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[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1317046434' post='1385889']Come on chaps. This is a server side load related intermittent issue. Give the guys a break, it will resolve when the migration is complete.[/quote] That's my point. Only a tiny percentage of the BC user base who have bothered to trawl through this thread know this. The rest just think it's slow and occasionally unusable. The key is to get out there and tell everyone to bear with it. The horse has bolted, though...

FWIW, it's hurtling along for me at the moment on laptop and iPhone (with the exception of laggy text input on the phone). As it seems to be related to the load on the DB, surely it would be easier to put something at the top of the page to say 'Please be patient while the new site completes the upgrade' or similar? I know I keep mentioning this, but it seems like a quick win - people are assured it's acknowledged and in-hand, and Ped & Co. stop getting nagged about the performance.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1317035282' post='1385634'] Anyone can play loud, playing quietly and still getting the feel across is what seperates the men from the boys. [/quote] This.

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The speed is still a bit up'n'down for me... it's usually fairly snappy but every now and then it gets tied up in a knot. Far, far, better than it's been, though!

All done! Turns out it was two songs for a DVD soundtrack. That's all I know at the moment. For speed I just DI'd my P into the desk, and let the plugins do the work. Joe's vocal isn't on there yet, but the tracks are sounding good so far... I'm looking forward to hearing the finished things.

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1316937469' post='1384450'] Stolen? Who has it? [/quote] Rod would love to know...

[quote name='bigbottomend' timestamp='1316936967' post='1384446'] The overall design [/quote] That's not really very helpful. Text too small? Pages to bright? Confusing navigation? None of the above?

[quote name='bigbottomend' timestamp='1316936809' post='1384444'] Shame, well unless theres a theme option to view as it was then you lost me on a regular basis [/quote] Specifically what part(s) of the new design are you struggling with?

Ah, my specialist subject. Here's the lowdown on that bass, from Rod himself. [quote name='Rod Clements']The tone I was trying for never changed much, and the closest I got was on the old '61 Precision. It had serial no. 63325 and I bought it second-hand in London for about £80 in 1968. It would be worth thousands now. It was originally salmon pink, quite chipped & worn when I got it, and after I'd had it a few months I stripped the paint off back to the wood, as was in vogue at the time (inspired by John McVie of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers & later Fleetwood Mac) - solid guitars were not sold in natural finish then. Not long after, I saw Joe Cocker's Grease Band with Chris Stainton on bass (before he changed to piano) and was astounded to see him playing a bass much the same as mine - but with no frets! So I prised the frets out of mine with a screwdriver, filled up the slots with plastic wood and sanded and polished the fingerboard. This is definitely NOT recommended, but somehow it worked, and the fretless sound became a bit of a trademark for me. I also removed part of the scratchplate and stained the body in a dark oak colour. So that's how the bass was when I did those recordings and appeared with it on OGWT. However, it wasn't particularly easy to play and by this time I fancied something different, so I got a Rickenbacker and had it converted to fretless. Though I used it through Jack The Lad and for a short while after, it wasn't a great success and I was soon back to a Fender - an off-the-peg fretless Precision, In the meantime, I had left Jack The Lad and their new bass player asked if he could borrow my old '61, which I had had re-fretted. While they had it, it got stolen and I never saw it again. [/quote] Rod is a great, great underrated player, responsible for some of the best tones there ever has been, IMO.

..forgot to add - if you do, select 'Since my last visit' instead. That'll fix it.

Do you have 'Content I have not read' selected on the left-had menu on the New Content page?

Davy.... What kind of tone and EQ features etc. are you looking for?

I get the same thing - there's quite a few threads in there I've never seen in my life. I wonder if I've clicked somewhere to 'follow' them? I don't think I have....?

Another recommendation for the Zoom H2... love mine.

Cheers, Ped & co.!

Truth is, notifications is broken. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1316595150' post='1380006'] If it hasn't been requested already, I'd love a darker theme, it's a little bright in here [/quote]

Morning Ped Yep - it's definitely quicker today. I appreciate what you're saying about 'new content', but I'm still hoping IP get the notifications fixed ASAP, so it works like a forum is supposed to...!

Quick! Someone register www.basschatchat.co.uk!

Am I imagining it, or do the thread lists now have a subtle grey background that they didn't used to have? It's much easier on the eye.. thank you.

[quote name='krazy_olie' timestamp='1316545869' post='1379551'] Guessing you get on with yours? [/quote] Very much so! I'd be happy to use it for small gigs with a quiet drummer. It's got a hell of a lot of authority for such a small box.

The Promethean head (and cab, for that matter) are indeed top notch. The only thing to bear in mind with the Promethean combo is that it's small, and while it pushes the boundaries of the laws of physics, it doesn't actually break them. What kind of situations would you be using it in?

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1316529084' post='1379237'] Gilmour at his very best IMO. [/quote] That riff he plays at the end of Sheep is one of his finest moments, IMO.

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1316522758' post='1379098'] Very slow for me as well but i understand why. [/quote] Me too. Adding a little message to the header at the top of the page ('The site is currently running slowly - please bear with us') would help spread the word and ease frustration, I think...