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[quote name='Finbar' post='571186' date='Aug 16 2009, 11:15 PM']I'm just interested in what it sounds like out front! It is a perspective you never really get on your own band normally, isn't it? And with my rig, it just makes sense for me, if one channel needs to be significantly louder or quieter than the engineer has made it - he isn't going to know exactly how I have designed it to sound without having heard it before, even if I explain it to the best of my abilities! Maybe I'm misguided in thinking that a second pair of ears that know what to expect from the band might help?[/quote] +1

if music is not a competition, why do we have the Hit Parade, with places awarded for who has sold the mosts records? Next time you try get a gig, you could be in competition with other bands, as to who can bring the biggest crowd. Performance exams are a competition and points awarded accordingly. There is constant competition in magazine polls, and award shows, also we have Battle of the Bands competition and the whole Pop Factor thing. Seems like one big competition to me. Not condoning it, just saying is all.

[quote name='mrcrow' post='570683' date='Aug 16 2009, 03:03 PM']just a quick visit and chat with jon he was working on a purple guitar which may be what you are referring to...i just got what handle meant[/quote] perhaps I should have said monkey grip. Anyway cheers, hope it was mine! It would be nice to have it in time for the SE Bash

[quote name='mrcrow' post='570599' date='Aug 16 2009, 12:58 PM'] i must have just missed you...ruby is a real baby rob used to be the bass player with ABC and wrote a few songs for Alison Moyet and jon is a real craftsman and wizard with woods i saw the big single cut with the fan frets...a real work of art its good to see rough woods and machinery and then the finished article hanging like a jewel on the finishing section cheers ps jon is handling the sale of my/his 51P prototype no 001 and signed if anyone is interested contact jon [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/34963887@N02/sets/72157621683978205/show/"]SHUKER T BASS 001[/url][/quote] don't suppose you saw a dark purple headless thing with a handle?

[quote name='Mike' post='570401' date='Aug 16 2009, 03:07 AM']True althought in my limited experience Clique Central![/quote] Not true, I'd never be part of a clique that would have me as a member...

the last gig was about 4 bands for a Bedford Metal do at Esquires. Booze and pizza were supplied by the promoter, good stage, good sound. Used my Hamer Blitz - awesome One of the younger bands bassist asked me for some advice afterwards, so I gave him the benefit of my experience, but then told him that as I was nearly 20 years older than he was and we were still playing on the same bill to feel free to ignore it all

[quote name='ironside1966' post='570374' date='Aug 16 2009, 01:46 AM']This is not because the engineer is been rude it is just that a sound check is mainly to set levels sort out the fold back and try to anticipate any problems, there is not much pint in doing any thing else as the sound changes when the room gets full, having someone flapping over a guitar or drum sound is distracting. As for Bullins I believe a lot of the camps have got rid of their sound and light crew and the job is left to the red coats.[/quote] room gets full? Not at any of my gigs BTW there is no flapping.

when I'm happy with the onstage sound and monitor mix, I go out front and stand with the sound dude while the band are playing - I'm wireless - so I can hear what we sound like. Some sound dudes don't like this, but I'm always polite about it.

[quote name='Alien' post='568176' date='Aug 13 2009, 05:09 PM']I would suggest that you make it a hands-on workshop though, otherwise you'll spend all day doing free setups for everyone else. A[/quote] +1 while I would never turn down a decent free set up, I do actually want to be able to do it for myself. I know the basics, but applying the knowledge under the eye of someone who knows what is meant to be happening would be invaluable.

some kind of 'set up' workshop/demo is always useful

[quote name='bassaussie' post='565560' date='Aug 10 2009, 11:42 PM']You've left 3 options - Andys, Musicground or Wunjos. I'll go with Musicground. I couldn't see Andys putting that much effort into an instrument.[/quote] It's not called Andy's anymore. Andrew John Preston went bankrupt owing lots of people money - including me for an amp he sold and never gave me the money for. He managed to keep his vintage Rolls Royce though

[quote name='yorks5stringer' post='323267' date='Nov 6 2008, 11:40 AM']"Nah, they must be THRUSH agents.... " You can always tell a THRUSH agent...cos they're always singing. I'll get my (trench) coat![/quote] or scratching?

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='565202' date='Aug 10 2009, 05:43 PM']ooh look et you with your WEM cabs, bloody nobility almost! When I was a lad all we got was an old second hand tea chest, a bent broomstick and a rope, an that was a 4th hand broken rope too. when rained we hid under tea chest[/quote] tea chest? we [i]dreamed [/i]of a tea chest... etc

[quote name='ped' post='563866' date='Aug 8 2009, 10:59 PM']They have been in contact with us and are keen to improve their standing and reputation with Basschatters. I hope your positive post is a step in the right direction. Has anyone else had a positive experience there? ped[/quote] they didn't fancy posting and trying to re-dress the balance? I'm no expert in retail - no, really I'm not - but I would have thought letting potential (and former disgruntled) customers know things had changed, may be a good idea?

they need longer hair to do all that headbanging

I'm gassing for one of the cheap Dean flying V's. If they get it right a V bass can look awesome, but quite often they look like an afterthought . So with a name like hellsgate, I'm guessing you play in some kind of modern jazz quartet?

disagree with the 'not slow = no feel' thing. Tempo can create it's own feel, Pat Metheny and Al di Meola immediately spring to mind as tasteful players (albeit guitarists) with feel, even during their sizzling lead runs.

[quote name='cetera' post='557972' date='Aug 1 2009, 06:11 PM']11. Cetera: Pre-Kramer Spector NS-2, Wal Mk1 Fretless, Fender/AllParts 70's Jazz, Tech21 Landmark600, GenzBenzNEOX212T[/quote] If you're not in full Gene Simmons stage regalia, I probably won't recognise you!

[quote name='OldGit' post='561000' date='Aug 5 2009, 11:05 AM']Typical! A great idea spoiled by a lack of attention to detail - a 4 string strat?[/quote] could be some kind of Burns tri sonic thingamajig?