pete.young

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='721462' date='Jan 22 2010, 06:01 PM']Can you get a stacked vol/tone pot so i can keep the piezo controls down to one pot?[/quote] These are readily available. I've never seen a Piezo setup with a tone control though. Of course, that doesn't mean they don't exist!

This is truly appalling. There's an article about it in the Standard tonight, complete with a nice picture of Tim in his Basschat T Shirt. My condolences to his family and friends, and to you and your daughter, Jack.

[quote name='BassBunny' post='716846' date='Jan 18 2010, 05:54 PM']Put the new Pre-Amp in today and changed the Jack as well, (that was a bit iffy as well).[/quote] Some of them can be iffy, those Jacks I've got to change the blend pot on my SB310 so I'll have a look then. I've just bought an SB460, picking it up on Wednesday so I'll get the camera out!

That's a lovely bass. Never seen one that colour before.

[quote name='BassBunny' post='712841' date='Jan 14 2010, 06:16 PM']The other bonus is a beautiful Brass Nut. Not sure if that is normal.[/quote] I think so, on the 325 series and up. My fretless has one, my 310 doesn't. Of course, I refuse to believe that your bass exists without PICTURES!!!!

[quote name='uzzell' post='705511' date='Jan 8 2010, 02:18 PM']Where can said TC 2x10's be purchased?[/quote] Darren at Bass Merchant has 'em, and uses them in his own rig.

[quote name='Higgie' post='705033' date='Jan 8 2010, 12:04 AM']Ok, so a friend of mine has one ear that doesn't hear as well as the other one, and even that one isn't as good as it should be, and she finds that when listening to music through her computer via headphones, she can't get enough volume as she'd like. Is there something out there that would plug in-line between the headphones and the computer that could boost the volume? If not, is there anyone here that could build me a little box that would do this? Ideally it would just have one knob for volume, an input and an output jack. Cheers James[/quote] Boostaroo! [url="http://www.pjbox.co.uk/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=447"]http://www.pjbox.co.uk/store/cart.php?m=pr...etail&p=447[/url] I have a battery powered version and it's great, but the above version is powered off USB.

[quote name='Beedster' post='704628' date='Jan 7 2010, 07:16 PM']Ah, quite a list then! I'm sure I asked the same question on here once and got a "no-one of any worth" type response![/quote] There's EBS too. None of them are budget jobs though. My Tecamp combo makes a very slight hiss, I wouldn't describe it as a whistle though and I didn't notice it at first until someone kicked off a thread on the forum. Seems to be a pre-amp thing, I'm not sure that having the distributor replace the power supply is going to achieve the desired effect. Gotta be worth trying another unit, surely?

What about a used EA CXL112? I'm using a VL110 with my Puma 350 10" combo and it fills out the lower end really nicely despite being a full-range cab. Or, at the risk of being flamed to death a Barefaced Compact.

[quote name='Beedster' post='704537' date='Jan 7 2010, 06:09 PM']Does anyone make 1x10s?[/quote] Tecamp, Epifani, Euphonic Audio.

You should be OK - just hope that you don't have to go through any revolving doors on the way!

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='700008' date='Jan 3 2010, 09:38 PM']I'm looking to record a new album this year but I'm struggling to find a decent studio that isn't geared more towards Emo / Indie acts. I want a studio engineer that isn't phased by double bass, banjo or mandolin & ideally with an understanding of Americana / Folk / Country music. We're based mainly across Berkshire but with a drummer in Dorset so our catchment area would be there but with West London being a consideration if it was a good studio. Also South Oxfordshire or North Hants are certainly areas we'd consider. Anyone? Google isn't giving much away[/quote] I was thinking that Bellowhead probably present the greatest ever challenge to a studio engineer, although they don't have a double bass they do have virtually every other awkward acoustic instrument known to man so anyone who can record them should be a contender. This page lists the studios/engineers they've used: [url="http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/folk/records/bellowhead.html"]http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zier...bellowhead.html[/url]

[quote name='YouMa' post='700836' date='Jan 4 2010, 07:27 PM']Dancing in the moonlight for me![/quote] +1 for me too, with The Rocker a close second. Don't have any guinness, but I do have a bottle of St Peter's awesome Cream Stout left over from the Xmas beer stash, which seems entirely appropriate. RIP Phil.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='697172' date='Dec 31 2009, 01:35 PM']Ebonol & phenolic are both non-porous plastics, so anything that doesn't actually polish the surface of the material will just sit there as a coating - and come off on your hands & strings.[/quote] Another good reason not to use WD40 if you ask me. It's essentially a solution containing a solvent, so all the things it does manage to remove will dissolve straight through your skin and into you. I can't understand why anyone uses this on musical instruments, it's horrible stuff. If I have to use it on a car I make sure that I've got protective gloves and barrier cream on my hands for the same reason.

[quote name='12stringbassist' post='697170' date='Dec 31 2009, 01:33 PM']According to Ebay "The instrument was custom built for 70s Glam Rock Band Shawoddy woddy"[/quote] Glam Rock Band? I think not!

[quote name='Thor' post='696970' date='Dec 31 2009, 09:35 AM']and also the quality factor of the Mexican built guitars too[/quote] I've just been playing a MIM Roadworn '60s Jazz, and while I'm not a great fan of this whole pre-aged thing, I have to say that this played very nicely (wonderful neck), was well put together and sounded marvellous through a T&C 450 rig.

My G&L 2500 has a 3-way selector switch - neck, both or bridge. No way to blend sounds. Still manages to nail most of the sounds you'd want to make with a bass.

[quote name='Higgie' post='692018' date='Dec 23 2009, 02:33 AM']Ok so my notation skills aren't perfect, I found it really hard to replicate the feel in the score, but as far as I can tell the notes are right, so you should be able to match them to the song and nail the feel by your self! This is all I could knock up since my last post, and is from when the bass enters, up to the first chorus Hope it helps, may finish it off tomorrow if I get time![/quote] Nice work Higgie. Hearing that bassline really was a 'stop the car by the side of the road and listen in wonder' moment for me. What software did you use to notate this, if you dont' mind me askin' ?

Jakesbass is right , the melody is mostly based around the E harmonic minor scale. Those were bass notes by the way, not chords - the D# - F# notes are over a B chord. If you want to improve your ability to pick up songs by ear, I'd say the most important thing to work on is recognising intervals. Key signatures seem to be out of fashion with a lot of modern arrangers - I'm seeing a lot of recent brass band stuff which is written in the same key throughout the piece but which modulates through several other keys, written with a lot of accidentals rather than a key change.

A decent pair of side cutters and a delicate touch.

Portrait of Tracy - just kidding :-) Addicted to Love fits this particular bill quite nicely.

[quote name='chris_b' post='684428' date='Dec 14 2009, 08:21 PM']I don't understand how you could find the Vintage lacking in lows! I played my Lakland and Thunderfunk through 2 Compacts at the SE Bass Bash and everyone standing within 6 feet had their rib cages vibrating when I hit the lower notes![/quote] +1. I played my 5-string G&L Tribute through my puny old-school Burman 100W all valve amp and Merton's Vintage at the SE bass bass, and there was plenty of volume, no loss of lows and no question of the low B getting quieter - if anything it got louder.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='683491' date='Dec 13 2009, 10:23 PM']but that mandolin tune he did recently (Dance Tonight) showed he still has something to offer.[/quote] For me that 'mandolin tune' was convincing proof that Macca had nothing else to offer. It takes all sorts. I have no idea why he got involved with this charade, but hey - it's McCartney, why would he care what anyone thinks?