JackLondon

Hi Guys, I've been a bit fussy recently with the tuner on my GT10-B so I was thinking about buying a rack mounted tuner. Are they any good ? If yes which one would you say is the piece for the job ? Any advice greatly apreciated Budget : No more than £120-ish Cheers Jack

WOW That's a lot of info to take in but I shall make yo all proud make your effort count and put all the above to practice Thanks guys for all the input and taking the time to asnwer this post Being on the subject of effects, I know some people are fans of them and some not so much. I like effects as long as it's not too much so what would you suggest for good funky sounds ? I always find that a subtle addition of octaver gives a lot of liquid sounds to my ears I've got a GT10-B so my possibilities are endless so fire away

I just tried my Compact with GK 1001 RB II I don't think that words can describe it WHAT A SOUND!!! WHAT A VIEW !!! [attachment=25299:Barefaced.JPG]

[quote name='51m0n' post='489004' date='May 15 2009, 03:51 PM']Eeeek, I must really bang on about this. Sorry :blush:[/quote] It's not that It was one of your recordings that you've put up on the forum that made me think : WOW I realy do like that With regards to slapping I don't like it that much to be honest but my guitarist thinks that slapping=funk. I do have one song that I've done using a basic combination of slapping and tapping which is quite funky in the eyes of the whole band but I'm not planning on using it in many songs. It's just not my thing and trying to do it on a 6-string is a challenge in itself Cheers for the advice guys I shall get listening and I think my girfriend will have enough of funk after this weekend

[quote name='dannybuoy' post='488995' date='May 15 2009, 03:39 PM']There's a great book&cd on Amazon with all the best James Brown bass tabs plus backing tracks. Also, a P or J bass strung with flats going into an envelope filter and phaser will endow you with more funk than you can shake a stick at![/quote] Effects - Yes Fender-like bass - NO, NO, NO, NO

And to add to Barefaced : ''Trial period and returns policy We offer a fourteen day trial period from your date of receipt of the cab until your date of returned postage. Should you find your cab unsatisfactory in any way you have the right to return your cab undamaged for a full refund of both your purchase price and the outbound postage and packing charge. Should you not have to pay for return postage (maybe sending it through your employer's shipping facilities) we will not refund our own postage costs - this is not a free rental service! ;-) '' You can't go wrong wit this kind of promise from the man himself

[quote name='Stag' post='488735' date='May 15 2009, 12:01 PM']So thats +2 for Barefaced so far.... interesting...[/quote] I have a Compact and so far played 1 small gig with it through Ashdown Superfly head. Sounded amazing and loud enough to cut through the mix and fit with the drummer who is LOUD. Next Saturday I'm playing a bigger gig with a GK 1001RB II head and I expect great results from it. I haven't tried the Big One so I can tell how loud it will go but as far as I remember one of the owners said something along those lines ''You would have to be f*&king crazy to have 2 of them''

[quote name='Stag' post='488732' date='May 15 2009, 11:59 AM']Beer money = good[/quote] Well If you gor for Alex's Big One you'll have £149 left so quite a lot of beer money

[quote name='Stag' post='488707' date='May 15 2009, 11:46 AM']Ive been seriously considering buying a new cab. The one I have isnt quite loud enough... its a nice sound, but could just be a lil' louder (our drummer is a very VERY loud drummer). Henceforth I went looking for one, and found what I think would fit the bill. The price of said cab at a number of local (and online) retailers was £799. Not a small spend (I know a lot of you guys have your Aggies / Epi's etc that cost considerably more, but to me thats a fair bit of bunce gone out of back pocket) but I was prepared to do it... and hopefully cure any residual GAS for some time.[/quote] May I suggest looking at Barefaced cabs ? I've got a Compact from Alex and boy that thing is loud. And with this budget you'll be left with quite few quid for beer Jack

Hi Folks, First of all sorry to the mods if this is in the wrong place but I though it will best fit into this space Right, about a 8 months ago I've joined my band which can be found here [url="http://www.myspace.com/sugaforthehouse"]Sugar For The House[/url] It's a 4 piece with 1 guitar and the guitarist is quite genre disabled with funk which is a good thing for the band but not for me. To be honest it's the first time I've played anything ''funky'' and it proves a bit of dead spot for me. In my previous years I've been playing a lot of Heavy-ish Rock and then moved on to Heavy/Trash Metal so moving to a funk band was a bit of a shock for me. My question to you guys is how can I aproach my playing so I can literally ''Funk It Up'' I bought myself this book [url="http://www.musicroom.com/se/ID_No/035/details.html"]Funk Bass[/url] but most of it is slap based. I'm not the greatest fan of slap for 2 main reasons : 1. I find it hard to play on a 6-string which I play, 2. I think that funk can be played without going slap-happy. Whenever we write songs my basslines are kind of heavy orientated ( I can hear it so I assume other can as well) and some people say it's a good thing but I'm not convinced myself. I haven't been listening to loads of funk music in the past so I don't even have anything to be influenced from os maybe some of you can suggest where to start ? The only bands I've been listening to that have something to do with funk are RHCP and Infectious Grooves - This list is that short and I know this is a very open question but having listened to likes of 51m0n on this forum I know there's some of you out there who are funk inspired So to summarise and make it easier for answers : 1. What bands/bassist should I listen to to get a good feel for funk music and get some infuences 2. What exercises can I use to adapt my playing to have more feel for funk 3. Any pointers / links to where to start Any suggestions and help will be much apreciated. Cheers Jack

Cheers Alex

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' post='488444' date='May 15 2009, 06:55 AM']From the [url="http://barefacedbass.com/faq.html"]FAQ[/url]: S.P.[/quote] Yes but It would be cool to have it done with the logo etc. And there's no links that I can see so that's why I'm asking here

Hi Alex, I was wondering if you're planning on getting some covers for your cabs? I don't know if you had any other enquires about it but given that some customers would probably love to have a Barefaced cover, I would ! Jack

[quote name='peted' post='487533' date='May 14 2009, 08:05 AM']I obviously need to get myself to the Bass Merchant one weekend (no excuse as Colchester is just down the road now) If you're comparing the price of gear to the Bass Gallery website then you'll notice that all the prices on their site are the RRP. They claim to price-match if you can get it cheaper elsewhere, but I've only ever browsed in the Bass Gallery so far and haven't taken them up on that offer.[/quote] To be honest I didn't had the time to go down to the Gallery and got a price from Bass Merchant that I'm happy with anyway so no complaints here. For now there will be no more spending for me so I don't anticipate taking them up on the price match offer any time soon Jack

[quote name='alexclaber' post='486967' date='May 13 2009, 03:08 PM']That is really going to make some noise! Alex[/quote] Exactly, paired with The Compact should shake a bit of ground for me

Hi Folks, First time I've been doing some business with Bass Merchant in Colchester and what a service you get. Ordered a GK 700RBII which is out of stock but now paid up for 1001RB II + rack case and they even offered to put the head straight into the rack case. That's absolutely amazing and the price is unbeatable, the Gallery wants £250 more for the same head. Great service guys, keep it up. Cheers Jack

[quote name='JPJ' post='485499' date='May 12 2009, 12:33 AM']I'm really loving that top and I hope thats going to get a suitably deep high gloss finish too?[/quote] It's going to be dyed red and oiled/waxed and that's it. Should hopefully end up looking like this : [attachment=25089:fire.jpg]

A small update, The headstock veneers have been glued on... Redwood front and back, with thin black veneers in between [attachment=25084:jacksheadstock.jpg]

Not a lot but the scarf joint has been done and Jon said he'll have more pics this week. At the moment the headstock veneers are being glued on as well. [attachment=25032:jdscarf.jpg]

Well my money is deffinitely not going there, but for £430 it's not a fortune if it delivers what it says on the tin, problem is no reviews on them yet.

Hi, Anyone heard anything about these [url="http://www.bugera-amps.com/EN/products/BTX36000.aspx"]http://www.bugera-amps.com/EN/products/BTX36000.aspx[/url] Looks quite good for the price £430 Any thoughts ? Cheers Jack

[quote name='ARGH' post='460598' date='Apr 12 2009, 03:03 PM']We've been offered gigs in the Baltic states and Poland....later in the year..Germany has been mumbled about too. Still not too sure its going to come off though,but I dont know what to do...Im green on this sort of thing.[/quote] Let me know which cities in Poland and I can easily tell you what to go and visit And where to get good food and cheap Cheers Jack

Hi Guys, I've recorded some tunes with my band 2 weeks ago in Creekside Studios in London. If anyone has some opinions on that I will welcome it all god or bad. To quickly run through things, it was 8 hours recording time for 4 songs, each song had 3 takes and we've chosen the best takes, vocals and solo's wer overdubbed after that. My bass on the tunes is Ibanez BTB556MP running through Boss GT10B and directly into the desk, no amps and no DI. I'm pretty happy with the fulness of the bass as it was recorded in the stereo, the buzzing noise however drives me mad but 2 things contributed to this, I very much like to dig in when playin and I've foolishly have put a new set of strings with smaller gauge than usual the night before and I didn't had time to tweak the setup which gave me more buzzing than a hone factory. Anyway enough for now, check it out and let me know. [url="http://www.myspace.com/sugarforthehouse"]http://www.myspace.com/sugarforthehouse[/url] Cheers Jack

[quote name='urb' post='465091' date='Apr 17 2009, 02:59 PM']Beautiful man - nice to see a different/new name of bass around these parts - the curves are rather lovely and the top wood is scrummy... I look forward to seeing the end result. M[/quote] It is indeed but look closely at the bass in the back, this looks awesome as well Just a close up for the guys who like a nice top [attachment=23960:roundedwal1.jpg] I think it's quite stunning as well Cheers Jack