KingBollock

Spiders are very delicate, I don't believe one could live for long in a vacuum cleaner. You should check to see if they're actually alive. Spiders moult their whole skin, they will seek out warm, damp and safe (they are very, very vulnerable during and for a while afterwards, they can't even use their fangs) places to do it. No point trying to chase them out if they're not even in their skin. If you want to kill them without opening the amp you could blow cigarette smoke in there. Nicotine is a potent insecticide and spiders are particularly prone (even though they aren't insects). You're going to have to open your amp to clear them and their webs out anyway.

Mary had a little lamb She tied it to a pylon Ten thousand volts went up its arse And turned its wool to nylon

I once had to clear out a dead spider from an extension lead socket because its little furry body had shorted the earth and the neutral. So best not let them live in an amp. I don't know how you'd go about keeping them out of your amp, some people might suggest putting a couple of conkers in there, but I'm fairly sure that doesn't really work. The only thing I can think of is stretching some netting, maybe tights material, over the vent. You could install a fan inside the vent, spiders hate being blown.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1369246000' post='2086897'] I normally use an S shape, and that is bass either at 12 o'clock, or turned down, mids neutral (12 o'clock) and treble rolled up. I do the reverse on a guitar amp. They probably don't sound good together, mind you, but sound pretty decent on their own. [/quote] I never have to worry about fitting in with a band, so my sounds are for solo, though I have a few that I switch between depending on what I'm playing or what mood I'm in. I am quite prepared to alter whatever needs altering to fit in with a band, should I ever get the chance again. Actually, looking at my eq it isn't quite a smiley, it's more of a smirk. [font=courier new,courier,monospace]Fre: 040|100|250|625|16k|04k|10k Dbe: 000|-05|-05|-10|-05|000|000[/font] I really don't like middle.

Replace them? Or, if you're not that way inclined, you could get some red gel paper or acetate, or even sweet wrapper, cut out a little circle of it and stick it over the LED (with some double sided sticky tape) turning it purple and making it less bright.

I have always used a smiley face on my eq. I keep going back and trying to redo it with "only my ears" but it always comes out the same, but, even though it sounds good to me, the comments here keep knocking my confidence in it. Although, thanks to the resonant frequency of this room, it's now a smiley face with a buck tooth, my amp looks like a bloomin' Hillbilly.

I don't know how you classify a Rock Opera, but I have been thinking of trying to write some stuff based on the books of Richard K Morgan, starting with the fantasy books - once they're finished - and then the sci-fi books. The worlds/universes he creates are amazing. The music inspiration for this would be The Vision Bleak with a sort of Static X cross for the sci-fi stuff.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1369224346' post='2086476'] I once had an idiot tell me that they were "the king of tone", which is a moronic thing to say, even if it were true. This was the same fella who said all 4x10 cabs were "sh*te" and for "pussies", noting even those incredibly terrible Gallien Krueger ones, and insisted instead that you need a 2x18 cab, like a real man. Lemmy fans, eh? [/quote] Lemmy doesn't use 18s. He uses 2 4x15s and 2 4x12s. And I'm a huge Lemmy fan but I use a 4x10. Though I did used to own a 2x18. Your mate isn't a Lemmy fan, he's just a knob.

I only have more than one bass because I had to sell the one I loved the most. I didn't even consider having more than one bass when I had that one (except when someone gave me a P copy for free, but then I sold it on a few months later). I now have 4 basses, but they've accumulated while searching for the next One True Bass. I have now found that bass. The only reason I don't sell the others is because they're not worth enough to go through the hassle of selling. Mind you, I'd probably keep the 5 string anyway, just for the versatility, but I rarely bother with it to be honest and the other two just gather dust and get in the way. Mind you, I don't gig.

[quote name='dudewheresmybass' timestamp='1368571994' post='2078821'] The lass on the left was in the phantom menace Awesome film though- I must watch it again! [/quote] Gah! That's what I was going to say! Now I can't remember if she's the very first or the second person to speak in the film. I think it's second because I think she replies to an order given by the captain of the star cruiser she's piloting.

I once managed to rip the innards of a pot out because I had superglued the knob to the shaft (I had repaired the knob and not let the glue set for long enough before putting it back on), that wasn't fun. Someone on BassChat recently did the same thing with their Cort T-34. I wondered if he'd accidentally left the grub screw tightened. before I posted to suggest as much I and went to have a look at my Cort T-35 to see if they had grub screws on the knobs. They don't. I gave mine a little tug to see how tight a fit it is and it is very tight. I am now scared witless that I will one day have to remove the knobs from it for some reason.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1367538931' post='2066789'] I'm not a great fan of Country Rock, but these guys totally own that stage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgFLdewM1ys [/quote] I remember my wife and my best mate walking in on me bouncing around the room, [i]really[/i] going for it, playing alone to that tune on guitar.

My first proper amp was a Laney Klipp. They were meant to be a guitar amp but were more popular with bassists, it sounded good through the 60s Marshall 4x12 bass cab I had. I've also had some very usable sounds through a Laney Linebacker 100R combo, through a 1x15 bass cab instead of its internal speaker.

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1367174100' post='2062178'] I was surprised to see this tbh. [/quote] 20 years ago, while working in a guitar shop, I was asked to describe my ideal Bass, and what I described was that Bass (though they didn't actually make that model back then). After dreaming about it for all that time I finally got that model last year, and everytime I look at it it still takes my breath away.

Just utterly perfect. Someone on BassChat posted a picture of a white Cort Curbow fretless that was rather lovely but I have been unable to find a picture of it since.

I normally play some scales and arpeggios, stuff that covers the whole fretboard. Though I do find myself playing songs too, usually Megadeth's Five Magics and Peace Sells, Slayer's Black Magic and Seasons in the Abyss and Metallica's Orion and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Old school, but stuff I am comfortable with, matches my style and I know how it's supposed to sound and feel.

Seven nation army.

Drop tuning doesn't bother me. What bothers me is when people lump all of metal music into one group. It is a massive and many varied creature and to dismiss it as any less than that shows a huge lack of understanding.

I play with my Bass hanging between my legs, only the tip of the bottom horn rests against my left leg, the Bass neck angles up in the classical position. When standing the Bass sits in the same place at the same angle.

I have no live shots, but I do love me a good hat. Unfortunately, due to the humongous proportions of my noggin, most of my hats are woolly ones. Though I do have a couple that fit, even if I did have to make a stretcher to get the leather one to fit. This used to be my favourite: Please excuse the abomination that I am holding in my hands, terribly sorry it's not a Bass. This is now my favourite: I can't remember how many times I've posted this picture on here now. I took it to show off my beloved Warlock when I first got it. Quite partial to a Buff too: And then there's my dead sexy fishing peak: Blimey I've had to trawl back through some years to find some of those.

I used to play in metal and thrash bands. Would love to do something more extreme, blackened death metal would probably be ideal. Unfortunately, the chances of finding anyone around here that would be interested are very very slim. When we moved here a few years ago I went into a guitar shop in a relatively large town, where I mentioned the sort of music I would like to play and the chap behind the counter actually said "Yeah, we had a bloke in here talking about that stuff a few years ago."... Really enjoying the OPs tracks, especially the vocals.

This question keeps bouncing around me bounce, too. Wish someone would do a YouTube video where they wind their own pickups and then compare them. Starting with different amounts of winds, different kinds of winds and thickness of the wire, then going on to different types of magnets. I would love to have a crack at winding my own and something like that would help me to choose what to have a go at. Edit: Thanks for that xliddx, that goes a long way to helping me understand the differences.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1365715689' post='2043531'] Don't tell us. Tell him. [/quote] Fine, I will! After I get Liam Neeson to hide all the guns he's got under his bed...

Bah! When Chuck Norris goes to bed he checks under it for Liam Neeson! And Chuck Norris is a rightwing, bigoted fruitcake...

I can't believe that I missed Rammstein out!