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Mrs S made the basic error of leaving me on my own with time to kill in Nottingham for the afternoon. I made the even more basic error of nipping in to Hotrox in Sneinton. They had this.... I wasn't going to buy it until i realised; a) that it is medically necessary as the binding on a 4003 is a bit sharp on the forearm, and b) that it will annoy Young Teebs. Oh, and; c) it is bloody lovely. Mrs S did the rolly eyes thing until I mentioned (b) then she understood why i had to get it. Of course, I've broken my one-in-one-out rule so expect some major activity in the marketplace shortly. Or I have a kidney if Raymondo's interested.....

I was waiting in all morning for a visit from the UPS man bearing bits & bobs from Thomann, including an EMG Geezer Butler pickup and a Fender High Mass Bridge for the Precision I bought new from Rockbottom in Croydon 37 years ago. As soon as the parcel was delivered I got my screwdrivers out and after installing the bridge & pickup and doing a setup this bass has never sounded so good or looked so cool.

Using flash for gig photography (as a pro/semi-pro) would be one of the quickest ways to get yourself ejected from the building! Or at least produce only photos of an artist scowling at you. Even presuming that your flash had the reach to be effective across that range rather than just mess with your exposure. It’s all about wide aperture, balancing “film speed” with image quality, balancing shutter speed with exposure... ...not using flash!

I thought these were only made in China? Congrats, enjoy and tick off mr Teebs.

Very pretty SkinnyPeeps. 👍 Just sayin'

Very short review: It's very good. Closest to the VTDI from the existing lineup, but with a darker speaker sim, tighter lows, more low mids, and a lower frequency on the treble EQ. Very flexible control of the mids and very punchy. Sounds more like a real amp than the other pedals.

I've seen that big, ignorant fat f*cker before with his long hair, bald at the front and looking about sixty if he's a day. Watching his channel is like having your car towed away by a 'Private Contractor' and going to their yard to get it back and you go in the Portakabin to pay some fat moron the fine and then you have to find your car and when you do you notice there's a big scratch on your driver's door so you go back to the Portakabin and the fat moron says 'It was like that when we towed it, pal. Prove it wasn't'. Just saying.

Oh, and; d) if you drop something on the laminate floor and take a chunk out of it you can saw a couple of inches off the finger board to patch it up with.

Just got one... pretty useful tool when you're playing about with a bunch of effects and wondering how to power all the pedals. Not much more to say... it just works... plug it in, see the reading, make a note. Here's a handful I just checked... First, a digital pedal that I thought was very power-hungry. The Source Audio Bass Envelope Filter... wasn't as bad as I thought, at just 120mA. Then, the EXH Bass MicroSynth... I had no idea how much current it required. I thought it would not be a crazy amount, but I was not sure. Now I know. Just 40 mA. How about the little Caline Reverb "Snakebite"? 33mA And what about an overdrive? A lot of this kind of pedals are between 10-15mA, so how about the Valeton Tube Refiner (which sounds GREAT on bass)... just 10mA. Cool. And finally... a monster. I got this valve overdrive pedal. It's a really strange thing, but sounds really nice. It's a Nobsound (yes, I know) G3 Little Bear that cost something like £35-40. A battery cannot power it. It's just very bad. It recommends a 500mA supply, if I recall correctly. I plugged into a 250mA supply and it worked ok, but it does work a bit better with a bigger supply. So, what does this one measure? 343mA!!! Makes sense.

They seem to be “desirable” but always come up for sale...weird.

These days they generally save the "Fish" era songs for festival slots and fan club shows. As this tour is billed as "With friends from the orchestra", none of the gigs on this tour so far have featured a Fish era song so far as I know, though they have pulled out some exceptional deep catalogue tracks. Glasgow may be the exception, but I doubt it. Hope you enjoy it 🙂

Hello! I just did a mod to my Swedish made Jazz bass. It used to have passive volume and a Stellartone - tone knob. Now it has an East J-tone. Passive/active with a push pull on the tone knob. Stacked volume/blend knob. Stacked bass/trebble knob. Really easy installation! Before Nice padded box! I just cut the old control plate out. Just screw the wires to the terminals Played it the day after with the band. Great!!!

That does look rather lovely Dave. Mrs S won't be making that mistake again

Thanks!

I’ve found a fairly quick way to do this - press and hold the mode button to go into pedal edit mode. Tap pitch shift, it defaults to interval as the first parameter, then use up/down to change between -1/-2. Just timed myself and can change the pitch in 3 seconds with 3 taps. Probably quicker than me bending down and twiddling the knobs....and better for my knees/back!

must admit, I do fancy the walnut 5 string version

This is my first ever Rickenbacker & I can't get over how much better it is than any of the many Fenders I've owned over the last four decades. My P bass is now just a backup bass.

I've no idea! Couldn't care less about that. But I suppose it must do, it has his name on it after all!

The sadness of this video is the championing of gear destruction just because it doesn't compare to more expensive stuff, thus going under the sledgehammer. It's 2019 folks, pretty much everything manufactured nowadays is generally going to be fittish for purpose; let's face it, while it's probably unlikely many Line6 Spider combos will be gracing big stages, but for bedroom, rehearsal or pub gig stuff, it's going to be fine and compared to what we all probably had access to when we first started out, these modelling amps are like something out of Tomorrows World. It really just sickens me that these asshats are just making a (small) name for themselves by subjecting usable gear to destruction, when it could be donated to a kid.

👍👍👍 I recall reading somewhere that he picked up and played a lot of top lines from a wide array of sources. I think it's a real signature of his that he went from root chordal / harmonic playing into melodic toplines and back, seemlessly. 'A Remark you Made' is a really fine example of that PLUS it's a really evocative title for a track. Bloody love it. And Joe Zawinul's piano solo is a fine demo of space awareness - knowing when NOT to play a note. I could go on...

Just ordered a Helix FX. As much as the Stomp is working for me i was struggling to see what effects were on or off when controlled by an external foot switch. Lack of LED's and the small screen made it a bit of a distraction. The FX will be better for me on stage. I spent most of the evening at rehearsals using the BDDI sim, just to make sure i can give up the Amp sim, and i can, very easily. using the BDDI sim was like coming home.

Frankly, I think everyone should now send you pedals and you could turn this in to a super blog Great work chap! Do more! It will be really useful!

If it's only a few days at this time of year they'll be fine in the loft. Middle of summer might be more of a problem but the risk of overheating in mid-November is probably minimal. And they should also be safe from flood damage 😁 Wrap them in a couple of bin bags to stop the mice/bats/whatever else might be up there from crapping on them and you'll be fine.

The body is pretty much done. Actually it still needs a hole for the jack, but that can wait.

Isn't this forum great? - 5 pages of friendly discussion about one of the finer details of bass playing 🙂 I put Olympias on my '82 JV Squier about 18 months ago. They get better and better - rather a 'sticky' feel to begin with. I would say they're medium tension - weights are 45.65.80.100 The big thing about flats for me is that they're so versatile - If you're playing with fingers then digging in changes the sound substantially - but then they also sound great with a pick. Or pick and palm mute for the Carol Kaye Beach Boys sound? Or play with light thumb and palm mute for a real DB sound. Only thing they fall down on is slap - but like I really care....😁 Here's my bass. Had it from new in '82, converted to a PJ in '83. It's turned out to be the most playable and versatile bass I've ever owned. And it's done some serious bass miles in the last 37 years - I'd be lost without it.

Hello Everyone, The music game is obviously a long and varied road and I thought it would be nice to hear stories from the forum's members about the last time you had a moment where you thought 'this is why I stuck with it', 'I'm so lucky to get to do this so regularly' or even your 'all of those hours put in are finally paying off!' Revisiting those uplifting moments can only be a healthy thing and I'm sure I won't be the only one who'll enjoy reading about such heart warming events. Have a decent weekend y'all!

Just gave it a quick run through powering a Bass Whammy (1300mA) MS-60B (500mA) and a no name GEQ (can't be over 100mA and almost certainly less). These are the stated amperages - i've not measured any of them. Anyhoo, everything worked just fine and dandy. The unit charged pretty quickly, requires a very positive press to activate it so little danger of accidently starting it up in the bag. It's a nice size, not very heavy and nicely finished. So far so good. Picture for size comparison.

We don't need to talk hypothetical if seller will sell his bass cheaper, stores also are flexible with price specialy when they sell so expencive bass... also are coming times like "black friday" 😊 There is right now one for sale for £3500 which converted in euros is 4,058 euro which is 40 euro less then thomann has them for 4,098 euro. A bass from store has a few advantages: 1. Money back if you don't like the bass 2. Waranty 3. Shipping included and insurance paid. 4. Is not your responsability if something goes wrong with the shipping. 5. Nobody played that bass in concerts etc... nobody abuse it, and you are sure was carefuly checked before shipping. So is 40 euros worth not to pay? I understood your point you can negociate but seller might refuse a negociation or after seller give you a 100 euro less is still worth buy second hand for so an expencive bass???

Back up what is on your Stomp via HX Edit I think the settings you save on your pc from the HX Stomp should transfer over. If you’re not using amp/cab sims then it should be a breeze.

I had a Pedaltrain Volto for a while. I hated using it as I was always paranoid it would die mid set.

Isn't it! 3 years ago, seems like yesterday. I was hoping you'd chime in, I couldn't find the original thread!

This is it, but mine said it was single ply and came through as bwb so I asked for a discount which I got! Cheap as chips and fitted OK although the tip was bent but I put it in warm water and straightened it. This new ad does not indicate if it is 3 or 1 ply however. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263597531528?ul_noapp=true

Buying from China on ebay is the cheapest way to go. It's probably the same stuff you can buy from a UK supplier, but at half the price. Just need patience, delivery may take a month.

Just an update on this. We did a bit of recording a year ago in our guitarists house - just a one take then mixed. No frills etc. Using a vt bass rack preamp and rotosound 77 flat wounds. You can hear the bass clearly if you put the headphones on, obviously not as much without. For a £200 bass I think its recorded well. https://www.queenesque.co.uk/queen-tribute-music

I also have an elite (a white one) and love the stock preamp/pickup configuration. Loads of tonal range. Only thing i'm not overly keen on is the pick up blend which doesn't seem to have any subtlety to it.

Wrap the cases in cling film all over and several layers to stop any moisture getting in.

I dont want to part with the neck, as its been very handy over the years and probably impossible to come across another. The person i got it from had taken the logo off as he was doing a custom build, but never finished it .I saw the paperwork for the neck though. I wanted something that had the same type of frets as the CV basses, but with a maple fretboard. Its a bit dirty in this shot, as i gigged it almost every weekend for a couple of years.

Welcome to BassChat Croeso from Wales

I did this on a semi pro basis for 6-7 so... framing, framing, framing - move your focus point so that the entire subject is the frame, headstock, the lot. You can always crop afterwards Spotlights *will* cause over exposure and lens flare so watch out for that and roll the exposure back a touch You'll need at least 2 bodies - one with either a short prime or a short telephoto - I always took a pair of Canon 1D's the 35-70mm f2.8 L on the 1st body with the 70-200 or a 300 2.8 LIS f2.8 on the 2nd. Sometimes I took a 3rd lower spec (20D) body with fisheye/semi just in case. Shoot like crazy - 7fps min, pref 10+ Anticipate - know the material (if possible) so that you know if there's a solo/vocal section/whatever coming up

Not as good as the Rutles

Two things: 1 - Don’t be so insulting to the rest of the country. It’s not a cultural vacuum outside of the M25. 2 - Don’t be so insulting to other Basschatters. Learn to make a point without relying on barbs. Thank you.

I had a 78 Fender P bass that weighed 13.1lbs. I ended up selling it to the Royal Navy (it was collection only)

Apologies for the poor image quality but an opportunity to re-unite twins for a quick shoot (non-identical and parted at 15 months)

You should change the graph scale to show only up to 250Hz, as above that the software isn't accurate. Sensitivity is most important between 50 and 90Hz, as that's where power demands on the amp are highest. Looks good to me. I'd only use it when crossed over to a midrange driver no higher than 2kHz. Maximum SPL is low because it only has a 150w voice coil. For your purposes it would probably suffice. People who like it probably mean that they like it better than the OEM driver they used it to replace, and that's logical, because it's a better driver than most OEM tens. It's not just for PA. As far as that goes the Beyma has specs that are much more PA oriented. That's typical of most European manufacturers. American and British bass drivers, like Eminence, Celestion and Fane, all evolved from guitar drivers. In the 1960s none of them even made real bass drivers, and guitar drivers weren't called guitar drivers, they were all called musical instrument drivers. When bass drivers were created in the 1970s and beyond American and British designers tried to retain as much as possible the midrange response of those earlier musical instrument drivers. European manufacturers didn't have that experience to draw on, nor much in the way of musical instrument OEM business in their home countries, so they went after the PA driver market.

Could some kind of simple red light system to signify no noise periods be a solution?