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So you can go from Head 1/4" to Cab Spkn, but not the other way around?

My Markbass head has one Speakon socket and one 1/4" socket. If I want to connect two cabs, do I have to use both sockets? So do I need to have one speakon-enabled cab and one 1/4" socketted cab?

[quote name='Shaggy' post='57382' date='Sep 8 2007, 02:40 PM']Hmm, well it's a point of view, though not one I'd agree with. I started in a punk band, playing nothing but from '77-'79, saw most of the big names except for the Pistols - Clash, Buzzcocks, Damned, Jam, Banshees, Stiff Little fingers & loads of obscure ones. For me, being fairly apolitical, it got better as it got more musical, and I was lucky enough to see live the post-punk band that will always be my favouite music - Joy Division. A reaction against Disco it wasn't - Disco itself was a working-class black reaction against the self-indulgent turgidity of Soul in the early '70's (Marvin Gaye's "What's going on" album is sheer class, but you can't dance to it) in the same way that punk was an anarchic reation against a rigid establishment and musically aginst the self-indulgent turgidity of prog-rock and manufactured pop. Both genres were basically about ordinary "youth" having a good time to music that spoke to them and that they could dance/pogo to, and like all genres both eventually became pastiches of themselves. Both really had their "golden era" at the same time - late '70's, even though Disco became mainstream first. Personally I love any music that speaks to me, especially rhythmically, be it Bach, Beatles, or Bulgarian folk music. The set list above is for a commercial band, designed to entertain paying punters as much as possible. Yes, a few tracks are schmaltzy - but all ooze pure, funky rhythm with fabulous basslines - the entire audience invariably danced all through the gig, every gig. Hell yes I miss the frantic energy of those early punk gigs, but I don't miss the gobbing! Sorry to have gone on a bit.[/quote] Cool post!

1) I think the Whites Stripes are super-fabbo. 2) I think that a bassy synth can replace a bass guitar in a lot of instances. 3) The Leo Fender bass isn't going anywhere. 4) Five strings will never quite replace four strings as the standard, although they might become common enough that you see the two styles equally prevalent. 5) ERBs will always be a novelty because, truth be told, they sound a bit rubbish. Controversy!

[quote name='gilmour' post='56601' date='Sep 6 2007, 05:04 PM']Tempo just like Volume and Pitch can be used as a musical expression, if you change speed it isn't always a bad thing.[/quote] Or at least, that's my excuse

Wikipedia is love!: * Takeshi has his own signature Bass, This is available from Fender japan and is based on a 1962 precision bass with a few of Takeshi's personal touches, it is available in both 4 and 5 string models (with a different set of stickers depending on which model it is) * The stickers on his bass (among others) are: various Mad Capsule Markets logos, a Rat Fink sticker (of Ed Roth fame), a Cyborn (on the 5 string) and a Pochi skull and crossbones logo(Mad Capsule Market's Misfits-esque mascots.)

OLP Tony Levin. Cheap and a fantastic colour!

Bjork. And then she would marry me. And we would live together in Bjork Towers. I'd fly her to gigs in Bjork Force One. And she'd say, "Don't worry sleepy, I'm playing this gig with only a Cistercian harpsichord and a Bolivian nose-flute and the dirtiest synth you've ever seen. You can just juggle on stage." And then we would be together forever. That is my dream.

[quote name='pip' post='52626' date='Aug 30 2007, 09:00 AM']What can I expect if I join a progessive or instrumental rock band?[/quote] Beards.

Still on the lookout for those three dimensional truth nuggets!

[quote name='Super_Mario_Bass' post='52824' date='Aug 30 2007, 03:14 PM']Im with stupid. John on Drugs [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSTcYKme45w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSTcYKme45w[/url] John Clean [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMsL41ZSUPk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMsL41ZSUPk[/url] I like both, but I think its a bit OTT to suggest they should start using lol sorry if you were only jokin around [/quote] For my money the first song is much better. It's harrowing stuff, but the second one holds no interest for me at all. The first one is astonishing, in a depressing way. The other one sounds like any of a dozen guys from my uni in their rooms in halls with a laptop and a tonepod.

Me too! From a musical perspective, the soundtrack is wonderful! Great tunes, really effectively placed. The Coen Brothers always display interesting sides of americana with their musical choices.

Thanks or the tips! I've got a battered old notebook in my gigbag that's got tabs I've jotted down from a thousand old bands/auditions. I've been fine-tuning some excellent weebly noises from the POD as well.

Hello all, I tried out for a band a week and a half ago. They've been trying to audition other bassists but have encountered general flakery all round. ( Their site is myspace.com/planetmagnetic ) I had a call from the singer/guitarist today saying that if I'm not up to much tomorrow, would I be up for heraring some stuff he's got in on Logic at the moment and have a bit of a jam with him. I obviously said "yes!!!!!" So, have you guys got any tips for me? I've learned the songs that are on their myspace and the last jam was a bunch of fun, but it was mostly just playing stuff I'd learned by ear - a recitation more than a jam. What are your top tips for jamming/working on new songs/getting on well with musicians you've only just met etc etc? I'm planning on taking my jazz and my POD xt Live. I've been playing for about ten years, am happy with my technique but am dead rusty on theory. Any help gratefully received. Shower me with nuggets!

"Man, I hate the f***ing eagles!"

Thanks!

I've got my 1x15 on the floor, angled up towards me at the moment. This angling is achieved with various textbooks. It keeps falling down when I abuse my low end. Which I like to do. It's a pretty light cab (flitesound ultralite, to be precise). Any recommendations for a good stand/angler?

You guys really know your stuff. Hats off gentlemen!

Nuffink for me.

Thanks!

It's well weapon!

Small but perfectly formed. Thanks for sharing!

[quote name='ARGH' post='51857' date='Aug 28 2007, 05:50 PM']Chris Leckie did state that Mani was the best White bassist he had ever worked with.[/quote] Who's Chris Leckie? I fookin love Mani. I was kinda joking and kinda not with that post. On the one hand, stick Mani on that stage with that soft-sounding fancypants bass and tell him to jazz woodle and he'd probably be stuffed. Maybe. So not really 'Berklee material'. On the other hand, consider how many records he's sold and how may booties he's got moving on various dancefloors across the past two decades, and he'd annihilate any cerebral jazz-master out there. XTRMNTR is one of my favourite albums for bassin' it up. And Burpster - I really don't think she's flaunting her sexuality. She's wearing jeans and a T-shirt. It's not as if she's dressed like Tia Carrera in Wayne's World.

Has anyone ever covered Love Will Tear Us Apart and had it not sound horrible? Ain't possible, I tells ya. There's a toe-curling effort from U2 on Youtube. Know your role, Bono!

I use the USB out of my POD xt live into Garageband, and I make simple beats with Reason. Easy as pie! The only problem I have with garageband is that when I plug the POD in, it defaults to using that as both audio Input (what I want) and Output (which I don't because it causes all sorts of horrendous feedback). Easy as pie, though, and I can record anything that can be plugged into the POD (bass, mic, Nintendo DS etc etc etc)