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Music theory just baffles me after you get past the rudimentary stuff. Modes, for example, complete mystery. Keys, chord tones and some other little bits and bobs is my limit. But then I've never really been in a situation where knowing any more would have been helpful...other band members would have just looked at me blankly if I'd been asking more in depth stuff. It's a struggle to get guitarists to tell you what chord they're playing let alone anything else. I wouldn't want the gigs that require a better theory knowledge though, or the ones that require you to read, they just don't interest me. People like what I do, I get the gig. If it ain't broke...

I saw The Eskies play on Sunday night. It was at the Palladium Club in North Devon. They're a very good band. Good tunes and stage presence with a good bucket load of humour as well. I'd not even got around to listening to any of their material before the gig. They're a bit more difficult to desribe than my mate suggested. He just said they were like the Levellers. There are similarities but the Eskies are more tuneful and sort of musical. Excellent gig

Like Adam Clayton on prozac.

No one in my family played any instrument at all, apart from a couple of cousins who like me are all self taught types. None of the options, therefore, are really relevant to me.

It's difficult to say from the photos. The ones on ebay look like they have a shinny casing, the others textured. Saying that, i would assume they're the same. £37.99 is the RRP and JHS are the distributor for Wilkinson so will quote the RRP

I'll probably get around to watching it, when it's on DVD or out to rent. I like watching music documentary film things, even if I'm not a fan of the artist or band. For example, BBC4 had a doc about Kenny Rogers. I've never really listened to his material but the programme was very interesting. He's very driven to be good at whatever he does but is also very open minded musically. The part about his collaboration with Lionel Richie was good.

[quote name='Passinwind' timestamp='1474391271' post='3137641'] Depends on which early ones you mean. I had a 1210L that was all mids all the time, and then a 21012L that made tons of low bass and was pretty well balanced all in all. The 1210L was fantastic for one particular band situation at the time, but utterly hopeless at taking EQ if any other thing was desired. OTOH, the 21012L was great as long as you didn't ever have to move it. I never see Schro cabs around here any more though. [/quote] I've got the 1212l, with the angled baffle. It's quite mid heavy. I've tried two different amps with it and although those mids are still there the head does make a noticeable difference (the two heads were an Aguilar TH350 and an Ashdown ABM500. The Ashdown was less middy)

I use my Schroeder 1212L with an Aguilar TH350. At my last gig my set up wasn't going through the PA, however, the 2 guitars were (both 100w valve heads and 212 cabs) and so was some of the drum kit. The Schroeder did not get lost at all, quite the opposite, it could have been doing with backing off the volume. I was relying someone in the audience to gauge my volume, I chose a bass player, which was clearly the wrong choice . The venue was a good enough size, somewhere around the 250 capacity. It did its job well, maybe too well. Schroeders (the earlier ones) don't focus on deep bass tones, but then I've always rolled them out anyway so not a problem for me. At the festival we played before that I used a supplied Hartke LH500 and a Hartke AK410 cab. It was a very nice sound. The volume on the amp up around 2o'clock, so not a lot left.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1474372675' post='3137442'] All three of mine arrived this morning, had to sign for the package. The build quality isn't as good as my Snark - more plasticky and less rubbery - but overall not too bad. The battery cover is fiddly - FYI to undo it you have to turn it clockwise, which of course goes against years of knowing it should be the opposite. There is only one button - press to switch on, press again to toggle to your instrument of choice, 'B' being the obvious setting. In operation the tuner functions well and is accurate, or at least as accurate as my Snark, my Korg Clip and my FZone tuner pedal. I really like the colour LCD display and the 'clock-hand' pointer, which makes the actual tuning very easy. I also like the clip, which has a very strong spring. Too many clip-ons have weak springs. However I was unable to rotate the display to where I would have liked it (I prefer to mount the tuner behind the headstock), but using the thing on its side is no big hardship. In all I like it and it was definitely worth two quid - as of today anyway, if it suddenly goes tits-up I'll let you know. [/quote] Back of that tuning plate looks a bit grubby, you should have ordered some brasso at the same time

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1474291298' post='3136854'] The 115 and the 210 enclosures are both sealed. [/quote] On the Hartke website it says the 115 (and the 112) are ported. Nothing said on the 410 and 210 page so assume they are both sealed [quote][i]The HyDrive 115 is a ported cabinet..[/i].[/quote]

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1474279495' post='3136669'] Are the Hydrive cabs sealed? That might explain the difference in low end efficiency with other cabs. [/quote] The 410s are sealed. I'm not sure about the 210s but the 115s are ported.

apologies, double posted

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1473942075' post='3134326'] known as 'Urb' in these parts. [/quote] And as with so many others, very rarely appears on these pages now. Those were the days....

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1473937194' post='3134278'] True, but my God... he was so half-arsed much of the time. [/quote] We must thank him for creating indie music then.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1473936151' post='3134272'] Can't argue with either of those. Ringo's a great drummer. History should instead be questioning George's ability as a guitarist. [/quote] You'll find plenty of people who'll say he was a truly gifted guitarist and changed the face of music

Great looking rig. Welcome back

My band Captal (link in my sig) are playing on Saturday 22nd October at the Final Fling in Woolacombe. This a VW Camper festival type thing. We play at 6pm [url="https://www.facebook.com/events/871022709706746/"][size=5][i][b]THE FINAL FLING[/b][/i][/size][/url]

Get a Sire Marcus Miller V7, it'll knock the other two into the long grass.

Power amp aside, the Tonehammer preamp is a knob twiddlers heaven. If you're into forever twisting your knobs, buy a Tonehammer. It takes a bit of getting used to and even then it's a bit of a marmite amp. It is though very loud. I did a gig a couple of weeks back, 250 cap (so not big), drums and 2 guitars were mic'd going through the PA. I wasn't going through PA but was dominant in the mix (and that was through 212 using the TH350). If you don't like it, move it on, maybe move the cab on as well.

Zoom B1.on + £20 Seinheinser headphones + an audio source, could be an MP3 player, tablet or laptop

I've only ever learnt Come Together out of the ones listed. I simply don't remember bass lines I no longer play. I could play you my bands songs

They look great. I've got a V7, love it

Originals is a tricky one to sell. I'm currently in an originals band, we're all in our 40's. The demographic of our part of the UK is very conservative towards anything and those who do go out generally prefer a covers band if music is at a venue. We sort of know that gigging is going to be sporadic and you have to be a little selective. There's no point in us approaching certain places, it'd be wasting our time and the venues. That's just the way it is. The band I'm with have struggled to get a momentum mainly because they keep loosing their bass player They'd probably be gigging more and have a better following if it weren't for that. Bloody bass players eh, grumpy lot.

The only ones I've found that would fit in my SR300 (the older one with the style sweep control) would be a set of Barts, probably the ones they use in the 500 and 600. Problem is, a set costs about the same as the bass itself. I did something else to mine, I ripped out the active eq and went passive. It gives a slightly better tone imo. The only noticeable issue that remains is the pick up output is still quite weak - although mine does increase a little when I switch to series (I had a series parralell switch put in). I did try and source a s/h 500 to rip the pickups and electronics out. Unfortunately they don't come along very often.

A Zoom B1.on, to a Behringer BDI21, into a Aguilar TH350 then a Schroeder 1212L. The Zoom has one effect patch I use and a compression patch that I've been using permanently on all other times. The compression will be being removed though and a bypass patch replacing it after hearing a recording from a couple nights ago. It's a fairly loud set up, it'll keep up with 2 100watt guitar vakve amps