JellyKnees

If only had to have one pedal it would be a compressor... I really don't get this weird aversion some people seem to have towards them... As others have said though, you might be better getting a good multi-effects pedals so you can decide what really floats your boat...

Jazz Pamphlet Atypical Rhythm Method It Only Takes 3 to Django

I've used them a fair bit down the years and never had a problem. Last ordered off them a couple of months ago without issue. However given the current issues, I think I'll avoid them in future. Shame as they have always had a great selection of strings, in spite of the rather 'clunky' website.

What a cockwomble. I'd have shown him the door pronto...

Yes. Bloody awful rattly tone though, sounds like a bag of spanners.

I prefer some desert blues myself... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI_h49D1xo8[/media]

[quote][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]If we do this by changing the pitch of the notes but let the tempo and note durations remain the same as it seems they might be in the clip I'd say you get more oscillations per bar for an increase in pitch and less for a decrease.[/font][/color][/quote] This would also happen if you changed the key and retained the same baseline pitch. I genuinely don't understand what difference you think this makes to the quality/integrity of the music.

Check this article out... [url="http://www.miltonline.com/2014/01/07/hertz-so-good/"]http://www.miltonline.com/2014/01/07/hertz-so-good/[/url] If you believe 432Hz has some special 'celestial properties' then frankly you are seriously deluded. If you think it sounds better, then good for you. But please don't claim that there is some actual scientific basis for it.

I have a big one which frequently makes the earth move... at least that's what my girlfriend tells me! I'm here all week....

I arrived slightly late (and slightly hungover), started setting up and realised that I had forgotten my kettle lead... thankfully Kev was able to lend me one, so a big thanks for that fella... It was a fun couple of hours, and was nice to put a few faces to names. I enjoyed seeing what people had, and came away with a newly acquired interest in rubber thanks to Mottlefeeder and his ukelele bass. I think I may have accidentally infected a few people with Dingwall GAS, so apologies to all those affected...

A fantastic drummer, I love his precise, measured, pulsating style... RIP Jaki.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1484736370' post='3217860'] I dislike Frank Zappa. Far too smart and tuneless for my taste. I happen to be in a 4 piece band with 3 Zappa fans who constantly quote lines from Zappa songs. Usually the same f%^&ing ones, every f*&^ing week. I believe there is a small possibility they do it on purpose [/quote] You dislike Zappa because he was [i]too smart???[/i] You must be loving the current geopolitical shenanigans in that case...

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Dreary self-indulgent angst-ridden coked-up soft rock claptrap.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1484236466' post='3213847'] Newtone is just up the road from me and will make strings to order quicker than I can get them at high street outlets. Just so's you know like. [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings-c1/newtone-strings-m29?keyword=newtone%20strings&matchtype=e&network=o&device=c&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=EL%20-%20Midas%20-%20Hign%20Converters%20Strings&utm_term=newtone%20strings&utm_content=Newtone%20Strings"]http://www.stringsdi...wtone%20Strings[/url] [/quote] Yeah I was aware of Newtone, however... There are only 2 sets of their bass strings available on the Stringsdirect site. Their own website is utter pants, and they only seem to do nickels and I prefer steels myself... ...but thanks anyway

Pity there seems to be such a dearth of good quality British made strings...

I am toying with selling my fabulous Dingwall ABZ5... a great instrument but I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that perhaps it stylistically doesn't suit my playing style.

Thought you were having problems with your boots for a moment...

No, I hate everyone in equal measure.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1482246018' post='3198818'] I was asked to leave the band I was in during the early 90's. The keyboard player phoned me up the afternoon of a gig we had booked & told me he'd had enough of my attitude (not kissing his arse like everyone else in the band did) & that he wanted me out. OK, no problem I said, I'll do the gig tonight & that'll be it. An hour or so later I get another phone call from him to say that the gig was off because the drummer (who lived in West Sussex) couldn't get there because of snow. OK says I, I'll pick my gear up from your place at the weekend. A few days later I've got the promoter of the gig (who was a total psycho) threatening me with a hammer. The gig hadn't been cancelled at all - they did it without me & told the promoter I just hadn't bothered showing up. That was when I decided not to bother with bands anymore. [/quote] Well, at least they had the decency to tell you. But you did get threatened with a hammer, so 'swings and roundabouts' as they say... The thing is, I really enjoy playing in bands in spite of the challenges, I just find that it gets harder to find suitable/complimentary musicians as you get older, unless of course you want to go down the covers route... and frankly I'd rather stick my face in a rusty meat grinder.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1482244922' post='3198790'] Why would they have? They're just people and, by and large, people are dicks. [/quote] You are right, there is absolutely no reason why musicians should have any more integrity than anyone else. I guess I just somehow expect a bit more... There are of course 3 kinds of people in the world... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCfU44cnbCc[/media]

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1482243821' post='3198766'] Ouch. That sounds painful... [/quote] Yeah, it wasn't the best experience... I don't mind being kicked out of a band (although it's never happened before in 35 odd years of playing), but I do object to being told by the band leader (via facebook) that he is packing the band up because of other projects, only to find him and the guitarist are carrying on the same project with another bass player. It wasn't just me though, they got rid of the singer/pianist at the same time in the same underhand way (even though she was bringing most of the songs) - she is only in her early 20s and she took it really badly.

No, but I bought myself an MXR Bass Envelope Filter for my 50th this year...

Positives - my Dingwall sounds totally bitchin' in a full live band scenario. Negatives - Musicians have no more integrity than anybody else, no matter how good they are or what kind of bloody music degree they have... I knew this anyway but I've had it confirmed in spades this year. Still, onward and upwards...

TIs... Just do it, amazing strings, expensive but worth every penny!