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How can a Yamaha Attitude LTD3 be 'un-Prog'? A toy bass compared to a Fender? I like Fenders but I can pretty much guarantee more thought when into a LTD3's design and was better made than 99% of Fenders. Show them this then tell them to shut up and stop being so ignorant. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C8uslX1R5g"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C8uslX1R5g[/url]

People with the same outlook and aims is absolute key and patience. Personally I've never found any mileage in going to jam nights, open mics or gigs (and I know a couple of people who run open mics). I've usually had to run the gauntlet of replying to ads or some word of mouth. Some have been fruitful but most haven't. At the moment I'm on the look out again for a band. I'm not someone who believes that doing something is better than doing nothing. I've done that before and been utterly miserable and fed up, once to the point I almost gave up playing completely. There's nothing rewarding in doing something you don't enjoy.

'Tis true, Ibby's lose value quicker than a Gary Glitter record collection . Criminal really as they're incredibly well made. If you can get a s/h one you'd get a bargain. I'm currently lusting after an SR1400 in blue

To get back to the topic An album needed to be released between Oct 1st 2015 and Sept 30th 2016 to qualify for this years award. Hence why Adele's 25 was put forward for the 2017 award and not 2016

Once they're on they stay on...

Most gear demos are bad, and that's being kind. I tend to only rate Ed Friedland and Dan's reviews. Unfortunately Ed seems to have stopped doing reviews.

They look great. Good choice

Interesting that if you go to the Trace Elliot webpage now the only products they have to show are the ELF and preamp pedals...nothing else.

They'll cost $99 each in the States, so probably the same in £s

It may only be 200w but as we all know, Trace watts are louder than everyone else's I'm happy to see TE actually bringing out something new, it's been too long. Hopefully they can regain some of that position they once had.

As it says in the title, Ampeg have put out two new preamp stompboxes. Will be interesting to see what price they pitch them at. [url="http://www.ampeg.com/products/pedals/splash.html"]http://www.ampeg.com/products/pedals/splash.html[/url] [url="http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2017/01/ampeg-debuts-two-new-ultra-affordable-stomp-boxes/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook"]http://bassmusicianm...medium=facebook[/url]

I have no preference when it comes to active or passive basses and own both (2 passive, 1 active/passive ). I do like basses that have active/passive switches, I like to have that option. One of my current basses used to be active and I ripped out the controls and changed it to passive. 3 reasons for this. Firstly, the pots were cheap and become worn out. Secondly, I couldn't source an active control unit that I was certain would fit the control cavity. And finally, something touched upon in the Scott Devine/Chris May video clip, one of the controls didn't work for me, it didn't cut/boost where I wanted. Batteries have never been an issue neither has the temptation to constantly keep adjusting the controls, I'm likely to do that as I am to the amp controls, in fact, a lot of the time I leave them flat on the bass. As for noise, the noisiest bass I've ever owned was a passive p bass, however, the second most noisy was an active J style. When it was noisy the preamp accentuated the problem. And I think in another Devine/May video Chris May explains that active isn't a guarantee of quiet and as such why Overwater use ghost coiling in J basses and proper shielding. My current go to bass is a Sire V7, which I tend to keep in passive mode. However, having read a couple of comments here at next band practice I'm going to use it in active and maybe slightly play around with its sweepable mid controls

Anything by Beck

Going back a little, Steve Vai and others occasionally turn up at the Lucky Strike LA. It's got a bit of a name but still not a big place and from the comments they just do it for the hell of it. WARNING: Contains naughty words [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik_2tlYB3K0[/media]

There are an increasing number of bands chasing a decreasing audience.

Experience/number of years chalked up doesn't tell you about a person's skill level, dedication, commitment, enthusiasm or a whole host of other things. One rule should apply, does the person understand what the role entails and what is required of them? Basically, can they do the job? The best 2 people I've been in a band with had the least experience of bands. They were head and shoulders above a lot of people I'd encountered who'd have vastly more 'time served'. I tend to avoid bands advertising for a bass player with experience. It generally turns out to mean "our bass player left 2 days ago, we have a gig at the weekend and want someone that knows our 30 song set...and there'll be no rehearsal". They're essentially call outs for a dep player, which I'm not.

Has anyone found any little gadgets, gizmos, sockets, plugs etc that can overcome the potential noise, buzzes, clangs, bangs etc you can get from daisy chaining effects pedals. I've only got 4 pedals, one of those is a tuner, and buying something like a Voodo Labs set up seems a bit ott. Ta

Loud guitarists in bands. 2 options 1. get rid of them. 2. leave yourself. People who play loud will always play loud, there's no point in trying to point out they need to turn it down however diplomatic you are, you're wasting your time. Move on or move them on.

I've just got a JOYO Dyna Comp pedal. For £30 it's very good.

I had one for a while. Pros: Packed full of effects and features. Very flexible, loads of patches you can make and switch off effects within patches. It's sturdy. Cons: Way to fiddly to actually make up patches. I just found it way too complicated to work with. I kept it a bit longer than I should really just for the auto-slap function which I found quite amusing.

I ordered the JOYO. It's a great idea, the pedal seems well made, the tuner is very good. It was also able to easily power my other pedals. However, it created a horrible buzz and hum. I assume it was a ground loop or similar emanating from the 9v2A power supply (although, because I didn't want to invalidate any guarantee, I didn't try another supply plug). Unfortunately I sent it back. It's a good concept, just didn't work out for me this time.

I played a festival last week and the bass player before me was using a Rumble 500 and after was using a MarkBass 121. The MarkBass sounded ok, nothing really wrong with, maybe a little uninspiring. The Rumble sounded great.

Nice bass, good choice fleabag. I gigged my V7 on Saturday. My band doesn't gig as much as I would like and I've been using my Squier P bass of late as I don't mind if that one gets a knock or two. From now on though I'll be taking the V7 whenever possible. It sounded great and was so much nicer to play. Love that bass. I'd say the guy playing for The Temptations was playing a V7. You can see the control plate has the 2 stack controls and there is a bit where you can just about make out the S on the headstock...then of course there is the headstock itself

Some seem to think it's an acceptable way to pad out a set. Personally I find it irritating, as much as a band member but also when watching a band.

"I don't mind just practicing once a week and just doing mate's parties". "I'm quite happy if we just make this a recording project".