mike257

Haha, just realised the OP was posted in 2007 - that's a big bump up it got from the fella above me!

Hi Steve, got a topic here, give me a shout if this interests you: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/151328-rock-bassists-in-liverpool/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/151328-rock-bassists-in-liverpool/ [/url] Mike

I've rarely used them, bar a bit of drive now and again. I used to go through love/hate phases with pedals for my bass, and just as I got into my last 'love' phase, I joined a band where they were totally inappropriate. I've never felt like I couldn't get by without them though - the drive pedals are just a nice touch here and there, and I think I've found one song with a sensible use for the CryBaby in about the last three years, and I've never [i]ever[/i] gigged it! It's mostly used for playing Rage Against The Machine songs in the practice room Now that I'm playing guitar though, I'm already being sucked into severe pedal GAS, planning multiple loops and switches everywhere. Time to book some tap-dancing lessons!

I'll have the patch leads mate. Any idea how long the guitar strap is? I could do with a realllly long one, due to liking my guitar at crotch height and being 6ft 2! Drop me a line anyway, I'll defo have the patch leads if they're still going

Played one of these in Cash Converters in Liverpool [i]years[/i] ago - given the location, it could well be the same one!

No experience of them directly, although I find it hard to see how it's going to take a stereo mix of a load of polyphonic instruments and extract any sensible MIDI data from them. I would think that the best you'll get is an approximation of the most prominent tones/percussive attacks that you will have to edit yourself afterwards to bring it into line with the source material. I've just been and read a couple of the websites offering these tools, and they do state you'll need to edit the results yourself. Might be easier to just hunt for some existing MIDI files on t'internet rather than trying to convert from another format.

Guy at Ashdown is ace, sent me out a replacement footswitch for my Hyperdrive free of charge, even though it was well past its warranty period. Mind you, it broke again, so I've just bought myself a heavy-duty one - so cheapo parts, but top customer service!!

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1317083847' post='1386607'] In ear monitors? [/quote] Better monitoring is a good shout - even if you don't want to stretch to running an in-ear setup, a powered wedge in front of you with a feed from your amps line-out will probably be a huge step in the right direction, without impacting too much on the sound out front.

I checked out the La Cabronita guitar a while back, with a view to building one similar for an old bandmate. I can't fathom what they're charging so damn much for - even if its the highest quality components, there just aren't that many components in it! The price of exclusivity, it seems.

Dan's just become the proud new owner of my Peavey T-40. He's a model basschatter, great comms, easy and hassle-free transaction - utmost confidence that I'm dealing with a proper gentleman. I'll have to buy the man a pint next time I'm in Cardiff! Enjoy the bass mate, she's a beauty!

I'm also having difficulty changing mine - the picture I'm stuck with was my 'profile' pic on the old BC, not my avatar. I'd updated my new BC settings to sync my facebook picture - this was appearing with my profile but not my posts. I've tried to upload a new picture from my PC instead, with the same results. Am I to be saddled with that gormless picture from 4 years ago being next to my posts forever?

A bump for this. Who wants to play some massive riffs and come and make friends with our kick drum? Sign up here!!

Haha, fair do's mate, viva la difference! I think there's a big Line6 M13 on there, and a DL4 too - too much tap-dancing for me with all that. I've always liked the driven bass tone he gets with the Grabber/SVT, think the guitarists have some lovely sounding setups too.

It seems a bit over the top for a young band finding their feet. I've probably been in bands where the same kind of thing has been said when I was younger - as soon as some people get a handful of gigs under their belt, they think that's it and they're going straight up to the big time. Has anyone in the band been regularly cancelling/missing practices? There needs to be a degree of flexibility and everyone, even the most serious pro-level bands, has lives outside of the practice room - jobs, studies, families, relationships - and turning up to practice can't [i]always[/i] be the sole most important thing, even when you want it to be. I've got a full time job, two kids (and another on the way) and I also do band transport in my big van, there's plenty of occasions where I've had to move things round and as a band, we just accomodate each other. We're in the practice room twice a week, but if we have to miss the odd one, we aren't going to suddenly suck. I think your guitarist friend needs to take a step back and get some perspective on things. If one person regularly causes a problem, then it might need addressing with them, but if it's just real life occasionally getting in the way, then that's something he'll have to get used to!

Thrice are doing a live set and interview online here: [url="http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/001242981117924"]http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/001242981117924[/url] New album stuff sounds amazing, and even if you're not a fan, there's some lovely Gibson Grabber + SVT bass tone going down, get over there!

Not so much recently, but over the last few years they've all had turns as the 'main bass' depending on the gig. The Stingray has always been my 'go-to' for my punky/rocky/heavy stuff, the T-40 covered a stretch I did with a more classic-rock type band, and the Sandberg got strung up with flats and spent two years as my #1 for an alt-country/americana band. The modded Squier came out for a few with that band too, usually when I needed rounds for a bit more balls on certain tunes. I [i]could[/i] have used one bass for all of those gigs, the Sandberg and the T-40 being the most likely to stretch across them all, but I love my 'ray too much not to keep using it. Oh, almost forgot..... the Jazz copy I won in the basschat charity raffle a few years ago takes pride of place in the music room as my 'playing at home' bass, although it's been souped up with a few mods and done a gig or two as well. The rest of them stay at the practice room full-time. I think you can do it all with one bass, but it's nice to have choices - even the finest meal in the world would lose some of its shine if you had to eat it every single night

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1316439236' post='1377989'] MX1 P/ MM yellow colour . Relive the youth [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260856653344?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1438.l2649[/url] My first one was an Arbor too. white beat up but good. [/quote] Haha, that's IT! If it wasn't so far south, I'd think it was the same bass. Good find, sir!

I used to have a pair of Stingrays and take them both out gigging - they probably saw as much use as each other, it was nice to change up my colour scheme every once in a while! If you want it, and you can afford it, then why not - we all know you're a bass hoarder, so you'll do it regardlessof what anyone says on this here thread If you ever change your mind and decide you don't need it, you've got some nice trade-in collateral for the next toy, just go for it!!

The day I became a bassist was when my mates dad loaned my his Arbor series that he had hanging on the wall. It was a grim yellow-gold kind of colour, with a P and an MM, no scratchplate and a RW board. A picture I just found that is far too embarrasing to share with you lot tells me it was an Arbor MX1 series, if that means anything to anybody! Anyway, it did teenage me well for a few months until I bought myself the Squier Affinity that still sits in my rack today - used to take them both out gigging so that I could have one in standard and one in drop-D, thinking I was dead professional-looking!

Don't know if it's been mentioned, but I'm already missing the quick-jump drop down that used to live at the bottom right of the page, that was my favourite way of skipping around the forum when I'd read my way to the bottom! Looking good though, big pat on the back for Ped and co, still getting my bearings!

Don't know if it's been mentioned, but I'm already missing the quick-jump drop down that used to live at the bottom right of the page, that was my favourite way of skipping around the forum when I'd read my way to the bottom! Looking good though, big pat on the back for Ped and co, still getting my bearings!

Bumpski - still hunting for a solid, tight, groove-orientated bass player who will forge a beautiful unison with our drummers right foot. The ability to count to numbers that aren't 4 or 8, such as 3, 5, 7 and 9, is also needed. If you can sing backing vocals then you get an extra scoop of ice-cream with your pudding.