Conan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm1opP8x3Qo

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1478028009' post='3166200'] I changed from DR's as they seemed to slip on the QC front,or rather I had a couple of duff one very quickly. Whereas, upto that point, I'd had no issues for nigh on 20 years or so. And DR's aren't cheap. Generally, tho, that is why I stay off ceap strings..too masny varibles and the point of a new set is that they sound great out the pack. Newtones last me longer, but I find 3 cleans tends to finish them off and thereafter they're in the bin. But, this is acceptable and no worse than other top brands. I find Daddario don't clean up as well for example, IME. [/quote] While I mostly agree, I have been using the ultra-cheap Harley Benton strings from Thomann for the last year or so. In ten or more packs I have not had a dull string or any intonation problems, and they last at least as long as Rotosounds, D'addarios or DRs. I clean them with meths, and as you say get probably two good cleans before they are recycled. For four quid a set that is just unbelievable!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1477303215' post='3161166'] I don't like to compromise tone or light weight (IMO) - that's why I've got what I've got. [/quote] You sounded bloody good (and pretty hefty) through my (very lightweight) rig at the Central bonny lad! ;-)

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1476880471' post='3158027'] Yep. Charlie doesn't need any of this Class D nonsense. [/quote] His bandmates certainly seemed to favour class A...

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1476826615' post='3157678'] Given you are close to Sweden, I would be looking at TKS Engineering cabs. [/quote] Good call

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1476445333' post='3154361'] I felt like I was dragging a dead whale behind me, over a landscape littered with huge boulders. [/quote] What a lovely image!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1476302533' post='3153243'] Agreed punters can't tell.However, there's still no good or rational reason to purposely play below your ability because you don't like a particular song. Blue [/quote] Depends on how you view "ability"on bass as well. In most music genres (certainly the ones I have ever played) it's not about how many notes or how fast you play. To me, one of the most important measures of a bass player's ability is how well they keep time and lay down solid foundations for the more "glamorous" members of the band. If a song is dull, or has an undemanding bassline - I always try my best to play it as solid as possible. Usually a song is in the set for a reason, and as long as the audience enjoy it (and it broadly fits the style of the band) then it has a value. You might even grow to enjoy it if it goes down well! A good example of this is in one of my old pub R'n'B bands we used to plat Woolly Bully... always went down an absolute storm Back OT - I feel that gigging is PART of being in a band. Not the only part though. Generally, I tend to enjoy a good rehearsal more than a mediocre gig. The feeling of the band coming together and sounding good (even in our own opinions!) is great. A gig with poor sound in an empty room is just a waste of everybody's time IMO. And we do quite a few of them at the moment - the bane of the relatively new original band

I always enjoy playing bass - so much more if I can hear myself properly and like the sound. I just feel that that's what I was made to do It's the other associated bollocks of being in a band that I increasingly find I can't be bothered with...

[quote name='interpol52' timestamp='1476427107' post='3154117'] I first heard this last night via the No Treble website. Stunning as ever. My first thought was that it reminded me of Teen Town. It was only this morning that I realised 'Dean Town' could be a play on words, something that is probably blindingly obvious to everyone else. I need some vitamins. [/quote] Don't worry, I didn't make the association either! I wondered if it might be about the Dean village in Edinburgh...

He's a proper bass player. IMO of course Lovely J tone. they always sounds better (to my ears) when played hard...

A carrot as a murder weapon? Would that be the root of the problem?

I have no style.

Sorry, I thought you said "Heart"...