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Jam night from 8.30pm then a set by The Buffalo Bill Blues Band at Mama Ks Friday 27th March 2009 Admission £2 (£1 for unwaged) & cheap bar. Mama Ks is Every Friday at Ruskin House 23 Coombe Road Croydon Surrey CR0 1BD‎ [url="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3a%6ffficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=ruskin+house+croydon&fb=1&split=1&gl=uk&cid=0,0,16225257193667777257&ei=BJbKSeWANoPLjAfpl9DNAw&sa=X&oi=local_result&resnum=1&ct=image"]Google Map[/url] If you're not gigging on Friday and are close to Croydon, bring your bandmates and bass/guitar/drumsicks and don't forget to say hello to the chap that looks like my avatar.

since you'll be playing with a light touch maybe you'll like Thomastik flatwound strings.

Pluck me! I bought my black one in 1986 & still have it the same case as shown in that listing. Its a nice bass, but wish it was really worth that much.

I wish I hung on to the one I had which I sold for £80. I was chuffed a the time as I only paid £50 for it though.

Cheers Subaudio I've just uploaded some stuff recorded on the H4 at last night's rehearsal with another band I recently joined. As I now have the 8gb card, I recorded it at 96k/24bit and left it running for the whole session. The sound quality came out quite well I think. even if the bass playing is a bit ragged in places. [url="http://www.buffaloblues.co.uk/rehearsal-23-march-2009/"]MP3s of The Buffalo Bill Blues Band[/url] Mostly blues standards, but a few were made up as we went along.

One of the Jonas Brothers seems to like his...

I'm happy with my LMII.

[quote name='ARGH' post='440199' date='Mar 20 2009, 12:18 PM']A big fat shut the f*** up to the antiSheehan collective. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49yndQKoFE&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49yndQKoFE...feature=related[/url][/quote] Isn't that David St Hubbins?

[quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='415905' date='Feb 21 2009, 12:12 AM']there must be something else i can take off my bass?[/quote] You see those screws at each corner of the neckplate...

[quote name='Delberthot' post='440863' date='Mar 21 2009, 08:48 AM']Don't have one but always fancied one of the Mandobirds [url="http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=42177p5280605.jpg"][/url] Very folk 'n roll[/quote] and unfortunately these days very Jonas Brothers...

I know some fellow BCers have an H4, so this is a heads-up for those that still have v1 of the firmware on theirs. I recently upgraded the obviously 5 believers mobile recording studio (aka, the wax cylinder) to the latest version, v2.30, of the firmware. It now works with an 8gb SDHC card I got for £10 from amazon. Now with a set of 2700mAh NiMH batteries I can leave the H4 running for over five hours (when the batteries give up) and record everything at 24bit - even longer if running off the PSU. Before the upgrade, the largest cards we had that worked with the H4 were 2GB SD - We'd have to change cards between sets to be sure of not losing anything. Another new feature is a battery capacity/ recording time indicator on the stereo mode recording screen. If you have an H4 with the original v1 firmware, I'd definitely recommend this free upgrade. [url="http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/download/software/h4.php"]http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/download/software/h4.php[/url]

We're opening for Stan Webb's Chicken Shack at the Boom Boom Club (@ Sutton United FC) This evening Friday 20/3/09. Our set will be showcasing songs off our recent CD. Our good friend Bill Smith (ex Deluxe Blues Band & now leading Buffalo Bills Blues Band) will be guesting with us on harmonica. [url="http://www.o5b.co.uk/gigs/"]more here[/url] [url="http://www.boomboomlive.co.uk"]and here[/url]

[quote name='Earbrass' post='438451' date='Mar 18 2009, 04:51 PM']Sorry to hijack the thread, but I was wondering whether those of you with the Roland Bass micro cube RX could give an opinion on whether it would be loud enough to keep up with acoustic instruments (guitar / hand drums / accordion / vocals) for band practice sessions. If not, does anyone have an opinion as to what is the smallest, lightest amp that could? Thanks![/quote] For acoustic blues rehearsals with acoustic guitar, snare (played with brushes), harmonica & unmiked vocals, I play my ashbory basses through a little kustom tube12 guitar amp. I also have slightly larger BT15 crate bassamp (also with 8" speaker), the kustom sound much nicer to my ears (I can get a deeper sound out of it) but either is loud enough in an otherwise acoustic setting. It also copes well with my NS CR5M 5 string upright at a similar volume.

I use a Shroeder 1212L with my LMII. Its very loud & very clear. Maybe a single 12 Schroeder could be worth investigating?

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='436815' date='Mar 17 2009, 12:46 AM']I don't trust those damn things. I've seen one fail before, and it was quite embarrassing for the guitarist who thought he was about to come in on a huge rocking chord and he didn't.[/quote] Yes that would happen if you forget to switch the button to 'on'.

[quote name='AM1' post='436608' date='Mar 16 2009, 08:29 PM']Hi - haven't read the thread so apologies if I'm repeating something someone else said.[/quote] thats OK

In my experience my heavy ash precision sounds a lot brighter my alder one. That could be due to the maple fingerboard against a rosewood one though, but I can't work out why that might make a difference if body wood doesn't. Body wood may not make the biggest tone difference of all the possible variables, however I believe it can make a difference. If anyone believes otherwise, it makes no difference to me. They can believe in Pixies, Eskimos and a magic man that lives in the sky for all I care.

Does she actually have her own cricket bat then? If not don't lend the bass - it'll come back damaged.

[quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='435703' date='Mar 16 2009, 12:28 AM']Gary Numan works for south west trains. he once checked my ticket. no jokes[/quote] You know I hate to ask But are trains electric? sorry

Another possibility is that your artcore just needs a setup. If the relief is outside of the ideal range it can feel stiff and uncomfortable to play. I picked up one of my basses yesterday (my self-built fretless Precision, which I haven't payed for a while) and I hated everything about it - it was just harder work to play it compared to my others. I noticed the action was a bit high so I checked the relief. There was obviously more relief than I normally have, so I got my tools out, tweaked the truss rod & checked action & intonation. Five minutes later its back to its easy-playing old self.

Someones been following the Oasis method of songwriting methinks

I've used a mixers, a switch boxes and a dual channel amp, but now I use a [url="http://store.daddario.com/category/146464/Circuit_Breaker_Series"]planet waves circuit breaker cable[/url] which has a little latching button on the right angle jack to mute the signal.