GarethFlatlands

Ignoring everything else, with the prices Warwicks are going for at the moment you'd be nuts not to consider one.

[quote name='Ruiner' timestamp='1319182187' post='1410801'] Apparently the new bassist is using a fredric effects green russian muff live so I might have to see if I can get my hands on one of those. [/quote] I got a Fredric effects harmonic percoalator off ebay for about £50 and I've seen the big muff clones on there too. Sellers name is 'timhulio' and I think he's the guy that makes them as he always has Fredric effects stuff for sale although no muffs at the moment. I've heard bits of McLusky but never got into them massively. Saw them live at Reading many years ago although didn't appreciate them as much as I should have at the time. Edit - you've reminded me of a gap in my music collection and the 3 disc version of McLuskyism is downloading from Amazon as we speak.

No, they do a stereo chorus but not bass specific, and no flanger at all. You might have more luck with the standard Digitech stuff, I had problems with the switching on my bass distortion but liked the reverb.

Personally I'd try and pick up a 2nd hand MIJ Boss BF-2 or a CS-2. They're classics for a reason. I still regret not getting an old CS-2 when I saw one in a guitar shop in Leeds for a mere £45. I prefer older Boss pedals to the newer equivalents. I don't like the switches on the Digitech pedals and the sound is nice but not very transparent. The Hardwire stuff is much better build and sound quality. I've only ever tried 1 MXR pedal (Carbon Copy) but I really like it and was considering them when I was looking for distortion pedals recently, although I went with a harmonic percolator clone in the end.

P-bass with a pick to start with from the live vids I've watched. Not sure on the effects. Good call incidentally, I was listening to their stuff on the way to/from work and his bass tone stands out. I like his sound on 'Lapsed Catholics'.

[quote name='baboom' timestamp='1318894721' post='1407589'] Got that book too and it has been open on my music stand on the first page of open string exercises for months.... embarrassing. [/quote] I've found those really useful, my rythm playing has needed a little tightening up and those 10-12 pages really show you what you can do within 4/4 which I always thought was restrictive. How little I knew. Thanks for the tips Bilbo, I'll give that book a try (any excuse to fill up the Kindle.) I have an EUB so pickups aren't really a problem, I was just trying to get a good unamplified sound to begin with. The book says you should be able to hit notes without using the thumb which I'm having trouble with so I don't know if it's strength or technique. Either way, I'll keep at it.

That's cool, my past 2 girlfriends wouldn't even tell their parents they were going out with me :-)

Not sure what you mean. Is it the same bass on the acoustic version of 'Hangin Tree'? First video on youtube for that song, looks like the same bass.

I'm working my way through the Evolving Bassist by Rufus Reid and I never realised how puny my left hand was. 1st position chromatic exercieses, the first in the book where you're even using your left hand and I have to stop after about a minute. I hope it's not going to take as long to build up the strength as I fear. There's about 10+ pages of rythmic exercises so I'm going to work my way through them again and do the 1st position chromatic stuff every so often to try and build up strength.

I'm not a disco fan but anything by Chic has a killer bassline which means I can happily listen to it.

I don't know why I didn't see this coming but it's all in proper music which I'm terrible at reading. Best get practising!

Looks like the DHA Twin DI EQ also has a headphone output and goes for £110. [url="http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page43.html"]http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page43.html[/url]

Sign up with a syncing agency. Sentric do it, I'll ask my bandmate who he's going to go for when our album is done as he works in film and is in the know about that kind of thing.

Alembic Dragon Wing bass. I can't bring myself to post a picture.

Bulldog rewind pickups for £20 a coil, heard nothing but good things about them. I just bought some replacement jazzmaster pickups from mojo pickups who does rewinds but have't installed them yet so can't comment on their quality.

I got parachuted in to help a friend out at a last minute gig and got told to learn a list of songs. I spent a good few hours learning 'Closer' by Nine Inch Nails, getting in spot on and turned up to practice. They'd all learnt the Richard Cheese version and neglected to tell me. Fortunately, the Richard Cheese version is really easy and it was for a burlesque gig so my patience was rewarded with boobies.

Unusual to see an NT guitar. Looks very nice although I don't like active pickups on guitar.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1318061947' post='1397659'] Sime17, your country is not alone. Us up here have a made up language for winding up tourists (& English types). [/quote] Every time I go to Scotland the guys we stay with seem to have invented a new word to confuse us with. It was "puss" last time instead of "face" ie "Shut your puss" or "Thay guy.... what's his puss?

1st bass - Vintage bubinga 5 string. Black Warwick Corvette Rockbass 4 sring active Alder body/Wenge neck Warwick Streamer Pro-M Artisan EUB I still have all of them and can in fact see them from where I sit typing. Never actually owned an amp, both the bands I played bass in already had ones already and live I usually DI. Pretty poor I know. Edit:- Rockbass sold so down to 3.

Just ordered 'The Evolving Bassist', look forward to giving it a spin as I need a hand making to move from standard electric to EUB.