The Burpster

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='16934' date='Jun 13 2007, 03:09 PM']what's this ampeg simulator? it's the speeding up/slowing down mp3s that i'd be interested in[/quote] Another function of the Micro br.........

MB1...... BIG +1 for your above comment! Paul, it has a 'midrange cut' that removes a bit too much midrange, and makes the whole track sound s++te...... You can however boost the input by upto 3db which effectivly does the same..... Better still just use your bass in active and you can play over the MP3 easily..... I didnt get on with the 'bass cut' facility on the Tascam as it cuts the drums with it....... I know that at times its no bad thing as drummers can be unpredcitable wee beasties...... However the whole point (for me anyway) of playing with the music is the work out the relationships of the rythym section.... which makes it a bit tricky if teh machine cuts 2/3rds of it out... Plus my other big bug bear of the Tascam is the pitch of the music on the CD stays the same (alledgedly) but the bass input pitch tends to fluctuate making you unsure of the tuning of your axe ...... I may have had a Friday afternoon one, but its not a patch on the Boss IMO.....

Steve, Thanx bud, I've learnt more in that post than I have reading several books...... So a brief and 'stereotypical' summary is that more makers could use it if they had i) the knowledge and ii) it was as cost effective as wood..... Is that fair? It just goes further to impress me how "forward thinking" Ned was..... Now I really must try and find a XL2-A and give it a good twang (I have always liked 'em, and now thats reaching fascination point!)

[quote name='MikeB' post='17194' date='Jun 13 2007, 08:47 PM']And none taken!!! And if you read MY post again you can see I was confirming what you said.[/quote] Mike, DOH! :wacko: ( excuse me if I seemed a wee bit curt! I get defensive when my lovely county is being picked on.!!!!)

Welcome to the fold..... I see GAS is somethng we wont have to introduce you to!

Chris I flogged my CD BT 1 MkII to get the Boss Micro br..... ABSOLUTELY the right move my basses sunded aneamic thru teh Tascam but with good headphones the Micro is spot on..... puls it has effects and does all the stuff the Tascam does PLUS 4 track recorder............ No brainer......

Why did Polymers never really take off? Apart from limited success with Status and Uncle Ned himself, there has been hardly any takers in this department..... I find it odd! They (now) have incredible stabilty and memory they are not affected by temp and humidity like wood.... They can be considerably more dense that some woods so better for tonal qualities, the newest ones are even CNC able (anyone that has fired a Glock will know about that) ..... but they still remain an "out there' material...... Somone enlighten me.........

[quote name='Tinman' post='16892' date='Jun 13 2007, 02:19 PM']MACKEMS? Darken not this forum with your filthy utterings! I will have no further mention of those foul creatures. Also speak not of smoggies or monkey hangers. [/quote] Mr T, my last wife (bless her cotton socks!) was from Durham so I had a proper "education in what is right and proper" in the Northeast , also bear in mind I did MY basic training at Dishforth with lads and lasses from all 't Northern counties... The evenings in the dorms were fun wi' Geordies wantin' to do the Mackems and Monkey 'angers and scousers wanting to do all the Mancunians ..... Us cosmopolitan buffoons from Notts were seen as the Umpires in this nightly battle! Wayeye pet! hoya hammer 'ower here hinnie! [quote]By the way, Burpster, Swinderby is definitely in Lincs (though only by about 2 miles) I should know - I live in Swinderby! Telebass, the RAF camp closed about 12 years ago. Its now being turned into a massive housing estate.[/quote] Please trust me as a person that was selected by society to know stuff like that, I know where Swinderby is...... I think you'll find if you read my post again it states "just inside Lincs"........ We may be an agricultural county but we are not stoopid or illiterate!!!!

[quote name='Tinman' post='16719' date='Jun 13 2007, 10:24 AM']Mate, I wouldn't trust those idiots to take themselves to the toilet [/quote] Your not the 1st to say that !!!!! Now I'm worried. Nrthumblnd eh? well ok we dont have stuff to compete with that...... Although we dont have Makems either!

Acid, I like you mostly practice thru earphones and, my kit has developed to..... 1. Boss Micro br (all round top bit of kit but can loop /slow/ play MP3s /Ooooh and has effects built in ......etc) 2. The Box MA205 2x5 active monitor (which also doubles as the drum machine speaker when jamming plugged in) 3. Bose Tri port in-ear fones when HWMBO is at home! All very versatlie and expandable/ multi use kit that is much more 'uausble' than the Roland Cube 30 its replaced !

Mrs T, as nice as Devon is...... us mere mortals would never (actually even if we WON teh lottery) be able to afford to live there....... Its becoming the mainland Jersey! Another beautiful place to visit !

Guitar and BASS..... Mainly guitar but has some good bass stuff in it!

Tele...... Swinderby is only just in Lincs and has more in common with Newark than Lincoln..... And you know of course what Newark is an anagram of.......? Oh and who want blue sea when you can have brown!!!!!!

Mr T, get one of your 'fly boys' to take you North 10 miles to the wolds...... rolling hills and beautiful scenery..... and Louth.... wonderful little town! :wub:

Beautiful plumage, but how did you manage to stick your fingers to your chin with super-glue? Welcome!

Aus, The PRS runs on two PP3s at 18v....... So there are a few that run above 9v....... I'm fairly sure there are some others too.

[quote name='Telebass' post='15472' date='Jun 11 2007, 10:43 AM']Well...I'm an Essex boy (boy! Ha!), but my parents, for some unexplained reason, currently live in Lincoln...[/quote] UNEXPLAINED ? [size=4]UNEXPLAINED ?[/size] [size=6]UNEXPLAINED ?[/size] Lincolnshire is a wonderful place to live...... I admire your parents for having the sense to make the choice !!!!!! I love travelling, and have been to a lot of places in this old world of ours but NOWHERE feels like home in Lincs!!!!

Ollie, I like you use 'phones most of time for practise ( I wont bore with the why) and I spose it comes down to svearal questions that you ahve to ask yourself about what you want.. 1. How much are you willing to spend? 2. what type do you prefer? Over ear/ on ear / or in ear? 3. how long are you going to be wearing them? Once you set out your criteria you can look for suitable sets...... I have a set of Bose Tri port in ears which were £65 ish and are superb....... They would be my recommendation! PS happy birthday!

My guess is its not top notch production------- as I saw the Retroglide tour at Nottm Royal Concert hall and it had a wonderful tone...... Although it did fall out of tune twice.....

Oooooooooo me thinks he's a bit touchy about miss representing it dont you???????

Ok it works like this........ bass goes on sale for 99p with £800 reserve..... biders 1,2+3 put small bids on say around £250 Bidder 4 actually loves it and on day 2 bids his max (as it says you SHOULD do) that he wants to pay which £810 eBay automaticaly takes his bid to the reserve @ £800 and NOT the next bid say £260 as its called validated bid (or something like that). Thats how it ends up where it is now! PS seems like a lot to me but I now squat about Warwick values!

Tut tut...... both imports!!! at least I was only just born outside Lincs in sunny Norfolkshire..... So it appears, with 7 years here I'm the stalwart at the mo..... I know theres another chap at Grantham and bizzarley enough he owns a PRS too! See, we maybe branded as backword country folk but we have good taste on Bass guitars and kings !!!! Oh and we actaully have THE magna carta in Lincoln at the moment........ naaaaaah!

Another Yellowbelly.... Ey up mi duck!

Or "Wrongo" is it not all a matter of taste ? Personally I dont think that 1st one is that ugly! I'd rather have that around my neck that a new ESP 'dark lord'....... But then I'm not a screaming banshee from Satans own bowels, riding the road to self mutilation....... Just as well I guess....!

BF, Thanks for that..... My quandry was why does the Fender do it when both PRSs dont? (they both are single coil pups) However I now believe that Paul Reed Smith, is not a luthier, he is in a fact GOD....... and every guitar that comes out of the American shop is touched by him before it leaves...... Much the same with Randall Smith at Mesa..... Fenders, (in my experience) conversly are unfortunatley wonderful instruments put together by primates in a factory, and require stripping and putting together properly before you play them..... and then require a great deal of head scratching and tweaking to get them "just so!" It appears I spoilt myself by buying PRSs so early in my paying career, I now expect everything else to live up to them!