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[quote name='bigd1' post='158126' date='Mar 15 2008, 07:11 PM']Just to throw a fresh spanner in the works, should we be trying to get a perfect performance, is slight timing and intonation mistakes what make the music live or should it all be, note and timed to perfection.[/quote] That is an interesting subject. I'm doing quite a bit of recording at the mo for different stuff. One band I'm working with is very much studio based. As a result, they really like to go into the wav files recorded and really polish them. My main band is very much a live band. The bandleader doesn't mind touching up a stray note that is too loud, but as long as it feels right and natural he'll want to keep that take. Last night I did this one take for a verse which was the best, but he scrapped it because I was early on the very first note. If we compare Linkin Park (a champion of Pro Tools) to say White Stripes... we have two completely forms of recording artists. There is a beauty to rough recordings. "Mistakes" if not overly blatant can be accepted by the listener and adds richness to the recording. For example, Dave Marks during a lesson gave me a wonderful recording of Michel Camilo which was performed together in a studio in a single take. Everything was in time and sounded fantastic, but if you really really listened you could hear the odd ever-so-slightly late note. But nothing was taken away. However as a musician, I strive for perfection. To hear a mistake of mine on record is embarassing for me. So one hand I think "mistakes" add to the richness of a recording, but I myself don't like to make those mistakes. It is an interesting debate which I have only just realised I never dealt with.

Apparently in April's Bass Player magazine, they've announced that they've found Jaco's famous defretted Fender Jazz named the "Bass of Doom". [url="http://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/1909080/page/0/fpart/1"]http://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.p.../page/0/fpart/1[/url] A few people picked up since it is an April edition, the whole thing could be an April Fool's joke... or indeed a fake. But if is real, imagine that. It's like the one of the Holy Grails of basshood popping up out of nowhere!

[quote name='rhymes' post='157897' date='Mar 15 2008, 11:11 AM']but if you [i]NEED[/i] something. always check stock over the phone with them. I have waited a month before giving up on something that I ordered online. Just kept getting told (after I chased them up) that it would be another 5 - 7 days...[/quote] I had a similar experience. That really put me off them.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='157581' date='Mar 14 2008, 04:55 PM']They wouldn't give one to The Killers - thats why they taped over the name badges.[/quote] Yeah, I heard about that. Isn't that a bit childish? Shame... I like them. Their bassist has some pretty cool lines.

[quote name='The Funk' post='157141' date='Mar 14 2008, 02:27 AM']I've been thinking about this for a while. In the end I've decided to get an Eden WTX-260 instead of a power amp for my EBS MicroBass II. It'll be here next week. It's slightly larger than the first option mentioned above but overall it should be smaller than the EBS + power amp.[/quote] I was thinking about getting the Eden myself. Two things swayed me away... I like the Eden tone, but is too hi-fi for my current needs. Also more crucially, I didn't think it was cost effective to deal with my main concern, i.e. portability with power (rather than tone). In the end I went for a Mark Bass Little Mark II. I can carry it in my bag when I'm off to a gig via public transport... but I want to see if I can get an even more compact solution. I prefer the tone of my EBS, so I just end up using the MB LMII effectively as a poweramp. As a gigging musician with no car, portability is key. Can't wait until I finally learn to drive!

I was saying to Andy via PM how I don't think there's anything in the market for portable poweramps. I mean, you have portable preamps in the form of your EBS MicroBass II's and Tech 21 Sanamps, etc. But no portable poweramps. Definately a clear gap in the market.

[quote name='Alien' post='156533' date='Mar 13 2008, 10:01 AM']If you're serious then yes, I could do it. Let me get some definite prices and availability and I'll get back to you. Andy[/quote] Could you have the 4 ohms going into 8 ohms? Maybe two speakon outputs? Thanks dood. That solution sounds great. I would go for it, but the front panel looks like it would dig in my back while in my bag. Also Andy's solution seems more compact. Thanks anyways.

[quote name='Alien' post='156447' date='Mar 13 2008, 01:18 AM']How about [url="http://www.cadaudio.dk/d500asw.htm"]one of these[/url] wrapped up in a metal box. Maybe something like [url="http://www.hammondmfg.com/pdf/1455Q2201.pdf"]this one[/url] in black anodised finish. Add a fused mains inlet and a speakon and you're there. [b] Should be do-able for around £300.[/b] 500Watts in a 9x5x2 inch box with an all-up weight of not much more than 2 pounds. Andy[/quote] Does that mean that you're offering? That sounds like an ideal solution.

Something around 250-500W, something for a small-medium sized gig. Budget wise, anything up to a grand I guess. The overriding factor is the portability.

[quote name='Matty' post='156429' date='Mar 13 2008, 12:19 AM']Im not sure, but if you ever want to sell the Littlemark, id probably buy it back from you...[/quote] Thanks for the offer Matty. I'm really liking the Little Mark, but I'll be sure to get in touch if the situation changes.

I was just wondering if there are any compact lightweight poweramps in the market to go with my compact lightweight preamp?

[quote name='The Funk' post='156140' date='Mar 12 2008, 04:09 PM']In a word, no. The "lessons" were quite entertaining in a Beavis & Butthead-type way.[/quote] I couldn't put it better myself. I just left it on for entertainment value. Also because the guy doing the bass lessons was left handed, but was playing a right handed bass in standard tuning, and I thought that was pretty cool. Also, I love the adverts for the bass lessons with the teacher doing some very tasteful tapping.

[quote]I made this regular guitar into a legend. This guitar will play anything that puts out a standard rca output signal such as a playstation, vcr, dvd player, and more.[/quote] Genius!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='154506' date='Mar 10 2008, 01:25 PM']If anyone plans on bringing a 70's Jazz and Precision, I wouldn't mind A/Bing them against the Celinders just for shits and giggles.[/quote] I'll be bringing my '74 Fender Precision unless another 50 or so turn up... lol I'll also be bringing my EBS MicroBass II if anyone is interested.

Ah... the thread has into a reasonable debate. Glad to see that this thread has been rescued in such a way. I do see BBC's sentiments and see where he is coming from. I know musicians who had become so transfixed on technique, their musicality suffered. However, I do think it is important to push where you are in terms of technique. If we use language as a metaphor, raising one's technique could be liken to increasing one's vocabulary. Vocabulary is important in speech-making. But great communicators are made from much more than just the words they use. How the words are put together, how the words are delivered are just as important. At the end of the day, great musicality is what we all strive for. What we do and how we do it should only matter as a way to express that music.

[quote name='BOD2' post='154223' date='Mar 9 2008, 09:58 PM']I hate it when US mags split an article that reaches the end of a page and then they direct you to the rest of the article that's 40 pages away at the end of tha mag.[/quote] Yes! That really grinds my gears too. Especially when there's pages and pages of adverts in the middle.

[quote name='birdy' post='154054' date='Mar 9 2008, 06:00 PM']I have read some absolute bullshit on forums but this thread takes the biscuit.[/quote] +1.

Gorgeous!

Anyone fancy giving me and a bass a lift from Battersea, South London? I can always travel to a tube or train station near you... and of course, will chuck in some petrol money for your troubles.

s_u_y_* is the moniker of shut_up_you_*** (On Ultimate-Guitar and Warwick.de), has been playing for 6 years, and is the bassist for the Jamie West Band. In January 2007, s_u_y_* spiralled into a terrible and deep GASolism, one from which he did not recover until January 2008. With his year of madness behind him, s_u_y_* is looking forward to more success with the Jamie West Band (last year did a successful Austrian Tour and recently won the UCL Battle of the Bands), along with a few other side projects (with whom he is being paid in food).

After being impressed with their tones when I first listened to Jaco, and digging the emulated tones from my Line 6 XT Live, I got all excited when I heard that Acoustic Control Corp was being ressurected in what seemed like a Trace Elliot manner. [url="http://www.acousticamplification.com/index.cfm"]http://www.acousticamplification.com/index.cfm[/url] Just checked out the website again, and all there seems to be are two practise amps. This better be laziness on the part of the webmaster not being bothered to upload all the amps, or it won't be worth even taking a look!

I prefer to be stage left, that way the guitarist doesn't get in the way of my headstock. But I'm always on the side which is more favourable to the singer/guitarist in terms of lighting. After all... the audience need to see him!

Good to have you back mate.