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I've had a look and I there are a couple of guys near me who teach - I have no Idea whether they're any good or not though. How do you find out whether a teacher is any good?

[url="http://www.torresamps.com/"]http://www.torresamps.com/[/url] do DIY kits

[quote name='LWTAIT' post='336454' date='Nov 25 2008, 05:13 PM']depends what you play, timmy c is nearly always using different levels of distortion throughout Rage Against The Machine songs.[/quote] Timmy C is an awesome example of how Distortion should be used!!!!

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='336085' date='Nov 25 2008, 10:48 AM']Yeah, and it was fine at first, but before long they got mangled and now they don't fit in properly. It'd be fine for most people, I'm sure, but when you're as ham-fisted as me (or some of my friends, namely the perpetrators of this destruction...), you need something that's not gonna break so easily![/quote] I had one of these - it fell to bits within 3 or 4 gigs and the cradle kept falling out - most rubbish stand ever for gigging with but OK for home use.

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[quote name='YouMa' post='336158' date='Nov 25 2008, 12:14 PM']Drop your bass for a couple of months and play 6 string guitar especialy lead/funky rythm parts,i can almost guarantee this will work.Good luck.[/quote] I play guitar a lot of the time anyway - I don't really see how this will work with bass technique though?

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='336135' date='Nov 25 2008, 11:43 AM']OP: I take your general point but is playing "slap" actually going to 'advance your training?' It's just one of a number of techniques which unless you play in a funk band, hang about Bass shops or go to Bass days(!) has limited use IMHO [/quote] I actually get your point completely -it's more my general playing I'd like to improve - That said I would like to get better at playing slap as well. It's always fun to show off

Cool - I think I'll try and get something sorted out then - Anyone have any recommendations for good teachers? and also how much should a lesson cost?

I seem to have hit a real brick wall with my playing lately - I'm more than happy with how I play in terms of my band but I seem to finding it increasingly difficult to advance my playing, especially with Slap. I've been looking at a fair bit of theory recently - I used to play Piano and Saxophone and my theory knowledge/sight reading used to be quite good, but I've never really applied any of that knowledge to the bass. I've been thinking about getting some lessons to see if that helps. Also does anyone know any good bass teachers in the Reading/Maidenhead areas of Berkshire?

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='333331' date='Nov 20 2008, 07:04 PM']Are you just saying that because you had a nightmare night on Saturday, or is it actually worth avoiding on its own merits? S.P.[/quote] Put it this way, we turned up to no promoter (he was off getting pissed somewhere), there was a PA supplied (but no mics or stands - we were not told prior to the gig that we had to provide these: cue much frantic running/driving around) so we had to sort the sound out ourselves, he turned up halfway through the second bands set, didn't really speak to anyone and f**ked off way before the end. Not many people showed up and according to the landlord it's been like that for the last few weeks - I guess what was going on within the band didn't really help but I reckon it would have been rubbish anyway. If you could get a load of people down there and were prepared for the rubbish organisation and sh*t sound it could be Ok, but if not then avoid.

Oh and don't ever agree to play at at the brewery tap - it's sh*t

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='332372' date='Nov 19 2008, 03:28 PM']I've just seen the news on your myspace page - did something awful happen on Saturday night? S.P.[/quote] It did mate. We fired our guitarist which meant we lost the myspace page and the name - cos he set that all up and started the band. Not pretty at all and lots of hard feelings. Fortunately all of the other members in the band are carrying on, so we should be out and gigging again soon (as long as we can find a replacement guitarist that is) - we are now called "Above Zero" same songs different name.

Hey, My band's playing @ the Brewery Tap in reading tommorrow night (15th Nov) along with a couple of other bands. 3 bands in total for 3 pounds. That's a quid each!!!!! it all kicks off @ 8pm Bands playing are: [url="http://www.myspace.com/withinourrights"]http://www.myspace.com/withinourrights[/url] (my band) [url="http://www.myspace.com/alturo4"]http://www.myspace.com/alturo4[/url] [url="http://www.myspace.com/driverbrothers"]http://www.myspace.com/driverbrothers[/url] If anyone's local it'd be good to see you there and if you're not then that's cool as well. Should be a good night. Cheers Chris

[quote name='kennyrodg' post='328338' date='Nov 13 2008, 01:28 PM']Hey folks. Im after a looper and i'm wondering which one is the Basschatters' choice. I'm not interested in the Boss RC-2 btw but if you have any experience with any of the others i'd appreciate your thoughts. I should add i'm on a fairly limited budget,£150 max. Thanx in advance. [/quote] How about an Akai Headrush -great pedal and definitely within your budget (95 quid or so new and less secondhand!!!)

[quote name='phatbass787' post='328047' date='Nov 12 2008, 11:58 PM']I emailed Ashdown about this and apparently they will be making the valve head in the UK aswell for Europe! , the US made stuff is just for those crazy 'I only buy things made by Americans' yankees to help Ashdown in the states. I also mentioned the panel pics look wrong and they admitted the right ones werent up yet and the ABM panels are up in the meantime.[/quote] So in fact the "US" series of amps will actually be made in the UK for the European market - that's still kinda confusing tbh.

:lol:lol:

What about Therapy? they were a 3 piece and had some cracking tunes - Screamager and Opal Mantra anyone?

[quote name='joe_bass' post='327612' date='Nov 12 2008, 02:08 PM']I've got black beauties on my Thumb, decent sound & look really good with the black hardware, bit pricey though so probably wouldn't bother again. As for my Stingray I've got Slinkys, which sound a lot better & also feel a lot better to play.[/quote] +1 for the slinkys - I use them on my Ibanez. Actually prefer the sound of them to the Elixirs that I used to use (bloody hell they're expensive!!!) but the Elixirs are nicer to play - although fast fret helps with that to some extent.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='326978' date='Nov 11 2008, 06:10 PM']yeah that looks like a great price, but how many people can utilise a fretless 6 string? I wouldn't know where to start – It might have actually made more if it were a 4 string fretted…[/quote] I'm not a big fan of 6ers but for that price I'd buy it and just play the middle 4 strings!!!

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='327711' date='Nov 12 2008, 03:58 PM']yeah you would have thought they would want to make more of the fact that it is made in the US other than just the name. the badge really should say 'USA series' with the stars and stripes flag instead of the jack. very strange[/quote] Well yeah - but then again I don't really get why they've started making valve amps in the US anyway tbh. I always saw Ashdown as a company that had quite a strong British image.

[quote name='lowhand_mike' post='327661' date='Nov 12 2008, 02:50 PM']they've gone and used the badges off the Classic range which is made in the UK.[/quote] definitely seems to be sending mixed messages.

[quote name='yorick' post='327683' date='Nov 12 2008, 03:35 PM']Check out a band called EVERCLEAR. Three piece band, ace songs.[/quote] Everclear are a great band - Sparkle and Fade is one of my favorite albums.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='327692' date='Nov 12 2008, 03:45 PM']That IS a cool sound. I think a lot of that is down to the distortion on it though. I think he uses two dunlop wahs together? I can get similar tones out of my B2.1U, AND from my wah probe. I'm pretty sure he has some clean blended as well.[/quote] dunlop wah seems to be the way to go then - bit of a bugger cos they're pretty expensive.