stingrayPete1977

Now if he could find another shuttle to match yours and sell the focus that would work too so that increases the op chance of 4x10 goodness

They are totally different cabs, the focus cabs were less than half the cost of the shuttle ones new, some nearer a third if I recall. That doesnt make them bad cabs but I cant see them being a match, if the shuttle cab was pushed the focus could be destroyed without hearing it dying!

Genz never went bust mate, they were bought out by Fender a long time ago hence why any new old stock gear you might find is backed by a normal Fender warranty as it always was, they were discontinued and a new range of Class D Fender Rumble bass amps have been released, funny that eh? Matching another type of cab would be tricky I think, so hunt another one down used will be your best bet

This is where we disagree again dingus, many bass players have been terrible technically and in note choice etc but many people have gained enjoyment from listening to them, those go in the favourites thread IMO uxia in my clip has a clear understanding of music and the ability to portray it musically with superb accuracy and feel, doesn't mean everyone would enjoy listening to her, technical ability 100% though.

They are ok but there is no way I'd pay £700 for a new one when you can pick from loads of used ebmm ones for less money that won't be worth less than £400 as soon as you walk out of the shop with it!

There's some debate as to whether Tracy wormworth played on the record, afaik it was a jazzer session player from new York that was too busy to play the live shows?

It doesn't look 80's at all does it? Oh hang on...sorry if you close your eyes and think of the 80's.... it is exactly that! I shouldn't but I do like it.

[url="http://youtu.be/u_AI2v-4DTs"]http://youtu.be/u_AI2v-4DTs[/url] She is probably more in her comfort zone here Doddy? OK the lines are not hers anyway, but I like her playing.

[quote name='Doddy' timestamp='1407442331' post='2520671'] I'll go with 2 of your choices Pete.....but the girl off YouTube? I don't see it at all. [/quote] That is Esperanza Paul she is really......ah hang on you mean....

I dont like to put people into skilled or unskilled camps really, I enjoy a track by the band Hole as much as that clip of Uxia Martinez above but I think its fair to say one is more technical than the other, not better, not worse just more technical.

Scherwing

Oh I nearly forgot this one! Crazy pizz and arco skills [url="http://youtu.be/T93WcrvtVj4"]http://youtu.be/T93WcrvtVj4[/url]

Yolanda did a great set an NRCM a few years ago

OK as the other thread by Pixiechick23 keeps getting derailed about other peoples favourite female bass players not being very good technically we might as well have one aimed at that very topic! I will kick it off with the same answer as my favourite one Esperanza Spalding, that goes for bass and Double bass. [media]http://youtu.be/2aRC3YY3svs[/media] [url="http://youtu.be/jgnDE_5Wxiw"]http://youtu.be/jgnDE_5Wxiw[/url] I still like Marta Altesa, and I still haven't nailed Master Blaster anywhere near this! [media]http://youtu.be/OIs6qCe3wpU[/media]

Nope not me, you have altered what I said to suit yourself I never mentioned carol kaye etc I know who they are. You are still struggling to see that just because you dont like a player it makes them a bad player, it only makes them bad to you! I dont like Jaco's music, does that make him a bad player? You are also struggling with "favourite female player" and "which female player has the best chops"

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1407422795' post='2520365'] I certainly don't want to sound pompous about it. [/quote] Im not sure how to break this to you?......

Well? Lol

All my basses get gigged,I never use the same one twice in a row so hanging them up makes rotating them easier, all my musicman cases are tucked away and I take a hiscox one instead.

I slap as well as I pick, terribly!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1407406065' post='2520115'] My right hand cramps up if I play too long with a pick, I'd suggest playing a couple of pick tracks then revert to fingers for say four songs rather than doing a solid half hour with a pick at first I appreciate what jtuk is saying about "keep up all these styles" but we are talking fingers and pick not two handed tapping and intricate chordal work, man up and learn whichever one it is you don't do currently folks [/quote] My right hand cramps up if I play too long with a pick, if suggest playing a couple of pick tracks then revert to fingers for say four songs rather than doing a solid half hour with a pick at first I appreciate what jtuk is saying about "keep up all these styles" but we are talking fingers and pick not two handed tapping and intricate chordal work, man up and learn whichever one it is you don't do currently folks

Oh yes it's all tucked up safe and I'm a neat solderer

Only using a single technique to me is like saying you will never play the notes B or D! The whole thing is there to be used in a variety of styles often all in one song

I probably shouldn't have pulled the original preamp out then, lol

That is very cool!

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1407251484' post='2518791'] It is often said on here that if you have two cabs rather than one it is louder. Is that really the case and if so is it always the case? I am not trying put over a point here it is just that in some ways that statement makes no sense and in some ways it does. Take for instance a Valve/Tube amp running into one cabinet at 8 ohms it is a 100 watt amp running at 100watts. Add second cabinet and switch the impedance switch to 4 ohms and at each cabinet will recieve 50 watts is all else is equal. Added to gether we have twice the speaker size in both driver ans cabinet but the same power, so no extra acoustic output, the SPL is the same. The only difference is that the new cabinet is closer to the player's ear so it will sound louder and have more mids and highs. So that would suggest that only the player will here a difference. If we do the same trick with a well specified solid state amp it is different. If the SS amp has a meaty power supply, the two speakers would each get 100 watts and there would be a 3dB lift in power and presumably SPL. However in this case we have upped the power as well as adding a speaker cabinet. Be aware that many amps skimp on the power supply and the giveaway is if the 4 ohm output in only a few tens of watts higher than the 8 ohm output rather than double. It may be that speakers get less efficient as you drive them harder ( a stretched surround is harder to pus that a relaxed one) or it could be a reduction in power/thermal compression, some form of maybe the combined size of the two baffles helps with bass response. So my question is are people talking about the second case where there is a corresponding increase in power or is there some acoustical magic that happens when two identical cabinets are used instead of one, even if the power feeding then is the same? [/quote] Im no expert but as I see it in laymans terms the problem with your calculation is that you are working on the 100 watt amp running flat out, constantly, I suppose if you did that your theory might work until the amp or speakers died but in real world terms how much wattage is an amp putting out during a gig?