tauzero

Visited Steve in Stockport yesterday to view (and, as it turned out, buy) his ex-MB1 Status 1. Sorted out the visit easily via messages. When I got there, he was very friendly and helpful. The bass itself was as described, very lovely, and as of about 7:45 last night, mine. Thanks Steve.

Gigwaise, I think my favourite is "She sells sanctuary". Certainly not a complex bassline but with lots of energy if played a little faster than the original. I also enjoy Feeder's "Feeling a moment" for rather different reasons - I find it rather satisfying to play and there's room for some passion.

I think that one of my bands has not enough material, with about 28 songs (even though one of them is Comfortably Numb). The other band is rather better equipped with about 40, though I'd like to get that up to 50 for both bands.

[quote name='cytania' timestamp='1385452031' post='2288323'] Oasis's dirty little secret: Most recorded Oasis baselines were laid down by Noel Gallagher no matter who plays them live. Obviously not I'm the same league as David Gilmour doing Pink Floyd's classic baselines, more like Steve Jones rerecording Matlock's lines for the Pistols... [/quote] Surely you mean Steve Jones recording Sid Vicious's lines? I thought Glen Matlock's bass lines were kept in.

I met him once, at a Northants Bass Bash. We were both playing diddly-diddly music, so that was a bit of a bond, and he gave me quite a bit of help on the SEO aspects of my band websites (and a few hints on appearance too).

I don't think the rest of the band wanted to hear me say "I've left my amp at home" - I opened my case to find not my amp, but Mrs Zero's headset, the consequence of picking up the wrong one of two very similar cases. And although I had a spare amp, I only had a jack-to-jack speaker lead and my cab is exclusively speakon. Still, one 75-minute round trip later and I was sorted...

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1384894934' post='2282081'] Interested to know what the etc are. [/quote] Preloved, for one.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1384983555' post='2283228'] Don't get me started on what Overwater have done going into partnership with Tanglewood, I have played a few of them and quite frankly couldn't wait to put them back down. [/quote] I formed completely the opposite impression of them when I played a few that Chris May took to Moffat a couple of years ago. I was very impressed by what you got for the price.

I wrote a combined setlist and cribsheet for my club band - I knew most of the songs but not all and I didn't want to pollute my brain with the remainder. Then I copied the file to an Android tablet and viewed it in Firefox. Should work in Safari too. I also made it so the song order can be changed by dragging songs around. If anyone wants to download it and play with it for their own ends, it's now at [url="http://tauzero.org.uk/misc/set_and_cribsheet_draggable.html"]http://tauzero.org.uk/misc/set_and_cribsheet_draggable.html[/url] with apologies for the songs (and some of the coding).

[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1383316255' post='2263080'] that is very useful to know. I was thinking of a ms60b to cover my 'always on' effects, but this would mean I could use it for a stomp too. ie have comp, amp sim eq and noise reduction always on, next slot as line selector and last slot as chorus. thanks for the info! [/quote] Forget the LineSel and just have the chorus as the effect showing in the window, which means you can switch it off and on with the footswitch.

Sadly went for a bit more than I bid - I've got one in black (in good nick) and I'd rather have one in walnut so I don't worry about the paint getting chipped. Silly really, as it's the backup bass, not the main one.

They'd have been cheaper when they were in stock - he's put the price up to silly numbers to dissuade people from bidding so he can keep the auction open. Of course, if someone does buy it, he's quids in

I use octave-up on both a Zoom B3 and Zoom MS60-B (the Mono Shift patch). Both seem quite reasonable.

[quote name='alembic1989' timestamp='1384462194' post='2277123'] Billy Apple...you know what you're talking about.....all these others I'm guessing have never played one...I've had mine for years and I love it. [/quote] I'd like to have a play on one. ISTM that those who own them (or at least confess to owning them) are almost all enthusiastic about them.

[quote name='Ashborygirl' timestamp='1384289362' post='2274975'] Utter, utter crap instruments with no redeeming features other than proving that some people will buy polished sh*t to be a bit different. [/quote] There are those on here who have been similarly dismissive of Ashbories.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1384255141' post='2274423'] "White Wedding"---as much as I like it---is an [i]interesting[/i] choice for a wedding. See also "every breath you take" and "The One I Love". [/quote] "Band of gold" gets played pretty frequently at wedding discos.

That's pretty much the intention with my bands (well, one rehearsal and it should be in) but it never happens. I suppose it depends how straightforward the song is and whether there's any defined ending to it (always a bugger, that).

Starting the auction at about half the street price for something that doesn't work and looks like it's been the victim of an incident involving Fred Dibnah seems a little on the optimistic side to me.

You can see the outline of the original neck pickup and screw holes for the corners of the bridge pickup.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1383821325' post='2269467'] Maybe I'm just jaundiced from working with too many huge businesses (particularly the global pharma brands) that conduct, incredibly well researched, scientific studies in order to gain publicity or add credence to a product claim. [/quote] You should read Ben Goldacre's book "Bad Science". In fact, everybody should.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1383692121' post='2267894'] I wondered when this would appear. It always comes up whenever anyone tries to compare the sound of different instruments. I've generally seen it on guitar forums to 'prove' that something like an Epiphone Les Paul sounds just the same as a Gibson. I think the general response, just to maintain continuity, is that if someone wrote a story about a Strad sounding better than a modern violin it wouldn't really have been much of a story and would never have been published. Of course, I know nothing about violins so who am I to say whether it was cheap piece of 'scientific' hokum published to generate publicity [/quote] So you would suggest that someone doesn't try before they buy then, and just go on the maker's name? Especially when they're spending millions of pounds? The detail of the story isn't terribly well reported in most articles on it. The players didn't have a long time with each instrument but the identity of the instruments was fairly well concealed. I suggest that you have a read of [url="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/science/in-play-off-between-old-and-new-violins-stradivarius-lags.html?_r=0"]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/science/in-play-off-between-old-and-new-violins-stradivarius-lags.html?_r=0[/url] which is reasonably well-reported and then you can decide for yourself whether it appears to be fairly well scientifically performed. Suggesting that it may be "cheap piece of 'scientific' hokum published to generate publicity" shows only that you haven't bothered to find out anything about it.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1383651701' post='2266963'] [size=4]It makes me laugh when people have their car stereos way too loud. Their attitude is, 'check out what I'm into, isn't it great?'[/size] [size=4]But it's never Mozart, is it?? [/size] [/quote] I have heard someone on a Goldwing riding along to the strains of "Ride of the Valkyries". Wagner, not Mozart, but a not dissimilar principal.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1383686699' post='2267775'] OK people, I'm now bored with this. If you genuinely believe an instrument will not change in the way it sounds (for better or worse) after being played for 50 years then I'm not going to convince you.[/quote] Of course it will sound different. Change the strings, though, and it'll be a different story.

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1383683801' post='2267726']I'm pretty sure your argument would convince all professional concert violinists that they should ditch their Stradavarius for a Stentor Student II. I mean, they're just buying old for the sake of it anyway and the efficacy of the Strad at doing the job is neither here not there... [/quote] Perhaps with a Strad they should try before they buy, and spend a hundred times less... [url="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/02/how-many-notes-violinist-stradivarius"]http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/02/how-many-notes-violinist-stradivarius[/url] (or google "blindfold comparison stradivarius")