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Why did the mexican throw his wife off the cliff ?? All together....Tequila, sorry Inspierd by Skols post, i made some sound boards, some cheap batton wood from B&Q some wiggley nails, and a large roll of foam backed black cloth from aberkhan £2.50 !, all the boards done for under £20 with loads left over. large one on the ceiling which im putting a tacky rope light round. makes a huge difference. Cheers Paul [attachment=252015:IMG_1347.jpg] [attachment=252016:IMG_1344.jpg]

[quote name='pmjos' timestamp='1502217549' post='3350077'] The reason these instruments are so valued is that they sound the bollox. Play 'em but do it respectfully. Don't take your granny crowd-surfing but if she still sings like Ella let her sing! [/quote] My 62 jazz was the worst sounding bass iv ever had, talk about "Dead" most of the neck was one large dead spot. so... no point keeping something you cant use, so ended up swaping it for a JD mark king when Fusion music was on argile st in birkenhead. so yea i can say mine did sound Bollox,

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1503183180' post='3356346'] Good tunes and performances, strangled at birth by lifeless, plastic production. [/quote] I can see where your coming from, but have to say i love raw talent demo sounding music, when i collected LPs ( remember them?) i liked live albums just for that rawness, one of my faves was "10 years after recorded live" this was raw energy greatness as its best, stunning even. But at the other end, i love the art in perfect sounding studio albums, another art in its self, we all in our quest want to create, and some of us want to create that raw and some of us want to create hifi" i love the production of it, i think becker and fagan created well deserved benchmarks in this hifi area. Iv got all dans stuff on LP and cd even all members solo lps, and can see the rub off on them members, larry carltons room 335 had that same sort of studio clarity but also had a rawness to it, which i think is attributable to his playing. Another fantastic sounding LP/CD that has killer production but has managed to keep that spark is gary willis "Bent" check that out, so good i sampled that dennis chambers snare, Nightfly..... yea, i also got alot from that, clarity of notes was something i mainly got from it. fave dan LP was ,,,gaucho, , (glamour profession i wish i had wrote that) funny enough ..... Gaucho sounds amazin on Lp, but i dont get the same vibe on cd., "plastic and lifeless" compared to the LP...i sort of get that.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1503383366' post='3357652'] Great Vid Chris , how long did that take to put together ? [/quote] Hi Kev, the studio iv had for ages, only recently got the second D8B. the vid ? The vid took all of 15 mins, set the cam up press play then just used windows movie maker on my laptop windows 7, fast to use if you know what you want to do in the first place. if you want anything doing let me know im getting ok with that. could film the next bass bash? or the dam sync ? The sync, thats another story, there is already a program called " flying faders" for the mackie the problem was syncing the two d8bs together, as there is not alot of info out there, quite a bit of trial and error. got the hard bit coming up... syncing the tape as well, now that is story ! your eyes would bleed before i finished I did the vid mainly as a short view to show the studio for the new band site coming up, and also incase anyone wanted any advice on syncing up the two d8bs. did you see the " Lower East side" bit ? lower east side... of wirral, sounds so much cooler than smelly Ellesmere port

Yea,, i know its a bit of a mine field to do i only know two ways to sync tape from a daw .. "Clasp" which is so expensive And a tascam Midiizer Mts1000, which are hard to get But have found this, not sure if this will do it, some of the old heads on here might have some good advice. "old heads"... what am i saying... i am an old head. but even older than me. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XRI-Systems-XRI-300-Smpte-to-midi-synchroniser-Fostex-B16-E16-Tascam-MSR16-/142442336757?hash=item212a3991f5:g:nx4AAOSw2iNZZJrE#ht_69wt_975"]http://www.ebay.co.u...JrE#ht_69wt_975[/url] [url="http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/xri-xr300-synchroniser/2219"]http://www.muzines.c...nchroniser/2219[/url]

had a revamp, here is my old set up, ( old but gold ) but moved around a bit to make space for a second D8B. been a bit of a task syncin everything. has anyone got tape synced into there daw so the tape is controlled from the daw ? Get ready for the very high spec needed for all the wizardry..... 1 desk is 72 channel, 56 input 8 bus 12 aux every chan has compress, gate, large eq, and controlls high quality plugins from Drawmer, Massenburg, IVL, TC, Antares, as well as others with a full multiband comp mastering proccessor, final mix. surround sound, full monitoring Full Automation and recall of everything. Whats needed to run all that..... ready 256m ram....................................... 300Mhz processor.......................... (remember socket 370 celeron !) Hard drive only........wait for it......20g 1 custom motherboard................... The recorder will record 24 chans of 24 bit wav at the same time with no effort with the same 256m ram and a 300mhz processor ! i find it amazing all that can be run on so little, and all with 0 latency,...the secret ?? no windows or mac OS everything runs from mackies own os which the whole thing comes on..... wait for it....... 3 floppy discs Yep...thats it. all that...= 3 floppys [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7S_T11Mreg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=P7S_T11Mreg[/url] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7S_T11Mreg[/media]

Not sure what you want to spend but Check out the mackie D8B with probox, on youtube

and funny enough there is a wal pro on adverts IE bit expensive tho ! [url="http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_bass/"]http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_bass/[/url]

"cheesey party tunes" has kept food on my table for the last 30 years. next week al be having pudding also I Wish i could say the same for the music i love which i also play. One pays for the other, i have to play stuff some of it i would not even listen too to fund my love of the other. yin yang. Perfect.

"Then "well the booking wasn't made through me... I don't really know much about it..."" How can you not know much about it, 1, you watched us carry gear in..... 2, you could of come over at any time and asked 3, you watched us set up....................... 4, you could of come over at any time and asked 5, you watched us sound check............. 6, you could of come over at any time and asked 7, you watched us play a first set.......... 8, you watched us come off .................... 9, you could of come over at any time and asked 10, you watched us play a second set,........ 11, you watched us come off....................... 12, you could of come over at any time and asked 13, you watched us pack away..................... 14, you could of come over at any time and asked Whats there not to know ?............................ do you normally just let people walk into your pub and do that ? a band has just played, in all that time you did not think once to check ?, at least the book ? Cash or Trash ? joking aside at least you stuck to it and got paid, a happy ending to the story. Just a quick thought, if taking a booking when its writen in their book make sure you tell them to also write the agreed fee in too, job done.

thats amazin, if it was fretless i would of sold something to get it i am not sure if it has the slot pole pieces, cant see it that clear looks like one of the last of the fender head stock ones? maybe, as it has G&L logo tuners and not stamped "Schaller"

mods,,, if this is the wrong place for this, feel free to move it. Just a quick heads up as i know some of you have been looking for one for a while, be quick...! ! ! ( prob be 10 years before you see another in the uk ) and if i had the cash spare it would be in my room right now. A super rare G&L L2000-E ( series E) on adverts IE, looks effin amazin in red, and looks very clean, one of about 5 in the uk that i have seen in 20+ years, rarer than chickin lips, hens teeth, drummers with good timing here ya go... [url="http://www.adverts.ie/electric-basses/g-l-2000-e-series-bass-82/11425287."]http://www.adverts.i...ss-82/11425287.[/url] ( if you get it please add the the G&L L2000E porn thred, ) Edit... also noticed another rare G&L, a Left handed 85 interceptor ! ! [url="http://www.adverts.ie/electric-basses/1985-left-handed-g-l-interceptor/13510737"]http://www.adverts.i...ceptor/13510737[/url]

If someone is very quick.... there is a super rare G&L L2000E on Adverts IE in Ireland, looks effin amazin in red. one of about 5 in the uk that i have seen in over 20 years, rarer than chickin lips, hens teeth, drummers with good timing here ya go... [url="http://www.adverts.ie/electric-basses/g-l-2000-e-series-bass-82/11425287."]http://www.adverts.i...ss-82/11425287.[/url]

My secret weapon ( apart from the obvious, hubba hubba hubba) is adverts ie in Ireland you can get some great basses on there. For eg, if someone is VERY QUICK...! ! ! and if i had the cash spare it would be in my room right now ready ?? there is a super rare G&L L2000E on there, looks effin amazin, one of about 5 in the uk that i have seen in 20 years, rarer than chickin lips, hens teeth, drummers with good timing no pushing , no pushing please......here ya go... [url="http://www.adverts.ie/electric-basses/g-l-2000-e-series-bass-82/11425287."]http://www.adverts.i...ss-82/11425287.[/url] ( let me know if you get it to add the the G&L L2000E porn thred, ) also seen a very good hand made wal copy, im sure there is a guy in ireland making them ? anyone know ? quick check there is 2,309 under bass ( including other junk) [url="http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_bass/"]http://www.adverts.ie/for-sale/q_bass/[/url]

iv just sold my 350 smx that iv had for years, power out of it was amazing for rated 350, i kept it for years " just in case" but compared to the swr super red heads tone, and my swr sm500, it sounds slow floppy and thuddy,,, loads of thud and heavy weight to the sound, it was perfect for soul type stuff. I think back in the day the chioce of bass amps was same old same old, good but not moving on quick enough and the new TE stuff was that breakthrough into a new breed the smx 350 for me was that, loved the way i could dial in as much valve pre i wanted, just a knob on the front that was valve one way or tranny the other or a mix, it also had hi and low comp again usefull, looked great, nice lit up, but then stayed like that for years too long, i think the style just dated ? But ... the swr sound had that more modern sound to it not as much weight to the sound but brighter and sharper, i dont need the huge sound anymore as i Di into the desk, so the swr was perfect for me. Still have a place in my heart for the 350 tho.

£770,000 ? he must have been on the fiddle, and she must have been highly strung,

BoB, take the leap "go public" and join a band, what you hear in the bed room is not what you are going to hear with 4 or 5 other guys. all you have learnt and your tone and feel will all come together after a time playing with others. if you joining a band is too much of a leap then put an ad on something like JMB to get others local to play with it will pay you back 10 fold But enjoy whatever you do keep us posted how you get on, im sure you will be buzzing for days

my funky band.. some good pics were taken last week, the guy who took them had a fiddle about with them. sorry about the gogs, uglyness is abundant without them [attachment=249782:fonix 1.small band.jpg] [attachment=249783:me mmm.jpg] [attachment=249785:me small.jpg] [attachment=249786:KBG03565.jpg]

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1500828338' post='3340434'] I like it a lot and i'm a biker too. Brilliant. Dave [/quote] Ring Ring... Ring Ring... hello Ow, hi, is that dave director of northwest power.. yea. great... you was at a wedding last night ? i was yea, anything wrong ? maybe... i was just getting the vid ready for youtube and noticed you had had a few too many sherbets and was rocking out singing along to bob the builder ! now.... i can of course edit this bit out ?? £500 ? I think that would cover the costs nicley sir, thank you. have a wonderful day. NEXT... ow,,, look there... isnt that...piers morgan singing along Oh dear...... oh dear dear you aint walking away from this one.... oh no. no NO NO

if ya want them punching the air, and have everyone and i mean EVERYONE singing along, try this.. It will be the diamond in your set.. are you ready.... ,,,,, ,,,,, ,, Bob the builder. Yea... i knoowwww. iv seen it with my own eyes and........... it was a rock band if you can get some hairy biker with leathers and triumph tats singing that, then you really are a true musical artist Also... if you catch them on vid singing along.... well... kaching........ think of the bribe money

Ashes to Ashes, but,,,, only this version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNqo0kIR-TU

yea ...thats cool To Slash,,, your a top guy

l [quote name='ROConnell' timestamp='1498828343' post='3327394'] Definitely theme from shaft! [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q429AOpL_ds"]https://www.youtube....h?v=Q429AOpL_ds[/url] [/quote] Ahhh shaft, again good shout, a whole book can be written on shaft, it has a hell of a family tree. A great read. [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_from_Shaft"]https://en.wikipedia...heme_from_Shaft[/url] the bass player was James Alexander who was bass player in the bar kays, Interesting also to see willie hall played drums on that track ( also from the bar kays) and of course the blues brothers. James Alexander [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alexander_(musician"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alexander_(musician)[/url]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1498826295' post='3327372'] Your band used to play Also Sprach Zarathustra? Respect. [/quote] We did, cheers we did a cross version of deodato's and Jtq from the live cd absolute, still have some live recordings of it, great floor filler

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1498825151' post='3327351'] Lets be honest, we love 'em all. It might be more fun posting the WORST themes... (in your opinion of course**) [/quote] Great, i am sure i can think of a few which really was pants, start the new topic [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1498824378' post='3327342'] Some of my favourite TV themes: Grandstand [media]http://youtu.be/7sOKuzo8nSY[/media] Taxi ('Angela' by Bob James) [media]http://youtu.be/5DL8SGEyhZE[/media] Hill Street Blues [media]http://youtu.be/Je2fGzKiqRM[/media] St Elsewhere (Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin) [media]http://youtu.be/x9zA4rUDbjI[/media] Shoestring [media]http://youtu.be/L9l8kwEg_p0[/media] and of course without question the greatest TV theme tune of all time... [media]http://youtu.be/C0L1fPAoXrM[/media] . Not all necessarily great basslines, but wonderful pieces of music. Great thread BTW. [/quote] some classics here good shout, i have a good version of grandstand on a acid jazz somewhere, but your link is by far the best version, great to see them guys still at it.