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[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1419608943' post='2641260'] FB events for every gig.. surely everyone does that..?? [/quote] We do. We also put them on our proper website. TBH, I think any band with just a Facebook page isn't taking the interwebs side of things seriously. Maybe I'm just being snobbish about it, but I can't control the design of the band's FB page. I see Facebook in the same light as Myspace before it and whatever will come after it, which may well be sooner rather than later as people get pissed off with FB's attitude. For the time being, I see FB as a somewhat useful evil, and regrettably people expect you to have an FB page so that's what you need to do. Incidentally, angrybadgers.co.uk has gone but theangrybadgers.co.uk is available...

Teenage Kicks Dakota Sex on fire Born to be wild All right now Mustang Sally (yay!) Crazy little thing called love Long train running Saw her standing there Ever fallen in love Summer of 69 Sweet home Alabama Times like these And, of course, all of Blue's originals.

I would like to know who signed the statement of neck, and were there two witnesses to the signature?

Have you tried asking Hohner direct? I can't help as mine is the jack-only version.

[quote name='DiMarco' timestamp='1417344938' post='2619260'] [b]If you had to downsize and could (besides your tuner) only use, say, max. two effect pedals... Which ones would you keep?[/b] [/quote] Zoom B3 and Zoom MS60-B.

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1419337086' post='2638840'] For example, with four speakers with a 1mm Xmax, is it still considered a 1mm overall limit before distortion, or does the simultaneous cone movement equate to a 4mm Xmax in relation to the same signal? [/quote] Xmax is a physical limit on the cone excursion of a single driver, so each cone can move a maximum of 1mm without distortion regardless of how many drivers are in the cab, but if each of the cones moves 1mm then the total volume of air displaced (Vd, as Bill FitzYoda says) is four times as much with four drivers as with one.

There's very few 2x10s that weigh in at 15kg. Most of them are 20kg, so they weigh nearly as much as my 4x10. As I am weak and weedy, I want something light.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1419282071' post='2638390'] Nope, they are triangular-bodied. This seems to me to be a lute with only a single set of strings. [/quote] Lutes are fretted, aren't they? Gut frets rather than metal, wrapped round the neck. Perhaps it's someone's first home-made oud. Where they went "right, time to make the soundhole. Let's drill a few holes and jigsaw it and HOW MANY STRINGS DID YOU SAY IT SHOULD HAVE? Oh sh*t".

I don't use a stand in the main covers band. Guitarist uses an iPad on his mic stand, partly because it connects to his multieffects and sets it to the right patch for each song. Mrs Zero currently uses a stand but is trying to get the last few numbers memorised as she doesn't want to use it. Hasn't seemed to make anyone leave though, we rely on the music for that. Depped for my old club band on Saturday. Used a stand for the set list and for cribsheets for a few songs, with the top about where my waist (or equator) is. Ironically, the guitarist, who has been doing these songs for ten years or more, has his book on his stand at chest height, and the vocalist, who's done them a fair few times too, also had his stand at chest height. I think it's terribly amateurish when singers have to use lyric sheets. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZLdV9qDziY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZLdV9qDziY[/url]

Have you tried contacting Tecamp direct? They've been very helpful when I've contacted them.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1418932096' post='2635032'] OK, here it is: [font=arial, sans-serif][size=1]rifffactory.co.uk/golden_brown.mp3[/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=1]rifffactory.co.uk/golden_brown.wav[/size][/font] [size=4][font=arial, sans-serif]This was just a quick thing I did the other day for my own amusement (and a performance video) so no judgement on the mix or playing please![/font][/size] [font=arial, sans-serif]EDIT: I don't know what BC's software is doing to my post, I'm just pasting URLs into here, so in case it doesn't work I'll write it with words[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]rifffactory DOT co DOT uk SLASH golden_brown.mp3[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]rifffactory DOT co DOT uk SLASH golden_brown.wav[/font] [/quote] I've just had a listen and couldn't tell any difference. That snare sounds like it could do with tightening up a bit, very rattly. I'm using a built-in soundcard on the PC motherboard, which is going into a Behringer UB1202 mixer then a middle-aged Technics hi-fi amp and a pair of Mordaunt-Short bookshelf speakers. Certainly not up to audiophile standards but better than your average all-in-one compact system and streets ahead of a lapdog.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1418920532' post='2634891'] I look forward to it, but I'm already pretty certain about what I'll think! It saddens me that children don't have access to high-quality systems and that most music is apparently consumed alone while staring at a screen. [/quote] You mean unlike when I was a teenager, when I used to listen to music (I didn't consume it, I consumed Mars bars and Pepsi) on a little transistor radio?

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1418904578' post='2634634'] Lossy compression (mp3s for instance) refers to file size compression using algorithms that bin parts of the original recording deemed not important. I guarantee that no one on this forum can detect a 320kbps mp3 against an original 16bit 44.1KHz wav on any speakers they wish to use with any accuracy in double blind testing. [/quote] In the interest of completeness, there's also lossless compression, where all the data is retained but compression algorithms are used to shrink the overall size - much like zip files, where people would be rather cross if they zipped up their latest novel and it omitted every "a" and "the". FLAC and OGG files are examples of this.

Mine arrived at 19:30 or so, so that was a long day for the driver. 5-string fretless. Only obvious (not very) defect is a small scratch to the top of the top bout. There's a design flaw, in that the dot markers are in the fretted, not the fretless, position. 4-band EQ with volume and presence (I think presence is a contour type control), and built-in LCD tuner. Output via jack or XLR. No obvious buzzes or rattles; there was a rattle from the bass when I first unpacked it, but as soon as I'd managed to shake the silica gel bag out of the soundhole, it went away. Strings are bronze and rather heavy for my liking, so they'll get replaced sometime soon (which will double the price of the bass). Well worth £26.

I have a couple of instruments with zero frets easily to hand so I've just examined them carefully. Eko 6-string acoustic - zero fret identical to other frets. Hohner B2AV - zero fret larger than other frets, seems to be jumbo fret wire as opposed to standard. I think the height difference would be a little less than 1mm, but it's definitely different.

Always plug the Superfly directly into the computer. Whenever I plugged it in via a hub, it wasn't recognised. I suspect that this is because the software twangs the wires direct rather than actually using proper USB drivers.

The amp's a Tecamp Puma 900. I don't really want to replace a 4x10 by a 2x12, the gains to me from doing that are pretty insignificant.

I currently have a Neo Soundsystems ND410S (there's a few others on here who have had or still have the same cab). It's got the sound I like (seems neutral, nice full bottom end, not too harsh). It's also lightweight, at 24kg. However, a 4x10 cab is a little unwieldy to carry around compared to a brace of 1x12s. I'm not desperate to get shot of it but would like to explore my options. What I'd be looking for in a 1x12 would be the same sort of sound - balanced, good extended bass response so if I want to play my low B it'll handle it perfectly happily, clarity at the higher frequencies but without harshness. It would also have to weigh 15kg or less. Budget would be £1k and preferably quite a bit less. I did have a pair of GK Neo IIs, and they were good and light but I didn't get the sound I wanted, so they're off the list. Any suggestions?

[quote name='Wilco' timestamp='1418976100' post='2635313'] Relicing seems inherently linked to Fender instruments [/quote] Maybe it's because the finish is rubbish and Fender owners don't bother taking care of their instruments (why bother, they're only Fenders)?

Mine's been out for delivery from Coventry since 8:24 and it's nearly 8 hours later and it's still not here. It's only half an hour from Coventry to here. Damn these long multidrop routes...

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1418936087' post='2635074'] RA is rheumatoid arthritis. I have had my right wrist fused and a metal bar put in. It means my wrist can't move up and down. My joints get inflamed and my fingers stiffen up. I find slim necks easier on my left hand which is not so badly affected. [/quote] You'll want a Warwick JD Thumb then. They do pop up second-hand from time to time. Are there any particular instruments you might favour (apart from a Thunderbird), or ones that you want to avoid altogether?

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1418912113' post='2634753'] The debate about whether a Limelight should sport a Fender logo is nonsense! If you restore an old MG sports car, with 3rd party body parts (to replace the rusty MG ones) .... does this mean your car shouldn't be wearing an MG badge anymore??? [/quote] Very poor analogy. That's the equivalent of starting with a Fender and then replacing (say) the BBOT and pickguard, in which case no-pne would argue it shouldn't still have a Fender badge. A better analogy would be building a Caterham or Westfield kit car and sticking a Lotus badge on it.

It would be worth having a look inside and seeing if the mod was obvious. If it can be sorted by five minutes with a soldering iron, that's a better bet than sending it back.

I've used a bit of reverb on assorted EUBs to give a more double-bass effect. I've also used it now and again on bass but haven't managed to find something I really like.

[quote name='jassbass' timestamp='1415441111' post='2600306'] I like wide string spacing and 35 scale isnt the most comfortable for me as I have a metal plate in my left wrist and inhibits the movement a little.i had a euro 5 and that was worse for me [/quote] Isn't there a 33" Wood&Tronics 5-string in Basses for Sale at the moment? Lovely neck on those.