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All depends on how you want to approach it. With my set up I choose to set a core amp tone with my amp EQ. As it is, I tend to set the EQ on my current amp and cab set up pretty flat (tone knobs on 0 not boosted or cut for the "...but the amp's got it's own built in EQ profile..." pedants) because it tends to sound good to my ears. Any further tonal variation is done from the bass. This will be a combination of changing plucking style and position, changing pickup selection and onboard EQ changes. I'd argue with the suggestion that the amp has a better EQ system than my basses. Sure, three of my four electric basses have very versatile EQ systems. As it is I also happen to use them for different things. The Wals are well known for the versatile nature of their pretty unique tone filters. My Frankenjazz has an Audere J style preamp. That gives pick up blend, bass, mid and treble controls plus a three way switch that loads the pickups in different ways. That gives a lot of tonal options but the nice thing about that preamp is that there are no stupid, unusable EQ extremes so that preamp is what I would describe as very "musical". Versatile but full of really usable options. The exception is my Aria SB700 which (although it has an active buffer preamp on board) has just a series/parallel switch and a passive tone control. So why drive the changes from my bass rather than from my amp or from a preamp pedal? Well, frankly, if I want to be making changes to my EQ or my tone between songs (or even during songs) I want the controls I'm using to be at my finger tips. What I don't want to be doing is kneeling down or turning my back to the audience to make a change. The former always looks naff to me and the latter tends to create more dead air between the songs than necessary. It's all down to how you approach driving your tone. As it is, my approach is 100% to do it from the bass. Even with the Aria SB700, when using that bass I work within the parameter of the tones that can be extracted from the bass. With that bass (which it kinda just a P-bass with a reverse coil pickup) I still don't fiddle with the amp tones during the set.

[quote name='Quevlar' timestamp='1505333060' post='3371188'] Bit of a long shot but thought i would ask. Does anyone going to this happen to have an Epiphone Thunderbird (any colour as long as it's black lol, only joking) they are looking to sell for around £125 - £150 please (or less if it is slightly tattered looking - as long as it plays fine... If anyone does, could you pm please so can make arrangements. Thanks for reading. [/quote] One little comment... TBirds can be marmite basses once you get your hands on them. They certainly look cool but I know a good few folks who love the look but hate everything about how they hang on a strap etc. On the other hand I know loads of TBird addicts. A try before you buy bass... I feel exactly the same about Rickenbackers. Love everything about them except playing them.

[quote name='Chownybass' timestamp='1505235418' post='3370438'] Hello all I know I'm a bit late to the party... but I will be attending too. I'll have a bunch of our basses for you to try out.[list] [*]Chowny SWB-1 [*]Chowny SWB Pro [*]Chowny CHB-1 [*]Retrovibe by Chowny EVO [*]Retrovibe by Chowny Volante [*]Fuzzster Pedal [/list] Look forward to seeing you all there! [/quote] Any chance of bringing a long scale semi model to compare...

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1505075843' post='3369353'] They're playing a small club Friday night in Milwaukee.I think it hold 150 people and that might be high. $30.00 I should go. Blue [/quote] You really, really, REALLY should!

Shouldn't we also start a list of raffle donations? RAFFLE DONATIONS: Trevor - Joyo OD pedal and pot-luck CD bundles

[quote name='Quevlar' timestamp='1505093787' post='3369432'] Apologies for the silly question, have only just signed up to the forum, never played a bass and don't currently own one (hoping to get one soon). Is this something that's open for a clueless beginner to just come along and have a bit of a nose please ? Only about an hour or so drive and would be nice to have a nose at some bass playing up close and personal and see some different bass' in the flesh so to speak. If it is open to anyone with an interest in bass do you pay at the door or need to buy a ticket in advance ? Cheers [/quote] Like Grangur said, you'll find everyone really approachable and more than keen to let you have a look at their gear. And a noodle if you pluck up the courage. It's a really, really fun day. Oh, and bring your bass and get Ian to do a quick set up on it. You'll be astonished at the difference getting someone to tweak the string height, neck profile etc will make to how well it plays... See you there! I'll be the guy with the MarkBass 2x10 and a couple o f Wal basses in the big room. Make sure to say, HI! and have a go on them!

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1504630662' post='3366208'] There'd better be a Wal in there [/quote] There is, of course. Just a shame that EVERY SINGLE THING about the Wal Mk 1 entry is wrong... including the photo!!! D'oh!!!

Fab, ta!

Wilkes weren't backwards in coming forward with "innovative" "solutions" to problems (which no one actually seemed to have). Anyone remember their "The Answer" guitar and bass and their slap plates for fretless basses?

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1503747124' post='3360665'] [b]Ian Robinson, luthier[/b] Ian has kindly offered to come along again this year and do set ups and other techy stuff on the day. In order to make it worthwhile for Ian to come up for the day from the south coast for the day, it'd be good if he had an idea of any work that anyone might need. So, if there's anything that you need done on a bass, guitar, mandolin etc, please could you post up a request here so Ian knows what kit to bring up with him. Thanks! 😊 Nik [/quote] Another pre-booking for Ian. It would be great if he could swap the plastic barrel stereo jack on my Aria for a proper Switchcraft stereo jack socket If he could just give all the wiring a quick check with a multimeter too that would be great. Ta.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1504354117' post='3364323'] Thanks for the offers of help re: Status folks but it won't be necessary now. I've just had confirmation that [b]Steve Lawson[/b] is now able to come along and do a workshop for us on the day, which is very exciting news! 😊 We've also had an offer of a fretless workshop from Gareth, a.k.a. [b]walbassist [/b] which again, is great news. So.. we're just trying to sort out new workshop times to accommodate everyone and then we'll post up a revised schedule. Thanks again to everyone for the suggestions and offers of help! Nik [/quote] Yay!!! We're filling up the schedule for this year. Next year let's ask Martin Sims and Dr of the Bass to showcase some Enfields!

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This is The Wrecking Crew! doc... The Wrecking Crew! by Denny Tedesco https://itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/the-wrecking-crew/id967453506

[quote name='NJE' timestamp='1503779995' post='3360905'] Am I right in thinking there are basically two versions of the same film? I read in line that the film was started in 1996 and released to film festivals in 2008? It seems they couldn't get licenses for the music they wanted to use, so they started a kickstarter. It seems the latest version was properly released in 2015. If I'm wrong Inwould love someone to correct me because I'm trying to find the right film to watch, it sounds fascinating. [/quote] I happened across an interview with Tedesco's son. That sounds about right, except he said they were trying to do crowd funding before crowd funding existed for most of it... lol! The other doc I was initially thinking of is "Session Men". From the clips on the web that should also be a good watch if it ever gets finished and released... https://www.facebook.com/SESSIONMEN1/

On a pragmatic note I'd agree that you do need to think about the bottom line for your band and adapt the image as necessary. As an example... there is a well established estate agents round our way with a really good reputation who were called after a picturesque little stretch of the Thames. However, a year or so ago their business suddenly plummeted. Then, despite having been established for twenty or more years they changed their name to Oasis and business was booming again. Daft, petty and unconnected as it might be it seemed that folks didn't want to have big signs outside houses they were going to sell saying "Isis". People started to decide not to go into their branches too. So rather than sticking to their "principles" and refusing to change their name they decide NOT to go bust and call themselves "Oasis". Just an example but it seems pertinent.

Aaah, different one then... will have to check it out...

Is this the one with Will Lee et al that's been Kickstarted like crazy on Facebook? Didn't know that was out yet. And, yes, SITSOM and Muscle Shoals are great too, so long as you can filter out Bonio's white ring on the latter...

So am I right... you could get a second hand Prat bass sight unseen from the States and get your friend to import if through customs for you for €XXXX. OR you could get Oscar Prat to hand build a new one for you to your own specs and send it across the EU to you without any CITES or customs concerns for EXACTLY THE SAME COST...? Surely not the most difficult choice?

If it was a selection of bass heavy albums to inform and inspire top two on the list would probably be two of the compilation CDs ni my collection: - Motown Chartbusters Vol 3 and - Atlantic Soul Classics Between them they cover a huge range of soul standards. Then I'd throw in a Thin Lizzy album for some tasteful but inventive rock bass, probably... - Jailbreak Then because the bass is so tuneful and funky on it I'd add... - Tribes Vibes and Scribes by Incognito And finally... - Rush, Moving Pictures Just because...

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1503248199' post='3356678'] The Third Degree covering Duffy's Mercy. I love a bit of Northern Soul. [/quote] That's exactly what I was going to suggest. When I listen to it the song makes me feel like the Third Degree version must be an obscure original early 70s track which Duffy found in a second hand shop and covered! http://youtu.be/ZQ9oT_BRNt8 P.S. the singer on this isn't the cool dude in the video but the beardie folkish, singer songwriter from Hampshire, Jon Allen. This bloke... good singer! http://youtu.be/vTMEYe-wpcA

For me it was just bass (usually a Wal or more strictly, two) to a Lehle 3@1 switcher, then a Boss or TC tuner them an amp. Originally that was a TE Series 6 200w 1215 combo (my first proper amp trade up) then for the last 10 years a MarkBass LMII and one or two cabs depending on venue. Amp pretty much set flat. That was my core tone. Loved it. When I started doing a lot more DI/in-ear stuff I got a Tech 21 VTDI (having used a chum's rack Sansamp a bit). The VTDI is set for a fairly basic, low gain B-15 sound as an always-on preamp, just to give a bit more "live" flavour to the bass. My new but not all that different core tone. Any other effects are just that, effects to add different flavours here or there.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1344366510' post='1763550'] What a colossal letdown. I was hoping for Lemsip Opec at the very least. [/quote] No. Lembit Opik played with The Cheeky Girls... well, one of them anyway...

£6.3m on loan from the Bank of America, £7.8m on loan from a wealthy individual benefactor, £4.8m on loan from Evil Megacorp Inc... And folks here are too paranoid to take their 2 grand Sadowsky out of the house to a gig in case it gets a tiny scratch on it... imagine how Nicola Benedetti feels as she climbs up the rickety, semi-dark stage stairs in a ball gown and impractical shoes...!

Words? It has words? I was just listening to Mo Foster's bass!

Well said all these chaps!!!! I completely agree that you can't beat playing to a crowd who are loving it. And like others have said, one man's cheese is another man's beef steak. Some of my favourite tunes (to listen to) are officially "cheesy"! [quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1502097599' post='3349230'] Every time I gig. I don't care about someone else's definition of good or bad songs and I don't care who wrote them. If the band played well (and so did I) and the audience loved it then you can't ask for more. I usually inhabit "old fashioned" music so a recent discovery for me was to find out how good the songs of artists like Jessie J and Beyonce actually are to play and the positive audience reaction you get when you play these songs. [/quote] [quote name='casapete' timestamp='1502097784' post='3349233'] Nothing wrong with that, I've done it for 40 years! Playing music that people obviously enjoy / dance to is still what it's all about for me. And believe it or not, I do play / listen to some of it when at home too! Never bothered about confessing my love of good pop music - just because it's popular doesn't make it sh*te in my opinion. I did a birthday barbecue on Saturday night - about 50 people in total, all up dancing to 'Sweet Home Alabama' etc etc - happy days. [/quote] [quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1502116804' post='3349387'] Every weekend for me too. currently playing in the best band I've ever been in with 4 amazing human beings as well as great musicians. We're playing weddings most weekends and last night we played Wannabe by the Spice Girls. A first for us all as we hadn't played or even rehearsed it before but that's part of being in a wedding band, playing what the audience want to hear (within reason) Saturday night I found myself jumping up and down on stage along with the audience when we played Mr Brightside. Life is good [/quote] [quote name='la bam' timestamp='1502117207' post='3349392'] great stuff! cant beat it when everyone has a great time! [/quote]