Count Bassy

If its the one on your guitar than it's an [b]output[/b] jack!!! Grrr

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1366199271' post='2049449'] I tried one on one of my leads before realising that they don't really work with most active instruments! You still get that bang when you push it in...... From the neutrik silent jack web page: [b]ATTENTION![/b] [color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]For use with instrument (guitar) applications only. Damage may occur if connected to amplifier output.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Please note that the signal isn't muted with some types of active electric guitars which are equipped with tip-ring-sleeve jacks thtat tap to activate the guitar power supply.[/size][/font][/color] [/quote] No guarantee, but try pushing it in up to the ring (oooer missus), wait a second, and then push it fully home. Works for me (Ibanez SR505 & GWB35, and two fender urges)

[quote name='onemanband' timestamp='1366200942' post='2049482'] So I contacted Neutrik, who concurred that they did have an issue with a faulty batch of these 90º "silent" jacks some time ago. I sent them the two of mine that were dodgy and they sent me back (by return),[b] four[/b] of the new upgraded ones. Gud on ya Neutrik, 10/10 for customer service!! [/quote] Same experience I had.

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1365780186' post='2044472'] Over 50 feet and you'll start to notice a loss of volume. [/quote] Depends on the core area surely, and only becomes a problem if your system is "maxed out"?

Anglo Concertina, and if its the only instrument I had I might get to play it properly.

[quote name='onemanband' timestamp='1366028137' post='2047389'] Well, that's it for me!!! Two gigs over the weekend, BOTH guitar cables fitted with the "Neutrik" silent jacks failed miserably, both in silencing the signal and making it live again on re-inserting the jack; (the muting sleeve kept sticking)............. very disappointing in a live show!! It's back to "normal" jacks for me and I shall contact Neurtik to see what they have to say. [/quote] Let us know what they say won't you, please.

I use Status Hot-wires on a Ibanez SR505 and love them. Don't know if they last longer, or chew up a fretless less, but they feel good under the fingers and sound (to me) great.

Bought a 212 MNT off "Paulie" (menber here) and got to say that I love the sound, although I tend to play it with the tweeter right down. Hard to describe a sound, but I would say its rich, smooth, and balanced. Something about it makes me feel that I am hearing the bass and myself rather than the cab. Not surprising I like it then because one of my other favourite bass sounds is via a Tascam bass trainer straight to headphones. I am using a Marshall BDS7400 with it with all controls set 'flat', and I love it - next step is to supplement the DBS with something lighter. But that's a question for another thread when funds permit. So I like it. Can't promise that you will, but I'd certainly give one a listen if you can.

[quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1365787389' post='2044632'] I've tried the 90' silent jacks, didn't think much of them. I too found they were pretty hit-and-miss, to the extent that I'd switch my amp off before unplugging the bass as you could never be sure when a speaker splitting 'pop' was going to happen! [/quote] Not saying its what's happened but the original and revised ones are pretty well indistinguishable by eye, so perhaps there is some old stock lying around in suppliers. Alternatively I may have been lucky and got some good revised ones.

I had a problem with the right angle ones's sleeves sticking a few years ago and contacted Neutrik about it. They said (as someone has mentioned here already) that early batches had a problem with tolerances. They asked for my address and although I only originally had two, they sent me four of the new design - and I've not had a problem since. OK, they had a problem originally but seem to have owned up to it and behaved very well over it. Excellent customer service as far as I can see. The only problem I have had is with [i]some[/i] active basses if you plug it in quickly the electronics still seem to be powering up when it un-mutes, and you get a thump. The answer is to plug it in up to the sleeve (hence powering up the preamp), wait a second, and then push it the rest of the way. If you find that the pressure on the sleeve is pushing your plug out of the socket then I think you probably have a knackered socket.

[quote name='Adrenochrome' timestamp='1364769819' post='2030792'] Isopropyl alcohol shits permanent marker from most things - probably depends how much the wood has taken up. [/quote] Deliberate or a typo?

I would go with IP as well, but what ever works use it on a cloth and keep it 'dryish'. If you get it too wet the solvent will go into the wood and take the ink with it.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1364758467' post='2030578'] The guy playing six string in the second clip is clearly a very , very capable player . [/quote] Splitting hairs I know, I can only see five strings.

[size=4]Some nice playing on the second one, but to my ear he's playing a guitar part - just happens to be on a bass.[/size]

Cold

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1328279944' post='1524896'] I use all four fingers, it is easier for me that way. *gets coat* [/quote] Thumb and four fingers here, but tend to use a digit per string and only resort to 'classic' two or three finger technique when speed demands it. Bit of a weird technique I know, but comes down to living in the sticks when I first started and having no teacher or external reference (no internet in them days) - and to having played a bit of finger picking guitar first I guess. It works for me, but I wouldn't recommend it to others necessarily.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1364545761' post='2027870'] These sorts of statements really disappoint me. Song writing is something you have to work just like playing the bass. I bet you were as crap as everyone else the very first time you picked up the bass guitar, but you've stuck at it and practiced until you were at least competent enough to join a band. Song writing is the same. You start off writing derivative rubbish but eventually you find your voice. I can guarantee you that all your favourite song writers wrote some truly rubbish stuff when they first started out, and IMO no one has the consistency to produce classic song after classic song with no filler no matter how good they are. [/quote] [quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1364548923' post='2027920'] I don't understand this statement either. Even if I don't play the original bass line to a cover I will spend as much time crafting a new line for that cover as I would for one of my other bands original songs. The amount of time I spend on playing, learning and crafting lines in both settings is the same. If you're not slavishly adhering to the original how do you have the talent to come up with something different? Writing is writing. [/quote] You may both be right, perhaps I do have that talent buried somewhere, but it's certainly not near the surface at the moment, and given lack of time its unlikely that it will ever emerge, at least until I retire. Every one in our band is working full time, and we have enough trouble getting together to practice the covers, let alone writing our own. Both the guitarist and drummer have both played in original bands and contributed to songs in the past, but in the first case he a was a full time pro, and in in both cases they were young, unmarried and childless. We are all now working in other jobs full time, and all have families and commitments, so being realistic its a case of playing covers or not playing at all, and I know which I'd rather do.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1364499556' post='2027427'] 1 It sounds great. 2 The audience like it. 3 You learn from practicing to get it exactly correct. 4 You enjoy the freedom to copy whenever and whatever you want without taking notice of anyone calling you a slave. 5 etc. Play what you want, play what works for the song, don't be a slave to supposed originality. [/quote] Actually, to be fair to you and the others that replied to this, I don't have a problem if anyone wants to copy the original exactly, I just get annoyed that some people think you have to do it that way for it to have any value, and I was (over) reacting to that. It just seem seems that slavish copying of an 'original' is OK, writing your own original is OK, but anywhere between is somehow looked down upon. My current band do Hey Joe in a Hendrixy style, Aint no love & Day tripper in a Whitesnake style, Icecream man in a Van Halen style (but a bit swingier). The point being that these are all covers themselves. Did that stop these people doing versions of them. No, and the world is a richer place for it. Oh yes, another reason play in a covers band is that I work full time and don't have time write material. And if I did have the time I still wouldn't have the talent!

I play in a covers band because it is tremendous fun. and no, we don't slavishly copy an original note for note. What would be the point in that?

Excellent.

Westone Quantum is 32"

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1363441268' post='2012754'] My singer uses a Nexus 7 thing and has a special mount that fixes onto a mic stand. He uses it for the words, set list and says he will have a way of controlling the pa with it in the near future. [/quote] Except that you have no idea what it sounds like to the audience if you're stood on the stage!. I guess you could have a trusted person in the audience giving you hand signals, but if they're doing that then they might as well be controlling the PA themselves.

If nerves might be a problem (certainly was with my first dozen or so gigs) then start with a few that you know like the back of your hand. Get settled in with those and work up to the less confident ones. Of course you need to take the other members confident and less confident ones into account as well.

I like the look of that, and only £430 (which seems pretty good for a half decent short scale 5 string).

[quote name='Grand Wazoo' timestamp='1363038026' post='2007525'] [b]Thank you[/b]... Apologies for the off topic (big time) - it's only a small kitchen, the Ikea bloke came and measured the walls, the windows, and the entered the dimensions in his computer and came up with what you see below. In a very small space we managed to cram, sink, cooker, oven, dish washer, fridge / freezer, washing machine and enough cupboards for crockery, pans, cutlery and food stuff. All I had to do was chosing the colour scheme and the type of surfaces, the cupboard doors and the paint scheme. The tiling was done by a higly skilled Hungarian chippy who also did the floors tiles, looks like laminated wood flooring but it's actually tiles. [/quote] I think you need to check for knots in your timber. Some of those cupboards look a bit warped in your photos.