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Forget the search. Start a new thread. I'm off to New York on 29/11, so this thread interests me too. Already planned to go to Sam Ash, Rudy's & Guitar Centre (which is on the same street as my hotel, as is Steinway Pianos).

What Dad says. There's also a sticky about uploading photos in the "Off Topic" section.

I think we've managed to get rid of all the unreliable musicians. The band I'm in now, the guitarist started. He's always keen to answer & get things going. The singer has been good that way too. The previous drummer was "on/off", but the new drummer has been to every jam on time.

If you're handy with a soldering iron, you could make a simple pedal that houses a signal splitter & 2 channel mixer. Basically a beefed up effects loop. If not, then get an LS-2.

Roli Seaboard is probably the best expressive keys for emulating bass.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1476092544' post='3151087'] Designing a set that starts with a bang, dips a little in the middle, then builds to a last number that will leave the audience wanting more, is something that needs thinking about and planning. On the last set you need to keep 2 strong numbers back for an encore. If you're on a curfew, always stop early enough so you can fit the encore in without running over. [/quote] I always found if you have the first 2 songs as very strong upbeat tracks, it'll hold the punters. Keep that slow section to nearer 2/3 into the set. Finishing with a great song is a good way to get repeat punters & bookings.

[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1476949491' post='3158649'] I'd liken the whole debate to the difference between petrol and diesel engines. Petrol engines may produce a lot of peak horsepower but produce way less torque than a diesel engine unable to get anywhere near the peak horsepower rating. People seem to be obsessed with horsepower, whereas torque is really a much more telling statistic. (I know much more about engines than I do about sound engineering ) [/quote] My 220 BHP petrol Honda was much quicker than my brother's 550 BHP diesel Scania, but his Scania could tow 40 tonnes behind it with ease. The Honda would struggle with 4 tonnes.

Being a songwriter is just like any instrument. Practice doing it, make a load of crap & then you start to get better at it. A good place to start is the BC monthly composition challenge thingy - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/292782-october-composition-challenge-get-writing-yall/"]Clicky link thing[/url]

I've played many instruments over the years & the one thing I wish that I could do, is sing. No matter what, unless I'm singing Sex Machine, I just can't hold a tune. Which is really strange, as I have no problem playing by ear. & the answer is yes, I'd still play bass... & keys... & guitar.

I used to have a Marshall 2x15 rig back in the 90s. It would blow your head off, but it sounded crap in comparison to the Markbass 2x10 combo that I had. I rememember well the sound of my Markbass. Plenty of volume & easy to keep a clean tone. I now play through whatever is in the rehearsal rooms. Most often it's a Selmer Treble & Bass through an SWR Goliath. Great sound, but clean at volume it does not do. Sounds very different from the Class D Markbass. I prefer the sound of my old rig. Volume is measured in Decibels, not Watts. Watts is one of several factors that determine how many decibels you're gonna get & most of these factors are probably found in the cab.

It makes me feel like a man with big wood.

Mine's is about 4-5 years old. I gave it a wipe down with some ethanol & it's no longer sticky (well at least not for now, but I'll keep you updated), but the plastic at one side which holds the pin in the handle has crumbled a bit.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1476569799' post='3155368'] Moonrats [/quote] Oops, I never even noticed that. I think Autocorrect had a hand in this.

Got my entry finished! https://soundcloud.com/gxmix/incafunka Here's the instrument list in order of what you hear... NI West Africa NI Drumlab NI Massive Guitar from Apple Loops Apple Alchemy All played on a NI S88 Effects are: Apple Channel EQ Apple Space Designer Apple Adaptive Limiter NI Solid Bus Compressor Just noticed that Moonrats has made use of NI West Africa too. Gonna go & have a listen to the other entries now.

You could use an octave pedal & play up the neck, add some overdrive, or add chorus to thicken the sound up (or even do all 3). I used to be heavy on the fx & use all the above and a couple of moog filters to get some glorious synth sounds. Now I don't use any effects & fill the sound out when the guitarist is soloing by playing chords or changing the style of what I play (depends on how we want it to sound).

My grabber is actually fine too. It's the same part as BRX's pics show & also the knob for adjusting the legs. I think the stickiness that I thought I had on the grab had come from my hand after touching the clamp, there's no stickiness on the grab.

I got an email back asking for my address so they can send me a replacement GS414B. I thought this was a part, but after googling, it appears to be a full replacement stand! Now that is outstanding service!

Mine isn't just the adjustment clamp, it's the grab clamp and the adjustment knob too. Basically every thing that is black plastic. Strings and Things have emailed me & asked me to send a couple of pics & the model number. I'll get them that when I get home from work (which'll be about 3:30). It was a good speedy response to start with. Even if they have a tested solution to getting rid of the stickiness, that would be fine.

I've just contacted Hercules via their website, so I'll see if they can help. Having a wee google, apparently rubbing alcohol could be a contender for getting rid of it, but there is the chance it could also make things worse. I have ethanol in the pantry (used to use it on cake decoration), so if Hercules can't help, I'll give it a blast & let you know what it does.

I've got a Hercules grab stand (I'm thinking the title may give that part & the next away), it's sat for a bit in a folded up state in the spare room. Now all the black plastic bits are sticky, like they've been sprayed with spray glue. It leaves sticky residue on my hand when I touch it too. Any ideas?

This chap's FB page might be of interest for getting your head round mixing, especially in LPX. https://www.facebook.com/groups/electramusic/ Has a lot of good tips & questions from other members too. Edit - Just realised it's actually a closed group, so you'd need to ask to join. His Youtube channel has a lot of good videos too. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIUtwq6jMFYQj2ASOj95TGw

Logic's pretty easy to use. It's similar to Reaper, but a lot easier to set up. First thing to do with Logic is open a project (new one) & click "File > Save As" & change "Organise my project as a" from package to folder. This way when you record, every thing will be put into folders within the song folder (like audio files, making them easier to locate).

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1475651456' post='3147577'] Sing what you want. The work out how to play what you have just sung. [/quote] +1 Unless you sing like me. Then you'd need a fretless bass so you can get the right out of tune note that you can slide to. & in your head you hear different pitches, but the reality is, each note is a few cents different from the last. I tend to work out the scale that the song uses & take it from there. The root note will be in there somewhere, but not always the first note or the most used one either.

I'd made a start on last month's track & annoyed that I never got time to get back to it. This month I'm making the time, no bones about it, even if that means cracking some skulls.

If it's a 4Ω cab that you've just bought, be careful & check your amp's specs. I've a funny feeling that the 4Ω min load would include the load from the internal speakers (which is probably 8Ω).