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Damn good indeed, it's very obvious listening to him just how much Jaco took from him.

[quote name='olliedf89' timestamp='1380231920' post='2222733'] But of course, sir. My favourite thing NIN has ever done is the Still EP. Also known as And All That Could Have Been Disc 2. Basically, if u want electronic pop stuff go Pretty Hate Machine. Aggression and industrial go to Broken and Downward Spiral. All out genius, ambient and aggressive The Fragile, With Teeth is more rocky and live orientated with Mr Dave grohl on drums. Probably my favourite. Year Zero is crazy heavy electronic synthy industrial. Absolutely nuts but not the strongest, same with The Slip and Ghosts for me. Hesitation Marks is the new one and is mostly electronic beats and synth orientated but still has some outstanding moments. I would start with The Downward Spiral and The Fragile followed by With Teeth. Haha hope that helps! [/quote] Lovely, cheers for that. I'm actually a big Telefon Tel Aviv fan so logically I should enjoy NIN what with Josh Eustis joining them recently.

Embarrassingly I know little about NIN beyond that my old guitarist was a fanatic about them. Anyone want to point me in the direction of the right place to star with Mr. Reznor? Pino's bass playing in that clip sums up everything I love about bass.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1379947494' post='2218562'] Boards of Canada. It sounds like Clement Freud doing the Magic Roundabout theme. f***ing depressing. [/quote] Heathen!!

Really liked Disclosure's album, very good for two young lads their age. Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 'II' is also excellent. [quote name='Lasermonkey' timestamp='1379896719' post='2218056'] For me, the clear winner is Tomorrow's Harvest by Boards of Canada. Absolutely love it to bits, [/quote] And this . My obsession with Boards of Canada lives on.

Daft Punk for me as well. Everything that made Daft Punk great diluted and misappropriated, the glory days of Homework and Discovery are long gone and one of my favourite electronic acts didn't deliver, largely for me because they used live musicians. Although words like 'melancholic' and 'minimal' have never been words I would ever associate with Daft Punk, basically the opposite in fact.

If the construction of the Rockbass is the same as when I had one about 10 years ago then the construction of the Korean stuff is far, far better.

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1379582494' post='2214343'] Crikey, HH? Am now fully sold. [/quote] I must say I'm looking interested now too. I'm thinking natural 5 string dual pup!

Pick playing is one of the most widely misunderstood and underestimated means of playing a bass. It requires a completely different skillset and a lot more concentration to play dynamically. I would probably say it's the least researched means of playing the instrument insofar as only a handful of people have pushed pick playing to its limits. Like this man [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rxYw7Y45Eo[/media]

I've largely been a passive bass guy but I do like both. Onboard preamps can be really hit or miss for me, which means I have to be careful going about picking active instruments. I hate sterile sounding preamps (pickups too) and like to be able to hear a bit of the tonal character as well as the actives working, kind of like a subtle mix. In short actives for me have to be musical. I also find an onboard mid control dialled in at the right frequency range to be really handy when I need it.

It sounds pretty MM to my ears, really nice playing too. I know his original Jazz had a Star preamp fitted by Roger Sadowsky, I guess an onboard preamp close to something like that would go some way to helping you out nailing the sound.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1379506995' post='2213446'] OK, then let's get this down to your level: TC say and sell it as m watts, when it isnt, its f watts run through a multiband limiter/(other assorted shenanigans) Glad to be of help. [/quote] Glad you could bring it down to 'my level', appreciated. My post was a little tongue in cheek, but beyond the sound and functionality of the amp I have no personal problem with the TC power ratings. I was aware of how the ratings worked before I purchased the amp in the first place.

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1379495155' post='2213238'] Nah TC say and sell it as n watts, when it isnt, its g watts run through a multiband limiter/(other assorted shenanigans) rather like a simple digital mastering cover all solution, in order to get a higher average level to peak ratio (think radio station broadcast limiter). The amp runs harder than a real n watt amp to achieve the same level as an n watt amp (by which I mean in achieving that same level the amp is running closer to its theoretical maximum more of the time - just look at the graphs in the pdf). Which may or may not worry you. It also means the transients are very definitely curtailed, and that is something you may be able to feel. I can honestly say the TC stack sounds really loud, possibly louder than my rig in fact, but I prefer the sound and feel of my rig (I had a day with my rig sat next to Charics - IIRC - at a previous bass bash, so this is a personal subjective impression of the two rigs suide by side for an extended period of time). I have no problem with that approach from an engineering point of view, if they said thats what they did, but in their initial push to market (anyone remember their bass 2.0 ads?) they kept this all very quiet. Any kind of limiting or compression is a form of distortion of the signal, and to claim they have 500, 1000, 1700 watts of [i]clean[/i] usable power is frankly a lie. Whether this is a negative thing is entirely up to you of course [/quote] All of which is totally over my head I'm afraid i don't deny that TC have fibbed, my point really being that I just don't care as the sound I get from the amp has always been great, noticeably so than a lot of other stuff I have used. Having said that I would like a TH500 right now with the new Berg CN212. Great sounding rig and the only thing I'd consider swapping out for right now.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1379452833' post='2212972'] That made for some interesting reading - thanks wateroftyne. Always amazes me how mfr twist their statements to make their gear look better than it sometimes is. Cheers Dave [/quote] TC stretch their statistics concerning wattage but I've actually never encountered a problem being heard with my RH750 head. I don't really understand these things too well either but it's as much about the assumption by others that watts = overall level as well as TC pulling the wool over the eyes a bit. TC stuff is largely complete quality in my experience.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1379316245' post='2211052'] [/size] Two handed tapping would have been my approach if I couldn't match the tempo with the octave jump. Makes perfect sense [/quote] It depends on the context and I would say the majority of the time, tapping is absolutely not the way to approach lines like this one. It's actually making me shudder a bit! It's a case of grabbing a metronome, slowing things right down and gradually speeding things up until it becomes unmanageable again, at which stage drop the tempo back and repeat. There isn't a quick way to get round straight forward, good old fashioned practice and stuff doesn't happen overnight! EDIT - just grabbed my bass to see how I do it, index finger on the lower note, index + middle on the octave.

My old Lakland Darryl Jones had one of the slimmest neck profiles I've used. My preference is for something a bit chunkier nowadays though!

Looks like the kind of instrument almost completely unusable for most things I do. And I absolutely love it, badly want one!

I'd have no problem with the scenario you've described as a buyer, providing there had been excellent communication between both parties, which is usually where the problems start with stuff like this.

I've not tried the Blacksmith but it looks great. They're hand built in Demark too. I've got the RH750 which is the same to an extent, less power and made in Thailand. The sound of it truly is brilliant, an insane amount of power too.

You need to be running Mountain Lion, only works on certain laptops (more recent Pros, my Air) and more up to date iPads/iPhones.

[quote name='Lowender' timestamp='1379080072' post='2208468'] One important lesson I've learned over the years -- [b][i]"Work on your weak points, but concentrate on your strong points. " [/i][/b] [/quote] This is excellent advice. I'm at a position where I can appreciate my shortcomings. I play regularly dep for a band where their main bass player is insanely gospel orientated, listening to him can be truly mind boggling and inspiring, but the other lads in the band have commented on my economical way of playing and how much they love it when I dep. Trying to mirror the other guy's bass playing here would be the mistake because whilst I love gospel, it's not been the main focus of my learning over the years. I like the bass player I am now, but I also love the continuous learning as a bass player.

He's been on my radar for a while now. A phenomenal bass player, a great feel for the instrument.

I love my P-Bass and I love Stingrays as well. Very different sounding instruments (obviously) and I think a lot of people's ears are familiar with the tones that a P-Bass can offer due to it being probably the most recorded electric bass guitar of all time. A lot of people just gravitate towards the sound. Now that I have a P-Bass though I'm looking for a Stingray again. I did own a 5 stringer that I bought off Gust0o^^ but I'm after a pre-EB this time around.

It's actually pretty common. When I first got bought a bass my dad asked his left-handed guitar player if he should get my a right or left-hander (I'm a lefty). He said to get him a right, due to the fact that there would be many more options when it came to choosing instruments. So I got a right-handed instrument and that's the way I learnt, it's been 12 years now. Playing left handed is completely alien to me.

[quote name='tedmanzie' timestamp='1378914628' post='2206457'] I don't particularly love the sound of TI's (which to me is very middy), but if I try ANY other strings I get immediate tendon problems in my left arm. I really liked the sound of LaBella 760FM but even at drop D they were too high tension. I'm cautious about throwing any more money at flats as it seems like TI's are lowest tension out there. I must agree with BigRedX though - they appear to be low tension (to press to the fret) but the actual twanginess (which I think is compliance) seems fairly high? [/quote] TI Flats are the lowest tension strings I've used period. Just not to my tastes. I don't have as much of an issue roundwounds being lower tension, in some cases I prefer it but with flats it seems unnatural. I get why people like the TI's though, they just don't sit with my more traditional taste in flats. Have you tried La Bella 760FL's? Lower tension than the FM's which are incredibly high, sound amazing. Still not great perhaps if you suffer from bad wrists though. Status Hotwires measure about the same too.