Sean

Well, I was going to say, what a lovely pair of Spector five bangers, blah blah, Spectors, Spectors, blah, blah, EMG, Spectors... but that Warmoth P is absolutely stunning, Peter, it's stopped me in my tracks!

[quote name='lowdown' post='613206' date='Sep 30 2009, 07:32 PM']After the blues Form... I would also recommend learning 'I Got Rhythm' changes and form. It helps in movement, and does pop up from time to time in different disguises, The 'Flintstones Theme' being one you would know.[/quote] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMrv9aXOCnA"]Yabba Dabba Doo!![/url]

Hi Dancing Queen sorted now. If anyone has some sheet music for the above songs, I'd be more than grateful for a copy. Thanks Sean

[quote name='JBassist' post='571099' date='Aug 16 2009, 09:51 PM']slap bassists are a dyeing bread nowadays and im j/w about you guys[/quote] This woman knows all about [b]dyeing bread[/b]. She's rubbish at slapping bass though

[quote name='bottomfeed' post='610166' date='Sep 27 2009, 06:02 PM']Just saw the last [b]Later[/b] with Dizzee Rascal... nice to hear him with a 'proper' band rather than just a' bloke putting records on'.... What was that perspex bass with the blue lights, anyone know?[/quote] Dunno, I saw it on the night and thought it was one of those ghastly cheapo things off ebay.

[quote name='Tait' post='610171' date='Sep 27 2009, 06:07 PM']I GOT IN [/quote] Congrats. What's the crack then? Nice bunch of guys?

[quote name='Golchen' post='609541' date='Sep 26 2009, 08:01 PM']Van Halen live without a net[/quote] Isn't that just a video? Right Here, Right Now is a live CD that I have, not much better.

All of the hundreds of Pearl Jam official bootleg concerts are unretouched. What you heard at the gig is what you get on the recording.

I agonised over gold rings with black knobs or black rings with gold knobs, I think we both got it right for the respective woods ;-)

She's a beauty! Is that gold on black knobs, Peter?

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='605400' date='Sep 22 2009, 11:27 AM']No, I'm keeping the EMG's in place and will earth just the U-Retro. Sean is the man re this and his thread is here somewhere. Found it. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=52704&hl=Spector"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...&hl=Spector[/url] He hasn't created a bridge ground and I don't intent to unless it proves necessary due to noise. Peter[/quote] I haven't made a bridge ground and I get no noise. In fact it's a remarkably quiet bass. The cavity is copper lined and everything earths to this The maple wings make a heck of a difference when compared to say, the poplar/walnut/alder of my Euro, which has the same pups and a U-retro. The Euro is warmer and friendlier sounding whereas the NS is snarls and rasps a bit more and sounds slightly compressed, in fact I was happily slapping my way through It's Raining Men at a wedding at the weekend (please don't ask ) thinking that I couldn't remember putting the compressor on and it wasn't. [that sounded a bit Catherine Tate's WHAT AM I LIKE sketch] Anyway, IMO the maple is more hard sounding and cuts through better than the poplar/walnut/alder sandwich.

The bassist in Florence and the Machine was using one of these (with Lakland standard pickups) last night on Later... with Jools

Get one of [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/Products,%20VT1-EQ%20Bass%20Drive.html"]these[/url] :wub: , stop worrying and move on to the next challenge. Nuff said. Oh, hang on... it's a headphone amp as well

[quote name='ezbass' post='602973' date='Sep 19 2009, 03:41 PM']The Korg AX3000G can be had for about £165 and their multi FX are pretty damn good.[/quote] I managed to fry my AX3000B three times, I think it just had too hot a signal going into it. Korg fixed it the first two times and the third time it was out of warranty and the repair price was more than a new one.

The TC Electronic G-System is amazing. Great quality effects (no amp modelling, no distortion) and midi-switching capability so that you can add pedals to your effects and pre-amps. Build quality is unbelievable and it looks like it was designed by Porsche. It's easy to programme from a PC/Mac and can be used on the floor or as part of rack system. It's not designed for bass specifically but other than a few of the pitch effects and tuning the B and E strings (you have to do it with harmonics) there are no issues and I use a Korg rack tuner anyway. Doesn't come cheap and it's not the easiest thing in the world to drive at first but once you get into it and you've read the manual, it's OK. If you're after quality of effects, ultimate versatility and bomb proof build this is the one.

I've been gigging two Spector 5 string basses for the last few months, one Euro 5LX (actually two because I changed from one to another but that's another story ) and an NS-5XL. Both of them are superb but the NS wins every time; they have the same neck, the same body shape, the electronics are the same (EMGs + U-Retro), the bridges are slightly different, the tuners are different (Euro - Schallers, NS - Gotoh), the NS has solid quilt maple wings, the Euro has Poplar/Walnut/Alder sandwich wings, the NS is a good 1.5 lb heavier and has an oiled finish next to the Euro's high gloss and the abalone inlays on the NS are prettier than the mother of pearl on the Euro. The finger board of the NS is cocobolo whereas the one on the Euro is some kind of rosewood, darker and less dramatically figured than the cocobolo one. None of these things sway it on their own, it's just that the NS is a slightly nicer bass. Both basses have the same strings and the same set up (or as near as I can get it the same) so comparison on feel is fair. The two sound very different, the Euro is warmer and rounder than the NS, which is harder and cutting, almost like it's got built in compression. My NS-5XL is easily the nicest instrument I've ever played, bass or otherwise and would be the last to leave the collection, it's the go-to bass I never had before. The Euro is used for backup and I have strapped it on for the last half hour of the last two gigs (2.5 hour +) to give my shoulder a rest. I have a Euro4 with a U-Retro in that is superb too and is a very different animal again, the signal is super-hot and the sound is amazing, it's My Bass Wants to Eat Your Mama and it's absolutely gagging to tickle some pre-amp valves :brow: :brow:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kotK9FNEYU&feature=related"]This [/url] is fun.

This is a selection from this forthcoming weekend's set list (half-cheese removed for sanity) LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU WALKING ON SUNSHINE IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’ TAKE ME TO THE RIVER TEENAGE DIRTBAG I LOVE ROCK 'N ROLL TAKE YOUR MAMA OUT VALERIE HARD TO HANDLE DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC IT'S RAINING MEN NINE TO FIVE WE ARE FAMILY I KISSED A GIRL GO YOUR OWN WAY LIVIN' ON A PRAYER YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME JUMP SUMMER OF '69 LOVE SHACK

[quote name='Rasta' post='578189' date='Aug 23 2009, 01:57 PM']Thank you so much for contributions to this post, I've just managed to fix a B-bass which had wires hanging off the active bit! bloody burned the tips of my fingers soldering though [/quote] Glad to be of help I was soldering when I did this post and I'm soldering again today, nothing tricky though, just some patch leads. You'll forget about your hands when you hear the results of your efforts

Rob bought my Zoom B2.1u from me. Great transaction. Great Basschatter. Great communications. Enjoy the toy!

Doug 's gear is listed [url="http://www.dougwimbish.com/gear.html"]here[/url]. As I understand it, [i]that[/i] Doug Wimbish sound comes from EMG pickups and Trace Elliott amps. Doug's technique has a huge bearing on his sound though and he still sound exactly like Doug if he was thumping a Precision through a B-15.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='576191' date='Aug 20 2009, 11:02 PM']That's exactly what I thought.[/quote] Certainly not obvious where the extra cash goes especially when the Ian Hill one is the same rice as a standard Euro4LX

Sting. Stanley Sheldon (no, really). The Ox. Macca.

The great thing for me about this month's BGM is Doug Wimbish on the front with his new signature Spector, Doug Wimbish in the middle with his new signature Spector, Doug Wimbish's new signature Sector reviewed in the middle and Doug Wimbish with his old signature Ibanez on the back ! Come on Rotosound, sort it out! Get some new shots of Doug!