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The Simpson's version of Adam Clayton has a spoon collection.

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1509394236' post='3398615'] Simple stuff: had the bassist in the video been a guy then we wouldn't be discussing his physical opinion at all. I know this to be true, for videos of male bassists are shared on here and their appearance is never once mentioned. The physical appearance of a male bassist isn't even any sort of subject of discussion, whether it be pleasing or otherwise. The unconscious bias/mysogyny here is that because the performer is female then their physical appearance somehow factors into the video. This doesn't mean that anybody goes home and beats their wife, simply that you subconsciously apply a different set of rules automatically when a woman is involved in activity X. [/quote] Because with the exception of the pretty boy out of Dirty Loops and our cross-dressing Korean friend, they are all boring, ugly and badly dressed. Edit: and mot of them could do with a good tidy up of their bedroom before they start filming.

Why do you need an external router to get the best out of some of these desks? Surely you can just create an ad-hoc network between the iPad and the desk? Besides it's yet another piece of kit adding more complexity and another potential point of failure. And like the vast majority of computer peripherals, I've yet to see a router that I would consider gig-proof.

Following the demise of The Terrortones, I'm now playing bass for In Isolation. Here's our new video for the song "TRAPPIST-1"

[quote name='prowla' timestamp='1509209401' post='3397357'] Well, Dale on the FB fakers page is burning a Hondo II in his stove at the moment. [/quote] Is that legal? Or would it release too many toxic fumes?

Just had a quick look, but I can't see any detail of which pickups they are using. Does anyone know? They need to get some decent photos of a 5-string version in a more interesting finish than sunburst up now!

It doesn't help that it looks like one of those weird £100 Chinese semi acoustic basses that pop up on eBay every so often.

It's very pleasant in a sub-Durutti Column kind of way. The young lady is more attractive to look at than Vini Reilly though.

Remember that something like Sonarworks should only be used after you have done as much as you can with traps and diffusers. Plus using an EQ curve to correct room problems only works for the position at which you measure your room (i.e. where the mic is) and any change to the room including having other people in it will change the effectiveness of that correction.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1509026201' post='3396137'] I`ve found Ashdown to be very good re customer service issues... [/quote] And my experience of Ashdown's customer service left a lot to be desired.

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1509025125' post='3396125'] A few years back when we still lived in a town I opened the door dressed as alice cooper with my 9 foot boa constrictor over a shoulder. The parents stopped their kids coming back after that. Shame as we quite enjoy making the little b*stards do a song or a joke. [/quote] Similarly when The Terrortones were doing one of their Hallowe'en Tours" I answer the door dressed like this: When I was expecting my band mates had come to pick me up to go to one of our gigs!

Unless you are unable to get a proper sound out of your bass when you fret a note your are good enough to be in a band. It's just a question of finding the right one for you.

From experience I wouldn't even bother with gigs other than Friday and Saturday as there is unlikely to be much of an audience. Thursday and Sunday nights given the right venue and other bands on the bill might be do-able. Any other night forget it unless your band (or the one you are supporting) are popular enough to fill a 200+ venue anywhere in the country.

[quote name='morgano' timestamp='1509022914' post='3396097'] If you don't need the strings really urgently try bassstringsonline (in the States). Have used them before, and they have good range of strings. I'm not sure how the prices compare now with the weak pound, but they were competitive a while back, even with shipping. [/quote] Unless the shipping is massively expensive (I can't see any shipping prices without placing an order) for what I'm after it works out about the same with VAT as my last order direct from the UK LaBella distributor.

Unfortunately Strings Direct don't stock any of my currently preferred sets of strings - LaBella Steels 40 - 128, LaBella Steels 45 - 135, Warwick Black Label 40 - 130 with a taper-wound low B.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1509006067' post='3395898'] In all fairness, the Warwick Jack Bruce shares the EB-3 shape but ... erm ... not a lot else. I spent half an hour playing one in the sadly-now-gone Warwick Custom Shop in New York, and it was one of the nicest things I've ever played. Completely unlike the EB-3, it was a very flexible and responsive bass with a wide range of tones available, and the neck was a delight in the hand. I'd have bought it on the spot had it not been for the eye-watering price. [/quote] I'd completely agree with that including the price. I tried the fretless version and loved it, but ultimately I went for a custom-made Sei Flamboyant instead and saved over £1000. Also the AFAIK the Warwick StarBass is only semi-acoustic long scale 5-string bass you can buy "off the peg".

You need to show how all the wires join all the speakers in the cab together and to the other components like the input sockets and the crossover. And unless you can guarantee that all the speakers in the cab are the ones originally fitted when it was made, you'll also need to measure the resistance of each one individually, just in case someone has replaced one or more of them with a speaker of a different value.

[quote name='outsider70' timestamp='1508933641' post='3395439'] This is why I tend to stay using Ashdown. Their aftersales customer service is top notch [/quote] Unfortunately not in my experience. All manufacturers can have their customer service off days. It's how frequent they are, and how they handle them later that sorts out the companies worth sticking with.

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1508933814' post='3395441'] I think that is a bit of an oversimplification BRX.....what about the likes of early Zappa or Stockhausen? [/quote] I don't think that Stockhausen counts as rock, and from what I've heard I not very much of Frank Zappa's output does either. The fact is, with the majority of acts on Later fall into the rock and pop categories, most listeners should be able to make up their minds whether or not the music is worth further investigation after 60 seconds worth of listening.

Most definitely. Especially if you want a consistent tension/compliance/feel across bases with different constructions and stringing methods - even something as simple as a different break angle over the bridge or nut can warrant a different choice of string.

[quote name='AndyTravis' timestamp='1508930950' post='3395403'] My guitarists both use the rack/footswitch set up. They sound fantastic. But. Silly things convince me I want nothing to do with big flash units like this. One was a "reset" incident where all saved patches were lost. I laughed a bit. I don't like the lack of air moving on stage, and it's just...I dunno. And they've got them in stupid big rack cases so it may as well be a decent little valve combo and get a couple of pedals - they only use delay, reverb, drive and chorus. Seems pointless. [/quote] I have to admit the size of the rack version is one of the reasons why I'll probably go with the floor unit. Not having a backup of your patches and a means to reload them is user error IMO. Also if the reset is as deeply buried on the Helix as it is on the BassPod it takes a special kind of idiot to trigger it. I used to be (briefly) in a band with a guitarist who only had simple 4 pedals but he still couldn't remember to settings he needed for the songs in our set from one rehearsal to the next. IME small guitar combos don't move much air either - my Hughes & Kuttner Tube 50 with a Marshall PowerBreak to bring the output volume down to sensible levels on stage has no discernible air movement whatsoever. I like programmable multi-effects, but then I've been using them since 1990, and I'm well organised. IMO the people who can't get on with them aren't much better with individual pedals either unless they only have one sound for each unit.

Eight 8Ω speakers can be wired up to give a total cab impedance of 4Ω or 8Ω (or 2Ω or 16Ω) depending on how it is done. You really need to photograph how the cab is currently wired up so that we can advise.

AFAIK the LT doesn't have as many routing options as the full version. This might be one of its shortcomings.

[quote name='Spaced' timestamp='1508878666' post='3395140'] Would you like it if everyone judged your music by the first 30-60 seconds? Sure, that's what the public will most likely do, but as musicians I thought we'd have a bit more appreciation as to the amount of effort that goes into any song that gets onto Jools, even if it's crap. Be the change you want to see [/quote] The majority of music on Later is rock-based where your average composition somewhere around the 4 minute mark. IMO if you haven't been able to give your audience a good idea of what your music is all about in the first quarter of your song then you haven't really succeeded as a musician or composer.

It doesn't matter how serious and skilful a musician you are if people don't like the music you are making then your skill and seriousness is irrelevant. I quite liked that - play it using 8-bit synth sounds and stick a breakbeat behind it and you have Plustech Squeeze Box!