Roger2611

We do most of our recording this way, probably easier if the drummer can send you a guide track and drum track, you add the bass file and send it back, we currently use either Dropbox (or Crapbox as I like to call it) or WeTransfer to move stuff about, as long as the band members have the facility to drop the tracks into a DAW and the gear to be able to record their parts with decent quality then you can turn out some really good quality tracks. The attached was recorded remotely and was mixed and mastered by our drummer IBTFTY 2 (16BIT) STREAMING MASTERED 24feb2020 - 13.09pm.wav

it's probably not that difficult a bass line but The Jam's Going Underground was always the one that I was pleased to get right, there are a fair few different parts to it and some unusual note combinations

The very beautiful Soul in Isolation by the Chameleons

I have already said to Mrs2611 this is an ideal opportunity for me to spend time improving on the bass, she did suggest that I could teach her to play the guitar whilst we are isolated......I have said that is a terrible idea as I doubt isolation would be seen as a defence for a murder charge.....I jest, but I still am not teaching her

I shall do more bonding with my Status Energy Matrix, the love affair is going well so far

Will you monitor it and let us know when it is back up and running?

When the drill slipped off the neck plate it took out the rest of the guitar with it

I'd want to know the weight of it as he refers to it being very heavy in the text

Jeez, where to start! Squire Bass VI, had it for 3 or 4 years still can't really find a use for it! Mustang Bass, full of short scale wonderfulness, used for one rehearsal so far, great bass just not finding a use for it! 63 Custom Shop Precision, wonderful instrument, very expensive, not favoured as much as my 50's classic so again sitting in a case not getting used 1981 Precision, Olly White / Black / Maple amazing condition, under 10lbs in weight, possibly too valuable to be using for pub gigs, not as good as my 50's classic so not making the bigger gigs, again sitting in a case unused! Westone Thunder III fretless, sits in it's case unused as I prefer the Bass Collection. That's just the basses, I have a couple of guitars that also see usage but have a few more that don't Yes, I am a collector, I like the collection and all the instruments in it are there for a reason but it does mean that some don't get used at all. Not the easiest thing to equate with myself at times!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-1976-Vintage-Neckplate/202702978682?hash=item2f3209fe7a:g:t5wAAOSwlLBc~XHR Have a close up look at the wear on the neck plate, I am trying to work out what kind of normal wear and tear would create the plethora of spiral scratches on the chrome, it's almost as if someone attacked it with a drill for some unknown reason! perhaps it was a recognised cleaning method back in 76!

I don't want to derail the thread but, can I challenge that, as far as all the information I have heard they don't think you can catch it twice? Do you know something we don't?

I had a lodger many years back who was a bit of a Walter Mitty character, apparently he was a military trained helicopter pilot, ex SAS and still had time to be a founder member and bass player for the goth band Children on Stun, I decided to call his bluff one day and handed him my bass, he had clearly seen a bass before as he managed to hold it the right way up but I doubt he had ever actually played one before, but he made a half hearted attempt to bash the strings with one finger....his response on handing the bass back was "I'm a bit rusty!"

We have lost two festivals overnight due to virus fears, fortunately? we don't rely on gigs for income and don't get deposits for gigs so we are not going to lose money from it, if fact it will actually be the opposite for me, I won't be shelling out on fuel to get to and from the gigs!

Never been there, probably never likely to but signed anyway as I am sick of greedy developers trying to kill live music in this country

I have the joys of authorising repairs to ex hire cars so they can be disposed of in the correct manner, I also have the "joys" of charging that damage to the parties responsible, so as you can imagine, it is conflict all the way! Yes, you are all completely correct, the glamour is unimaginable

Now that's how not to advertise something!

Under 9 lbs good 9 - 9 1/2 lbs not ideal but maybe for a really nice bass Over 9 1/2 sorry, but too heavy

EV did a nice light weight 2 x 10 powered monitor a few years back, it was not overly expensive (£350 ish from memory) A drummer I was working with used one, stunning sounding bit of kit for the money. I have a Proel 1x 12 powered monitor (very much a copy of the Turbosound mentioned above) I brought that new for about £350 and have been really pleased with it, it has no on board EQ but sounds fine out of the box, so as long as what you send to it sounds good it will happily replicate that sound for you

Brilliant, what wonderful showman / show-womanship almost Les Dawson esq in how it was done!

Who is our resident expert?

That is priced at the bottom end of full fat Stingray money, great basses but surely they have to be priced below that of the higher end instruments? I brought mine for £300.00 which I thought was just below market value at the time

Hi all, I have just picked up a Status Energy Matrix bass in a decent used condition for a fair price, as always seems to be the case with the plain wood finish on the body it does show quite a lot of wear above the pick ups, would it be sacrilege and destroy any resale value if I have the top veneered with a cherry / burred walnut / quilted maple finish? I would get it done by a qualified person as, although not overly complicated a job, I am sure my DIY skills would not come up to scratch! What do you think? Rog

The Clash, Joe's lyrics, the anger, the political stance, everything about them was exciting on the first album Stiff Little Fingers, Jake's lyrics introduced me to world I knew little or nothing about and through countless albums SLF continue to deliver, Ali's bass playing and the brilliant live performances all add up to SLF being a seminal band for me! The Chameleons, introduced me to beautiful arrangements, stunning pieces of music and the fact that you don't have to have commercial success to qualify as a massively influential artist Although Frank makes a very compelling argument that Crass should have been one of my three!

Whiteman in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedy's All still as important to me now as they were as a spotty 15 year old "oik"

I think the live performance has been shown before, if it is the same concert it was excellent!