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  1. I get everything I need out of this rig, RM800 Evo + Super Twelve. No pedals, just the joint versatility of the BB735A/RM800/SuperTwelve. Perfect match!
    5 points
  2. Look what was waiting for me when I got home from the office!!!
    4 points
  3. Someone remind me when an 'f'hole becomes a Norissole?
    3 points
  4. Getting quite close to being able to close the top on this. I've cut the cable routes to the control chamber and lined the main void with veneer: The reason for the latter is that the chamber is actually quite shallow, because the back is so heavily carved, and the dark veneer gives the illusion of a much more substantial void through the 'f'hole :
    3 points
  5. Here's my reason for unreservedly recommending Jon's work.
    3 points
  6. The Sell Off Continues......: 1990 Streamer Ltd Edition: Now - SOLD No Trades. Great overall condition, plays and sounds splendid! Pre dates the Stage 1 / Stage 2 classification I believe. Key specs are: - Bartolini Soap Bar pups and MEC preamp - Birds Eye Maple body, centre is a walnut sandwich with more Birds Eye on the back - 3 piece Maple neck - Ebony fingerboard The full specs are: 4 string Limited Edition Year 1990 Month October Neck Wood Maple Fingerboard Ebony Frets Bronze Warwick Frets Nut Just a Nut Brass Version Neck construction NeckThrough Version Body made out of Bird Eyed Maple Surface Oil Finish / BeeWax Pickups 2 Bartolini Soapbard Pickups Electronic 2 Band MEC Electronic Hardware Gold Hardware by Warwick Made in Germany / 91330 Eggolsheim (West Germany) I'm happy to supply more pics / details upon request. I'm in Chorley, Lancashire. Any trial or inspection is more than welcome. Happy to discuss collection, meet up, shipping.
    2 points
  7. I’ll just leave this here.
    2 points
  8. Very good sounding bass Lakland 55-02 Deluxe crafted in Korea 2003.Bartolini electronics! Original cover included. If you want more picture write me p.m. I can arrange cheap shipping from Poland.
    2 points
  9. Hello, i'm Luca. I play guitar, but lately i bought my own bass equipment for my practice room... So i discovered i enjoy play bass too 😆
    2 points
  10. Two One10’s will sound awesome. I just started using both all the time (two Marshall 4x12’s to contend with) hence my want of a Two10. Heck, if I’m flush I might just get a Four10 and be damned with the roof!
    2 points
  11. Heres my Fender collection- 66 Jazz, 71 P, Custom Shop 5, 76 P 64 P, 70 P, 69 P
    2 points
  12. Windows still sucks. Yes a Windows laptop is far cheaper than an Apple Macbook but plug anything MIDI related and it may or may not work, the soundcard is likely to need tweaking to be a able to get the controller to work, the list goes on. Mac’s just work.
    2 points
  13. Could have been worse. If I'd invented it rather than nicked it, I suppose it would be an AR'sole… or is that me for nicking it
    2 points
  14. My first family pic, love em all in different ways 😍
    2 points
  15. Looks like a reverse body to me.
    2 points
  16. The 48’s as standard have a p neck and power bucker bridge pick up config under the shiny covers.
    2 points
  17. Look, I've just got podgy bones, ok?
    2 points
  18. Hi Al, it's genuinely complex isn't it? One of the complexities is that a lot of the 'information' is also advertising. For example your 'well known manufacturer' who is quoting a 15" cab running from 25-2k is probably stretching things a little. If the 15 is flat down to 25 Hz and can handle any power it will have to have a very heavy cone and a long throw, both of which would make it very inefficient. More likely it is 10-20dB down at 25 Hz so it is making some sort of sound but just not loud enough for you to hear significantly. The 1x12 may sound good with their 2x10 but if one part of their claim is improbable can you believe anything they say? A speaker that only goes to 2k wouldn't be suitable for bass on it's own. All this means is that you couldn't tell anything about how the cab would sound just from a bald 45-16k frequency response. Is that at -3dB, -10dB or some other figure. Is the response flat between those two extremes or biased towards some frequencies more than others. Add in one more factor, how we perceive sound. It is just like everything else to do with our senses, an entirely subjective experience. What we think of as bass is often about what is going on elsewhere. If I'm trying to pick out a bass line from a recording I usually cut the mids and tops rather than boost the bass. That'll make the bass line stand out much better than boosting bass 95% of the time. If your cab 2 had a bit of a mid/top end boost it would sound brighter even if the bass end was exactly the same. It might not be the 5Hz quoted difference in 'cut off' that creates the difference but what both cabs are doing in the 100-200Hz range that you are hearing. The best way of judging any cab, particularly an instrument cab is by ear. Test gear will help anyone designing a cab but you can't really drag it along to a music shop. Published figures without any indication of how they are measured aren't always a lot of use. I'm not completely cynical about manufacturers but it's a tough world for them too. If they use 'honest' rms watts and +/- 3dB frequency figures and so on then they are likely to lose sales to people who use peak figures. I'll get back to you on what in principle might be the difference you'd hear if the figures were independently measured and so could be compared, that's another long story.
    2 points
  19. Good gracious, no..! Whatever gave you that idea..? Almost libellous, to boot..! Retract, I say; retract or face the consequences.
    2 points
  20. i have my own Shuker template
    2 points
  21. For a brief time when things were really bad, I actually put my 7 string (Doodle as it is known) up for sale. I still thank so many who sent messages telling me not to do it. Who needs kidneys anyway, I have my flip-paint beauty still! (I don't look like that now lol)
    2 points
  22. Sounds like you got involved with guys that perhaps like funk but can't play it. Funk can mean different things to different people. In my neck of the woods sadly no one is playing funk. It's not an easy genre and a lot of guys don't understand don't have the feel for it. IMO play a guitar solo on " Good Times" is an example of not understanding and removed from the genre. Blue
    2 points
  23. I’ve done better?? I didn’t realise my comedy was being rated! I shall try harder in future to ensure the quality of my humour remains top drawer and only of the finest mirthment.
    2 points
  24. Don't be so sure about that. Most rehearsal spaces are small enough that you'll get a lot of boundary sourced phase cancellations, which can make your amp sound not as loud as it will in a large room. Guitars and drums don't have this issue, as the wavelengths they produce are much shorter and are relatively immune to phase cancellations.
    2 points
  25. I’m selling my beautiful Sandberg California II TM5 in Brown Burst, 34’ scale. This is the latest 2nd generation version of California TM. This beauty comes with a unique custom ’quarter-sawn’ maple neck and black hardware. The bass is light for a 5-string, weighing only 3.9kg. The bass is in mint/new condition except for 1 small ding at the bottom of the bass body as shown in the photo. Comes with original Sandberg gigbag.
    1 point
  26. ******ONLY ONE FOR SALE NOW ****** Bergantino HD112, 1x12 with adjustable tweeter fantastic condition, complete with cover, will handle anything you put through it. Originally 2 were for sale, but I’ve sold one, so just altered the ad. you won't be disappointed, inbox me or call 07970 548604
    1 point
  27. I will get some pics up when I change the tuners. The rolled edges make quite a difference, the neck is very comfy, something all basses should have but I imagine it would be costly. The fret ends are well finished as well, no jagged edges anywhere.
    1 point
  28. Unless it's a particularly oily wood (such as cocobolo), I use titebond. For very oily woods I use Z-poxy
    1 point
  29. I recently purchased a Gibson Thunderbird that had been converted to fretless from Josip. The bass came with upgraded pickups, tuners and bridge as well as all the original parts plus paper work and Gibson hard case. The bass was extremely well packaged and Josip provided excellent communication throughout especially considering the tracking number seemed not to work for me! The transaction was smooth and Josip was nothing but a perfect seller! I will happily do business again with Josip. A new Basschatter, but a trustworthy one! Excellent service all round.
    1 point
  30. The theory is add in the same cab again, it`s usually a guaranteed way of making you smile.
    1 point
  31. I like the picture on the wall
    1 point
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  33. Thought i'd chuck this in here. Been thinking about one of these for a while now, finally found one i wanted. There's a little confusion still on going with the shop as they had it listed with a reverse headstock which ultimately was the clincher in me ordering this one but at some point they sold the one pictured/described and got another in without the reverse headstock and didnt update it, bit annoyed but i do love it! Anyway here it is.
    1 point
  34. All a bass needs is the following: 1. A neck 2. Some method of tuning each string 3. Some method of intonating each string 4. Some method of spacing the strings apart at the end witness points 5. A pickup 6. Some method of connecting the pickup to the rest of your signal chain Everything else is personal preference.
    1 point
  35. Nice one. For me its a gig that really tells the truth. Standing out front at soundcheck with the whole band playing is where it really matters for me.
    1 point
  36. Rootmaster 1x15 and Rootmaster 2x10. I had two 1x15s at one point and preferred that for me and my sound. I occasionally gig with just one cab too but prefer to take the full stack out
    1 point
  37. Used my RM500 set up on Saturday night to play outdoors for the fireworks display to 3-4000 people. Amazing sound and clarity, easy load in and out. Sensible easy to use EQ, DI, I changed amps so much over the years but I don't think you can beat the Rootmaster range without spending a considerable amount more. They've nailed what a gigging bassist needs IMO.
    1 point
  38. I've always thought a zero fret instead of relying on the nut for string height was a good idea
    1 point
  39. Do you think you'll play sitting down, or standing up with a strap on?
    1 point
  40. If active with a passive option, a SEPARATE passive tone knob. The best implementation of this I’ve seen is the MTD Kingston Saratoga Deluxe preamp. Only the 3 band EQ works in active mode and when you switch to passive the EQ is bypassed and only the tone knob works. So at the flick of a switch you can instantly go from bright HiFi modern tones to subby tone-down thump. This system works better IMO than what a lot of other brands do, which is have the treble knob become the tone knob when switched to passive, meaning you have to keep changing the position of that knob if you want a really bright active sound vs a really dark passive sound, or vice versa.
    1 point
  41. I saw it today. I loved it. It was a really good rock movie. Keep in mind I'm not real picky or critical about this kind of stuff. I went to the theater to be entertained and I was. Was it me or did the bass player Joseph Mazello look a lot like John Deacon? Blue
    1 point
  42. Crikey - £43. I've bought proper basses for that!
    1 point
  43. You don't have to know what it means, so long as I know what it means. 😎 In layman's terms that speaker probably can't go either low or loud enough for gigging at more than what we refer to as coffee house levels on my side of the pond. I'd say it's much better suited to low level studio work than gigging.
    1 point
  44. It’s a Greek translation of “Fixed so as to correspond with your avatar”
    1 point
  45. Updated photo just took delivery of a great little bass the Quincy Monaco (2nd from the left) I've got another couple of builds in the pipeline so expect another update soon
    1 point
  46. I`ve got the ABM600 with ABM210/410 cabs, and the RM500 with RM210/115 cabs. Impressions are that the ABM is a bigger sound, and has more presence in the lows when all set flat, but other than that I find them very similar, though have to admit I get my eq from my Sansamp. The only adjustment I make on the amps is on the ABM I back off on the lows to about 10 o`clock, whereas on the RM I leave all at noon. So to answer Peetys question - sortof - not that much difference between the two, though I`m guessing at higher volumes the ABM will fare better.
    1 point
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