Jean-Luc Pickguard

YMMV but what I do is relax & play with a lighter touch & let the amp do its share of the work. I used to get terrible cramp in my forearm during gigs when doing a few faster & louder songs in a row during the second set. These days as I have the amp a bit louder and use a limiter I don't have that problem. I can play faster and for longer with a lighter touch & don't need to hammer the strings hard to get an agressive sound. - I also use very low tension strings. I also use a red gripmaster which I used to think strengthened my fingers, but I was probably imagining it as Jeff Berlin says they're no good - and he always seems to be so certain about everything.

I'm sorry guys, but this is really not a good idea. If basschat is seen as somewhere people openly arrange to exchange illegally copied CDs to each other as is being suggested it might attract unwanted attention and potentially cause trouble for the site owners. It would be better for people to send in their own original tracks for which they own the copyright. jus' sayin'

Surely this would contravene copyright laws if commercial tracks are distributed on burnt CDs.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='98126' date='Dec 3 2007, 02:05 PM']What's the diff between up/downstairs?[/quote] the direction of the stairs?

Thomann do a thing that attaches to a strap if that's any good [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_wireless_holder.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_wireless_holder.htm[/url]

Well, if Ashdown's example is followed it won't make any difference to the quality or reliability of the products then

To say metronomes have no use is far too sweeping a statement to take seriously. Jeff Berlin doesn't do himself any favours if there are bass players that know him for coming across as a bit of a knob and consequently don't check out his music.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='97116' date='Dec 1 2007, 10:15 AM']Not live and only for recording My Generation but he broke all the strings[/quote] He should have called Elvis - he had loads of spare strings

[quote]Presley was known for strumming his guitar brutally hard during live shows. To combat this, his road crew brought multiple sets of strings to all gigs.[/quote] I wonder if anyone has ever though of bringing spare strings to their gigs

If something that did a similar job to the VLE & VPF controls on MarkBass head could be built into a passive fx pedal or a stacked pot to replace the tone pot on a bass that would be cool.

My first played/owned was a black "Yamato" Jazz copy which was £75 from Soho Soundhouse (when it was in Soho Square). A couple of years later I worked all Summer in Bejams to get a Cherry Sunburst Fender Precision which I still have. I made the yamato fretless and sold it to a mate.

[quote name='tauzero' post='94965' date='Nov 27 2007, 10:48 AM']Incidentally, the PW one looks as if it has that dreadful spring arrangement on the sleeve which I avoid like the plague as it makes such a noisy and unreliable connection.[/quote] Dreadful? Not in my experience, in fact just the opposite. Whilst I have experienced a noisy and unreliable connection on one of my basses, this was due to using a cable with standard plugs and was caused by the socket. Using a Planet Waves cable in the same socket actually cured the issue. The bass that sufferered from this problem was a '71 musicmaster that had the socket replaced with a cheapie one before I got it. The socket's contact was very thin and had lost its springiness and the jack seemed loose in when plugged in with a normal cable. Replacing the socket with a switchcraft cured the problem. I always use planet waves cables as do the guitarists I play with. None of us has ever had any problems with them.

[quote name='ped' post='94864' date='Nov 26 2007, 11:41 PM']I will be checking one of these out soon: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/rockcase_chest_case_3multibassalucase.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/rockcase_chest_ca...bassalucase.htm[/url][/quote] It looks like the kind of flightcase an undertaker would use

mmm hotdogs

If it fits in the fireplace it might keep you warm for a few hours

It sounds like you want a precision - In my experience a badass helps sustain, but evens out the attack so its less punchy than a standard fender style bridge. I think a wizard thumper - an overwound precision-style pickup may give you the sound you want.

[quote name='King Tut' post='93774' date='Nov 24 2007, 02:56 PM']feel a bit rooted to the spot - I like to move about if I can[/quote] You could try one of these, tike Tony Levin: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ns_design_strap_system.htm"]NS Bass Strap System[/url] I though about getting one when I first bought my CR5M, or maybe the [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ns_design_eps.htm"]endpin stand[/url], but I got used to the standard tripod and I think I'll stick with it.

If its a clean break a tiny dot of superglue *may* fix it back in place with no ill effects

[quote name='MB1' post='93745' date='Nov 24 2007, 01:10 PM']MB1. Eldorado was quite possibly the worst soap the BBC have ever produced [/quote] I wouldn't be able to tell a good soap from a bad one - are there any good ones? Aren't they all hastily written and badly acted tripe with trite plotlines to push the right buttons for the great unwashed with the single intention to get ratings? Soaps aside, the eldorado straps do look like a good deal I quite like a Durango one. Did you get stung by customs + vat?