Norris

Aria Pro II SB-1000 Last played it around 1992, spent 10 years in the loft (which were not kind), currently being restored. Probably won't gig it, but keeping for sentimental reasons Fender US Standard Jazz Last played it around 2010, currently sitting on top of the bookcases. May find its way to the For Sale section one of these days.

[quote name='Martin Gordon' timestamp='1359722232' post='1959322'] I have never heard of this person, who is he? [/quote] Welcome to BassChat!

Playing anywhere near Leicester any time soon?

I'll try to remember to keep this thread up to date with our public gigs. However we do tend to have large gaps in our diary whenever MTWA are touring - the guitarist's "day job" . Firstly by way of introduction, the band members and other bands they have played for - as we've all been round the block a few times, and you may have seen us before. Lead vocals & Guitar - Danny Willson Previous/current bands: Brooklyn, Kipper, The Billy Walsh Showband, The Chase, Showaddywaddy (not original member), Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash (not original member, current band) Drums & vocals - Gordy Taylor Previous bands: Brooklyn, Kipper, The Ann Duggan Band (and probably a load of other bands - I'll have to ask him ) Bass & vocals - Norris Previous bands: The Billy Walsh Showband, The Chase, GMT I post all of gigs to our Facebook page, which may be a bit more up-to-date than this page [url="http://www.facebook.com/CheezeBand/"]http://www.facebook.com/CheezeBand/[/url] ...and then our gigs for February 2013 Sat 2nd - Black Horse, Hinckley Sat 9th - The Willow, Thurmaston Sun 24th - White Hart, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Hope to see you sometime - do come and introduce yourselves

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1359632439' post='1957811'] I do look at the gig page (which is always useful as I'm the Mod for it ) but most of the gigs are too far away from my humble abode to get to or are often at weekends when I'm generally out playing as well! [/quote] I'll have to start posting ours up

Indonesian Squier P-Bass Special, cost me £150 from this very site, plays great & sounds massive - and all completely stock. ... if it can be called cheeky when it cost over £100

If in doubt, pull it out - Me ...tuning a trumpet by deliberately going flat and bringing it back up into tune, but could work in so many other contexts

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1358848493' post='1945848'] P.S. Inventor of post-womble here. You can do it with anything. [/quote]

I read the wikipedia entry, and now I'm wondering what post-hardcore and math-rock sound like I must get out more...

I like to have different sounds depending on the song I'm playing, or the bass I've taken along that night (I play in a covers trio). I don't have "a sound" either. I get a nice sound and then that's "my sound" for the night Edit: I did once have a session setting up the 7-band graphic on my amp, got it sounding nice and jotted down the settings. That's my "sound" (or rather "A NICE SOUND") and has been for several years now. Funnily enough it sounds good in pretty much any room. The "setting up" of the graphic involved getting everything flat, then starting at the deep end trying every slider between min & max and deciding how much I liked that frequency range. It actually ended up as a mid-scoop, but avoiding deliberately setting a "smiley face" pattern i.e. set up by ear, not eye

I was thinking of putting up a feeler thread for my US Jazz, but there are so many nice basses up at the moment it would get swamped. Plus, I'd never get what I wanted for it at the moment

The Comfort Strapp is not leather, but ticks all of your other boxes. The main part of the strap is a thick slab of neoprene, which is non-slip and has some 'give' without being springy. I have several and wouldn't use anything else for gigging as they are so comfortable and robust. You may want to aim for the large/extra-large size - the short & medium are way too short for me. I use a large for my Jazz & extra-large for my T-bird - and they are not exactly strung low.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1358098191' post='1933088'] In fact......http://musescore.org/ [/quote] +1 Had great fun over the weekend with this Edit: In fact I was going to start a thread just to tell everyone how good Muse Score is.

Martin Worger - Leicester

I always used to be content with my kit. Since joining I've bought two basses and two multi-effects pedals (sold one, still have other). However I have otherwise resisted the GAS. My theory & reading was pretty good before I took up bass guitar (a couple of decades ago!), but I have concentrated on technique & tone since reading a few interesting threads on here. I mostly visit for the chat - and it's now part of my daily lunchtime browsing session It's also very handy to know there are a bunch of experts around (plus a load of other people ), and whatever questions I have someone has probably asked them before and the answers are there behind the Search button.

I have a Boss GT-10B that I got for a project & hung onto. I mainly use it for valve emulation with various levels of pre-amp drive and occasionally a bit of chorus.

It also seems that the money is about the same as we were paid 5-10 years ago. Not much inflation

Yes, yes, no, no, no, yes, yes

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1357117243' post='1917562'] I know you said it tongue in cheek, but ironically you make a good point! Most punters woulnd't be able to tell the difference between a Jazz, a P bass or the uniqueness of a Ricky![/quote] I've been playing my Squier PJ quite a bit recently. It's got such a great tonal range that covers most sounds that my Jazz or Thunderbird can produce, plus a lot more that they can't do. I like to change the tone around quite a bit, but whenever I ask any of the audience (including other musos) if they noticed a difference, they very rarely do. They all agree it's a great sound, but to be honest it's not the primary aural focus in the trio - which is the guitarist (who is a genuinely great bloke & musician so will not get the 'guitard' moniker) - so they just don't notice the bass! Unless it's a song where the bass is the main focus or a major definitive 'hook' sound, it really only makes a difference to you (and possibly any other bass players in the audience). That of course will have a big difference on your own performance overall - if your bass is sounding great to you, you'll be more likely to bop around and have a good time, which helps to elevate the whole performance. That's why I'm playing a bass that cost me £150 and the expensive ones stay at home

[quote name='OliverBlackman' timestamp='1355956419' post='1905102'] Your playing in Fleckney!? I would take any other gig you can get ;-) [/quote]You've been there obviously

Sorry, we're already playing out at Fleckney or could have probably helped you out.

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I only own one active bass - the one that convinced me to never buy another. I don't feel I've ever lacked tone because of my passive preference, but certainly they have been a lot more reliable. I never want another case of 'flat battery fart'!

Not to do with mixing really, but for many years I've used Jethro Tull's Broadsword and the Beast album for auditioning hifi. The title track Broadsword is great for assessing the tightness of the low end and the 'aireyness' of the highs

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1355237643' post='1895765'] Please please show me a playback system that can accurately reproduce these events that happen in between the 44100 samples taken per second. It would need to be capable of measurably reproducing frequencies over 44100Hz, in fact close to 88000Hz.[/quote] No offense intended, but I think you may have got this the wrong way round. The maximum frequency that can be recorded without aliasing is half the sampling rate. See [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_rate"]Nyquist Rate[/url]. Having said that, I agree with you that above a certain frequency the human ear would have difficulties telling the difference - in audiophile terms known as 'air', the upper frequency range above the limit of hearing. I still like vinyl, CDs AND mp3s - they all have their place