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5 minutes to go so...BUMP.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1363915599' post='2019642'] £25 I love Staffies, let's get this show on the road! Alex [/quote] This could be the winner, 38 hours to go.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1363913519' post='2019622'] OK, I'll play. £12.50 Can you post to France, if my bid wins..? [/quote] Easy peasy, I think I'm only about 2 hours away from you.

Keep the 5 string. Not because it's a Sadowski, just because it's the most usefull you have for what you play.

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1363905703' post='2019483'] It'd go nicely with all the 'free stuff' I found the other day - what came in the original Who Live at Leeds LP [/quote] Oooh, that's a cracker of an album. Definately a keeper.

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1363904284' post='2019426'] Actually we prefer the term 'steel house' [/quote] Oh yah, right. No doubt you and Tamsin had the interior designers in too and have a Banksy on the side

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1363904366' post='2019429'] £7.50 (I must admit I normally give to human charities. Our neighbour is a rozzer and he's on his second abandoned staff his station saved. They have both made the kindest and softest pets you could know.) [/quote] You've got a rozzer and a staff as pets? That's kidnapping.

Bidding will end at 10 pm Saturday night (your foreign UK time) and the winning bid can be paid to either Basschat or Ped via Paypal (or cheque if you know the address of the old lorry container that he lives in)

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1363890786' post='2019065'] Just so this thread not die: £6 Does "Proceeds to BC coffers" mean that BC gets the money? best, bert [/quote] Yes, sorry Bert I should have made that clearer. The final winning bid will all go help Basschat. Thanks for your bid and of course if the winner is in Europe, I'll pay to send it there too.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1363886252' post='2018975'] £5 [/quote] V E R Y generous. This could be yours.

Before anyone tells me this is not allowed, I've asked the Gods. Well Ped anyway. We have here, a vintage Who song book which I found in the usual box in the corner, in the studio. I'll stand the delivery cost to the lucky winner. I guess it dates from about 1970 Bidding starts at £2.00 Go for it. A must for all you OX fans. Proceeds to BC coffers. Tracks covered. I can't explain My generation Anyway, anyhow, anywhere A legal matter It's not true La-la-la-lies A bit tired looking in places but a great bit of history all the same with treble & bass clef (and chords) Pics of each of the band inside.

I play in both. The covers band because it's impossible to find an originals band that covers some of everything I like. With this lot I get to play Rock, Funk, a little Jazz, some Blues and some Soul. All the numbers have been chosen because we all love them. Re the originals band, (French) it's different and exciting to play. It also pushes me when learning the songs as the writer lets me create the bassline so instead of just learning what some other player has created, I have decisions to make, some good, some not so, and I can revise them at any time if I think its an improvement. In addition to this, it's great to hear the evolutionary process happening. He writes the song, and then as the drummer and myself get involved it morphs somewhat and then again when the main guitarist has input. We'll get told if he thinks its strayed too far from the original idea but generally, we do what tthe song requires. But then, I'm probably in an originals band that is somewhat more democratic than the norm.

[quote name='BassYerbouti' timestamp='1363363278' post='2011887'] Thanks All, I have learnt a lot from you. Now if only I had my rig and guitar with me in the office (where I am supposed to be working) I could try it all out now. regards, BYB [/quote] And now you know why you've sounded like Mark King for all these years

[quote name='mingsta' timestamp='1363097468' post='2008389'] I'd try the Genz Genz Shuttle 6.2 in either 1x12 or 2x10 variant. Its light and portable, has all the connections you could need (aux in, headphones, DI out, effects loop), modular (head comes off, takes extension speaker). A really good gigging amp which won't break your back. Tone wise it should cover all bases. Default tone is clean and neutral, but thickens up nicely and gradually as you increase the gain - they've designed it deliverately to do this and I love it for getting old school tones. [/quote] +100 for this. I got a Shuttle a few months ago and sold my Markbass combo last week.

Not quite the same for me re the bass bit but I know what you mean and hope your week gets better. If picking up you bass works for you, then do it. Any diversional therapy is good therapy

That appears to be a poll of the 60 most well known bassplayers

Update on the Cubase problem. Thanks all, much appreciated. Problem sorted due to buffer size and turning off all the WIFI and other stuff. Playback is perfect. Again, thanks to all who replied.

Last couple of replies really helpful guys. Thanks. Didn't realise that stuff like WIFI could cause problems. Help was much appreciated,

I just got this from him. "Audio driver is a Realtek HD Audio Manager. Is that any use???"

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1361876864' post='1992177'] He probably needs an ASIO driver and hasn't installed one. It's a common problem in 'new' IT audio recording users. In short, his soundcard is not configured for complex recording processes so he needs to upgrade the drivers. ot a big deal but, if you don't know what you are doing, can take hours of what I call 'knobbing about' May be worth finding a local music tech geek to help you out. [/quote] Thanks for the tip. I'll pop over shortly (he's living next door) and see how he's getting on increasing the buffer size although as he's a guitarist, I might just find 15 plates of egg & cress sandwiches

I'll ask about the soundcard shortly and let you know in the meantime get him to look at increasing the buffer size. Thank so much, K

There seem to be a few posts on this thread suggesting that there is so much undiscovered music out there already that it wouldn't really matter if no more new stuff was created as there is loads to still hear as "new" to that person. We'll always discover old "new" stuff and that's great but, I've always been of the opinion that in most cases, music created is due to what the writer has to say at that particular time in their lives and is also influenced by the current state of society at that time. Punk being a prime example. It would be a real shame to lose the musical viewpoint of all those future writers and composers.

Our guitarist is using Cubase AI.5 (so he tells me) on a Windows 7 laptop with 6g of RAM. He says that when he records a couple of tracks and plays back, no problem at all. Sounds great. However, when there are 4 or more tracks, he gets loads of crackles, pops and a seriously degraded sound on playback. Any ideas? It's the same when he mutes tracks and just plays back one or two but then of course, they are still actually running but with no sound. Could it be a sound-card problem? Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanks K

It's like any other instrument. Find a good player, and they're good. Find a crap one, and they're crap. So, have a look around for a better keyboard player. Funnily enough, the best one I've played with in a band situation had only been playing a year. He'd been a seriously good, dedicated rhythm guitarist for 20 years and I believe it takes a very good player to fill that role. He was so sympathetic to the songs and was able to bring all his knowledge of harmony etc into his keyboard playing. Fantastic bit of kit too. Korg SV1 with the onboard preamp tube.

[quote name='topo morto' timestamp='1361819368' post='1991466'] ...why do you put up with that kind of thing? [/quote] Surely if your partner has an issue with what you buy gearwise, there's usually a sensible reason for it, be it space or finance related.