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Well June was a hotly contested challenge, to the extent that it would be quicker to list those that didn't win it Nevertheless congratulations are due to @Dad3353 @Leonard Smalls @Nail Soup and @skankdelvar for their most excellent compositions. As it’s his first win, the honour of picture choosing has fallen to Nail Soup , who has offered the following ..... "Its a small ornament I saw on holiday in the hotel lobby" Simple rules ✔️ Entries must be <5 minutes and recorded this month. ✖️ No illegal samples, copyright infringements or other snide goings-on ✖️ No Bagpipes. please no bagpipes, the summer solstice truce has just gone over . panpipes only if you have too. ✖️ No voting for your own entry. We'll know. And we'll shame you. A line or two offering an insight to your inspiration/track choice will be good as well , it works nicely on the voting thread. The Deadline for entries is Midnight on Sunday 24th July good luck everyone7 points
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Well nearly got it.. Was initially looking at a P Bass but there just not my thing tonally. So looked for a 4 string Jazz to go with my Atelier 5 without spending £thousands.. This fits the bill. Have heard great things in as much as build quality etc. Didn't want to mod it, just pick it up and play.. I really like gold and white, not sure about the gold pick guard so will change that out for a dark brown tort maybe. I think these may be sought after in years to come maybe.? . Ill take it to rehearsal and see how it sounds through the Aguilar.. 😎7 points
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This is not true, and most (not all) amp manufacturers no longer make class AB amps anyway, so why would they say this? IME, those who do not offer class D amps are the ones who have struggled with, or stumbled badly with class D technology. Those who haven't stumbled have not looked back and continue to move forward. This is not true of Mesa, certainly since 2014 when they "discovered" how much better and more reliable class D is. In most cases, they don't. Many switchmode power supplies are MUCH beefier than their heavy line frequency supplies, especially at 230V/50Hz. A quick test of SMPS output impedance shows how obvious this is too. Why can't those folks who live and die by the heavy gear as a preference refuse to acknowledge that other players might have different preferences and tastes that are just as valid? I've designed gear in both camps, each amp model does exactly what I intended with regards to performance and voicing with ZERO regard for the amp's size, weight or technology used.6 points
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Pretty immaculate USA Dimension. Pro lever Fender. One of the nicest necks I’ve ever played - oil finish, asymmetric, compound radius etc - just feels lovely. Fantastic range of sounds across the 5 pickup positions and active EQ. Weight is 9lb 1oz. Currently strung with EB Cobalt Flats. This was a lockdown purchase that has never left the house (and rarely if ever for the previous owner either I imagine – the case is perfect) other than for 1 recording session. Only selling because I’ve got some serious short scale GAS though that I need to deal with. 🙂 All stock apart from Dunlop Straplocks, plus short extension fitted to front strap button that you’ll see in the pics. Basically, I’m incredibly picky about balance. I think because this is a lighter than usual Dimension, there was a TINY amount of neck bias (that I imagine most folk wouldn't even notice), but I had my local Tech add this little extension and it balances perfectly now. Very easily removed if desired, of course. Local pickup preferred of course but can ship at buyer's expense if necessary. Full spec is: Colour Black Body Ash Body Finish Gloss Polyester Body Shape Dimension™ Bass Neck Material Maple Neck Finish Hand-Rubbed Oil Finish with Gloss Urethane Headstock Face Neck Shape Asymmetrical “C” Scale Length 34″ (86.36 cm) Fingerboard Maple Fingerboard Radius 9.5″ to 14″ Compound Radius (241 mm-355.6 mm) Number of Frets 21 Frets Size Medium Jumbo String Nut Bone Nut Width 1.625″ (41.3 mm) Position Inlays Black Dot Truss Rods Posiflex™; Graphite Neck Support Rods Bridge Pickup Dimension™ Humbucking Middle Pickup Dimension™ Humbucking Controls Master Volume, Three-Band Active EQ with Treble Boost/Cut, Bass Boost/Cut and Mid Boost/Cut Pickup Switching 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Inner Coils of Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 3. Full Middle and Bridge, Position 4. Outer Coils of Bridge and Middle Pickup, Position 5. Middle Pickup Pickup Configuration HH Bridge Fender HiMass™ with Chrome-Plated Brass Saddles Hardware Finish Chrome/Nickel-Plated Steel Tuning Machines Fender® “F” Light-Weight Vintage-Paddle Keys with Tapered Shafts Pickguard 3-Ply Black Control Knobs Knurled Flat-Top Unique Features Asymmetrical Neck Heel, Stealth “A” String Retainer, Heel-Mounted Spoke Wheel Truss Rod Adjustment, Vintage-Style Knurled Control Knobs, 5-Bolt Neckplate6 points -
One I picked up off BC last September. My first Spector. Extremely impressed - loving the Tonepump circuit!5 points
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But that only matters if you, your band and most importantly of all the audience can hear it. What I'm saying is that most of the time only the bass player can, and only if they stand in front of the rig, never move away from that spot and aren't using IEMs. What everyone else will hear, at best, is the sound of the pre-amp valves being delivered by the Class D amps of the FoH and monitors.5 points
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Still right, no matter how it makes anyone sound. Getting old is a privilege denied to many, we should be proud to have survived, not ashamed. I was at some great gigs and festivals in the 70s, and I am playing at a festival tomorrow. True free festivals are a thing of the past, killed off in the mid 80s after the battle of the bean field. I mourn their passing.5 points
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Built this couple of years back. Sounds like a P-bass.5 points
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Had delivery of this beautiful J style bass from Overwater! Slick, smooth & tonally very useable in most is not all circumstances! Spec as below - Outline Overwater Custom Contemporary J V 5 String Fretted Scale Length - 35” Neck One Piece Maple Neck Maple Fingerboard Maple Binding No Markers 24 Frets Nut Width - 46mm Standard Bolt-on Construction Luminlay Side Dots Body Swamp Ash Body (no top) Electronics Overwater Noiseless J Pickups Overwater Active 3 Band With Added Passive Tone & "bright switch" Locking Jack Output Overwater Black Actel Knobs Hardware Hipshot Black Tuners Top Loading Overwater Bridge in Black 18mm One Black String Retainer Finish - Natural Lacquer With Added Black Pigment (to make the grain pop) Satin Finish Added Luminlay Side Dots Passive Tone Control Maple Binding4 points
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Hi Up For Sale or Trade , i Got this one recently IT Just Not For me i really want IT to try a lakland again But i really miss the passive Tone Need that!!! The Bass Sounds amazing withe the preamp on Hot small Marks and Looks Like a Side dots Fell Off from the Binding is Just dificult to Take on the pics anyways condition is great , For Trade will Take f Basses 5 Strings But i will considerd Other Basses Just try me Specs White colour Kind of Shine in the Darkness Block Inlays, Rosewood Fingerboard and Binding, 35 scale Maple Neck one piece quarterswan alder Body weight only 3,9 Kilo and Comes with the original Case4 points -
I'm actually listening to my band's newest release, Muffling! I'd love a feedback as we put a lot of work into it!4 points
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Just got one of the new FSR Squier Mustangs as I miss having a short scale. Forgot how small the necks were prefer chunkier Vintera. But at this price point set up is great out of the box. Very low action, intonation 90% there already. It’s fun and colours look great. Now waiting on the postie with GHS flats to get some thumpy tones4 points
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I've had plenty of valve heads go on me but never a class D so swings and roundabouts.4 points
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Armenia Mood for Dancing - The Nolans4 points
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For sale Picked up on BC recently but major car trouble necessitates an enforced sale. Excellent condition aside from a few very small marks. 9/10 in my view. Usual Yamaha quality, build, playability and sound are all Excellent. Weighs in at 9.5lbs which for a large bodied 5 string is a delight. 18mm string spacing so easy to adapt to, if switching from a four string. Bridge facilitates both standard through body stringing and standard top load. The saddles can be inverted for each option giving a better break angle for the string through option.0 Just a great bass all round and pretty gutted to be selling but there it is. Can work with couriers at your own risk please, due to recent experience. Any questions fire away. Cheers3 points -
Basically brand new. Excellent bass £250 including postage and some brand new Ernie Ball Bass strings3 points -
Caught up on First Aid Kit. Brilliant- one of the highlights for me.3 points
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Although I fall into the trap myself, I should point out that the output devices in amplifiers can all be used in any class of amplifier, so for example linear mosfets can be used in class A, Class B, Class A/B, Class D, Class G and Class H. So can Thermionic Valves and Bipolar Junction Transistors. However switchng mosfets are are the best option for Class D and Valves/Tubes are not recommended. I am 70, use class D heads and am quite happy with them. Yes I was gutted when my beloved Sound City 100W was stolen but the trouble I have had with valve amps over the years, added to the cost of valves, make a valve amp totally uneconomic for me.3 points
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Actually, how an amp sounds when it's driven hard is not so much the type of power supply and power amp, but the intent of the designer and the choices made in voicing and dynamics of the circuitry. Music has evolved, so have the designs at the same time. If the voicing and dynamics response of an older school amp or voicing choices appeal more to you, then that's what you should play, and quit disparaging those who don't share your personal preferences and tastes.3 points
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A Lighter Shade of Pale ～ Procol Harum3 points
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Zippo De Doo Dah James Baskett3 points
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Dragon Attack - Queen3 points
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Maybe be i disunderstood, sorry.3 points
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That's Blue Royale. A limited edition available around 2016. I had one. Kinda wish I still had it, it's super sparkly - even the binding is sparkly!3 points
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SOLD END PLEASE3 points -
When I was a kid, before the idea of playing bass ever entered my head, I remember seeing that bass in the Wishing Well video and thinking it was the coolest thing I had ever seen. I had no idea it was Cass until this thread. Excellent.3 points
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Saw Brother Strut last night at Bury St Edmunds. Playing their last gig of the tour tonight in London. They were tight as a gnat's chuff and absolutely superb. Paul Turner and Rob Harris both fabulous (as expected), but so were all of the others. This one will live long in the memory. Can't wait to see them again.3 points
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And the joint winners are... @Dad3353, @Leonard Smalls, @Nail Soup and @skankdelvar..! Here, then, are your Winner's Certificates (download and save as pdf file, then proudly print and frame...) ... BC_Chal_Cert_2022_06.pdf ... which look like this (but bigger, of course..!)...3 points
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just found this on YT and thought I'll share it here3 points
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Owned this for around 4/5 years now. Genuinely the best sounding amp I’ve ever played through, and insanely loud, it just doesn’t get the use it should these days so I can’t justify keeping it around. It has a couple of small marks in the tolex as expected but nothing major. It also had a set of new power valves and a service in November, all works fine with no issues at all. Comes with Orange soft cover too. More than happy if you want to come test it out beforehand. Obviously with the weight and it being a tube head I’m happy to meet within an hour of Portsmouth or collection from me. Any questions at all just ask, cheers!2 points -
I bought this new last year, mainly as a decent headphone amp to use on holiday, so it had had very little use and is in excellent condition. It can easily slip into a gig bag pocket as it is just so small! It is very quiet due to a tiny fan and so is great for practice at home when connected to a cab. A high quality Neutrik speakon cable is included. Postage at buyer’s cost and risk but it would be very carefully packed. Collection in person welcomed.2 points -
Warning - this is a bit of a gush! If anyone's still trying to sift decent bits out of Glastonbury, please just fast forward to Skunk Anansie. Not simply a cracking British hard rocks band, but a highly talented set of folks with some real style IMO. I saw them last Sunday (for probably 3rd or 4th time) at the Engine Rooms in Southampton. It's a shed but really excellent to see a big band in such a modest venue. Cass Lewis is a very cool dude. All the Skunk material is peppered with compelling bass work and some outstanding grooves. But when you see him live it's even more impressive because he pulls off serious techniques with aplomb. It was a brilliant gig! Add to this the fact that he's clearly a smashing and humble bloke who I got to meet after the show. OK, this is hero-worship but imagine if all our favourite bass players were this cool with the fans?2 points
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F/S £450 My Sterling Stingray 5.Excellent condition active treble,bass, low action, killer tone.MusicMan case also in great condition. Any trial Collection from Stoke with tea and biscuits,or meet within reasonable distance for petrol money. Thanks for looking If you're looking for a reliable 5-string electric bass guitar, your search is over! The Music Man StringRay Classic Ray25CA has a solid mahogany body with a ceramic humbucker and an active 2-band premplifier. That's all you need for a powerful sound that can be tweaked to perfection. The 1.77-inch string nut width means a comfortable playing experience too, while the open gear machine heads and chrome parts complete the picture. Specifications Product features Number frets21 Number of strings5 Active tone controlyes Pickup configurationH (humbucker) Pickup typehumbucker (passive) Neck connectionbolt on Fretboard wood typerosewood2 points -
Tradition is just peer pressure from dead people.2 points
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I have a set on my AVRI Precision and like you had previously used TIs. At first I thought ‘what have I done?’ as the E string sounded so dead and dull, I thought there was something wrong or I had wrecked the string when cutting it. However after a few weeks they all balanced out and I love them. The used TIs went on a Jazz Bass and that was a good move too!2 points
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When you are trying to sell some otherwise terribly put together piece of crap.2 points
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As someone who runs their own one-person business, I simply don't get this. No matter how busy I am with actual work, every new enquiry gets an answer with 24 hours, even if I have to apologise that I am too busy to take on any new work at the moment. An unanswered request will most likely result in my potential customer never bothering to get in touch again, whereas those I let know I can't accommodate them right now may well come back with a new request at a time when I need the work.2 points
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OK - browns added and first coat of Osmo applied:2 points
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My Old Man - Ian Dury2 points
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Nothing wrong with cheap even if only to find out if you like the effect/sound or not.2 points
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I think you can tell that for bands this is an immature technology; just by the sheer range of differing approaches. I was listening to an RCF demo on Monday and that one had four 10" drivers in the column plus horn and 15" subs. it sounded fabulous but was around £6k. This if you are going all the way from 2" drivers to 10" then you are having vastly different engineering decisions and results. I'm really attracted by some of the theoretical advantages of this sort of approach, @stevie and I were discussing a bass speaker design along these lines before Genzler brought out their version. One thing we haven't mentioned as an advantage is that you can cross over much lower than you have to with most compression drivers in the typical 12/15 plus horn PA cab. Human hearing is most sensitive in the 1-4kHz range so having a crossover away from the frequencies we are most discriminating in is a definite gain. I think where we are at these systems have great potential and they look good, save the need to lift a heavy speaker onto a pole, offer a simple set up and can offer superb sound in a convenient package. However the cheaper systems are struggling to get to high sound levels and pound for pound you still get higher sound levels out of a conventional two way speaker. I've looked at these really hard recently for my own use and was really tempted by the Evox but to get the sort of sound levels which would cover all our possible gigs that meant the Evox 12. I've gigged with a pair of Maui's and they sound good but can't be pushed. That's £3500 for a pair of Evox 12's. Thomann are offering the ART 710 plus 705subs as a package for £2500 and would have a similar performance. In the end I picked up a couple of used ART 745's which was my first choice before I started looking. I think it's fair to say that for like for like performance there's probably a 30%ish increased cost in going for the columns. I guess it still depends upon matching your kit to your needs.2 points
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I'm as old as I am and I'm not trying to hide it from anyone. The point is that Glastonbury trades on it's history as a counterculture event despite the reality that it's now a bastion of the establishment. It's the Wimbledon of rock festivals.2 points
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Make it something wild and crazy, and above all, funky as feck!2 points
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No, this is my highest position. I do have a pic I could submit.2 points
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I think the only really unique thing in the marketplace here is that they are pushing the environmental angle, which is certainly a big plus in my book. Lightweight cabs, nothing new, however if they can build them better than GR, they score a point. Naming convention akin to the madness of how Chinese firms name their armies of mobile phones? Lose a point. The rest is just hot air. They do make good stuff, and I wish them all the best, I just felt after such a build up, things fell a bit short.2 points
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Well I think Duke Ellington’s title was well deserved2 points
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For sure. Can't say I ever wanted to marry or even have a relationship with any of my cousins. One of the reasons is some were boys, secondly I'm not from Norfolk and thirdly the female ones' families weren't sufficiently rich.2 points
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It's difficult to see what the point of these awards are really. The only valid reason for me is if they recognise people who are not being otherwise recognised for their good work. Musicians are obviously recognised already - so why the gong? On the other hand, who are one of the most unrecognised and unappreciated groups? Bass players. Paul is a bassist. Ergo gong deserved. QED.2 points
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Anything Duck Dunn would have done.2 points
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