johnDeereJack

Yep, that's a steal.

Yeah, I just took delivery of a Darkglass VMT last month; a really nice piece of kit it is too and here's me thinking my pedal gas had dissipated then this is announced. Typical!

[quote name='woodyratm' timestamp='1381929933' post='2245617'] Ohhhh can't wait for clips! [/quote] [quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1381931592' post='2245652'] Any idea on price? [/quote] I second that Woody; really looking forward to hearing it in action and no prices as yet although as far as I can tell from TB they're on pre-order at the mo. Not sure if that's just in US but Bass Direct & Effect Power Supplies are listed as UK stockists. Suppose you could email for info regarding price and pre-ordering. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the Darkglass page for clips though.

It seems there's a new pedal from Darkglass, this time a fuzz: [url="http://www.darkglass.com/products/duality-dual-fuzz-engine/"]http://www.darkglass.com/products/duality-dual-fuzz-engine/[/url] No sound clips as yet but it looks pretty good and from what Darkglass are saying on TB it sounds like it might be quite cool too! [i]"[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Both [fuzz circuits] are totally original and new... One side is an old school style square-wave shaper... gated and with a very vintage, synthy vibe to it (the Filter knob will serve as a shape changer, rounding the corners). The other side is a 4 stage CMOS high gain fat, fuzzy distortion.[/font][/color][/i] [i][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]By combining both all sort of weird things happen... from just mixing the "textures" to dirty phaser-like effects... it can get pretty crazy and unusual.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]2 Cool things about it (and main reason of why this design was so tricky) is that it's intended to work very consistently regardless of the rig used: most Fuzzes tend to prefer passive basses and not like cabinets with tweeters.[/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Spencer and I corrected that by adding input buffers (necessary for the Blend knob to work properly) and by using an active Filter control, making the adjustment of 'bite' and high harmonic content a breeze to dial."[/font][/color][/i]

My colleague crunching on carbonised cold toast (?!) which is absolutely caked in some kind of spreading cheese, soon to be drowned out with the marvellous album 'Black Sabbath'

[size=4][quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1381337296' post='2237848'][/size] Fwiw, I tried a mate's e-bow on a fretless 'ray5. It wouldn't shift more than the C and G strings. D, A and E wouldn't move. Do they do a bass version, then? [/quote] There's no bass-specific version but I've had one for about a year now and I can get all four strings to move quite easily. Don't get me wrong - it definitely takes practice and the intensity of the effect depends on the placement of the ebow in relation to the pickups as it creates a magnetic field which vibrates the string.

E-bow, fretless bass & mild OD might get you close.

I believe this is a Blacktop Jazz Bass. [url="http://www.fender.com/series/blacktop/blacktop-jazz-bass-rosewood-fingerboard-black/"]http://www.fender.com/series/blacktop/blacktop-jazz-bass-rosewood-fingerboard-black/[/url]

I've been using Rotosound 55's on my Chris Larkin fretless for years. Never had any issues, great strings. Highly recommended

I utterly abhor anything by Rickenbacker with a passion, I dislike Gibson, Ashdown (as mentioned previously) headless basses, Fender Custom Shop Relic instruments - or any reliced instrument for that matter, single cut basses (again, mentioned previously) pointy basses, Joyo pedals, LED's, gold bridge/machines - tacky, tacky, TACKY! Basses with fanned frets - why do these things exist..?!! Ooooh, almost forgot - slapping a bass! No need!! Ever!! I could go on...

And me

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Delicious Cake - half covers (Funk/Soul/Rn'B/Disco/Rock) and half our own Funk/Rock material depending on the venue. No website/FB/Soundcloud as yet cos we're only just up and running. Tommani - Electronica outfit with tunes based around traditional Japanese folk music (yes I know it sounds odd!) Signed to Rock Aye Records, the clips on the [url="https://soundcloud.com/rock-aye-records"]soundcloud [/url]page are from the debut album "Banzai Bushi". The live show consists of two drummers, guitarist triggering samples, me on bass with various effects, didgeridoo and vocals. Occasionally also play for Red2Red - Reggae/Ska/Lovers Rock: [url="https://myspace.com/red2red"]https://myspace.com/red2red[/url]

I always do bits of 'F**k Her Gently' by Tenacious D. It totally annoys our singer and she tries to stop me singing it without fail! I'm just a big bairn at heart!

As has been mentioned above; they possibly assumed it was the venue's gear. I've made that mistake myself and plugged in to the amp on stage only to be told by the other bass player that it was his amp. I apologised of course just as the engineer was returning to the stage with the venue's combo - an ancient Carlsbro thing! Needless to say I take my own gear to gigs now!

Just found out about it this afternoon and read up a bit on it. I found [url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2013/may/15/ginger-baker-beware-mr-baker-interview"]this interview[/url] on Guardian website and had a read/look. Interviewer found him to be quite rude! Anyhoo it's not playing in Edinburgh til 30th as far as I can tell but me and a few 'muso' colleagues plan to go see it. Should be an eye-opener!

I have 'Fender' logo designs, a Trace Elliot t-shirt and more recently my girlfriend bought me one that says 'Dirty, Filthy, Nasty Bass' which I quite enjoy wearing!

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1366917619' post='2059096'] ... a sound akin to a goose being strangled, which I quite enjoyed from time to time. [/quote] Oh my god, I think I just wet myself!

I only need glasses for reading so if I have to read during a gig then yes, if no reading then no specs!

Hey Chris, Jacko here (mate of Branagh/Bob Fairfoull/Karen etc) Good to have you on board man. Have yet to see Tommy Concrete but caught Lords of Bastard a fair few times. Your final Bastards gig at Bannermans was tremendous! Keep us posted regarding the next TC gig and hopefully I'll catch you there!

[quote name='stoker' timestamp='1366282019' post='2050418'] Poo in his toaster the turn it on....... [/quote] Nah, do a Mike Paton and crap in his hairdryer. Next time he turns it on he'll get a facefull!