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[quote name='odub' post='107046' date='Dec 20 2007, 01:07 PM']My first ever "gig" (house party) I drank a lot of beer beforehand with nerves, then drank through a bottle of JD during the set, including gulping the last couple of inches in one go. Needless to say as the alc hit my system my playing got worse and worse, first speeding up to speed metal proportions (in a blues band), then to wrong keys, then to: get to the end, please just get to the end hazy stumblings. Straight after we stopped playing I went upstairs to bed. Missed the whole party.[/quote] I see you edited that post...go on, what else happened that you decided against sharing? :-)

[quote name='3V17C' post='107033' date='Dec 20 2007, 12:47 PM']I never drink or smoke before or during a gig - afterwards is a different story mind you! I did used to smoke alot of the weed and the reason I stopped doing so at gigs was because the stoner/hawkwind stylee band i was in at the time (many, many moons ago!!) were booked to play a bike show as the headline act. Of course we spent the whole day sunning ourselves and smoking all day in the run up to our set. But oooh dear...when it was time to go on i seriously couldn't move! I just about got my bass on but then had to sit on my combo from the get go. Now I KNOW we played a 2hr set that day but I honestly, absolutely cannot remember any of it. I remember starting the first song and then I remember finishing the last song but nothing at all inbetween! Lord only knows what the hell I played for 2 hrs (although no one said anything so i assume i stumbled through Ok!). But a bit worrying really! so....since then, never smoke or drink before a gig!!!! peace c[/quote] Excellent story. I've done loads of gigs like that. One time we played a festival on a stage made out of hay bales with plywood on top. It was ever-so-slighhtly sloping but I was convinced it was about 45 degrees off level and I played the set rooted to the spot, terrified that I'd fall over if I moved. Then I took 10 years off playing. I've just started again and I don't smoke, and what I've realised is that I used to depend on dope to make the music sound better. For sure I'm playing a hell of a lot better now because I'm not kidding myself! The audience is always going to be more 'enhanced' than I am so I can be sure that if it sounds good to me it sounds better to them. I don't drink before a gig, either, simply because it affects my timing. During and after is ok, I find.

Do you like a drink, a smoke or a hit before playing? I ask here as alcohol has been mentioned in another thread concerning pre-gig nerves and I didn't want to hijack the thread.

[quote name='Machines' post='106962' date='Dec 20 2007, 11:07 AM']As moderators we won't directly interfere with transactions. We can't really take sides and will remain impartial, unless it is obvious someone is purposely committing fraud. What we will do if required is converse between buyer and seller if a stalemate has been reached in order to hopefully bring a solution to both parties. This may be the ability to email sellers directly using their registered email address, this circumvents the need for them to log on to see a PM.[/quote] fair points, but whenever I've been PMd I've had email notification of the fact. If the worst comes to the worst you can still stop a cheque after it's 'cleared'.

[quote name='wotnwhy' post='106550' date='Dec 19 2007, 04:04 PM']right, hope this is what your after. if it's not, let me know what it is you need. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZFSeNy_GMk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZFSeNy_GMk[/url][/quote] nice one, thanks!

[quote name='Nate' post='106365' date='Dec 19 2007, 09:57 AM']It's more of a research kinda thing. I work for a site called showmehowtoplay.com and we're wrying to find named bass players to do masterclasses etc... Who (UK wise) would you like to see? I've got quite a short list... If you tell me who they are and who they play/played with or if they're just session dudes i'd be very grateful! Thank u kindly!!! N[/quote] Norman Watt-Roy: Blockheads Wilko Johnson Millions of sessions including 'Two Tribes'

[quote name='funkysimon' post='106016' date='Dec 18 2007, 04:19 PM']Hiya, I bought a Maplins power bank thingy [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criteria=power%20bank&source=15&SD=Y"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/Search.aspx?criter...rce=15&SD=Y[/url] To escape the tyranny of batteries. However the cables it comes with are ridiculously short and have angled jacks, and don't suit some of my effects. Does anyone know where I can buy some replacement power connectors? I've looked around on the maplins website and they seem to only sell 1m long ones, which is a bit like overkill. Before anyone suggests it, I'm sh*t with soldering irons, so that option is out.[/quote] Simon, if you get stuck just get the plugs you need and I'll solder them up for you. Gees (Mill Road) have a big selection. One thing you need to be careful of though, make sure all the pedals are - ground or + ground otherwise you might create a short circuit. Won't harm the pedals, but might pop a fuse in the Maplin unit.

[quote name='bnt' post='105737' date='Dec 18 2007, 08:41 AM']There is a band called [url="http://www.fourplayjazz.com/"]Fourplay[/url], of course - a jazz supergroup, featuring Nathan East, Bob James and Larry Carlton.[/quote] And who could ever forget The Four Skins (answer: just about everybody)

[quote name='bnt' post='105736' date='Dec 18 2007, 08:35 AM']Don't see why not - if I understand the technique correctly, the key is the other (fretting) hand, the muting and unmuting of the right strings at the right time. If you get good enough at it, you might be able to produce notes so short, you can't tell what note it is. [/quote] What is sweep picking?

[quote name='Beedster' post='105742' date='Dec 18 2007, 08:54 AM']Link doesn't work for me? Chris[/quote] That's because your computer has your best interests at heart. It knows you don't need another Precision. Unless it's another lovely fretless. mmm...

[quote name='nig' post='105375' date='Dec 17 2007, 03:33 PM']ooooooh...ga gas gas....+ 20 im embarrased. [b]525[/b] [/quote] TWENTY???!!! Do you play them all? I felt bad having seven and only playing 2 or 3. I guess if you're recording regularly it's worth having as many sounds as possible to choose from but who wants to take more than 2 basses to a gig (unless you have slaves/roadies :-)? edit: that wasn't meant to be snide :-)

[quote name='mistahbenn' post='105374' date='Dec 17 2007, 03:29 PM']just 2 [size=6]505[/size][/quote] +6, one of which I'm hoping to sell but it'll be to a basschat comrade :-) =511

[quote name='mothra' post='103043' date='Dec 12 2007, 07:10 AM']Hi all Probably a stupid question, but I was hoping someone could explain to me the difference (benefit or otherwise) of closed versus open headphones. Also appreciated would be any recommendations for <£30 headphones that suit that down low vibe : ) Cheers[/quote] I too would be glad to hear if there's such a thing as <£30 cans that don't rattle with bass. Anything in-ear?

[quote name='Rich' post='103830' date='Dec 13 2007, 12:58 PM']Bloody hell... a [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250197338251&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123"]Carl Thompson 4-string[/url] with Wal pickups & guts...![/quote] I guess that's what you'd call a Marmite bass? It'd have to sound mighty fine, and play itself, to compensate for the way it looks. IMHO.

[quote name='artisan' post='103865' date='Dec 13 2007, 01:47 PM']thinking of buying a fretless but can't decide on passive or active,what do ya reckon chaps ? i only have a budget of about £400. btw any one fancy doing a deal with my black Jaguar ?[/quote] Spend the money on a passive and add active electronics later if you find you need them.

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='99589' date='Dec 5 2007, 02:21 PM']The P/J is common, and so is J/MM. Have you guys ever seen a P/MM? What do you think it would be good for? I'm planning on getting some new pickups at Xmas for my MIJ jazz, and I've been tempted by the talk surrounding Wizard. Would a P/MM combo be an insane switchup from J/J?[/quote] It'd be very versatile but look wrong. Do it!

[quote name='Doc B' post='99483' date='Dec 5 2007, 12:06 PM']'Bass - how low can you go!' Chuck D of PE - Bring the Noise[/quote] 'Metaphors coming atcha like taxi cabs' Chuck D, somewhere else

[quote name='obbm' post='98981' date='Dec 4 2007, 05:06 PM']Chris I think [url="http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/pdf_temp1/basses/0190209C/SD0190209CPg2.pdf"]this diagram[/url] is what you are looking for. It used to be public on the Fender web site but seems to have been removed since I printed my copy. When I was building mine I found another version which had 220K mixing resistors on the output side of each pot. It's a useful addition as it should prevent any interaction between the pick-ups.[/quote] The problem with the mixing resistors is that unless you use a very short cable, or one with very low capacitance, they will take a lot of top end off. In othr words, it'll always sound as if both volume controls are at half. Unless you put a preamp between them and the jack...

[quote name='Toasted' post='98959' date='Dec 4 2007, 04:45 PM']It's a great fuzz, but you must use a high impedance signal into it [/quote] so if you're using an active bass, would it work to stick 220k - 1M in series with the input?

[quote name='SJA' post='98746' date='Dec 4 2007, 12:39 PM']yeah, that's Matlock on "Anarchy". Steve Jones played the rest of the bass on Never mind the Blx.[/quote] Is it true that Chris Spedding played the guitar? Great sounding record.

[quote name='Wil' post='98701' date='Dec 4 2007, 11:45 AM']Wouldn't it have a stereo jack anyway, being an active circuit?[/quote] If it's like the EMG system, yes. The sleeve is connected to the battery -v and is shorted to ground when a mono jack is inserted. To make an EMG work like Ebs suggests you'd need to remove the battery and reconnect the sleeve to where the battery +v was. Not all active basses work that way though. Some use switched contacts in the socket that aren't connected to the outside world, ie a switch that's activated by the action of putting a (mono) plug in the (mono) socket.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='98695' date='Dec 4 2007, 11:41 AM']Replace the jack socket on your bass with a stereo jack and wire one of the stereo pair to the input on the preamp. On the other end of the cable, put one into the amp, one on to an 18v feed. Job done, you won't need to be scared again.[/quote] +1 just make sure you always have a spare stereo lead though; you won't be able to borrow one like you can an ordinary lead.

[quote name='nick' post='98059' date='Dec 3 2007, 12:36 PM']Now there's a bassist - good call! Surely one for the underrated thread?[/quote] I think someone did nominate him for Big New Prinz. What about Middle Class Revolt - not their most celebrated album but the bass playing throughout (Behind the Counter! M5! Junk Man!) is solider than a solid thing. Sorry, fresh out of similes today.

[quote name='Deep Thought' post='98356' date='Dec 3 2007, 07:33 PM']'Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot?' 'You hum it son, I'll play it.'[/quote] Rik: Do you know Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard? Suggs: You hum it, I'll smash your face in