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    new here, help needed

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    Welcome BenLockin.

    I use an Ashdown Superfly 500 watt head and Ashdown Superfly 2x8 and 1x15 cabs.

    About as light as you are likely to find and, IMHO, a great sound. Also, due to the completely undeserved (IME) bad reputation, if you can find the range used, it does tend to be VERY reasonably priced. ;)

    Good luck!!

    A penny for your thoughts about difficult decisions...

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I had pretty much the same dilemma a a few years back now when I was toying with the idea of parting company with my trusty old Gibson 1972 SB450L which had been with me since 1974.

    I'm pleased to say that the esteemed BassChatters here gathered talked a lot of sense to me which resulted in me keeping it and, I have to say, I have never regretted the decision.

    And, as somebody has already said, if you have to "think about" whether to move it on, it is NOT the right decision/

    All merely IMHO, naturally! ;)

    Nearly Dan In Birmingham

    in Gigs

    Posted

    Pleased to hear the gig went well Pete.

    It's a venue I used to do in the DSO days and my biggest memory of it is that the management always kept us waiting for about an hour to load-in and then expected us to be loaded out and gone within 10 minutes of the last chord being struck.

    Happy days!! :gas:

    I trust that it's improved and/or is under new management now?

    I seem to recall that it is where Frank Skinner learned his trade in the early days? I think Snarky Puppy did it earlier this year too.

    VERY pleased to hear that it is still trading. anyway. ;)

    Where to get 9v li-ion Rechargeable Batteries?

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    Putting the title of this thread into Google produced this in a very short time:

    [url="http://www.google.co.uk/#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=eb1551c29386c3f7&q=where+to+get+9v+li+ion+rechargeable+batteries"]http://www.google.co.uk/#bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&fp=eb1551c29386c3f7&q=where+to+get+9v+li+ion+rechargeable+batteries[/url]

    Lots of suppliers there I think. ;)

    Google really IS your friend sometimes, isn't it?

    Do I want an octave pedal?

    in Effects

    Posted

    [quote name='TG Flatline' timestamp='1372004031' post='2120536']
    Drop-C
    Save yourself the cash. Octave pedals are great, but from what you've said I don't think it would be the answer to your particular issue. Hope that helps!
    [/quote]

    +1. For sure.

    The 'brightest' Flatwounds?

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    [quote name='simon1964' timestamp='1371677753' post='2116978']
    I love Chromes. Bright for flats, but still with a bit more warmth and depth than rounds. They do have a bit more tension than a lot of stings (noticeably more than the Ernie Ball Slinkys I use for rounds). But they're excellent strings IMO.
    [/quote]

    +1.

    The 'secret' of a great bass sound?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1371157905' post='2110761']
    We are getting away from the issue here, obviously some people can get great sounds by the way they play, but I am saying you ain't gonna change your own sound by playing different, maybe a couple of passages, but not your overall sound. Your fingers, or pick, make a sound and that's it. You need to change strings, guitar, amp, speakers, whatever but you ain't gonna change your own sound unless you attack harder. What's that about the length of time you leave your finger on the string? Last time I tried, that was a mute, c'mon guys, it's down to gear. Each guy has his own style but its near impossible to change your style once you have developed it
    [/quote]

    I'm speechless - literally!!

    With all due respect, I could [b]not[/b] disagree more. I'd suggest that you'd have no problem identifying, say, Pino, whatever bass he was playing and through whatever rig.

    IMHO it[b] IS [/b]"all in the fingers (or pick etc etc)".

    Mind you, I have only been electric playing bass for 45+ years, so what do I know?!?! :D

    Put some flatwounds on my Epi Allen Woody

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    [quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1370980713' post='2108321']
    It's not at all uncommon with flats for the strings to start to sound (even) better after a few weeks on the bass. So persevere with them.
    [/quote]

    +1.

    In all honesty, I can't really see me ever going back to rounds. I know it's very much "horses for courses" and all that, but I really [b]DO [/b]wish I'd at least given flats a go 2 or 3 decades earlier than I did.

    Still, better (very) late than never I guess. ;)

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