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Mrs Zero is the singer for one of my bands. Song list: [url="http://thelightning.co.uk/songs.html"]http://thelightning.co.uk/songs.html[/url] We're not bothered by the gender of the original artist.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1365021768' post='2034340'] the only exception i will add for necks is warwicks - love the tone to pieces but just feels like im trying to wrap my sweaty little mitt around a scabby old plank of 2x4 [/quote] You should try an early Warwick, especially a JD Thumb. It completely spoilt me for other basses.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1365112967' post='2035644'] Haha! I think the day when you commission a custom bass is the day your best friend should punch you in the face. Like your art is so unique it requires a bespoke instrument. Your art as a bass player - no other instrument screams 'accompaniment' like the bass guitar, nobody needs a bespoke bass built to their own specification unless they have a disability and require a uniquely accessible instrument. [/quote] What a brave new world you live in where "need" is the only criterion of what instrument you buy. What if you just want a custom bass, for no reason other than it's what you want? Is that some bass playing offence of which I should be aware?

The name www.rockartistmanagement.com rings a bell. And that looks considerably shittier than the average sh*tty genuine Fender.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1364933530' post='2033018'] Women just don't understand us do they? [/quote] It's possible that they understand us all too well.

I do a bit of moving round, but the main thing is eye contact with audience members which I consciously try to do. Funnily enough, in both rock covers bands the guitarists have recently said "we" need more stage presence. This actually translates to the guitarists needing more stage presence...

Yesterday, at a rather cold and windy outdoor gig, I played, sang backing vocals, and held the front centre leg of the marquee down when it suddenly threatened takeoff. I can't talk and play though.

[quote name='LiamPodmore' timestamp='1364381532' post='2025585'] I'm a righty but i sometimes debate on whether to get a lefty bass and learn to play that too. Partly because it'd be a challenge and partly because i could really f*ck with peoples minds on stage. I think it would be an intereresting spin (quite literally) on my bass playing and a bit of fun to try. [/quote] Why not do both? [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gACsPcbU1tg"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gACsPcbU1tg[/url]

I'm not sure that it could be described as "stunning". If you tried to stun anything with that, it would fall apart.

[quote name='alembic1989' timestamp='1364284627' post='2024194'] I think the guitar is...manky..white fingerboard..how naff is that?? [/quote] The fingerboard gives a clue to how it was painted. Presumably it was dropped into a vat of white paint, fished back out again, and then the paint scraped off the tops of the frets.

[quote name='martin8708' timestamp='1364247273' post='2023898'] So do I take a chance on the Skoda of the amp world , or stick with the Battlestar Gallactica of the CS800. [/quote] The Europowers are built like tanks and make the signal that you stick into the input louder without making a lot of difference to it in other ways. I have had problems with one Behringer product - a PMX3000 that I bought with a blown PSU, got the PSU replaced, and some time later it blew again. I sold the remains. However, the other Behringer products I have and have had (including a EP2500 power amp that I sold when I went to active speakers) have been fine. I currently use a Xenyx 1002B mixer for PA duties for vocals in the covers bands and the entire band in the ceilidh band.

[quote name='D-L-B' timestamp='1364159516' post='2022752'] Just admit it guys, if we get right to the bottom of it, it's simply down to lack of imagination. Amirite?! Huh?! [/quote] Nonsense. If that was true, I'd have a Fender.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1364155479' post='2022673'] Still trying to think of a way to remember that Hey Joe starts on C though! [/quote] That'll be Crazy Joe, then?

"[font=Eras Demi ITC, sans-serif]some of the value is in the providence". He's hoping for divine intervention?[/font]

I've contacted Tecamp but thought I'd ask here as well, in case I don't get any help from them. When a lead is plugged into the input socket, if I move it at all I get a loud bang. This happens with assorted leads. The socket is a PCB mounting mono one with two break contacts. I bought what I thought was an exact replacement made by Cliff, but there is a crucial difference with the bits that push into the PCB. On the original socket, these are stepped, but on the replacement there is no step. Consequently the original one sits a few mm above the PCB while the replacement sits flush on the PCB and thus below the height of the hole for it on the front panel. There is a corresponding Cliff socket, the S2BNB PC Type A/S, but I'm buggered if I can find one. Does anyone know where I might be able to find such a beast?

Midlands Today just had a report from a certain industrial estate on the outskirts of Warwick, including a few minutes interview with Mark Stickley about the forthcoming budget. They're going back tomorrow so Mark might be on again...

[quote name='fatback' timestamp='1363536433' post='2013755'] The 'why do we need to perform live?' Q puzzled me for years until I heard the great Rabbath explain. He says the adrenalin slows down time, so you have forever to form each note, and that's a very special thing.[/quote] Don't forget the great universe of choices opening up before you with each note. I really should try and choose the right one a bit more often, given the amount of time I have to think about it.

I keep an eye out for very very cheap baritones with the vague idea of doing this. AIUI, the fretboard width on a U-Bass is greater than that of a normal baritone uke. I don't know what the tension on the strings used on a U-Bass is like but I would think it's similar to Ashbory strings, which aren't very high tension at all.

Do you have a multimeter that you could test the resistance with? Measure tip to ring with pedal all the way up and all the way down. On mine (the current FP-02), it's 100 ohms with pedal all the way down (full throttle) and 86k with pedal all the way up (silence).

I'm looking to replace the QTX 15" active speakers we currently use with something a bit better quality. I want something that'll keep up with a loud drummer, guitarist who will occasionally play loud when we tell him to, and a loud bassist. Basically something that will put out somewhere round 130dB, and probably 12" rather than 15" speakers. And a weight limit of about 15kg per speaker. I want to limit spending to around £800 - considerably less would be nice. So, although I'm sure a pair of QSC K12s would be lovely, we can't afford them, unless someone wants to sell me a pair ridiculously cheap. Any recommendations?

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1363093042' post='2008239'] What is remarkable about the Fender bass is that it is still the best tool for the job of playing the bass guitar in most modern popular music situations , even 60 or so years after its' initial conception . That's why so many people still use them . [/quote] I'm not at all comvinced about "the best tool". I think "adequate" would be more accurate there. As for why so many people still use them, that just shows how blinkered so many bassists are. They obviously can't tell entertainment from art.