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    [quote name='voxpop' post='527425' date='Jun 29 2009, 08:32 AM']Would you like to exchange basses...................I have a very taste Windmill 4 string Jazz. Marc[/quote] pm answered.
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    Manic monday.
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    Back on sale.
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    [quote name='steve-king' post='526557' date='Jun 28 2009, 10:36 AM']Hi, please excuse the ignorance from a novice, but when you say a SR5 profile neck, do you mean as you would find on an Ibanez? Thanks, Steve[/quote] SR5 is a common abbreviation for the "Musicman Stingray 5" or more correctly the "Ernie Ball Musicman Stingray 5", which is a bit of a mouthfull.
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    I bought this is a fit of madness thinking I needed a spare 5-string but in reality I don't and as my gigging is going to be curtailed shortly it's up for sale again. More picture [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=51796&hl="]at the original thread.[/url] Its history is well known to the Forum. It's a Musicman Sub 5 stripped of its tasteless black paint and electrically upgraded with a custom John East MM style 3-band pre-amp which has bass, treble and Swept Mid. With the latter in its centre detent position you get pretty much a 5-string with a classic 2-band MM sound. I'm pretty sure the neck is exactly the same dimensions and profile as a stock SR5. It comes complete with soft case, original pre-amp, clear scratch-plate. Last time it was up for sale silverfoxnik posted: [quote]This very nice vintage 'Ray look was created by the Beedster and the John East pre was built to his spec too, so it's quite a unique bass. My memory of it is that it had a lot of tonal variety thanks to the sweepable mid e.q. and it was light and comfortable to play.. One other good thing was that for a 34" scale bass, the B string is really excellent on this, as it is on a lot of Stingrays.. Oh, and I sold it on because I wanted a passive 5 string, otherwise I would have kept it. Gave me a bit of nostalgia seeing it just now I must admit and it has had a few BC owners who may well feel the same; Beedster, me, WalMan, JoJo Bass (I think) etc, etc.. So it's done the rounds, but don't let that put you off..It's a good bass! Gave me a bit of nostalgia seeing it just now I must admit and it has had a few BC owners who may well feel the same; Beedster, me, WalMan, JoJo Bass (I think) etc, etc.. So it's done the rounds, but don't let that put you off..It's a good bass! Good luck with the sale; certainly a lot of bass for the money![/quote] I agree it is an excellent bass. £400 plus postage if required or could be interested in trades, etc. Try me. PS. I hope nick80 won't mind me using his pictures. It's such a nice garden.
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    Funnily enough I have an almost identical pair like that. Well done. Good choice.
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    I went through something similar last year Al. Don't give up, just take a break, give it some time and it'll all work out OK. I must admit that Crete sounds and looks very attractive.
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    pm sent.
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    Basschatters playing with 4 of the 5 bands at Broadbridge Heath Beer Festival yesterday, near Horsham, Sussex. [i]Flying Visit[/i] with Craigonbass / Fender Jazz [i]Whatever[/i] with Sixshooter / recently rebuilt blue '55-alike Fender Precision [i]Six Miles Away[/i] with Maxcat / Bongo 4 / Stagg EUB [i]Amity[/i] with obbm / MM StRay 5 everybody played though sixshooters' vintage Trace rig. Fortunately the weather was kind and a good crowd turned up to help raise money for Shelley Primary School. There's a similar event next Saturday at the famous Loxwood Beer Festival with sixshooter and myself playing with our respective bands. We'll be joined by Stingrayfan and his band Wag The Dog. Starts around lunch time and goes on until 11.00pm. Please all pray for fine weather again.
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    [quote name='Happy Jack' post='512641' date='Jun 13 2009, 10:07 AM']Are you sure about that Dave? Mine weighs less than 4Kg - I usually say 8.5lbs - which is a manageable weight for my shoulders.[/quote] It was the bathroom scales with me as well, also the J-Retro and battery weight almost 0.35 Kg. Best measurement is to come and play it.
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    weekly bump
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    [quote name='Major-Minor' post='512005' date='Jun 12 2009, 12:01 PM']I'm not quite a pensioner yet - not far off tho'[/quote] Ooops! Sorry! Got a bit carried away. Played my first paid gig in about 1962 before The Beatles.
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    Welcome and try not to think about age. There are a few of us pensioners here who are still gigging regularly.
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    Is that the cover you from me Alan? If so it was made by [url="http://www.coverovercovers.co.uk"]Cover Over Covers[/url]
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    Welcome Greg.
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    [quote name='tonybassplayer' post='510721' date='Jun 10 2009, 10:43 PM']I have to admit that I was not really aware of this ( heard they were different but not THAT different ) Can someone please advise me as to how to tell one from the other ( i have two boxes of leads that I use at gigs, home etc and not entirely sure which are which ) On a similar note ( and this is good timing ) I want to give all my leads a good check over to see what is working and what may be faulty and wonder if a simple test by an avo meter would do ( I am assuming that some form of resistance/comtinuity test will determine possible internal problems ) Many thanks[/quote] Firstly the obvious in that many mass produced cables actually have printed on them what they are -Speaker Cable/Instrument Cable. Next, if you can unscrew the cover, have a look inside the jack and see what sort of cable is connected. If there are two identical sized conductor, individually insulated (red/black, brown/blue) then it is a speaker cable. If the cable is co-axial, the insulated centre conductor soldered to the jack tip while the multi-stranded screen conductors are bunched together and soldered to the jack sleeve then it is an instrument cable. Finally if you can't get into the jacks and there is no printing on the cable try measuring the resistance. If tip to tip and sleeve to sleeve measure the same then its probably a speaker cable, if the sleeve to sleeve is lower than the tip to tip then its probably an instrument cable as there are more conductors in the screen. Please note that this is only a rough guide and there is no substitute for seeing the actual cable.
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    I once put a Trace 4x10 on fixed castors and it sounded awful as it lost all coupling with the ground. Dolly is preferable. Finding a suitably attractive dolly could be difficult as I'm sure Mrs OBBM would have something to say on the matter.
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    Agree 100% with all that's been said. As an example a typical instrument lead has an central conductor of 7 strands of 0.2 sq.mm. cable. This equates to a total conductor diameter of 0.5mm. The maximum recommended current for this size cable is around 0.6 Amp. Many solid state amps have a voltage swing of around 100 volts. Power = volts x amps = 60 watts Simply put you shouldn't use an instrument cable with anything more than say a 50-watt amp. I think I got that right. Anyone care to comment?
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    [quote name='devinebass' post='507468' date='Jun 7 2009, 12:35 PM']Hi, whats the weight??[/quote] By using self and then self + bass technique on bathroom scales it appears to be about 4.7Kg.
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    Sunday bump
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    [quote name='ashevans09' post='507337' date='Jun 7 2009, 01:43 AM']I was just floating around the John Henry's website a little while ago and something struck me. Practically every used cab they were selling said "speaker missing". How the hell do you just lose a speaker? I know they rent stuff out but come on, what kind of strange, debauched antics must these cabs have witnessed in order to pull that off?[/quote] In a word. Canibalisation. Robbing one piece to mend another. Their prices are a bit steep too.
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    Excellent. Looks just like a Cutlass. A sort of Statlass.
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    [quote name='bassmeg' post='506904' date='Jun 6 2009, 12:14 PM']You have PM.[/quote] and replied.
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    Has anyone done this? Who is the best courrier? Any problems?
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    Just spent an interesting couple of hours with Nick. He brought over his UL212 for me to try with the Orange and his Shuttle to try with the NV610. Orange with UL212. Lovely. Shuttle with the NV610. Hmmm. Very nice but would be difficult to get NV610 up the stairs to his flat. Tried Epi UL902 with UL212. Very Nice. Tried Epi UL902 with UL212 and UL310. Also very nice. In fact very, very nice and fuller than 2 x UL310 Concluded I only really need 1 xUL310. Traded my second UL310 for Nick's UL212. Nick is now back with a UL310 from whence he came a few weeks ago. As always a pleasure to do business with him.
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