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  2. Heavy Metal Monk - The Lord Weird Slough Feg
  3. As new and in pristine condition, this was intended to replace my old H4n but in the end I bought a second H4n and an F3. 🙄 This is NOT the new 'Essentials' H6e but the significantly sturdier original unit which they now market as the H6 Studio. It's been used maybe a dozen times and is fully functional. Original packaging & documentation.
  4. A new voice to my ears, Jorge Roeder in duet with vocalist Sofia Rei performing the tune 'Rosa' from their album, 'Coplas Escondidas'. Recommended. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/rosa-sofia-rei-jorge-roeder/
  5. I've had one of these from new (from GAK, RIP!) and I can vouch for their capabilities. Great cab, EXCELLENT price. Recently the bass gallery in London was asking a LOT more for one of these babies.
  6. Hello! I have a playlist of 60’s soul songs I like to revisit/warm-up/practice to. This weekend, instead of playing the lines, I replaced them with 8th notes on the root of the chord. I have in the back of my head advice from an unknown pro “make it feel good” & actually amazed how difficult that can be! I have so many inconsistencies… which finger I fret with, attack of the single picking finger, my second picking finger is a disaster, heavier swings are all over the place! Such a simple exercise with such a simple goal. I feel like I’ve skipped years of foundational stuff, hiding behind ghost notes & the void of syncopation. Maybe this’ll help others, let’s hope it helps me! 🫠
  7. One of those was the very first 5er I ever saw/played, in Denmark Street Rose-Morris, probably 1985. I had the 4 string RSB Deluxe 2, and wondered if I should've waited & got the 5 instead! That looks in great condition for a 40 year old bass and that's a very good price, considering how few of these you see.
  8. I'm genuinely curious when this running gag started?
  9. The 2nd episode was definitely the least interesting of the three.
  10. That would be sacrilege, but then Rob T owns Jaco’s bass of doom and has played it at Metallica shows.
  11. This turned up in my RSS feeds this morning and might perhaps be of interest to people here: https://www.ethanhein.com/wp/2025/fretless-bass/
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  12. I've never really had an issue hearing myself on stage. I have some monster cabs that I have pretty much retired as they are too big/heavy for the car and most venues. I created a Frankenstein 2no...2 X10 cabs all housed in an old Ashdown ABM 4 x 10 cabinet and for pubs etc it works really well. It has 4 neo celestion speakers ..no problem with phase and it's so light and compact compared to my Marshall DBS cabs. I play in a rock/metal covers band but on Friday we giggled a local venue. I had my amp (crown xls 1500i running in two channel mode) flat out..dimed. my preamp pedals on the floor were running pretty hot and the floor wedge had run out of headroom.....and I couldn't hear what I was playing clearly... .the speakers were crying...despite their rating...300w each. They are pretty efficient. The whole thing was loud enough.... Just couldn't get the clarity out of the cab. At sound check I was running the system at about 75% and it sounded amazing..( normally does) but once the rest had got going I had to turn it up just to hear. I'm not a fan of in ears... I have them but trying to avoid them. I'm looking for speaker suggestions with enough Headroom that can deal with this. If you need more specs of my rig happy to get them. Anyone got any suggestions.... I told the two guitarists and drummer to turn down but they ignored me..😂 Cheers
  13. Something bass-related got covered in minimal depth ? not normal ….
  14. I watched the lot yesterday. Really enjoyed it. There were appearances from other bassists that weren’t listed (Adrian Younge, Mark King were just two…) Could’ve done with a couple more episodes, hopefully we’ll get another series because they really barely scratched the surface…
  15. They didn’t say “to play”, though, did they?
  16. For context, last night I went to see my new band play their last gig with the outgoing bassist. No lights, no back drop. It's rock/pop/indie covers playing pubs/clubs/functions. I'm going to grab this as an opportunity but have no real experience, it's always been other people in all the other bands I've been in that do lights. So, where do I start? Plug and play, portability compact being the priorities, I guess.
  17. Watched all the second episode last night, I had never heard of the featured bass player, her style of playing did not interest me and heavily distorted bass tone does nothing for me, good to listen to the comments of the other bass players though.
  18. that's the numbers i recall
  19. Which ones are these, Phil? Do you have any photos or videos of them in action?
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  21. Hi Folks, Am having a bit of a gear clear out, so up for sale only is this Eden CXC-300 Solo Series FET bass amp, that was taken from a combo of the same name some years before I bought it. It's a properly made, high-quality piece of Eden bass gear from 1999, but I'm only asking £90 ono for it as it needs a bit of TLC... Here's the background as to why. So, I bought this amp on Facebook about 4 years ago, as a bit of a project to be honest. My thinking was that I'd tidy it up a bit and keep it as a back up amp in the car for gigs. But, as often is the case, other more pressing life stuff got in the way, so it's in pretty much the same state as it was when I bought it. So, the good bits about it are that: Hand built in the USA, it has that quintessential, David Eden 90s era sound; full, fat, warm bass tones, comprehensive, 5-band semi-parametric eq, on board compressor and the 'enhance' control knob that makes it so easy to get a fab tone quickly. And it delivers 300 class A/B watts into 4-ohms, that feel properly loud and punchy to me. What's not so good? Well; (a) some of the pots need a good clean, as they're crackly and squeaky (not sure if that's an acceptable industry descriptor?? ), (b) the fan is a bit noisy, so if you're only going to use this for home practicing, then it could do with being replaced. And, (c) as it was once part of a combo, it would really benefit from being housed safely in a decent rack case. That said, I did use this amp on a recording project with a Genz Benz 112 cab a couple of years ago, and it sounded great! Here's a link to what this amp probably looked like when it was part of a combo: https://en.audiofanzine.com/bass-guitar-combo-amp/eden-amplification/cxc-300/ And here's some sales blurb from a Reverb Ad from 5 years ago abiut a CXC-300 210 combo : "This US-made combo from 1999 is a true thump machine that cranks out some huge low end tones with ease! Features include two 10" speakers, a very nice 5-band parametric EQ with 3 sweepable mids (!), enhance control, an effects loop, DI out with independent level control, a stereo pair of 1/4" aux ins, and a very well-built enclosure with top and side handles. Very nice! In solid shape for its age, with normal cosmetic wear and tear throughout. Works as it should. From Eden Amplification: The CXC-300 produces 300 Watts @ 4 Ohms and 175 @ 8 Ohms The discrete preamplifier section, with its enhance control, powerful quasi-parametric tone control system, and gentle autocompression circuit allow you to achieve a wide array of sounds." I've included photos of the head itself, sitting on top of an old Trace Elliot combo, plus some generic pictures from a quick Google search so you can see the head as it once would have been. If anyone's interested and would like to test it out here in Potton, Central Beds, then you'd be more than welcome. Am happy also to do a meet up somewhere within say 30 minutes drive from me.. And although I'd prefer not to post this, it's also an option too if that's absolutely necessary. Any questions, please ask and thanks for looking! Cheers Nik
  22. Save space by putting the jazz combo under the desks. It would also stop them raising their instruments and so stop spiralling, which as we all know “is jazz” ** ** attention jazz-fans : please watch the Motown documentary film “The Commitments” before flaming me with posts along the lines of “jazz is just so much more than that” and “thats country jazz, we don’t play that around here”
  23. I played out at a local pub called the primrose in Leeds last night. It's a night where they put on five bands and so we got a 35 minute set and feels like a Leeds rite of passage . There was an old Peavey bass amp provided but I took along my rumble 500 and I was glad because the sound from the peavey was pretty mushy and muffled. I took my sire V7 because I find that it gives me a nice crisp tone without being quite as in your face as a stingray. The music in our band is funk rock so I need something that this going to sound nice when slapped. I also just got a boss me 90 b on Thursday and so I had set up a load of patches because on one of the songs I switch between a clean sound and an octave pedal and then distortion and then octave and distortion. I had foolishly added a bit of envelope filter to the clean octave sound and when I played it at gig volume it was definitely a bit too much top end. Oops, I'll join the me90b discussion later on the appropriate thread... The first band on were a very tight rock band with a female singer, bassist playing a p with flats very nicely. Our set went pretty well with the usual issues with speeding up when we get excited and the guitarist struggled a bit with his guitar dropping out of tune all the time I think next time we need to get the guitar out of the case in advance so it can get used to the temperature in the room. The PA was a bit muffled though which doesn't really work for the hip hoppy lyrical delivery and my partner said that when I spoke through the microphone she couldn't make out what I was saying so definitely the PA was just not quite right. Shame because we have been practicing three part harmonies for a while and I think they probably got lost in the mush. I also tried a Bluetooth wireless set up my dad lent me and it worked great. The band after us were a four-piece metal act called 6 foot under with a fantastic front man and really talented musicians, in particular the guitarist who had that trait of sounding amazing but looking like he was barely moving his hands. I'm not really into metal at all anymore but I appreciated their musicianship and the show. They even gave out Yorkshire tea bags with their qr code on it! All in all a fun night out, just a shame there weren't that many people out to listen.. I wore my altra lone peak trainers as always.
  24. Hi Ovi, thanks! Nice to hear from you! Are you back in bass business? This bass could be yours 😜
  25. According to the Schecter website (very comprehensive!) the Jeff Loomis JL-7 is fitted with a two-way truss rod. When you talk of a shim, I'm not sure what or where you mean. Basically, with a two way, the trussrod bends independently of the neck and works by bending in the horizontal slot in the neck. As such, yes, there is the tendency for the nut end and the heel end to dig into the bottom of the slot as it tries to straighten the neck. Generally, the neck obliges before it actually damages the wood, but if it is a particularly stiff neck, or if you are trying to adjust with the strings under full tension, it might well. But there doesn't look like it has done structural damage and so, if you are able to get the relief you need, I wouldn't worry about it (but do remember to loosen the strings before you tighten the rod )
  26. Chant No. 1 - Spandau Ballet
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