Stingray5

Top marks and congrats to Mrs ezbass on an excellent job! Actually looks like a lined fretless. Now can I get in line if you start taking orders?

All the best for your next venture.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='627509' date='Oct 16 2009, 01:05 AM']...This isn't a band - it's a clown car... In the spirit of 'Tough Love' here are all your possible choices: * Tell them what the problems are. Propose a new approach. Your continued involvement is conditional on rigid adherence to your demands. 99% likelihood of failure. * Continue to enjoy the amazing music while being everyone else's bitch * Select the most promising musician from the sorry sack of fish-heads, fire everyone else, keep the name and the songs. F*** 'em over and laugh like a maniac. * Audition for other bands and leave this one when you're sorted. On departure, tell the 'drummer' that if he actually [i]had [/i]a bass drum, you'd piss in it. Move on to stardom and riches. * Leave this band and sit at home in the bedroom practising scales. Mournfully. Minor scales are good for this. * Give up playing and take up knitting.[/quote] Love that 'clown car' comment! As far as the options go, I choose door no. 4

[quote name='Sonic_Groove' post='627242' date='Oct 15 2009, 07:21 PM']Them were the day hey? Looking at your avatar I guess you like me also love the sound of the Melotron? I would love to work in a band with someone with one of those, but would hate to help them carry it!! B[/quote] I've worked with a couple of keyboard players that had a Mellotron. Long gone now (...the Mellotrons I mean! ) The worst thing, aside from the weight, was replacing tape loops. Tuning was also a right pain in the A#...!

Maybe you should put your original post into an email to the rest of your band as you have outlined your anger and frustration quite clearly. If after reading that, they still don't get the message, then leave them to it. Best of luck for whatever you do.

[quote name='Sonic_Groove' post='626699' date='Oct 15 2009, 09:42 AM']Most of the sounds were generated with one of these [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavinet"]Clavinet[/url] Probably the bass line is tic/tak of Clav & real bass? (I can't hear it properly at moment I am on laptop speakers). Brendan[/quote] Haha, beat me to it, but +1 to the above. In one of the bands I was in, back in the 70's, our keyboard player had one of the staple combination set-ups of the time: a Wurlitzer electric piano (later a Fender Rhodes) plus a Hohner D6 Clavinet. (I loved that sound). He then added one of the (then) new Korg synths. Can't remember the model but it was only monophonic. Not bad for solo's anyway. He 'upgraded' to a Moog.

Happy birthday, peds' bass - here's to the next 21!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='626093' date='Oct 14 2009, 03:24 PM']"... the fact that I've always got a mic now makes me worry about earthing sh*t through my sh*t..."[/quote] Yep - witness Stone The Crows guitarist Les Harvey (R.I.P.) [quote name='alexclaber' post='626161' date='Oct 14 2009, 04:38 PM']I believe analogue wireless units use compression and expansion, like the dbx noise reduction on cassette 4-tracks. I think some of them also have highpass filtering (and possibly corrective EQ afterwards as on an RIAA curve preamp). Fortunately most bass rigs have sufficient colouration to hide the deficiencies of wireless, especially once the band is playing! Considering how static most bass players seem to be, I'd have thought a 30' lead would be a better solution to walk the floor during soundcheck (something I regularly do). The only times I have problems with being tethered is if I dance predominantly in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction... RCDs are probably a wise bet if you're a singing bassist - better take my own advice and get one! Alex[/quote] Guess it depends on the size of the 'room'. With some of my gigs, a 30' lead is not long enough as, where possible, I like to REALLY walk around during sound-checks and see how things sound from all angles! Even from the loo!! Plus I like to move around on stage. Nothing worse than running back and forth with a guitarist and finding you've plaited your leads nicely together! As an extra precaution, wireless or not, I still use an RCD of some sort.

[quote name='neilb' post='625539' date='Oct 13 2009, 10:11 PM']I still have an old nady 201 from about 15-20 yrs ago. Are they still legal to use?[/quote] When my battery pack for my 201 broke some years ago, I went to see about getting it fixed and was informed that both the 201 and 101 were illegal. On a different note, another reason for going wireless is the extra safety of not being physically connected to my gear thus reducing (or even eliminating) the chance of electric shock etc. I've had one or two discussions with other muso types as to the validity of this argument and wondered if someone here could shed some definitive light on this. I've never had to (and would rather not) test the theory first hand!

I've been using wireless systems for the last 20-odd years. First was a cheap 'n' nasty single diversity thing from JHS. But not having that trailing lead around my feet really appealed to me, plus I like to move around the stage when and where possible. This led to my then purchasing a NADY 201 system which served me with no real problems for the next 15 years or so. I'm currently using a db system -- cheaper than the Nady but, again, works fine for me - apart from when I was doing a function in a large hotel and another party taking place in another suite complained my bass was coming through their DJ's speakers! Not entirely sure, but we suspected it might have been the hotel's own wireless Tannoy system switched on in both suites picking up my frequency. Who knew?

Wow, I didn't realize Vinnie was doing drums for Joan Rivers Late Show back then. Jimmy Johnson is just seriously good. Period. One of my main reasons to watch Saturday Night Live was to catch the studio band and Will Lee on bass. (US talk shows always have great house bands. e.g., Kevin Eubanks' band on the current Late Show; drummer Max Weinberg's band on Letterman). Oops, apologies to Jake for going slightly off-topic there.

[b]Yaaarrr!! [/b]

Plenty of bass synth type sounds in the Boss GT6-B. And with the GT10-B out now, the GT6's may be that bit cheaper too. It's just a matter of whether the 6 has the particular sounds you're looking for, I guess. Pity, you could have tried mine last Saturday.

+1 to the previously mentioned Panama and/or Stetson. Have to say I'm guilty of having worn both in the past (...though not at the same time ) Failing that - this might work: or this - especially if you get a little peckish mid-gig:

Just like to add my thanks and appreciation for what was a great day of much bass-related stuff. And well done to all for the amount raised for charidee! Thanks to all those who organised and put things in place and gave demo's and talks. Not forgetting Mrs Hamster for tea and buns ! Hope to make it again next year. Cheers!!

Jackson Brown's excellent album 'The Pretender'. 'Hold Out' is worth checking too.

I know you're not exactly short of sets of strings, guys, , but I have a second new set of Trace Elliot acoustic bass strings (40-100) I'm happy to add as per #2 in the list. UPDATED List is: 1. Trace Elliot Stainless Steel strings 40-100 gauge 2. Trace Elliot Acoustic Phosphor Bronze strings 40-60-80-100 gauge 3. Bassic-bits 1m. Speakon to Speakon cable 4. Nikkai 6m male speakon/ male speakon cable (x2, brand new) 5. Nikkai 6m XLR female/male Mono 1/4" jack cable, brand new 6. Mikey's bass book (title tbc!) 7. La Bella Double Ball S100L Strings, 040 / 060 / 075 / 095 8. The Incident - Porcupine Tree CD 9. Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Black Nylon Flatwound strings (65-75-100-115) 10. Original mint condition RUSH Permanent Waves Tour Programme. 11. The Bottom Line by Colin Hodgkinson CD 12. Used 8/10 condition Rocktron Zombie rectified distortion pedal all metal construction. (For guitar) £72 value smile.gif 13. Hartke 4 string sets (light x 18 sets, medium x 18 sets & heavy x 18 sets) 14. Hartke 5 String sets (medium gauge) x 18 sets 15. Hartke Bass Attack pedal 16. Hartke A100 Limited Edition Bass Amp Combo Silver 17. RATM tab book 18. Standing in the Shadows 19. Trace Elliot Acoustic Phosphor Bronze strings 40-60-80-100 gauge

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='619322' date='Oct 7 2009, 09:18 AM']The Harlot without a doubt. It was made for me after all. Closely followed by the NS5[/quote] I sorta knew you'd say that!

Mmm, that's some classy bass porn you have there. Which one would you pick as your 'desert island bass'?

Mmmmm -- Eve Myles! :brow: Nice one getting your song placed. The show looks like it could be one to watch.

I'd have to say no to the question. I don't do drugs (never have really, never felt the need). I do like a drink but not when I'm working (i.e., gigging) which also means I'll be driving! No amount of having a drunken or stoned 'good time' is worth losing my driving licence for. But I also don't preach to others about the dangers, pitfalls, whatever, of drink and drugs - hey, it's your life and/or liver! I probably just wouldn't be working for long with someone who was forever falling down (literally) on the gig. The world is not laughing [i]with[/i] you...

[quote name='OldGit' post='612077' date='Sep 29 2009, 03:31 PM']"So far away" oooooooooohhh lush.[/quote] Yep - that's a lovely song. Do you know The Crusaders version?

[quote name='longtimefred' post='611193' date='Sep 28 2009, 08:07 PM']This is my 89 'Ray5, its my baby and i loves it!!! My apologies for the dirty state of it, i just taken it out of its case since coming back off my last tour with the band. Question i need to ask is does anyone know if this is an official finish or did the previous owner sand it down and varnish it? lol.[/quote] Whatever it was/is, it has a lovely antique-looking finish now. Ray's rule -- 'specially the 5!!

More strings! Aside from the Trace Acoustic strings (#2), I have a set of Tru Bass 88's. Black flatwound. I was going to fit them to another bass and decided not to, but not before just trimming the end of the E string slightly. It went on the bass for about a minute and was removed and put back into it's packet. (These are new-old-stock, unused). 1. Trace Elliot Stainless Steel strings 40-100 gauge 2. Trace Elliot Acoustic Phosphor Bronze strings 40-60-80-100 gauge 3. Bassic-bits 1m. Speakon to Speakon cable 4. Nikkai 6m male speakon/ male speakon cable (x2, brand new) 5. Nikkai 6m XLR female/male Mono 1/4" jack cable, brand new 6. Mikey's bass book (title tbc!) 7. La Bella Double Ball S100L Strings, 040 / 060 / 075 / 095 8. The Incident - Porcupine Tree CD 9. Rotosound Tru Bass 88 Black Nylon Flatwound strings (65-75-100-115) 10.

Phew! Good sequel to the 'British' edition, Jan. (Nice to see my old Ned Callan 'Cody' in that one ). I must admit I recognised only a small number of names in the new 'Latin' edition. Also interesting to note how many more EUB's are in there. So what part of the world is the next edition coming from? Cheers, Steve