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  1. Gareth Hughes
    Would you be interested in a trade for a set of D'Addario Chromes (Flatwounds) ECB80SL Set Super Long Scale 40-95? I'm going the other direction from you, having loved light gauge strings for years, I'm now loving heavier strings.
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    If I lived anywhere nearby, and didn't already have a UL310 - this would most definitely be gone. Great bargain for anyone looking a reliable, powerful and portable cab. These are laughably light, and sound great. Go for it!!
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    Willing to sell? If so, what price and would you ship to N.Ireland?
  4. Gareth Hughes
    Have a bump on me. I got one of Dave's VH1 Std preamps a few weeks ago and love it. I'd be buying the EQ Drive if I didn't have the Std.
  5. Gareth Hughes
    What are the smaller pedals underneath the EHX Memory Man?
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    Here's my solution -use a tuner to pinpoint the note, then a small artists paintbrush to apply two small dots at that position. (two dots so as to show the rough ballpark you're in, as finger width, exact point of finger hitting string, etc varies) and then some clear nail varnish to keep them in place. All reversible if need-be. I've been playing upright professionally for ten years and I'm still happy to use them, no matter what stigma arises. Here's why - (and I'm paraphrasing an old quote from a Bass Player mag interview) - "I get paid to play the right notes, the artist doesn't care how I get them." Of course you're gonna need to practice to learn where each finger needs to go etc, and learn the minute differences between slightly flat and in tune BUT all that can go out the window the moment you're onstage and guitars, cymbals, vocals, etc start eating up the sonic space that defines your note pitch. Some gigs are great for hearing yourself, others are not. On those gigs the dots help get you through. No amount of dots can tell you the right thing to play tho, or can develop the stamina you need for your hands to last a two hour gig on the upright. I play fretted electric bass too, but somehow no one seems to mind the dots there. [quote name='kembo_dee' post='328723' date='Nov 13 2008, 11:35 PM']Hi sorry to be a nuisance, has anyone got the time to upload a picture of their fingerboard with pencil markings on? Thanks Kema Off topic: Bassday: Richard Bona, TM Stevens, Hadrien Feraud amazing !![/quote]
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    Can't help you with Southern Ireland shipping quotes as I live in Northern Ireland, but I can tell you why you're getting hit hard on costs - the UK mail sees Southern Ireland as 'Europe' - ie: France, Spain, etc and charges accordingly. So, because I'm in N.Ireland (technically in the UK) it's cheaper for me to ship something across the water to England, Scotland or Wales than it is to ship it 20 miles down the road. What some of my Southern colleagues do in this situation is have it shipped to a Northern Irish based relative/friend. It might work out cheaper for your buyer to have the item shipped to a depot in Belfast and then drive up to get it. PM sent about this also.
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    I've done a lot of theatre work in the past ten years (RENT, 42nd St, West Side Story, Copacobana, Hair, etc) and the only sonic requirement that was specified was a fretless for two or three tunes in RENT. Point being that, IME at least, there is one tone to rule them all. Get a good sound with whatever and it'll work for pretty much anything. If you like the bass you have and want more versatile sounds I'd invest in a multi-effects unit. Most of the variations you'll need in theatre work would be covered by different EQ settings rather different basses. (As for actual effects, I've only ever been asked for an Octave and Chorus for RENT). 4 string vs 5 string? Again, I'd say I've come across about 5% of sub-4 range notes written in scores. I've yet to work with an MD that was a stickler for which range an Eb or D was in. I've done '42nd St' on electric bass and 'West Side Story' on upright. Again, neither MD was particular. Certainly in small pits I've used an electric on upright charts for convenience. My real upright and electric bass took up too much space on 'The Witches Of Eastwick' so I used my Eminence Portable Upright. All sounded good. The sad part to realize is that the audience rarely, if ever, will know the difference. Sometimes even the MD doesn't care to hear the difference. As long as they hear what they perceive as 'bass' they don't care what brand, shape, size, etc it is. Conversely, sometimes an MD will balk at your high-end custom bass simply because it isn't a Fender P-Bass. So i bought a Fender P a few months back, and it's laughable how many people now comment on my sound. (No jokes about how crap my sound probably was before;)
  9. Gareth Hughes
    Sounds to me like your new pickups might have stronger magnets in them and they're pulling on the string, causing it to warble out of tune with the note you're playing. I had similar problems with a set of Kent Armstrong pickups. They were so powerful, I just couldn't get them far enough away from the string. Dose it happen on all the notes, or mainly on the higher notes (ie - so when the string is pressed down at the 19th fret then it's close to the the pickup then when you play a low note). Might be worth keeping everything else the same and re-install your old pickups, try to isolate the problem.
  10. Gareth Hughes
    Have a bump. I have two Epifani UL112's and they cover pretty much every gig I come across as a full time player. The PS112's have pretty much the same spec's in terms of volume, spl's etc. At that price they're an absolute bargain.
  11. Gareth Hughes
    Have a bump These are great cabs, very versatile and worth every penny IMHO. I have the UL-310 and 2 UL-112's. I use either the 310 or the 2- 112's for pretty much everything, including some loud wedding bands with a drummer who just CANNOT play quietly. Either rig keeps up. The point being that a UL 212 will do all that you ask, and then some more.
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    In which case I cut out the piece of material between the neoprene and the plastic and had my darling mother stitch it back together. Works a treat and gets the neoprene where you want it. [quote name='TheRinser' post='252794' date='Aug 1 2008, 02:39 PM']They're good, I've got one too, but depending on the angle you have your bass at you can end up with the plastic bit right on your shoulder, which makes the nice big comfy neoprene bit kind of redundant... ah well, they're fine apart from that.[/quote]
  13. Gareth Hughes
    I only take a spare bass anytime I've been tinkering with the wiring/tweaked the preamp,etc. That's more about MY unreliability than the bass's tho. But you all could be tempting fate here - I had an unnecessary amount of gear so decided to scale down from 3 heads, 4 1x12's and a 4x10 to 2 heads and 2 1x12's. The thinking being that I'd really just convinced myself that I needed all these spares when I really didn't. Two weeks after reducing the gear - one of my 1x12's stopped working. I've never blown a speaker or had one die in 10 years. Soon as I don't have a backup......
  14. Gareth Hughes
    Having owned two GS112's I can say that these cabs are amazing in what they can do, how they sound, and how they'll be perfect for just about everything you'll ever need. I sold mine only because I have two Epifani UL112's. If I could have justified it I would have kept them both. For anyone weighing up a 2x12 vs a 4x10 - just think of it as the 2x12 feels like it's giving you more love, in all the ways you like.
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    Amen to the above. Just go for it. The main reason for me is that no matter how well rehearsed you are the gig is always different. Variables enter teh equation and it's how you deal with them that makes you a better band. In the prac pad everything is the way you know it - the volume, the physical position, the tone, the ambience, etc. You get used to that. You also have time to fix that annoying thing that keeps happening with X bit of gear. On the stage everything changes - the volume, the physical position, the tone, the ambience, and now you have to fix X bit of gear whilst your band is losing monentum with the audinence. The ONLY way to deal with these things is to do it on the gig. And it doesn't matter how long you've been playing together. I've been involved in shows that have decades of combined experience at all levels of playing and it still takes a few shows to iron out the kinks. Be evil. Book the shows, tell them later. If they refuse, get another band.
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    I think it's fine. Most of the time I gloss over it anyway, but then it's good when it's there because if someone is talking about something specific then it's helpful to see what their points of reference are. Good to see another Nordie here. Up Down!! Cheers, Gareth.
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    Are they regular scale length? I have a 36" 5 that would like these a lot. Cheers, Gareth [quote name='P-T-P' post='218377' date='Jun 13 2008, 03:10 PM']bump[/quote]
  18. Gareth Hughes
    Hey Ian, Sorry bout that man, only just figured on selling it yesterday. Am considering selling that 5-String you were playing tho Hope the SWR is working out. Cheers, G [quote name='Bigwan' post='220354' date='Jun 17 2008, 08:29 AM']I'd have given you cash in hand for this on Sunday morning if I knew you had it! Oh well...[/quote]
  19. Gareth Hughes
    Somebody get this -it's a real bargain at that price. I have a Focus 2 or else I'd buy this in a heartbeat. And don't let the name fool you, it works for everything. Think of it as a lightweight poweramp with an excellent front end.
  20. Gareth Hughes
    Hey Ho Folks - I'm selling my Barge Concepts VFB-2 pedal. (these next two images are from the Barge Concepts website) Here's what it does: "The VFB-2 is a fully buffered (In, Out, Send, and Receive) looper with a clean blend control and a foot-switchable variable feedback control. The VFB-2 uses audio grade Burr Brown op-amps to buffer the Send and Receive signals to improve signal strength over long pedal chains and minimize “tone sucking” on vintage effects. The "Clean Blend" pot lets you mix your clean signal with the output of the effects loop, and then sends that signal to the buffered Output jack. The feedback control circuit has a potentiometer for controlling the amount of Receive signal that is fed back to the Send jack. Sound complicated? Not really... It's a True Bypass loop. Use it to turn on/off multiple pedals at once, keep noisy or tone-sucking pedals out of your signal path, add true bypass to any or all of your pedals without complicated or overpriced modifications. It's a Blend control. Mix your clean tone with that oscillating delay or your heavy fuzz and distortion sounds. Run a chorus or flanger in the loop of the VFB-2 to add some swirl to your dirt sounds and modulate your delays. It’s perfect for Bass and Baritone players that want to use conventional guitar effects, but need to dial in some of their clean instrument signal for improved low end response. It's a Feedback loop. The feedback circuit takes the signal at the Receive jack and sends some or all of it back to the Send jack, creating sometimes unpredictable, but always interesting new sounds. The blend knob on the feedback loop allows you to determine the amount of signal that is fed back into the loop for more accurate control. Fuzz and dirt boxes will feed back, delays will repeat and oscillate into gigantic walls of sound. Set up the feedback controls to create the sound you want, then use the Clean Blend control to mix as much of it as you want with your original input signal and send it to the Output jack. " So if you're having problems with Distortion/Overdrive robbing too much low end, or just want to blend in more clean signal than your effect allows, this will fix it. I bought mine to use with an Electro Harmonix Mini Q-Tron. Because the Q-Tron effect was louder than the bypassed signal I had Barge Concepts mod the VFB-2 to include a 'Receive Volume' for the effects loop. (that's why mine has 3 knobs in place of the standard two). Here's the manual: [url="http://www.bargeconcepts.com/manuals/BargeConceptsVFB2manualBETA.pdf"]http://www.bargeconcepts.com/manuals/Barge...2manualBETA.pdf[/url] This pedal is barely a year old and in mint nick. The mod cost extra, as did darn ParcelForce. I'm looking £50 plus postage (£6 insured). Thanks, Gareth
  21. Gareth Hughes
    I do, and they do. Took my 310 out for the first time last night. Big smiles. Will be using my UL112 in Dublin next week actually, at the NCH. Should sound lovely. [quote name='curt72' post='218038' date='Jun 13 2008, 12:13 AM']thanks, Gareth! i am sure you love your ul310, epifani rules![/quote]
  22. Gareth Hughes
    Doh!!!! I just bought a UL310, or else I'd be down in a shot. Great gear - and laugh out loud light. This is a great price for a great piece of gear. [quote name='curt72' post='217380' date='Jun 12 2008, 09:09 AM']hi, i want to sell my fantastic ul210 4 ohm cab, this is a series 1 cab with the b&c neo drivers. i bought this new from woodandtronics in march 2007. it is in mint condition, and was only used on 3 or 4 gigs. i have not used it at all since i got my ul310 and for small jazz gigs i still have my schroeder 12mini, so this has to go. it is an incredibly light (38lbs) and great sounding cab with massive low end for a 210. it also takes eq'ing very well, i really love the tone with my eden wt550. in its 4 ohm configuration a perfect cab for small-medium sized gigs drawing full power out of 4ohm heads. epifani info: Speaker: 2 x 250w RMS Cast Aluminum Frame 100w RMS Tweeter Freq Response: 40hz - 16khz Power Rating: 500w RMS (1200w Peak) 8 or 4 Ohms Suggested Wattage: 200w - 1000w Sensitivity: 102db SPL @ 1w 1m Dimensions: 18 1/2" H x 23 " W x 17 3/4" D 38 lbs. looking for 600 euros, based in dublin. cheers[/quote]
  23. Gareth Hughes
    Tim's a good guy, and very patient to boot!! Bought a bass from me and was very cool from start to finish with any queries. Buy/sell with confidence. Cheers, Gareth
  24. Gareth Hughes
    Have a bump - Acoustic Image make great products. Don't be fooled by the size, or the name. I've used my Focus 2 head (which has the same power amp as this) to run an Ashdown BP1510 (1x15,2x10 and horn) 650watt cab for a full on rock band and it did the job with perfection.
  25. Gareth Hughes
    In Co.Down, N.Ireland. Shipping over to you would be about £35 tops I think. [quote name='steve_fletch78' post='194899' date='May 8 2008, 06:41 PM']Coventry Midlands CV5 on google. Where are you?[/quote]
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