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[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1494121981' post='3293440'] I did in my mid 20s, just stopped playing for a good few years as I`d just got fed up of it. Didn`t play my bass or guitar, didn`t even buy any music. Then suddenly felt the need again, and have been pretty much continually busy in bands since my early 30s (am now early 50s). Nothing wrong with taking a break if you`re not feeling the love, just don`t sell all your gear, it`s very costly starting from scratch again,always keep at least one of everything. [/quote] Good point about keeping your gear for a while at least until you have distilled your thoughts. I liken it to when I chucked in the towel and stopped riding motorcycles. After I sold the 'bike I held onto my kit (helmet, leathers, boots and gloves) for sentimental reasons mainly but also to avoid starting from scratch should I have a change of heart. The motorcycle is easy to replace yet the paraphernalia is a serious investment both in terms of cash and in terms of time spent getting the stuff that suits you best. After a couple of years and some investment in pork belly futures (which stopped me getting my trousers closed securely), I sold the kit. I was happy in my "retirement" by then. To be honest, I would not put myself or the public at large in jeopardy by taking up 'bikes again. My eyesight and reaction times are rubbish now. As for bass; I chucked that in during my twenties as well. I had a good apprenticeship that demanded most of my time if I was to qualify so the band had to find another bassist. Not quite the same thing but I came back to it thirty years later and I still love it. @ Kevin, you sound like you need a holiday at the very least. I hope you do what makes you happiest however.

Nile is the Labradoodle's naknacks. End of.

A load of old balls? Hahahahaha

[quote name='Frank Grimace' timestamp='1494104172' post='3293362'] Hi All, like to introduce you all to my pondering, would appreciate others opinions. I run a Trace Elliot SMX 1215 300w and [size=4][font=Arial]an extension cab bastardized from [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]a Trac[/font]e [size=4][font=Arial]1224 SMX combo. containing 2x10" and a horn. I have an idea to use two equalizer pedals to customize the each cabs sound from the main SMX amp, one for the 15" rolling off frequencies above 400hz and the second on the 2x10 rolling off frequencies below 300hz. any thoughts? or should I go boil my head[/font][/size][/font][/size] [/quote] Um, not to put too fine a point on it but looking at your listed interests, I won't be dipping a toe in your pond no matter how you nicely you introduce it. Welcome to Basschat anyway. I am running a TE1818 cab as an aux to my 300w Ashdown combo with its 15. I thought there might be eq problems but so far I am really liking it. I do tend to leave it fairly flat across the five bands of the combi though. I can't vouch for gig levels yet but I am optimistic going from results practising at home at low levels. If you use a lot of effects this might be inflexible however.

I'm delighted to see genuine interest.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1494021638' post='3292742'] ...I took a quick perfect pitch test today and although I got about half wrong, the ones I did get right easily enough were at 415Hz - [size=6]baroque tuning[/size]. Never heard of that before but it does suggest that I prefer my tones a bit lower than regular 440Hz concert pitch. Great, something new to geek out on! [/quote] Then I should try and get a gig or two out of this lot if I were you... https://www.facebook.com/baroquebath

I liked the first three randomly selected tunes on YT so I've ordered it. What I listened to brought me back to the eighties in a pleasant way so I think I will enjoy hearing the band's progression through the decades. Thanks for sharing.

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1494076491' post='3293054'] In fairness, the Crusaders (previously the Jazz Crusaders) were a world renowned band long before they started having guest artists "fronting" them. It is not as though they (the Crusaders) needed the exposure that such artists bring. [/quote] It was extra nice that they worked together then.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1493725639' post='3290124'] ...Does nobody give a bad review anymore? [/quote] It's not commercially good for anyone involved in reselling to do so. Reviewers want to know that they can remain employable and so avoid making negative comment. They are generally less egotistic than they were I think. As for Internet reviews by 'net users in general, I expect many of those are put up by the owners of the product and are not worthy of note. Anyway, you must be chuffed. Well done.

Candi Staton occupies the same niche in my memory. So much so that I thought they were they same artist for a brief moment on seeing your post. My memory throws me a curved ball more often these days. Must be the mercury in my fillings finally doing its thing to my brain! Randy and Candi - wow! They're both chock full of soul. Street Life was evocative and atmospheric to my youthful self. Candi's Young Hearts Run Free was a reassurance in musical form that it was okay to leave home for the first time. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlXKfFPx7po[/media] Love 'em both. No-one's covered the songs better, as I've heard.

Thanks. I'm sold on it. Good work and do you ever play local to Derby?

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1493991174' post='3292446'] Thanks for that. We'll be moving in 3 weeks, so I won't have time to do anything with them before then anyway. Once we're in the new house I'll need to set aside some time to catalogue them and assess the situation from there. [/quote] Good luck for the move. I trust you're looking forward to it as a move up the property ladder as opposed to a necessary inconvenience. If not; [i]best[/i] of luck!

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1493799691' post='3290674'] We have a box of them that we inherited when Mrs. LBMs father passed away around 10 years ago. We have no use for them, but I don't want to do anything until I can get some sort of idea: 1. Who might want them; 2. What, if anything, they might be worth. Without looking through them in detail, they are mostly big band jazz records: more than that I can't be sure as it's an era I don't know much about (a random pick of a couple of them revealed works featuring Victor Sylvester and Sid Phillips if that helps - although I did also find a copy of Kenneth McKellar singing 'Scotland the Brave' ). There are around 60 or 70 of them in all. Any help in finding them a good home would be much appreciated. [/quote] If you don't find anyone interested please don't chuck them or use them for some hipster makeover project will you? Get back in touch with me and I'll store some of them for you with a view to sourcing/building a 78RPM deck. You may also want to consider it; https://www.henleydesigns.co.uk/ProJect-78RPM-c643 I'd be very surprised if no-one wants to give you money for them however.

Hahahahahaha

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1493977307' post='3292254'] Yes, indeed, and that tuning is very important (I'd even say 'critical'...), but the methods are very different, as there are many differing results obtainable. Here's the gen; the Drum Tuning Bible, downloadable as a Pdf file... [url="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjA59_MuNjTAhXDvxQKHfVDD3cQFggzMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcircularscience.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F09%2FDrum-tuning-bible.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHg-ojdvmuKChZArGt3UnAAYK9C7Q"]Drum Tuning Bible ...[/url] Doesn't apply to cymbals, of course; they have to be chosen carefully, too, to sound musically compatible with the kit and between themselves, but cannot be altered after manufacture (although 'pitch' can be altered, as an effect, by dipping in water whilst playing, for instance..!). All the 'secrets' are in the Bible; there's no better available, in my view. Essential knowledge for all drummers and drum techs. [/quote] Many thanks. Can you now do us a similar back to back comparison on drums using the same bench marks as with the OP's clip? Nah, only kidding. I do wonder about how noticeable it is for different parts of the audible range however.

[quote name='JoeEvans' timestamp='1493966597' post='3292142'] I don't hear them as qualitatively different, only pitched slightly differently. Sounds like the same guy playing the same guitar to me. But it's not a proper test because it isn't double blind. He obviously knows which one he's playing and which one he's recording, and given that he believes passionately in 432, it's pretty much a certainty that some of that is coming through in his playing; I would also want independent verification that the eq etc was exactly the same on both. The way to do this would be to get a guitarist who doesn't have [size=6]perfect pitch[/size]; sit them in a room with a mic, and bring them a whole series of identical guitars, all tuned slightly differently but including one at A=440 and one at A=432. Leave the recording rolling the whole time. Then have someone edit the audio who didn't know which order the guitars were recorded in, and put up the video without captions so the listener doesn't know either. It's extraordinary how much meaning we bring to what we see and hear. We think of our senses as neutral input, but they aren't - we very much see and hear what we want or expect to see and hear. [/quote] I first heard the term "perfect pitch" when it was said of me in Primary School. I was learning script, recorder and was about to pick up violin. I didn't get to finish what I'd started on that school's curriculum because we emigrated to an education system that was quite different. Music as a subject was not available to me and I lost interest for many years after. As a consequence, I don't really know if I really have the fabled "perfect pitch" or not. I do know that I hear stuff that others don't. Does such a thing as "perfect pitch" exist? If so, what percentage of the population has it?

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1493936531' post='3292057'] Well, [i]I [/i]couldn't hear any difference. I didn't listen to the speaking stuff, just skipped straight to the playing, and shifted the start point around from one to the other. Which was 440, 432 or anything else in between made no difference to me. I'm a drummer, though, so what would [i]I [/i]know about Hz..? [/quote] D? Aren't I right in saying that drums are tuned just the same as all instruments? It's something I'd like info on if you'd be kind enough to PM me with some pointers please? Sorry for the percussive interlude chasps and chappettes. As you were.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1493938684' post='3292078'] That's nice. Quite chewy. Good value at £6.99 That not so much. Restrained nose, hint of raspberry and autumn leaves but an understated finish. [/quote] "Quite chewy" - priceless. OT, I felt the difference. But then I can't tell the difference between margarine.

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1493932922' post='3292023'] [attachment=244644:post-9862-1296135181.jpg] Now you can play Guess how old I am. [/quote] 1964? Looks like a Burns.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1493929019' post='3291980'] ...Yes, I'm being impertinent to one of the Great Artists of our age or any other era in human history. But that's the way we roll in Brandoni-land, motherf*ckers. [color=#faebd7].[/color][/quote] [attachment=244643:ROFLMAO.png]

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1493906036' post='3291715'] If Thomastik can't make you a custom set, I've heard La Bella are very accommodating to putting custom sets together for people and they make a low tension flat which is probably the closest you'll see to TIs. [/quote] I was disappointed to get a stock response from them last year regarding sets of five DBEs. No opportunity to [s]bribe someone[/s] sensibly discuss custom options was presented. Even though they do flat DBEs in sets of four they explicitly say their strings are not suitable for Spirit guitars (five). I think, for my request, it was a production issue with the DBE low B even though there were no lines to read between - just a polite rejection. You may well do okay. I hear good things about their strings by and large.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1493906238' post='3291718'] 'Fraid not, I'm from the distant past (1950...), just before Leo's inspiration... [/quote] 'Fraid so. Leo wasn't the first. This might be of interest; http://www.musicradar.com/news/bass/the-history-of-the-electric-bass-part-one-the-early-days-507234 "The bass revolution really started with the introduction of electronics and amplification and for the earliest examples we have to look at the Vega Electric Bass Viol from the 1930s, the Electrified Double Bass from Regal in 1936 and Rickenbacker with their Electro Bass-Viol from around the same time. These were essentially the centre part of an upright bass from headstock to end pin so no prizes for guessing where the designs for the skeletal electric uprights of the 1990s came from!"

Good one. The way it's looking at the moment he will be giving me a lift to the Bash. I will be into him for petrol money but I ain't gonna try and slip a twenty in his waistband unless he's an exceptional pole dancer.

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1493900589' post='3291648'] ...Or does nobody use banks anymore? You know... big buildings... 'BANK' written on the outside... most high streets have them? Ring any bells? [/quote] Oh BOY!!! Do not get me started on that. The last remaining branch of GnatPest I am expected to use has turned into an outlet like the mobile 'phone high street business model. It even has music blasting down from the ceiling! I now use the small business branch like a lot of others. It still behaves in the manner expected of a bank. In the queue yesterday, a woman at the window in front of me asked if the bank could reject non-business customers because the queue was a little too long for her. The cashier told her without rejecting her outright that that simply wasn't possible and that it was something that the bank is aware of. I almost spoke out and said what was on my mind - "Get used to it Missus, this is just the start."

[quote name='Al Krow' timestamp='1493897972' post='3291595'] ...need to be spent by Friday night otherwise they become worthless. [/quote] Not true. The banks will still exchange them. This morning it was said that they would "always" accept paper fives. Fake News