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[quote name='paul h' post='1271724' date='Jun 16 2011, 04:03 PM']Buy a new bass and use the box it's delivered in. [/quote] Need to know what time it is? Simply pop into Argos and buy a cheap wristwatch. The time will be printed on the till receipt.

[quote name='TheGreek' post='1264845' date='Jun 11 2011, 12:46 PM']Just to prove that you can buy any old overpriced crap on eBay.. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toothpaste-Cap-white-/290518452363?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a43fc88b#ht_500wt_1156"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Toothpaste-Cap-white...b#ht_500wt_1156[/url][/quote] [b][color="#FF0000"] FAKE[/color][/b]

[quote name='51m0n' post='1271162' date='Jun 16 2011, 10:52 AM']I would expoect to need to put down at the very least the following:- Rhythm Section: Bass (most important, obviously) Timbales Congas Keys Guide Vocal In one go. Ideally I'd want the horns down as well, but you are looking for a huge live room to do that, and this is almost certainly outside your budget. Could the horns overdub their parts??? Their being able to do that is really going to make or break the result.[/quote] What he said. Recording horns is a joy; trying to keep the sound of horns from the percussion mics is a nightmare.

[quote name='Oggy' post='1268696' date='Jun 14 2011, 02:42 PM']How about I connect the Mac audio out to the AUX input on the player and use that for monitoring – the thinking being that what I hear from the player should be a good approximation sound of what I’ll hear from a Mix burn to a CD. I’ve not tried it yet – lame excuse is - I’ve got to fit a shelf above the Mac. Anyway, thoughts and feedback from you chaps would be very welcome. Oggy [/quote] Do that. Find a compromise between what sounds good on headphones and 'ordinary' speakers. Headphones can be very revealing, but it's easy to get a 'lush' sound on cans that sounds thin and orrible on speakers. There's a competition ongoing at DV247 to win some monitors, good luck!

[quote name='Machines' post='1268256' date='Jun 14 2011, 09:20 AM']The Corvette $$ 5 I had was awesome, just the neck I couldn't live with. Warwick seem to be more concerned about their brand than credibility with musicians. The older stuff is marvellous and has a great vibe to it (I still want an old Thumb NT5) but to me, they're more concerned with <insert this years signature model> than their core product.[/quote] My sister has an old NT5 that she might be selling...PM me if you're interested.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1268358' date='Jun 14 2011, 10:57 AM']Had a particularly fine Dover Sole many years ago. Yes, entirely toothsome. Can't remember exactly when. I know Johnny Ludlow was there. Of course, I was very, [i]very[/i] drunk.[/quote] Good to see your old avatar back, Skank; always makes me smile that one

[quote name='Toasted' post='1267443' date='Jun 13 2011, 03:49 PM']Double P... *barf*[/quote] That pickup by the bridge - surely the tone from the D and G is going to be jarringly different from the E and A?

[quote name='untune' post='1264137' date='Jun 10 2011, 04:56 PM']I just remembered I've got an old bass I've not touched for ages sat in a hardcase in the corner that also has a neckplate/bolt on design. Measured it up and it's the neckplate that's wrong as the screws appear to be identical... I'm currently pondering whether to destring/butcher it and keep that tucked away until I can replace it...[/quote] Do that. I'll be attempting some gonzo luthiering next week and I'll have a spare neckplate that you can have to put back on the 'donor' bass.

[quote name='untune' post='1263998' date='Jun 10 2011, 03:02 PM']Hi bremen I just quickly measured the plate - the holes themselves are about 6.5mm (6.35mm perhaps?) and the edges of the actual countersink measure about 10.5mm. The screwheads look to be a tiny bit short of 8mm. If you have something bigger that'd be great, drop me a PM with details if you want Cheers[/quote] That sounds like the holes in the plate are big, rather than the screws being small. I'll measure my plate and screws when I get home.

[quote name='untune' post='1263981' date='Jun 10 2011, 02:47 PM']Hi all All the parts have arrrived (aside from a few) for my project and I want to put it together desperately - the body/neck have been sat here since Wednesday and I was still waiting on a few fixings. I already had a neckplate but no screws, so I grabbed a set of 42mm from axesrus. The heads seem a bit too small to me, they don't seem sit in the countersink of the plate correctly and since i've never fitted any before I don't want to balls it up on the first attempt. Will I be ok using these or should I get different ones? I thought these may be for guitars but then I thought it was all standard? Pics attached (sorry if they're a bit big)[/quote] They're definitely a bit small - or the holes in the plate are a bit big...? I have a set of screws I could send you to try. If they turn out to be too small, the plate is non-standard.

[quote name='Muzz' post='1263909' date='Jun 10 2011, 01:40 PM']That version of I Shot The Sherriff sums up everything I can't stand about Jaco. 8 minutes(! ) of some of the most pointlessly self-indulgent wibbery* I've ever heard - fine for the rehearsal room where everyone can nod approvingly at each other**, but if they were playing in my garden, I'd close the curtains. * And I don't use that word lightly. Whatever it means... ** A bit like when the chickens used to come off stage in the Muppets...[/quote] The original was a model of grace and understatement from the man who might be my favourite ever player.

[quote name='Beedster' post='1263760' date='Jun 10 2011, 11:32 AM']the Ric is currently sitting next to a late 70's maple board Precision fretless, and by comparison, on all counts, the Precision - which I love - seems so crude and limited[/quote] That's why I got rid of it ;-) EDIT: kidding!

[quote name='LeftyBiskit' post='1263460' date='Jun 9 2011, 11:56 PM']I have just spent a couple of hours scrolling through touring Band's riders on a certain website www.thesmokinggun.com/backstage,It's probably been mentioned on here before,but it's worth another look. Unbelievable the stuff people ask for,I found the Foo Fighters rider particularly funny,the Van Halen rider was another one that made me laugh. Trev.[/quote] The Stooges one is legendary (though for some reason I can't read it using Opera)

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1263439' date='Jun 9 2011, 11:26 PM']Which Macca bass would fetch the most at an auction? Strangely the Hofner fiddle is one I like playing even less than a Ric. Funny old world.[/quote] You might have hit on the secret of the Beatles' success: The bass must have a diving neck. That's the common factor!

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='1261479' date='Jun 8 2011, 05:22 PM']I was listening to Hejira today and Refuge of the Roads is a great illustration of Jaco's less is more playing.[/quote] Just found that on Youtube and it lifted the hairs on the back of my neck.

[quote name='Monckyman' post='1262479' date='Jun 9 2011, 11:40 AM']Lo all. Having now bought an Eden210t, I`m looking at finding a 15" driver to complement it and provide low end thump. I`m mainly playing R&B, Electro dance/pop and increasingly, a few reggae tunes. The Eden is plenty sharp and has loads of punch even loaded with Celestions but I reckon I do need something bigger for that bottom end especially when I push the volume. So, I have an old(ish) EV ported cab that I bought in a deal. I haven`t used it at rehearsals or gig yet, and it has my old eminence em200 in it, which sounds quite nice at average levels. When they are both plugged in to my Ashdown ABM500 the difference in volume and tone is enormous, with the Eden hogging the limelight. What I`d like to know, is whether this cab can be useful, with the right driver in, with ideally, a more even match in volume at least. I`ll be driving both cabs from an LM II. The 15" wouldn`t have to be full range, I`m looking for a sub after all, but I suppose it wouldn`t hurt to have a full(ish) range 15" I could use on it`s own. Or, should I save my cash and wait till an Eden115 xl comes along? Dimensions of the Cab are:w450 h680 d410 It has two x 50mm wide by 50mm deep ports at the bottom. MM[/quote] I use an Eminence Kappa Pro 3015LF in a cab slightly smaller than that and it's pretty deep Your cab, being bigger, should be even better. You might need to extend the ports, or block one off. PM me if you want me to calculate the ideal port size (can't do it at work).

[quote name='gareth' post='1260328' date='Jun 7 2011, 09:34 PM']This is a very clever scam The scammer has sent me many emails and he's even got a shipping company - [url="http://italtrans.t35.com/about.html"]http://italtrans.t35.com/about.html[/url] - to send me shipping documentation on an escrow basis:[/quote] how does the scam work then? Is the courier company legit? Someone else is asking about Italtrans here on Asshat: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139998&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=139998&hl=[/url] should they be warned?

[quote name='chris_b' post='1259854' date='Jun 7 2011, 04:06 PM']That may be true and I don't know either way, but as these guys are far more successful in their business than the whole of BC put together I'm not going to slag them off either.[/quote] I can say without fear of contradiction [ALL: OH NO YOU CAN'T!] that Dave Gilmour would have been just as successful had he used cryo cable, ordinary cable or rusty barbed wire.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='1259803' date='Jun 7 2011, 03:26 PM']Its only libel if it is untrue - look it up[/quote] Whether or not the neck is kosher, the bass can't be described as a MM therefore JLP's defence against a libel charge is watertight. The seller is risking breaking a fair few laws though, from the Sale of Goods act up. Probably the best thing he could do would be to pull the listing until he's confirmed that the neck is for real then re-list with a more accurate description. Maybe it is a nice instrument, but it's not as described. Just my £50-an-hoursworth of legal advice ;-)

[quote name='lanark' post='1258765' date='Jun 6 2011, 06:57 PM']The man who produced THAT Strangler's bass sound on their first three albums, plus early Buzzcocks, Don't You Want Me, Fade to Grey, 999 and loads of other stuff.[/quote] Full page obit in the Times today.

[quote name='KK Jale' post='1259692' date='Jun 7 2011, 01:59 PM']His tech Phil Taylor told me they don't just freeze the instrument leads - they freeze everything in the chain, right back to the mains cables [/quote] Why stop there - why not also rewire and freeze the consumer unit, electricity meter, cables back to the substation, substation transformers, Grid cables, generator armature windings! If you really want to go all the way for sonic purity you should also filter any water used for hydro-electric generation, and load the coal into the furnaces by hand so you don't get noise from the shovels. You do of course get faster bass and more authority and slam from electricity that's nuclear-generated.