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[quote name='richardjmorgan' timestamp='1366888883' post='2058536'] So it sits in front of the other cone? Sorry, mostly a guitarist so tweeters are bizzarre, alien technology to me. [/quote] It does indeed. Not all bass cabs have the tweeter in this position. Most have the tweeter above the driver, but I think Alex puts the tweeter in that position on the Midget as the cab is already designed to get the best from the driver (so making the cab bigger to fit the tweeter in is going to make it sound different from the other with no tweeter). I believe most of the other BFB cabs have the tweeter in a top corner of the cab.

[quote name='richardjmorgan' timestamp='1366872335' post='2058222'] Forgive my ignorance, but what's going on with that stuff running down the middle of the top cab? [/quote] It's the tweeter.

Good to hear you're getting back to gigging, you might even get your carrots back!

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1366834103' post='2057956'] Noooo! Not "In God's Country"! That's Real Gunslinger Virtuoso stuff !!! Seriously though, I'm really not looking down on this. In fact, U2's basslines were one of the inspirations that made me pick up the bass. I had this idea that simply being in a position to play stuff like that was enough for the whole project to be worthwhile, as I love the U2 bass so much. best, bert [/quote] Funny enough, it was mostly U2 songs that I started with too. I probably know how to play every song off the first 5 albums & then some of the others!

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1366831854' post='2057914'] I Will Follow [/quote] Keep practicing & you can then move on to "In God's Country".

From what I've seen, she pulls faces whenever she's playing bass. It wasn't just a "Jules is giving me the boak" moment. Good band though. My wife let me hear Falling a few weeks ago, brilliant song.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1366790606' post='2057241'] Been feeling a bit of a dry spell with finding new challenging bass lines that are difficult but achievable. Thought I'd try some daft punk. Outside of my usual comfort zone stylistically but thought what the hell. Bloody hell this is a culture shock [/quote] Snap! I learned the bassline to Get Lucky & then thought "I've always wanted to learn Around The World". It's a lot trickier than I expected. Especially the 3rd part that uses E C & B (which looks a piece of peepee on paper). Voyager is another cracking song to learn & again will amaze you how tricky it actually is.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1366788180' post='2057204'] I read in recipe book once about "potato scones" and just thought "What a load of pretentious bollocks" It's the poor mans food. You get 8 slices for £1! Calling it a scone is a bit like calling dairy-lea a fine cheese. I've never had Abernathy biscuits before. Are they buttery and biscuity and bassy? [/quote] Tattie scone is one of those things you have to eat to know what it's like. It goes particularly well with Lorne sausage in a roll. Abernethy biscuits are probably the tastiest buttery biscuits I've had. Perfect for bass.

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1366747326' post='2056867'] It's not a loaf, they're usually flat and square, but not from a loaf. And Northern Ireland... [/quote] A bit like a tattie scone then? Oh, & it's gotta be Abernethy biscuits for base.

I'm not a Ric fan either, but that is rather stunning. I'm pretty sure if you was to sell it on here, you probably wouldn't take much of a loss on it. Especially given how much use it's had.

[quote name='ern500evo' timestamp='1366719865' post='2056337'] I've recently converted to an RH450 from a 500w Warwick Tubepath and couldn't be happier. I use it in a couple of covers bands, one doing more classic rock(Sabbath, zeppelin etc) and the other doing a more varied mix like Duran Duran, RHCP and it sounds great. The presets are handy, as are the on-board compressor, tubetone and tuner, which have enabled me to ditch rack tuner and drive/comp pedals. It's great having head, speaker cables, foot switch and instrument cable in one little bag, I have a cab permanently at our rehearsal space so I just grab the bag, one bass and I'm off, no heavy rack or extra lead bags to carry. I'm not fully lightweight yet as still using my Warwick 411 cab, but hopefully the RH450 will soon be paired with a Barefaced S15, for a complete one trip monster rig, cab in one hand, bass in other, TC bag over shoulder. As has been said though, there are a few people here who have owned and disliked the TC so if possible trying one out (preferably alongside some other class D heads) would be beneficial. [/quote] Now if you get wheels on the back edge of the cab & a clip on the top, you could tilt the cab back, attach the clip to your belt & that's you a full one trip wonder!

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1366704918' post='2056066'] 300 TCEW's (TC Electronic watts ) The TC stuff is good, I just moved on because I fancied a change.. which reminds me I still need to take photos of my amp The cabs are good too, not Berg good but still very good. [/quote] I've heard a lot of good reports about the TC stuff. Wouldn't mind trying one sometime.

A lot of you guys are lucky. Ampeg, Markbass & so on in the rehearsal rooms! None of the rooms that I've used so far have anything that can handle any bass below a dropped D on a guitar. In my previous band, we used to regularly use a room that had a Carlsberg Bass Bomber, which I used for the first couple of months & then I took my own gear,. But over a short time, the other bands abused it & after 6 months it no longer worked. The rest of the band always took their own kit from the off. The rooms my new band have been using have all been new to us & none of us knew what was going to be there. I was the only one to take my combo & was glad that I did. The guitarist keeps complaining about the kit that's been in each of the rooms we've used so far. The last place he spent 1/2 an hour trying to get a decent sound (as in not buzzing). He has a 1x12 combo too that he bought not long ago. How hard can it be to chuck it in the back of the car?

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1366666202' post='2055846'] Well sort of... I had an ABM500 1x15 combo and 1x15 cab, and switched to a TC Classic 450 and Barefaced Midget and Compact. No regrets. The Classic is a dumbed-down version of the RH 450 (no memories, no tuner, fixed EQ frequencies). It's plenty loud, so the 750 should be er... 300 louder. [/quote] 300 What?

Couldn't agree more with the detuning of guitars. At the rehearsal rooms, one guy said to the guitarist "they've got a nice marshall 4x12 rig in there, has loads of bass". I said "Why don't you just take up bass & be done with it".

Most of the metal that I used to listen to would have sounded rather empty without any bass. Imagine what Motorhead's Ace Of Spades would sound like without that (or any) bassline. Would anyone have wanted to listen to it?

I was expecting the song to stay on piano & everyone just picked up their instruments & stood there, but yeah... Brilliant track. I don't know the original, but I really like this version. I'm gonna have to pop on Youtube & have a listen to the CH version.

Most multi fx units seem let down on the dirt fx. As well as the ones mentioned, I've heard good things about the Line 6 M9 & M13 & the Boss ME-50b is a good easy to use pedal.

I'd get to a shop & try some rigs out. Don't assume that 10s have less depth & more punch/top than 12s or 15s. If I was getting another rig, I'd go with either a good 2x12 or a couple of 2x10s stacked vertically. Just now I only need a 2x10 combo as I don't play that big a venues. The above suggestions are all good. I'd also take a look at Barefaced Cabs. As for amps, there's a great selection of lightweight things from the likes of GK, Genz Benz MarkBass, TC & a few others. Have fun on your search.

I played quite a bit of Americana (which is very similar to bluegrass) & most of it is Root - 5th, but there's plenty of scope for variation. If you know blues, it helps a lot. A lot of it has the same type chord sequences & you can use the blues R 3 4 5 type runs & you can even get away with some more complex stuff & some fills at the end of verses. I miss playing it actually. Here's some bad recordings of my old band... [url="http://www.myspace.com/bigroomgb/music/songs/so-damned-36101205"]http://www.myspace.com/bigroomgb/music/songs/so-damned-36101205[/url] [url="http://www.myspace.com/bigroomgb/music/songs/atlin-36101868"]http://www.myspace.com/bigroomgb/music/songs/atlin-36101868[/url] [url="http://www.myspace.com/bigroomgb/music/songs/you-walked-down-36101544"]http://www.myspace.com/bigroomgb/music/songs/you-walked-down-36101544[/url]

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1366582179' post='2054570'] Nice one Graeme! This sounds like it came straight from my record collection Very 808 State in the beginning (I think that birdcall sample is actually a species called the 'Great Northern Loon' - bit of ornithological, acid house trivia for ya there). The synth baseline has a sort of [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmsbP13xu6k"]Mr Oizo "Flat beat"[/url] vibe to it, which I really like. 

I also dig the bangin' minimalism and the rave-style stabs. In fact, it reminds me a lot of the sort of music I used to party to during the 90s, so it gets a big thumbs up from me. By the sound of it we may have had a similarly misspent youth?!

 [/quote] Cheers Paul. I was tempted to put some crowd samples in there, but it reminded me of when TTF took the mick out of Ultrasonic (1,2,1,2, where's that crowd sample). I never thought about Flatbeat, but I hear it now. That's another song from my collection too (back in my DJing days). You're spot on with the Loon. It was a heavily used sample in the early 1/2 of the 90s.

Here's mine. I wanted to do more & even have some lyrics, but no time to do much else. I'm gonna go listen to the others now. https://soundcloud.com/xgsjx/the-love-bug

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1366540871' post='2053651'] No. [/quote] Fixed.

Ahh, but which cruise is best for metal? I'd say Costa Concordia for rock.

My amp doesn't give me my sound. My pedals & my bass does that, so as ling as the amp can put out a clean signal & doesn't fart, then I'm fine with that. However, the rooms that we've been going to have all been different (just whatever one we can get to fit our times), so I usually have no idea what's in there. The guitarist used the drive channel on all the occasions so far & each did sound very different. That's something I can't see the point of. The studio we're going to is a little cramped for 5 people & I've found out that the room has a Fender Bassman head & an "unknown" cab (I phoned the studio to ask) so I'll probably use that. My combo's a 1 hand lift, so I'll chuck it in the back of the car & if the cab they have is a farter, then I can use mine. We always book for a min of 2 hours & there's ample parking at all the rooms (whether here or Dundee).