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Hello, Does anyone know if the TonePrint module in the BH250 is placed in the circuit before or after the EQ section, and whether it can be edited via laptop nowadays? Thanks
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Thanks for all the feedback and advice. We’ve had a luthier look at it and taken on board lots of advice. It’s a serious project and one my husband is going to slowly renovate with support from a luthier. He has lots of experience with other instruments and woodwork in general so with support we feel this will be a nice long term project.
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Just me reflecting again on this thread, if you got an active bass, a preamp / pedals, EQ on your amp (and / or maybe even going into a desk) then most of us are playing through 3 or four stages of tone / EQ adjustments, its no wonder it gets confusing (for me anyway). It makes me wonder how much of my bass am I actually hearing and how much is just electronics e.g. I wonder how many times I have cranked the treble on active bass without realising I have it turned down somewhere else in the signal chain, probably a lot of the time Conspiracy theory : maybe we are all secretly playing exactly the same sounding bass and the only difference is in the electronics and we are being scammed by bass manufacturers
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Double bass rebuild - not for the faint of heart!
Hellzero replied to The Guitar Weasel's topic in EUB and Double Bass
The (hard to find) EMG single string pickups fitted this way on my Leduc EUB 6 called Moaï are working really good even with the bow (that I play badly, of course) and are height adjustable to fine tune the tone and output. There are also 6 RMC piezos in the bridge with a dedicated RMC preamp and the EMG summing preamp and both can be blended at will thanks to the twin volume/tone configuration. That said the low B bowed can destroy a poorly made speaker, but it's working really well as the sensing area is bigger... Just add a bit of piezos for crispness and you get a really realistic tone thanks to the patented floating Leduc top of the U-Basse adapted here. It was a six (according to Christophe Leduc) to seven (according to me as I factor in the year of discussion and ideas trials) years built. -
Thanks for all the feedback and advice. We’ve had a luthier look at it and taken on board lots of advice. It’s a serious project and one my husband is going to slowly renovate with support from a luthier. He has lots of experience with other instruments and woodwork in general so with support we feel this will be a nice long term project.
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Thanks, Jolltax. Proper notation is so much more useful than tab but there is a dearth of material to learn on. that's why I include easy tunes as well as more demanding one. Beautiful music doesn't have to be hard to play or hard to read.
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I bought one with a Rosewood board in 1983, it cost me £249 inc a case, it relegated my 78 Fender to back up. Sadly life got in the way in 1990 and I had to sell it, along with the rest of my gear. The best Bass I've ever owned!
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Very cool website, love the emphasis on music transcriptions rather than TAB
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This is a wonderful bass in very good condition. It was purchased new from Bass Direct and has never been gigged. I will also throw in a Bass Direct hard case, purchased at the time. I'm reluctantly selling for financial reasons, so please do not offer trades. Here's the current Bass Direct advert, which lists it at a new price of £2699 The bass I'm selling is exactly the same spec. Each scratch guard has a unique pattern. It comes with a factory-fitted Hipshot drop-D Extender. https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/product/sandberg-california-ii-ida-nielsen-4/ Here's the Sandberg blurb: A graduate of the Royal Danish Academy, Ida Nielsen became known to audiences around the world as Prince’s bass player. For her virtuoso style between funky slaps and pushing grooves, she has for some time been swearing by electric basses from the Braunschweig cult smithy Sandberg, who have tailored her a signature bass according to her ideas with the Sandberg California TM4 Ida Nielsen. Accordingly, the classically constructed four-string has a bird’s-eye maple fretboard, Sandberg Black Label pickups with active 2-band tone control and a D-tuner for lightning-fast drop-tunings. The Spec: •Origin: Germany •Body Wood: Alder •Colour: Black •Finish: Soft Aged •Neck Finish: Satin •Neck Material: Birdseye Maple •Fingerboard: Birdseye Maple •Pickups: Sandberg Black Label •Preamp: Sandberg 2 Band •Pickguard: Black •Hardware: Gold + Hipshot Extender •Frets: 22 •String Spacing: 19mm •Nut Width: 40mm •Scale Length: 34” •Weight: 8lb11oz/3.95kg-
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Interesting topic at everyone's heart - thanks for posting. Like many I'm a creature of habit, and usually start a gig with some mid scoop on my amp ?? without trying to find out what the room needs. Then spend the first set tweaking. That said even when I have had nice basses with the great flexible pre- Amps. I find myself never altering the Pan from center, I rarely boost bass or treble, but find the bass's Para-mid my go to adjustment, song to song. My main working bass for about 12 years was a Shuker with soap bars and a 5 knob East pre, with a passive tone knob. just used that and the Para-mid. I Just got a Sadowsky NYC with soap bars, the organic tone of the bass is amazing in the Low, low- Mids. Again Pan stays center, It doesn't need any active boost Low or High with Amp set flat. Love it in Passive mode. Just getting used to having no Para - mid. I did get into a conversation with John E. about having a pre -amp with just a Vol, pan, + 2 Para mids. I think it would be really useful tool on any bass.
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I will mate definately
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Great looking bass
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Stingray feeler sale/trade (K Smith, Goodfellow, Status headless)
2pods replied to roger's topic in Basses For Sale
Unfortunately, I no longer have it. It was resold on here, after I sold it when I stopped giging I loved it gigged it everywhere, dives, pubs, clubs, weddings, festivals (2 x Huge Scout Jamborees really) Fed it into a Trace AH350SMX, Trace 2x10, and Trace baby 15 it sounded brilliant. It was the quilted one. I much prefer your's though -
Hey guys My pbass is up for grabs Fender Fotoflame Precision Bass, made in Japan with Nordstrand pickup, fender flats. Ultra low action with no buzz/dead spot. £900 with a battered gig bag £990 with a fender moulded hard case Thanks for reading Nick -
I bought this bass on Ebay recently and am totally blown away. I've owned loads of basses, USA Precisions, Road Worn series, Fender Japan but this trumps them all in my opinion. To me it feels like the perfect bass. I may be being hysterical but I literally can't put it down and have had it for a month now. Wow!!
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Up In Northumberland, I have the SVT212AV cab too, sounds great. If you're this far north give me a shout buddy
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A very cool version of his big 80's hit. Wonderful groove, good band, great vocals all round, and some nice Bass playing from Nashville Bassist, Jacob Lowery: An interview with Jacob:
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In the process of downsizing my board as I get to grips with hx stomp Boss geb7 - good condition - rubber pad replaced with dual lock - £50 Radial big shot aby - good condition - dual lock on the back - £70 Dunlop bass wah - works perfectly but slight aesthetic modifications have been made.. and dual lock - £50 -
sounds like it's the Ampeg then similar price new
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that was 400W per channel. But what rating is this for the 2kw class D?
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wow, that's very kind of you I'm in Kent but do travel about a bit
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I fear this thing could be jiggered, but I’m not giving up yet.
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Sonicake Cloud Chorus V1 £20 Sonic Ambience Delay/Reverb £25
bassninja replied to ordep's topic in Effects For Sale
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