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Congratulations lowdowner, your prize is the universal adulation that comes only from Basschat. Yes I was thinking about the plus and minus points of a Gramma Pad: Does the job by all accounts, but bigger than I need, a bit bulky to carry about, and a bit more then I want to spend. I also didn't see the point of the wooden platform part - surely the isolating foam is the important bit? So, I cut 34cm lengths of Platfoam to match the depth of my BF cabs, then measured the positions of both sets of cab feet, and drilled recesses with a 25mm wood bit. The foam tends to pop back up so you have to go a bit deeper, to about half the depth of the foam. This makes the setup more stable as almost all the top of the foam is in contact withe bottom of the cab. I am considering fitting some kind of spacer to align the foam withe the Compact, but in the meantime I intend to try it on a gig tomorrow night, then I should know whether any tweakage is required.

I've just made this. It cost me less than £15 and I carry it in my stand bag. Can you tell what it is, children?

I have used Snap Jack cables on my skinny-strings in the past but prefer to mute with the tuner pedal whilst re-plugging these days. I keep it down to one change per set max though.

Sold my Nocaster to Dan. Haven't heard a word since it was delivered so I'm guessing he's speechless with joy! Anyway, no messing about, so no complaints from me

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1386881313' post='2306000'] AFAIK there is no difference in real terms. Your amp is still 'seeing' the same resistance connected either way. [/quote] Which is the speakers in parallel. That's how it is normally done.

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1386880751' post='2305990'] Playing all the hits - Including: Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes .................................................Jam - In the City Squeeze - Pulling Mussels.................................................Knack - My Sharona XTC - Making Plans for Nigel..........................................Dr. Feelgood - Roxette Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone.........................Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in love?.......................Patti Smith - Because the night The Jags - Back of my Hand......................................Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop The Members - Sound of the Suburbs.................... Nick Lowe - Cruel to be Kind Clash - Janie Jones.......................................... ................Undertones - Get Over You Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy.......................................Clash - I Fought the Law Stranglers - No More Heroes......................................Ruts - Babylon's Burning Elvis Costello - Watching the Detectives........................Squeeze - Is that Love Vapors - Turning Japanese..........................................Jilted John - Jilted John Magazine - Shot by Both Sides..............................Undertones - Teenage Kicks The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight......................Jam - Eton Rifles Clash - London Calling........................Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet Damned - Smash it up ............ ......................,,,,.. .........Pretenders - Brass in Pocket Undertones - My Perfect Cousin................ .Squeeze - Another Nail in my Heart Rezillos - Top of the Pops.......................................Damned - Neat, Neat, Neat Elvis Costello - I don't want to go to Chelsea.................Dickies - Banana Splits Eddy & the Hotrods - Do Anything you Wanna Do...............Damned - New Rose Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant..............................................Stranglers - Peaches Sham 69 - Hurry up Harry..........................Ramones - Sheena is a Punk Rocker Stranglers - Hanging Around......... ..............................Clash - Rock the Kasba Elvis Costello - Pump it Up.............. .......... ....................Blondie - Denis Denis Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device..................................Squeeze - Slap & Tickle Sham 69 - If the Kids are United........... ....Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang Talking heads - Psycho Killer.....................................Jam - Going Underground Buzzcocks - What do I get?........................Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go Sex pistols - God Save the Queen................Martha & the Muffins - Echo Beach Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway..................... ... ...Blondie - Dreaming Jam - That's Entertainment ..............................................Clash - Tommy Gun Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World ............................ ...Buzzcocks - Promises Generation X - Ready Steady Go......................................Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army XTC-Sgt Rock (is going to help me)..................Dr. Feelgood - She Does it Right Ruts - Staring at the Rude Boys... .................Undertones - There Goes Norman Monks - Nice Legs (Shame About Her Face)..........................Clash - White Riot The Rezillos - Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Discography and biog information is available for the bands that we play tribute to [/quote] Now that's a good night out! Whereabouts do you play Rog?

[quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1386859398' post='2305495'] Is it me or does this all seem a trifle ridiculous not to mention a waste of time? [/quote] Yes, Basschat is currently my favourite waste of time

[quote name='andyonbass' timestamp='1386853547' post='2305356'] Plus one ;-) [/quote] Andy, why aren't you working!? (My excuse - working at home and having my well-earned lunch break.)

I will be playing Plug In Baby this Saturday and I will just switch to the P pickup and max the bass's treble control. My amp is always set for a bit of grit. Job done. The only people who will notice if you nail the sound are you and any Muse-loving bass players in the audience. I'm not saying you shouldn't shoot for a sound that is appropriate, but the effort of duplicating the original sound may be better expended elsewhere e.g. playing the song correctly!

How the blood and stomach pills would you hold the thing?

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1386759369' post='2304044'] Fret Line width 0.05 mm, width of finger 14mm. You still need your ears, guys!! The line just gets you in the ball park with probably little more accuracy than habit. [/quote] Although I have fret lines, once I've been paying a while and I'm 'in the zone', I stop looking - or I look less often. So I agree

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1386783911' post='2304519'] Geezer Butler was one of my main formative influences on the bass. I regard him as one of the greatest rock players of all time...superb! [/quote] Just been listening to my Sabbath compilation in the car. I concur!

[quote name='Hector' timestamp='1386761304' post='2304081'] It's a double bass thing, but if you're interested, you'd want to try to find out as much as you can about Francois Rabbath. The basic idea is, if your fingers 124 cover frets 567, you can also pivot your hand (with the thumb in the same place) to reach for frets 4 and 8. Using this pivoting, he then subdivides the bass' neck into fewer positions (relative to the other dominant school of double bass left hand tehnique, Simandl). Personally, I think it's dead useful (particularly on upright), although I am primarily a Simandl (124 strictly without pivot) player, and tend to see Rabbath style technique as an exension of Simandl rather than an addition to it. This series of videos features one of Rabbath's students teaching the basics: [media]http://youtu.be/54pMdTCmo8g[/media] Here's another one of Rabbath's more accomplished students absolutely tearing it up: [media]http://youtu.be/VXt6htVi3C4[/media] [/quote] Thanks, that's very useful. I'm familiar with finger-per-fret position playing, which I brought over from the guitar. I'll check this out further. BTW I am strictly BG not DB or EUB - the right-hand approach is so different, it's almost another instrument! Also I know andyonbass (of this parish), who has made a success of his DB/EUB playing - it doesn't half look like hard work. /end of thread hijack

[quote name='fatback' timestamp='1386681998' post='2303003'] If you use a thumb pivot with 1234 or 124 and restrict your thumb positions to 3 or 4 (say F#, G, A and B relative to E string), you won't need lines at all. Side markers on the thumb positions will see you right every time. It's a phenomenally accurate method for intonation because you need make very few position shifts, and those you do make are to a limited number of destinations. I took to this method for learning the upright, but it's produced an amazing improvement in my intonation for fretless bg. [/quote] Where can I find out more about this approach?

Gorgeous bass. Don't normally go for natural wood but this is splendid. +1 for GuitarGuitar - they replaced a dead TC amp for me within a week.

Brilliant!

Disappointed. Thought this was going to be an in-depth discussion of the merits of a floating thumb technique

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[quote name='Les' timestamp='1386675928' post='2302870'] Don't know if you'd consider the Squier range but a few months ago I went to PMT to look for a cheaper version of my old Mustang to take the less salubrious gigs we do and I tried the Squier Mustangs which were ok, then I tried the Mikey Way signature and was seriously impressed. Head and shoulders above the others. I nearly bought it as it was less than 250 quid but I decided I would never be able to live with the sparkly silver finish so didn't. Good bass though if you like the look of it. Les [/quote] Looks dreadful to me! [quote name='leftyhook' timestamp='1386676129' post='2302873'] I tried one out a while ago. £550 new. Always fancied one. Ughhh..... ! Hope it was a one off :OL ! [/quote] One man's meat etc. Where was it? £550 is pretty keen!

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1386627654' post='2302482'] Thanks very much dude! Unlikely to be around that way unfortunately though. How do you find that setup? [/quote] Very flexible, and never short of... anything! As I have posted elsewhere on this forum, it's like 3 rigs in 1: Head + Midget = home practice, rehearsals, quiet/acoustic gigs Head + Compact = larger gigs e.g. functions, C&W Head + Compact + Midget = loud rock gigs

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1386626211' post='2302467'] Hmmmm..... I just wish I could try one out! [/quote] If you are ever in the vicinity of Swindon you are welcome to try out any part of my Streamliner/Barefaced rig.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1386615388' post='2302238'] I also should have said that i have a Squier Bronco that i paid £88 (brand new and including postage!) for about 5 years ago which in my opinion is better than a couple of 70s Musicmasters that i've played. I do think though that the Bronos at the price they were when i bought mine were a steal. [/quote] Yes I tried a Bronco once that belonged to one of my Rockschool students. I was quite impressed but currently they are overpriced compared to what a few quid more can get you in the way of Squier Classic Vibes etc. These days I am aiming a bit higher and going for something that will cut the mustard at gigs.