MiltyG565

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1398235370' post='2431823'] Plenty of time Milty! It's a very mix-friendly set of stems, so you should have no problems. [/quote] Oh! Now you've gone and done it! Now there most definitely will be problems! (probably problems that I create whilst trying to be clever )

Ah bloody hell! I really need to keep a closer eye on this forum! How long have I got? 10/11 days? Best get to it!

[quote name='Donnyboy' timestamp='1397306679' post='2422651'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Yip I think my male modelling career looks promising![/font][/color] [/quote] Donny - I'm planning an advertising campaign. Would you mind looking at the camera and giving the thumbs up? Also, instead of a notable bassist, would you mind if you put your arm around a beautiful female model? You'll be paid £1000 for your hard work Also - Saw on the Facebook page that the relay has now jumped over the £2000 mark! Fantastic! Good work, everyone

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1395249364' post='2400224'] Long post alert! And need to say this. Well I've been learning to play for a year now. And I at first really enjoyed it and up until Xmas I practiced a lot. I love bass from many points of view. However recently and despite buying a new bass too, I've suffered from bass playing melancholy I love looking at the bass but am not In anyway enjoying playing or practicing. I've lately made a few short little bass tunes which is cool I guess and have felt more comfortable playing and made little advances in playing too. Interestingly I've also been not interested in music as I once was. In part I blame this on not being able to give enough dedication, as it's very much a side hobby and I think I would need professional help/lessons to correct my bad technique. I'm competitive and if I don't feel like I'm going to be a certain standard in something then I guess I sack it off. And my expectations in playing are not that high. I don't want to give up. But frankly I don't want to waste my time if I just feel frustrated. I'm also extremely skint (again) and what little cash I would raise would come in handy. I know someone who plays guitar they have for 30 years they spend a lot of time and money on it and frankly he is still rubbish. I don't want to be that guy [/quote] One or 2 points: It can be difficult to put the time and effort into playing bass outside of the context of a band, and having a bit of fun with your mates. That's when playing is most enjoyable, and that's when you'll progress the most. I wouldn't like to think that after 30 years playing that you would still be of an intermediate level. Something is certainly wrong with whatever your mate is doing, I reckon. I know how it is, though. I've hardly spent more than a few hours playing bass this entire year so far. The important thing is, though, that if my mate phones me today and says "Bring your bass over, and we'll have a jam", I can lift my bass and go have some fun with it - that's what it's there for!

Sent! You should have them tomorrow morning Please do let me know when they arrive

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1392561098' post='2370017'] I have a few friends that reckon I wrote the book on cheating , however, most think I plagiarised it [/quote] I think I've heard that one before somewhere... Well done Ironside! I found it hard to choose this time. Either they were all roughly of the same quality, or my ears aren't as good as I thought they were. I did think they all sounded pretty good, though, so well done everyone I look forward to (being thoroughly beaten by you all) next month

Well done everyone Happy birthday, Bass Relay

After the longest period of procrastination, I've finally sorted out the mountain of strings I had gathered up. I'll post them off tomorrow morning. One jiffy bag rammed full of bass strings, and another full of these weird 6 string sets...

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1392100923' post='2364580'] I had tinnitus for years as well as dandruff. I used other brands of cable. As soon as I started using OBBM cables, the tinnitus and dandruff both vanished. I'm not saying that there is a link, but there is definitely a link. [/quote] That's one of the more inventive sales pitches

You can't go far wrong with a Planet Waves cable, I find. Very high quality, and come with a lifetime guarantee. Their American Stage range has a redesigned jack which means it has a better contact when you plug in.

[quote name='crashdesk' timestamp='1392039643' post='2363847'] It's never easy. Went looking for two nuts for these screws only to discover that the thread on them is Imperial, not Metric. I ended up having to buy metric and the just about catch on the thread. Because there isn't much pressure from the springs I think these will do. Just a bit annoying that I couldn't get imperial threaded nuts. Ah well... [/quote] I don't think you should need to buy nuts... I'm at work tomorrow - I work at Ping music shop in Magherafelt. If you want me to take a look at it for you, you could call in. It's a fair journey, mind you.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1392028005' post='2363656'] Burnout? Three bands is a struggle. [/quote] I only thought about this recently, but at one point, I was doing my A levels, was in 2 bands, and had 2 jobs. I was tired, but only physically - I got in at the end of the day and slept, and got up in the morning and did it all again. The thing is, at the time, it never phased me, but I'm sure I probably thought at some point "I wish I could get a week off from it all", but only now do I see how lucky I was, and how full my life was, and I wish I had that now. Although, without meaning to sound disrespectful, I was 19 at the time. But the biggest headache of all was probably the band, and the fact that I had to organise everything, our drummer was being rushed to A&E very regularly with epileptic fits, and our guitarist was largely uncontactable.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1392031699' post='2363724'] Would keep the wife happy though [/quote] That was the one guitar that she said "Yes! Buy it!"

I voted the other day. Good work, lads I'm keeping a watchful eye for the next one

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1391971446' post='2363153'] There's loads more guitar designs than the ones you've mentioned. for starters how about: Firebird, 335, anything with a Gretch logo on it, anything with a Mosrite logo on it? [/quote] Nope - if the drummer can't have scaffolding on his drums, you can't have it on your guitar

I break every one of those rules at the same time - I guess I'm a massive douchebag... Alright lads, don't all rush at once to disagree

Don't take it too hard mate - You've made the right choice for you. I wouldn't expect somebody to continue in a band if they weren't happy. Sometimes you really do need to just be selfish and put yourself first, and I don't at all blame you. As for free time - Life seems to have the habit of using up as much free time as possible. You'll find something to keep you occupied, I'm sure

I'd tend to go with "Play what comes easiest". I don't think it will be detrimental to your future playing ability, and I don't think anybody is going to scrutinise your technique too hard. Now, if you were in a massive gigging band, there would be a thread here called something like "bass2345 - technique or technot?" where people discuss in great detail the great and bad things about your technique. Since you've only been playing since March (You've nearly passed your first year - congrats! ) I'd not worry too much. I think at this point, it's more important that you hone the fundamental technique you have learned so far, then start working on smaller aspects of your technique, like whether to play an open A or the 5th on the E string.

[quote name='crashdesk' timestamp='1391980643' post='2363306'] Sort of getting it now. Yeah, my springs were actually just sitting under the pick up, attached by the magnetic poles on each end. Is there a diagram online just to get it clear in my head how it meant to work. I feel like a dunce :-) Do the spring is to go between the pickup and the scratch plate with the screw going through it? EDIT: think I found what you mean?..http://m.ebay.com/itm?itemId=380713415556 LIGHTBULB MOMENT!!! Got it. Thanks. lol [/quote] Oh, alright then! I didn't even have a chance to reply See, you don't need our help!

[quote name='crashdesk' timestamp='1391979075' post='2363272'] Hi Milty. Sort of. The thing is the pressure of the springs pushes the pickup/cover out towards the strings. This means that the plastic 'wings' which the screws go through are the only thing keeping the pickup from coming out. Because there is no thread in the plastic wings and there is no way to screw it into the bass, it just wobbles about. Probably not explaining it too well. It's one of those things that you need to see . The way it is at the moment, I would have to put something between the underside if the scratch plate and topside of the pickup wings to make the pickup/cover sit less proud of the scratch plate. [/quote] If we look at the photo you posted, we see there are 2 little brass-coloured washers, which I assume will be there to provide a decent thread for the screw to screw in to. Where are the springs? From what you've said, it sounds like they are underneath the pickup, when they should really be around the screw - i.e. when you put the screw in, put it in through the scratchplate and the spring, then screw on the pickup. That's how it's usually done with Strats and Les Pauls and the like. So when you screw your pickup upwards, it actually tightens the spring, and makes it move about less, rather than loosening it and allowing it to move about more.

[quote name='crashdesk' timestamp='1391971792' post='2363160'] Cheers! DIY bolt hunt is on tomorrow :-) I have seen old Precision screws that are the exact same but they are expensive. One thing I don't understand is how on this bass, [url="http://www.eddievegas.com/store/photopop3.php?image_filename=a5e82988728acdd3246096c99ddbe883_huge.jpg"]http://www.eddievega...dbe883_huge.jpg[/url] the pickup sits less prouder than mine. There is nothing within the body for the screws to screw in to. The only thing stopping the pickup from the scratch plate is the bits if plastic with screw holes either side of the pick cover. [/quote] The screws don't screw into the body, just the pickup. They usually have a little spring between the pickup and the scratchplate to provide the pressure to stop it from wobbling about. Anyway - it's not like a jazz bass or p bass pickup, where it screws down into the wood, but more like a Stratocaster pickup, where it just screws into the pickup. Does that help?

[quote name='Ticktock' timestamp='1391965320' post='2363066'] Plater in Newtownabbey just off Ballyhenry road, or there used to be. One or two larger operations were in Mallusk Industrial Estate. Milty restrain your inner culchie! ;-) [/quote] I'm not quite sure what you mean, sur. Now I'm away on - da has his tractor stuck again, the buck eejit.

[quote name='mentalextra' timestamp='1391782248' post='2361222'] In another parallel universe RHCP concert tickets are slashed when the mime? [/quote] That's deep inside of a parallel universe...

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1391727785' post='2360794'] That's the thing - I'd be surprised if anyone cared that they mimed that slot or not, the fuss has been all about them doing it after being so critical about others miming in the past. People don't like hypocrisy. It's a good lesson in not mouthing off about something unless you're serious about sticking to your principles - especially when it's all so trivial. Besides, has there ever been a 'live' music video in the history of the genre? This show was just a glorified music video really. [/quote] There are music videos made up of clips of live performances, but it's always well edited to make it fit with the recorded track. Yes, it was a glorified music video, that's all the NFL wanted, I suppose. A bit of a spectacle. Something to keep you entertained while you drink your beer and eat your nachos. Have they really been critical of others in the past, though? It was my understanding (I could be entirely wrong, of course) that they were vocal about why they didn't like to mime, but that they had never said anywhere publicly that certain artists mime, and that this is a bad thing.

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1391709095' post='2360507'] And how do you know to read it differently? [/quote] Because he explained what he meant in the blog.