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A bigger carpet.

That's not normal @alexpea. Send me a mail and I'll see if we can sort it out.

OK I went a bit mad there and started worrying (seriously) about my mental health and addictive buying behaviour. I’ve ended up returning the Moogerfoogers and the Glou-Glou and feel a lot saner already.

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Call it Brian, after all, it's nearly christmas!

I've dabbled in rap-style genres over the years. Enjoyed some of the gangsta period in the 90's - NWA, onyx and so on. Had a couple of cypress Hill albums, funkdoobiest, the goats and so on. The Judgement Night OST really got my interest. Collaborations between guitar based bands and rap artists. I still think it's a great album. Del the funky homosapian with Dinosaur Jr, teenage fan cub and de la soul, run dmc and living colour, Faith No More and boo yaa tribe... Classic! This rocks! https://g.co/kgs/uycBwv

Congrats on the great news for the new family member. Really thats all that matters in life. The rest is just frills. Sounds like you have made the right decision with the band and sound as tho you are far happier with current line up and set up. Alls good for you and things always work out for the best. Looks like you're gonna have a great Xmas this year with lots to celebrate over. All the very best Dave

They are not a standard size, so you will struggle to replace them without leaving gaps unless you get some custom pickup surrounds made up, you might have to do some additional routing also. Why in such a hurry before you've even heard what the stock ones sound like? The stock pickups are louder, more lows and less highs than typical PJs, but they sound great. If you want to drop replacements straight in, you would be better off looking at one of the newer BB models (e.g. BB235, 435, 735A) that use traditional size pickups. The stock ones on the new models are voiced more like vintage pickups (more mids/highs, less lows) and you may be surprised to find they sound as good as whatever you were planning on putting in there!

I think you`ve made a sound decision there, Andy, sometimes things can just not develop the way we want, and walking away isn`t failure, it`s progress - progression to what`s new. All the best with both your new musical venture, and with your soon to be arriving daughter.

I've re-named the marketplace forum to reflect what goes in there.

Bring a strong work ethic to your band. Don't be the guy that splits after he packs his personal gear, leaving the rest of the tear down to the other band member. Blue

Looks that way. I really liked the ones I had, much more than the later JV’s I owned, and in fact many other P’s too. Enjoy.

My nomination would have to go to the Psilos bass because of its uniqueness and craftsmanship but..... Bastav also needs to get a big mention tho for both his builds they are both stunning

I think it might be just the names of things that might be making you feel like this is complicated. It's just as EBS excellently put it earlier - You can use your amp head to supply sound to the PA by using the three-pronged connection on the back of your amp. You can then have a smaller speaker cabinet as you're only supplying sound up to your ear. From the front of stage on, the PA speakers take over. Alternatively you can go over to an 'ampless' system of just using a pedal sized box that connects directly to the PA. What you hear back can then be through a monitor speaker or through in-ear monitors - which are like specialised earphones. Like EBS says - stick at it. It's just a different way of doing the same thing you did before.

Roll ups using Drum?

Just bought an item from Dario, Shipped from France tracking provided and a smooth simple transaction. Many thanks indeed! ped

Traded filters with Dario, super quick easy deal. Pedal arrived very promptly and in perfect condition as described. Deal in confidence.

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Cyril Connelly?

Doncaster

Loving this guys. What's kinda interesting is both what different / eclectic tastes we have (I guess no real surprise) but also starting to see a few albums get mentioned more than once already. So in return for all of this wonderful musical chocolate box selection if we get to around 100 responses between us, I'll return the favour by trawling through everyone's responses and seeing if there is an emergent BC hall of fame in terms of favourite albums of all time. Rolling Stone magazine eat your heart out: this is a musicians' and not a music critic's list!

Old Squier - I think it would look nice in a fender-style font.

Part of the appeal of that Bassline for me, is that funky, punchy, in your face Thumb & Pull (slap) tone from Nate Watts. Great Bass line.

Worth posting this then. I think it's up on BC in another thread, but for those unaware...

After Perinuem Osiris-Bontoff, heir to the Duchy of Greater Anushire?

Fun fact - my great grandmother and great aunt used to work in catering at Air Studios in Montserrat at the time The Police were doing a chunk of recording out there. That’s my claim to fame anyway!

Of course. The names 'Tess, Tickle and Scrotum' makes for a pleasant daydream...

Fester

Have you seen this? Life affirmingly good...

On a serious note, and for anyone who is actually interested - it held up very well with a drummer and 4 (!) guitars.. I was adjusting volume down quite a bit... No funny noises, no parping, and loads of bottom end. I suspect the k12.2 would have been far too much for the room. I was originally going to run it out to the PA as well - but quickly came to the conclusion that it would be total overkill

I saw Chris Squire break a string & he sang the bass line .

There's a wealth of information out on BC already - but I'll summarise it for you here. Basically, the thought about using the PA is the same as what you'll see at the biggest of gigs. This is - 1. The majority, if not all (ideally this) the sound that the audience hears, comes out the front of house. 2. You'll need monitoring to hear your bass. This will either be traditional backline (- but typically a lot smaller than usual because it is not required to provide the bass to fill the venue), a wedge, or IEM. Note - Not all PAs are suitable for running a large amount of bass, particularly with a lot of low end frequencies, at high volumes. Just like you would need decent backline to put out a lot of bass, you'll need a comparatively good PA to do the same. This doesn't mean you need subwoofers, but it is likely that if you are looking at entry level PA cabs, you probably won't be satisfied with the results. If your PA is suitable for putting bass through, a XLR from your amp head (the three prong socket on the back) to your mixing desk, will get your bass signal from your amp head to the PA. You adjust your sound front of house for your bass in the same manner you would a microphone - from the desk. The EQ on your head should be for the EQ of your amp on stage* In terms of monitoring on stage, you can either plug in a cab to your bass amp and adjust the volume so you can hear yourself. Again, the quieter that you can get away with, the better - as the quieter the stage, the better you can get your mix out front and the less bleed you get going into vocal mics. How successful using a bass rig is on stage, depends on how loud the rest of the band is. Ideally, you want everybody as quiet as you can on stage and let the PA do the work. If you can have the bass amp facing back at you instead of the audience, (tilted back at your face if it helps), you will have less bleed into your mics. If you struggle to hear the band on stage now, then you aren't going to do well with making your rig smaller - unless the rest of the band turn down or you look at something like IEMs. You could do all your monitoring from the desk and get rid of you speaker if you have decent wedges. You can do the monitor mix from the desk and put exactly what you want to hear through a wedge. Note - most people skimp on wedges so invest in a very good wedge if you want to go this route and have lots of bass available to you. Alternatively, just check out IEMs and just sent everything you want to hear to your ears using your own personal mix. Theres a massive thread under the Accessories sub forum. There's everything and more in there. * This probably isn't the place for a pre/post DI discussion.

An xlr lead from the Di on the back of the amp (strangely labelled line out on there) into your pa mixer will have that sorted so it's just a matter of hearing yourself, the obvious options are; 1-Bass cabinet under that head as normal. 2-Put your bass through the monitors on stage that face back at you if they are decent. 3-Get some in ear monitors that are fed from the pa mixer. It mostly depends what PA you have?

Did you replace the smell of weed and lines of coke with a Haze plugin and sherbet dibdab too? You have a lot to answer for young man.

Never broken one but the E would be the killer. I always take a spare bass ‘just in case’ , in case of what I am not sure.

Really? You dropped the amp and it was the internal design that was at fault when it stopped working??

@Quatschmacher, this.

You have to understand that guitarists are fickle, whimsical narcissists who live in a parallel universe in which nothing ever goes wrong and everyone loves them all the time and can't wait for the next 10-minute guitar solo. Whereas bass players are realistic, grounded, well-adjusted people who think ahead and make provision for gigs knowing that if something can go awry it probably will and know full well that it's best to be prepared. Some bass players carry two headstock tuners, for Christ's sake!

No, he was right. Please stand in line and wait your turn

Nice work Norris - and it's only gone and changed 'penile' to 'puerile' on your last post!

Mine has just been featured on the Shuker Facebook pages:

Hmm, somehow managed to miss this thread before! Anyway, here's my '77/'78 Musicmaster - although it doesn't really look it from the photo she is rather tatty, weighs an absolute ton, and doesn't get used much these days, but as she was my first "proper" bass back in the day she'll be staying around!

Bought a solid gold beta pedal of Dario, prompt postage from France and in condition stated in advert. Deal with confidence.

Sold a Grizzly to Dario, smooth and hassle-free, great transaction. Thanks Dario!

Here's my modified '78 Musicmaster - with a custom pearloid pickguard and SD Quarter Pounder.