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Kind of odd the way the greatest players generally use simple set ups, passive fenders etc, and still manage to sound, well amazing, yet always different to the next guy. 😁

From what I read in the guardian today, there's more to this, it's just one part of the story. It's true they're not going to pay for the first quarter, but they pay more afterwards, so you're maybe better off in the long run ? Spotify pay me 0.0004p per play. They currently owe me 40p that I can't withdraw because the amount is below the minimum withdrawal limit. That's an awful lot of plays to get 40p, how many other 40p's are they sitting on around the world ?

It's all the problem of the word 'tone'. Tone as in sound, as in what makes you sound like you. It's a mix of gear, obviously, a Jazz bass sounds like a jazz bass, and a P bass sounds like one of them, a fretless sounds like a fretless and Stingray sounds like it does. Then comes the hard to define part of what really makes you sound like you, the articulation in your playing. That's how you play, the force that you strike the string with, the angle that you engage it with, the part of the finger that makes contact with the string, whereabouts on the bass you pluck etc. All of these little things add up into a whole lot. Which is why you sound like you, albeit playing a Stingray, a jazz, a P or whatever. How many guys back in the 80s went running out and bought a JD bass, a Trace Elliot amp and whatever strings. Hoping in vain to sound like Mark King ? Of course most didn't, they sounded nothing like him, because there's a whole lot more to 'your sound', or 'his sound', than just the gear, and without really examining a players real style, and also examining your own, you're not going to get there.

When you think she's about to start and shout, you turn to the band and do it ?

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1434725968' post='2802259'] Apparently you can have it clipped on the back of the headstock and all you see is one end of the clamp. Not really a big fashion fau pas, is it? [/quote] I think most of them can be, I've got an intellitouch PT10 at the moment, I have that clipped to the back of the headstock, facing towards me.

Gather a few bassists together and take it in turns to play the same bass. Leave all the controls the same, don't touch anything. Then come back to this thread 😁 I've done this with my bass at uni, and played other guys basses.

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1434722050' post='2802200'] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msORx8g0Hdg [/quote] I started a thread about this a few days ago. It's out in July. Who's bothered about aesthetics ? It's a tuner.

It's carbon fibre all the way as far as I'm concerned, much betterer than that nasty old fashioned wood stuff

I shared this on Facebook a couple of months ago, really interesting - [url="http://www.radio-astronomy.net"]http://www.radio-astronomy.net[/url]

This is interesting [url="http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art29542.asp"]http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art29542.asp[/url]

Black holes are the bassists of the universe, 57 octaves lower than a middle C - [url="http://science1.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/09sep_blackholesounds/"]http://science1.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/09sep_blackholesounds/[/url]

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1428832288' post='2744888'] And there was me thinking it was the new mobile phone handset from RIM..... [/quote] That's what I thought 😁

[quote name='DiceSociety' timestamp='1434504502' post='2800295'] Here you go... [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/tc-electronic-polytune-clip-clip-on-guitar-tuner/117777"]http://www.gak.co.uk...ar-tuner/117777[/url] [/quote] Yeah, I don't think it's actually in stock though, just available to pre-order.

In fact I don't think they are out yet, it says "available to order", doesn't say they're in stock.

[quote name='DiceSociety' timestamp='1434503398' post='2800292'] Looks really good. Just ordered one from Gak for £35, couldn't resist! [/quote] Didn't realise they were out yet ! Cool

I like the look of this - [url="http://www.tcelectronic.com/polytune-clip/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TCE+MI+NEWS+PolyTune+Clip&utm_content=TCE+MI+NEWS+PolyTune+Clip+CID_aa83de10646edde5fbd05acb27cb58ea&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=PolyTune%20Clip"]http://www.tcelectronic.com/polytune-clip/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TCE+MI+NEWS+PolyTune+Clip&utm_content=TCE+MI+NEWS+PolyTune+Clip+CID_aa83de10646edde5fbd05acb27cb58ea&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&utm_term=PolyTune%20Clip[/url] Apparently it'll be about £39.

There's a Facebook page for theatre deps, have you tried on there too ?

This is all done with a single Ditto X2. [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/26052015-live-improv"]https://soundcloud.c...015-live-improv[/url] I don't see an occasion when you'd need more than a single 5 minute long loop. What I like about the Ditto is its simplicity.

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I'm without doubt a huge fan of the cello, i'd love to have learned to play. Anyway, this is a new album by one of my tutors at university, there's some truly beautiful playing on it. It also features ebowed guitar on some tracks. Check it out [url="http://www.audreyriley.com"]http://www.audreyriley.com[/url]

What's a leatherman ? Band uniform ?

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1433798203' post='2794143'] I like them very haunting. [/quote] Thank you

[quote name='burno70' timestamp='1433797509' post='2794129'] Do you use active or passive basses with it - and does it make a difference? [/quote] It has a John East pre fitted, but I don't always have it switched on. It doesn't seem to make any difference.