Recent content by Blacksack

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    car amplifiers for bass?

    everyone is feeling the pinch of the world economy this year you gotta save pennies where you can hence the increase in Damage It Yourself'ers even i've picked up the hammer and nails recently to try and save a cab most would of binned
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    I Guess It's Too Hard To Tune ------

    hmmm i was quite tempted but like he says "its not in tune" thus its absolutly useless to me if only it was in tune i could find it so usefull in a band orientated enviroment i'm gutted coz i need a new bass atm on account of my current one has also gone out of tune and i dont know how to fix...
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    guitar center sells counterfeit copy of my ritter despite them being informed.

    44 pages and the bass still sold ha ha ha
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    Naughty, dirty, lewd pedals!

    i'm sorry but that is f**king epic i think that just became my new facebook picture and that is my new sig
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    guitar center sells counterfeit copy of my ritter despite them being informed.

    i think they've sold it its not on the website anyway and i doubt they've taken it down due to talkbass anyway
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    Headline turns into double-bill turns into sharing backline...

    evrytime i have to share my rig i take the bassist (of bassists) to one side and say the following "ok mate you can use my amp no probs feel free to EQ as you see fit too BUT its a 400w head and the cab is only 300w she usually runs at 7 on the dial with no complaints if i see you push it past...
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    Sitting on your amp

    i sit on my cab but not my amp as my amp is a big 400w valvle powered moster so after about 10 min of being sat on itafter the tubes have warmed up you'll find its turned your brown eye black n chrispy sitting on my cab is comfy at practice and much better than having the plastic handle on a...
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    He's human!!! He's really human!!!

    i play within my comfort zone if its an easy set of notes all bunched together i'll have a look round and see if i can spy any eye candy or see if i can annoy the drummer etc:p if however i'm playing something more complex thats moving around the board a little then i look down to make sure i'm...
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    Hold your bass pretty low?

    reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly its funny in my experience i've found the higher the bass the more "high and mighty" the attitude of the player there are of course exceptions but i find this to hold fairly true;) its also a well known fact that red cars go faster than any other colour and...
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    how often do you tweak your setup

    wood and strings can be a little unreliable when it comes to maintaining a precise set of gaps and distances like the ones required when setting up a bass all sorts of things tend to effect it temp,humidity,stress from playing etc but how often do you tweak your action/neck relief/tuning etc...
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    "Girl Bass Player Club" here!

    i'll agree with that and i'm male 1st thing people check out on a female bassist is the rack.... and no i'm not talking about the effects and preamps sat next to the speaker cab :scowl:
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    Fact or fiction? Transporting a cab lying down is bad for the speaker cones??

    if your like me then add to this dislexia and the whole prospect of a written language becomes witch craft
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    Bassists who drive a VW club

    there i fixed it for ya ;)
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    Bassists who drive a VW club

    aye there wolfies alright i have modded the beetle slightly though (as i'm sure you worked out from the dash) its got the earlyer chrome trim from the early 60's models and of course we've added the baby moons to the wheels instead of the flat chrome hubcaps my model ran for 1 year and it was...