bremen

[quote name='spike' post='464892' date='Apr 17 2009, 12:22 PM']Since the council have advised the complainant to keep a diary it might be an idea for you to keep a diary too, especially if you think they are complaining about occasions when you haven't been making a noise.[/quote] Good point well made.

[quote name='Huggy and the Bears' post='464835' date='Apr 17 2009, 11:28 AM']So, I concede to upsetting a neigbour and apologise for this but would like to work around the problem and still be able to play without any aggro. Therefore what are reasonable noise levels and times for making the noise so that I could negotiate via the council a way forward rather than just stopping playing at home.[/quote] The onus is now on the complainer to keep a diary of when the disturbances occur. The council will then go round and set up a spl meter in their house and sit and wait for the music to start. They will then write to you, and here's your pportunity to discuss when and how loud is reasonable. You won't get a summons unless you ignore them. This is how my city council does things, anyway. Hope this helps.

[quote name='AM1' post='463445' date='Apr 15 2009, 10:05 PM']That's exactly what I mean by commercialised. It's not about talent, it's about marketability. The quality is dire...unless you really, really dig around. All the bands I liked as a teenager are what I'm still listening to! Purely because there's so little around that can match up it in terms of musicality.[/quote] So what's changed since your parents' generation? The bands they liked as teenagers are probably the ones they listen to now, because no music is as exciting as the music you get introduced to as an adolescent. They probably think the stuff you like is lacking in musicality. [quote]Music isn't about talent now, it's about sex/marketing as others said, f***ing depressing. I can't remember the last time I listened to a signed band and got excited by what I heard. Probably 1995. This is a truly crap time for good music, compared to the late 80s/early 90s..[/quote] And that was a crap time compared to (in my opinion) 1981. We're showing our respective ages here I'm assuming you're younger than me, of course

[quote name='bubinga5' post='463392' date='Apr 15 2009, 09:05 PM']I think she means the sound i commercialised??[/quote] Always has been.

[quote name='AM1' post='463379' date='Apr 15 2009, 08:46 PM']Yeah - as the question goes, is the music scene at an all time low?? Online downloading just seems to have killed off bands making money and even touring bands are not exactly rolling in it. Why are there no new decent bands appearing?? The music scene is SO commercialised now, it's depressing. Any thoughts...am I alone in feeling like this?[/quote] I've always hated 99% of what I've heard. All that's changed is that I no longer know where to go to hear the 1%.

[quote name='bassfan' post='458541' date='Apr 9 2009, 04:09 PM']New power supply arrived yesterday. All working fine... Thanks guys.[/quote] I love a happy ending

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='456302' date='Apr 7 2009, 12:12 PM']The do a whole variety of neck sizes, I notice the mostly seem to say 'slim profile' which is not a description of what I want,[/quote] If they call their P necks 'slim profile' they're lying. I have two and they are definitely 'thick and round'; same width as Fenders but considerably deeper. [quote]how to describe what I do want would be useful. 'Like one of the cheapest basses you can get' is not ideal.[/quote] um?

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='454983' date='Apr 5 2009, 10:37 PM']I really like the profile of the neck on my Johnson bass, its a lot like a bat, thick and round, I was told its like the old tele bass necks, but I've never had hold of one. Gonna be looking for a new neck similarly chunky but with a little more quality, better fretting and finish etc. Any suggestions?[/quote] Warmoth.

[quote name='bassfan' post='456189' date='Apr 7 2009, 10:09 AM']Cheers guys.. one on order!!![/quote] Fingers crossed - you might have toasted the pedal with the AC supply. Hope not, let us know. Check the polarity of the DC supply, ie whether the tip of the plug is + or -. Hopefully it'll be marked on the pedal and adjustable on the supply.

[quote name='bassfan' post='456153' date='Apr 7 2009, 09:34 AM']Please don't answer 'Yes" straight away....... I have just bought an envelope filter to have a play with (Boomstick Bottom Feeder). Simple stuff. Plug it in, connect to the amp and voila!! or so I thought..... When I turn it on it buzzes very loudly through the amp and cuts off the bass! so, thinks I, maybe I have been stupid and connected it wrong, quick switch of the cables, same thing. Bit of Research on the net. Any 9V power supply will do.. I am using a 9V power supply. Anyone know what is wrong is the filter not working properly? I have my doubts about the power supply.[/quote] Is it an AC power supply?

[quote name='budget bassist' post='455855' date='Apr 6 2009, 09:04 PM']Meh, it worked, it was only an OLP neck.[/quote] sure, I was just saying there's nowt wrong with using a nail file!

[quote name='beerdragon' post='455845' date='Apr 6 2009, 08:58 PM']I bought these from Maplins ith the intention of buying a Badass bridge, but that never took off. they are cheap enough and do a job. [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=3852&C=SO"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=3852&C=SO[/url][/quote] '1400mm length' 'Please note that, under the Offensive Weapons Act 1996, this product cannot be sold to anyone under the age of 18.' Not surprised, you could have someone's lung out with one of them!

[quote name='budget bassist' post='455843' date='Apr 6 2009, 08:56 PM']I had a very small round file that i used for it, but it was only small enough for the E string, i used a nail file for the rest.[/quote] If you use a nail file you'll end up with a square profile at the bottom of the slot. You can use an old roundwound string of the appropriate guage as a file to round it off: pull it back and forth like dental floss from hell.

[quote name='YouMa' post='455826' date='Apr 6 2009, 08:41 PM']You can actually get nut files which are basically just needle files,do an internet search on needle files,then its just a case of filing the slots by eye.Just go easy on them.[/quote] The difference between nut files and ordinary needle files (apart from a huge price difference) is that nut files aren't tapered, so the slot is the same width from the front to the back of the nut. They also come in sizes to exactly match the strings. Probably not worth the $$$ unless you're going to be doing a lot of setups though, I'm sure plenty folk have got good results from careful use of a small needle file. PM me if you buy a set and want to sell them on though!

[quote name='silddx' post='455597' date='Apr 6 2009, 03:53 PM']Good luck to you too, Bremen![/quote] Thanks! Really looking forward.

[quote name='Linus27' post='455481' date='Apr 6 2009, 02:23 PM']Thats cool for me as their drummer is bloody amazing and probably the best drummer I have ever played with. He's on another level to what I am used to working with and I hope it will improve my playing along the way.[/quote] You lucky, lucky boy. I have an audition tomorrow night. I'm hoping they have a great drummer. If he's good, it doesn't really matter how bad the guitarists are; if he's bad, it doesn't matter how good they are ;-)

[quote name='Ross' post='455349' date='Apr 6 2009, 12:52 PM']So hey, here i am, any recommendations of a good place to start getting back into it, much appreciated.[/quote] Join a band! Get a gig before you're ready! Welcome!

[quote name='Pookus' post='455426' date='Apr 6 2009, 01:47 PM']At rehearsal last night I got a really strong burning electrical smell from one of my cabs. I haven't had any problems before. This is a homemade cab with a 300w 8ohm 12" Celestion in it. I have recently ported the cab which has increased the bass response. The speaker cable looked a bit flimsy when I took the back off today so I have replaced it with some seriously heavy duty cable (same stuff I use to link my Ashdown gear with). Any ideas what could have caused the burning smell?[/quote] Could be the voice coil heating up the glue that holds it on the former. I've had that smell from time to time and it's been a bit scary but nothing's stopped working yet (says he, inviting disaster). It'd have to be [i]really[/i] flimsy speaker cable to give off a burning smell. 300W into 8 ohms is only 6 amps.

[quote name='OldGit' post='455360' date='Apr 6 2009, 01:02 PM']One of my favourite CDs of all time .. Love that version of Stairway to Heaven [/quote] It's astonishing to hear a big horn section play that solo note-for-note, complete with all the little twists and turns. One of the very many things I love about Zappa is that his pastiches were always sympathetic. Cruising With Reuben and the Jets really takes the piss, but you can tell how much he loved the music he was parodying. He was never one to bother about genres :-)

[quote name='dangerboy' post='455313' date='Apr 6 2009, 12:24 PM']Two basses, because you can't have too much of a good thing. I also sing, and tend not to play much bass when I do so, which means that the other bassist is more supportive when that happens. Then I play the supportive role in instrumental sections to let him go free and do interesting improvisational stuff (as at the start of 'There's No Such Thing as Bad Publicity'). Then sometimes we both bang a riff out for maximum crushing power (eg at the start of A History of Oil on the MySpace). The rest of the line-up is drums and baritone guitar.[/quote] Phwoarr, that's f***ing excellent. I'm a bit far away though, otherwise I'd love to be involved. [quote]Influences Transisitors, 6L6GC Valves, Diodes, 4049 chips, op-amps, JFETs, 3PDT switches, LEDs. Whiskey, Gin, Rum, Brandy, Tequila, Vodka. Van Rock, Cain, Gibbs, Haskett and Rollins.[/quote]

[quote name='MB1' post='454903' date='Apr 5 2009, 08:50 PM']MB1. ....Les Mcqueen/Rhythm Guitar/Creme Brulee................"This is the part,where you sh*t yourself!...i'nt it Jay?". [/quote] I did know who Creme Brulée were but I've forgotten...it was a terrible tale of betrayal wasn't it? Who was it? edit: It was League of Gentlemen, dummy. I did LOL and cringe my way through those sketches. There's a covers band have 'borrowed' the name www.creme-brulee.co.uk

[quote name='Twigman' post='455156' date='Apr 6 2009, 09:34 AM']I have decided that the final song in our set would be better played with a plectrum but all the other songs will be fingers. In the past I would stuff a plectrum between the body and the scratchplate but my scratchplate severely warped doing that. As the final song runs on from the previous fingered song in a medley style I have a mere 4 bars (@ something like 140bpm) to grab my plectrum and sort myself out.... I don't think a back pocket would work and I probably won't be able to see if it's atop my amp... Where do you keep yours?[/quote] Blu-tak or double-sided sticky tape it somewhere?

[quote name='steve' post='453498' date='Apr 3 2009, 04:43 PM']be on the safe side - buy a new bass [/quote] He's right. Pickups might only last a year and a half, but after two years the bridge and tuners begin to dissolve.

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='451880' date='Apr 1 2009, 07:35 PM']+1 on the battery diagnosis.[/quote] And the guy that said 'pickups last a year and a half', was it last Wednesday morning he told you that? ;-)