Woodinblack

So not at all Grainy?

One thing I find really odd on the rickenbacker is the lack of fingerboard at the top. You don't really miss anything until its gone, and its not like rickenbacker did it to help with slapping!

Don't know how I missed that.. This is as close I can get it without making the holes bigger, and that is close enough so it doesn't show, so I am much happier with that.

It appears to be glued, at least I couldn't see any other way that it was attached. Its a shame but its not as bugging as it was. I still don't understand why the person that took the cover off removed the screws, unless they lost them, as clearly they need to be there to lift the pickup up

Well I had a few minutes with it yesterday, off the pedalboard. Small box, usb lead between it and the ToneX and a guitar power plug on the box, you can connect by wired or bluetooth midi, but if you are near a computer or phone, you can just connect to its wifi (within 60 seconds of turning it on) and it gives you a set of webpages where you can change all the settings of the device itself. It lets you adjust the Gate / Compression / Speaker type / Modulation / Echo / EQ of the patch, or the amp values. Seems the amp models are those built into the presets already, and you can change between those presets, but not specifically between the models themselves, so I suspect the way you would use them is set up the models you want in the ToneX app, and then either use the midi interface to change between the presets or to switch on and off modulation, change drive levels etc. Certainly makes the ToneX One a lot more useful - I couldn't use it before as I use more than 2 sounds, but this expands that drastically.

I would put my own money on that never happening.

Not sure - when we were young we would go past the guildhall and see that some group that was vaguely rocky was playing so we would just nip in and get tickets and go along, just because that is what we did - they didn't have to be favourite bands and it wasn't less convenient than going on line now, because at the time, you could absoultely guarantee that you would be down town at some point in the weekend as you would need to buy something and that is where you bought something from.

In the end the screws from the place on the net were £1.50, and £3.50 postage so I got a few sent and they came in a couple of days. I fitted the bezel last night. it is still at a bit of an angle as it is glued to the base plate at an angle, frankly the pickup looks agricultural but overall the bass looks a lot better and more importantly it is much closer to the strings (and louder). I am not sure if I didn't put it in backwards though, there is nothing on the pickup to show which way round something is, and taking it out I dind't notice. if I am switched to both pickups, it is a bit less bright unless I turn down one of the volumes or tones, maybe they are out of phase. Either way I guess it gives me a lot of tonal options, way more than the 4004

I don't go to either websites often, but I do find the bass direct one easier to find what I am looking for. I guess it is different if you are looking for just new stuff every day

No but the ToneX One midi interface turned up today, so I am going to have a play with that

If I could go to the albert hall for £60 and only pay £40 for two people to get a train, I would do it more often! Probably a difference to me - if it is a choice between making music and watching other people do it, I am playing every time

I bet he didn't - I bet he said something more like "You won't believe how many frets you need for slap - the 21st fret will shock you!!!"

Was at the same gig, but we missed most of Janes Addiction beccause my wife was getting a tattoo and it took longer than we had planned for - had to get a taxi from hornchurch to the O2, but luckily it was so late it was easy to get in and there werent any crowds, it all worked well, and enjoyed the gig. But yes, 3 and a bit hours there and back, but we stayed overnight so another £100 or so for a hotel, and the cost of the tattoo, and the shopping the following day, all in all the cost of the ticket was practically nothing! But in general going to london is very expensive, so we haven't been in a long time now. We went up for Too in 22l, but that had been the first for a while and probably the last for a long time (apart from gatwick on the way to new york, but that doesn't really count). There are no groups that I would pay over £100 to see and that seems almost normal for there now.

Wisdom is knowing that it won't make a triffle nice either way Yes, school is not a nice place if you are in any way different, and having to play dumb so you don't get your head kicked in.

Probably worth mentioning to them then

The last time I did that, when i bought a squier classic vibe P bass, I tried the Squer, an fender standard and a fender american - I certainly didn't *hear* that much of a difference between them (there was obviously a difference, but I mean in terms of one being better than the other), but the fender american *felt* better than the others, and the Squier felt better than the fender standard. The squier was certainly a better deal at less than 1/3 of the price of the american, so I bought that and played it for years.

Indeed - almost like that is what novel means I wasn't arguing on definitions, just what that website was saying, which was stretching definitions to make their point. Indeed I sat a mensa test and got in (nothing like 162 thought) - that was in my 20s, I doubt I would get closer to my older score now, I feel thicker than I used to be. To be honest if someone has an IQ of 162 I would be surprised that they can cope in modern society, he would certainly need some help. High intelegence isn't a help in society, actually quite a frustration because most of our systems dont require and actively work against it. The average intellegence in prison is higher than in general society, and it should never be confused with what people call 'common sense' (which generally has the emphasis on the common). Wisdom helps to tame that. As I said, I doubt my intelegence is anything like it was at 20 but because my wisdom is higher and my patience is higher, I am actaully better at my job now, even if it takes longer to work things out.

Its not possible to change program, no, the yes you quoted was an answer to "Could that be done using MIDI program changes or controlled via running the project itself?" where that was a quote to muting and unmuting several bass tracks.

The ability and speed of solving a completely novel problem

What an odd article - it clearly states what is commonly known but rephrases what it means: The study challenges that belief, showing that while we may think slower with age, we also think deeper, wiser, and more compassionately. 'we think slower with age' - yes, i.e. actual intelligence goes down, "we also think deeper, wiser, and more compassionately." - yes, wisdom and experience go up.

Yes

I haven't used it as an effect but I have recorded the bass with it and then added the effects. Mine is for use live for complex samples and sounds - I have an MPX that can play samples, but it is litterally just a sample playback tool, and when I wanted to play the same sound but longer or shorter or with a different velocity (ie, keyboard stuff), i went for the MPC, especially with the multisampling where you can have the same sample at different velocities, so on the MPX you can play back the same sample at a lower volume when you hit the pad softer, but on the MPC you can play a different softer hit sample and it makes quite a difference. And the MPC can play back sequences on a pad too

Well, marketing is how you sell something, not necessarily how someone uses something - if you found the old ones made good drum machines, you will find that the new ones also still work as very good drum machines. Yes, they do more, but they don't have to if that is what your job is.

In other words hes saying the dancing girls aren't going to hurt

Agreed - and it doesn't seem entirely honest to say 'we are doing this last ever tour in only these couple of places, which is why the tickets cost the price of your house' and then 'oh well, there was a demand, we are going to do lots of other places too'.