WalMan

Yes perhaps it is apples & pears, but I just know that for every PC I have had when I come to add a card, or drive it has always been a mass of cables and a right faff trying to slot stuff in whereas it was such a pleasure to open up the mac and find what appeared to be a well thought out interior with no clutter.

This is the second mac in the house. Oldest son got himself an iMac when he was doing his graphic design course. The G5 is the bottom spec with a small(ish) HDD, loads of memory & a 21" screen (though sadly not flat). It was picked up s/h from my drummers firm when they were upgrading, so the cost (£400) seemed not unreasonable, and the spec adequate to run recording software for youngest son's recouding course.

Ongoing from installing second drives for the Mac and PC.

Never did find the Mac cables and ended up getting a firewire box to put the drive in, BUT I then came to install the new drive in the PC yesterday, and here is why I am more & more coming round to Mac's

Inside the Mac G5 - [attachment=2963:mac.jpg]
Inside the PC - [attachment=2964:PC.jpg]

What a palaver installing the drive in the PC was, take the case side off, take the front off, make a new slot to put the drive through, fiddle around trying to make all the cables fit. As compared (if I had had the cables) to flip the switch on the back of the Mac, drop the side off, slide the drive in, fit the cables and close.

Still we are there now & the Tracktion update installed, so now to watch the 4 hour Traction help file/movie lessons and get started

[quote name='kevbass' post='75720' date='Oct 17 2007, 07:35 PM']Looks alright for £640 to me [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ernie-Ball-MusicMan-STINGRAY-bass-guitar-Music-Man-USA_W0QQitemZ290171541893QQihZ019QQcategoryZ101561QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ernie-Ball-MusicMan-...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote]
And a cheap BIN

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='75293' date='Oct 16 2007, 10:18 PM']ebay have pulled it. Good work someone![/quote]
Oh. No fair she was going to email me photos

It was also having the p155 ripped on Walbassesnaturally Yahoo Group as well, so perhaps they got bored with knowing emails form people who were visiting family in the Orkney's and wanted COD

[quote name='chris_b' post='74968' date='Oct 16 2007, 10:38 AM']There is a WAL owners forum somewhere on the web, don't know the name, where you might find more info.[/quote]
There is a Yahoo Group - [email protected] and also a group at Dudepit

Check the Yahoo Group as there was a chap in Harrow a while back who was going to see Peter everysooften & picking up parts ordered via him through the group

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wal-5-string-and-custom-made-case_W0QQitemZ300160340355QQihZ020QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]THIS[/url] is just not fair!!! Not to far away from me.

I need some cash and I need it now, that or another cunning plan!!

[quote name='nedsbeds' post='73097' date='Oct 11 2007, 11:00 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-25-to-2-x-Serial-ATA-SATA-Power-Splitter-Molex-Cable_W0QQitemZ270174625066QQihZ017QQcategoryZ74941QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-25-to-2-x-Serial-A...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]
is that the sort of thing?[/quote]
Not quite. It does not need the 4 pin plug in the middle.

More like [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-2m-4ft-External-SATA-Power-Cable-Lead_W0QQitemZ110179081570QQihZ001QQcategoryZ45342QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]THIS[/url] but about 6 inches long max, not 1.2 metres

Yes I sort of think the PC data cable will be OK and for the power it is 15 pin both ends so I think the Maplin cable should be OK. Just wondered really.

I do have to say though that the mac is both sleek inside as well as out. One lever and the side is off and everything is so easily laid out & accessible!!! No cramped case & faffing around trying to get something to fit like the PC

Anyone use a Mac who can help with this?

Acquired a 500Gb SATA II for the G5 at the weekend and it [i]should [/i]be a piece of **** to install [u][b]BUT[/b][/u] looking inside the case I can see sockets for the power and data cables but have no cables.

Now the manual says "use the proper mac cables supplied" but can I find where to get them? No, not even when I went into a dedicated Apple store on Sunday.

I found [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=96890&doy=11m10#overview"]THIS[/url] SATA to SATA power cable in Maplins on Sunday & have a standard PC SATA data cable, but am just a little wary of diving in with these. Stupid I know, because I am happy adding stuff to the PC but the MAC is a new thing to be dedicated to recording & I really do not want to screw up the G5 or new HDD with the wrong cables!!

I gave up in the Apple store when, having explained I am sure quite clearly a couple of times that I had a a new HDD I wanted to install internally but needed the cables, I was told firstly to contact the HD manufacturer because it would be a dedicated cable and then asked "does it have a 3 pin kettle socket?" GOOD GRIEF!!!

So any suggestions where I might try to source the cables chaps?

He's doing a [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1973-Fender-Stratocaster_W0QQitemZ260168936789QQihZ016QQcategoryZ33039QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]73 Strat[/url] as well.

Anyone recognise this back garden?

Off the top of my head & some have gone from the set now

Wild Frontier - Gary Moore
Paradise - Dave Lee Roth
Free World - Neil Young
All the Young Doods - Mott the Hoople
Over the Hills - Gary Moore (how apt for a bunch of old f@rts)
White Punks on Dope - The Tubes
White Room - Cream
I Want It All - Queen
God Gave R'n'R To You - Kiss
Funky Music - Wild Cherry
White Wedding
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Schools Out
Feed My Frankenstein
Elected - Alice Cooper
All Your Love Tonight
Fool For Your Lovin'
Cryin' in the Rain - Whitesnake
That Cameo song




eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer there's more but my addled brain has gone blank

I rather think Valhods would hate us too

[quote name='ZPQ' post='71355' date='Oct 8 2007, 11:33 PM']zero feedback but otherwise might be real?

What do we think?[/quote]

Mmmmmmmm stinky

Would that it were real but I think not. Registers 8/10/07 & immediately lists a Wal with a £300 start price.

I certainly hope not as I have used Elixirs for 3 or 4 years now & love them. I use a pick most of the time now (because of this damn RA and picking hand fingers falling over each other) and have never noticed any shedding of the coating. I find that each set stays on until I realise that they are looking a bit skanky (actually thinking about it now perhaps that is the coating shedding) and whilst there may be some small improvement in tone on a change it is not necessarily as great as I might have expected.

I bought a box of 5 sets at the Guitar show 2 1/2 years ago and [i][u]still[/u][/i] have one set left.

Bought a 5er set from Dr Clucks Music Emporium on eBay [url="http://stores.ebay.co.uk/DrClucks-Music-Emporium"]HERE[/url]. The price was OK and delivery swift, though I would worried that a bigger order might end up getting screwed with input VAT coming through Customs.

Get him [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6189"]THIS[/url] for his birthday / Christmas

Basically one of [url="http://www.thebuttkicker.com/musicians/products/bk_concert.htm"]THESE[/url] Manual [url="http://www.thebuttkicker.com/downloads/resources/ButtKicker_Concert_User_Guide.pdf"]HERE[/url]

I bought it when I started using the Bass Pod straight to the desk with no amp onstage just monitors and my drummer was muttering about not being able to feel the bass. But then he did not want to attach it to his drum throne & we never really got around to mounting it on a board to sit the stool on.

It definitely works as we did fire it up once attached to a board to stand on - a weird sensation, but useful for feeling bass, or the kick on an electronic kit perhaps.

Probably not really for bass players, more for the drummer in your life but you could probably use it for gaming or home cinema - though that is not what this one was designed for.

It does need an amp to power it, and is a weighty beast so collection might be better.

Anyway I throw it out there for anyone interested as I have never got around to using it and now have the Markbass combo to shake the room so this is just sitting looking forlorn.

Web prices I can only find in the US and this model works out around £90-100 so perhaps offers close to £50 plus postage if you cannot collect

[quote name='Hit&Run' post='65086' date='Sep 24 2007, 11:32 PM']Also, at a couple of gigs I've had to plug straight into the PA when whoever was supplying the bass amp didn't show up. Thank f*ck I had active tone controls![/quote]
Been there, done that Worked very nicely.

On the Wal it acts like a DI. You have to have a jack plugged in to make it work.

As for fitting it, sorry Pete @ Wal did that

Nik

Curse you We shall have to advance that pint & I shall give you a lend of a live DVD.

You can take my copy of his solo album along

Al

...and finally to close out with the answer to the original question from S&T:

[quote]Hi Alan,
The size is 1/16”
Cheers,
Pete[/quote]

So now we know

Fretted 5 & fretless 4. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GALVESTON-TWIN-NECK-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ270167124708QQihZ017QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]270167124708[/url]

Looks interesting, but I'm not sure my knees, or indeed shoulder could take it

Presumably this is Phil who posted the [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric+Bass/product/Galveston/Double+Neck+5-String+Fretted%2F4-String+Fretless/10/1"]Harmony review[/url] as a lot of the text is the same, but.....

and cheap at the moment. I wonder if he will let it go at that bearing in mind the comment re the electrics

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alembic-PU-circuit-Aria-SB-Bass-Guitar-1982-USA-Japan_W0QQitemZ140160256841QQihZ004QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]140160256841[/url]

[quote name='theosd' post='62536' date='Sep 19 2007, 10:41 AM']Is this a recent addition? I've got to go look

I don't remember there being two inputs...!![/quote]
PASS

[quote name='cetera' post='62567' date='Sep 19 2007, 11:15 AM']There's just no money in being a 'brickie' these days is there? [/quote]

WAL Mach I Bass Guitar Geddy Lee model Mk 1 Mark One - Item number: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WAL-Mach-I-Bass-Guitar-Geddy-Lee-model-Mk-1-Mark-One_W0QQitemZ270167634302QQihZ017QQcategoryZ63853QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]270167634302[/url] - Listed in category: Clothing, Shoes & Accessories > Women's Clothing > Intimates > Bras, Bra Sets

or

WAL Mach I Bass Guitar Geddy Lee model Mk 1 Mark One - Item number: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WAL-Mach-I-Bass-Guitar-Geddy-Lee-model-Mk-1-Mark-One_W0QQitemZ190154492936QQihZ009QQcategoryZ2228QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]190154492936[/url] - Listed in category: Books > Textbooks, Education

Different eBayers, both registered a long time & loads of feedback, but registered in US while the bass is in the UK and listed in completely the wrong places. What is/are he/they trying to do? Phish email addresses? Seems bizarre!!

Cheers Nik. Sorry you got cornered by Mrs Walman in the break! But just think you could walk away at the end of the night I had to take her home and she hasn't stopped talking yet Come to that I don't think she has stopped in 30 years

PA hmmmm yes Hopefully a clean loud though & that was the small rig

Plugs it depends what you want to spend I picked up a set that have interchangeable attenuators - so you can set how much or little you want to cut level - from the drum bit of GAK for about £20 and I think Lee in Lick has some slightly different ones for about £12-15.