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A slow news day again in the NME.. Did I miss something? Slap isn't some kind of Holy Grail is it?????!!!! Playing techniques are just like knives, forks and spoons... just another way to eat your food.. you can even 'pick' at it.. or use fingers lol!

[quote name='AdamWoodBass' post='533432' date='Jul 5 2009, 11:23 PM']When I saw them live just before the last album came out I think he was using an ampeg rig and he was indeed using his utterly lush McIntyre's and his Sei. I remember his live sound being like a huge uncomprimising frieght train hitting you at 150mph. It was an astonishingly loud gig to be fair but the impressive thing was that even though James plays in some fairly severe drop tunings on the newest album you could hear all the notes crystal clear but does make a lot more sense now Dood mentioned the Carl Martin pedal and the pickups in his basses. I suppose it all comes down to you get what you pay for. You want definition you've got it but it can be really expensive![/quote] When it comes to live tone, Sikth had a GREAT live engineer and they worked hard on making sure the individual instrument tones worked to their best together.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='533533' date='Jul 6 2009, 09:10 AM']HI Michael Drop me a PM and I'll let you have a lend of my Shuttle to A/B it all. Cheers Nick[/quote] See, this is why I love BassChat. Where else can you get this kind of generosity? Nice one Nick!

Ahhh hulloo ;o) Kris, is there a song / album you are refering to in particular? James used various gear for recording - including his two McIntyre basses with EMG DC pickups - He has sold one already. (http://www.mcintyreguitars.com) a 5 string Sei bass that I believe had Bartolini pups in. He has used various amp rigs. Including David Eden heads and cabs, but also an Ampeg SVT 4 Pro.. may have had a 5 for a bit too?? but I understand the 4 was somewhat problematic. Live I know that James plugged in to a BDDI and also had a Carl Martin compressor pedal. He ended up with two Peavey 4x10 cabs, that, the last time I spoke to him (and this was about 2 months about SikTh split) he was really talking the cabs up. Incidently, he originally had Bartolini 9J pups in his Chris McIntyre bass(es) - Pin tells me they sounded really good recorded, but the DC's were a lot better for live sound. - I actually agree, as I tend to pull back the EQ in certain frequencies when I record DC's to make them sound a bit sweeter. As far as I can recall, I don't think he had a preference for strings. Hopefully what I recall is acurate, but if there's something in particular you want to know, I can find out for you. - I'm not a James Leach idoliser by the way, Pin and I are in an awesome band together!

A multiband compressor model would be just great... They could do the TC Electronic C300 and make the X3 perfect ;o)

[quote name='Alien' post='532966' date='Jul 5 2009, 01:24 PM']The graphic EQ seems more suited to general purpose PA use than a dedicated bass amp. The 16kHz slider isn't going to do a lot, and 63Hz is a bit high for good control of the real lows. I'd have put a 32Hz band on the bottom and made 8kHz the highest band. Other than that, it looks pretty promising. A[/quote] Unless the 63Hz and 16Khz is a shelving slider? I guess that would be good for the 63Hz, but yes, I agree the 16Khz slider isn't going to see much action, other than hiss relief I think.

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='532924' date='Jul 5 2009, 12:50 PM']It does look great but its still only made for 115v isnt it, so thats the main problem there. but for 300 euro and a graphic eq it looks great.[/quote] It appears to be an auto adjusting universal power supply [quote]- AC Voltage Input: 100-250V 50-60 Hz[/quote]

Yes, I spotted this lil fella.. The one thing I REALLY like is that you can switch the tube out of the circuit completely.. That's a really nice touch. Great spec too.

Interestingly, having been more of a fingers player for the last few years, in the last couple of weeks or so I have picked up the ole lump of plastic again. My new 6 string seems to lend itself to smoother faster pick lines than maybe I have played before.. I rather like it too!

[quote name='Tait' post='531874' date='Jul 3 2009, 05:49 PM']why would they write about him now? anyone know? JJ Burnell and the dude from kaiser cheifs have been playing his guitars a while now, haven't they? jons not brought out anything new. perhaps its just a slow week, i mean, the general public dont really care about whos bass is made by who.[/quote] Well, I guess it doesn't matter *when* they write about Jon, but to be honest, it's about time! Jon is one of Bass Player's little treasures that deserves to be 'out there'

Very sad news. I too add my thoughts and condolences.

Are the RGT examinations considered the most appropriate / best / internationally recognised / etc? What are the 'other' examination options? Rockschool etc?