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  2. MartinB started following Help me upgrade.
  3. Bigwan started following DH Gate
  4. Bigwan
    What do you call cheap? I bought a used Westfield P bass for 20 quid locally a few years ago. Perfectly serviceable with a setup that I did myself.
  5. Muzz
    Played an end-of-season outdoor festival at a local(ish) footy club; you know the thing - bouncy castles, ropey burgers, BYOB, a charity raffle, generally a family day out on the pitch, with a proper stage, unfortunately facing into the sun, so it was verrrry hot (the drummer/PA engineer's iPad shut down at one point because he'd left it on the stage in the sun and it overheated), but a good day. Mostly singers with backing tracks, a couple of solo acoustic types, we closed it out for an hour at half seven. I'd brought my QSC 12.2 just in case the cobbled-together PA wasn't up to much bottom end, and it's a good job I did, as one of the (12") subs (we had 2 x 12" full range cabs each side, too) sharted itself just before we went on, so I brought the QSC up to the front on my side (where the bust sub was) and didn't go through the desk. Made it loud onstage on my side, but I went out front with my wireless and blimey charlie o'reilly that QSC can generate some bass; lots of it even a good way from the stage. Admittedly we weren't at Knebworth levels of volume, but lots of people said how well it all sounded, and I'd never have imagined playing an outside venue with one bass cab and being heard more than 40ft from the stage against a miked-up drummer, guitar and vocals in the PA. Extraordinary. It didn't break a sweat, either, and was on about 75% volume, with 50% more (linear) input from the Stomp to come, too; clean (Stomp patch dependent) and very nice...as I say, the onstage sound was naturally bass-heavy on my side, but it was the overall amount of sound the thing is capable of which surprised me - I can't think of a full stack rig I've ever used that would've made more, and that's including an Ampeg fridge and SVT...
  6. Hellzero started following Fernandes The Revival Jazz Bass RJB-75 '60 original Fretless 1981 with Stone Logo on the neck plate and original Seymour Duncan Hot Jazz Bass (SJB-2) single coil pickups
  7. Hellzero
    Fernandes The Revival Jazz Bass RJB-75 '60 original Fretless 1981 with Stone Logo on the neck plate and original Seymour Duncan Hot Jazz Bass (SJB-2) single coil pickups. It will be delivered with the original Fernandes pickups (the neck one is cut), a spare new old stock SLB8 (0.065") Rotosound string and an original BadAss II bridge. This bass is the successor of the Jaco model (FJB-65J) of the previous series. The bass has been used a lot and is showing signs of use, wear and dings: it's a player and a fantastic one! This is a really rare version of the RJB-75 '60 with a factory lined fretless fingerboard, which is impregnated (not epoxied) rosewood as the wood doesn't mark even with the long standing round wound strings, and these are the Rotosound RS66, so the ones which would mark the most. I've owned several Fender Jaco Pastorius models including the Custom Shop ones, and this bass is totally equivalent to them, no worries. NO TRADES (as I already have its successor)! NON NEGOTIABLE PRICE! Asking price including fully insured shipping with tracking number, to your home, in these European countries (ask for other countries): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding DOM -TOM), Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom: €950 EUR (£825 GBP is an approximation and I will only accept payment in Euros)!!! Shipping to the UK is of course possible and included in my asking price, but with additional customs charges (VAT + other taxes + courier costs), as the UK is now outside the EU. Here are the specifications : Body: alder (imported from the U.S.A.) Neck: hard maple (imported from the U.S.A.) Fingerboard: impregnated rosewood (7.25" radius) (imported from the U.S.A.) Positions: 20 lined, and dots at the fretted positions on the front and side à la Jaco Headstock: 4 in line Tuners: Fernandes (Fender-like non reversed) Pickups: original Seymour Duncan Hot Jazz Bass (SJB-2) single coils Controls : classic volume, volume, tone (CTS pots plus a PIO 22 nanofarads capacitor) with Bakelite knobs Bridge: original Fernandes with threaded saddles à la Fender pre-CBS Strings spacing at bridge: 19 mm (or even 20 mm, which is my preference, thanks to the threaded saddles) Nut: bone Strings spacing at nut: 9 mm (width 39 mm) Scale: 34 inches Hardware colour: nickel Truss rod: one, single action, 100% functional, even if a bit hard Finish: polyurethane Country of origin: Japan Serial number: none as it's still a Stone Logo neck plate (only for the very first series) Year: 1981 Weight: 4.460 kilos Action : from 1.5 mm under the G string to 2 mm under the E string at 12th position (can even go way lower if you shim the neck, but was perfect for me) Will be delivered in a brand new Fame gig bag Antique Deluxe in faux brown leather. Non-smoking environment as usual. The bass has been fully set up. It has received a new old stock set of stainless steel Rotosound RS66LD strings (45-65-80-105), which really serve this bass, think Jaco. What you see is what you get! Look carefully at the photos taken from different angles and lights to see the real condition, which is used with wear and dings, with some light ones at the back of the neck. Here is the link to 45 photos in high definition: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cadFMVhpadl8HNt3UjpSZUQnSNdJdQ-h?usp=drive_link Due to severe back problems (67% officially disabled because of it) plus left and right shoulders injury (it's really painful to reach the tuners), I'm selling all the basses I'm not using like this one as well, because it's too heavy for me. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale. Don't hesitate to ask for more, but, please, before asking read my ad first as the answer is certainly already in it!
  8. Buddster started following Help me upgrade.
  9. Buddster
    I recently switched from the Zoom B1 four to the Boss gt 1b. I'm loving the Boss. It sounds great and I di straight into the desk. It's very flexible, using control pedals or the built in pedal to assign to whay you want. But it only has 2 fx channels (delay. Overdrive and reverb are separate switches) so unlike the Zoom you can have oct>chorus>phaser>wah>synth (if you were mad enough!), but that's not really been a problem. The Boss synth isn't as flexible as the Zoom. Overall I prefer the Boss.
  10. BigRedX
    My band has worked the other way. You can only purchase one of our CDs by actually coming to a gig, and both of the CDs were are currently selling have "bonus features". "Lost Souls" includes a remix of one of our most popular songs that is only available by buying the CD, and "Robert Smith's Eyes" has special packaging that can't be replicated by an on-line image. It's a strategy that appears to be working. We expect to sell out of "Lost Souls" after the next 2-3 gigs and after 2 gigs we've sold almost a third of the copies of "Robert Smith's Eyes". Currently we are not selling physical copies of either single on line, mostly because the P&P even in the UK would double the cost of the CD. We may reconsider when our album is released, but until then if you want a physical copy you need to come to one of our gigs. However as I have already said, you need to tailor your releases to what your audience wants. Our audience are still into buying CDs so they are worth producing.
  11. Beedster
    I'm not sure that all of the words in this sentence were necessary...... ...and i'd like to have seen Mr Nifield say this face to face to the band themselves
  12. BabyBlueSound started following Harley Benton PowerPlant Junior 5x9v 120mA isolated power supply, free postage
  13. BabyBlueSound
    Selling my Harley Benton PowerPlant Junior, as I have outgrown it and needed some more power too due to having some digital pedals now. Never had any noise issues, nifty little thing. One of the 5 longer power cords is missing, so comes with only 4 long ones, and all the short and daisy chain ones.
  14. Graham_C
    Here's the rub...I'm not well off and can't afford to spend a ton of money on a bass that'll get used once in a blue moon. I want a cheap bass to teach with, because I only have 5-string basses at the moment and it's proved to be confusing for learners to follow along. Half the replies have been snarky and elitist, which is sub-optimal. If you have nothing to add to the conversation scroll on. Bit sad that you have nothing better to do with your time than trash other people's questions and ideas. 🤷‍♂️ Big thanks to Russ and Paul for their objective input, though.
  15. Stub Mandrel
    The Stranglers come to Wales.
  16. neepheid
    But look how accurately it follows the shape of the pickguard. That's been put on with attention to detail that has.
  17. W1_Pro
    Thats absolutely lovely, GLWTS.
  18. Kev started following Try before you buy?
  19. Kev
    I think you definitely need to try and find a way of trying them both. They are really different basses, the feel very different to play and sound quite unalike, particularly the 5's. No Basschatter will be able to help you with that stuff. You can't go wrong with an SSI (think Spector, only with character ) but the Thumb is my favourite. But they're unique marmite basses, for sure.
  20. Dad3353
    I'm used to the traditional analogue desks, so an XR18 may do things differently, but, for me, once the gain has been set for any particular input (usually a mic...), it won't need touching, as long as the same input is used each time. I don't see how you're getting feedback if everyone is using IEM; if it's from the FOH, can the XR18 output not be reduced, instead of touching the active cabs..? There's something rotten in the state of Denmark not quite right, somewhere. If the levels for the vocals have been set first, with the guitars, and there's no feedback, it would appear to be the addition of the drums that set it off. If that's the case, can't the drums then be backed off a little..? Are the drums leaking into the vocal mics, fully exposed if there's no singer in front of 'em..? Which individual mic(s...) are feeding back..? They are what needs addressing, not the FOH cabs. Do any of the group know what 'ringing out' is, and how to do it..? Inviting a decent sound person along for a gig or two to sort it all out would be beneficial, I'd suggest, and/or a course in PA set-up.
  21. NancyJohnson started following Soundchecks - are they professional?
  22. NancyJohnson
    Done gigs where I've the basics (line check/30 seconds of something including a chorus) and the fuller thing (a couple of songs in full). In the main we've always used house engineers and generally they're on a needs must basis. In all cases, small room/big room, it's generally to an empty room, or at the very least the other bands/hangers on. Obviously the room dynamics will change once there's some people in, but by and large a decent sound guy will be able to sort that out on the fly.
  23. funkle
    Responded to PMs.
  24. funkle
    It’s for increasing mass of headstock to help shift dead spots. Some people use it to try and increase sustain, but for me, it dealt with a dead spot.
  25. mikebass456
    Everybody's Carrying A Gun - Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey
  26. andybassdoyle
    What is this thing and what does it do???
  27. briansbrew
    Apple airpods Max in as new condition, only worn twice and I cant use them due to Tinnitus unfortunately Price to include UK delivery
  28. itsmedunc
    Far too late 😂 They use an XR18. I’ve been using one for 10 years and when I mentioned we should be using the gains, the reaction was that we should get an engineer in to set it all up. Now I’m very capable of doing that but I think they believe it only needs doing once and then it can be left like that forever. Maybe they’ve misunderstood using ‘scenes’? I’ve even took mine into rehearsals and set it all up, sorted all the in ears etc but they won’t use that desk because they know their desk gets a good sound? It’s a very odd situation. Voodoo almost 😂
  29. Carl_D
    Shoot You In The Back - Motorhead
  30. BigRedX
    Just to be contrary here: I'm a Helix user and do the bulk of my programming using HX edit on the computer. The Presets and Snapshots are fine-tuned from the Helix controls in the rehearsal room once I see how they work (or not) with the rest of the band playing. In anticipation of this I make sure that any parameter that I might want to alter is already assigned to the "Snapshot" setting so that changing it only changes the setting for a particular snapshot and not the whole Preset. That way I can fine-tune the Snapshots for a new song after a couple of run-throughs.
  31. andyMM started following Fender Fatfinger
  32. andyMM
    PM’d 🙂
  33. triplebass
    thanks all, got my answers, mods can close topic BC still a GREAT forum!
  34. Stub Mandrel
    The dark night colour is great (more than great), but please get that sticker off... it's got me scratching at the screen!
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