stingrayPete1977

If she had been trying to get here illegally sureley she would have come stowed on a ship, you know in the galley, with the pots and pans clanking away ?

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1413481706' post='2578754'] Er, that's what 'off topic' is for isn't it? [/quote] No we all have to say what a shame it is for twelve pages regardless of her possibly bring a twenty three year old teenager that the UK immigration must have had at least some reason to return her to Brazil

Yes report back, I would like to hear what you think of it I think my Genz 1x12" is past its best to be honest, I have treated it poorly as I use that cab with my 6.0 it has become my least liked Genz amp preffering my 3.0 with the 1x10 or the 9.2 with the 2x12, I need to check it out and maybe get a new driver for it really.

23 is hardly a kid is it? There is more to this surely, my sister in law is Brazillian, her and her family travel to and from Europe on a regular basis without any trouble at all.

I once stumbled in on what I thought was a slap bass for total beginners course, level 42 t shirts everywhere and coffee table basses being beaten to death, turns out it was a bass bash, and boy were they bashing them!

I'd say without both together you'd never know enjoy.

I have a 3.0, a 6.0 and a 9.2 shuttlemax, they are all different but all similar to me, clean as hell through to quite a bit of grit but its not an ampeg. Someone was trying to tell me the 9.2 had loads more bottom end than the 9.0 but I pointed out that they were using a cheap 8 ohm 2x10 to compare them, I tried to point out that my 6.0 into the 4 ohm 600 watt 2x12 cab (they are quite a large cab too) would blitz a 9.2 into that cab (insert any other decent amp for the same result). I'd have either if the price was right, I have the 6.0 1x12 combo and a mate has the 6.2 1x12 combo, I cant tell any difference in a band mix but I haven't had a chance to compare them in isolation. Edit to say it Sounds condescending regarding the cheap cab, to clarify the person stated it at the time and was waiting for a barefaced if I recall? It was a few years ago now.

Lookin' good!

Lol

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1413377839' post='2577672'] +1 [/quote] +2

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1413365182' post='2577451'] IIRC that was StingrayPete's suggestion to his band. edit: You could pre-empt the feelings about charging a charity by making a donation of your own direct from the band. I've found quite a few folk involved in charities recently who use it as a profile raiser for themselves personally, it's kind of an Emperor's New Clothes scenario. Getting past those folk to the ones (if any) who actually have a clue what the hell the job is about is a nightmare. [/quote] You are right, top marks for paying attention The guide dogs one made a few quid I suppose but only what we would have normally charged, the football one earlier would have been better if everyone had put £3 in a pot.

Lovely

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1413321125' post='2577202'] It's only in the last 3 weeks that I had 2 basses. In 20 years of gigging I've never had a problem, the worst that can happen is the battery go, but I change those regularly, and I can switch out the preamp. One of my tutors play like that, as does Lee Pomeroy. It would totally depend who it was. I've let guys at uni use my bass, but I know and trust them. I only play 6 string basses anyway [/quote] no not like that, the OMD guy plays a regular left handed bass flipped over rather than a lefty strung righty like Lee Pomeroy! Crazy

I started a thread a few Weeks ago about this very topic, I've declared to both of my bands and various jam night friends that my services are no longer available for charity gigs, the last one was for guide dogs for the blind, played for two hours, our lights,pa, dragged my double bass out too, didn't even get thanked by the guide dog trainers who attended it only the organiser, never again for me.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1413303890' post='2576947'] Magnets don't pick up wooden vibrations do they? [/quote] We were discussing this at the double bass bash as I have a magnetic pickup on my upright, general consensus on the net was that it will just sound like a fretless p bass, actual opinions on the day were nothing like, out certainly didn't stick out compared to basses with piezos either. My best way to describe it is to think of a big hollow bodied electric guitar Gibson 50s compared to a solid body electric guitar like a Les Paul, not the same at all even with hum Bucker pickups are they? The body and sound post etc of my upright must be affecting the string vibrations this in turn the overall sound, that is a massive hollow box compared to a solid electric bass though, not a walnut vs a maple top a few mm thick on a bass with an 18 volt preamp.

I know!

[quote name='DogHammer' timestamp='1413277593' post='2576522'] Fortunately no one asks me this question as I'm a lefty. But when they do, I go.... Sure! knock yourself out. Then they realise its the wrong way round. [/quote] Your not 100% safe though, what if Andy McCluskey from orchestral manoeuvres in the dark was next on and his Jack socket failed? He plays left handed basses right handed and upside down!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1413234814' post='2576285'] Your problem is that for £150 you'll have difficulty finding something that weighs less than 20kg that is good enough to do gigs. [/quote] beat me to it, im a slow typer

I use a Trace Elliot commando combo sometimes it sounds great, if you see one grab it, any good old peavey tnt would be good but heavy, portability but within budget is going to be your main issue here imo rather than volume or a good sound, I sold a proper uk built Ashdown evo300 combo for £125 on ebay as it had a minor fault, that was a £750 combo new for example but again heavy!

Damn, I have T bird gas again but it needs five strings

Thats what I was saying backed up by EBS Freak though, Bernie Goodfellow and Martin at Sei basses both said they dont know until its strung up and plugged in even if the parts came from the same block of lumber, I've seen a lot of their basses and trust them so who knows?

[quote name='subrob' timestamp='1413220788' post='2576014'] Alright so the button is pushed. Without wishing to thread-jack, what should I expect? There's not a lot of info online about that B550 model. Looks ok though [/quote] Am I reading this right? There is a white 5 string version!? Christmas is coming too....

No worries I do appreciate the luthiery skills and enjoy looking at fancy basses in awe, they always play and sound great ime too, I've tried Alleva, Roscoe, GB, Sadowsky, Marleux, old Warwicks, Nordys, Cellinder, Sei etc over the years they were all great and very pretty. Im not disputing that the parts come together for a great bass but no one really knows if a Sei bass with a maple top would sound better or worse, brighter or deeper etc until its built, as wood is organic two basses made of the same woods can and do sound different to each other, different, not better

Left or right? Did I miss the sarcasm?

Telecaster headstock, there BRX loves Fenders after all