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[quote name='wateroftyne' post='174226' date='Apr 10 2008, 11:13 PM']I've got a Dupuytren's contracture. Yay. So far, I'm getting away with it but it's coming on in leaps and bounds. I'm just going to worry about it when I need to...[/quote] I'm told that it can be fixed with a very simple operation...so simple that it's *almost* affordable to get done privately.

we played the Cambridge battle of the bands. Great audience, including our own Charic. We got the highest AND the lowest score of any of the bands - one judge gave us 7 out of 40 and another 30something. We are Marmite! dead chuffed that we are officially not mediocre. We didn't win. Good laugh though, played to a new audience and made some new friends.

[quote name='WarPig' post='173974' date='Apr 10 2008, 03:31 PM']I want to fit one to my aerodyne, but im not sure on which one to get.[/quote] They (Hipshot) answer emails very promptly.

[quote name='Golchen' post='172750' date='Apr 9 2008, 12:04 AM']I was just wondering whether or not most bassists here use their little finger for fretting? I know quite a lot of guitarists who don't really, unless they are shredders in which case they do! Personally, my little finger is pretty strong so I like to use it.[/quote] does anyone *not*?

[quote name='obbm' post='173787' date='Apr 10 2008, 11:24 AM']Not Blasphemy Joe. Just personal preference.[/quote] Apostasy, then! What would happen if I replaced my quarter pounder with a Thumper? (so to speak...;-)

[quote name='Beedster' post='173727' date='Apr 10 2008, 10:21 AM']So what are you thinking......[/quote] You quite liked the ebony fingerboard on my Warmoth fretless didn't you - the slow attack effect?

[quote name='Beedster' post='173619' date='Apr 10 2008, 07:56 AM']Hi all Does anyone know if Fender ever produced factory fretless Precisions with ebony necks in the 1970/early 1980s, either as standard or a custom option? Cheers Chris[/quote] Are you thinking what I'm thinking you're thinking?

[quote name='The Funk' post='172377' date='Apr 8 2008, 04:13 PM']I don't really have a problem with it. I see newbie sellers with 0 posts the same way as newbie ebayers with 0 feedback. Approach with caution![/quote] Likewise. Anyone who posts stuff for sale as their first post isn't going to get such a good response as someone who's known, so it's their problem. And maybe they'll hang around after they've sold the guitar. On the other hand, if a newbie has something for sale that I want, I'll buy it...I'll just be a bit more wary than if I was dealing with someone I 'know'.

[quote name='steve66' post='57036' date='Sep 7 2007, 03:32 PM']I was able to "fix" the a few notes (lack of sustain) on the G string on a buddy's Fender Jazz by taking the neck off and installing brass inserts and machine screws in place of the stock neck screws. If anyone is looking to try this, It did require some drilling in the stock neck holes to make room for the inserts. after measuring, I used a drill bit stop so I wouldnt drill through the neck completely. Other than watching out for that, its a fairly easy mod, and holds the neck to the body very tight.[/quote] Interesting...what prevented the brass inserts from just pulling out?

[quote name='umcoo' post='172225' date='Apr 8 2008, 01:59 PM']Just thought, there is also the Fender Bassman 135. A chum on here has one and I've gigged it and it's bloody loud! I believe he got his for around £300ish, but may be wrong. That's 135 watts of great all tube goodness. Loverly![/quote] The Bassman 135 is indeed a ballsy amplifier. Much louder and better sounding than the Bassman 100, which I find a bit thin.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='172218' date='Apr 8 2008, 01:50 PM']That was the PA you were looking at. I've seen them loads of times in the eighties and only remember Trace stuff. According to an interview in Strangled fan mag the first two albums were recorded using bust Carlsboro speakers. Try emailing Martin"Pontious"Rushent for the full S.P.[/quote] Anyway. All goes to prove that the sound is in his hands. There was a thread here talking about Robbie Shakespeare, how he'd been spotted using everything from violin bass to Steinberg and whatever instrument he used he sounded like Robbie Shakespeare. Same applies to JJ.

[quote name='Musky' post='172181' date='Apr 8 2008, 01:02 PM']I'm not so sure about the Hiwatt stack thing. I saw the Stranglers back in the day and he was definately using a Marshall cab (just the one). Not that it makes much difference really.[/quote] I saw them back in the day (1980ish) and he had what looked like 10kW of bass bins, mids and highs with lenses and all the 80s 'big PA' trimmings. Good riot, too :-)

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='171966' date='Apr 8 2008, 12:31 AM']yes boycott all chinese stuff because of their awful human rights record, tibet and Sudan. boycott all american stuff because of the injustice of the IMF and World bank screwing the developing world through trade, illegal wars in the middle east and general policy of going around the world killing folk who disagree over the last 50 years. boycott all UK stuff for following US on the above, being a major player in the arms trade, failing to put anysort of commonwealth pressure on mugabe or china (for the above), or turkey, or israel...... don't ya just love our western-colonial cultural moral smugness?[/quote] +1000 I'm setting up an electronics company in Wales. I don't think we've ever done anything unpleasant to anyone, so come on everybody: Buy TaffCo!

[quote name='Bigwan' post='171523' date='Apr 7 2008, 03:23 PM']How weird is that - that was the first thing I thought of![/quote] same here. He really nailed being melodic _and_ funky and tough. [quote]Slightly off topic - who else thinks the Chili Peppers have been crap since BSSM?[/quote] There's some lovely bass on One Hot Minute.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='171562' date='Apr 7 2008, 04:22 PM']Since ever louder PA systems have become cheaper and cheaper yet the operators' ability to restrain themselves from turning it up to eleven has remained just as lacking, I'm not surprised to see this happening. I welcome the days when small pub gigs stop miking up the drums and trying to shake the walls with kick through subs to boost the sound engineer's ego. Alex[/quote] Can I just hijack this thread for a minute: I totally agree with Alex about forcing everything through the PA in small venues. We played in a tiny venue a couple of weeks back (you could probably get 80 bodies in there) and they miked bass drum, snare and tom-toms. And the bass. And the guitars (Marshall 100W and 4x12s). I didn't hear a single word that any of the singers uttered that night; I felt for them, they write the songs but might as well be farting in tune. The bass was just that horrible low-mid mush where you're aware it's playing but you can hear neither its tone or its pitch. The PA, of course, didn't go below 100Hz anyway so you didn't even get your trousers flapped as a consolation prize. Gah. Christ, what a grumpy old man I'm becoming. But it's not a case of 'if it's too loud you're too old'. I love a loud band, just so long as the PA is up to it, the venue is big enough and the guy on the mixer has some understanding of what music is meant to sound like. Sorry. Back to topic...

[quote name='cheddatom' post='171551' date='Apr 7 2008, 04:07 PM']is it 85dB strict limit, or 85db average or what? You'd think 90 would be ok for gigs? Maybe not.[/quote] I might be misunderstanding this, but doesn't the legislation compel managers to protect the staff's hearing by issuing them with appropriate safety equipment, ie earplugs? I mean, road drills and aircraft aren't banned; similarly loud amplification isn't. I hope I'm right. The figures are average, not peak.

or get us to wear earplugs, which seems sensible.

[quote name='charic' post='171301' date='Apr 7 2008, 12:06 PM']Some passive pups have very hot outputs. I believe the 1/4lbs are considered to be fairly hot[/quote] yeah I use 1/4lbs on my PJ and they're not far behind an active EMG-P. I never have to go anywhere near 11 on the amp.

[quote name='charic' post='171198' date='Apr 7 2008, 10:18 AM']"How to make a presentation"[/quote] 'This presentation is in two parts. In the first part I explain that it's going to be in two parts...and I haven't quite decided what's in the second part yet'. Or: Is Downloading depriving Musicians of a living? Does Humour Belong in Music? Who wrote Whiter Shade of Pale? or look back through the topics discussed here and find the most contoversial, probably one where BBC gets challenged to a duel by an offended party ;-)

[quote name='Tee' post='171186' date='Apr 7 2008, 10:05 AM']what about 1/4 to speakon. Where does that sit?[/quote] One end bombproof, one end slightly fragile.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='171174' date='Apr 7 2008, 09:53 AM']I think that you are paying for a lot more than the difference between having a jack and a speakon Dont forget that speakons are a relatively recent development and before that everyone used jacks. The real big advantage is you cant use a speaker lead for signal and vice versa.[/quote] I wouldn't use a speaker lead for signal, it's not screened! And I wouldn't be confident using a signal lead for a high power speaker (except in a dire emergency). Speakons are much tougher and more reliable than jacks.

[quote name='chardbass' post='169881' date='Apr 4 2008, 04:03 PM']I watch this clip almost every other day- the guy is grooving like a monster. It seems this Chicago church have some great musos playing there. I think this is the ending of a piece called Joy to the World? There is another clip somewhere with another playing the same song and he interprets it differently. This is like a cross between Bootsy playing Sexmachine and Anthony Jackson. Awesome groove! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_KuD0AjWdE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_KuD0AjWdE[/url][/quote] Even *my* bitter, cynical little heart was warmed by that.

[quote name='Joshbasscana' post='168015' date='Apr 1 2008, 11:12 PM']I was reading some reviews on this particularly compressor (on Harmony Central as you do...) Sorry to dampen the mood on the thread chaps but Ive been reading that this compressor does have an issue of "clicking." Anyone come across this? Or are these just vicious rumours Josh[/quote] That'd be less of an issue with bass than stuff like vocals/acoustic instruments I'd have thought.