Kiwi

they have an american accent? AHAH HAH HA AH HA HAHAH HA AHAHHAHA. God I'm bored today.

I dunno about bassists being more conservative than guitarists. I think bass players on the whole have an aversion to lots of knobs but can be very discerning and demanding when it comes to tonal character. The bass occupies a number of roles in the context of a band, one minute a bassist can be playing melody, the next something harmonic, then something chordal and even play the occasional root note - all depending on what helps the song of course. But thats kind of why I like the instrument. Its about fitting in around other instruments as well as being the powerhouse with the drums. I would agree with earlier posts about the manner in which the market that shop serves may have coloured the sales assistants viewpoints. When was the last time any of us saw a guitarist on stage with a headless instrument?

What do the other band members think of this situation? Seems to me that if you all feel the same, you might be able to leave and form your own band with a new guitarist... ...and if he is getting bored because he can't have his own way, isn't that kind of playing into your hands a bit? Is he likely to bugger off completely at some point and leave the rest of you to get on with it...? Maybe the rest of you can keep suggesting very reasonable songs that you know he won't like and let fate chart its own course...?

Yes, I should have checked. Sorry about that. OK, well a plug for Hammerhead then, which IS freeware. Its not as subtle as Leaf drums though in that you can only programme in 1/16th beats at most. But if you don't need that level of sophistication it might do the trick. [url="http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/introduction.shtml"]http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/introduction.shtml[/url] On the same site there are links to other drum software apps too. [url="http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/other_drumboxes.shtml"]http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/other_drumboxes.shtml[/url]

Some of you might have noticed that the spam attacks have gradually increased over the last month or so. The modding team have been pretty quick to delete posts as and when they've been spotted, so hopefully your use of the forum won't have been disturbed too much. However there is a slightly more worrying aspect in that this is happening inspite of the latest updates and most sophisticated level of kaptcha being used. Phatmonkey thinks that accounts might be registered by real people who then pass the login details to spam bots. These people are also using IP forwarding so its not possible to track them down by a trace but judging by previous IP traces, its likely that the spam is coming from Russia and may even be related to organised crime. While the semi automated aspect means we probably won't be flooded with a torrent of spam and DoS attacks in the same way that Bassworld was, it does mean that there's not a lot we can do to prevent real people from signing up. There's quite a bit of similarity between spamming and grafitti, and the best way of dealing with graffiti is to cover it up as soon as it happens. That way the lack of exposure means spamming Basschat will hopefully end up being more effort than its worth. If things got really bad, the only option we have to remove the potential completely is to subject each new account registration to an additional administrators approval. [u]I don't think there's a need to do that[/u] in the forseeable future while the mods are on top of things. HOWEVER if the mods miss out on something (because its been posted at 4am for example) then please bear with them or use the report button (as some of you already have done) to let a someone know. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that spam for breakfast might just be something we have to tolerate in the meantime but we'll be doing our best to stay on top of it. cheers Steve

I use leaf drums. [url="http://www.leafdigital.com/software/leafdrums/"]http://www.leafdigital.com/software/leafdrums/[/url]

[quote name='silddx' post='460842' date='Apr 12 2009, 10:24 PM']CK, have you listened to much North Indian classical music? What Satch is doing is similar, albeit in a very basic, much more modulated form. The pitch axis thing is much more suited to drone based melodic music I reckon, such as ragas. Check this out [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ITbs-gSiTc&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ITbs-gSiTc...feature=related[/url][/quote] As a matter of fact I've been mucking about with a little indian music although I have no idea if it was northern or not. I did have a look into some sitar music but discovered that they use a different tuning system to western music so it didn't go far.

Nope I don't need a theory to know how to play notes but thats no excuse not to pursue a line of interest. Sometimes these open doors to other things too.

You know what, I haven't had a go on one of these yet. They don't last long in Jon's workshop. Some sound clips would be really handy if you have any.

I was just wondering whether it might be an interesting way into creating some fills or passing phrases that lead into chord changes.

[quote name='teen t-shirt' post='460092' date='Apr 11 2009, 08:17 PM']of one of my dads mates he told me when we went to pick it up that the stain down the front was from Jimi Hendrix pissing on it[/quote] if the rumours are true, you should have been looking for a fire hose blast not a trickle.

[quote name='The Bass Doc' post='460095' date='Apr 11 2009, 08:22 PM']Seriously, an improvement over the TF would be separate vols (or vol and pan) rather than the selector switch.[/quote] Aw yeah. Tell it like it is Sister.

In my experience at least, older valve amps tend to get grindier with active basses. I've certainly found that with my Burman heads. That can be a good thing if you have an active bass with a gain trim pot on the preamp. Or better yet, just boost the bass or treble to grit up whatever you need. If you want clean tone then passive bass -> amp. There's no substitute.

Make a wedge monitor Alex EDIT: BTW, looking at the size of this thread, it seems to me that you might benefit from an affliates forum.

[quote name='51m0n' post='397890' date='Feb 2 2009, 03:26 PM']and as of Saturday's visit to BassDirect the Roscoe Century Standard....[/quote] I made enquiries about that bass as well a while back. I hope you got a decent discount

I wouldn't judge every valve amp on your initial experiences, if I was you. If the Ampeg hasn't been looked after, there could be all sorts of reasons why it didn't sound good. Also, there might be ways in which you could set the amp up to give you a sound closer to what you were looking for. The Shuttle is quite an aggressive and modern sounding amp too, not better or worse, just different. I have one at home in addition to about 3 valve heads, a stereo valve power amp and a valve guitar combo and the two types of technology are very much horses for courses.

a Roadie 1 looks like this: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/reds42/3132621012/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/reds42/3132621012/[/url]

Dunno really, depends on the market. Traditionally Roadies aren't as popular as the Mark King series but if someone wants to offer you the same, then why not? I was offered £1300 for my 1985 Jaydee Mark King Series 2 and I would have been an idiot to turn it down as they're not far off that cost brand new! A Roadie 1 might sell for £450-600, couldn't say about yours though.

[quote name='dr1' post='459350' date='Apr 10 2009, 02:55 PM']and now you're smart??? hahaha! joke! OK,my mistake, I thought it was Supernaturals, Roadie and Mking series with that similar shape.... thanx![/quote] Check out a few other Jaydees some time, you'll see they all have Supernatural on the back of the headstock (although I think the Calibas might not).

I've already noticed standards of service slipping with my credit card company, British Gas, couriers and other service suppliers. Seems like they've all taken their eye off the ball.

The TF seems to have more sustain and I was picking up a dead spot on the 71 too. How about stringing the TF with rounds? That would allow you to exploit that j pickup a little better and you'd have both bright and thumpy sounding fretlesses.

[quote name='dr1' post='459325' date='Apr 10 2009, 02:26 PM']it's supernatural,not roadie ll active[/quote] The Roadie was a type of Supernatural.

KT77s are considered the best upgrade for EL34's. Cleaner sound and better balanced tonally but EL34's are quite warm sounding nonetheless.