[QUOTE=honeydutchautopsy;17255931]Thank you, I'm surprised more people haven't shown praise for it; you're the first one

I felt like a genius when I thought it up

That could be for a few reasons though...[/QUOTE]

It just makes me think of the smell of honey and tobacco emanating from my garbage can, with an inner leaf sitting in front of me, surmounted by a sweet and sticky outer leaf of tobacco wrapped around a water bottle.

[quote=BassVirtuoso;17256000]It just makes me think of the smell of honey and tobacco emanating from my garbage can, with an inner leaf sitting in front of me, surmounted by a sweet and sticky outer leaf of tobacco wrapped around a water bottle.[/quote]

What.The.F**k.

?.?.?.

My tech wanted $30 to install the OBP-3...I have just done it myself for much cheaper: free. I have to say, that even with dead-ish strings, I am thoroughly impressed with this preamp. It's phenomenal.

I'm going to wait to put the bass in the shop until I can get a new set of strings. Sucks that a new set is $80 though. :upset:

[quote=FunkMetalBass;17256048]My tech wanted $30 to install the OBP-3...I have just done it myself for much cheaper: free. I have to say, that even with dead-ish strings, I am thoroughly impressed with this preamp. It's phenomenal.

I'm going to wait to put the bass in the shop until I can get a new set of strings. Sucks that a new set is $80 though. :upset:[/quote]
Learn to set it up yourself? It's not hard to do man. All you need is a tuner, allen keys, a Phillips head screwdriver, and a bit of time.


1. Adjust neck if needed
2. Restring
3. Tune up
4. Set action how you like it
5. Retune
6. Check the intonation by holding at the 12th and seeing if it's in tune
7. Adjust intonation at the bridge
8. Dig on that ****

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass;17256032]What.The.F**k.

?.?.?.[/QUOTE]

Lol you either know what it means or you don't...

[quote=PaulSimonon;17256071]Learn to set it up yourself? It's not hard to do man. All you need is a tuner, allen keys, a Phillips head screwdriver, and a bit of time.


1. Adjust neck if needed
2. Restring
3. Tune up
4. Set action how you like it
5. Retune
6. Check the intonation by holding at the 12th and seeing if it's in tune
7. Adjust intonation at the bridge
8. Dig on that ****[/quote]

I know the setup routine, and I've exhausted my efforts. It likely needs a nut file, and I certainly don't have the tools or ability for that.

I can set up my instruments pretty well, but Phil is just phenomenal at it. I think it's his Stroborack tuner.

[quote=BassVirtuoso;17256110]Lol you either know what it means or you don't...[/quote]

Don't.

:upset:

Yeah I've got no idea either.

It was pretty much just an unstructured and grammatically incorrect description of rolling an L

Carry on.

[QUOTE=gaslight;17256137]Carry on.[/QUOTE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik-O2Jc2_3g

One of my customers.

This is ON his meds, too.

Man that cough doesn't sound healthy.

We had already turned off our amps and were getting off stage last night when people just kept yelling "encore" at us. No one seemed to object, so we obliged. Our first encore. :eek:

Maybe when you heard "encore," they were actually saying "no more."

[quote=BassVirtuoso;17256129]It was pretty much just an unstructured and grammatically incorrect description of rolling an L[/quote]

I got that. I figured it was from a movie or something.

[quote=BenJammin;17256297]Maybe when you heard "encore," they were actually saying "no more."[/quote]

That's what I was screaming from here in AZ.

[quote=FunkMetalBass;17255853]I'm beginning to appreciate Ben Kenney as a bassist. His lines are actually very solid, creative, and work well with the music.[/quote]
YES.

Some of his parts dick all over Dirk's live.

You heard his solo work? Eulogy is like the catchiest song ever.

[quote=fatbandit;17256401]YES.

Some of his parts dick all over Dirk's live.

You heard his solo work? Eulogy is like the catchiest song ever.[/quote]

"dick all over"? Not sure if that's good or bad, but I personally don't care for some of his takes on Dirk's lines (form the YubTub vids I looked at of live shows). However, his lines on [I]Light Grenades[/I] are actually quite decent and I'm interested to see more. I think it caught a lot of flack because the album felt very different from their previous 3, not because he was a bad bassist.

I was checking out some of his solo stuff last night and I quite like it. I now know why Incubus picked him up - compositionally, their styles are very similar. Does Ben sing on his solo stuff?

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17256297]Maybe when you heard "encore," they were actually saying "no more."[/QUOTE]

Amazing.

Yeah. Search for a video on Youtube of 'Eulogy Live'. It shows Ben playing everything and singing everything on it. Its great.

No, I really love his take on stuff like Pardon Me live. His fills make it. And his improvisation is beautiful. I think I remember him doing some crazy awesome stuff in the intro for Just a Phase. He's a hugely underrated guy. Doesn't do so well on the Certain Shade of Green front though.

[quote=fatbandit;17256452]Yeah. Search for a video on Youtube of 'Eulogy Live'. It shows Ben playing everything and singing everything on it. Its great.

No, I really love his take on stuff like Pardon Me live. His fills make it. And his improvisation is beautiful. I think I remember him doing some crazy awesome stuff in the intro for Just a Phase. He's a hugely underrated guy. Doesn't do so well on the Certain Shade of Green front though.[/quote]

It was possibly just the video, but I thought his bass sounded horribly muddy in the mix.

I wish he moved around more. He's not as much of a presence on stage as Dirk was. Still a solid player though.

And the way he holds his bass horizontally reminds me of Cliff Williams (ACDC). Incidentally, it looks uncomfortable and retarded, but whatever works for him I guess.

Really? I thought Dirk had next to no presence at all D:

Incubus never have moved around much though.

Nevermind, the video was of them on a small stage. He moves around much more during the heavier portions of the red rocks concert vid.

The guitarist uses like 40 effects and is constantly flipping between them. I don't think he has much time to move. :P

I though Dirk had a decent stage presence in their "Nice to Know You" video on Letterman. I wish I'd been a fan of their music when he was still in the band for comparison purposes, but I'm always late when finding bands and bassists.

Ben's a sick player. I've never placed any importance on whether someone moves around much on stage, I know it matters to a lot of people but it's the last thing that matters to me about a musician.

[quote=gaslight;17256600]Ben's a sick player. I've never placed any importance on whether someone moves around much on stage, I know it matters to a lot of people but it's the last thing that matters to me about a musician.[/quote]

Sure, but as a member of the audience, it's hard to want to move around to the music of the people on stage wont even do it.

You don't see many mosh pits at the New York Philharmonic shows.

I'm just sayin...

Yeah, it's probably because when I am in an audience I don't actually want to move. I just like to stand somewhere and look around at the players. I know most people are different about it though and that's cool.

[quote=gaslight;17256622]Yeah, it's probably because when I am in an audience I don't actually want to move. I just like to stand somewhere and look around at the players. I know most people are different about it though and that's cool.[/quote]

I get like that sometimes too. Especially if it's a song I really like and really just want to watch the band perform.

To each his own though.

Yeah, I mean it's great to see players get into the music of course, but getting into the music isn't always about jumping around and whatnot.

[QUOTE=BenJammin;17256297]Maybe when you heard "encore," they were actually saying "no more."[/QUOTE]

I dunno... I distinctly heard a C.

Even though it wasn't the biggest crowd we've played to, it seemed to be one of the best received sets we've played.

Nice one. What kind of band is it?