mrtcat

I've been through a few.

Helix Floor - Does it all but I was only using 1% of the features so was wasted on me. Love that you can split signal at whatever point / frequency you want and then merge it again later in the signal chain. Made it really good for overdrive sounds etc that didn't lose low end.

MXR M81 - Great clean sound, garbage distortion.

Origin FX Vintage Bass Rig (the black one) - built beautifully but struggled to get the tone I wanted.

Origin FX Vintage Bass Rig (the blue one) - Excellent quality and nailed the vintage Amgeg thing really well. Didn't like the inability to switch drive / eq separately. 

Sansamp Bass Driver - One trick pony but does that one trick brilliantly.

These days we do a mix of silent stage and regular stage gigs. All on in ears but, when we have acoustic drums we also tend to use backline. I use a Darkglass M900 v2 amp and simply run it without a cab on silent stage gigs as the footswitch allows me to have 2 different drive sounds and clean sounds easily. Cab sim makes it great for di to foh.

Hartke, after they released the Kilo with a known flaw and then washed their hands of all responsibility, leaving me £900 out of pocket and endless hours wasted. 

Marshall. Worst build quality of any bass or guitar cab I've ever seen.

On 26/04/2024 at 18:28, Jack said:

We have a pair of the 705ii in my indie rock band. I'm on record (even in this thread) as saying that I think the Altos are great but the rcf walk over them. They go deeper and louder. To make the point we usually just run one, we've never ran just one Alto.

We have the same subs and they're extremely good and also nice and compact. A pair of them coupled together can out run our RCF 745 tops and therefore they do more than we need to do which is exactly what I want in subs. That way I know we're not pushing them too hard.

59 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

Bill's advice is, as usual, excellent, in particular, his recommendation to high pass subs no lower than 80Hz. 

The advice is to high pass tops at no lower than 80hz. High passing subs at 80hz would really defeat the object of having them in the first place.

As long as I get paid and don't get stabbed I'm happy.

£100

Absolutely crazy little synth pedal. Massive array of sounds and tracks really well. Sadly not of much use in my current project. Will trade for a decent octave or eq pedal with appropriate cash adjustment.

Comes with box but has velcro on the bottom rather than the little rubber feet. 

Postage to mainland UK included.

It wouldn't worry me to run two vanderkley cabs with the streamliner. As long as you're not clipping it hard then I can't imagine it causing any issues.

1 hour ago, geoff90guitar said:

Would this be too much for my 2x Vanderkley EXT300’s? Mathematically yes. I don’t know. Any comments appreciated. (I know I’ve gone off on a tangent with mrtcats ad but could be potential purchase of this..if safe)

Lovely amp in really good condition with original box. 

Mountains of fat warm power on tap with a lovely valvey drive tone available. Has the usual intemittent blue leds but all works as it should. 

I'm throwing in a neat little backpack that has a padded compartment that fits the amp super snug and still has loads of room for your sandwiches and any other gig gear you might want to take.

Collection from NN12 8XR or can post at buyers expense. Feel free to come and plug it in and give it a whirl.

Price is firm at this time.

2 hours ago, nilorius said:

Well, i preffer (before or after packing) to have 1 or 2 - 0,5 good, dark beer or tasty whiskey, except the gigs where nothing like that is available. I don't have to drive home couse my health doesn't allow me to drive a car, so a bit of alc is not a problem for me. If You think it's all bad and not right....keep thinking, i'm doing.

Literally doesn't concern me either way what you do. In my particular case, all my gigs are at corporate events and private functions. I'm not a guest or a customer. I'm simply there to do a job.

1 minute ago, nilorius said:

Hmm....looks like most of You pretty much like to get lost as soon as possible 🤪

It's work. I wouldn't expect an electrician or builder to do anything other than pack up and leave when his / her job was done. 

Same as every gig. Pack down as quickly as possible, load the van, get on the road, drive for a few hours listening to a podcast, get home and go straight to bed. 

15 hours ago, AJC08 said:

Scale?

34 inch

£1200 ono

Beautiful Maruszczyk Elwood L 5a 24 for sale. Super lightweight active jazz bass with a huge array of tones and a really low action without any buzzing and a lovely neck that makes this such a comfortable instrument to play. Purchased brand new from Bass Direct in 2016. I played it a fair bit in the first year and then changed bands for one where a beat up P bass was far more appropriate and this has largely sat in its bag ever since. It has a couple of minor dinks (all in photos) but is generally in great shape and sounds massive with both pickups in parallel mode.

Just 3.66kg it has an alder body with a maple burl top and matching headstock in natural matte finish. The neck is hard rock maple with a birds eye maple fingerboard. Hardware as follows:

- Pickups - Bassculture 38 HB Humbuckers with maple burl covers

- Preamp - 3 band delano with 3 way mini switch for each pickup (series/single coil/parallel).

- Bridge - Maruszczyk E45 - 18mm string spacing

- Tuners - Wilkinson

Currently strung with pretty much brand new Elixir Stainless Steel but also comes with the original Maruszczyk strings. Comes in the original Maruszczyk gig bag with all the original certificates and documentation.  

Collection from South Northamptonshire (near Towcester which is on the A43 halfway between J15a of M1 and J10 of M40) where I have a quality amp and cab that you can plug into. I gig quite a lot accross the country so may be able to meet up somewhere. I am absolutely not prepared to post this I'm afraid.

Thanks for looking.

Swindon. Nuff said.

Google calendar. Simple, free and you can sync various accounts so nobody can say they didn't realise a gig was going to clash with their flat earth convention. 

I guess we all have a different perception of what is old. My father is still a really active harmonica player and the youngest in both of his current regular bands at 84. He does a total of about 80 gigs a year and when I showed him this thread he was shocked that anyone feels like slowing down at a mere 68. Conversely, my father in law is 78 and really does see his retirement as "just waiting for the end to come". He's utterly pathetic and talks himself out of even being able to drive a car because he's too old.

On 27/12/2023 at 14:22, MrPring said:

Have we any other opinions on Lugs? I know your man a few pages back wasn't keen but everything else I've read has been really positive. 

I can only say positive things about my experience with Lugs.

I started out with UE6s bought from Custom Iem Company and was very happy with them. After a couple of years they suddenly started sounding awful. All the bottom end had gone and I was having to drive them into distortion just to be able to hear them. I considered buying Lugs 6 driver model so contacted Robert. I explained the issue I had with my UE6s and he suggested that my ear shape had probably changed a bit making it so I was no longer getting a good seal. He offered to test them to check all was working inside and confirmed all components were functioning properly. I got my ear impressions redone by a local Audiologist (anyone in Northamptonshire I can highly recommend The Ear Place in towcester) and sent them to Robert at Lugs. Within a week he had reshelled my UE6s and now they sound better than they ever did. Saved me a fortune in buying new ones and have done probably 100+ gigs since with nothing but excellent sound. I sing a lot too and have never had any issues.

5 hours ago, Muzz said:

While we're talking festive gigs, we've been asked for our (pub) NYE gig to play 5 x 30 min sets, starting at 8pm, and with half an hour in between each...never encountered this before, and I'm inclined to think it'll make the evening very staccato between live music and DJ'd tunes...apparently the landlord's idea...

 

Anyone done this setup before?

I mean, if the money's good then do what they want but thats pretty much a guaranteed way of playing to a half empty dancefloor. You'll have to start from scratch 5 times and as soon as you get them going you'll be saying "this is our last song before we take a 30min break". Sounds like a landlord who doesn't really have much experience of how itll work.

Xmas staff do for a haulage company last night at the M1 Junction 23 truck stop nr Loughborough. Entering the venue was like stepping back in time to the 1970s but a good bunch of people and a very easy gig.

Played under Concord last Friday for a Xmas bash.. Not all companies are struggling. £250k budget for the staff party.

I'm inclined to say it won't be enough. The thought of wringing everything out of a pair of Behringer active cabs, to get both vocals and keys heard, over the top of acoustic drums in a room like that would not fill me with joy. Any option to hire?

Just bought an amp head from Jim.  Top quality comms from start to finish and lightning quick postage. Amp came packaged perfectly and in tip top condition.

Hope to deal with him again. Great BC'er and a pleasure to deal with.

10 minutes ago, Owen said:

I bought a new G&L bass from the USA. The truss rod snapped. I am not complaining about that. Things happen. I have just received a brand new neck from G&L in the US as a replacement. This is the customer service we like.

That's proper customer service and really it should be the norm. Sadly it seems,  more often than not, to be the exception.

John East is one of the nicest companies to deal with. John is a true gentleman and responds quickly to all enquiries and, as many of us know, his products are ace. I'm fortunate to live relatively close to his HQ and have popped in a couple of times over the years. He happily fitted my pre for me while I waited.

My biggest service gripe is when I pop into music shops and the person serving me is so distracted that they barely look me in the eye and they make me feel like I'm just an inconvenience that they're only happy to serve because it will get rid of me quicker.

Best cab ever. I have tried them all and used to change cabs almost every month until i got an F112. I have now had mine 3 years and never once wanted to change it. There's a reason why Ed Friedland, who can have literally any cab in the world, chooses one of these.