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[quote name='cris the man' post='113353' date='Jan 4 2008, 08:27 AM']what are the ultimate stage moves?[/quote] Have you seen 'This Is Spinal Tap'?

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='112869' date='Jan 3 2008, 01:23 PM']Depends what you're playing and whether it feels comfortable to you. Fivers to me feel too big and the strings always seem floppier which is no good for the sort of punk and indie covers I gig. Plus, I'm so used to 4s, that it seems odd to try and do something new. I think they're good for soul and heavy metal but they feel a bit strange playing the Clash and Green Day on![/quote] Definitely, wouldn't part with my 5 now but can't thrash and flail at it like I can my 4. I take both to gigs, and the set seems to naturally divide into heavy grooves and punk/indie/rock depending on which instrument I'm playing. I'd prefer not to have to change basses mid-flow and it's been suggested that I should be able to play everything on a 5 but I believe they're quite different instruments.

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='113005' date='Jan 3 2008, 04:15 PM']Ive pretty much decided, thats how the wirings gonna be, im gonna keep the migth mite, serves me fine atm, run everything off one batt, cram everything in the cavity, replace all the current knobs, with concentrics, add the switches, and im gonna try source some purpleheart wood so I can have a pickguard matching the fretboard/neckwood. Just havin a lil trouble findin suppliers now.[/quote] What are you having trouble finding? www.thomann.de are good for concentrics and knobs. farnellinone.com have a huge range of switches. I suggest you email the effects manufacturer for advice about sharing batteries. Should be OK if pickups and effects are both negative ground. Will you wire in a bypass switch so the bass still works if the electronics go tits up in the middle of a gig? good luck!

[quote name='OldGit' post='30792' date='Jul 12 2007, 03:37 PM']Well how about that [url="http://www.film.com/photos/17/15435392"]http://www.film.com/photos/17/15435392[/url] Daniel Radcliffe and Gary Oldman! Wizard![/quote] Chris Morris replaced me in a Cambridge band many years ago. Not only is he much funnier than me, he was a better bass player too. Bastard!

[quote name='TheRev' post='112927' date='Jan 3 2008, 02:20 PM']A couple of months ago I collected a pair of BFM Omni 10.5s from Thumper ... Any questions? Dave[/quote] yes - did Thumper build them for you, or did he do them for himself and sell them on? I mean, is he in the business of building Bill's designs? and if so, could you share his email? thanks!

[quote name='bremen' post='112566' date='Jan 2 2008, 08:45 PM']Hello! This looks like it'd be good in a 60 litre cabinet...anyone tried it? thanks![/quote] anyone?

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='112834' date='Jan 3 2008, 12:55 PM']However im not quite convinced by this, so.. I think im gonna run a couple of tests with an oscilloscope to work out the tensions to find a conclusive result because this has been bugging me for a while.[/quote] Good man, science is Good. How about if you cut a string at the 12th fret and attach the broken ends to a strain gauge; will there be a lesser tonnage exerted when set up through-body? (I hypothesise not).

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='112368' date='Jan 2 2008, 04:07 PM']From what im told and experience but mostly opinion - through body gives a meatier tone, and higher tension, whereas standard gives a more punchy tone and a standard tension.[/quote] Surely for a string of a given weight and length the tension must be the same to get the same pitch?

[quote name='Beedster' post='112734' date='Jan 3 2008, 09:58 AM']Well, I played my new '79 maple fretless last night... Very interesting, and not what I expected at all (having said this, I haven't A-B'd it on another bass yet so some of my observations might be specific to the bass as opposed to the neck). There is certainly a whole lot of mwah, but there's also a whole lot of bass, even with what appear to be fairly light and newish roundwounds. I was getting the sort of sound on the E and A strings that I associate with my old rosewood P strung with La Bella Deep Talkers, an almost subsonic thump, even at low volume. I'm going to put the maple-boarded neck onto my other fretless P tonight and run a direct comparison of the two necks on the same bass. I want to put a set of Tru Bass on one of them, and had assumed it would be the rosewood. I'm starting to think it might just be on the maple Chris[/quote] oh yeah, I didn't mention it: it has the deepest, heaviest, roundest bottom E I've ever played :-) in other words, if it was a bit newer it'd have a teen age low botttom E (gets coat)

Hello! This looks like it'd be good in a 60 litre cabinet...anyone tried it? thanks!

[quote name='clauster' post='108585' date='Dec 23 2007, 03:42 PM']I am guessing you should give it plenty of time to cure before playing [/quote] Well Chris does get very attached to his Precisions (ducks, runs)

[quote name='Machines' post='112105' date='Jan 2 2008, 07:29 AM']The 2 scratchplates i've had from WD haven't actually fitted without modification. They were for a Stingray and a Mexi Jazz - hardly non-standard stuff we're talking about.[/quote] fwiw, the scratchplate I got from Thomann didn't fit my 79 Precision but the one from Warmoth was spot on.

[quote name='Pedro1020' post='111616' date='Dec 31 2007, 08:17 PM']I'm peeved on how sh*tty this looks, and how the seller acts dumb, sense its a kids cheesy act to fool us kind bass folk someone plz ask a question, tho make it a warning for others to see.. Not a great demo anyway...makes my ears bleed!! :wacko: [/quote] I asked him for the serial number - it checks out as being 1966-67. But it's on the neck plate, shouldn't it be on the headstock? Isn't the big F on the neckplate a 70s innovation? Should the neck have a skunk stripe? If we're convinced that this is a fake - and he virtually admits it - we should maybe politely suggest he alter the description. Recent experience shows that Evilbay don't give a fjork. On the other hand, anyone who still believes it pukka after reading his answers probably deserves it. I think if it goes for real money I'll tip the winner off.

Oasis: What's the Story, Morning Glory

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='109051' date='Dec 24 2007, 07:21 PM']A lot of bad sh!t goes down at Xmas, which is why I hate this time of year. On a slightly more positive note, those basses look pretty tasty, and kicking off at £100 with no reserve you'll sell 'em with no problems. I hope your situation improves in the new year.[/quote] +1, and that you'll be able to get juicy new gear when things get better, which they will.

[quote name='ped' post='108502' date='Dec 23 2007, 11:54 AM']I have just read/caught up on this thread. Thanks to everyone for the comments thus far, positive and negative. Obviously the net isn't for everyone and others don't like large groups and preferred the early days when the forum was really small and I could check it on my Nokia WAP phone(!!). All I have to add is that of late the forum has become really good fun for me personally - I mentioned to kiwi the other day in fact that I feel the foum is doing really well and has a great bunch of members on board. I, like others, avoid posts that I don't want to read or comment on, but am finding there isn't enough time to read and comment on the ones that DO interest me which is fantastic. I have made lots of friends through the forum, it continues to be an excellent melting pot of ideas, tastes, styles and opinions (as covered nicely by Jakesbass) and I for one am enjoying it all the more for that. But them I am very easy going! This place is what you make it. You might say I am biased but I love it ;0)[/quote] So do I and I love the diversity of style, opinions and backgrounds. Apologies to anyone I might have offended, sometimes what I type looks more waspish than I intended. Interesting that it's not religious or political differences that seem to be causing upsets!

[quote name='SMART' post='108430' date='Dec 23 2007, 09:27 AM']Yep, it was Stuart Zender with the Fender logo covered by black tape on the headstock but I don't believe it was to stop advertising for Fender. Jools Holland did the same thing to his Yamaha piano when Yamaha were being unbelievably dense at endorsing him earlier in his career. It's almost like a protest to the A&R guys who are sometimes a bit slow on the uptake on endorsement opportunities and actually not being in touch with the scene. Ciao Ian[/quote] Alex Cox approached some food and drink company or other for product placement in Repo Man; they failed to come up with the goods so when Otto is seen drinking or eating from a can the logo reads 'Drink' or 'Food' respectively. Happy holidays, y'all!

[quote name='TheBigBeefChief' post='107770' date='Dec 21 2007, 05:34 PM']no chance. I'd beat the crap out of that little midget![/quote] well my next question was going to be 'can you post the photo of the Other Guy?'

[quote name='TheBigBeefChief' post='107755' date='Dec 21 2007, 05:10 PM']< < < <[/quote] This was taken shortly after you met Jay Jamiroquai?

[quote name='Tee' post='107564' date='Dec 21 2007, 11:58 AM']There are so many bands these days that get away with ripping off bands that did it so much better. eg Oasis -> The Beatles, The Enemy -> The Jam, Kaiser Chiefs -> any nursery rhyme, to name but a few. The kids these days just have no idea and can't put two and two together. Sorry, this has nothing to do with the original post. I do remember it being discussed before on the boards with an ensuing P/Jazz argument though. [/quote] Oasis were at their best when they weren't showing their Beatles influence. I [i] hate [/i] Wonderwall. Morning Glory, on the other hand...

[quote name='TheBigBeefChief' post='107574' date='Dec 21 2007, 12:18 PM']I can play fine up to about 7 pints - maybe even better than normal? (or perhaps it just sounds better after a few beers?). Strangely, if I smoke crack i'm awful, but if i smoke heroin i'm actually ok and slightly more creative. [b]Different strokes for different folks i suppose.[/b][/quote] My point exactly! Smoke on, Beefboy!

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='107541' date='Dec 21 2007, 11:24 AM']Or so people think... If I had a £ for every person who told me 'its not addictive' and 'they could give it up tomorrow if they wanted to', I would have that Fodera 6-string fretless. Addiction is a complex series of behaviours which are not always linked to chemistry.[/quote] Certainly, but then again if I had a £ for every person who gave up without any trouble I too would have a Fodera 6 string - and I'd be able to afford frets too! [quote]Cannabis is known to trigger a range of mental health problems in certain people. It may relax you, it may make you worry less about other things, it may help you sleep better....[/quote] It seems to suit some brains and not others. Again, I know some people who really should give up but also plenty who seem quite happy with it. Personally I used it for years, decided it wasn't for me, stopped. No problems, and I'm a better player now. [quote]but it won't, on any level whatsoever, make you a better bass player.[/quote] Agreed.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='107531' date='Dec 21 2007, 11:06 AM']Sorry, Kneal6, but I think you, and a lot of other people, are mistaken in the belief that 'It's pretty clear that drugs do enhance musical abilities'. Their use may create all sorts of perspective that may be used to inform the act of creativity (to use the Beatles example already mentioned, they may not have been able to write 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' lyrically without some experience of LSD) but to suggest that their use 'enhances musical ability', is, to my mind, a grave mistake and a potentially very dangerous one. There are, as we all know, 1,000s of musicians who have had their lives ravaged by drugs and equally as many who has attributed the abilities of their idols to their drug use (Charlie Parker's influence in this area is a matter of record). Anyone who has sought to address their musical shortcomings by using drugs (or alcohol) will tell you that it is a fool's errand. Read Art Pepper's biography 'Straight Life' - he was a competent sax player [i]in spite of [/i]his drug use not because of it. He could have been so much more as a musician had he focussed his energies more contstructively. Parker was the same. He learned to play like that by woodshedding his little ass off and not by getting high. Same with Coltrane, same with Hampton Hawes, same with Paul Chambers and Jaco. The examples are myriad. Charlie Parker was a gunslinger as a sax player but he was no composer, despite his reported desire to be one. Had he focussed his energy on proper study and not getting mashed, he would probably have got there. He was a deeply disturbed and unhappy man. Drugs (whether they grow naturally all over the planet or not) are poisons. They work by harming you. The effects of drugs are not 'enlightening', they are the early signs of the body reacting to chemicals it does not like or want (that's why people hallucinate when they are very ill). People who are ill when they have drunk too much are experiencing their body's panic and rejection of the ingested poison. You learn nothing whatsoever from the use of these substances (other than what effect they have) but you risk a whole lot (mental health problems are the very least - try gigging when you are clinically depressed - sweep picking will be the least of your worries). The only 'learning' you get from drugs is your own self talk deluding you into transferring 'cosmic relevance' to the harmful effects of the poisons you have ingested. Its a justification. You would learn far, far more by reading a book (on anything) or watching a movie. You could probably learn more just by sitting in a room full of people and listening to them. The reasons American musicians are generally technically better than UK ones is the fact that the practice ethic is routinely much greater over there. It's not because the drugs are cheaper. The only effect that some drugs (heroin, for instance) will have on you, with extreme use, is, by eliminating all sense of guilt, shame and conscience, to make you so self-centred and psychopathic that you will completely lack the ability to recognise the effect that your behaviour has on others. You can, therefore, dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to your music without realising how much you are neglecting your relationships with your family/partner/children/friends/musician colleagues/landlord/employer etc. You would then. like Parker and Pepper, become a great musician but a lousy human being. Your call.[/quote] Yes, heroin and alcohol f*** you up, and I take your point that most if not all great players who use(d) drugs would have been even better without the drugs. But Kneal was talking about cannabis, which has nothing in common with smack or booze. It seems to suit some brains and not others, and if you discover that it doesn't suit your brain it's generally not a problem to stop using, unlike alcohol or heroin.

[quote name='cris the man' post='107516' date='Dec 21 2007, 10:36 AM']once i start getting into a song i begin to make the basslines more complex whether its slap bass or playing more notes , ill be doing it however , after a few years , the effects have been becomming more noticable i tend to break or even split nails... then its much more difficult to play comfortably because i get large pains in my fingers , is there any way out of this? thanks[/quote] Check your diet: [url="http://wi.essortment.com/fingernailsnutr_rjbo.htm"]http://wi.essortment.com/fingernailsnutr_rjbo.htm[/url]

[quote name='nick' post='107050' date='Dec 20 2007, 01:12 PM']I find a quick shot of adrenochrome usually gets me on my way! [/quote] I like the taste of sweet strychnine ;-)