KingBollock

[quote name='cocco' timestamp='1336657909' post='1649034'] Dean cadillac?! [/quote] Yup. It's a special edition, apparently, though I don't know what's so special about it. The switch is in a different place, it has the Floyd trem and the headstock is the Shrimp fork shape. Plays nice though. I'm hoping to change the pick-ups at some point, preferably for some chrome ones to match the rest of the hardware, I had to change the knobs to chrome from the original gold speed knobs, which just didn't look right. The original pick-ups are really dull sounding, so I wouldn't be doing it just for aesthetics.

It's not quite everything, there's a new (well, and old one I've since repaired) pedal that isn't there. And a couple of acoustic things that are in the conservatory, and a new Bass which was put in the post to me today. I shall take a better pick once it's arrived. But. other than the missing bits, that photo includes my Guitar rig and my little PA rig.

I love having my stuff in a rack. I do have a multi-effects pedal thing and a separate Distortion/Chorus pedal (for Guitar, not Bass), but they both sit on top of an amp so that I can fiddle with the knobs without breaking my back, they never sit on the floor to be used as actual pedals.

I have ordered from GAK and not had a problem, the item came quickly and was in the condition I expected it to be in. It's not had any faults (go Behringer!) so not had to return it for anything. However, last year I was going to buy one of the Hartke 4.5xl cabs from them but under shipping it said to phone them. I don't like talking on the phone, so my wife called them for me. All she said was that we were interested in that cab and that it said to phone them, and whomever it was on the phone basically said "Well it means it's out of stock, obviously." he might as well have added Duh! at the end for the way he said it. And he made a huge fuss about looking up when it would be back in stock. I ended up buying a Peavey 4x10 off Ebay instead. Not saying I wouldn't use them again but they definitely lost that sale for themselves.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1336469380' post='1645915'] The odd thing has happened, as my hair line has gone back I obviously look older and therefore more likely to buy, the amount of shops that I'll walk in and be offered to play things I'm looking at rather than having to ask. [/quote] I've got a very expensive looking leather coat (it wasn't massively expensive, it was only £185) and if I know I'm going to be popping into somewhere where I feel I might want proper service I always put it on, with some nice leather shoes, and it works every time. The fact that I don't have a lot of money and have been wearing the same coat and shoes for over 10 years... Well, they don't know that. When I was a kid I worked in an independent Guitar shop. It was staffed by some very knowledgeable and talented people (and me), but I'm sure the boss only had the place because his playing career was dead. I remember being very frustrated because every week we had two people come in, one had ordered a tambourine (we had a Drum and Percussion shop too) and the other had ordered some kind of oil filled snare drum skin. The boss had said he would order both but never did and those two people came in every week for the whole time I worked there. The boss managed to start a band that has had some success and the shop turned to crap. You'd go in and the place would just be full of his own gear that he was storing there.

I have to admit that I haven't been to a Chiropractor. I do suffer with a bad back and have done for almost 20 years. One day my wife mentioned the idea of going to see a Chiropractor to my GP. My GP, whom has earned my trust, gave me a very withering look and said "Well... [i]Some[/i] people think it helps...". After that I did all the research I could as before that I had believed it to just be a type of physiotherapy. I, personally, wouldn't touch it with someone else's wonky spine and certainly never my own or someone I cared about.

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1336411444' post='1645269'] What a great thread. Thanks Shep. I've started thinking through how my back problems began. Not sure that a Chiro can actually deal with my symptoms, but I think I'll give it a go anyway - what's the worst they can say..."no, I can't treat you...". [/quote] [url="http://whatstheharm.net/chiropractic.html"]http://whatstheharm....iropractic.html[/url] While Chiropractic is still largely woo filled, I will say that there is a new school where they don't bother with the woo stuff so much and the stuff that helps is where they overlap with what a physio or proper massage therapist would do. Which is fine. It's when they go telling people they can cure your baby's Colic by performing dangerous procedures and altering it's "subluxations" that I have a problem with them. [url="http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/chiropractic.html"]http://www.randi.org...iropractic.html[/url] Just be aware.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1336344190' post='1644387'] You need a stripper like this for ribbon cable: You'll need to strip the ribbon back in 1/2" sections along its length but this sort of stripper is easily available and you don't have to pay £100+ for a proper single pass ribbon stripper. You might want to have a practice on an old PC ribbon cable just to make sure you've got the tension set right if you go for a manual version (the manual ones have a knurled tension screw on the back of the head - but then, don't we all... ) [/quote] I've got four of those damned things sitting in draws and none of them have ever worked, no matter what I do with them. I've got some of these: which work well. Anything they can't do my teeth usually can. Also got a bunch of crimping tools that also claim to strip wire but never can.

They look lovely, but I don't understand why anyone would limit themselves in such a way. I move all over the strings with my plucking hand to get different tones depending on what I'm playing. It's probably a completely wrong technique, but it works for me.

[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1336198164' post='1642330'] That's a cool review. That guy knows his stuff . [/quote] Indeed. It was one of the reviews I studied when deciding on the 5 string NT last year. It didn't happen then and I'm kind of glad, I like the 5 string I've got now and I think I prefer that the Warlock be a 4 string because I shall keep it tuned half a step down instead of standard as with my 5 string. I find a standard tuned 5 string and a 4 string dropped half a step down, to be the most versatile set-up for me and the stuff I like to play.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1336186814' post='1642308'] Was that the NT on Ebay? Not much distinction from the NJs, now, the NT just signifying the neck-through, surely? [/quote] It's this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/B-C-Rich-Warlock-4string-Bass-Thru-Neck-Nj-Series-/160793255378?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2570065dd2 To be honest, I didn't post the link before incase people decided to make fun of me! The description and the photos aren't brilliant so it's quite a gamble. The short description almost makes me wonder if he's not mentioning some things deliberately. We shall see.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1335442245' post='1631138'] I've wanted a Warlock for over 20 years! Last year I decided to go for it and get one for my birthday. I chose the NT: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/18712-bc-rich-nt-warlock-5/"]http://basschat.co.u...h-nt-warlock-5/[/url] as my perfect Bass. And then they went and discontinued it and the place I was going to get it from sold out. Bummer. I was going to get the 5 string but as I ended up buying a Cort T-35 instead I am now looking out for the 4 string version. Though, I have to say I'm not looking too hard because I can't really afford it at the moment and I'm quite happy with my current 4 string since putting some decent strings on it and setting it up properly, but if one comes up at the right price I will have to find a way to buy it. [/quote] And one came up today for £250. Not a good time to do it, this being the beginning of a 5 week month, pay wise, but I couldn't not. It said that it's an NJ but I'm fairly sure it's an NT. We'll have to see, when it comes.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1336048834' post='1640002'] Ah my bad. I thought you wanted rid of the volume control. [/quote] I did...do... I don't know! To be honest it's tinkering for the sake of tinkering, there's no real reason for me to do it, especially as the current CTS Premium volume pot in there is only a couple of months old. I know I don't want a rotary switch and the push/push pot would be perfect, but they're quite expensive. What I shall probably do is wait and see if I come across a cheap push/push pot, now that I know for sure they exist.

Thanks guys. I'm thinking that a Push/Pull pot may well be the way to go, I get a killswitch but still retain control of the volume. I know how to install them because I used them to tap the coils in my Dean, which is why I can't believe I hadn't thought of them myself. The Push/Push pot does fit my brief better but they're bloomin' expensive.

I can't seem to stop messing about with my Westfield and I've just seen a thread where someone mentioned a Bass with no controls at all. Now, I don't like the idea of no control but I thought about it and I don't use my volume control, so I would like to replace it with a killswitch. I've had a bit of a look but can't see what I'm looking for. I'd like a push switch with a shaft I could fit my current volume control knob to, so, ideally, it would be push-to-make push-to-break. Is there anything like that out there?

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1335566974' post='1633368'] This, partly because I've never ever been asked to use any weird tuning and partly because anything I'm likely to play can be done on a five or six string. [/quote] When I played in bands I was never asked to play in anything other than standard. I don't think I even knew you [i]could [/i]play in alternative tunings for the first 10 years of playing. This caused some trouble when it came to learning stuff from records, especially as it was all metal, I just gave up trying to learn from the record. I had a Guns & Roses Bass Tab book and didn't know they tuned half a step down, so none of it worked when I tried to play along to the songs, very frustrating.

The Bass player for Serpent Venom is a great chap. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Serpent_Venom/3540310420 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOLVPl5YE3E

I can recommend the 802. I looked at the 1002 and actually preferred the specs of the 802 because though the 1002 has 2 more inputs, the 802 has more channels with EQ, if that matters to you at all. I bought the 802 and it's great. It's easy to compare the three different mixers using the PDF manual: http://www.behringer.com/assets/502_P0576_M_EN.pdf

I've wanted a Warlock for over 20 years! Last year I decided to go for it and get one for my birthday. I chose the NT: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/18712-bc-rich-nt-warlock-5/ as my perfect Bass. And then they went and discontinued it and the place I was going to get it from sold out. Bummer. I was going to get the 5 string but as I ended up buying a Cort T-35 instead I am now looking out for the 4 string version. Though, I have to say I'm not looking too hard because I can't really afford it at the moment and I'm quite happy with my current 4 string since putting some decent strings on it and setting it up properly, but if one comes up at the right price I will have to find a way to buy it.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1335205310' post='1627291'] [url="http://www.charistalbotphotography.co.uk/"]http://www.charistal...tography.co.uk/[/url] And the lovely Amy Dawn. Also her legs. [/quote] Is it terribly sad that the first thing I noticed was the Laney Klipp?

Immortal.

I showed my wife that pic and said "Just be glad I'm not after a rig that big.", to which she replied "If you had a room big enough to put it all in then I wouldn't care.". I love that woman.

Nothing wrong with Cradle of Filth! Cruelty and the Beast and Thornography are two of my all time favourite albums. I know they're not Death/Black Metal, but if you like some meat in your music, Sabaton have plenty. And lyrically brilliant and moving, even though it's mostly about war.

I love my V-amp Pro, it's a cracking piece of kit for the money, or even twice the price. I don't know if I should mention it on here but... There's a huge thread on TalkBass about the Bass V-amp Pro. It seems quite popular to team it up with Crown power amps, but I know nothing about them, mine is on my Peavey T-Max effects loop (I bought the V-Amp just as a cheap way to experiment with effects but it has proven useful in many different ways, especially if you use the midi software). http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/behringer-bass-v-amp-pro-part-ii-get-back-jack-do-again-791182/ That's actually the second thread, there was a previous one that got too big and they had to start again. There's a lot of good advice in there.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1334942827' post='1623930'] Also, regardless of age, if you are or have been a student at a music school, they are usually happy to put you in touch with fellow students who want to form a band, although they might not plan to play in public immediately. I know that my teachers kept telling me to do exactly that - but I only play along records and for my own enjoyment, and so far have no desire to go on stage. (Joining a band is also a fairly big commitment, what with learning the songs in the set, rehearsing, getting all the gear etc. and above all being available when the band need you!) [/quote] One of the problems I have is that I want to play with other people, I want to write original music, but I don't particularly want to play on stage. I don't suppose I'd mind at some point, once comfortable with the people I'm playing with, but I wouldn't want to join a band and have to immediately start working on/learning a live set. I just want to have a bit of fun.