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  1. After a driver replacement on the Schroeder I decided to try this mongrel pairing. Works really well and way louder than what you’d expect from 30w. Not the prettiest set up , but if it works it works .
    8 points
  2. and ordered 😍 XXX Thank you for your order from Ernie Ball Music Man. Once your package ships we will send an email with a link to track your order. If you have questions about your order, you can email us at [email protected]. Your Order #400000XXXX Placed on Jul 29, 2021, 3:38:24 AM
    7 points
  3. Finally got to take some gear out for a couple of days of rehearsing with some bands. Damn this set up works so well; surprisingly loud and full.
    6 points
  4. So they have put Tim Commerford on the short scale band wagon! A passive and and active 30" available
    5 points
  5. Red all night tonight - was due new strings for 5 basses and “next day” obviously means “not within 3 days…” but it seems the strings I kept as spares to put on the red one still had enough snap for one rehearsal…
    5 points
  6. Yes, units manufactured. I mentioned this because these sorts of issues tend to show themselves after many speakers are out in the field used in a variety of applications. Same sort of thing often occurs with fatigue related reliability issues, which is one reason why more comprehensive modeling and aging analysis is done in higher volume commercial products (especially if a long warranty is offered). I thought that some folks here might be interested in the information I provided, if I was wrong then I’m sorry for wasting my time.
    5 points
  7. Better photo tonight. Weird room - for live tracking drums so was acoustically a bit odd…
    4 points
  8. Hi All, Sonia here from Nordstrand. Gonna be skulking around here so if you have any questions, I'll do my best to keep up!
    4 points
  9. 4 points
  10. Latest addition to the family of black basses
    4 points
  11. Came across this and thought it was very nice. Both the bass and the playing were exceptional.
    4 points
  12. This was my collection of Yams until a couple of car incidents intervened. I still have the Att LTD 2 and BB714.
    4 points
  13. With flats, when you get a telegram from the Queen
    4 points
  14. If you know your Motörhead lyrics and Lemmy’s play on words it’s not in bad taste imho. 😊👍
    4 points
  15. 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.
    4 points
  16. 3 points
  17. Man, I really thought Nirvana came up with that song. Turns out it is just a cover song 😞
    3 points
  18. Could have saved myself twenty quid there lol! Guess I'll have to sell some more kit to get my money's worth! 😀
    3 points
  19. Or that horrible Facebook recommendations page where there’s a man with his Willy out in a mirrored kettle
    3 points
  20. Got confirmation from EBMM. Order went through and will be shipped either today or early next week. Cool stuff 😍
    3 points
  21. Agree, maybe someone should ask Rick Beato to analyse the song as part of a new series: "What makes this song awful?" 😉
    3 points
  22. I'm a big fan of the FEA compressor (which is why I already have one so won't be buying this one - but good luck with the sale!), un-obtrusive compression that makes everything a bit more even and punchy while somehow simultaneously adding a nice slightly softened/vintage tone, and there's nothing else I'm aware of with a separate footswitch for the sidechain compression - that's something I use a lot for things like playing Dub/Reggae and wanting to leave the Bass less compressed but then when switching to playing with an envelope filter that needs the Bass more compressed the sidechain compression can be clicked off.
    3 points
  23. yeah, it’s lovely - not for me though…my 450 is the sunburst bb I’m holding on to…
    3 points
  24. Doesn't work for my BC composition entries 😃
    3 points
  25. That's why even my 300 got a ring.
    3 points
  26. the full scale and passive one (natural finish and black hardware)
    3 points
  27. Absolutely, she has a well-trained and well rehearsed voice, it takes skill to be so consistently out of tune. To quote Withnail and I (badly), even a broken clock is right two times a day
    3 points
  28. I disagree. It smacks of parody / social experiment or some kind of marketing to me. It's too well produced to be so wrong. Even the actual singing is too wrong, to the point where it seems rehearsed.
    3 points
  29. I change them to flats when I first buy a bass, and if I sell a bass I put the original set back on so I can use the flats on something else.
    3 points
  30. Due to the Covid-19 situation and severe back problems (67% officially disabled because of it) plus right shoulder injury (non-operable capsulitis from which, after more than 3 years, I will never fully recover), I'm selling all my basses over 4 kilos and also the ones I'm not really using as well as some stuff I don't use. I've also considerably lowered the price for a quick sale. All original ALEMBIC Elan IV, 32 inches, from 1991. Rare chrome hardware. Perfectly balanced. Shipping fee included in the asking price !!! TRADES MAYBE, BUT KEEP IN MIND THAT IT'S AN $11.200 USD BASS (WITHOUT ALL TAXES AND DUTIES) ! NON NEGOTIABLE PRICE ! Asking price including shipping fully insured with tracking number to your place in these European countries (ask for other countries) : Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France (excluding French overseas departments and territories), Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom : £3499 GBP !!! Expect to pay at least $11.200 USD (plus all the taxes and import duties as well as a long waiting time) to get a new one made today... Shipping to United Kingdom is, of course, possible, but with an extra customs fee (VAT + other taxes + courier fee), because U.K. is now outside EEC. In fully working condition and in excellent overall condition, except the few dings and scratches mentioned (and photographed) below. Here are the specifications : Body : Elan shape, two wings of maple with thick beautiful flamed maple wings over a walnut pinstripe Thru body neck : 3 pieces of maple Fingerboard : ebony with pearloid (plastic) oval inlays and walnut under pinstripe (the sides have been sanded, according to Alembic's suggestion, to suppress the typical frets issue) Frets : 24 frets that all have had their end rounded à la Ibanez Premium and have very very slight wear (see last photo in the link below) Headstock : typical Alembic 4 in line shape with flamed maple top and back and 2 ebony veneers on each side Pickups : immaculate (nothing broken) Alembic AXY4 (like the Stanley Clarke model) - neck pickup moved 1/2" toward the bridge (option) Preamp : Alembic low-pass filter with Q switch Controls : volume, blend, low-pass filter, Q switch Tuners : original Alembic chrome Bridge : original solid brass Alembic two parts, bird type (rare chrome finish) Strings spacing at bridge : 17 mm Nut : original adjustable Alembic solid brass (rare chrome finish) Strings spacing at nut : 12 mm Knobs : original Alembic Scale : 32 inches Hardware colour : rare chrome finish, even the Alembic logo and the truss rods cover are in chrome Truss rods : 2 (fully working) adjustable at the body end with a 1/4 wrench (delivered with the bass) Finish : polyester transparent Sapphire Blue gloss Land of craftsmanship : 100% Made in Santa Rosa, CA USA Serial number : 91 H 6521 USA Year : 14th of June 1991 Weight : 4.280 kilos Action : from 1 mm under the G string to 1.5 mm under the E string at 12th fret (can even go lower, but was perfect for me) Will come with an used Thomann Panzer hard case (with a bump near the left locking system : see photos). Non-smoking environment as usual. I'm only selling this bass because I'm thinning down the herd for the reasons mentioned above and even if it's a terrific bass (that neck pickup is just bloody awesome), the 32 inches scale and narrow strings spacing at the bridge is always bothering me. And it looks like a banjo on me. This bass was originally made for Mesa Boogie Germany as a special order. A previous owner had some chrome Flush Mount Dunlop Straploks fitted (see photos) and the strap parts are, of course, delivered with. The bass has been fully set up professionally. It has received a new battery and is fitted with a brand new set of Alembic CX-3/45L compression wound nickel steel alloy strings (45 - 65 - 80 - 105) that really fit the bass to perfection. What you see is what you get ! Look at the photos taken under different angles to see the real condition : almost in new condition with some scratches, the most "important" ones being two dings at the rear (one bigger) and two small dings hard to photograph at front without forgetting the mandatory ones at the headstock. I tried to photograph everything, so please, look at the photos in the link below. Here is the link to the 50 photos in high resolution : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1l7WV0jeZy3veqFLmpTmT4tC-2C8y6_F6?usp=sharing Don't hesitate to ask for more.
    2 points
  31. I ordered the passive long scale for several reasons, one being I really wanted a natural Ray with black hardware - but the other thing is the sound from 5:30 in the video in the OP - passive tones with mutes engaged - sounds fabulous!!
    2 points
  32. Just owned a USA Sterling for a short while and sold it to help out another bass player after one. After a number of years not owning one, it was noticeable to me just how ridiculously good they are. The neck and tone, the ergonomics and the playability were just fantastic. I’m GASsing hard for another one.
    2 points
  33. Got a new bass build ready. TB-12-Q Twelve string Thunderbird Bass with Quilted Maple top. - Mahogany body - Bookmatched Quilted Maple top - Nine ply Mahogany/Walnut set neck. Glued in - Transparent black stain - High gloss transparent acrylic finish - White binding - Ebony fretboard - Mother of pearl position dots - Jumbo frets - 34" scale - Buffalo horn nut ? - ETS twelve string brass bridge set - Two spokewheel double action trussrods - Carbon reinforcement strip in the neck - Lace Alumitone Bass Bar in the neck position - Lace Alumitone DeathBar in the bridge position - Allparts stacked pots (volume/tone volume/tone) - Mullard capacitors - MEC on-on switch for coil split (humbucker-single coil) - Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners - Gotoh Stealth ST 31 guitar tuners - 2 xPure Tone Multi Contact jack output - d'Addario EXL 170 - 12 strings - Weight: 4.25 kg Electronics circuit by my good friend Bas Becu. Serialnumber: 2021003 Pics of the build process can be found here: https://www.enkoo.nl/brooks-tb-12-q.html
    2 points
  34. And you're supporting a great site
    2 points
  35. Port placement doesn't matter, as the radiation pattern from a port is 360 degrees. What does matter is the size of the enclosure. Larger enclosures go lower and louder. In most cases the reason for putting ports on the back is that the enclosure is too small to fit them on the front. Boom is also typical of too small enclosures, and it has nothing to do with port placement either.
    2 points
  36. Apologies @DarylClayton has a beautiful 2024x at £1500 @azumi has a 2024 at £1500 Both worth every penny - not much will get close at that money for a do it all bass… there’s a lovely looking bbp34 at £900 which is a great (and tempting) price
    2 points
  37. To my mind - not enough to justify the huge gulf in price - I’m pretty sure the 1024 was about £600/£700 new and the 2024 was about £2000… the 2024’s I played never disappointed but also never made me giddy…at current used prices though (think there’s a nice sunburst one about £1500) you’d be very hard pressed to get better. The 1024x I had was a beauty - I absolutely regret not keeping it - but I will say, the rough and ready sound of the 424/414 suits me better - the extra refinement of the 1024/2024 would be a waste on my skill set - like giving fine wine and caviar to a chimpanzee.
    2 points
  38. ..and immediately declined by my bank, even after confirming the transaction via my banking app 😱 I now have to convince them that it was a genuine transaction. I also wrote to EBMM confirming the order and asking them whether or not I have to put in my card details again. Maybe my wife asked my bank to block purchases from EBMM 😉
    2 points
  39. If you fancy listening to a roots radics dub session I can recommend this
    2 points
  40. If you don't mind building one of these would be ideal We've been looking at a lot of bass speakers and the crossovers are rarely done with a lot of care so that's probably what you are hearing. If you want to buy then it's probably best to skip bass amps most of which are 'voiced' in some way and go for a PA speaker. I use my RCF ART310's sometimes and they work well with bass up to quite a reasonable volume. Depends upon what your budget is of course.
    2 points
  41. My guess would be that it was a joint project with a couple of students from her uni's media/perfomance arts departments. She does her experiment, they get to show off their skills putting together a glossy video, maybe there's a music production department that got involved as well. Costs are kept down. Everybody hands in a fairly impressive bit of coursework that ticks the right boxes for their respective studies and, as a bonus, gets to put creating a viral video on their CVs.
    2 points
  42. What it mainly reminded me of was one of those Les Dawson piano skits. It's not just randomly bad, it feels like it's been meticulously arranged to be as jarring as possible. I'm not certain but I think some bits sound like they've been pitch 'corrected' to be further out of tune than they already were.
    2 points
  43. Cor…saucy. Like eBay, but not crap.
    2 points
  44. Hmm 1000 yrs?....I don't hear much stuff from William the conqueror's time being played these days, tho to be fair the cassette decks they had then were Shite....
    2 points
  45. 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.
    2 points
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