting out the same old lineup of maybe 15 players for years and years and years! There has been loads, Jamerson, Jaco, Flea (he's influenced at least as many people as Jaco has IMO), Geddy, Bruce, Vic, Sheehan, Stanley C, a million upright dudes, Wimbish, Squarepusher (great article on him in BGM, love his stuff, a long way from the rest of the bass fraternity, which is a very good thing IMO, although as D&B goes I prefer T-Power and Aphex Twin) etc etc Tomorrow someone new will pick up bass, and they may end up being the next most inventive cat ever, or it may be ten years from now, but it will happen. I can honestly say it wont be me though

[url="http://www.bassplayersday.com/"]http://www.bassplayersday.com/[/url] Dont know if anyone else on here has heard about this so I thought I'd post it, looks to be a decent line up! From the website:- [quote]Dave Barnard & Juliette Golding Present a BASS PLAYERS DAY Sunday Nov 1st. 2009 12-7pm.& 8-11pm The Portland Rock Bar & Green 153 Portland Rd, Hove BN3 5QJ Tel ( 01273 ) 383840 Running Order ROCK BAR EVENTS 12– 7pm. £5 entrance ( consc) £3.50 The Rock Bar Stage is available for Jamming throughout the event , Back-line supplied 12.00 pm DOORS, MEET, MUSIC, MASTERCLASS ( GREEN ROOM ). 2.00 pm SPECIAL GUEST...HENRY THOMAS, ROCK SCHOOL. 4.00 pm BRIGHTON BASS ORCHESTRA, Throb. ( Dave’s Workshop group ) ‘In Concert’. 4.20 pm SPECIAL GUEST….THE INSTITUTE, ( ICMP) PHIL MANN. 6.00 pm RAFFLE & COMPETION prizes etc. with “ BIG” FRANK . . HOT & COLD FOOD MENU 1—6pm MASTER CLASSES (GREEN ROOM) Please note £3 cover charge for these Clinics ( tickets from door) 12 noon DAVE BARNARD. The Building Blocks of Bass 1.00 pm FRANCOIS DeVILLE BASS, What is it good for?– GLUE! 3.00 pm HERBIE FLOWERS. How to survive in the Music Biz and stay HAPPY! 4.30 pm STEVE LOCKWOOD. Rock Bass 5.30 pm. PHIL MANN Playing the Shows 6.30 pm FRANC O’SHEA Bass & Beyond BRING, BUY, SELL, EXCHANGE OR JUST EXHIBIT YOUR BASSES, STRINGS, VIDEOS, DVD’s, MAGS[/quote]

[quote name='MythSte' post='610948' date='Sep 28 2009, 04:10 PM']I opened up my Shuttle 6 the other day, And it is pretty much empty in there already!![/quote] FOOL! You've let out the helium, it will now weigh 85lbs!!!

DR Lo-Riders are somewhat more stiff than the Hi Beams, but still not anything like as stiff as the D'Addarios that came on my Roscoe (which were all but unplayable IMO) DR Hi Beams need a slight action adjustment in the wrong direction unless you play really light. But your post is asking almost the impossible, you want strings that arent stiff, but allow a low action - that can not be done. If a string is noticeably more flexible it will vibrate over a wider area and therefore require a higher action not to buzz. I have a pretty low action and Hi Beams but I play gently and the setup on the bass is superb... I would prefer Lo-Riders though, since they produce more midrangey tone.

Its about frequecy mixing the band. All the members of the band have a 'sound' that they like to practice with and show off their lovely gear with to their mates. This is a huge wide frequency sound (esp for keys and overdriven/distorted guitar) that can really maximise the impact of their instrument. They all turn up to rehearse and use this same sound or a variation of. Result: no space for any other instruments, everything turns to a volume war or mud. Solution, give everyone a frequency range or two to stay in, so guitars are upper mids, keys lower mids and extreme highs, bass is bass and middly mids. Carve that out at their amp so no amount of fx pedal jiggerypokery can then change it. BTW Vox gets absolute volume precedent, always! Result - they will bitch and moan at you. Solution to bitching and moaning - sack them or leave, OR record the band in situ with their sounds their way, then again with them your way ( a zoom H2 is perfect for this). Take the resultant mixes around to everyone and their partners and friends and play them back on their stereos and ask them to say which they prefer - do this a couple of weeks later and do it double blind. They will always (and I mean always) prefer the frequency mixed version cos it always sounds better. You can hear the individual parts and nothing is fighting anything else.

I'm not even remotely surprised, its just like the way MB amps have gone - waaaay more power in the same space. The shuttles have to keep up, I expect there will be a TC upgrade in about 8 months time then..... I also like the black though - nice!

Nice one!

IMO & IME no amp one knob compressor is going to help you in this one. Generally speaking amp compressors tend to be very obvious, they need to appear to do something to sell the feature in the shop! What you need is a comp set up to gently compress almost always (lowish ratio, low threshold), a good 20 to 40 ms attack to let the tap articulation through and the shortest release you can use without artifacts so that each subsequent tap retriggers the comp, with the subsequent attack delay. You may need a limiter afterward to curb the most violent peaks though. This will not sound obviously compressed, but it will really even things out. You better have really clean technique though, or you will bring the noise/crud up too loud. Setting this up for tracking is extremely hard to do. You are best off setting it up at mix down for that one part (which would need to be overdubbed on a seperate channel ideally) Live I use a more forgiving comp setting (higher threshold, lower ratio) and never struggle to be honest. This is partly to do with the way the Roscoe produces rdiculously loud taps (louder than anything else I've ever played) and I have no idea why!

Nocturne - Siouxsie and the Banshees Awesome!

[quote name='Hamster' post='608810' date='Sep 25 2009, 10:49 PM']I'll try and put an answer here soonest![/quote] Be quick - I've just got back from a week long holiday with the poorest wifi connection known to man, the addiction to basschat is very very real in this one

ooooffphhhh - and back again!

Me too

Thats a very cool thing indeed (details of the magic done by your guitarist would be appreciated!) Also love the artwork and title - cant listen not enough bandwidth right now

Personally I've never found a compressor pedal that really did the job right. Since they all have less than all the controls required to properly tweak the device to you, your bass the way you play - its always a compromise. Not until I got the focusrite compounder rack jobbie. Obviously that means going rack, and they may well not be for you, but it can be so transparent, or crush the knackers out of it depending on what I need. Not saying dont try comp pedals, just that you can expect to go through a fair few trying to get exactly what you want, only to discover that no one pedal can do everything you might need off a compressor.

Heil PR40 Its the absolute nads.

Its bloody cavernous in there isnt it!

Hmmm tricky, on the one hand I'm 'in' a band thats spread all over the south coast, that get together and record bits whenever we can. All original, would be great if I enjoyed the music more, and we could do more of it, but I love the people so its certainly not all bad. Then there is a ropey blues covers band that I dod the odd gig with - that one we had knocked on the head cos it was really doing all our heads in (very non-commital singer) but it appears to have reaered its fugly head again for a Halloween gig Finally I'm in the process of getting my own band together - first meeting/rehearsal/appraisal/writing session on Tuesday week. Cherry picked a line up of people who do funk in all sorts of bands, got them involved by stalking them mainly, and selling them on the idea of what I want the band to do. They are all dead fired up over the idea of it, which I'm not going to spill here (you would all be doing it if I did ) - looking to be ready to gig in 3 or 4 months max with a 9 track set. Very very excited about this one!

Rubber car footwell mat Cheap as chips

A flatulence?