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I bought a second Trace Elliot because I'd forgotten why I'd sold the first one. I have now learnt my lesson, so won't be getting a third one until I've bought another Precision, somewhere round when hell freezes over.

[quote name='DrBike' timestamp='1481896511' post='3196082'] Not sure why but this was the first one that sprang to my mind too! [/quote] And me.

Covers band: Bassist, odd backing vocals and very odd occasional lead vocals, bringer of active PA speakers and a light bar. Website and posters. Most of the gig bookings. Husband of singer. Load in and out and setting up are shared tasks. Guitarist does the front end of the PA and the lighting. Acoustic duo: Guitarist, backing and some lead vocals, PA. Husband of singer.

We do "Go your own way" and the guitarist nicked part of the solo from "Sultans of swing" - the part that goes over the intro riff, not the part over the verse. So I now play the bassline to that when he goes into it. I have no idea whether anybody notices. Mrs Zero and I occasionally play in a ceilidh band at barn dances (she does the calling). Whenever she introduces a move called the chain, I think it's fairly obvious what I start playing.

Ask him what date he'd like the Valentine's show to be. And get the guitarist to turn down.

So what will you be performing for us on tonight's X-Factor?

Most of my basses are neck-through, one is notlob. They sound very different, but that may be because the notlob is a 10-string.

The output from an active bass is similar to that of a passive bass, somewhere around 150mV P-P.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1480886469' post='3187895'] It's disappointing this error could take out a monitor. A signal from an active bass should just clip, not cause damage. [/quote] I thought active monitors would take line level input, which means that a signal from a bass (active or passive) shouldn't even touch the sides, let alone clip.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1480585761' post='3185570'] I tend to sway about like a sapling in a breeze Anything more ambitious and I either fall off the stage or whack the guitarist round the head with my bass. [/quote] This, of course, is why everybody [1] should play headless basses. THat way, you never smack another band member round the head with it unless you actually want to. This may not, of course, reduce the number of times that said band member is hit significantly. [1] where "everybody" refers to the subset of "everybody" that plays bass on stage

If you still have BSSM by RHCP could I have that please?

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1480428157' post='3184289'] don't forget to bring some fans ! [/quote] I'm the only one in the band who does, even though the others keep moaning about how hot they are.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1480504627' post='3184852'] It's disappointing that the BBC are using a racial angle in their headlines. It's nowt to do with the colour of his skin. [/quote] It falls in neatly with their "black and British" week. I find it all very confusing, are we supposed to be blind to the colour of someone's skin or are we supposed to acknowledge it, or does it just depend on the day of the week?

I'm going to try harder to get there this time. Especially if there's cake. Probably with a Sei or two and perhaps an Esh Poseidon.

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1480373006' post='3183927'] Paragraph headed Attention [url="http://www.neutrik.co.uk/en-uk/plugs-jacks/silentplug/np2rx-au-silent"]http://www.neutrik.c...np2rx-au-silent[/url] [/quote] Which says "[size=4][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Please note that the signal isn't muted with some types of active electric guitars which are equipped with tip-ring-sleeve jacks that tap to activate the guitar power supply."[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I'm not sure what it means. Signal muting happens when the lead isn't fully inserted, it's done by shorting the tip to the sleeve, and it relies on the movement of the sleeve to switch the reed switch.[/font][/color][/size][color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=1] "[/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1480370180' post='3183870'] Neutrik say on their web site that Silent jacks are not recommended for active instruments. This is because the ring connection in the jack is used to power the onboard pre-amp. As you insert the jack the pre-amp is powered and is charging its capacitors at the same time as the muting comes off resulting in noise through the amp. [/quote] I've never noticed it, and I plug and unplug my bass several times over the course of a rehearsal (I go wireless for gigs).

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1480371264' post='3183891'] I use wireless at rehearsal. why wouldn't you, not like it takes any longer than connecting a lead? I can wander round - there is always more room at practice. [/quote] I've got a lead coiled up in the bass case so I just take the bass case rather than that and the case with the wireless in it, which also means I need one more mains socket than is available.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1480180911' post='3182342'] Cricket box. [/quote] At what point do you let the crickets out?

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1480185693' post='3182397'] Has your amp ever stopped working ? [/quote] Yes. Superfly got beer spilt into it (it recovered later after I washed it out and dried it). At another gig, my 4x10 became a 0x10. Hence carrying a spare amp and running 2 1x12s.

[quote name='josie' timestamp='1480194571' post='3182485'] Yes, the whole family is consistent. It did take me a long time to get used to the fact that the string "below" the one you're on is "below" in tone and therefore "above" on the fretboard! [/quote] The original guitarist in the current band used to refer to "up" and "down" in the opposite direction to pitch, both across and along the fretboard - so the 12th fret would be "down" from the 11th fret, and the B string would be "down" from the G string. Perhaps true in relativistic terms (if one slopes the guitar with the headstock upwards) but very confusing.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1480263830' post='3182897'] Wireless systems on stages no bigger than the average hearth rug always make me smile . [/quote] I'm thinking of taking mine to rehearsals as I'm fed up with treading on the leads. And that's even though I sit down most of the time. Or perhaps it's because I sit down all the time. I take two basses to gigs, then I play one or both of them depending on how I feel. One's five-string fretless with flats on, the other one is either a 5-string fretted with roundwounds on or a 6-string fretted with roundwounds on. They're basses, they sound like basses. I also leave a spare amp in the car just in case. Our guitarist has two guitars, both PRS but one with a Strat-type pickup configuration and the other with twin humbuckers.

Of course, those of us who exclude Fender from search results also won't see the Squiers that include Fender in the title - nor, for that matter, the cheapo things that say "Bass guitar not Fender Gibson Warwick".

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1479500454' post='3177113'] I suppose it is difficult not too mention it. His name iss all over it. For that price I would tjrow it rather than be associated with it. [/quote] Why? The stylophone didn't do anything wrong.

[quote name='Paulhauser' timestamp='1479403242' post='3176312'] I had many basses throughout the years, tried almost everything and it turned out that Spectors are the best for me in terms of ergonomics, playability and sound. (and looks :-) ) [/quote] I've tried Spectors on a few occasions over the years - I'd have been happy to get one if only I got on with the necks, which I don't. As for the actual topic, there's normally a few Warwicks at the Moffat Bass Bash, so you could get along to that and try one or two out to see if you can get on with the necks and other bits, then see about getting one off That Ebay for not much money.

Belatedly - I like it. Shame the scale length is shorter than I'd like to use for a bass.