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  1. [quote name='arabassist' post='583309' date='Aug 28 2009, 10:34 AM']No prob. hasn't Chino Moreno lost a bit of weight too? ^_^ [url="http://content.velvethammer.net/deftones/defkorea/image.jpg"]http://content.velvethammer.net/deftones/defkorea/image.jpg[/url][/quote] haha! Yeah looks like he has. I saw them at wembley arena a few years ago and he looked like he'd been busy with pies.
  2. I'm not sure, they blog a fair bit on their myspace so it might be worth having a glance there. Chi's been in a coma for 10 months now
  3. Sorry to state the bleedin' obvious here but if you put pics and prices up you're far more likely to sell these.
  4. Haven't done this in a while, here's my current setup. Even though there's quite a few pedals there the signal chain is pretty clean because the TU2 is in the 'tuner out' of the EB volume, then it's compressor > rusty box > bass drive > barge loop (and the top row of the board are all in the barge loop in order from right to left). I'm really chuffed with this setup, I'm getting a lot of sounds out of it. The Rusty Box and the Bass Octave Deluxe are my latest purchases and they feel almost essential to my sound already.
  5. I heard Primus and thought "You can do that with a bass? I want a go!"... never looked back.
  6. Traynor do a slightly cheaper alternative to the AD200. I think it's called the YBA200 but if I remember rightly they're a bugger to get hold of. Might be worth looking into though. Although it has to be said, you get what you pay for with meaty valve amps.
  7. Ooh! Nice rig! Markbass amps and DBX compressors are a great combination. I used to run a DBX 160a in my effects loop with Markbass amps to great effect.
  8. [quote name='jmesa' post='561948' date='Aug 6 2009, 01:28 PM']That Sausage album is probably my fave out of everything he's done. Brutal bass sound!!! Siiick!!![/quote] Sausage were awesome! "Riddles are abound tonight" is a must have album for any Primus fans. They made this funky video for the title track from that album: [url="http://www.esnips.com/doc/a2c8aa60-2c3e-4618-8092-c931c0fba1b1"]http://www.esnips.com/doc/a2c8aa60-2c3e-46...92-c931c0fba1b1[/url] Side One by Adrian Belew is quite cool, it features Claypool on bass and Danny Carey from Tool on drums. It's certainly nothing on the weirdness of Primus but it's cool to hear Claypool and Carey playing together, plus Adrian Belew is a wicked player.
  9. I know that there's a few people on the forum that have this amp, these people will also probably know that a proper user manual for this amp doesn't exist! It's not that an amp as simple as this requires a user manual as such, but I think this chaps' attempt at putting together a manual for it answers a lot of questions. I hope this is of some use to you AD200B users out there, I've certainly bookmarked it. [url="http://www.dustblow.com/ad200b/"]http://www.dustblow.com/ad200b/[/url] (I have no affiliation to this, I just found it whilst researching the 'slave out'!)
  10. [quote name='warwickhunt' post='553501' date='Jul 28 2009, 07:47 AM']With a service like that it's a shame the jack plugs just won't work in a couple of my basses! [/quote] They have updated the jack plugs now - they no longer have that spring system on them because they were ripping the innards out of very expensive Taylor acoustic guitars. I'm guessing that it was the spring that was causing the issue for you, right? Also, I noticed a couple of people mentioned they didn't have their receipts for their cables. You'll probably find that if you contact the UK distributor they will replace the cable for you even without a receipt. There is only one UK distributor for Planet Waves, they're called Summerfield MI.
  11. Buy a box of them on ebay! I know thats no help to get out of a situation when you really need a battery for a pedal for a gig or practice that night, but you can save yourself a fair bit of money buying a box of 10 or so. I haven't looked properly but this seems like good value for money at a glance: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-x-Duracell-9-Volt-Professional-Alkaline-Batteries_W0QQitemZ320294688596QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_ConsumerElectronics_Batteries_SM?hash=item4a930d1754&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1690|293%3A1|294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-x-Duracell-9-Volt...93%3A1|294%3A50[/url]
  12. Monkey FX Switcheroo effects loop. 3 effects loops. boost control - [b]edit (05/07/09): activated by the switch on the far right [/b] regular 9v DC power - doesn't come with power supply. This one has seen a few pedal boards, I bought it a while back from another BCer for around £30 + postage. It's got a load of scuffs on the top but it works absolutely fine. Ideal for anyone that wants to start experimenting with putting pedals into loops and keep them out of your main signal path, or for anyone with a hefty pedal board that needs to be controlled in sections. [b]£25 Delivered[/b] with Royal Mail 1st Class Recorded
  13. I sold myke some wizard pickups. Smooth transaction, thanks myke!
  14. Ah! Sorry I missed all these questions! I've just sold this on ebay. Just in case any of you are still in the market for one of these, this is one of the last generation of Mac Unibody laptops. These don't have the extended battery life but they are still pretty good going on it, I believe the newer ones hold approx. 7 hours battery life and the old ones (this one) hold about 5. That's right Pete, no firewire. Apple f'cked up there. They didn't put Firewire on this series of MacBook unibody laptops. (but they did on the Macbook Pros) Bassballs - Apple use what they call a 'Mini Display Port' on their laptops now. You can get all kinds of adapters to suit the screen you need. I used this laptop with a Mini Display Port to DVI adapter > DVI to HDMI cable (they don't currently make Display to HDMI adapters) with a 32" Samsung LCD TV at home, it looked awesome!
  15. Damn this bass is so cool! I wish I had the dollar
  16. I've had nothing but failure with this on ebay! The first time I listed it the winning bidder didn't pay, the second time I listed it ebay have just cancelled it 2 hours before it finishes due to "keyword spamming" because I put 'as new' in the title. Here's my description from the ebay listing: ------------ Apple MacBook unibody 13.3” screen / 2.4GHz / 250GB HD / 2GB RAM in AS NEW CONDITION. I purchased this laptop at the end of March 2009, making it just over 2 months old which means it has 10 months of warranty remaining. I’m selling it because I have no need for a laptop anymore since buying an iMac recently. This has been a fantastic machine. I’ve used it mostly for graphic design work and it has performed flawlessly. I have looked after this laptop carefully and always kept it in a decent laptop bag so it is in as new condition. It comes with the original packaging and all the items that it originally came with: Power supply. Power supply extension cord. Cleaning cloth. Mac OS X Leopard install DVD. iLife 09 software. I will return the MacBook software to its’ original state before shipping, so that when you switch it on it will be like switching on a brand new Mac. Once payment is received I will ship this item via TNT couriers, fully insured, within 2 working days. FULL SPEC: Apple MacBook 13-inch LED-backlit widescreen notebook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2GB of 1066 MHz DDR3 SDRAM 250GB 5400-rpm hard drive 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display; 1280 by 800 pixels NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with mail memory Built-in iSight video camera Multi-touch trackpad 8x slot-loading SuperDrive Two USB 2.0 ports Mini DisplayPort Optical digitalaudio/analog audioinput and output ports; build-in stereo speakers Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T ethernet Built-in airport extreme wireless networking(802.11)*3 and bluetooth 2.1+EDR Backlit keyboard and ambient light sensor --------- Here's some pics. I listed it 'as new' on ebay because it really is in as new condition. Not a mark on it. £750 Delivered - with payment by bank transfer or cheque. £770 Delivered - with payment by Paypal (that's with 3% added to cover the fees)
  17. I put these pickups in my Warwick Thumb and quickly decided that they weren't the right pickups for that bass. They've only seen about 10 minutes play time, so the pickup casing is in immaculate condition. They were also very tidily installed and removed from the bass, hence they are in as-new condition. These pickups are a great replacement for Jazz pickups that lack character. I can imagine they would be a superb upgrade for a Mexican Fender Jazz. They are the standard 84' model, as seen on the Wizard website (www.wizardpickups.com), so they will fit any Jazz bass with standard pickup cavity sizes. They come with the hook-up wires and screws. Bought new for £70. [b]£50 Delivered[/b] with Royal Mail 1st Class Recorded.
  18. Sold a Subdecay Prometheus to Stewart. A pleasure to do business with. Thanks
  19. Ah! The man himself! That would be great if you could post your video, I've looked for it twice on youtube. Is it still on there? Perhaps I'm not looking hard enough
  20. I've had this pedal for about 4 weeks, so it's in mint condition. I've just found that I've not got much use out of it since my band has taken a bit of a u-turn into a noisier, more hectic direction. Hence I need to fund nasty noise pedals, so this one has to go. I'd describe this pedal as a slightly crazy envelope filter with an awesome step filter function. You can do a lot with it. I found it to sound stunning with an EHX Micro POG running into it on the Step Filter setting and some delay running next in the chain. There's a bunch of demo videos of it on youtube, not many bass ones though. I saw a video of Tayste playing around with one once but I haven't been able to find it since. That video is cool though, if anyone can find it! Its' got the newer paint job (which is now shown on the SubDecay site [url="http://www.subdecay.com/pm.htm)"]http://www.subdecay.com/pm.htm)[/url], I'll post pics when I get in from work. I've put some velcro on the bottom but I still have the rubber feet which I carefully removed. It's very freshly built, April 2009. [b]£150 delivered[/b] with Royal Mail Special Delivery. These pedals are now £175 new, if you can get hold of them. I had to wait well over 2 months for mine. So that's a nice little saving on an as-new pedal.
  21. In reply to the OP: I used an LMK for a couple of years with a variety of basses. I went for the LMK based on its' power, portability and how it let the nuances of different basses shine through. It was a great amp with my vintage Precision and it sounded just as great with my Streamer Stage 1. I think that's testament enough to how flexible this amp can be!
  22. There have been 2 significant price increases throughout many music industry distributors in the past 6 months. The first one was last November and the second was around the beginning of April. It's this damn climate. No one wants to raise their prices but shops are forced to when their suppliers are upping prices, it's simply a knock-on effect. Even UK-built products are being drawn into this because they are often sourcing their materials from outside the UK. Sadly it's something we'll just have to get used to, or at least until the Dollar rate is a bit kinder to us!
  23. [quote name='WalMan' post='476984' date='May 1 2009, 01:28 PM']Or for an alternate view.....They're great. Put one on my Wal years ago and love it for the ability to quickly drop down and back up even when you are playing. Always comes back in tune within a few cents, and setting the drop only takes me a few back & forth checks. I always leave it switched down in the case to prevent the thumb wheel that sets the drop getting knocked in transit.[/quote] +1. I've got one on my Streamer Stage 1 and its worked a treat. I just check it's in tune for standard and drop-d once at the beginning of a gig or rehearsal and I don't need to check it again, I play about 50/50 in standard/dropped.
  24. The Akai Headrush gets my vote. I've used a few loopers and currently have a Boss DD-20 and Akai Headrush on my pedal board. The DD-20 is far more delay orientated but I've always liked the looper function, it's very simple, all you can do with it is record and overdub (as many times as you want). You can't save any loops into it and there's no stop/start function after a loop has been recorded. I mainly use this pedal for its' delay functions though. The Akai Headrush is a more versatile looper and it also sounds a little more organic to my ears. You can also stop and start loops with the Headrush.
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