Rich

It's bloody nonsense. You expose yourself (fnar) to well in excess of 80dB simply by walking along the pavement next to a busy high street.

We did the whole "sales = quality? discuss" thing on the Liam Gallagher thread. It's a worthwhile debate, but let's not go there again...

[quote name='liamcapleton' post='422849' date='Mar 2 2009, 01:01 AM']I just got back from a gig where we got requested by some drunk punter to play 'With or Without You'... I laughed to myself, thought of this convo and politely declined [/quote] Good job you managed not to actually laugh out loud, or said drunkard might have taken it the wrong way

[quote name='bumfrog' post='420838' date='Feb 27 2009, 01:06 PM']I'm guessing a large wack on the snare will do it practically every time.[/quote][quote name='OldGit' post='420842' date='Feb 27 2009, 01:08 PM']Or singing, clapping, whispering[/quote] Or the gentle 'ffrrt' of a nearby flatulent mosquito. Bloody limiters are a nightmare.

Why are people getting so wound up? And by this I mean both the U2-haters [i]and[/i] the negativity-haters. Christ guys, at the end of the day it's only a band and a few opinions. Unless you happen to be one of the band members, none of the comments are aimed at you, and unless the law has drastically changed in the last 30 minutes, you don't [i]have[/i] to listen to the music. As at least one of our members will testify, far far worse things could be happening in your world right now and this is all, when it comes down to it, pointless. Come on people, calm down eh?

Whatever you may think of U2 (and yes, they are great songwriters [i]if you like their songs[/i]), I think NJE is exactly right with:[quote]expensive gear and good sound engineering does not make good musicians/bands[/quote] This may or may not be the case for Bonio and his mates, but is definitely true of many a band or artist. The converse can also often be the case. How many utterly brilliant bands/musicians have you seen playing cheap gear? Loads.

The best P bass I've ever laid hands on is OldGit's 5-string Shuker a glorious piece of kit.

OK, it's gone. Blimey, that was quick.

Right, here's the background... I indirectly 'won' this unit in the raffle at a national Bassbash -- what actually happened was that the guy who won it said he'd never use it and did I want it, I said yes please. It's a prototype made by our very own Alien, and like all his kit it is beautifully made. However, I've not used it since then and probably won't, and it's criminal to have something so cool gathering dust. Like the title says, it's a prototype 'Flip Double Looper'... it appears to be a pair of independent switchable FX loops with a third switch allowing you to change the order of the loops if you want, i.e. bass->loop1->loop2->out or bass->loop2->loop1->out. Hence the 12-21 name. I think I've got that right, perhaps Alien might be able to shed some light..? It works off a 9v power supply only, there is no battery provision. Three switches, lots of red & green LEDs. Anyway... like I said, I'm not using it and so I think somebody should. Having got it for free, I don't want to take any money for it, so it is up for grabs. The first person to reply gets it, BUT THERE ARE CONDITIONS. [list=1] [*]It's got to be USED -- please, don't ask for it unless you're going to put it into action. It's too good to be a paperweight. [*]You are expressly forbidden from taking it and then immediately putting it up for sale to make a quick buck. [*][b]You must send me a cheque for [u]at least[/u] £15 made payable to 'Alzheimers Society'[/b] -- this was the beneficiary of the Bash at which I 'won' it and is a cause very close to my heart, so more than 15 quid, while not mandatory, would be gratefully received. [/list]I'll pay the postage. You can repay it by buying me a beer some time This is the bargain of the century and will allow you to feel good about yourself whilst also netting you a tremendously useful and cool addition to your pedalboard.

Bossa or Sadowsky? Some great stuff on there. Superstition, oh man, all these years on and it's [i]still[/i] brilliant.

After watching that Stevie Wonder vid, got to be Nate Watts

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='421435' date='Feb 28 2009, 12:01 AM']This one: Not exactly a copy though.[/quote] Gorgeous. Damn, I even like the colour

U2 were truly great years ago when they were young and hungry, but now they're just fat old men, metaphorically at least, and they don't need to try any more. And it shows. [quote name='Deep Thought' post='421539' date='Feb 28 2009, 10:06 AM']I've noticed in the past that the sound on Rossy's programme is invariably crap.[/quote] Yup, especially the noise coming out of Ross' gob... [quote name='markytbass' post='421590' date='Feb 28 2009, 11:27 AM']He did explain on the guitar thing that was on BBC4 a while back. I think its a bank of procesors that try and make him sound good. A bit like the singing machine the boy band used on the simpsons. IMO take his delay pedal off him and he'd be f***ed![/quote]

[quote name='Soulfinger' post='421111' date='Feb 27 2009, 04:56 PM']Will Lee had found a way to do this - I can´t remember exactly but he tapped the line with both hands, one on the E string and one on the G, starting with the double-stop (root/VII) and sliding down on the E and up on the G string to the respective target notes. It does take some practice but it´s not too difficult really and sounds very nice. Hope this helps![/quote] This is how I do it. Yes it does take some practice, but it must be reasonably easy if I can do it It's worth working at, as it is so much more effective than just doing one of the lines and more impressive than getting a (spit) [i]guitarist[/i] to do it.

[i][sound of jaw hitting floor][/i] Great. Thanks a bunch. Just when I thought I wasn't GASing for anything, you go posting pictures of this UTTERLY STUNNING bass. Any chance of a big & really sharp pic of the body? I want to use it as PC wallpaper.

[url="http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php"]It's an absolute goldmine[/url]..!

god yes, don't you just [i]hate[/i] it when that happens?

At the moment my sound is based a 50/50 balance of both pickups, with the neck 'tapped'. Slight bass boost on the gtr itself but all other controls flat. Lows and low-mids boosted slightly on the amp, mids cut slightly around the 600Hz mark, slight hi-mid & treble boost. More pronounced boost at 1200Hz. Compression from the Focusrite, but not loads. You only know it's there if you switch it off, if you see what I mean. Result is a fingerstyle tone vaguely similar to Jonas Hellborg's only smoother and less Status-y , it cuts through the mix well and manages to force its way past all them horns the harmonics sing nicely, plus there are good clear slap & bitey snap sounds when I want them, which isn't often. I like it

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='419879' date='Feb 26 2009, 09:51 AM']I love sizzle.[/quote] Mmmmm... bacon... *drool* [/hsimpson] [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='419889' date='Feb 26 2009, 10:01 AM']Marcus Miller is a Gay-Hole.[/quote] I reckon his wife might disagree with you there

[quote name='Adrenochrome' post='419203' date='Feb 25 2009, 12:59 PM']?? I used one of those Zooms for about 8 years and it was never noticeably noisy. Are you sure you are all using it properly?[/quote] Nope, I'm too thick to use an FX pedal.

I've got one of those Zooms too. They're noisy buggers all right. I said they're [size=3]NOISY[/size]. [size=3]No,[/size] [size=4]NOISY.[/size] Ahem. How about using an A/B loop thing to give you a total hardwired bypass of all the pedals when you're not using them? If you use any of them a lot more than others (limiter?), you could put it outside the loop.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='418880' date='Feb 24 2009, 11:19 PM']But a stupid wing, at that. Harrier jump jet? Penguin?[/quote] '81 Ford Capri offside front..? EDIT: actually, a truly stupid wing would be a rear one off a '59 Caddy Coupe de Ville...

Consider this [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Focusrite-TrackMaster-Platinum_W0QQitemZ180331398009QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Outboards_Effects_MJ?hash=item180331398009&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]Focusrite Trakmaster Platinum[/url]..? It's intended as a vocal preamp/channel strip, but they are also widely used as studio bass preamps. It's got a simply brilliant compressor and a nice usable eq, and the sound is pure & clean. What comes out is what went in, only louder