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  1. stewblack
    Anyway, I'd say Wake Me Up Before You Go Go is a prime example.
  2. stewblack
    I tried to start a thread like this once but just got burned by other people explaining to me that the examples I gave weren't cr*p. Oh and helping me to understand the function of subjectivity and its application in popular music. For which lessons I am eternally grateful.
  3. stewblack
    My regular Harley Benton bass orders have been arriving in reasonable time. Having said that time is a very elastic concept at the moment. I'm totally relaxed about when stuff arrives. After all I won't be gigging with any of it any time soon.
  4. stewblack
    It's all shut away for the night. I'll measure up tomorrow. I just went to the recommended site and chose the shortest of the two.
  5. stewblack
    If you look at the long picture the rod ends exactly where the neck joins the body and the other end just about fills the allen key slot.
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    Don't think it interfered with the pup at all.
  7. stewblack
    That was the short one
  8. stewblack
    Just watched a youtube video on operating the Behringer. It acrtually made sense to me (in a way) but I got a headache as it became increasingly complex so I'll save the second part until later. Considering I didn't know what a midi cable was a couple of weeks ago, I'm quite enjoying the learning curve
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    Well, no not really. I don't mean that a goos multi fx cant do amazing things but the FI is different in every way. You create the noises/effects from scratch yourself and the available synth sounds are extraordinary. With something like the Behringer total cost would be in the region of 300. Obviously not saying you can't buy a great multi fx for that, but I bought the FI as a standalone synth, I was surprised to find myself selling of a ton of pedals now made obsolete by it. Another 100 quid to make it fully stage worthy doesn't sound that much considering the pedal sales mor ethan cover that.
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    Update time. Trussrod arrived, wasn't any good for ice cream so I took it to the shed Softer and much fatter than I expected, no way that lot would fit so I took off the outer layers Ah, that's more like it. As suggested I ran a thin line of superglue along my crack. And actually managed to put the bottle down again. Result. However , Houston, we may have a problem. The rod is too long. I don't mean it sticks out either end of the bass just it sails past where the previos one ends. My guess is I'll be extending my groove, um, man. Intuition suggests I take out the wood from the body not the headstock but hey - what do I know? Maybe I nibble a bit of both. Close up? OK If the rod ends here Then the other end is here
  11. stewblack
    That does look great, however it is very expensive
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  13. stewblack
    Yep I've used them before, good solid fixture. Cheap and no moving parts
  14. stewblack
    I only own one Hercules product (because I'm notoriously tight with money) it's a multi instrument stand, sits at the end of my bed with 9 basses in it. Well made and I'm happy with it. When I played a T Bird I very nearly bought the one they make from which the bass hangs. However Thomann produced a near identical one at a favourable price point. It has never let me down. I wouldn't hesitate to hang a bass from the wall, but I don't own the room in which I live. However if I did I'd use a heavy screw in U hook from my local hardware shop.
  15. stewblack
    I agree with you Paul. The first Sabbath album is as batsh*t crazy as it ever was, Purple sounds musical and interesting but Zeppelin (apart from the sublime bass playing) holds my interest less.
  16. stewblack
    sooo close
  17. stewblack
    I did it for a year assuming it would thereafter be a lot cheaper but it was still very expensive. I liked the lessons but got way more from face to face with a tutor. That is nothing whatever to do with SBL and everything to do with the way I prefer to learn. Or as Ped would say, you can't not agree to disagree that it isn't not a good way not to learn to not learn.
  18. stewblack
    While I agree those three were massive, Zep was always seen as not really a heavy metal band, Sabbath's legend was kept alive partly by Ozzie's continued fame. I wonder how much Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and Whitesnake helped to bury Deep Purple? And then before you knew it metal was redefined and they were just another bunch of old guys past their sell by. Odd how it can happen. They sound more prog than metal to me now.
  19. stewblack
    We have Blackmore, Lord and an amalgam of bass players (but not the one that sings like a choirboy on helium)just Paice and....
  20. stewblack
    Myself and some pals were just discussing this very album on FB. By the end of the conversation we'd all but formed a DP trib.
  21. stewblack
    I, um... what?
  22. stewblack
    Been after one ever since I traded mine.But not in funds and really want a black one. However, can I just say to anyone else looking who hasn't used one, this will blow you away. You won't believe how small, light and incredibly punchy it is.
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    So groovy man
  24. stewblack
    The Holy trinity Felicity Suzi and Debbie.
  25. stewblack
    It appeals to me as it is affordable and nice big easy to see hard to miss buttons for stage work. Not necessary but interesting. I like @Quatschmacher idea of chords! Anyway had a great session with the FI this afternoon. Just continuing to feel my way in. Followed the tutorial on making a chorus pedal and then did a prolonged 'what if' session. By which I mean, what if I wanted an octave lower, distortion to track the chorus? Or what if I want the clean signal mixed with a different sound that kind of thing. By doing this I find I'm building an idea of how different controls impact on the over all sound.
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