Marvin

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Different strap on each bass

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1432793751' post='2784968'] You never heard the bass at the start of F1 & thought "oooh, I'm gonna try that"? [/quote] Ummmm, hmmmm. No

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1432898363' post='2785994'] We're a dying breed. Some kids laughed at me in the street the other day - for carrying a newspaper. [/quote] They wouldn't be laughing if you clipped around the back of the head with said newspaper ...you can't do that with a mobile device.

I can put up with screw ups and stuff to some extent if the effort and attitude to be professional is there

I was going to say go with the flow, but then I thought about the gigs I've enjoyed and the ones I haven't. The gigs I've had a blast at are the ones where I've had absolute confidence in the people up on stage with me. At the minimum as ezbass says your front man needs more rehearsal in gig mode (but that's what I've always regarded rehearsals as) I used to jump at any band, so desperate to be in a band and to play. However, after several years of doing that I've got to the stage where I've realised most bands are a waste of time and would rather bide my time than just be in something for the sake of it. When the band I contacted recently gets back in touch eventually I'll be saying I've changed my mind...take too long to get back to me, that's not good in my books. Having the same standards and approach is the only way it works for me

All sounded the same. Any differences were far too small.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1432791924' post='2784958'] The first bassline I ever played was The Chain by Fleetwood Mac (is there a bassist who hasn't? ) [/quote] Me. I never learnt how to play The Chain

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1432735908' post='2784406'] If you mean by placing drivers side by side, where comb filtering is concerned they should not be more than one wavelength center to center. With a pair of tens set 11 inches center to center that's 1.2kHz, right smack dab in the middle of the midrange. From there on up comb filtering will occur. Even below that frequency side by side drivers has an effect. The dispersion angle below the 1 wavelength center to center distance is more than halved compared to a single driver. At 100Hz, where dispersion is nominally 360 degrees anyway, that's not an issue. At 800 Hz, where dispersion of a single driver may be 180 degrees or less, it's not the best scenario. If I was to make a .5 alignment using tens I'd low pass the second driver around 500Hz. Since some 75% of the power bandwidth lies below 500Hz there's no need to use both drivers higher than that. [/quote] Thanks Bill

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1432743527' post='2784534'] It's not rock-solid, but it's stable enough. So far I've only used in a spacious rehearsal room, so I don't know how it'll fare in a confined space where I might bump into it! [/quote] cheers

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1432736503' post='2784415'] Here's the pic from the other thread again, TC 210 on a Stagg GAS-4.2 amp stand: [/quote] Do you find that to be a sturdy set up? The cab doesn't wobble about does it? The TC210 is a similar size to my combo so i was thinking of getting one (stand that is )

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1432734630' post='2784390'] Generally it's a bad idea. [/quote] Why's it a bad idea? Apart from the example of a keyboard stand which always looks highly unstable

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1432579880' post='2782984'] That it would. It's not a flaw. There's even a name for that driver configuration, the W-M-M-W, altough in this case the Ms (midrange) would be full range, not pure midrange, drivers. It would be, which is why I have never promulgated that notion. But it's all a matter of scale. While no sensible bass rig would ever be large enough for low frequencies to be affected in a major way by horizontal versus vertical placement, it could be a concern with a large PA system. A dozen or more large subs arranged side by side across the front of a stage would be an example, unless it was the operators intent in so doing to limit the horizontal dispersion of the array. [/quote] Turning to a 210 bass cab, not the BF retro as that's a bit different. At what sort of frequency does dispersion become an issue for a 210 cab? And how important are these frequencies, if at all, to most bass player's tone? I have a 210 combo at present so would be interested to know. A previous 210 combo I had I used to stand on a table for gigs. The speakers were aligned horizontally and seemed to work for me getting it up off the ground. My current combo has the drivers more or less vertically aligned.

I watched Muse's performance on iPlayer and they are undeniably a great rock band, whether you like their music or no, they do 'it'. I'm not a big Muse fan, I like some of their material but not all. Chris Wolstenholme is a great bass player and a very good musician

Does he own a scaffolding company?

I think it just demonstrates that tone preferences are a very personal thing.

[quote name='RickyV' timestamp='1428231567' post='2739308'] Compared to some of the amazing basses appearing on here I think I would be struggling to describe my Jazz as 'gear porn'. Harley Benton Standard series jazz, bought for £27 as a 'deko' item and modded with Entwistle pups and a KiOgon wiring harness. Total outlay about £80 and I have a nice looking and really great playing jazz. Sounds the nuts too! Anyhoo.........pictures............ [/quote] That is one cracking looking bass for what is really no money at all.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1432300761' post='2780202'] 99% of the guitarists I know use Fender combo's, but I've only seen 1 bass player using a Fender rig in the last 30 years. [/quote] That must be the chap from Paul Weller's band who's just been on the telly with a HUGE Fender rig

Up until recently I was using rack mounted gear - amp, comp and an eq unit. The eq unit had a low pass filter on it and it certainly tidied up the bottom end and made it sound a bit more disciplined. I've been cutting the lows for some time now and concentrating on getting a bass sound from the low mids and mids. It's not always a pleasing sound played on its own but works very well in a band context and you don't get any dreadful boom.

My jazz bass sounds HUGE It can do a sort of P bass but it's still not a P bass, in which case I'd buy a P bass if I really wanted 'that' sound. I don't think a single coil will ever sound quite like a split coil however much knob twiddling you indulge in.

I went into a very well known Exeter guitar shop a few weeks back and was a little taken aback by how little bass gear they had. To make matters worse the 'room' had been reduced by 30% since I'd been there last. The basses were ok in general, but the amp selection was dreadful. It was even worse in the other music shop in Exeter. The bass gear is right at the top of the building, in a shabby room in the eves. The selection of gear was poor and the manner in which it had been put on display even worse. Bass dedicated shops are too far off, even for a day trip, for me.

410s are great, BUT, I found lugging the one I had around became incredibly tedious very quickly. Mine had castors but that doesn't get it off the ground and into the boot of your car. It's not even the weight so much as the fact they're so awkward to lift due to their size. I'd be looking at a good 212, if you've got a loud guitarist, (but then I'd be telling him to turn it down) probably second hand. There was a lovely Genz Benz 212 on a for sale page on Facebook a couple of days ago. In perfect condition with padded cover for £400. There's good stuff out there.

16ths or anything fast. My fingers just don't move quick enough. And pick playing, absolutely useless at it.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1432054619' post='2777638'] That's not the point at all. The fact that the bass was undamaged and not stolen does not preclude the fact that it was an idiotic thing to do. There must have been a point when this delivery guy weighed up what sort of crap storm could result if the OP complained. He clearly thought the benefit outweighed the risk and from where I'm standing on his own head be it from that point onwards. I wouldn't want anyone to be sacked, but I very much doubt that if indeed he was, it was solely as a result of this incident. I also have a great deal of trust in my postman. He handed me a parcel two streets from my house only yesterday, but this thread isn't about postmen. [/quote] He would most definitely have been sacked, I have no doubt about that, and it could have been over just one incident. If there's one thing Royal Mail Group Managing Directors don't like then it's this sort of stuff landing on their desk.

[quote name='grumpyguts' timestamp='1432053965' post='2777626'] Checking out my phone bill on the Talk Talk website and happen to look at the "news" page; it turns out Prince William plays bass. [/quote] He's probably sh*t at playing guitar then