Mr. Foxen

Learning how to not break your gear should be a pretty fundamental part of being a musician. you don't get to be a pilot by forgetting to put the wheels down when landing, and saying 'Not my job, I am just supposed to fly the thing.'.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1335965131' post='1638708'] Just spoken to Jack. It is a Thor that he bought from a chap in Brighton that apparently came from a bunch that were discovered in an industrial unit in Milton Keynes a while ago. The cab is a Soundcity [/quote] Ah yeah, same story as with mine. First serious valve amp so can't really say how it sounds in comparison to others, but you can hear it on Golden Shroud. Which on listening again (being in studio with it being recorded kinda killed it), pretty much fits here: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_XaFAW51QU[/media] Edit: Better representation of the broader range of the Kemp, didn't have the intro when I heard, so didn't recognise: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSelURcwkb8[/media]

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1335964702' post='1638699'] You may not pay the maximum you are willing but it is an auction after all. Where two bidders are supposed to go head to head . where if you may pay less because no one else wants it. As for begrudging someone. So illegal practices are ok in your eyes then Having the seller (Or just a knob thinking it's funny) bidding it up is more akin to haggling than an auction. [b]1.[/b] (Business / Commerce) a public sale of goods or property, esp one in which[b] prospective purchasers bid against each other until the highest price is reached [/b] [/quote] Yeah, that part is covered by the fact they don't know my maximum. Bids only happen as necessary, you just set a maximum, bids are done for you. The purpose of an auction is to determine the most appropriate price for an item, I decide on my half. If they want more, then it sells to someone who wants to pay more. If they are shilling, then congrats they just paid Ebay 10% of their made up price for nothing.

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1335963643' post='1638677'] That doesn't stop the shillers pushing your bid up . so you end up paying more because you have someone bidding whose only intention is to get more coinage out of you rather than a genuine bidder fighting it out. [/quote] Can't end up paying more than you want to spend though. It is pretty wrong to be begrudging paying people what you have already decided is a fair price. Shill away, if I get outbid, then I let it go. Bear in mind they don't know your maximum.

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1335960138' post='1638581'] Like you, I can't be arsed to find the link. Basically some company that makes hideously shaped basses and guitars got the arse about someone on BC selling a 30 year old instrument privately because it bears more than a passing resemblance to their design. [/quote] It was actually one of the newer, only a passing resemblance ones they got uptight about, rather than the almost perfect, and substantially improved in some areas, jobs. I take this to mean they have dropped their standards to below this entry level competition by this point. The thread is stickied at top of basses for sale.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1335914108' post='1638128'] I work with the singer/guitarist with Stubb: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk6HDOnK-II[/media] [/quote] Happen to know what the amp is in the pic? Looks kinda like the Thor I sold to Rose Kemp. Kinda wished I'd had a look inside it first, they are very rare.

[quote name='owen' timestamp='1335960438' post='1638587'] I teach on a BTEC music course. We had a couple of Laney DC30 valve amps. Channel switching and sounded good. Obviously my students could not EVER look after them and we were constantly mending them. They could not seem to go more than 3 weeks without breaking them. We need something SS probably which will take a hammering but not sound rubbish and cost approx £250. Obv they will turn everything up to the max as soon as we turn our backs - it appears to be in their job description. Any ideas? [/quote] What is breaking? Maybe that is the thing that should be sorted, either mechanically, or by education. If its input jacks, then SS isn't very relevant.

Oh yeah, the other thing people don't realise is that you only set a maximum and ebay bids only what is necessary and no-one can see your maximum until someone exceeds it. So no aspect of showing your hand.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1335960156' post='1638582'] I was rather hoping that his metal band would be the Korean [url="http://versailles.syncl.jp/"]Versailles[/url], but unfortunately it's not to be. [/quote] I was hoping for Sigh. He should probably go play bas in Sigh, would make a good counter point to Dr. Mikannibal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG67LZZpWeA

People got this idea that the winner is the person who bids least last. Actually, the winner is Ebay. Its nice for sellers because if you get tons of watchers, you know to increase your start price before those last minute bids come in, handy hint you might have underpriced. A bid locks you from editing most things

Waiting on loadsa parts arriving from the Far East, where the best bass hardware is made.

Shoulda just bid. Might have put it high enough he'd let it run.

[quote]It has also been professionally modified to have no controls[/quote] "My job is taking the controls out of basses."

[quote name='Count Bassy' timestamp='1335743787' post='1635445'] PS: Has anyone put a switch mode PSU into a "conventional" (solid state) Amp? -would preserve the original sound (if you believe that there's a difference), but save a ton of weight. [/quote] Little Mark has SMPS in a class A/B output amp. Peavey made a valve amp with SMPS. It tookk a while to figure coupling SMPS and class D output so they did other things with it in the meantime.

[quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1335723100' post='1635048'] I wonder where he gets his stock from. People pay a premium on these items because they are supposed to be rare... he doesn't seem to have a problem finding them at all - presumably he has that much vintage gear for sale 365 days a year. [/quote] Its just a case of finding it first. Stuff might be rare individually, but there are quite a lot of things that are rare.

Great thing about flamenco is that everyone is sort of aware of it, and are sort of aware its quite hard to play, but most haven't listened very hard. So if you have the fairly basic bassist ability to play quite fast with fingers, and do a phrygian run up and down one string of any nylon strung guitar about (one string so you don't even have to tuned it) people think you are dead good.

Being a pioneer kinda means you have to make up the technique as you go along.

Watch, phone, and similar devices.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1335733002' post='1635257'] Asturias played by John Williams [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y8l4KijBA0&feature=related[/media] [/quote] Ah man, switched back to tab and rewound to 3:17 to see how he got that awesome sound from a classical.

You should swear less in it, so kids can read it and be encouraged to play around inside electrical equipment.

[quote name='h8dabass' timestamp='1335702176' post='1634704'] When you say extend the port do you mean widen it?. I'm a complete novice when it comes to speaker techy stuff. [/quote] I mean make it longer. With a round one you fin another tube and telescope it, or roll something suitable up.

[quote name='BMBR' timestamp='1335694807' post='1634583'] Thanks for the feedback guys - am mindful of the weight but guess it's good exercise Anyone know of a good valve head out there that gives the sound but is more portable ? I'll try out a Nexus properly anyway - from demos it seems awesome. [/quote] The Nexus is very flexible, so it has lots of sounds. Means knob twiddling to get it, but shutting them off for clean, you don't really get varieties of clean, it heads towards not clean. Edit: Also 400w takes a lot to drive.

Heavy enough strings will retain some tension when detuned, but best is to get some made for the tuning you are in.

It appears to be rackmountable, the sleeve is made pretty well for carrying, proper handles. Preamp is fiddly, but you can shut off most of it. You can also shut off all of it, giving no sound, which is a bit worrying when you are trying to demo it. It isn't very heavy for a 400w valve head. Used one recording the Caricatures album, then traded for one later on. Moved on due to vintage head overload. Wouldn't be afraid of using one now.

Big magnets come in useful a lot. Or clingfilm it an fill it with cornstarch paste and run low notes through it.