Recent content by Jari vanlaere

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    Am I too old to get started in this?

    I'd doubt you'd get any comments not to go for it, why would we imply not to go for one of our greatest joy's in life. Age makes no difference unless you happen to have artitis in your fingers or something then it's maybe not the healthiest choice you can make And I'm afraid I wont realy...
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    volume loss on active basses trough trace ELF

    Ok small update Did more testing, got several other active basses from friends.. None have the issue, my own ibanez included.. so i think i made an error when i pluggef the ibanez in first time for testing. The problem does ensue on my stingray, no matter what battery I pop in, leading me to...
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    volume loss on active basses trough trace ELF

    Hi, I've got this wierd thing with my trace elliot Elf head. I have the amp now for 2 maybe 3 months (so rather new) (I play trough a 4ohm, 12 inch eden cab, mostly, just as new) never had to put it above ... 30ish% of it's capabilities, but only played passive until 2 weeks ago, when i...
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    Have you ever been embarrassed because of an instrument a bandmate is playing?

    I've been embarrassed by a bandmember being stupid, i've been offended by how bad someone with good gear managed to sound. Never been offended by tacky gear tough. Not if is sounds the part anyway. Also... bootsy collins!
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    Threatened of being fired (from 2 bands) because I won't take a spare bass...

    Lol, as he stated himself: There are standards, people being ******** is not something we wish to deal with. Sometimes it's not (just) other people i guess...
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    Threatened of being fired (from 2 bands) because I won't take a spare bass...

    I admit my mistake, I read the automatic mail sent as. X has answered to your post instead of x has answered to the thread... I am however sticking to my guns when it comes to shaming ppl. over their linguistical knowledge... this may be an english forum but it would be folly to assume...
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    Threatened of being fired (from 2 bands) because I won't take a spare bass...

    I don't know, can you? Ramdom person who rolled his face over the keyboard to create his username... As english is my 5th language there's bound to be spelling and gramatical mistakes. To assume is to make an ass out of u and me (maybe you've heard that one before) So now you've made...
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    Threatened of being fired (from 2 bands) because I won't take a spare bass...

    Sorry, I did misunderstand app. Your job is to be on time... Being early (so you can be on time comfortably) can only be commended on your part. The only time when that would not hold up is if prior arrangments were made and you had to rely on each other to get to the gig or something. (Then...
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    Threatened of being fired (from 2 bands) because I won't take a spare bass...

    1) play the basses you feel comfortable with, in both sound and feel. there are a couple bad basses out there, personally i cringe at the sound of the affinity series and even musicman subs (the cheapest ones) but most of the basses this day and age... are fine. It's also a question of what...
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    CRAZY perspective I got from a long-time DJ last night

    The bands i'm in, cater to the market we play for. What it means is the prices we ask differ wildly. Very wildly... Take for example a company wants to hire us. If you ask... 300 euro/dollars as a band, you will NOT get the job because that cheap, you cant be any good (their mindset) so...
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    Are bass amps obsolete?

    In my opinion FOH is often just not good enough. the problem being, you're dependent on the soundengineer(s) behind the PA I'm not saying they're bad, but you do get their interpretation of what your music should sound like. And, ok 9/10 of us are playing a fairly small venues, SE from the...