All of a sudden New Zealand started doing okay in International sports.

Football(soccer to you americans) team qualified for the World Cup. We'll get hammered in the first round but here's hoping it's only by like 5-0.

We won the cricket test the other day.

And well we've always been good at Rugby.

New Zealand have had a fine cricket team for a while. Not like, world #1 contenders or anything a but a solid side.

I can't believe soccer caught on here.

Was hoping France would do the job on New Zealand but no such luck. Well played by the All Blacks though.

France generally do stomp massive amounts of colon in rugby.

[QUOTE=Joelbassman;17671566]All of a sudden New Zealand started doing okay in International sports.

Football(soccer to you americans) team qualified for the World Cup. We'll get hammered in the first round but here's hoping it's only by like 5-0.

We won the cricket test the other day.

And well we've always been good at Rugby.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I mean you actually won the rugby world cup like a decade or two ago...

I finally got a tuning pedal, Boss TU-2, a standard.

I got it off some guy on craigslist who delivered it to my door. When I met him, I found out he was a 65-year-old man who has been playing guitar for 52 years. Turns out he just didn't need the tuning pedal.

It looks brand new and I got a nice $50 discount off the new price.

Nice one man. Those are nice tuners.

I had one but it got stolen :(.

I have a tuner on my ME-50B. It tunes okay, but my bass doesn't really come out of tune that much, except occasionally for the B string... sadly, that is the one note the tuner isn't so keen on reading accurately.

That's a bitch.

You've probably tried it already, but have you tried sounding the 12th fret harmonic on the B string to bring it in range for the tuner?

My e-string keeps coming out of tune cause we play in drop C#, which is a bastard. Korg Pitchblack ftw.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17673745]That's a bitch.

You've probably tried it already, but have you tried sounding the 12th fret harmonic on the B string to bring it in range for the tuner?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it does in a pinch. I have a good Korg tuner, but it's hand held. Not ideal for live use. Having my B in tune is important, though, because we play a number of songs where I'm using it, up to, and including, the open B.

If you get ten seconds spare you can just harmonic tune it or check it against the B on the A string I suppose.

My only tuner is a cheap $40 one these days. I wanted this super awesome Korg tuner for a while, I think it was a Korg, but I just decided knowing my luck it'd just get stolen again so it's cheap ones for me. Sad times, because I love gadgets.

Boss pedal tuner for me. I originally planned on a big rack before I got my TE.

Yeah rack tuners are kind of excessive unless you want a giant fiddly rig.

My rig already is giant and fiddly without a rack :lol:

Winter finally hit today. Put my super tires on and retired my top bike for the season. I also finished all of my russian work for a while. Отлычный день!

[quote=BenJammin;17673750]Yeah, it does in a pinch. I have a good Korg tuner, but it's hand held. Not ideal for live use. Having my B in tune is important, though, because we play a number of songs where I'm using it, up to, and including, the open B.[/quote]

Get a Strobostomp.

[quote=gaslight;17673760]If you get ten seconds spare you can just harmonic tune it or check it against the B on the A string I suppose.

My only tuner is a cheap $40 one these days. I wanted this super awesome Korg tuner for a while, I think it was a Korg, but I just decided knowing my luck it'd just get stolen again so it's cheap ones for me. Sad times, because I love gadgets.[/quote]

Get a Strobostomp.

[quote=gaslight;17673924]Yeah rack tuners are kind of excessive unless you want a giant fiddly rig.[/quote]

Is 7 rack spaces a "giant fiddly rig"?

rack tuners suck.

[quote=fatbandit;17675170]rack tuners suck.[/quote]

You didnt have one in your rack before you downsized? I love mine. Nice big display, constantly on (great for fretless training), accurate, mute option, and if anybody on stage needs to, they can plug into it. It's light, so it's a convenient thing to have in my rig.

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17675055]Is 7 rack spaces a "giant fiddly rig"?[/QUOTE]

Yup.

have any of you dudes tryed the sansamp VT bass?

im thinking of getting one of them plus a hartke LH500 to replace my carvin r600

[quote=Crapdragoon;17676154]have any of you dudes tryed the sansamp VT bass?

im thinking of getting one of them plus a hartke LH500 to replace my carvin r600[/quote]

I have not. Isn't it supposed to give a sound similar to an Ampeg SVT?

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Black on rosewood on skinny guy = win(?)

My rack was a 4u, only 3u was used (2u poweramp, 1 u preamp). When I first started with rack stuff about two years ago, that 4th slot was filled with a power distributor/rack light. But it was useless, so I shifted it and never filled it again, just used a blank 1u plate. The light was a nice idea, but my amp is way below my eyeline, so the light just obscured things. I've never been on a stage so dark I couldn't use my amp properly.

I can see my tuner on my pedalboard just as easily as a rack one, it's always on as well (in the tuner out of my volume pedal - can be muted too with my foot with the volume pedal), as accurate as a rack tuner.

And if anybody onstage needs to use a tuner, they can bloody well buy their own. Dicks.

[quote=FunkMetalBass;17675550]You didnt have one in your rack before you downsized? I love mine. Nice big display, constantly on (great for fretless training), accurate, mute option, and if anybody on stage needs to, they can plug into it. It's light, so it's a convenient thing to have in my rig.[/quote]

[QUOTE=fatbandit;17676390]My rack was a 4u, only 3u was used (2u poweramp, 1 u preamp). When I first started with rack stuff about two years ago, that 4th slot was filled with a power distributor/rack light. But it was useless, so I shifted it and never filled it again, just used a blank 1u plate. The light was a nice idea, but my amp is way below my eyeline, so the light just obscured things. I've never been on a stage so dark I couldn't use my amp properly.

I can see my tuner on my pedalboard just as easily as a rack one, it's always on as well (in the tuner out of my volume pedal - can be muted too with my foot with the volume pedal), as accurate as a rack tuner.

[B]And if anybody onstage needs to use a tuner, they can bloody well buy their own. Dicks.[/B][/QUOTE]

I've always felt this to be a very important part of being a performing musician. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN S[SIZE="2"]HI[/SIZE]T.

Yeah I pretty much kick ***.

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Incidentally that reminds me of just how long it took that smoke to clear. A long time.

[quote=funkyhoney;17676407]I've always felt this to be a very important part of being a performing musician. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN S[SIZE=2]HI[/SIZE]T.[/quote]

I cannot agree with this more.

"Hey dude, can I borrow your bass?"
"What? You KNOWINGLY showed up to a gig without your equipment?"

I've had this happen a couple of times at small local venues. Craziness. Twice the bands have gone on bassless and one time the lead singer told the audience to leave before our set because I didn't let the bassist use my gear. I was furious after that. So disrespectful on so many levels.

[quote=funkyhoney;17676370]Black on rosewood on skinny guy = win(?)[/quote]

No....to all of the above.

Black on rosewood looks terrible. You're too skinny to play bass.

If your band sucked, I'd say "= epic fail" would be more appropriate.

rosewood sucks; observe:
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also yay ngd
probably too blurry to see LOL
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