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Hi Peter What is a set list mode?
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Aguilar DB112 1x12 8 ohm cab. 300w. Padded Hotcover included. Good condition. Happy to meet at a location halfway, or discuss postage at buyer's cost. -
Looks like she opened the box already
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With you on MXR Bass Synth as a wish list item! Can recommend the EBS IQ as an excellent and really good value filter.
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Sterling Bongo? Ernie Bongo's brother? Last I heard he was doing a 5er in Wandsworth for nicking toilet seats. Hang on, wrong thread.🤨
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Absolutely. The worst-sounding venue I ever played in was an art deco style ballroom, which was shaped like half a cylinder (think Nissen hut). Hard plaster walls/ceiling, no absorbent materials or curtains and a hollow stage structure. The resonances and echoes were appalling and no amount of eq or tweaks helped. Despite our using high quality gear, the sound was dreadful.
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The first warning sign is if the landlord/bar staff tell you when you're loading in 'It's quiet tonight, it must be because (select the excuse of your choice here ) it's just before payday/it was packed for the footy last night/everyone's on holiday/etc', at that point you brace for single-figure crowds. The real kicker is when you empty the place...or the place empties while you're on. You can tell yourself there's lots of reasons, but it still stings. I always cyber-stalk the venue beforehand, and if 90% of their social posts are about the food or the footy, it's gonna be an uphill struggle...one such place was where we played two weeks ago to the singer's girlfriend and one punter (the other dozen or so punters were down the other end of the pub in the pool room), I went and sat with the punter in the second half (the joys of wireless), introduced him to the singer's girlfriend and we asked him if he had any requests (not something we normally tolerate, but we felt obliged because he sat there all night and seemed to be enjoying himself). Couple of weeks before that an even more annoying crowd, 90% of whom who buggered off after the food service had finished, there was one table with the landlord/lady and half a dozen of their friends half way down the long room. We finished most songs to silence, not a clap, and then right at the end when they were all pisht and we said goodnight they were shouting for more encores (and I mean we did three and they wouldn't shut up). I asked them 'Where was all this noise half an hour ago? It was like a morgue in here.' We may not be invited back, but it's definitely no loss.
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Using a line selector pedal like a Boss LS2 to boost the OC2 could achieve this with the same number of stomps as just engaging the OC2.
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I might have it wrong, but I think the chorus sort of effect (a detune/doubling effect +/- 20 cents) was via the pedal. Ah yeah, my semitone maths wansn't on point! So in that case he has basically dropped down the low E to a C and that sounded okay to me, hopefully one more semitone would be okay. I guess it is the sort of thing you might feel when playing (perhaps a bit of latency) more than being an issue in how it sounds in a recording. Although come to think of it, I don't think I ever play a low B in my current 90min set, the lowest is a D a few times. So getting used to just dropping down to that is probably better than dropping all to BEAD. I'll add it to my expanding wishlist of pedals! (along with MXR Bass synth, Boss RE-2, and some sort of analogue envelope filter).
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Gretsch Junior Jet Bass - Black - Short Scale
silverfoxnik replied to denki109's topic in Basses For Sale
Sounds great! Nice playing too... 👍- 2 replies
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Hi all, So, the time has come to potentially move on this British built monster... This is a bit of a tentative sale as I need to raise a few quid for some house works we want to crack on with. Most of us are familiar with these amps, the classic and somewhat revered Marshall VBA400. This beast has 8 6550 Power Valves, 3 ECC83 Valves and 1 ECC82 Valve. So two more power valves than the Ashdown CTM300, and the same number and the Mesa Strategy 8:88 - though the latter has KT88 valve, but you get the comparison! I've owned this for a few years now, used it only in my rehearsal space at home and it hasn't missed a beat. Being honest, I don't know how old the current valves are, but the amp show no tell-tell signs of valve fatigue. You're of course very welcome to come give it a go to satisfy any concerns you might have. The cabs are fairly rare beasts, made in 1987 (my YOB!), both have plenty of signs of wear, but both work great! When I bought them, the 4 carry handles were brittle and were turning to dust, so Marshall kindly sent me out 4 replacements a little while ago which make them now 100% safe to carry vs the old crumbling ones! Together, the VBA400 and these two Jubilee cabs sound incredible... I had a Mesa 8:88 head with two Mesa 410 Power House cabs a few years back, and this rig sounds every bit as good. There is genuinely something special about the VBA400 - there's some magic in those amps! £1250 is the price, I'm fairly firm on that as I do believe it is a very fair price. Happy to include the required cables to power it and connect the cabs. Viewing is welcome, I'm in Wickford, Essex. I am travelling around the country a fair bit over the coming weeks, so I might be able to meet of an evening at my various overnight stops. Any questions, let me know. Thanks, Russ. -
Personally, I don't wait for the amp to fail before using a preamp to the desk; I work on the basis that consistency and reliability of the DI feed to the FoH is the most important thing, so I run a pedalboard with HPF/compression/preamp on it that gives me the whole sound I want to send that way every time. With that sorted, the amp on stage is really just for me so it only has to make the pedalboard loud and perhaps EQ it a little to suit the particular stage and monitoring situation. It does mean that I can't use the preamp as part of my wider tone - it's the whole thing - but working the way I do actually means that the amp (and its built-in DI) becomes my hot-spare backup in case the preamp goes down. Even better than that, it doesn't have to be the same amp every time.. or even mine.
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Love the orange ones here - it just works better in orange. If you are going to make a design like that, it kind of has to scream to be looked at!
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FS: Mesa Boogie Carbine M6 Amp, £600 o.n.o
silverfoxnik replied to silverfoxnik's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Hi Folks, Figured I'd better give this beautiful amp a BUMP, as it needs to find a new home! Cheers, Nik -
I also had a couple (2017). Could never get on with the neck pickup being so high up though. If the pickups were closer together (eg MTD Super 5) it would have suited me better.
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I was watching a YouTube interview recently ( Questlove and Ad Rock from the Beastie boys) where it was said, it's easier to be booed at by thousands of people than a tiny audience in a small venue. I'd agree with this, having been put on a bill on a tour support years ago very early in the evening. The indifference or apathy from the audience can give a band a siege mentality that makes you dig in more. Likewise, on a tour support it's possible for you to go down better than you deserve purely down to the size of the event...they must be good as it's a big gig syndrome. As for small gigs to nobody...that's tough no matter what. I personally think it can look silly to try too hard; sometimes I have found pulling in the punters that ( hopefully) enjoy it, perhaps make it more intimate, make them feel they're eavesdropping at a rehearsal where you'd perhaps play more experimentally than you would have? All bands and situations are unique obviously. Yes Daryl, likewise I would love to be able to adapt better. I think it highlights that the audience is the additional band member that makes it or breaks it. Martin
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I never wanted one before but that burnt orange one could rule my world...
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My turbo is poorly. I now need to make alternative car arrangements. I totally feel your pain. Totally. -
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Re. chorus - I think he was using an external chorus as I can't see anything on the pedal itself that does chorus? But if I missed that, even better! He goes 4 semitones down (= 2 steps in his terminology) at 01.40 and says it get "flubby", although it sounds way better than on my multifx! Going down from E --> B is 5 semis i.e. 2.5 steps (not 4) using his terminology - he's actually open to requests (see the equivalent post on Talkbass), so you could ask him there? (If you're on that, if not I can gladly ask him on your behalf?) My sense is it won't be awful, but probably not great either?
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Back up for sale… 2023 RB Streamer LX5, carolena body, laminated maple neck, wenge fretboard, Just-a-nut, 3D bridge, active MEC pickups, 2 band active EQ, Warwick straplocks, Rockbag, truss rod tool. Superb bass, but not playing it much at all. £475 posted via Parcelforce tracked, or collection from the Isle of Wight from any of the ferry ports your side (Portsmouth/Southampton/Southsea/Lymington).-
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Superb basses - I had one for a bit (white) and it was awesome, the Neve preamp is great.
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It would be used with my amp ( in front of) every gig as part of tone shaping so I would know it works and in the event of amp failure it’s ready as a backup
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Gretsch Junior Jet Bass - Black - Short Scale
denki109 replied to denki109's topic in Basses For Sale
Here iis the Gretsch in action. I am not a great plectrum player but this northern soul classic called for it. As you’ll notice, the sound is on point and refined. My Movie 6.mov
