Graham

Not one for me, but a bargain here for someone: Lakland Darryl Jones 4-string with an East pre in Lake Placid Blue, no bids, starting bid £500.00 http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?itemId=281100010052&index=5&nav=SEARCH&nid=95432504663

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1367676804' post='2068290'] Yep thats where we play it too, OK you can drop tune but you dont get the tight response of a proper B string like the record. Locked out of heaven is also easier on a fiver IMO because its easier to grab the F on the B string, again probably is either a 5 string or a B strung bass on the record? Ignoring the extra notes anyway love it or hate it (as we all do) even the standard range notes have 'that' sound when played on the B string. [/quote] Got to be a low B, like you say, it's just so much simpler to play it in that position, trying to play it in the first position just feels really counter-intuitive

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1367671964' post='2068204'] Great performance and show but where has all that bottom end gone, fwiw the bass sounds ace and the low notes have plenty of beef but the main riff sounded better in the lower octave on the record to my ears? [/quote] Absolutely agree, when I did it a couple of months ago with one of my dep acts I played it on a low B (well, A# actually) and it sounded great - much better than an octave up. Love playing this song though and Locked Out Of Heaven is on my to learn list.

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1367660724' post='2068006'] Some companies when sending high value fragile goods, put a gizzmo on it that is like a spirit level bubble and if the box/package is handled roughly, it breaks and turns red and you can tell right away if it has been mishandled and mark the delivery note accordingly. Might be a good idea for high value amps, cabs etc. [/quote] Shockwatch - useful bits of kit

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1367445213' post='2065906'] Now that's product placement! [/quote] Best bit - didn't say Hartke on them! Can't remember what it said, but was presumably the handle manufacturer.

I used to have a Hartke Pro 4200 cab which was enormous and weighed a ton and had a rather daft design flaw where the handles had raised, embossed logos on them which left said logo imprinted on your hand when you carried it anywhere. Sounded great though.

I'd go Hartke - lot of bang for your buck and give a clear, solid sound. If you can pair one with an Ampeg 4x10 it'll sound great

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1367169977' post='2062082'] Not being funny but they sound like a bunch of dicks. Anyone with arrogance to take the opportunity to score you on a piece of paper and record you (for whatever benefit) after you've been assured that it was meant to be light-hearted audition I'd be steering very well clear of. Think of it less that you've cocked up and more like you've dodged a bullet. And nice one for plucking up the courage to do something outside your comfort zone, onwards and upwards. [/quote] +1

If you were to use it as fuel for a fire to cook said egg with perhaps?

[quote name='Jellyfish' timestamp='1367148963' post='2061686'] Easy. [/quote] I'll see your Z1 and raise you an AB II

A PA maybe? Can't hurt to have one. Alternatively, buy another Precision and let me have yours on indefinite loan

Things I have done that have lead me to think something's stopped working but in reality all was fine: Left my bass's volume down Left my tuner on Not connected the power cable on my Gigrig Distributor properly so my pedal wasn't powered (fortunately had a battery spare) Had my amp refuse to work, assumed it was the pre-amp tube, taken the head into my local guitar shop, swapped the tube over and then discovered it was my instrument cable Forgotten to leave my amp on standby for one of the biggest gigs I've done so the first few seconds of the big intro had silence from the bass while it warmed up Thought there was something wrong with my shiny new custom Mayones with active EMG pickups as it was distorting every note - new battery fixed this - cheap buggers had put half dead batteries in it to test and when it got to me there was little life left in them. I'm sure there's more....

Does that sound any different to a Super 12T? More bottom end maybe? From a greater amount of enclosure?

I always play on headphones at home as any amplification wakes the kids, so I run my bass into a small mixer via a Sansamp BDDI as an amp sim and then add either my phone for YouTube or my CD player through a mini-jack to phono cable and take a headphone out, works really well.

[quote name='stinson' timestamp='1366316926' post='2051105'] Good man [/quote] I love the green one, don't see that colour often. Edit: the quote isn't pulling through Gareth's picture

We used an intro track for some of the bigger gigs we did in my old melo-death band, it was from the soundtrack to Angels And Demons, film scores have some great examples you can use.

After reading some of my pals comments on Facebook I had fairly low expectations for this, but liked it - not a patch on their early stuff, but a good solid track, keeping with the Metallica analogy I can see this album being their Death Magnetic - a decent album with some good songs but nothing you'd call a classic. Lovely bass sound though, I assume it's Lakland / Hartke

Cheers guys, will avoid and probably go for a Diago Gigman if I get a bonus this quarter to supplement my funds

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1366268941' post='2050227'] If you're using an active guitar would it be worth experimenting by sending a lighter tone to the amp? Do you use flats? [/quote] Passive P/J Lakland with roundwound DR nickel plated Lo-Riders - though I normally have the J pickup turned off / down. Part of the problem is I'm not giggin a lot at the moment and can't use it at home as it disturbs the children so I'm not getting as much experience with the EQ in a band mix as I'd like, It'll come I'm sure. Also, my previous amp was a EBS Fafner / Proline 4x10 so I'm used to having a more full-range sound

I'm finding something similar with my Streamliner / BF Compact combination, it does seem a bit too bottom heavy, even with the bass rolled off and midst boosted at 3k, I suspect the answer is to add a Midget T, but can't afford one right now.

I used to be in a melodic death metal band, [url="http://www.myspace.com/echovirus"]www.myspace.com/echovirus[/url] called it a day about a year ago, good fun; got a Tool-esque progressive rock / metal studio project on the go at the moment, when we have some material fully recorded I'll put it up.

Great tone, wonderfully expressive, effortless groove and feel; a real loss to the musical world. Though if there's a lesson here, it's alwayss wear a seatbelt

It was.....ok, not terrible, but not good either, the drummer could pretty much hold a beat, but not a lot more than that, so we busked our way through a few of the numbers. He found playing drums for two hours a real endurance test too, I don't think he realised just how much hard work it was going to be. Not a bad crowd though, quite justifiably they got into it when we played well and were a bit more indifferent when were making mistakes or lacked groove. Had a slightly surreal end to the night where one punter begged us to play Mr Brightside again as he'd missed it the first time round and the insisted on getting up and (poorly) singing the final chorus before doing some X-Factor / Christina Aguilera style vocal runs at the end. Made the boy happy though, so worth it for that.