BassTractor

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1371057487' post='2109294'] I bet it's just an SM58 [/quote] You're looking at his trousers. It's the ears we're discussing. b, b

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1371053940' post='2109227'] Jesus! What happened to your ear!? [/quote] Stax SR-80 SIlver Lim.Ed. Shame we can't see the one on the left ear. b, b

[quote name='Jah Wibble' timestamp='1371042316' post='2109006'] I was wondering if anyone had a markbass 12.1h traveler they might be selling? [/quote] Don't do it, man! That MB cab is really terrible. Buy my StreamMax 12.2h instead. It has [b]point one more![/b] "We're not being coy when we say ours go to 12.2 ..." BTW, PM only. 7 quid is really a lot when selling a £2,000 amp. Greedy besterds. best, bert

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1370985594' post='2108405'] Hi Plambers, welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy it here. Hey BassTractor, you beat me to finding this Newbie. [/quote] Hey Mep, you'll beat me next time. Hm. I like the 50 pages club! b, b

The container is the hours, right? Two days and five hours? Be careful with us, mate. The excitement is killing us more than it is you. b, b

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1370980307' post='2108309'] Not easy on my phone. Anyway I'm off to find some more newbies. [/quote] Sound illegal to me. How are we doing on the page count, I wonder. b, b

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1370909385' post='2107447'] ...although I can't see many punters walking off with a B3 and it's Leslie without being noticed... [/quote] Hehe. Yeah, that must have been the single advantage of the whole thing. Though someone nocking an expensive synth off the electric piano, or changing a few leads in a modular synth for fun could do some very expensive damage. I just forgot to be wary about it. Now I suddenly am. Old age, I guess. b, b

[quote name='mep' timestamp='1370977819' post='2108263'] Welcome to the forum. Thought I'd better say hi as there have been a couple of high profile bassists introduce themselves recently and people commenting that most new members don't get 5 pages or so of welcomes Enjoy reading and posting. [/quote] That was nice 'n' all, but hardly helping us to get to five pages. Write some more, Mep! b, b

Hey Plampers, Welcome! I'm sure you'll learn a lot from just being here. I did, and started on BC as a complete noob. Nows I think of it, I'm still a complete noob, so maybe you should look somewhere else! Here are some threads you can look at: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/200531-improving-learning-playing/"]http://basschat.co.u...arning-playing/[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/82758-doe-a-bass-tutorial-book-exist-that-isnt-dry-as-an-old-stick/"]http://basschat.co.u...s-an-old-stick/[/url] http://basschat.co.uk/topic/195147-recommendations-needed-for-beginner-bass-books/ I'd like to add that the very cheap iBook "How To Play Bass Guitar" from the iTunes store didn't seem too bad. Enjoy the site! best, bert

But he's right - a G is not an Em! You should just have played that demm Em tone he wanted. But seriously: did he state what he thought was correct, and why? I mean: surely he didn't believe only roots are correct? best, bert

Yup, it's unbelievably quick if they have the required vid in stock. Other vids will take slightly less than normal play time IME, since YT doesn't transmit the whole vid at superspeed anymore, but pauses between transmitted chunks of it. b, b

This thread just made me realise that in my dark past, I would never even think of taking a cheap organ or synth to gigs instead of the expensive stuff, but today would immediately be wary of taking a relatively expensive bass, and would need to think logic thoughts on the matter before realising I can in fact take a bass to a gig. Fun fact is my electronic stuff cost tens of thousands (the organ alone cost like 14,000 quid in the 80s) - my bass gear maybe one tenth of that. It's a weird thing, the psyche. best, bert

Hey O-man, Welcome to BC! You'll find this is a great place for all things bass. As to your question, the Introductions forum might not be very effective. Try the Amps & Cabs forum in the Gear section. They should know, and people are keen to answer. Enjoy! best, bert

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1370878984' post='2106765'] Just to be clear, BassTractor, you wouldn't be advocating this form of capture for the purposes, say, of procuring copyrighted material for less than it's current retail value? [/quote] Haha. No, I wouldn't. No worries there. Paying for copyrighted material is the only decent thing to do. b, b

Great story, this. Txs for sharing, and congrats! best, bert

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1370859874' post='2106307'] Chain him to a radiator? [/quote] Child protection services will get you for this. Surface temperatures often exceed 40 degrees Celcius. Chain him hanging from the heat pump. Luvverly pic btw. Reminds me of those sad times I couldn't watch the kids ruin my expensive speakers, and sold them. (Please excuse any possible unintended, bad grammar induced lack of clarity.) Anyway, one kid case might come cheaper than two bass cases. Don't forget to take postage & handling costs into account. best, bert

You're in the clear, Jarek. The joke was just about the name Elrick, as in "El Rick", the Spanish and/or Mexican cheaper version of the Rickenbacker. It's true! You read it on BC first! best, bert

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1370684250' post='2104295'] S i x [/quote] and [quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1370768741' post='2105200'] [size=6][font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif]5[/font][/size] [/quote] Whilst I'm waiting for my own Barefaced cabs, the real excitement lies in waiting for the next installment of this ^

Excessive SPLWPDTLA is normally the fault of the team physician, or at least it was in the USPS team IMS.

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1370791965' post='2105544'] Instead, put a value on your intelligence [/quote] Bu' ... bu' ... nobody's impressed! (off to buy BMW) b, b

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370790311' post='2105531'] Isn't Daisy Rock a girls bass ? [/quote] Don't mention it to [i]anyone[/i], but I have very little testosterone. They're relatively well-built and well-sounding 30" scale basses, and I don't give a rat's ass about the girlie looks - or often even prefer the quirkiness of the whole concept. Mine's a flower. Luvverly. [quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1370792064' post='2105547'] You've got 2,200 posts! Hardly a noob. Or, have you signed in on the wrong account! [/quote] Hehehe. As you gathered, those 2,200 posts is why I'm still a noob. Should really be practising instead. b, b

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1370792479' post='2105554'] Audigy [...] is pretty much immune to any form of content management/protection system. [/quote] Bull's eye! Thanks everyone for the input. For me personally, Audigy is probably the way forward, though the yt-mp3.org service does work again, and I've downloaded a few songs that are impossible to find outside YT. b, b

Hell, you might as well not have written it that far at all, coz I didn't. But welcome anyway! It wasn't awkward at all. Nice read, in my personal [s]fact[/s] opinion. Three basses after three years seems about right. At this speed, in just 54 years from now, you'll have 57 basses, and that should be a great inheritance for the kids. Go as you went, man. Always prioritise the kids! Enjoy the show! best, bert

Thanks guys! Will try the YT ad-ons. Does youtube-mp3.org work again? Last time I tried, it failed at every vid I tried. Edit: YES, IT DOES! Wow! b, b

Agreed as to the part of there existing lots of great cheap basses, and I love that aspect. I love quirky and I love cheap. But a noob like me is more secure picking up a new Fodera or Music Man than picking up a new Squier or Epiphone. (mind ya, I have three Squiers that I'm very, very enthusiastic about) Also, while us noobs will not make a high quality bass sound consistently well, from that notion there's no logical line that commands that we're deaf, stupid and without ability to notice stuff in addition. Whilst I love my Daisy Rock, it is clearly the lesser bass compared to my Bongo, and that goes for sound, pre-setup playability, ergonomics, feel, the smoothness of the knobs ... everything. My cheapest bass was £69. Great! My most expensive one was slightly more ... er ... expensive though .... Great, that too. best, bert