Twigman

I have the Puma900....it's very clean compared to a Streamliner.... no grit in the pre. I thought I had a very clean sound but I'm now on the hunt for a subtle valve pedal... If you go to the Puma then you'll likely be doing the same before long, i suspect.

There must be 100s of artists in my 'blind spot'.....I'd say there's way more in my blind spot than I'm actually aware of. Having been to public school I made a concerted effort to avoid prog rock - in the 70s prog rock was the staple of the public schoolboy. Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, ELP etc etc all got DELIBERATELY overlooked and these days I still can't see the attraction. i watched a documentary the other night (was it on Sky Arts or BBC4 perhaps?) about the history of Genesis...nope didn't get it.... I avoid metal of all types.....I just don't find much musical about turning the gain up to 13 and head banging oneself into a brain injury. Rap - nope - apart from the fact that I can rarely make out a word, it all sounds the same (am I becoming my Dad?) Country - nope never on my radar Funk - there's the odd bit of funk in my collection - yes I can appreciate the rhythmic side of it...but I don't have enough rhythm to play it so I suspect I'd just get frustrated listening to it. Soul - soul seems to be very popular round where I live...all the ladies round my way seem to like a bit of Luther VanDROSS ....I can't stand the sickly sweetness of it all and wish i could find where all the indie chicks hang out. Where do the indie/goth chicks hang out in Dunstable?

Whoever got the PJ for €35 got a bargain http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_pj_4_htr_deluxe_series_deko.htm

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1452599556' post='2951423'] anyone who earns more money from music than they have spent on their equipment can be described as professional. [/quote] Some years that would be me. However I'm pretty sh*t and could only ever do what i do in the band that i'm in.

Surely by definition the only criteria is whether you get paid for it or not. Ability is irrelevant.

I have never been influenced to purchase any bass because somebody else uses one. I really don't understand that mentality. Who is influenced to buy a bass because so and so uses one?

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1375455916' post='2161695'] I will not be using them at the same time...the MidgetT would be for rehearsals in the car....the S12T would be for gigs in the van Edit: unless I find a way to get an S12T in a GT86 (plus at least one bass, a head, a pedal board and all the other gubbins required)....in which case I will not need a MidgetT Found this pic of a Marshall 2x12 in the boot of a GT86...hmmm i wonder if a S12T is any bigger? [/quote] Answer for anyone that might be interested is that a Barefaced S12T does not fit in the boot of a GT86....so I bought myself a supermidget for when i want to drive the 86 to rehearsals......contemplating swapping the S12T for a gen3 Compact for a more flexible rig....

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1452514215' post='2950601'] I'm guessing it's American for "is your car reliable?". [/quote] [quote name='blue' timestamp='1452516621' post='2950648'] And You guessed right. When your offering someone a job with money it's a completely reasonable question. Blue [/quote] I once had a job interview where the interviewer (MD of the company) asked "What colour car do you drive? And what make is it?" It turns out he was the only person with a non-silver car allowed to park in the spaces in front of the building thus if one's car was anything other than silver you weren't allowed in the company spaces...oh and he insisted on everyone's car being German. He said it was something to do with the company's image. Despite not meeting these criteria I still got the job but was banned from parking in front of the building and had to park several yards away.

The whole of side 2 of Low

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1452277538' post='2948498'] If you had a go at learining those bits little by little, one at a time you'd probably have as much music theory as a large majority or players, feel more confident and equipped to play with others and to follow songs and song sheets. [/quote] I've got all of those things, have done for years....but put a chord sheet in front of me and I'm screwed.....tell me we're going to jam in Eb minor or whatever and I can do it.....it's the knowing insinctively which notes make up the chord from just the chord name that I struggle with - yes I know the notes in the std major and minor triads but tell me to play a diminished chord or an augmented chord or a subtonic or supertonic or a thirteenth flat ninth or a lydian and I haven't a scooby doo.

Aye that they are!

An overwound P pickup and a graphite neck would be my advice

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1452248670' post='2947958'] Two channels and 2.67 ohms? That ticks a lot of boxes for me [/quote] Me too.....but can I justify replacing the Puma?

http://basschat.co.uk/user/22897-mark-david-phillips/

[quote name='itsmedunc' timestamp='1452168048' post='2947152'] If there was such a fellow as "He-who-must-not-be-named", I would suspect that he was a Basschat member and may have been a tad irked at some of the comments about his work... [/quote] Well perhaps he should've taken heed and stopped ripping off punters stupid enough to part with cash for his abortions

[quote name='samtindal' timestamp='1452161301' post='2947040'] I'm also finding it difficult to find a UK store that supplies Tecamp gear! Especially the Puma 300 [/quote] Bass Direct

I played at white trash a couple of years ago at the drop dead festival 2012...... Ate too much in the restaurant upstairs

Most of my gigs are fly aways so I only take the 1. I have four and a half basses at the moment .

https://www.facebook.com/events/292241987566583/ We (Sad Lovers & Giants) are having a rare UK show at The Garage London On Saturday March 5th supported by The Danse Society (remember them? ) and Lost Garden (ex members of Comsat Angels) It should be a good night if you're into that kind of thing.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1452026012' post='2945717'] Most drummers will be able to write out a part...I can't think of many people I know/play with who don't have some sort of musical education. [/quote] You've got to be kidding me....I don't think my drummer can even write, let alone write out a part - I jest....he readily admits he hasn't a clue what he's doing, he doesn't count (!!) ...he'll look at us blankly when we suggest he does something on the 4 , for example....yet he's been drumming 40odd years and the band (which he claims is his, as he's the only member who's been in it for its entire existence) has 8 albums. I don't think any of us can read music. We can tell the difference between a straight major and a minor...but start talking modes and we're all staring blankly like a drummer. I do have to think if it's suggested I play a flat7 ...but then again nobody ever suggests that as nobody uses that terminology. We just do what sounds 'right'. My Dad is a classically trained pianist and organist and choir master with a very good ear. He complains that our music never seems to 'stay in key' for long and has rather more atonal 'harmonies' than he thinks is proper..... It doesn't seem to have done us any harm.

Warmoth Mighty Mite Allparts Any of the 'Fender licensed' manufacturers will fit. Edit: provided you're looking at a 'round heel' pocket. They don't all make the old square heel type.

[quote name='ordep' timestamp='1451916624' post='2944534'] [font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4]hah, meine TecAmp ist Deutsch too. [/size][/font] [/quote] [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1451916386' post='2944528'] Ian, that TecAmp PUMA 900 you have. Is it German ? [/quote] ja mein ist Deutsch auch

Mine are called: The JV the yellow one the green one the black one HTH

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1451557607' post='2941452'] Beware though ... it's a one-way ticket. [/quote] You say that but I migrated to flats decades ago....but these days play half rounds, so I'm part way back to rounds.