wateroftyne

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1321395397' post='1438747'] It's confirmed to be fixed in the new update which is out now, so I'll have to see about getting it installed ASAP... Thanks ped [/quote] Hi Ped Is there also a fix for the opposite problem - i.e. notifications for every reply, do you know? Ta!

[quote name='pickle' timestamp='1321378264' post='1438474'] what are they? [/quote] http://bit.ly/sr2RFs

You can have some of my notification emails... I get millions of the buggers.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1321302630' post='1437611'] Maybe it is because I am a very hard player, but the top two on every Precision I have ever played have just wimped right out on me & I have had this discussion with many other Precision players over the years. [/quote] I don't really know what to say to that. I've had a number of P's over the years, and they're consistently the most even basses I own. Maybe it is a technique thing, or, as has been mentioned, make sure the pickups aren't too low or too high. Is your action particularly low? Could the strings be choking when you dig in?

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1321301679' post='1437592'] And my question is: In the intervening period, has anyone come up with a pickup, or a set of strings, or a bridge, or whatever that actually gets all four strings sounding even yet? [/quote] It's not really a known issue...?

It looks like this:

Hmmm... I can see it being used as a coward's way of disagreeing with someone without justifying it.

I only have experience of the Franklin (two, actually!) and they were both gorgeous tone machines. Extremely high quality.

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1321196933' post='1436291'] The general vibe seems to be that the E sting has a nice short run from the nut to the tuner, at a nice break angle downwards. The D and G strings go through the string retainer to produce the same angle downwards. the poor old A string is orphaned,with a longer run to the tuner than the E and with no retainer to maintain the angle of the dangle,leading to tuning and nut jump problems.(allegedly). [/quote] Ah, fairy nuff. I never cut the strings, so they are shoved right to the bottom of the trees. As a result, my A's have a nice healthy break angle. Angled headstock? Schmangled Schmeadstock.

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1321196335' post='1436282'] It would seem to be a simple ploy to equalise the break angles, rather than fix any inherent problem with said break angle... [/quote] Is there an inherent problem with the break angle? I'm genuinely confused...

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1321184317' post='1436119'] The problem of what to do with all those little bent bits of scrap metal they have lying around on the factory floor at Fender I guess. [/quote] Bridges, you mean?

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1321183785' post='1436109'] Apparently it's a retainer for the A string. Do try & keep up. [/quote] I get that.. but what problem does it fix?

Can someone tell me what it is and what it fixes, please?

I have no idea what this is about. What is this fatal flaw that I haven't noticed in 25 years of totin' a P at gigs?

[quote name='BottomEndian' timestamp='1321048603' post='1435004'] Edited for Ou7shined's perspective. [/quote] Whoops... I was holding my atlas upside-down. Apologies to Ou7shined for the lazy assumption.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1321028102' post='1434592'] How much artistic licence is allowed/expected with a gig like this? I find it immensely encouraging yet strange that given the technology available the they actually employed real live musicians for a track like this. [/quote] Generally I can play anything I like as long as it fits the track. They're always fairly relaxed sessions and we all trust each other. I know what you mean re: your other point, but there's always quite a lot going on with 'real' musicians up here. I don't know whether it's stubbornness or what... ha ha. It's a good scene and a nice set-up.

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1321016319' post='1434375'] Apart from a (probably/hopefully wrong) feeling that the singer sounds like he couldn't possibly have written that lyric, that is an excellent quality recording and mix, really great performances and a nice song! The bass sounds really nice, warm and rich, perfectly suited to the song. That actually sounds like a band. Very impressive mate! [/quote] You're spot on - it's actually a Jimmy Nail lyric. He's qualified to write it. It's a great studio - the best in Newcastle IMO. Really happy with the bass tone. DI'd via one of those magic plug-ins.

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1321014355' post='1434345'] Sounds good lovely tone on the bass on there [/quote] [quote name='algmusic' timestamp='1321014275' post='1434343'] Nice playing mate... I can't stand them, but your playing is really good.. who else was on the session? assuming you saw them [/quote] Cheers, folks! The drummer and guitarist are regular buddies of mine who have been in the biz for years. I love playing with this drummer - he's awesome. We lock in really well. Mrs. WoT played accordion.

Finally got a mix of the tune: [url="http://soundcloud.com/wateroftyne/bigriver-mp3"]http://soundcloud.com/wateroftyne/bigriver-mp3[/url] (I'll leave this up for a couple of days and then I'll pull it)

[quote name='steverickwood' timestamp='1320936391' post='1433419'] I don't know about autotune on show of Hands DVD [/quote] Marathon - I had it on in the background, while I was doing something else, and I thought... WTF is that? It jumps right out. No idea why - there was never anything that bothered me on the VHS.... Incidentally, Marathon on the TM Blu Ray is awesome. Strange watching him play it on a Jazz. It's just so... Wal.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1320916448' post='1432989'] not being a studio tech expert but...does anybody else get the same impression as me that the fluctuations in the voice (especially the SOR clip) sound like auto-tune struggling to track correctly ? [/quote] Hmm.. I think that's just how he sounds. Mind you, they've used it before - The Show Of Hands DVD is autotuned to hell in some parts.

[quote name='steverickwood' timestamp='1320911221' post='1432943'] I just got the dvd - The performance is vibrant and as for sound, well, everyones a sound guy these days aren't they? Like everyone at a football match knows 'what the manager needs to do'.. [/quote] Dunno if that was aimed at me, but my comments were based on the CD. I'll have the Blu-Ray and day now, and I'd expect (hope) the mix to be a lot better, as they generally are. Going back to the CD - I'll revise my opinion slightly based on listening to quite a bit of it in the car on the way to work this morning. Not very scientific, but... Anyway, IMO... Ged's bass tone is the best recorded tone he's had in years. The Camera Eye sounds great. Less fizz, more growl. I was never a fan on Alex's big fat Gibson tone, but the guitar on the CD is much more defined than it has been recently. So, apart from the horrible reverb they've used, my main beef is with the compression. Because of that, I'll probably only listen to it a handful of times before i get bored of it. Like I say, hopefully the Blu-Ray will redeem it...

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1320890103' post='1432913'] Presto was the last album I truly love. Thought most of Roll the Bones and Counterparts was dull, although I still love Cut to The Chase. Test for Echo makes me cringe now, but I did like a lot of it when it came out. After that they lost me really. Although I buy all their albums out of some sort of duty. [/quote] I feel pretty much the same way, although I think RtB and Counterparts are OK. Their weakness since then, IMO, is that they've stopped writing [i]songs.[/i] Now it's just a lumpy collection of riffs cobbled together in ProTools, with Geddy shoehorning in a melody almost as an afterthought. Some of the phrasing sounds so forced. Also, what happened to the classic instrumental breaks? Y'know - Freewill, Camera Eye, Marathon, etc. etc. etc? And why doesn't Geddy write great bass parts anymore? And why are Alex's solos so contrived? But, like Silddx... it's Rush, so I'll buy their records anyway.

Nothing technical, it's just to my ears it sounds flat and lacks dynamics. But then, so do so many releases these days.