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If you are still looking for 5-string semi-hollow long scale basses how about [url="https://www.facebook.com/334082209985909/photos/a.342059922521471.77637.334082209985909/1127924587268330/?type=3"]this Atlansia Fortune Bass[/url]?

I don't find a lot of use for the octave E on the G string. If I'm up at that end of the neck I'll generally be doing something that involves playing a tune on the G string while keeping a drone going on the D. Therefore octave D (19th fret) is important to me. If I'm going any higher I'll be wanting 24 to get another G. However more frets means that the heal is moved further away from the 15th fret so it is actually possible to get to the 19th fret much more easily.

The Ibanez isn't 34" scale. AFAIK the Warwick is the only 34" 5-string semi-hollow bass currently in production. I don't know how it compares with the JC because I've never played one. However I use one and it sounds great to me. One thing to watch if it's important to you is that the Rockbass version has a flat top and back as opposed to the arch-top of the Warwick version.

The octave harmonic will always be exactly an octave above the open string, so it's just as accurate.

Just about anything by New Order or Japan.

The one in the photo is not extra long scale as the bridge is in the wrong place and therefore it probably isn't a C bass. If you really want to know more about it, the best thing to do is get some better photos of it and drop Overwater an email with them in.

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1468240836' post='3089466'] they have - I also highly recommend UPS and their access point services. Usually a local newsagent [/quote] I'd check out the UPS local collection and drop-off point carefully before using them. My local one is completely rubbish. I wouldn't trust them to tell me the time of day and certainly wouldn't want to risk anything valuable with them. On the other hand, the actual service I get from UPS itself and my local driver is exceptional.

Surprisingly no.

[quote name='Shylock' timestamp='1468336432' post='3090239'] This band in Leicestershire area were good when I saw them a few years ago and certain different to the usual pub cover bands but, for me, after a while one song sounded much the same as another, mind you, I am not the biggest fan of 80s electronic music. [url="http://www.analoguehaze.co.uk/"]http://www.analoguehaze.co.uk/[/url] [/quote] But again not really a synth band like the OP was looking for. Just another band doing 80s (and some 70s) pop covers.

These days 2GB of RAM is not a lot especially if you soft synths are sample-based. Does it make any difference which soft-synth plug-in you are using? Also does it happen from recorded MIDI data or just when you are using the keyboards?

I own an EBS 4x10 cab. It sounds very nice. However IMO it's fairly neutral sounding in a modern bass cab way and I can get an almost identical sound when I use my Dr Bass cabs with only minimal tweaks to the tweeter settings and the amp EQ. So therefore I would have thought that most of what you really liked about that rig would be down to the amp rather than the cabs. Also it's massively heavy. I can barely pick it up on my own. The only thing of a similar weight that my band loads in and out at gigs is the drummer's stands case, and at least that has wheels on it!

IMO a musical instrument that is no longer playable due to a part having worn out is worth absolutely nothing. Or maybe £5 as firewood.

IMO "just" playing is practicing. It re-enforces what you already know which can be just as vital as learning a new technique. If you are in a gigging band knowing the songs inside out and being able to react to any musical situations that may arise during a gig due to one of your band mates messing up can be far more important than working on a technique that you'll never use outside of your music room.

Third-rate graphic design, poor page layout and bad typography. All things that have unfortunately become synonymous with BGM.

[quote name='stuckinthepod' timestamp='1467990001' post='3087907'] There are a few out there. www.electronic80s.net/ Electronic 80's are an authentic and energetic 5 piece band paying tribute to the best music of the 1980's. [/quote] Listening to the tracks on their web site it's just 80s pop, not the all-electronic music the OP is on about.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1467983293' post='3087809'] Pretty much all of the bands that I've worked with recently that have used laptops, tablets and music stands have not been using them for music, crib sheets or prompts. I'm wondering if there are those who see that kit on stage are jumping to conclusions before the band has started? Laptops for running backing tracks, or some sort of automation, tablets for running applications such as Positive Grid's BIAS or Jam Up and Music stands? Well my friend keeps all her capos, plectrums, mouth organ, tuner and hand wipes on hers. [/quote] It all depends on the type of music being played, but for any music that has it roots in "rock" it's a good idea to avoid things that get in the way of your performance and the audience. Even something as innocuous as the simple mic stand can do this. I've seen several performers with an "energetic" stage presence during songs spend an inordinate amount of time between songs fiddling with the mic stand to get it back to a suitable position which IMO can completely kill the energy that they've just been building up. Either get something that will stand up to the abuse, modify your performance so you don't have to rebuilt the stand after every song, or learn to live with it and make sure that you practice coping with it.

[quote name='vsmith1' timestamp='1467971926' post='3087635'] Interesting replies. I am out in the sticks so the "dog and duck" crowd get what they get. We're not very metro out here. Just thinking that a re-work of Empire State Human [Human League] might be fun as a 4-piece drums, bass, 2xguitars and vocal. [/quote] The trick would be to get a sympathetic arrangement that works with more conventional instruments. Remember that most of the early stuff pre-dates affordable polyphonic synths and will be composed of many individual monophonic lines rather than chords. On the other hand it's also worth bearing in mind that all the early Gary Numan songs were simply standard post-punk guitar orientated stuff re-arranged for a few Mini-Moogs. And you'll find that there is surprising amount of heavily effected guitars (or cheap organs) lurking in the songs of a lot of the early electronic bands. Good luck - and if you work out a decent arrangement get it posted up here somewhere!

Because there is an unspoken/unwritten rule that says pop/rock music performances are about more than simply playing notes. However having seen how many musicians spend most of the gig staring intently either at their hands or their feet, rather than interacting with the audience and looking as though they are enjoying being there, they might as well have a music stand up there.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1467891950' post='3087055'] You MIGHT get it in if you used the jack socket hole for one of the controls, but you'd need to bore a hole for a side entry jack, and I suspect you'd need to get a craftsman to install a battery box in the back of the bass as that would involve the removal of a fair amount of wood, then there's the wiring to the stereo out socket........ Mmmmm. Personally, I plug into an MXR 80 outboard pre. G. [/quote] Even then I doubt it would fit. The Darkglass unit is three tone controls and requires you to keep the original volume control, plus you need to find room for the pre-amp block and a battery. As I keep saying what's wrong with the controls on your amp? The ones on mine do everything I need to compliment the sound from the Bass VI.

Because most of the people with an interest in doing this kind of music are still creating their own stuff.

Collection only from the middle of nowhere. That's why it's so cheap.

If there's a musical instrument to hand I will play every day even if it's only for a few minutes while I run through my latest new musical idea/song to make sure that I haven't forgotten how it goes. I haven't really practiced in the conventional sense since I mastered the ability to string a series of chords together on the guitar without needing to pause to get my fingers in the right place some time in 1974. These days it's simply a question of training my fingers to do things that my brain has come up with when I'm working on a new song. I find that doing this for a few minutes on and off during the day generally get me there fairly quickly. I also think that there is benefit to running through songs that I already know. I'm a great believer in the saying that you should practice not until you get something right, but until you can't get it wrong. I don't believe that I'll ever completely reach the second state, but every time I play through a song it gets me a little bit closer.

If he's not happy with the amp tell him to bring it back for a refund. IME most of the time when this happens it's chancers hoping to get some extra discount. I find that if the choice is keeping the item at the price they paid or having to return it, they always end up keeping it and I never hear from them again.

So other than the stack knob controls what makes this Jazz bass so special?

Tascam TD-M4000 40-channel digital mixing desk. Should have been £7000, but Tascam were doing a deal where you could get it for half price if you also bought 3 of their 8-track digital tape machines to go with it. I had a friend working for a pro-audio dealer who knew he could sell the tape machines separately so I was able to get the mixer on its own for £3500. It worked fine for about 12 years although many of the promised software functions were never implemented and the automation never worked reliably. Then one day it wouldn't boot up anymore - just coming up with a "fatal error" code on the display and nothing more. Contacted Tascam who said that it would cost £150 for them just to look at it, but the chances were that the problem wasn't fixable because they no longer had any parts for it. Also discovered that due to the size and weight it would cost another £150 just to ship it back to Tascam. Ended up selling it for less than £300 for parts.