tauzero

After my recent redundancy and reemployment, I thought I deserved a bit of retail therapy. So here it is, one pre-loved Sei Flamboyant 6. First impressions are a lovely neck, string spacing a bit wider than I'm used to at 17.5mm. I haven't put it through a proper amp and cab yet, that's yet to come.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1446402983' post='2899138'] Although I have no great love for 'coffee table' basses, I dislike wanton destruction of this sort. [/quote] Exactly. This is the sort of job that Squiers were made for.

Halloween gig in Leamington. Had thirty Draculas (a stag party) singing along to "Sweet Home Alabama" and "I'll be there for you". I nearly drowned in sweat in a werewolf mask (I didn't stay in it for long), Mrs Zero was one of the Wicked Witches, and our guitarist was Ozzie for a night.

Oh, and the general appearance is pretty good. I think you've got a sound basis to work from. I'd be inclined to merge the About page into the Home page and then perhaps have a separate Songs or Repertoire page and another page for the band personnel.

Because of the way that Wix does its websites, the whole site runs inside a frame. That is a problem for search engines. If you're not bothered about people being able to search for you then that's OK. Wix's optimisation for phones doesn't work very well. I suspect something about the way that the background is displayed so there's a very long background image which makes the page seem very long and narrow, although the menuing does change for a phone so it's obviously doing something right.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1446302729' post='2898473'] Auto play media is never ok as far as I'm concerned. Guaranteed to put me off a website, regardless of its purpose. [/quote] Agreed, I'm absolutely against it.

No interpersonal issues in our band now. Three was never direct conflict in the past anyway but the old drummer was getting frustrated with the old guitarist. There would definitely be problems if I had issues with the singer as I'm married to her.

With the advent of tracking apps and GPS on mobile phones, Peter Sarstedt is considering reissuing "Where do you go to my lovely?" with amended lyrics but is concerned that it may leave him open to charges of stalking.

I still have my copy of "Glitter" by Gary Glitter.

[quote name='iamtheelvy' timestamp='1446206328' post='2897683'] Yeah, my thoughts exactly... I generally use a .88 on guitar and a 1mm on bass... [/quote] I use 1mm for both, it saves me having to think about it.

Stealers Meals Three Hot Dog Night

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1445990790' post='2896057'] All the doctors said if I had another alcoholic drink, it might kill them. I've gotten used to fruit squash and seen that a lot of players that don't drink on gigs. My advice is: Don't worry about not drinking and save your life instead. [/quote] Glad to see you back - i was only thinking a day or two ago that I hadn't seen you posting for a while. Please keep that advice in mind - one friend of mine didn't and had his final, fatal heart attack a couple of years ago.

While no doubt it appeals to some, thirty or forty lines of "Interests" text means that half the screen is taken up with that (which there is no option to ignore, unlike signatures) while the text is typically a line or two. Is there any way a limit could be put on the length of the Interests text, or alternatively do away with the wretched thing altogether?

I only use one for a couple of songs on bass and keep it (or two if I feel like it) in the money pocket of my jeans. However, I swap between fingerpicking and plectrum on guitar, and I have one of those spring plectrum holders on the front of my guitar. Black Variax and black plectrum holder so it's not too visually obtrusive.

Any of the demo tracks which I played on for originals bands.

Ample Minds

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1445008918' post='2888162'] Just saw Aquila do a 5 string set E - B. Maybe losing the E and tuning the B up to C would work for Ghost_Bass. [/quote] I'm sure Aquila or Pacahoe (?) do 5-string sets for Kala U-Subs which would be B-G, so just omitting the G string and tuning the rest a tone down would probably work.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1444949687' post='2887689'] @Tauzero - just out of curiosity, what does the Mrs think of the Revelation lap steel? [/quote] Well, she likes owning it but it's getting used as much as the ocarinas I bought her, and the didgeridoo I bought her, and the theremin I bought her, and the stylophone I bought her (there may be an emerging theme here). She does keep saying she'll do some practicing on it soon. She does use the tambourine I bought her, so there's hope yet. My own thoughts on it: lap steels aren't exactly complicated. They consist of a plank with tuners and a nut at one end and a bridge at the other, with one or more pickups and associated controls. No truss rod as the strings don't contact the fretboard, so it just needs accurate lines. This has a slotted headstock with upside-down classical type tuners. Tuners seem reasonable quality with no slop, nut and bridge are flat, the pickup works (I haven't yet determined how good the tone is on it). The one negative I'd raise is the odd way one or two of the strings run from the tuners to the nut - the D and G need to emerge from the tuner shaft as close as possible to the gear end of the shaft to avoid the string catching on the edge of the slot, so care needs to be taken with the way the windings are put on.

I thought that myelin was there to incease the speed of nerve impulse propagation (basically, the nerve impulse skips over the bits of axon covered in myelin and goes from node to node) and it stops being produced in adolescence. I haven't studied physiology for 40 years or so though. Which talented musicians allowed their brains to be picked apart to check for myelin? Other than Ozzie, that is.

I prefer A from that small sample but I'd want to spend a bit more time with them and try them with songs I do. How heavy did each of them finish up?

Funnily enough, we rehearsed at a place with a SVT-350 (the SS one) and a fridge, and I thought the sound was absolutely dreadful with no depth, all mids, vastly inferior to my own gear using two 1x12s.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1445510824' post='2891986'] Am I really the only one that would use a P bass for rock covers? I'd want to be using the bass 90% of the songs I was replicating were recorded on. [/quote] Why?

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1445510256' post='2891977'] Well yes but you're not playing dad rock covers in pubs, I've never been asked where my fender is either... [/quote] I play dad rock covers in pubs. I do get the occasional compliment on the Sei Original headless fretless 5-string. Never had anyone question the absence of Fender.

I use a Tascam GB-10 either on its own or plugged into a mixer, into which is also plugged the PC, a drum machine, and a Roland MIDI sound module, which then goes to a hi-fi amp and thence to bookshelf speakers or headphones. Someday I might actually use the drum machine and Roland MIDI sound module.

The Warwick Alien has a drinks cabinet built in.