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[quote name='budget bassist' post='360615' date='Dec 21 2008, 11:46 PM']According to the man himself when interviewed on topgear (i use the term interview fairly loosely), Wyclef Jean[/quote] Sorry to be pedantic, but wasn't it Lionel Richie who told that story on Top Gear? I know it doesn't make much difference to the story, but.. EDIT: Beat me to it ARGH! Aaarggh!

[quote name='andy67' post='359386' date='Dec 20 2008, 08:09 AM']this still does it for me:[/quote] Ha ha, I love the fact that according to the screen it appears to be called "Love My Bone"! I feel another Spinal Tap quote coming on: "It's a lovely piece of music, what is it called?" "Lick My Love Pump...."

Just found [url="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=16358686"]this.[/url] It's the Jill Scott track from the Jools Holland DVD I mentioned earlier featuring Thaddeus "Terry" Tribbett on bass and his amazing cousin Erik on drums. This epitomises the pair of them for me (wait 'til it gets going in the middle). Funnily enough this has been posted on a site by the drummer himself, where he has several examples of his playing.

I'm enjoying this one that is Terry Tribbett playing with his Brother Tye's [url="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O_JSNEltOjY&feature=related"]gospel group GA.[/url] Some nice groove and like the volume knob work. Who needs pedals?

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='358647' date='Dec 19 2008, 11:21 AM']I will look when I get home. Can't listen at work. If it's anything that could be described as "Jazz" or its kiddy-fiddling cousin "Fusion", then I'm setting fire to my face.[/quote] Thanks BBC. The bottom just fell out of my world yesterday but you've still managed to make me laugh. I thank you!

[quote name='ARGH' post='357492' date='Dec 18 2008, 01:10 AM'],one bloke from Bucks Fizz is a tosser,[/quote] No, no, Bobby Gee is a cracking bloke! You've got to get to know him first though, I will admit I did think similar things at first. His missus Heidi is hot too and used to bake me cakes every week!

Ha ha, As a former soundman at Butlins Skegness, I have worked with most of this lot! How the mighty fall! Sorry to continue the "Bobby Charlton" negativity, but Alan Price certainly was a a**ehole the time I got to work with him. Hearing him sing geordie folklore songs should have made me beam with pride from my home area, not make me ashamed and want to pull the plug on the arrogant f**ker. Funny listening to him trying to sing "No, don't stop the carnival" with a Jamaican lilt but just sounding more geordie! P.S. Before my fellow geordies have a go at me, I also worked with Hilton Valentine and John Steel as an Animals rehash and they were lovely blokes! P.P.S. I seem to remember the lady from Middle of The Road is still quite attractive for her age now.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='352418' date='Dec 12 2008, 09:00 AM']"It has been sitting in a closet for 40 or so years....."[/quote] That phrase sounds very familiar to me. Didn't you "fakebuster" experts spot a dodgepot recently on e-bay who said the very same thing? It definitely rings a bell to me..., or is that tinnitus from tonight' gig??

[quote name='beerdragon' post='351904' date='Dec 11 2008, 04:26 PM']Maybe not the best, but worth watching.[/quote] Is that a capo on the first fret? Call me naiive, but I've never seen that on a bass before. I'm in no doubt that it happens....

I'm no expert, but I imagine it is one of a couple of things: I would have thought it is a [b]mono[/b] socket where there are actually two smaller connectors, that serve one of the following functions: The two connections are for a separate circuit and are linked or broken when a plug is inserted for something like turning an active preamp on/off as chrisba said. OR The two connections could be connected (one each) to the sleeve and tip tags with no plug inserted and then the connections broken when removed, kind of like a patchbay socket, for allowing "normalised" signal to flow through until it is interrupted by a new source from the jack. I have not seen this type of socket so couldn't say for sure. A friend with a multimeter (or battery and bell ) would be good to confirm this. Again, this is only a "IMO". Experts flame away!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='351702' date='Dec 11 2008, 12:42 PM']As an non-double bassist but someone who is interested in the amplification of them, in what frequency ranges does feedback tend to manifest? Alex[/quote] Alex, As an owner of a really cheap Chinese import jobbie, I find that in my case, the feedback is caused by the pup picking up resonance in the body of the bass. In my case it is a low/low mid frequency. My amp doesn't have notching so I've never gone so far as to find it, but I think it's around the 150-300Hz mark. As a former soundman, I am ashamed of myself for not being able to hit the mark closer just by hearing it. I saw a Ben Folds Five DVD where Robert Sledge used an upright (bowed) on one song and had foam stuck in the F-holes. I tried a bodged version with a towel which helped the feedback, but obviously the bass lost all its sustain. I think part of my problem is that I bought a Bob Golihur K&K pickup set for it (almost more expensive than the bass!) and have never gone through properly and set up the gain structure/EQ in the little preamp box with it. It has a wedged in wing pickup and 4 piezos on the bridge under each string which the preamp then mixes into one ouput. The problem is I never get to be that loud at home, and time is money for your band when you're at the rehearsal room, so have never had much of a chance to really mess about with it. I'm usually trying to find Superglue to patch up my bleeding fingers anyway!

I have the very combo, plus the extra 115T bin. My opinion: I do various pub gigs and have never felt I'm pushing the combo. I have rarely used the 115T bin, and I think it was a bit of a mistake as there does appear to be some funny phasey kind of things going on. Search the threads and you'll see some of the experts on here will warn you about this when mixing driver sizes. Anyway, back to the 210 combo. I love it! I did try a huge Trace Elliott rig last week with an 18" in the cab and my mind was blown away, but I think for what I do, and the fact that it needs to fit in my car, then it's absolutely fine for my purposes. I was also using it as a practice amp in my house the other night. The fact that it's a combo means it gets a bit heavy if you're carrying it for more than a few yards at a time. The only thing that really f**ks me off about it are the pots. There is no real reassuring resistance in them when you turn them or notched centering in the EQ ones, so it is easy to knock them. I have even done this mid gig with the back of my leg before! I bought mine early 2004 so they may have improved them since. I guess if you're clever enough you could replace the pots, but I've never been that bored! EDIT: Just remembered, it does sometimes rattle. I have seen other people moan about this on various web sites. It does disconcertingly sound like a poorly driver, but everyone seems to think its a loose grille or bit of wood in the cab. It doesn't always happen, and most people wouldn't notice at pub levels anyway.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='349090' date='Dec 8 2008, 09:29 PM']No DSS.[/quote] Hey tBBC, I thought you didn't like acronyms? Hypocrite. Oops sorry, forgot the smiley

You on commission Bilbo?

[quote name='AM1' post='348295' date='Dec 8 2008, 02:18 AM']OK, well now it's becoming clear that your sense of humour is drier than a Nun's chuff doing the splits in the desert, we can move on. Let's forget all the peripheral BS - you cannot *seriously* say that the sound of the Warwick in, for example, Too Young To Die is NOT amazingly sexy. Regards AM[/quote] Nice imagery there. Welcome! I always thought Stu Zender was a Warwick man through and through but I thought I read recently (probably in that BG Magazine article he later slated) that he had an old Fender he'd used in the early recordings? I am probably wrong of course. Oh and, er by the way, if recent experience on here is anything to go by, if you're a female and post pictures of yourself, you're likely to end up with threads where everyone tries to vie and hustle for your affections. Good luck!

I just tried the online time check. No wonder I gave up drumming

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='348369' date='Dec 8 2008, 09:41 AM']I reckon it'll be bought by some landed gentry up the Tyne Valley...[/quote] What, Sting's going to buy it himself??

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='345564' date='Dec 4 2008, 03:44 PM']We played one fo the walkways over Tower Bridge last year.[/quote] Wow, that sounds very rock and roll Dave. Did you have fans blowing your hair and helicopters circling you taking film - in the style of Brian May on the roof of Buckingham Palace? How come I never get that at the local village hall?

Ahem. Being the proud owner of an inexpensive Gear 4 Music bass, I used Tippex. I guess I really have no respect for technique or tradition!

I'm wondering if it's something to do with your technique? I've never learned to slap, but on the occasion I've tried it, I've had the same results as you, on a variety of basses. I have always presumed I'm not hitting with the correct part of my thumb or in the correct place. I know this is probably obvious to most, but something I've never been that interested in for me, so I've never really looked into it or practiced. Oh, and er BTW, I am an ex soundman and was often told by k*yboardists and g**tarists that my "bottom end" was too heavy! Rhythmn sections loved me!

Beedster PM'd

And to save you a load of money..... I'm thinking of selling my Cort C5 which I think is an Ibanez style clone. Mighty Mite soapbar pups, active, and tight string spacing (that's the headstock in my Avatar). Not sure what to ask for it though, I paid about £300 new around 5 years ago, I don't think I'd get that for it now though.

THIS COULD BE IMPORTANT INFO!! About 4 months ago I had an issue with a B-string with a bad core and e-mailed them several times with no response. I finally rang them them and was given some funny answer about them having a problem with their e-mail. I reckon they never check it because once they heard the problem over the phone they were uber helpful and a new string turned up the next day. Might be the same thing?

I have heard that very noise with condenser microphones that use phantom power - a bad connection causes the noise you mention. IME of bass drum mics though (and I haven't done this for a while) I thought they were usually dynamic due to high SPL. I guess it could be a bad lead causing an intermittent short on the input stage regardless of mic type. Do you have phantom turned on for this channel?

I have just had another sneaky peep at work and changed my original post to note the fact that it is a P-J Precision, not a Jazz. D'oh!