tauzero

So, did it go to anyone on here?

I like the Zoom B3 approach - I would like to see the equivalent of the Zoom G3 2.0 firmware for it for added oomph. The other multifx I've used have all constrained you to a particular signal chain with a limited number of options available at each step.

[quote name='Wolverinebass' timestamp='1344864302' post='1770248'] Who gives a toss who was on bass. If it's not Entwistle, I don't want or care to see The Who. I see that they're off touring Quadrophenia, how is that going to work without the bass playing? Errr... it's not. It's quite simple. As capable as Pino or whomever is, unless you get someone who has a similar stylistic bent to Entwistle and there aren't that many people who do play anything like that, the Who will continue to be crap and I won't be interested. [/quote] I went to see The 'Oo at the NIA a couple of years ago and they were bloody great.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1344895675' post='1770923'] All non Olympic sponsor brands were banned from any Olympic event. Any logos not covered would have been left visible as the manufacturers would have paid a handsome fee to the IOC. [/quote] Presumably that means that if anyone had used a Rickenbacker, as the shape is trademarked, it would have to be played inside a sack.

I started on guitar. It's still what I use for songwriting, and Mrs Zero and I do the odd acoustic duo gig where I play guitar and she warbles. As others have said, it's handy being able to read chord shapes as the guitarist plays them. Rather than have disdain for other instruments, it's as well to have respect for them and the contribution that they make to the music[s], pathetic though it might be[/s].

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1344608976' post='1767107'] He IS the bassist [/quote] I think he might now be the guitarist. So maybe he's sacked himself, or perhaps he's uneasy about the band dynamics and he's looking for another band before he sacks himself.

"I only play for my own pleasure." Yes, people have said that about me too. As Neil Innes once said: "I've suffered for my music, now it's your turn".

So he's sacking the current bassist by giving him another band to go to?

[quote name='JellyKnees' timestamp='1344429250' post='1764284'] if they did double ball end steels in my prefered guage I'd probably have them on my headless too, but they don't so I'm sticking with Elites on that for now as I haven't found a better dbe string. [/quote] Have you tried the Status dbe strings? I've got those on the headless and I think I'll be continuing with them. I use Elites for just about everything with a head though. Guitar - I use D'Addario 10s and because I like a nice low action I get Mark D Phillips to file my nuts.

Second-hand, EA iAmp800 plus Tech Soundsystems ND410S plus Zoom B3 came in at a little below £1000 so I'm another of the disenfranchised. I think it would be a little shy of £2k to replace it all with new.

Breathing life into an ancient thread that perhaps should have been left alone... Played at a wedding on Saturday. Most of the audience was 30ish and stuff from Ziggy Stardust to Comfortably Numb [1] via She Sells Sanctuary and Use Somebody all went down well, but at some point we played Underdog by Kasabian and the dance floor was clear by the time the guitarist played the intro riff the second time. [1] The guitarist kept saying it wasn't a wedding song and wouldn't play it, then right at the end they wanted another song and I persuaded him to do it. Went down a storm.

[quote name='oldslapper' timestamp='1344447560' post='1764733'] Lead bass? [/quote] For heavy metal, obviously.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1344421689' post='1764119'] Of course not. We brain wash all of them. [/quote] Hosepipes down their wellies?

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1343836938' post='1756086'] Glad to hear it's worked out in your favour, but something like that seemed inevitable really. If bandmates don't get on together then it'll never work out. [/quote] TBH, as long as the assorted musicians assembled into a band have a reasonable level of competence, the most important thing is that they get along together. Which doesn't necessarily mean a democracy, some bands operate quite happily as dictatorships, but get along they must.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1343686716' post='1753828'] If I didn't play in a rock band or perhaps mostly played on ballad-type tunes then I'd be happy as a fretless player as well. [/quote] I use fretless exclusively with one of the cover bands - Kasabian, Biffy Clyro, Foo Fighters... If it was good enough for Boz Burrell, it's good enough for me.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1343525047' post='1751768'] Have you been in situations where you need to come up with an extra 40min of material on the spot or something? What do you do? [/quote] Play "Comfortably Numb". "Freebird" is an acceptable alternative. I know this is a bit of a radical suggestion, but have you thought of writing a few more songs?

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1343819708' post='1755625'] However, the rest of the band want one for backing vocals too and well as rhythm. [/quote]

Playing a gig for the guitarist's mate's wedding and the venue want £10M PLI. We can get it paid for by the groom but would like to minimise the cost, partly because he'd also contribute to the PAT testing if the insurance wasn't eye-wateringly expensive. I had a look at the above insurers, and they all seem to be £1M, £2M or £5M. Does anyone know any other insurers who might provide £10M insurance for less than £280 (the quote the groom has got)?

I think you may need to look for another alternative - EAD Foundation 212, Tech Soundsystems ND212 or ND410 perhaps.

[quote name='PauBass' timestamp='1342865400' post='1741971'] Well I do play in a very loud rock band and I need the power/volume for this gig. The cab I'm thinking of replacing is a Bergantino NV412, just because I want to make the rig a bit more portable for smaller venues. [/quote] The Berg outputs a sound level of 103dB at 1W at an ear located 1m from the speaker (if Berg's figures are to be believed). What you need to do is find the SPL for the other two speakers. Things start getting rather convoluted due to the logarithmic nature of sound levels, but, taking a simplistic approach, if they're both around the 103dB 1W/1m level, the volume will be around the same. A 3dB difference in sound level means a doubling in power, so if they were both around the 100dB level, you would need to turn the amp up a bit. How much is another of those piece of string questions, volume/output level controls are nominally logarithmic so on a scale of 1 to 10 you might turn it from 5 to 6, or you might have one of the more biassed controls that have most of the power increase over the first half of their travel which would mean you had to go from (say) 4 to 8. There may well be someone a bit more knowledgeable than me along in a bit to correct any mistakes I've made.

My first thought was the same as Bremen's, that it was like the Olimpic logo, and after thinking that the Stingray actually looked like a dragon with its jaws agape, I began to wonder if they are in fact a sophisticated Rorschach test. Well, I can't do the looking at clouds game at the moment because there's just the one and it goes from horizon to horizon.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1342821492' post='1741665'] Won't electric strings on a cheap acoustic pull the bridge away from the body? [/quote] Au contraire, mon ami. Unless the cheap acoustic should have nylon strings on it (normally you can tell because the headstock is slotted rather than having the tuners sticking up vertically), electric strings (typically starting with an 8, 9 or 10 top E string and having a plain G) will be lighter than acoustic strings (starting with a 10, 11 or 12 E string and with a wound G).

When you consider that he values an Akito motorcycle jacket at £300, valuing a stick with a set of four-in-line tuners arranged as 2+2, half a pickup, and a jack socket at nearly £300 is consistent with his world view. It's as if he's seen an Ergo upright bass, thought "I can do that", and failed miserably.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1342515016' post='1736268'] And just for the record, a guy who states several times that he's internet illiterate does so on his own website? [/quote] I think that one glance at said website is sufficient to prove that point.