tauzero

[quote name='Leowasright' post='193211' date='May 6 2008, 07:20 PM']I have to say that everytime I see another band, I look at the bass player, and if he has one of those "modern" things (Wal/Warwick/pointy thing or other non-Fender like object), I wonder why he can't just use a Jazz or a Precision![/quote]
Because they're sh*t [1] compared to my Thumbs. It really is as simple as that.

Come to that, my Tsais also walk all over Fenders. So it's really no contest.

[1] In my opinion, of course, which, when I'm buying the basses and playing the basses, is, after all, the only opinion that counts

[quote name='jono b' post='193038' date='May 6 2008, 04:19 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Precision-Jazz-Special-Bass-Limited-Edition_W0QQitemZ320248936079QQihZ011QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]Red P Bass - £750[/url][/quote]
Is that the one that some time ago didn't have the bridge pickup installed, even though it had the hole and the seller also had the bridge pickup?

I'm disappointed. I voted for neither and my vote was rejected. What sort of democracy is this, eh? What's wrong with being able to vote "none of the above" rather than having to select between a dreary lump of wood with sort-of-one pickup and a dreary bit of wood with two pickups? Eh?

[quote name='cheddatom' post='189500' date='May 1 2008, 10:04 AM']How much would it cost for that kind of bandwith though? It'd be cheaper to get a dedicated server surely?[/quote]
What kind of bandwidth? I don't know what BC uses - I was on a standard 2MB line (don't think I'll be able to get 8MB, I'm too far from the exchange).

[quote name='FJ1200' post='188611' date='Apr 30 2008, 08:07 AM']Has anyone got one? If so - do you use it on it's own or with a POD?[/quote]
I haven't got a Variax bass but I do have a Variax 300 g**tar which I use through a POD for electric sounds and DIed for acoustic. I'm very happy with it - think I've had it three years now, and it meets my 6-string needs and some of my 12-string ones too.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='188938' date='Apr 30 2008, 04:09 PM']I find it funny that people take more than one guitar to gigs. I have pedals for that kind of thing.[/quote]
You have a pedal to take the frets off? Kewl.

Oh, I'm not the first to say that...

I've got a defretter effect on the Digitech which isn't particularly convincing but can be adjusted to give a slightly more convincing bowed sound.

I don't have a pedal to add or subtract strings though.

[quote name='phatmonkey' post='189005' date='Apr 30 2008, 05:04 PM']Current plan is to switch to our own dedicated server, so if anybody has any colocation recommendations, that'd be great.[/quote]
I use 123-reg.co.uk to host my websites. Not sure if all the infrastructure to run BB software is there but I suspect it is.

I'll ask a couple of people I know who have dedicated servers what they use. Of course, if you have a fixed IP address, you can run one at home.

[quote name='finnbass' post='188065' date='Apr 29 2008, 02:22 PM']I've just done a 610 mile round trip to meet up with a few fellow bass players and it was fantastic, I couldn't have done it though if the host hadn't offered me a bed for the night as 10 hours driving in one day is an absolute killer.[/quote]
I've done a 600 mile round trip a fortnight after breaking several ribs and puncturing a lung, but I wouldn't recommend it (the fractured ribs and punctured lung are an optional extra).

Depends if you're used to driving long distances. Brighton to NewCastle [1] and back is further than I'd personally like to do in one go.

What about going by train?

[1] As opposed to Newcastle, which is somewhere near Stoke

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='187961' date='Apr 29 2008, 12:16 PM']Perhaps we could organise a basschat relay. For a small fee someone could pick the gear up and drive it say 50 miles to the next relay. Need lots of organisation mind.[/quote]
On the bike email list I'm on, we quite often do this for non-urgent stuff as quite a few of us travel around the country. I think it does help that a lot of us have met each other, though.

[quote name='BassJase' post='187883' date='Apr 29 2008, 10:47 AM']Nady Wireless;

This is about 14 years old, and believe it or not i swapped it for a EB-3 i had when i was about 17... (D'OH!!)
Its obviously a bit beaten and bruised, the battery cover clip came off years ago so its now got velcro holding it on. I tried it earlier today and i works fine, but i remember trying it a few years ago with no joy so i'm selling it sold as seen. (The last thing i wanna do is rip anyone off!)
Not after much for it, make me an offer or i'll swap it for a set of strings or summit. [/quote]
Just thought I might point out that this runs in the free unlicensed frequency range (see [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10362"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10362[/url] ).

Also that if it doesn't power up or intermittently goes off, it's a penny to a pinch of snuff that the lead from the power supply is breaking up where it goes into the jack plug, which can be remedied with a new jack plug (ensuring that it's the correct polarity).

[quote name='tauzero' post='187207' date='Apr 28 2008, 01:52 PM']Um. Yes.[/quote]


[quote name='matty589' post='187432' date='Apr 28 2008, 06:02 PM']Doing what? Riding your bike?[/quote]

Good grief, you're not very good at remembering what you asked, are you? Or reading comprehension.

Let's see what you said:

"Jaco, Jamerson, Mark King and the rest have made music that has entertained and been enjoyed by people all round the world. Have you?"

And I said:

"Um. Yes."

Now, why do you think that would be? Could it possibly because there are people around the world who have listened to the music I have written and been entertained by it? Well, funnily enough, the answer is "yes".

I fail to see how riding my bike would be making music that entertained people around the world. Perhaps you could explain that to me.

[quote name='ead' post='186030' date='Apr 26 2008, 05:23 PM']Final question if I'm not bugging you too much. I notice there was some talk earlier about buying similar bases in Lancaster, and you mention another German alternative...do you know which companies/websites and are they all manufactured in the same place in the far east do you think?[/quote]
I got mine from gigimusic100. It's branded Atrics and is from China via Germany. Must get round to doing a defret and proper set-up on the Jerry Atrics sometime, I took all the tension off the strings and truss-rods for a while as the necks were a little iffy.

[quote name='greyparrot' post='187270' date='Apr 28 2008, 02:55 PM']I want to add photos of basses that i am selling, but it says i have used my space. Is their a way to clear old photos?[/quote]
My Controls | Manage your attachments, select the ones you want to delete and click "delete selected".

Reminded by another thread - make sure that Carol Kaye isn't in the studio. Barricade the door if necessary. Get photographic evidence that it was you playing the bass.

[quote name='matty589' post='186880' date='Apr 27 2008, 11:26 PM']When you feel like overrating him take a listen to the Nightfly by Donald Fagen. He doesn't slap a note and plays great.[/quote]
I've listened to it once. What a pile of tedious turgid crap it is too.

[quote name='bnt' post='186184' date='Apr 26 2008, 09:38 PM']Not as many hits as Carol Kaye, however... [/quote]
That's one thing we forgot to put in the "advice for newbie to recording" thread - make sure you lock Carol Kaye out as she's bound to show up.

[quote name='matty589' post='186106' date='Apr 26 2008, 07:08 PM']Overrated by who? Without wishing to descend into an argument, does the wider world care what the posters on this thread think? Jaco, Jamerson, Mark King and the rest have made music that has entertained and been enjoyed by people all round the world. Have you?[/quote]
Um. Yes.

Hi Ho Silver lining
Wishing Well
Honky Tonk Women
All along the watchtower
Won't get fooled again
Get it on
Drift away

Friday night was a friend's 50th. She's the other half of John, the ex-organiser of the open mic nights at the Roadhouse, so the future Mrs Zero and I did some acoustic duo numbers, and I played bass for John for a few numbers. The main band were the Roger Hill band, a rock'n'rolling trio. I was going to DI my bass into the PA and their bassist, completely unprompted, asked if I'd like to use his rig. EBS head and EBS 4x10 - I wasn't going to turn that down (in fact, I turned it up). A good night, and the future Mrs Zero was driving (but I didn't drink to excess, honest).

Saturday night was a covers band gig - first for six or seven weeks, and went well. Singer didn't make too many cockups and almost every song was as per arrangement. Blimey. And I tried flattening the tone controls on the GK and rather liked the resultant sound.

[quote name='bassmasta' post='186216' date='Apr 26 2008, 11:06 PM']i think i will just leave it as it is for now, because, as said, its not really worth it on such a cheap bass. i was wanting to explore the options available, but they are too expensive for such a bass. i will just invest in some nicer strings for now.[/quote]
What you could do for notalot (£15 to £25) is put an Artec preamp in it, which would at least make it active and give you a bit more on-board possibilities.

I wasn't that impressed by the guitar, TBH. Didn't find it all that wonderful to play. I've certainly played quite a few better for quite a lot less.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' post='185030' date='Apr 25 2008, 07:53 AM']While writing this epistle, I remembered looking at the site Nissan set up for the Qashqai car...this was some time ago (they've changed it since, but this is still way better). That's how options should be shown. [url="http://tinyurl.com/4ly3pq"]Nissan Site[/url][/quote]
Didn't show up within ten seconds. I left.

The disparity between form and function will only continue to increase as web "designers" insist on using Flash more and more, and people using them are taken in more and more by the glitz and ignore the functionality and search optimisation.

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='185324' date='Apr 25 2008, 02:32 PM']In my first band I did both - I think I concentrated on the bass playing, actually... I guess the trick is to write a good bass part and learn it perfectly before trying to sing over the top of it; so learn each part separately[/quote]
I think that's what I did. But I was a rubbish vocalist anyway [1] and went over to having a proper vocalist after a while.

[1] This should not be taken as an indication that anything has changed

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='184531' date='Apr 24 2008, 02:35 PM']We have one coming up next week for special needs kids, Downs Syndrome I think. Its a charity thing so we're doing it for nothing but unfortunately I can't make it. Shame really, they're very entertaining when they dance and they're having a good time as well which is what its all about for us.[/quote]
The barn dance band did one for a Downs Syndrome lad's 18th birthday. Of course most of his friends were also Downs - they made a really good job of the dancing, and Kaz didn't dumb it down for them. One thing was particularly touching - Kaz uses a headset mic and goes among the dancers to call but doesn't join in. On one dance, I saw her leading one of the children, a lad of about 12, who looked a little lost. What I didn't realise was that the reason he was looking a little lost was that he was blind, and Kaz managed to get him into the dance all the same.

Google again - I saw a Digitech Bass Harmony Machine on That Ebay, wanted to find out more, and google found someone selling one on Basschat.

I never did buy it after all.