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[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1460701009' post='3027899'] I had a Carlsbro Viper for a while in the 90s... That was crap too. [/quote]I had a Carlsboro Bass Beasty for a few years, no complaints, till the pre amp went up in smoke, bloody heavy though

Carlsboro Stingray may or may not be a crap amp, great name though, perhaps it would be a great name for a bass, oh hang on

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1460632405' post='3027393'] I think the people seem to be more noisy than bands these days, ever since Sky Sports was brought into pubs . People are shouting st each other , when only a couple of inches away from each other . I know that doesn't help. Sorry I [/quote]try open mics, the noise of people talking drowns out the 'music' but there again that's why folk go to the pub I suppose

at £45ish (gak) new they're a real bargain, the fact there aren't many second hand ones says it all really

probably teaching my Granny to suck eggs but I've just found this https://www.zoom-na.com/sites/default/files/products/downloads/pdfs/E_B1on_B1Xon_FX-list_100.pdf loads more info on what the different effect settings are supposed to do. I've been really impressed by this pedal but it always been a bit of a mystery to me what all the knob twirling was actually doing

I only use my MIA precision, recently bought a Squire VM Jazz, used it for a couple of gigs, nothing wrong with it, but quickly decided I really only ever want a precision so moved it on

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1460456922' post='3025820'] These things only go to court if the guys being sued say up yours and think they can bluff it out. Intros and arrangements are not covered by copyright so can be used at will, as Andy Summers found out. . . . . [url="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/sting-puff-daddy-2000-a-day/"]http://ultimateclass...ddy-2000-a-day/[/url] [/quote]I believe it's the melody and the lyrics which are covered by copyright, could be wrong though

in an attempts to marry 2 similar threads, anybody know if the serial plagiariser Paul Weller has ever been sued?

[quote name='BassBus' timestamp='1460451164' post='3025744'] Yes! and as I posted in that thread I'm going to sue you. We could settle out of court of course. Couple of Jelly Babies suit you? (other children's sweets are available before I am accused of something) [/quote]done, shame other disputes cannot be settled so amicable

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1460450709' post='3025736'] This won't really be an issue going forward as no-one makes enough money from original music to warrant suing them... [/quote]that's true, never thought of that, I can copy other songs with impunity now

just seen the Stairway thread have I plagiarised it?

there was a news item on Radio 5 this morning about plagiarism, Led Zep are being sued over Stairway, I never realised the opening riff to In the City and Holidays in the Sun were the same, but when does inspiration become plagiarism? Paul Weller is a past master at ripping off intros but I don't know whether he's ever been sued, is it not enough just to copy a part of another song?

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1460377543' post='3025094'] It's got that 'dammit I can't get loud enough' look about it [/quote]sussed!

[quote name='bassjim' timestamp='1460372519' post='3025004'] Its a long one so sit down and get comfy................. Pretty much every room = different eq for me. Also empty room at soundcheck will need something different to when there is an audience in it. Also volume of other band members and their eq in relation to where they are positioned ect ect. For example, this just gone weekend I was playing a 30th birtday party in a club that had a nice raised stage area but the rest of the main room was wooden floor and flat walls. If I boosted the lows on the amp..... (bass = passive with tone full up or just shy of full up. Pick ups from back to both to front depending on tune being played)..... with the room empty = boominess = dont boost the lows. Once the room filled with people = now safe to boost the lows cause they are soaking it up. Floor empties = more adjustment and so on. Mids and highs = change on the fly for same reasons as above. Also if the drummer gets suddenly over enthusiastic or maybe the gitard enevitably turns up, this will/could destroy a great tone because what was perfect at the previous volume has now changed. I may well turn up to compensate or wait till end of that number and wave to the offender, smile and point to the ground whilst mouthing "you are f***ing loud." and hope there is enough respect to turn it down. Or turn up and be louder. If you are standing almost on top of the amp what sounds right here is different to just a few feet away. You dont always get a few feet if its cramped for space so if someone says ..turn it up/down this could seem wrong from where you are standing so maybe go with that advise if you trust who is telling you this. All in all for most venues I havent played in before, if its a difficult room it could be tweaking as we go along. If its a known difficult venue, I know in advance its going to be a tweak night and just get over it. If its a good bass player friendly room, minimal eqing required, and the audience stays pretty much where they are...eg: packed pub it will be a good one. For my money its a case of know your gear, know your bass and know what you can expect to get out of it which also comes from experience of gigging a lot,like most weekends at least..... which may not help in the short term as this is not an easy one size fits all fix. How to use the gear effectively in all situations is as much the learning process of actually playing it I think because if you cant translate what you want to say live when ever possible no one will ever appreciate what you are putting into it. If its all going through a PA....rules have changed and now you need to........... you get the idea! Theres' soundcheck volume and then theres' mid gig volume. All band members are having their own personal issues with volume and tone along the way so sometimes its constantly evolving and sometimes its great from start to finish. EQing.........bass tone.......all a bit of a nightmare really.. All the above from personal experience over 30 years gigging. It works for me personally so if any of it helps...... [/quote]add to that a tone alters a lot as you get further away and without a sound engineer and a separate mixing desk you're relying on people you trust to advise you what you sound like, like you said a nightmare really

cheers for the imput guys, a few things to try, regarding booming, it's funny old thing, I get it worst when playing E on the A string

[quote name='SH73' timestamp='1460365249' post='3024910'] What works for you or for "we of the bass chat community" does not work for everyone. The OP does not state what venue the gig was at, carpet floor, pub furniture, stage layout, acoustics he. Therefore the guitarist in his band may have been correct with the settings. [/quote] as I stated before (in the middle of a post so easily missed) it was in a pub, in the corner of the room on a raised hard wood area, a difficult sound check with lots of hard surfaces for the sound to bounce off, then the sound altered as the room filled up

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1460357987' post='3024837'] Personally I'd cut everything under 100hz to start with. With that 30hz equaliser flat you would have had a lot of boom and as such you had to really boost your hi mids to cut through it. Try it next time; cut everything under 100hz, get a tone for the room and then gradually introduce a little bit of 60hz to taste. It's a credit to TE though. I wish most amps were this flexible! I love my Rumble, but I wish there was an extra EQ knob or two [/quote]I've found that most boom (and I hate boom) comes from around 60hz, 30 doesn't seem to have much effect at all that's why it was flat, but what you say here is more or less what I was doing, the high end boost is really down to personal taste. What I aim for is the TE mid shape sound but less extreme, that is boost around 100 to 400hz, cut between 500 and 1khz and then boost around 5khz I've got a rumble and agree with you the EQ section is poor [quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1460357043' post='3024826'] The other thing to take into account (which I'm surprised no one mentioned, including me), is the venue itself. I found that every venue I played, I had a slightly different EQ setting. Always tried to go as flat as possible, but at many venues, flat sounds crap. [/quote]I mentioned earlier it was a difficult venue sound wise

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1460306683' post='3024538'] I went to see The Dammed play a couple of months ago and the volume was so excessive I was thankful I found my earplugs in my jacket pocket. The volume was such that there was no mix, just an undefined wall of noise. [/quote]that sounds like the Captain on a bad day, seriously I went to see the Damned at Rock City last year and it's the best I've ever heard them sound so I'm surprised to hear that, I sometimes wonder whether they use a PA supplied by the Venue, they should still have their own sound guy though

just thought I'd put my tupenneth in, as in bass playing just because a drummer can't play all styles of music doesn't mean he's a bad drummer, it could mean he's not interested in learning to play music he's not interested in, would you say Macca's a bad bass player because he doesn't do finger style? Our current drummer is a good lad, I once asked him if he could play quieter (we practice in a small room) his reply was "but I enjoy hitting things hard" and if you stop enjoying it you'll soon fall or out of love with playing

can't say I notice much difference between string gauges, I buy whatever is cheapest

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1460284443' post='3024300'] Interestingly, it looks like your graphic is the mirror image of the EQ curve of the BDDI (which I believe is what the Bass Drive effect emulates) - So in a way both are cancelling each other out! I appreciate in the real world it's not as simple as that, but you know... a bit of that might be going on! [/quote]I'll have to check that out, I use the bass drive effect for a bit of overdrive, it certainly adds bottom end

turned up to a gig last night and the landlord said we'd have to stop playing when the boxing came on, so half way through the second set we had to stop so they could put the commentary through the pub pa, cue a chorus of boos and a few left, fortunately it only lasted 2 rounds so we were able to finish the set, if it had gone the distance that would have been it, we were a bit miffed to start with but at least he didn't cancel the gig

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1460281879' post='3024247'] Last year we played with a couple of bands in a local music venue pub. We just played at our regular volume and the room was packed. They turned up to insane volumes and the only people watching them was us - and that was out of a bit of musicians solidarity, though I did stand behind one of the columns in said venue to alleviate the volume slightly. And this is a venue which has music every week, so the people who go there are used to live music - but they all bolted. [/quote]at our local music/pub venue they got there own in house PA and sound man in the end to stop that sort of thing