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  1. [quote name='jakesbass' post='488280' date='May 14 2009, 09:39 PM']Dimbo question here for you lot that are wire headed nerkoids. The switch on my Alembic pre amp is so far into the back of my 19" rack that it's a real pain to reach it. (the amp is only about 6 inches deep) It is a valve pre and I've always assumed that the switch inside would cut the power supply in some way that is acceptable to the electronics (I assume cos knowledge on this is not in my possesion) is switching off at the mains (whilst leaving the on/off switch in the on position) a bad idea as per my assumption or does that method of cutting the power supply effectively do the same as the on/off switch? I would be most grateful to hear some informed opinion on this. Cheers Jake[/quote] Just to do a "what he said", the power swictch will be - almost certainly - the first thing in the mains connection. Absolutely no different from pulling the plug out of the wall.
  2. [quote name='GreeneKing' post='487335' date='May 13 2009, 09:55 PM']I don't think you actually read my post. I was particularly careful not to do that and to just give the facts in relation to the message I received. [/quote] I did read it. I'm just stupid and didn't understand
  3. You are spreading terrible disinformation :-) [url="http://www.able2buy.com/message.html"]http://www.able2buy.com/message.html[/url] I bought something several years ago on tick and got a letter saying that able2buy had gone bust, so I don't know what the angle is there. They still made me pay though
  4. [quote name='maxrossell' post='485541' date='May 12 2009, 07:31 AM']This is where being a guitard comes in handy.[/quote] Yeh - I never played guitar and (however much we slag off geetards) I've always thought it was a handicap. Guitarists show me chords on their guitars and it's "that's nice, but I've no idea what you're showing me!". Then there's all the odd techniques which seem to be second nature to the guitar types. I did try to learn a while back but I mostly discovered that it was really difficult. Trying to get my fingers to bend into chord shapes with only a few microns between the strings was just not happening for an old over-forty-something like me!!
  5. [quote name='dlloyd' post='485471' date='May 12 2009, 12:05 AM']Tells you in the wikipedia article (mostly): X: 1 [b](One tune in file)[/b] T:007 (from "From Russia With Love") [b](Tune:[...])[/b] C:John Barry [b](Composer:[...])[/b] Z:Hoho windfola server M:4/4 [b](Time signature:)[/b] L:1/8 [b](Default note length)[/b] Q:100 =1/4 [b]Tempo = Quarter note = 100 bpm[/b] K:C [b](Key of C)[/b] That file in particular doesn't seem to want to cooperate with the conversion software.[/quote] So where's the file with the music in it? I'm missing the point here I take it?
  6. [quote name='AM1' post='485399' date='May 11 2009, 10:38 PM']Do you know how to do a pull-off? It's not too dissimilar but keep your finger over the string - honestly it's not as hard to bend the string as you think - if my pathetic girly fingers can do it, you can! Just get your finger well over the string and bend it, the more of your finger tip that's over the string, the more leverage to bend it - it's not the same as bending an electric guitar string but once you get it first time, it's easy after that.[/quote] I think I do but it's something else that I never found easy or natural and hence have tended to avoid unless I have to. I *can* bend the string but to do it repetitively and quickly just doesn't happen. It's all, "Grrrrrrrr... stretch... breath... Grrrrrr... stretch... breath"
  7. [quote name='Beedster' post='485365' date='May 11 2009, 09:55 PM']Vibrato on a fretted is achieved by simply planting the finger as a pivot and rolling the hand around that pivot in any of the ranges of movement available (the more you come at it from below the more this will modulate pitch). Keeping the degree of movement fixed and increasing speed will give you one type of tone whilst keeping the speed fixed whilst increasing the degree of movement will give you another. You have to play around to hear the effects. On a fretless the variables are multiplied but the same principle applies. I would start by simply fretting a note using your second or third finger and simply roll your hand forwards and backwards over that finger and listen to what that does to your tone. Vary the speed for a while and see what happens, then vary the degree of movement for a while and likewise check out the results. Pick what works for you. Chris[/quote] I'm even more confused... Surely that doesn't do anything. It's still fretted in the same place so the note stays the same?? On the other hand, "bending" the string is too hard. I know - practice, practice, practice. Not sure I care enough though.
  8. The ABC system? That's a new one on me... plus I looked at that site and have no idea what's going on. Loads of weird files with odd stuff in. What am I supposed to do with... X: 1 T:007 (from "From Russia With Love") C:John Barry Z:Hoho windfola server M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:100 =1/4 K:C
  9. Spurred on by Guy Pratt's column in this month's Bass Guitar magazine I was looking at vibrato. His column is a bit useless as all he manages to say is "wobble the string". How the hell do you do that? Bass strings are big heavy thick things that are hard enough to bend never mind "wobble". I've managed to avoid this one for all these years - mostly because I clearly have no clue. Am I just being an idiot or is it really impossible?
  10. Who the hell is Tre Cool? ..... looks up .... Frank Edwin Wright III. Ha ha ha... not got the same ring to it. Glad you enjoyed yourself. I'm jealous that you where in Berlin, one of my favourite cities. Green Day I can't stand, as I may have mentioned
  11. £2.5k! Yike! That was a bit rich even at the time for a Precision surely? They seem to lag well behind Jazz's in value.
  12. [quote name='ardi100' post='481957' date='May 7 2009, 01:42 PM']What have you bought/found that's really cool/helpfull/necessary for peanuts?[/quote] Notepad and pen.
  13. [quote name='OldGit' post='481967' date='May 7 2009, 01:46 PM']Grolsch Strap Locks Cost nowt save valuable repairs and damage.[/quote] Explain please!
  14. [quote name='TimR' post='482075' date='May 7 2009, 03:32 PM']To the untrained and uninitiated they look old. Many people have reproduction furniure in their houses. No one knows whether the owner spent a fortune on it, have had it in the family for years, or whether it is reproduction. Until they get close and pick it up.[/quote] Yeh - but it's one thing buying a copy of some 17th century chest (fnarr fnarr) and quite another to beat it up to look like it's been around 400 years!
  15. [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='481988' date='May 7 2009, 02:04 PM']It's not my thing, but how many of you people who don't get it have worn stone wash denim?[/quote] Not me... I dress like Forest Gump!
  16. [quote name='jonthebass' post='481885' date='May 7 2009, 12:58 PM']+1 to this. I can only dream of owning a '51 - '56 P bass, but a Custom Shop Relic is probably the only way I could get even close.[/quote] But, but, but.... it's *not* a '51 - '56 P bass!!! It's a 2009 P bass where someone has given it a good going over with the wire wool and diet coke (or whatever they do). AND... charged you extra for damaging it. Mystified - sorry
  17. [quote name='Twigman' post='481851' date='May 7 2009, 12:36 PM']I just don't get it. Why would someone want to pay through the nose for an artificially beaten up bass? Someone please explain the attraction. Thanks[/quote] I'm with you on this one quite frankly. I'm amazed. I'm also amazed at those guys who wear their jeans round their knees as some weird fashion statement, so what do I know about anything
  18. I'm gonna give this a bump for being cheeky
  19. [quote name='OldGit' post='479987' date='May 5 2009, 03:26 PM']As the official "punter relations" guy I absolutely hate it when our drummer plays his last crash and then goes looking for the stage striplights as fast as he can, and get the hump if people don't strip their gear down as fast as possible. That first 15 minutes after we've finished I go schmoozing the crowd and punters and staff of the venue and it can get us loads of future bookings .. so that's a lot more important than getting home 15 minutes early.[/quote] I don't disagree, but as long as that's agreed and cool with everyone. It's when the 15 minutes turns into an hour and the guy who has work tomorrow is now blazing mad that it becomes an issue.
  20. [quote name='51m0n' post='479937' date='May 5 2009, 02:22 PM']I 'kin [b]HATE[/b] tear down I've been in bands where I ran the PA and was bass bod. I'd end up tearing down with my girlfriend (nothing to do with the band other than wanting to get home) whilst every other b@5t@rd in the band got the beers in and had a chit chat with their mates. I was livid! Nowadays it should be better, but again the vox and keys typically have to get going the moment they come off stage, and we're left doing the hard work. Drives me right up the wall!!![/quote] I've got into screaming fights over this and I'm not really the screaming and fighting type. It just comes down to what sort of person you are. For me 1am is well past my bed time and I want to get out of there. For others it's just the beginning of the night and there's no rush. However, at 1am don't expect me to be remotely reasonable about it
  21. Actually, the only thing that annoys me more than mucking around setting up is mucking around taking it down. The, "oh we'll just go for a smoke", "we'll just go and talk to our mates" etc. effect. No you won't. Take it down, put it in the van, I'll go home and you can do whatever you like
  22. I'd quite like one of these whatever, ahem, "colour" it is ('gareth' - you bad, dude!!)
  23. I hate to put a dampener on things but having thought about it for a minute..... I can think of a whole load of absolutely fabulous players that I know personally or have heard around the place. They're all playing in covers bands, on cruise ships, teaching, struggling to get a break, or whatever. Being a 'hero' still seems to come down to the usual vagaries of become famous or, in this case, only semi-famous.
  24. [quote name='gary mac' post='479810' date='May 5 2009, 12:31 PM']I just hate the set up these days. Played an open air gig on saturday, just a town centre fun day. The set up went on for about two hours, this was accompanied for the duration by one particular guitarist showing off his many riffs and solos and just generally annoying the hell out of punters and band members alike.[/quote] I have a theory about this - the absolutely ideal personal "sound check" is to play one note. If it sounds good then shut the **** up!! If you need to do more then keep it to the absolute minimum. Showing off your licks while setting up should be a sackable offence !!
  25. [quote name='bear-foot-bass' post='479455' date='May 4 2009, 09:56 PM']I play in a five piece pub / party classic rock type covers band. Drums, bass, 2 guitars, lead vocals also plays acoustic guitar as well sometimes. We have 4 vocal mikes, guitar cabs are miked, drums are miked. Because we like to put on a professional appearance we have lights that we use unless in the tiniest of pubs. We are lucky in that the PA is owned by the guitarists from previous bands they have been in and do we don't have to fund buying or renting one. But the downside is that because they have a shedload of gear they insist on using it, and are wannebe sound engineers. We need to arrive at least 2 hours before live time / end of sound check time to set up all the gear. The guys would really like to double this. I say life's too short and if we can't load in, set up and be ready to go in an hour - especially for a standard pub gig something should go. Should it be? Am I being unreasonable? Would welcome your thoughts.......[/quote] We don't have a big PA so about an hour does it. The previous band I was in had a big PA with everything going through it and we could set up in 1 hour at a mad stressful rush or 90 minutes or so at a more leisurely pace. I would say that in some situations setup time is really limited (some weddings spring to mind) so being able to set up in a timely manner and get it right is a good skill to cultivate. If you get to the point that you *need* four hours and the venue won't let you in until 45 minutes before the gig you're screwed!!
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