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  2. itu
    I have played Elton John's songs and they are arranged so professionally, there's space for all instruments. But if a band just plays without thinking, the collisions are very likely. A pro arranger knows the problems in the low end, and is able to avoid them. Music physics is not magic, but some people can arrange music sound like magic.
  3. rainbowreality started following Korg Kross 61-key all-rounder keyboard
  4. rainbowreality
    Check out Sound on Sound personal ads for an idea of pricing synths. EBay is just too crazy and often unrealistic. Also vintage synth explorer can be useful. GLWTS!
  5. chris_b
    Ask the sound guys if are having trouble differentiating between bass, bass drum and keys. Their answer might solve everything. My suggestion, take some bass off the bass and add low mids. Take some bass off the keyboards and, while I didn’t hear keys overplaying on the recording, make sure the keys aren't playing bass guitar lines. Yesterday I played at a festival and the FOH was boomy and indistinct. The bass drum drowned out the bass! The sound guys didn't seem to have a clue. If that's what your sound guy is like, get another one.
  6. Rich
    Potholes - GmacCash
  7. Stealth
    Whereabouts in Warwickshire ?
  8. SimonK started following Making keys and bass work together
  9. SimonK
    Yes a problem I've also had over the years especially playing in church/gospel bands where the lineup changes weekly. Keyboardists who play a lot on their own get used to playing all the basslines with their left hand so stopping them doing this in a band situation is a challenge. I generally position myself so I can see their left hand, and notice that the "better" keyboardists still do use their left hand but generally only playing root notes on the chord changes (often as octaves with pinky & thumb). Thus said the issue is most acute when they use a traditional piano sound (as in the OP recording). If they use a Fender Rhodes or Hammond or strings patch it's not so bad.
  10. itu
    ...and as Artec is a plain tone stack, vol and balance are 250k or 500k. You can use them in lo-Z (active) and hi-Z (passive) modes. Therefore bypassing Artec would be very simple.
  11. Burns-bass
    I agree. Big risk of travelling with a bass is theft. I travel with a Bronco bass. Once set up it’s a capable little thing and the whole outfit cost me less than £200, including headphone amp and good headphones.
  12. itu
    I might do at least a bypass to electronics in case of a battery failure, and to get a few more sounds. Ser/par (pickups) could be another extra. If you think a tone is a must, one rotary switch position could be passive with a trimmer and a cap. With trimmer you can adjust the amount of tone, and then you'd have a preset tone ready.
  13. Jono Bolton
    Shipping should be possible as I'm getting a new cab in a couple of weeks so I can recycle the packaging from that.
  14. Happy Jack
    I've been moonlighting as a keyboards player for the last few years and this ^ is bang on the money. Most keys people simply can't help themselves ... they have to be using both hands or it feels like "cheating". I use a 2-tier rig because I hate splits but the principle is the same. My lower keyboard is for my right hand and that plays the main thing ... piano, organ, synth, whatever. My upper keyboard is for my left hand BUT set at +2 octaves so that I'm in the same register as my right hand, and that's for the twiddly bits and flourishes, or for strings/brass. Ego satisfied, plus I'm bringing far more to each song.
  15. polvo
    No worries that's what I thought, worth a try though. If someone else wants to take the C4 off your hands let me know and take the controller. Cheers
  16. Geek99
    I have one of these and it’s very good. I don’t fiddle with the controls much, tending to leave it in passive mode in the usual 60:40 jazz pup mix but I do like the string spacing
  17. sbrag started following Basses For Sale
  18. haimesy
    Thanks Pete
  19. JohnDaBass
    Bump
  20. mattbass6
    Protection Racket gig bag now included along with postage costs now included in the price ☺️
  21. ian61
    The other solution is buy him a vintage Fender Rhodes and for him to learn to play it right. Pretty much one funky 70's tone and little pure bass. Best band I ever played in was with keys playing one of those.....Light tones that worked everywhere.
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  23. Reggaebass
    I like the beat on this one and the video
  24. TimR
    The problem with active/passive is that the control knobs will be different values and part of the active circuitry, so not just a case of switching off the amplifier bit and keeping the volume. Would need a bit of thought. What about balance and tone controls?
  25. Clarky
    Up for sale again as I sourced a Trace Transit B multifx pedal. New price: £150 posted. Can't say fairer than that given this also includes £40-ish Tech 21 gigbag https://www.thomann.co.uk/tech_21_fly_rig_gig_bag.htm Would also trade for a Trace Elliott Elf head in vgc
  26. Steve Browning
    You have misunderstood our posts. It is good that you have responded to the suggestions positively - albeit reluctantly and sarcastically. They are normal requirements when trying to sell something of this vintage or value. You now have a chance of selling your wonderful looking bass. Good luck.
  27. kevin_lindsay
    Another bump
  28. Burns-bass
    I guess we’re seeing the modern bass player mutate into something as this super processed sound is really synth like. The phrasing all sounds like Stevie Wonders left hand - and that’s not a bad thing! Personally, I find it’s over produced, far too busy and the track is soulless-soul Muzak. (I think the same about Jacob Collier to be honest.) But that’s my personal taste. He seems like a lovely guy and I imagine would smash any gig.
  29. itu
    If you are into tinkering, use a rotary switch to get options like in Kubicki Ex-Factor: OFF/STAND-BY/ON... but like passive/active...
  30. eubassix
    Vintage 1980's Westone Thunder 1A Active Electric Bass from Matsumoku Factory, Japan - Fretless. Manufactured between 1981 and 1989. Serial number 4071308 Check out the Westone website as it holds useful information. Different eras of this iconic bass but otherwise very much the same instrument (other than being fretless + active). This f/less bass has been converted from an originally fretted bass. There are the usual signs of pitting/wear to the original metallic hardware (SEE PHOTOS). Pots run smooth with no crackle currently when played. Knobs pitted and aged. There are signs of surface scratching and small dings etc. as photographed. instrument has a basic, somewhat tatty, generic hardcase. Price includes UK 24/48h courier delivery
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