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[quote name='Clarky' post='1298668' date='Jul 10 2011, 12:11 AM']Wicked! Congratulations not only on getting the gig but on overcoming what must have been a big mental as well as physical impairment in the RA [/quote] 2nd'd

Can't find any other feedback threads for Paul, so here goes. I didn't buy anything off Paul and he didn't buy anything from me ! However, I've been looking around for an Eden amp ever since meeting Paul and trying out his Eden amp at the Anglia bash earlier this year. Paul was kind enough to get in touch with me recently to flag up an Eden amp on evilbay, which I now own So thanks to Paul, I now own a rather special amp. Credit where it's due Paul. I'm afraid the secret's out - Paul's a good'n folks Thanks Paul, I owe you one Tom

[quote name='Stingray5' post='1297923' date='Jul 9 2011, 01:52 AM']After a bit of a break, figured it's about time I got my sorry a*se back to BC and what better thread to come in on. Depending on gigs (and where they are), I hope to make it along for this. 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Hughes & Kettner Bassbass 600 head & SWR Triad.. plus old Peavey Head and 1x15 for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. EssentialTension: Fender Precision 62, Fender TF Fretless P, Lakland Decade, Mesa Walkabout 12. 03. Waynepunkdude : Arsenal shirt, Nick Cave underpants, Sunburst Musicman Sterling H and Ampeg SVT 2pro G&K Neo412 04. Clarky: Currently Ampeg Baby Bass, Acoustic Image/Euphonic Audio rig; By September, who knows (watch the FS forum) 05. Truckstop: MIM Fender Jazz V, pimped Kay 2B; Gem/Ampeg rig; some effects 06. Urb - either Sei Jazz or Singlecut - and maybe some pedals - possible Genz Shuttle 9 07. dc2009 - Warwick CS Corvette $$ 5, Epi TB Vs (Reverse and non-reverse), my Dean if anyone actually wants a go, Trace Head, Marshall cab (heavy and big), various pedals. 08.Shockwave - Pedulla MVP5 Mean Green machine. 09. Sibob - '71 Precision, '73 Jazz, MIA Jazz 5 if there's interest, Barefaced Compact, Orange Terror, Pedal-board if there's interest. 10. MacDaddy - Custom Shuker & Hamer Blitz or Iceni custom. 11. Essexbasscat Roadworn somethingorother + Gs112. Amp - not sure which one yet 12. Plux - Berg HT210 & HT115 Hartke LH500 Ibanez BTB 13. 51m0n - Berg ae410, MB, Focusrite and Roscoe 14.seashell - MIM Fender Precision + some sort of Marshall practice amp (I'll look it up tonight) 15.Barneyg42- Some secondhand tat bought over the years! 16.Happy Jack - Double bass of some description + Status Graphite Streamline 5 17.silddx - Hohner B2ADB Headless Boat Paddle / Home Built Chris Squire Electra Evolution 18.TomKent - Fodera NYC Empire 5, Fender Jazz 4, Vintage Stingray 5, Fender P 4 Fretless, Fender P Fretted, Krampera KVB800 Rig, some pedals too.. 19. obbm - Shuker PJ5, ACG headless 5, Aguilar SL112, Ashdown LB, GK Microstack. 20.ped - Vigier Passion bass, BC T shirts 21. Merton - Stasusey basses of some sort, Eden WT550/GK MB200 and Barefaced Vintage (who's at 19???) 22. Jean-Luc Pickguard - NS-Design CR5M, Ashbory 23. Stingray5 - Musicman, Tune, Trace Elliot, GT-6B, other stuff tba 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.[/quote] Good choice ! See you there

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='1294910' date='Jul 6 2011, 04:22 PM']01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Hughes & Kettner Bassbass 600 head & SWR Triad.. plus old Peavey Head and 1x15 for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. EssentialTension: Fender Precision 62, Fender TF Fretless P, Lakland Decade, Mesa Walkabout 12. 03. Waynepunkdude : Arsenal shirt, Nick Cave underpants, Sunburst Musicman Sterling H and Ampeg SVT 2pro G&K Neo412 04. Clarky: Currently Ampeg Baby Bass, Acoustic Image/Euphonic Audio rig; By September, who knows (watch the FS forum) 05. Truckstop: MIM Fender Jazz V, pimped Kay 2B; Gem/Ampeg rig; some effects 06. Urb - either Sei Jazz or Singlecut - and maybe some pedals - possible Genz Shuttle 9 07. dc2009 - Warwick CS Corvette $$ 5, Epi TB Vs (Reverse and non-reverse), my Dean if anyone actually wants a go, Trace Head, Marshall cab (heavy and big), various pedals. 08.Shockwave - Pedulla MVP5 Mean Green machine. 09. Sibob - '71 Precision, '73 Jazz, MIA Jazz 5 if there's interest, Barefaced Compact, Orange Terror, Pedal-board if there's interest. 10. MacDaddy - Custom Shuker & Hamer Blitz or Iceni custom. 11. Essexbasscat Roadworn somethingorother + Gs112. Amp - not sure which one yet 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Would anyone be interested in doing a set-up master class like last time, only later in the day 'coz the last one was too early for me And re. the slap ban. Having had a most beneficial and instructive lesson in slap from Urb at the last bash, I may form a resistance movement. FREE THE SLAP [/quote] Did Plux get bumped off the list ?

That was a joy to watch Thanks for posting that one

A huge influence to my playing for a long, long time. I consider him as one of our founding forefathers. If someone ever carves the faces of a handful of bassplayers out of a rockface on a large scale, I hope John would be there. RIP John

Picked up a case from James during working hours, so quite a quick deal. Can backup everyone else's comments around here about James' good communication Cheers James

You can have another go of my RW's if it helps Jake. Save yourself £1000's and still get a bass that plays and feels like a 60's model

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1277734' date='Jun 21 2011, 08:54 PM']I think it depends on the tuning to get the whole range, where as a bass guitar has the whole range avalible (though of this i'm unsure, and i'm talking about the low notes) Though doesn't A bass guitar sound one octave below written? So the B, 2 ledger lines down below the staff is the B string, but what you're actually hearing is the octave below that, The reason it is still a bass is it's access too and chromaticism (is that a word? ) in the lowest register (in terms of an ERB)[/quote] Just checked it to be sure. The lowest note of the Cello in standard tuning is C2, that is C two octaves below middle C, which is one semitone lower than the B on a 5 string bass. A giant upright acoustic bass guitar !

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1277556' date='Jun 21 2011, 07:34 PM']Never, its still An Extended Range [b]Bass[/b] It cross over into the "guitar range" and some times even to the top of it, but it still has the strings a bass have and lower and then them other higher ones! Would you apply that to trombone? (for example, and just because i had the trombone/trumpet version of this question earlier today!) If the parts are always higher? Though maybe thats not as good an arguement as they are built differently but apply it to Tuba and trumpet and where is the line? If it can only play the higher parts then its just a guitar/trumpet but it comes from and has the whole range of the bass/tuba at the heart of it! Just my ramblings i'll keep 'em to myself next time haha [/quote] OK I'll play The Cello covers pretty much the same range on the stave as a 5 - string bass guitar. The scale length is typically 34", the same as many 4 -string basses. You can pluck it the same as a bass guitar and even produce some pretty decent fretless bass type sounds. Instead of using the bass guitar to emulate a Double Bass, why not turn the idea around and use the Cello as a natural sister instrument to the bass guitar ?

Standard market prices, but Kent Armstrong stock a wide range of stuff, with a first class service too

Congrats Wayne. Bring it along to the next bash !

A little ditty that came up this week, composed by macca, covered by Mary Hopkin. Enjoy

Thanks for all your replies everyone, much appreciated To summarise, the popular options seem to be (in no particular order); - Negotiate with the locals regarding times to practice - Beef up the home sound insulation, perhaps combined with local negotiation - School halls, community halls, rooms over pubs etc Reading the car park saxophonist reminded me of a whimsical notion of practicing in a camper van (or something like a Ford Galaxy) in road lay - bys. No negotiation required with anyone with minimal risk of irritating anyone else. Does anyone know if the rozzers get a bit uppity about this ? It's also nice to see that at least one person understands my desire to preserve an operating system of respectful give and take with the locals. Burrito B's post reminded me that one person's acceptable noise is another's irritation and everyone has their own ideas about what they consider to be acceptable noise. Does seem to be an issue of balancing personal freedom with respect for others. What hasn't emerged here is any hint of a National system / database / resource of recognised places that practicing musicians can access in the name of pursuing their art without interfering with the interests of others. I wonder how many potential musicians are lost due the difficulties of finding acceptable places to practice ? (also wonder how many more drummers could play with an even tempo and a balanced sound if they found it easier to practice ?) I really do find it sad that musicians don't have wider support for practice facilities in this country. Do the Musician's Union have any take on this ?

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1273895' date='Jun 18 2011, 04:40 PM']Oh, that! 6 or 7 immediately consecutive sneezes while overtaking an Artic on the M-way. Always seems to happen. Never sneeze onstage. Though I accidentally gobbed [i]off[/i]stage onto the Mayor of Kensington and Chelsea once. Slow-motion moment as it back-spun through the air and landed neatly on his chain of office.[/quote]