uncle psychosis

I'm not sure he counts as either unrecognised or forgotten but I always hear a lot of Mike Mills in my own bass playing. Which is unsurprising, because I've long worshipped REM. What is a little bit odd about it, though, is that I only know how to play one REM song on the bass...so

[quote name='paulmcnamara' timestamp='1343288498' post='1748229'] Makes Nash basses look like a bargain? [/quote] Well, yes. But a huge portion of the price is because of the instruments collectability and history. You could get someone to make you a bass that looked, played, and sounded just like this one for a fraction of the price. But thats not really the point.

Would it be easier just to get a programmable Sansamp BDDI?

Might I suggest that Bass Chat adds a similar "grading table" to the classifieds forum rules? Might help sellers to clarify things a bit.

http://www.stringersmusic.com/our-services.html I've never used them, but stringers are in central Edinburgh and claim to do a hire service.

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1342856179' post='1741849'] My little un loves my guitars but is very careful around them. She's three now but I still love this pic. [IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d115/gafbass02/fff02bbb.jpg[/IMG] [/quote] That's a brilliant picture! :-)

[quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1342809497' post='1741430'] Thanks for all the feedback. I've looked into the ACS15s before and they seem pretty good, I just can't afford them right now. They're definitely next on my list though. Time to get saving! [/quote] Get yourself a pair of the £10/15 ones in the meantime. Well worth it.

[quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1342801608' post='1741272'] I've used cheap, crappy ones before and they make everything sound absolutely horrible and I just can't do it, no matter how hard I try. I'd love a set of moulded ones with decent filtering but they're a lot of money. Well, they're more money than I can spare anyway. [/quote] If you permanently damage your hearing then [i]everything[/i] will sound absolutely horrible [b]all the time. [/b] [quote]My other issue is that I find it really hard to 'get into' what I'm/the band is playing if it's too quiet and I often wonder if this would be the case with ear plugs or if I'm just being stupid. [/quote] You're just being stupid Seriously, though, after about five minutes of wearing mine (I have etymotic er20s) you're barely aware of wearing them. Everything still seems loud, just not so ridiculously painful.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1342712571' post='1739838'] Some are more equal than others. [/quote] True. Some of us are allowed to drive at 200mph because we're better than everyone else.

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1342699500' post='1739486'] ...and I'm the third most Guardianreadery member of Basschat, at least. [/quote] Hand in your Guardian Reader Card to the nearest police station please. As all [i]real[/i] Guardian readers know, there is no first, second etc when it comes to citizens. We are all equals.

I have absolutely no idea. What I do know, though, is that Fender Japan serial numbers don't always make sense. I used to have a CIJ telecaster (bought new, from a reputable shop) whose serial number seemed to contradict the info online, so its probably nothing to worry about. Hopefully someone with more info will be along in a bit...

Bass to Hartke VXL Bass attack to a mixer. PC line out, also to mixer. Mixer out to the line in on the PC Mixer headphones to my ears. Lets me practice silently, play along to music on my pc, and record my practice sessions if I want to.

[quote name='Sman1992' timestamp='1342559020' post='1737177'] So far I've just been playing around till I get the right sound I want just really wanted to kow a little more about it. My amp has middle, gain, low, high. Any help would be cool or even a link that would be sweet. [/quote] Gain, at the most basic level, is essentially just volume. But if you turn it up too much you'll get distortion (which may or may not be desirable). The middle, low, and high controls change the tone of the amp and are typically referred to as "EQ" (from "Equalisation"). A musical sound is made up of many different frequencies---typically from very low (the low B string on a 5-string bass is about 30Hz) to very high (several thousand Hz). You can modify the sound of your guitar by either boosting or cutting the level of different frequencies present. So, the low control allows you to increase/decrease the low frequencies, the high control allows you to increase/decrease the high frequencies, and the middle does the "middle" frequencies. How "low", "middle", and "high" are defined varies from amp to amp (on a graphic EQ typically the ranges are labelled) but they all do much the same thing. The best way to work out how EQ works is to use your ears. Turn all three to the middle of their range. Listen to how the bass sounds. Then turn the bass control right down and listen to what happens. Then turn it right up and listen. Listen to some points in between. Then, put it back to the middle position and repeat for the other two controls. Its interesting to note that EQing is not an exact science. What works in your house or the recording studio might not work on stage or when playing with a band. You just have to use your ears :-)

I used to play the flute (well, I guess I still do but I don't play regularly anymore). When I was a teenager, I played in a big band and for one gig we were doing a suite of music written specially for the band. In one of the pieces, there was a really tricky two bar passage in the flute part. When he was handing out the music, the composer spoke to me and said "yeah, look out for this part, its quite tricky, but I showed it to one of the flautists in the RSNO* and she said it was just about playable..." Needless to say it took me a few attempts to get even close to nailing it... *Royal Scottish National Orchestra

[quote name='slobluesine' timestamp='1342628425' post='1738251'] if this were Ebay i think i would get my cash back no problem [/quote] Not after a year you wouldn't ;-)

Sounds like you're both at fault from where I'm sitting. SidV shouldn't have described it as "new", because it wasn't. "as new" would have been wiser. Slobluesine should never have expected an item sold in a private sale via a forum to 1. Actually *be* new 2. Come with a warranty beyond "it should work when you get it" or 3. Be returnable a year later. Getting away from this situation for a second, the tendency of people to say things in the classifieds like "I bought this last month, but its not for me, so seeing as its basically new I want 90% of the new price for it" really gets my goat. Things can only be new once. Once something has been bought from a shop it is second hand, regardless of condition or age.

The shimverb looks awesome, has anyone got any clips of the shimmer mode?

Since I play guitar and bass I've always lusted after a bassman....mmm....

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1322166367' post='1447552'] Earlier this evening I visited a couple (my ex-wife and her hubby) who are both talented musicians (sax and piano). Their 8-year-old daughter was eager to perform her skills for me on clarinet and piano. She played faultlessly. I asked her parents how long she had been playing. Apparently since September. I thought she might have put in around an hour a night to reach her standard of playing. No...5 to 10 mins a night. [/quote] Yeah, but thats 5-10 minutes a night in the presence of two talented musicians, added to a lifetime of living with two musicians. If I lived with my bass teacher I'm sure I would progress at a massive rate.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1309965152' post='1294895'] Thanks! More coming soon... [/quote] I was googling Gus basses and it brought me back to this thread...so....erm.... *ahem*

Funds are tight? New baby? You sure you're not me? I bought a Hartke Bass Attack DI/Preamp. I use it for practising at home with headphones (through a mixer) but I can also use it to go straight to a PA. There are lots of similar solutions---Sansamp BDDI, Behringer BDI21, DHA vt1-eq-bass-drive, etc. If I were you I'd keep the WEM and get one of them.

I've got a trb 1005 and it's great. I'd second the comments that the preamp isn't the best, but it sounds great all the same. The neck is quite chunky, but I find it comfortable and I have small hands. I'd definitely recommend one.

Thanks guys. Can't quite decide if I like them or not! Sounds good though!