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Try learning one song from a different genre every week - reggae, country, jazz, metal, blues, latin, etc. When you run out of genres, start all over again.

[quote name='JBassist' post='581418' date='Aug 26 2009, 02:24 PM']will raising action make any diffenerce cos it buzzes inbetwenn thye nut and fretting hand[/quote] That's odd. A rare affliction. Luthier job, I reckon.

[quote name='cocco' post='581400' date='Aug 26 2009, 02:06 PM']good point man Im gonna do that now. Cheers for the welcome too man [/quote] Thank you.

If you go the mic-ed amp route, try capturing a second, clean signal from the guitar. Just insert a DI box between the guitar and the amp. Send the clean DI signal to one recording input / track and the miced signal to another. Stick both tracks in a reaper folder. Time-align the two signals and try different combinations of clean / distorted mix. Agree that micing a small valve amp is the best way to go, but not always practical. Myself, I'd love to mic up an amp, but my room at home sounds horrible, even when an amp's close miked. Also, my neighbours would get a bit iffy, even with a 5w amp - which can be loud little buggers. Can take a lot of experimentation to get the sound you want, and though educationally beneficial, you could be spending that time on getting the song down. I use an old Johnson J-station - nicer sounds than my line6 pod, IMO. Now discontinued but they crop up cheap on the bay -£70-ish. Either that or the guitar straight into an amp-sim plug-in. There are some full-function freebies floating around which may be worth trying, such as Studio Devil. By the time you've layered some rtm gtr tracks, you usually won't notice too much of a difference. At a later stage in the project, you can always switch off the amp-sim plug-in; send the un-effected guitar track out to an amp and re-record the amp output back onto a new track. Here's a couple of useful links: [url="http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-48705_32_0.html"]http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/page-48705_32_0.html[/url] [url="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug98/articles/20tips.html"]http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug98/articles/20tips.html[/url] I can also highly recommend "Recording Guitar and Bass" by Huw Price (Backbeat Books). Easy read, pretty comprehensive.

Welcome Cocco - hope you enjoy the forum That's a well thunderous rig you've got there and a nice range of axes to go with. Yes, the 3001. IMO, the handsome-est of all the Ricks, though many might disagree. There was one for sale in Canada earlier this year - only $1100 (Canadian) - quite a reasonable price. Why not stick an ad in the 'wanted' section here on BC; someone might have one to unload... Have a good time here Skank

There's a certain freakish charm...

I was in Oxfordshire. But I'm always in Oxfordshire. Wasn't me either.

[quote name='BIG.J' post='579753' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:40 AM']... This link was sent to him and within 24hrs he has replied to the customers Email, sending a copy to me. He has made it quite clear to him that i am not being ripped off and that things have taken a little longer to complete but my name is on the list. ...I still haven't had a personal reply in response to any of my concers other than the Email copied from that customer quoting "BIG.J" (Justin) has not been ripped off! Mr Woods must be snowed under with work and i understand responding to Emails takes up valueble hands on time.[/quote] Glad it's moving in the right direction. Personally, I'd be rightly p*ssed off that he takes time out to 'reassure' a new customer who presumably hasn't handed their money over yet, but hasn't bothered to contact you directly. And, unless I'm mistaken, he still hasn't given you a firm completion and shipping date. Communicating with paying customers is as valuable as getting the work done. If he'd got back to you in the first place, he wouldn't have had to waste the time reassuring the new customer that he could have spent on finishing your job. It's not good for his business and the quicker you get your neck, the quicker threads like this will subside. Handsome is as handsome does. I'm sure he's a lovely guy.

Hi Padma and welcome ... "a singing belly made of wood" - that's a pretty fantastic way of putting it. May you have much fun with your new instrument. Enjoy the forum!

Welcome to BC Always nice to have a multi-skiller join the forum. Nice score on the Aria. If you need an amp, I can highly recommend checking out the for sale section. Lots of quality bargains and you meet some nice people. Hope you enjoy it here.

Welcome Mr Wilson As regards Jam nights, you're in the right place for them - probably more going on in and around London than anywhere else in the UK. Some of the good ones will be out in the 'burbs, so be prepared to travel a bit. You'll find musos on various websites - bandmix, musofinder, joinmyband, gumtree and many others - plus most music shops, rhsal rooms have pinboards with ads. Although much maligned, it might be worth checking out the shops in Denmark for ads. Taking a bass on public transport shouldn't be a problem, but you may wish to exercise caution on London night buses - matters can sometimes get a little frisky. Rail and Underground's generally OK, but don't miss the last train. Viz: your possible need for a P or a J - there are examples at all price points passing through the BC [i]Marketplace - Basses For Sale[/i] section all the time. Cheaper than the bay or shops, and you get to meet nice people.

...and is it going to be a dark environment - if so, wear a light coloured bass - and vice versa. Don't want to be disappearing into the background. Sound advice on linking bass to what you're wearing for image consistency - also, will there be any blue-screen work at any point in the vid - issues with blue vs blue?

No-one is the best bass player. But there may be a bass player you like the best.

Boris The Spider - original recording:

Agree rear wear pattern's poss a giveaway! Classic sanding job. Front wear looks right-ish, though. Maybe that's real! If he'd just resisted the temptation to go a bit too far.

Hi jamiejames - welcome to the forum Just to reassure you, there was thread recently about 'who's the oldest one here" - you're a good coupla decades short of the accolade! Enjoy Skank

Hi there BT - welcome Always good to have some full-on punky Fender action in the BC mix. You'll find more than a few kindred spirits here. Enjoy the forum Skank

Hi Daquifsta and welcome! We love our bitsa's here. That's an awesome visualisation - and love the miss whiplash. Nice to have you with us. Cheers Skank

Hi PhatMasterFunk - welcome to BC Sounds like you've got a bona rig for the job. We likes our Ampegs round here - and the lighter stuff for those of us with bad backs! You'll find lots of stuff on pickups in the gear section under [i]Bass guitars[/i] and [i]Miscellaneous Equipment and Accessories[/i]. For stuff on fitting them, you'll find threads in [i]Gear : Repairs and Technical [/i]Issues. Pickups can often be found for sale in the [i]Marketplace[/i] section, under [i]For sale: Other musically related stuff[/i]. Finally, if you succumb to the unholy desire to buy another bass, you'll find lots for sale in ...er... [i]Marketplace: For Sale: Basses[/i]. The [i]Marketplace: Feedback [/i] section isn't compulsory like ebay, but comments from BC'ers on members who are regular buyers and sellers can usually be found in there. Have a good poke round the site. There's lots of back-threads, so try a search first - there's usually something there. If you can't find an answer to any specific question, post in the relevant forum section and there'll usually be another member along to help. Cheers Skank Hope you enjoy the forum

Hi Anders and a big welcome to BC Hope you enjoy the forum - bigger than some and smaller than others! Some really useful stuff here - and with your background, I'm sure we'll soon be benefiting from your experience too. Look forward to seeing your posts. Skank

Tribute musos are money-obsessed wh*res, covers musos don't have the chops to be tribute musos and originals musos are talentless plagiarists. Solo bass performers are delusional egotists and people who join bands are too scared to go out at nights on their own. Guitarists are volume-obsessed retards, singers are the spawn of Satan, drummers are all thick and keys players are too bland to bother to offend. Promoters are slack-assed parasites and soundmen are cloth-eared hacks. Audiences are all morons, especially those comprised exclusively of musos. Music shops are staffed by surly old men and shredding youths. Does that cover everyone?

[quote name='Bassassin' post='576608' date='Aug 21 2009, 12:34 PM']I don't think the neck's JapCrap - if it is it would have to be one of the later, more accurate copies (Silver Series Ibby or Tokai or something) - you don't see maple/pearl, bullet adjuster & skunk stripe all that often, never mind together.[/quote] You're almost certainly righter than me on this ... but I just looked at it and the thought popped into my head: "Antoria, Columbus?". Just something about the overall look, the Cheddar-y yellow look of the fingerboard. Ah, well. It's a POS, anyhow.

1976. I bought the album 801 Live and heard Bill McCormick's intro to Tomorrow Never Knows. Cover Image + Music = Sold!

That is one of the trashiest bitsa's I've seen in a while. Neck looks well wrong too - off a cheap Jap copy? Headstock logo partially scratched out. Bridge plate with elephantitis and brand new saddles? It's not been trashed - it's been pulled out of a skip. Love the way this [i]Toad's[/i] worded it to cover his arse. There's a place in Hell for people like that.

Oh yes! A shop with used gear. That's what so many are lacking. My idea of hell is the guitar wall at PMT. It's a bugger you're in Glasgow - bit of a stretch from N. Oxfordshire. Wishing you the very best of good fortune.