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  2. BASIC5
    Compliments, I have this bass also and like it a lot, you could mention that it is a hollow body and therefor very light, it has a Delano pickup and preamp with mid-sweep.
  3. MrDinsdale
    The only one I’ve found that let you do stuff like binding parameters to input levels or oscillating waves was the MOD Dwarf. The Dwarf was way deeper in what it allowed but with a significantly steeper learning curve. The Dwarf also allowed you to do crazy stuff with its CV system allowing to set random value generators and stuff like that.
  4. basexperience started following funkypenguin
  5. Exile252 started following Do you have a signature sound?
  6. Exile252
    I came to say the same thing. If I want something smoother but uninspired I go with my Jazz bass, if punchy but uninspired I go with the P-Bass
  7. police squad started following Having my first bass lesson today after 44 years
  8. police squad
    Having recently bought my Dingwall John Taylor bass (and not really having a gig for it) I've started to learn my 80s duo stuff but on the bass. It would be fun to swap between guitar and bass on some gigs ( the bass line on Rio is particularly good) I've decided that I should do some of this stuff more authentically and play using fingers and not always with a pick The guy in my 80s band is a music teacher and awesome bass player and he's putting together a short video of how he plays with fingers stuff like how to keep the volume the same between different fingers Also he says to keep the nails on your plucking hand short so they don't pick the string Anyone else got any more tips for me on this, (keeping the nails short is a great tip)
  9. Phil Starr started following 2x10 Build - couple of questions and driver recommendations?
  10. Phil Starr
    It's probably worth knowing that Celestion measure their Xmax differently to most other manufacturers so the 'true' level of excursion for comparison with other brands will be something comfortably above the 4mm they quote. Xmax isn't a hard limit, the speaker will go on producing an output without endangering itself beyond Xmax. The magnetic field extends beyond the magnet but weakens as you get further from the magnet. For the speaker this mens that the speaker begins to struggle to follow the signal accurately and it starts to distort. Xmax is an attempt to put a number on the linear part of the speaker's output. At the frequencies we are talking about, below 100Hz, you probably wouldn't notice 10% distortion. The old fashioned and harshest way of measuring Xmax is just to measure the voice coil and magnet gap; 16mm and 8mm in the case of this Celestion. That leaves 8mm of movement with the coil inside the complete 8mm gap and Xmax of 4mm each way. The other ways of quoting Xmax are to measure it at a specified distortion (often 10%) or to do a 'predicted' Xmax based upon the speaker's geometry, adding a bit of extra Xmax to allow for the extra bit of magnetic field beyond the gap. Both these figures will add excursion and to be fair will reflect real world behaviour. You can guess that marketing prefer a bigger figure. 18-Sound don't have details of how their Xmax is measured on the data sheet but I supect it is calculated with a bit extra and more generously rated than Celestions.
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  12. karlfer
    Reduced to £700 until Jan 4th, after that I'll keep it.
  13. baldwinbass
    The Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala
  14. binky_bass
    Keep your eye on eBay... I picked up a proper German LX6 for £500 earlier this year.
  15. Woody1957
    Im still looking but lm on holiday at the mo. Im really trying to hold out for a Streamer lx5 if lm honest mate. Yours is a very nice bass though👍
  16. Woody1957
    Not yet mate thanks...still on holiday at the mo. My preference is still at Streamer LX 5 tho.👍
  17. RogueBass
    RogueBass joined the community
  18. jimmyb625
    That's the same setup I used to have (except for the 310's). It's a great rig for the price. I eventually got hold of a 315s as there was a b-stock item going for a ridiculous price (£120 off the top of my head). It's good, but definitely not as easy to move around as the 312s.
  19. boomboomboom
    The shoop shoop song - Cher
  20. Sean
    Brilliant! I love it when a plan comes together! I look forward to seeing how you get on with a 5. The only HB I've ever played was the little purple one at the SW Bash raffle this year. Impressive build and I said on the day, that if I was still globe-trotting for a living, I'd have ditched my B2A for one of those.
  21. Chadu25
    Got a C4 again from @d_g Hooked it up with my MIDI and mapped out my fave moog/synth presets. Definitely missed this pedal and I actually find this better now than the mxr bass synth after using it again. Sustains longer before it glitches out and feels good responding to my attack. Latest update on the Neuro app is more intuitive and presets sounds better than before. I find this a better workflow for me than cycling through mxr’s 8 presets. It’s still a great pedal though.
  22. Brian18242 started following Fazley bargain
  23. Brian18242
    At that price, I doubt you would have any regrets. I actually like that finish! I wonder if the neck pocket would fit a standard fender jazz neck? From memory, I don't think when I was starting bass in the mid 90s there was much on offer below £200 😀 Crazy what is available now!
  24. Sean
    Good point. I've only ever been sent notation and slash chord charts. And those have been rare.
  25. tauzero
    Boxing Day gig for The Bonnevilles at the Anker Inn in Weddington, on the borders of Nuneaton. Rather empty when we started - and it was an early start, at 6pm. We had a guest singer to do the inter-set break - she's become a regular fixture at our gigs, through doing open mics that our BL runs. She used backing tracks off her phone until the last song, when we accompanied her for "Creep". The second set had rather more of an audience, with a few of them dancing. Our guest singer came back on towards the end of our set to do "Sweet Child O' Mine". It was during that that I noticed that my wireless was showing battery low, so while she was getting back off the stage (it might only be 15cm high but it's a real stage) I switched wirelesses. Then we had a couple more songs, and into the final one, "Tulane". We were about 3/4 of the way through when the guitar cut out. The drummer and I carried on playing, singer carried on singing, guitarist was going over his pedalboard and amp trying to find the problem, singer did the band introduction for all of us, and then, just after he'd introduced the guitarist, the guitar suddenly burst back into life (guitarist told me afterwards he had no idea what had happened, it just started working again) and we finished off. Antoniotsai dragon 5-string -> Lekato and M-Vave wirelesses -> Zoom MS-60B+ -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> GR Bass AT212. The usual Caravelle memory foam trainers.
  26. ezbass
    Really wasn’t looking forward to tonight, but it turned out way better than expected. We were told that 44 tickets had been sold beforehand, but clearly some folk just turned up on spec and I counted about 70 bodies. A promoter for a local event came to see us, stayed for both sets and seemed genuinely impressed. A couple of senior moments, as ever, but mostly on point. The last time I played this venue I couldn’t hear myself and had a good old moan about it on BC. Some bright spark (I’m thinking @Beedster but I could be wrong) suggested this set up, rather than stacked, for potentially better monitoring: Absolute genius! Whilst not crystal clear, it was near enough - I thank you 🙏 way of the future. As you can see, it was my usual Phil Jones rig, Maruszczyk Elwood L fretless plus pedals (mini Pitch Black, Sadowsky SPB2, MXR M87 & Tech21 VTDI).
  27. Onox
    It has the classic 2-Band with boost only Highs und Lows. There is a switch for a Midboost, you can choose the Boost and 500Hz or 800Hz, narrow or wide Bandwith (these are the four Dipswitches on the Backside). You can also set the Gain of the Boost and the overall Level with Boost engaged. Very handy!
  28. bigsofty
    bigsofty joined the community
  29. DigbyLLovatt
    A wicked powerhouse bass!! Been in my possession since new after I did some promo videos for Aria. Studio use only, never gigged. Slight scratch on the back (pictured). No gigbag/case. Collection only from SW London.
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  30. JPJ
    Here we have my DBX DriveRack PX professional loudspeaker management processor with matching DBX reference microphone for sale. I am the second owner, and this has lived in a flightcase all its life alongside my mixing console. Condition is used, although the reference mic was new this year (2025) has never been used in anger. A great tool for those of us who mix live sound from stage side whilst playing. I’m only selling as I have now upgraded my bass bins to a matching pair to my tops so will be using the internal crossovers to cut down on the weight of gear I shlep to gigs. Because I am inherently lazy, I asked ChatGPT to describe the functionality and this is what it came up with, which sounds accurate to me based on my experience. “The DBX DriveRack PX is a professional loudspeaker management system that optimises live sound systems. It combines automatic room tuning, crossover control, EQ, dynamics, and feedback suppression in one rack-mount unit. Using the included DBXRTA-M measurement microphone, you can run auto-EQ and real-time analysis to tailor your speakers and subs for smooth, balanced frequency response in any venue. Other key features include configurable crossovers, delay alignment, compression/limiting, and feedback elimination, making it ideal for PA systems, bands, DJs, and event sound setups.” I’m looking for £300 for the DriveRack and reference mic, or £250 for the DriveRack and £50 for the microphone. Collection from Killingworth Newcastle upon Tyne, or delivery at the buyers cost and risk. Any questions, please ask!
  31. Mediocre Polymath
    Seconded, as a non-vegetarian. Ground up bone filings smell absolutely vile.
  32. Chienmortbb
    A lot of what you said make sense but as bassists that run our band’s PA some of this is out of the question. For example I don’t run any outboard and the AK CQ20 does not include multi and compression and even if I would like to, I would not have time to set up a multi-band compressor. I have found that some of the factory pre-sets, especially for male and female vocals are great starting points, and in an ideal world we could all run a sound check with pink noise even before the “live” sound check. So what are your absolute basics?
  33. ASW started following JHS 3 Series Phaser £50 posted
  34. ASW
    Is this £50 or £55 including postage?
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  36. Immo
    There are some boutique pedals that offer various ways of blending-in the dry signal (both Eras and Ages by Walrus or Mandrake by KMA), but Blue Colander's approach is slightly different, probably because Juliusz always has bass players in mind. Both of his additional knobs make the pedals perfect for bass players indeed. Clockwise rotation of Jolt in Doppel adds undistorded LOWS to the mix, which not only prevents the loss of lower frequencies, but also magically emphasizes the oomph of all the dirt instead of pushing it to the background. Range on Crooked Axis seemingly does the same but works the opposite way - dimed it offers the actual amount of clean lows and turning it counterclockwise removes the low frequencies from the distortion (but not from the mix).
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