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  2. RichT
    I wish to thank you for not saying "colourway".
  3. BigRedX
    The poly finish applied to Kramer instruments from the 70s is a complete bastard to remove. Don't ask me how I know. You'll need a good power sander, a LOT of course grit sandpaper, a well ventilated space to work in, and MANY hours of free time before you'll get to see any bare wood. And be very careful removing and replacing the wooden pickup surrounds as they are prone to damage and the ones on your bass still appear to be complete which is a rare thing in itself.
  4. Mrbigstuff
    I quoted what I was replying to? But while we’re here. There should obviously be a premium on a well established name with a good reputation compared to a new brand. That goes for any product or service. How much that premium is, the market will dictate.
  5. Sean
    Toltec is a brand belonging to Laverack Guitars based near Leeds, UK. https://www.laverackguitars.com/toltec-pickups Lee Laverack is the chap that makes them. They are very boutique and many are wound to people's individual specs. Lee is very helpful and engaging and loves a new challenge of trying to get a pickup to match a customer's requirement. He's done two custom jobs for me, one was a pair of splittable J humbuckers, the other was a PJ set that doesn't sound like a "normal" PJ set. I've also got a pair of J pickups from Lee that I'm hanging on to until I need them. They're that good. My advice would be to contact Lee and have a proper chat if you need anything. He's a gem.
  6. Onox
    Thanks Gianna, but the Preamp is a but bright for me. I like my P-Basses passiv. 😉 Now also with an Black Pickguard!
  7. TimR
    Well I play other gigs as well, just not that many at the moment. The only comment I ever had about my bass was when I turned up to a Working Man's Club cover band dep with my Jackson Charvel complete with pointy headstock and the band leader took one look at it and said "Just stick to the roots - nothing flash." Not long after that I bought my current bass which looks a bit less flash and looks far more expensive than it was. Sounds like January might be an expensive month for me, currently eyeing up some £1700 basses to get rid of some cash I have lying around.
  8. TimR
    I think judging by the poll results so far it's fairly Conclusive that anything over the £1-2k mark is considered expensive. I really don't think anyone buying a £3k bass, regardless of how much money they have in the bank is thinking it's not an expensive instrument. Probably the opposite, they may be thinking I'm glad I can afford an expensive bass. I think a lot of people project what they think 'rich' people think based on some strange societal stereotyping. We know actual rich people tend to be rich because they don't waste money on expensive items if they don't need to. Probably the closest comment so far is the most expensive bass is the one that never gets played.
  9. neepheid started following What is an expensive bass?
  10. neepheid
    Because you're worth it. Don't let that pesky imposter syndrome get in your way. And lose the "just". Even "just" doing pub gigs you are already in the rarefied air of musicians who actually make it out of the bedroom.
  11. p4ul
    Jo Yo Sparrow Gone to a new home 🫡 Ian "Distortion" Mc Shane gone to grace a new pedal board 🫡
  12. LukeFRC
    Like what would happen if it replaced the cab m and the Siméon and….
  13. Muzz
    I've spoken to ACS about their Ambient series, and while they do acknowledge there'll be some loss in bass response, their approach has been to design the inears to minimise this. It's a trade-off, I guess, and the results will be acceptable to some and not others. Sadly I don't have the cash to try them out, and like all custom inears it's a leap of faith. I sometimes have to pop one inear out to hear the drums properly (venue/setup depending, especially with deps), and even then (with the bass turned up in my mix), it's plenty. Talking to other band members, though, I think the ACS 'squidgy' casts are more comfortable than the harder shells of some other vendors...I can wear mine for hours, where the other guys (on a long day's session) were getting uncomfortable. I would add that I've done some gigs on the runup to Xmas with bands that don't have the full quiet stage/inears setup, and I absolutely wouldn't go back; not hearing myself clearly and accurately (as well as at a volume I can control) is a deal-breaker for me these days.
  14. Jack
    Don't worry about the mixing app, it's essentially agnostic about how it connects over the network. Connect the tablet using the inbuilt settings app. Mixing station should still be set on wireless. Not that this matters if you can't connect to your home router and browse the web though, it seems as though the adapter itself either doesn't work or isn't configured properly.
  15. neepheid
    The thing that puzzles me about this one is that I don't think the fingerboard is ebonol - it's not jet black, I can see grain in it (and in the light), pretty sure it's a wood of some sort, if not rosewood then some other dark wood. And the grain on the back of the neck looks a lot like wenge to me. I have no idea what the "AL" in "CURBOW 4 AL" on the back of the headstock means, but maybe it's a clue?
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  17. Jean-Luc Pickguard
    Here's my cover of Sonny & Cher's "The Beat Goes On" written by Sonny Bono before he formed U2. B3 Organ, drums, & FX are all native to Logic Pro. Bass is my Rickenbacker 4003 recorded using ric-o-sound to make the treble pickup a bit hairy. Clean guitar is my CIJ Fender '72 Tele thinline, and fuzz guitar is my Fender Ben Gibbard Mustang.
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  19. Supernaut
    Doing a search @Sean, your name appears to pop up often. Could you offer some more insight?
  20. SimonK
    In that case either the main input or more likely effects send is a switching jack. So plugging a patch cable into one or the other should make it work. EDIT - it looks like the effects loop can be turned on or off by the footswitch, so make sure it is on as well!
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  23. Leonard Smalls
    And so it is with the law of diminishing returns! Back in about 2002 when I decided to upgrade my old Linn Axis I did some extensive testing - I even took my Ditton 66 speakers and EAR 834deluxe phonostage to various hifi shops... We tried everything from the Kuzma Stabi S (this was the cheapest, and excellent though lacking that final bit of detail) through Wilson Benesch (darker, not much excitement), Michell Orbe (similar), SME 30 (expensive, bit clinical, still not enough musicality), Clearaudio Revolution (excellent) and Petite Verdier (very best of all, though expensive and my Mrs didn't like the looks of it). While by no means a scientific test as all were in different rooms with different amplification (though we chose something everytime with similar capabilities to my then-current Lumley 120W valve monoblocks), we found differences between all in terms of sheer enjoyment - basically how musical they felt, and the Verdier with Moerch arm and Dynavector cart was the best I'd ever heard, closely followed by the Clearaudio. And while we could have got 95% of the performance of the Clearaudio from say, a Project at a lot less than 1/2 the money, we decided we had to look at it too...
  24. basstone
    Some info from the Behringer web site: 32 authentic virtual amp models freely combinable with 23 awesome speaker cabinet simulations Stereo multi-effects including ULTRABASS, synth, delay/ loop sampler, chorus, flanger, rotary speaker, voice box, auto wah, phaser, ambience and reverb 125 memory locations including original artist presets Intuitive user interface with direct display of all essential settings Additional effect parameters directly accessible on the unit; Tap-tempo function allows real-time adjustment of effects speed parameter 4 renowned distortion and overdrive stomp boxes with adjustable Drive, Tone, Boost and Split Dedicated wah pedal and studio compressor effects Effective Presence, Deep and sweepable Shift/Shape controls for all amp models Sweepable 24 dB Butterworth frequency crossover for bi-amping operation Adjustable auto-chromatic tuner 15 rear panel connectors allow comprehensive routing and suit virtually every conceivable application Pre DSP send/return for dry recording and wet monitoring Stereo 1/4" Line outputs controlled by master volume for live use as guitar preamp Balanced stereo XLR DI out with ground lift and switchable ULTRA-G cabinet simulation Post DSP stereo inserts for connection of external effects BNC wordclock input for external sample rate synchronization up to 96 kHz MIDI implementation includes program changes, control changes and SysEx, allowing complete MIDI automation through our free Windows editor software downloadable at www.behringer.com
  25. King Tut started following Ampeg SVT3-Pro lighter alternatives
  26. King Tut
    Bugera BV1001 M the front end models an ampeg. Light loud and reliable. Make sure you get the M (MOSFET) rather than the T (tube)
  27. dave_bass5
    Are you connecting directly to the mixer or through an external router? I do the latter with Ethernet and don’t have to select direct connection in MS.
  28. Clarky
    Trace Elliott's swiss army knife pedal, including tuner, 2 band compressor, drive, and EQ (with classic Trace preshape option). Surplus to requirements as I have just bought a Bassrig and am going the separate pedals route. Vgc. £190 plus post if needed. Collection in a public space by Barnes Rail Station, London SW13
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  29. deepbass5
    It has to be this, the bass was bought on the rebound, Missed a Lakland i wanted. I wasn't looking for one of these but the spec's pulled me in. Light with the deepest bottom end passive.
  30. tegs07
    There is another dimension to this in that some people might want to buy a US made bass like a G&L or say a Hofner bass because they live in the USA or Germany and want to support local producers. Perhaps if more people bought one bass from a company in their country rather than 3 from the far east these companies would not be facing bankruptcy and disappearing from the market.
  31. Clarky
    Doesn't work this way on the TE-1200. Before reading the manual, I tried plugging the BassRig into the Effects return and there was no sound.
  32. Leonard Smalls
    White Punks On Rope - The Tubes
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