Leaderboard

Great Thread I still can't get my head around EB bringing out a budget line and calling it Sterling (CEO vanity perhaps) I have a full fat EB USA Sterling, and it's sublime. The quality of the finish and the very slim neck as well as very sturdy high Quality hardware make it a joy to play. I owned it years ago and part traded it, I was very lucky to manage to get it back. It has a one piece Ash body with very unique grain and a matched headstock. It was modded by a previous owner with a Nordstrand vintage pickup, So it has the vintage voiced Alnico pickup, making it sound closer to a Stingray. I occasionally think I could sell it and get one off the far East Sterling SB and unlock some cash,but then I pick it up and I know id regret it. The USA made Sterlings are so well made and as stated smaller bodies and thin necks, great for smaller fellows like me 😁 also they are good enough for Joe Dart etc 😂

New feature alert... Topics in the Marketplace now feature a thumbnail of the item in question. You can either let it automatically choose to generate a thumbnail from your first uploaded image, or upload a specific one when you write your advert. You can also hide the thumbnails if you don't like 'em. I hope it makes browsing the Marketplatz even more attractive. Items you've viewed will be greyed out slightly upon seeing them again. If you're wanting to change your thumbnail then any mod can choose a different image from your uploaded pics, or you can edit your advert and upload a new one. Cheers ped

Thought I'd give the blocks a go, with the frets in. Not as neat as I'd like, but I'm confident I'll do better next time. First 2 in.

Yeah that's new. It also shows moderation events. I think it adds a slight piss-taking twist when someone replies to an old thread 🤣

Hi all, This won't be to everyone's taste, but this guy appeared this morning on my Facebook. I think his playing is pretty cool. Some here might enjoy it.

-

So you clubbed him round the head with one.

I did the whole tribute act thing in my 20s - it was hard work, but great fun. 'Twas a Queen act, aided massively by our singer looking (and sounding) uncannily like Freddie, and our drummer having the same hair as Prof. Brian May. As the bassist I wore shorts and a T-shirt, a la Wembley '86, but TBF, all of the attention is on Freddie, so it really didn't matter what we looked like. I think if the band has an iconic look (Angus, Freddie, Lemmy etc...) then I think it's only fair that you try to emulate that, but the sound has to come first.

I feel that I should chime in here as a tribute thingy myself. Of course the music has to be good and sound like the band but in the case of the Police, they sounded rockier live than the records and a bit different depending on the era of their live shows. It has been said that I look a bit like Sting, so that does actually add to the show. I've also studied how he moves on stage and was given the greatest compliment by Billy Kulke (Letz Zep) when he said, you've really nailed that Sting thing. We use the correct instruments (replicas) and I always try to wear an appropriate outfit, depending on what bass I'm using. I saw Wrong Jovi and they did the lookalike thing really well, Ritchie was a touch short but musically they were spot on. Horses for courses of course but the punters do like to see a look a like (I think they do)

A little trick we used on my old band was to put an original in a 3 song medley. Worked really well.

This has degenerated into standard stories of specs, jugs and brock and roll and should be badged as such.

Yup, 3-way selector gives 'Reverse P', then 'Normal P', then Mudbucker.

So you could move it from the Basses I Regret Missing Out On pile to the Basses I Regret Selling pile?

At least you didn't get. . . . "Play something you know!"

I love the stylings of Reverends. They always feel reassuring familiar but strangely exotic to me 👍

This is great, but I can see it costing me money 😁

Here you go! https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/452759-new-topic-thumbnails/?tab=comments#comment-4522839 It's a feature I've been wanting to make for a long time!

Kiemsa started out, and continued until the end, as an Originals band, (bass, drums, two guitars, three brass and a lively singer...). The very first dates were self-promoted concerts, but quickly expanded to all venues in an ever-widening radius from the Home Town. After self-financing (from gig takings...) their first CD, they became regional, then national. That's when I 'stepped off the bus' (I started off doing the sound, then the lights when the drummer changed; the ex-drummer did the sound...). Having been self-managed up till then, a management deal was struck and they carried on for a couple more years, touring France and Germany. I was invited to the extremely lively 'Farewell' concert when they split. None of the material was covers, from start to finish. Difficult, even, to categorise; I used to say 'ska/punk/rock'. It always went down well; I have many memories of cafés, bars and pubs where the jammed-in crowd exploded the place with exuberance. It's true that the original songs (and their performance...) was very good indeed, and Martin, the front man, took on the role like a fish to water. If the songs and music are up to it, I see no reason why they wouldn't be well received (but they have to be darned good..!). Here's extracts from one of the larger concerts; the repertoire and energy was the same in tiny bars and clubs (Our Eldest on guitar, stage left; I did the lights...). Happy daze..!

The guy in the Bootleg Beatles tought himself to play lefthanded, when he arually played guitar righthanded, respect

Indeed.. it was an utter piece of sh!t... but, it was OUR utter piece of sh!t...

Also, you've got to have faith in your original material. Absolutely bloody love it? Getting that feeling back from people who've heard it? Get it out there. Playing it 'cos it's nothing special, and people aren't that interested, but hey, it's original and that's what counts...? Maybe have a rethink.

I hope he used tonelego.

Personally I loathe covers bands. I’m in a minority though. Generally the public would rather hear p155 poor Oasis covers than a set list of music that has potential to be great given time. Tricky one.

I had a Hofner 185 Artist, for which I paid £30 in 1973, and played it until I got a Hayman 4040 in 1974 and a Fender P in 1975. I gave it to a friend. Looking back, it was a much better bass than I realised at the time. I wish I still had it.

We used to dance to this at Edwardians Nite Spot in Chester many years ago!

I’ve absolutely no idea what you are talking about ! 😂

I read so many ‘reviews’ on here and on the ‘net which does nothing more than list the specs and make claims about how this product, if it can do X,Y and Z will deliver the goods only to find out that the said bit of gear lives on a shelf, in a rack with ten other basses and never once sees a stage. This is so common on music sites where I’d be surprised if they’ve even played the bass - they’re just regurgitating the press release. I saw it recently with the Dark Ray - it might have been posted on that BC thread about it. Or it’s the gushing ‘review’ followed by the for sale ad a few weeks later citing its pristine ‘unused’ condition.

Nail --> Head. I hate it when people buy something new and immediately 'review' it. I need to spend some time with this before I know what to say. Something that was instantly obvious was that the strings are going to have to go. Nothing wrong with them at all, but I won't be happy until I hear this bass with LaBella flats.

-

Rest well Dusty and thanks for all the music...

My cousin was born and raised in Houston, Texas. In '83 Eliminator came out and it was also her first trip over to see the UK family. As a 10yr old boy she introduced me to a couple of bands, one of whom was ZZ Top. Eliminator had just come out and they were yet to break in the UK - certainly my family hadn't heard of them, not that we were any sort of barometer of cool. I played that album to death and bought the earlier records and some of the later ones subsequently. When we took her to get her returning flight, we bumped into one of the band at the airport (I couldn't tell you if it was Billy or Dusty - I was 10 and it was the first celebrity I'd seen in person). My cousin shared the flight with the band and met them for photos / autographs afterwards. Being a three piece I was fascinated that one was credited with bass guitar and one was credited with lead guitar. It was probably through them that I learnt the difference. Years later Dusty sent himself up beautifully in King of the Hill. I always thought they were classy guys. Maybe not a band that stayed at the forefront of my tastes but certainly one who helped steer and shape things for me. RIP Dusty.

I've had a full fat Anaconda which was excellent (gratuitous bass pic below). Not tried the Essence series although I saw a few on here f/s and they were getting positive comments.

Oh the balance is one of the best bits - no neck dive as there's no heavy headstock off the end. Even if it weren't a headless bass, the long upper horn places the upper strap button a long way up the neck (about the 10th-11th fret). I've thought a lot about the lower strap button, whether the fact it's moved upwards would alleviate or exacerbate neck dive (although there isn't any - it'll sit naturally at whichever angle you want), and haven't reached a conclusion on that, except that it doesn't matter on this bass. I guess that it might alleviate neck climb?

curry on my wayward son - Kansas

In fairness, Sir Isaac Newton was never a Reverend endorsee. As to where to try one, next time you're up London way ... 👍🙂

the horn and hf driver were purchased this morning (along with lots of other goodies I don't really need) i may even fit tophats.... Ideal little PA for sordid parties in my s*x dungeon 😋

If the results of the rehearsal are positive, then I would be inclined to build a duplicate of what you have achieved and fit a tweeter switch to both. That way you will have 100% redundancy in the event of a cab failure. Normal use with 2 x cabs with only one tweeter switched on to avoid the issues already explained.

This diagram (in particular the lower third) shows what the frequencies mean: https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/EQChart.jpg They define 'Bass' as between 63Hz and 250Hz, and within the 'Bass' region they use the descriptors 'Bottom', 'Boom', 'Punch', and 'Warmth'. 40Hz is probably too low to be of much musical use, although it can cut stage rumble. Here is what 40hz sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxb4-ZL7zIk

I have only been on the periphery of @stevieand @Phil Starr's designs so I cannot make definitive comments* however that one thing I have learnt is that you cannot design a cabinet purely by modelling and that the traditional "rules of thumbs" similarly should be used for guidance. One thing you can be sure of is that the designs that are published are rigorously tested and measured then gigged to ensure that they meet the original design criteria. Of course there are small compromises, there is always a little more that can be gained by making the box bigger, a more expensive driver but in many cases the extra is not worth the extra. * I do lay claim to the phrase "squeezing the balloon" when describing how changing any on parameter of a design affects many others>

The Blues-Rock trio I was invited to join came out of one remaining member (drummer) of a local originals trio that had a following but even they used to do some covers (main person in trio passed away a few years ago and we use a completely different name for this act) but so far we have only played one of the originals from that band in the 3 or 4 gigs we've done and even that has had a mixed reception so I think we did the right thing of filling the 2 sets with mostly fairly well known covers. Some of the lesser well known stuff (to a more general audience) that I thought would go down with the target audience (bike rallies) has also been a bit mixed reception wise and will be next target to be pruned out as we learn more stuff. We did a rally at the weekend - what do you think got most people up and dancing? Alright frigging Now. Folk like what they like and you're getting paid to entertain them.

The other approach is to say "If anyone wants a fag, the loo or another pint, now's the time as we'd like to do one of our own". A line that works equally well when introducing a track that the keyboard player sings lead on.

Make a paper template of the body neck pocket. Tape a sheet of paper on the body above the neck pocket and trace the body neck pocket. Carefully cut out the trace and stick it to the underside of the neck. Make sure you stick the tracing the RIGHT SIDE UP. Pencil mark the neck joint to depth of the neck pocket and take time gently sanding the neck down to match the tracing.

My last band transitioned from being a pub blues, blues/rock band into being an originals blues/rock band. The originals tended to blend well with the covers so we didn't have too much of a problem. I'd suggest trying a couple of others, but make sure they work really well with what you play either side of them. If one already goes down well there's no reason a couple more won't. But the opposite is also as important - ditch the ones that aren't working.

Looks great - the only thing better would be...

Bet it'd turn out to be made of some mad hardwood and you wouldn't be able to break the bastard !

Shut up and.... no I can't be so rude There are a few Beymas that are really good value, the CMV range are across the board good value. It's a shame they stopped making the SM212 though. In this case the choice of the Celestion Pulse was a good one mainly because of it's mid-range performance. Most bass/mid speakers have a pronounced peak at cone break up. At high frequencies the out part of the cone can't keep up with the centre and the cone starts to flex and this creates frequency anomalies. For a 10 the response is fairly flat and rolls off evenly and this makes adding a horn driven through a simple high pass filter relatively simple. To get a flat response from most bass/mids you need to have a 'proper' crossover and control the roll off for the bass unit. The inductors for this tend to be large and relatively expensive and beyond that you often get other frequency problems which need extra components and design work to tame. You'd be amazed at the manufacturers who don't bother doing more than a cursory job on their crossovers. It's probably why some bassists don't like horns; there's nothing wrong with the horn but the crossover leaves little frequency peaks that sound harsh/distorted/honky. So Win ISD models the bass response and you may well find better 10's but the Pulse was chosen because it gave good enough bass but a really helpful treble that enabled a good response with just three cheap components in the crossover.

That was truly painful. Reminiscent of the early rounds of X Factor, when the hopeful's are told they can't sing, and their Dad comes along fuming.