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Last night during band practice I heard a sort of jangly noise from my cab, it appears around a high F (3rd on D) so maybe frequency based. The cab is a GK MB212, rated at 600 according to the sticker on the back and I run it with the horn switch in the off position. I got if from someone on here, danged if I can remember who, they painted the grill black so if you know who you are speak up! I'm using a GK MB500 Fusion with the gain on B almost all the way up but the master volumes are nowhere near loud, not even earplug loud last night. The signal goes through a tuner - GE-7B - ODB-3 - MS70B - Nova Dynamics Compressor Any idea what may have happened, and is it serious? I'm assuming that if one of the speakers is breaking then replacement is better sooner rather than later?

You could look at the bridge pickup from an early American Deluxe P-Bass, they are a sort of back to back Jazz pickup. Not the current model, that's a normal Jazz pup

As I said in the intro I'm happy to have any obscure or exotic amps, but we do need to keep a lid on the volume. The previous years everyone has been sensible with only a little interference by the noise police My rule is that if I can't have a conversation without shouting then someone is too loud.

I'm seeing Fish on Sunday at Rock City. He's doing the Misplaced Childhood album for most of the set I believe.

We've exceeded the amp rig number for the event by 2, can we nicely sort out amongst ourselves which amps are coming? I know some are being brought along on request from other attendees and I'm bringing mine as a house rig for all to try.

1. Si600, GK MB212 (house rig), Fender P V. 2. The_Ox (exams permitting) 3. tauzero, Sei Original fretless 5, Sei Flamboyant 6, Antoniotsai 5, maybe something else interesting, and possibly Mrs Zero. 4. Harryburke14 5. Len_derby 6. Andyjr1515 7. Bottle. Ibanez bass, Line 6 Lowdown 110, amp rack and effects boards. 8. Annoying Twit. Who knows what I will bring. 9. GrammeFriday - Sandberg VM5, TC RH750, TC RS212, maybe also pedalboard 10. Jabba_the_Gut - A couple of homemade basses (if I finish them in time...again), Markbass head and TC RS112 cabs 11. IanA - CN112's 12. Norris - Aria SB-1000, Squier P-bass Special, Fender Rumble v3 500 combo 13. Bassbiscuits - Fender 1970 P bass, Sandberg TT4, Markbass head and Schroeder 1210 cab 14. Chris Sharman - Westone Thunder 3 Fretless, Harley Benton 5 string Deko, (another bass to be confirmed), Mrs Sharman, Cake. 15. Joebethell - Bass or two and a pedal board work allowing. 16. IanA - Nordy's, Vabderkley and Puma 900 17. BigJim 18. happynoj - 3 Warwick basses, Warwick Xtreme 5.1 + 2x10, pedalboard. 19. zbd1960 20. intime-nick - Kemper and pedal and an Eden 2x10

From where Twincam and I are it looks like riffs aren't popular this month

Have I won yet?

It's close enough I think. It also appears later on just before the second verse. If you don't play it it throws the timing. I think the beginning of the second riff is A G A C D D D

Time for a bit of Britpop! I'm going to run something past the BC Massive, I think I'm about there, but I'm not entirely happy. The main riff is (* indicates a rest) A A A * C C C * G G G * A A A * A C A C D D D * G G G * A A A * There's a bit at 02:44 which sounds like D A C A A E G E but I'm not convinced that the open E fits There's also a bit at 00:21 that I just cannot catch. Annie Holland doesn't post on here does she?

A little nudge to remind everyone that it's just over a month until the bash.

Dave put little coloured sleeves on some of my cables when he made them so I could identify them after I bundled them up in a homemade snake

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1459270725' post='3014991'] Sounds like bouncy skate punk to me... Missed your calling in the 90s with riffs like that, you'd have had kerrang Tv on the phone... Nice groove though and you didn't even need the additional 3 seconds really as they are silent... Unless that's a deliberate dramatic pause, in which case I apologise. [/quote] Yea, I seem to knock out skate punk riffs most of the time. Glad you liked the groove though ;p I think the 3 seconds were while I was reaching for the recorder to turn it off!

Right-o. If you can do it so can I so I dusted off the metronome, got a fresh new pick and here it is. This time it's more rounded than the first effort. As I can't do up and down the fingerboard scale type runs like everyone else here are a couple of riffs for a song in progress. It still sounds like it was composed by 15 year old me but I guess that's my style! Am Std. P-Bass V into a Zoom H4n. No processing or other manipulation. [url="https://soundcloud.com/simon-orchard/noodle-march-16"]Noodle[/url] It's also 1:03. Please don't ban me

I gone and done a noodle! Actually, I did lots of noodles from my P V directly into a Zoom H4n. Lots of level tweaks and getting sounding nice. Then I deleted them all because they are so bad it's embarrassing, no flair or compositional beauty.

I set mine up using the Gain control on Channels A & B to get the amount of overdrive I wanted and then I use the Master A & B for the overall volume. I think I've got B almost all the way up and A to just before it breaks up. At the moment it's house shakingly loud, but that's because it's still on practice room with a drummer volume

One thing I noticed with a laptop is that mine produces a lot of noise on the recording if it's plugged into the mains. Running on battery stops it happening but it's something to be aware of.

String it upside down, Hendrix Stylee

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1455022860' post='2975069'] At the other end of the scale you have stuff like Iron Maiden's 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son', where apparently there was a story being told but to this day I have no idea what that story was,apart from a vague idea that it might have had something to do with wizards. [/quote] [quote name='Daz39' timestamp='1455024179' post='2975103'] 7th Son of a 7th Son is about a child born with mystical powers: and the rush to kill him before they fully awaken and brings doom on everyone etc. [/quote] I understand that 7th Son was supposed to be a "proper" concept album, but for whatever reason that idea was dropped. The story is all there but the tracks are jumbled up. If you wanted to hear the story you have to reorder the album. I have done it, but it took some fiddling programming the CD player. These days with computers it'd be easy:)

I was trying to keep this a bit quiet so as not to ruin the surprise but... Would anyone like to come to this years Midlands Bass Bash and do a mini-masterclass or seminar on their interest or profession? Bass related, as interesting as I find crankcase rebuilds I'm not sure anyone else does I'm thinking along the lines of those who build to bring their wares or do something on setups for example, sound engineers to do something on FOH mixing or recording, the life of a cruise bass player with anecdotes. Anything really. I'm only looking for three or four speakers otherwise we'd run out of time, but builders are welcome to set up a stall in the room. It's not a trade show by any means, and I don't want it to be but I'd like a bit more pizazz to it than last year PM me with any ideas, partly to keep the suspense, but mostly not to clutter the boards with organisation details! Simon

1. Si600, GK MB212 (house rig), Fender P V. 2. The_Ox (exams permitting) 3. tauzero, Sei Original fretless 5, Sei Flamboyant 6, Antoniotsai 5, maybe something else interesting, and possibly Mrs Zero. 4. Harryburke14 5. Len_derby 6. Andyjr1515 7. Bottle. Ibanez bass, Line 6 Lowdown 110, amp rack and effects boards. 8. Annoying Twit. Who knows what I will bring. 9. GrammeFriday - Sandberg VM5, TC RH750, TC RS212, maybe also pedalboard 10. Jabba_the_Gut - A couple of homemade basses (if I finish them in time...again), Markbass head and TC RS112 cabs 11. Kev - Alpher Mako, ACG Finn, couple of pedals. 12. Norris - Aria SB-1000, Squier P-bass Special, Fender Rumble v3 500 combo 13. Bassbiscuits - Fender 1970 P bass, Sandberg TT4, Markbass head and Schroeder 1210 cab 14. Chris Sharman - Westone Thunder 3 Fretless, Harley Benton 5 string Deko, (another bass to be confirmed), Mrs Sharman, Cake. 15. Joebethell - Bass or two and a pedal board work allowing. 16. IanA - Nordy's, Vabderkley and Puma 900

Sorry, that was a mistake on my part. I saw this: http://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-standard-stratocaster-2011-candy-apple-red-maple/52846 and the bit halfway down that said upgrade to American Standard for however much it is thinking that that was the price, not that it was on top of the price for what I assume is the MiM one.

I don't know if it's any help but GAK have got MiM Strats for £440 and USA ones for £650 or so. £700 strikes me as a lot for one that no one is sure of the provenance. I may have missed something in the thread that says I'm wrong though If it were me, I'd be looking at a super Strat, HSH pickups, Floyd Rose etc, but then you are talking money

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1454241562' post='2967733'] Not cool ... [/quote] Tort and sunburst. Told you so

Tort and sunburst are not, and never can be cool