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The Bass Show UK - Cranmore Park, Birmingham - March 1st and 2nd
Kev replied to Goliath_FX's topic in Events
i'm gigging in Bracknell on the Sat so i'm not really going to be able to make it on the Sat as planned, but i'm not ruling out sunday yet! Perhaps i'll wait until I see Sat feedback first! 😅 -
Yeah that wasn't clear - its a different one of Nathan's preamps I've received (Neptunium), 12AU7 in mine, haven't check if they're JJs or not but imagine they will be given its Noble's valve of choice too.
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Different tubes so hopefully all good, i'll find out later!
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Interestingly, the same thing happened with me this morning. Paid customs fee and an hour later, it said it was held again. Fortunately the DO is close enough for me to drop in before work! The guy said it is because the sorting office that set the fee and when it is scanned again at the DO, it doesn't update without manual intervention, the DO needs to scan it again after verifying payment.
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Looks and sounds fantastic, a truly modern bass synth in a really useable floor unit.
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It's just how close the times are, what time did you pay it, at the time it says? Check it tomorrow morning, you'll probably find it has updated.
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i wouldn't worry about that until at least tomorrow evening, you get odd duplicate stuff on tracking all the time.
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Nor I.
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Judging by the power draw, I'd assume all digital. Kinda the direction Darkglass has gone on these days, not a bad thing necessarily but when you consider the price of these preamp, buy a couple of them and you may as well get a full digital processor and get a hell of a lot more.
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And the worst possible place for a footswitch to go award goes to...
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That would be the ongoing debate part At the moment, the guidelines are as you've quoted. Given almost any topic can be made political, hardline banning "politics" is practically impossible. Until we come up with something better, please use these guides and report things you think clearly breach them.
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That'll do, ta.
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We ask that members avoid political discussions. Unfortunately, many members choose to ignore that rule. Its on ongoing debate with the mod/admin team if I'm honest. We tend to respond to reports at the moment, some are in favour of a hardline ban, others designated threads. We'll ty and be as transparent as possible.
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Cioks user here too, although not forked out for a Crux yet, still using the old doubler cable method.
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I think this is one of those things that bassists with valve heads and 8x10 rigs like to talk about, but I've never experienced the "feel" of a cab behind me. Perhaps if I stood still at the back of the stage in front of the speaker, but I'm all over the place. I've gigged without any backline since 2019 and I don't miss it at all.
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Oh in that case yes I go straight to FoH/IEMs, i've never used a power amp with it. I think perhaps once or twice i've plugged in to the effects loop return of a practice room amp, but no i'm strictly one of those modern w*nkers
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I think it's just the common sense advice really. If you can try first, absolutely do. If it's not practical, take each bass as it comes, some are bigger risks than others. When buying an off the shelf new bass though, I HAVE to try first, as they can vary so much, i'd want to know that I had the best one the shop had that day.
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When you say power, do you mean how do I power the unit, or what power amp do I connect it to?
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That's my pick, as the bridge actually fits on the bloody bass...
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1982 Boss OC-2 Octaver (light brown, very early example) - *SOLD*
Kev replied to Kev's topic in Effects For Sale
Nope, wouldn't be much point. It could only capture the "tone" of the Oc-2 and not the effect, so you'd have to combine it with their pitch shift block, which would produce an altogether much less accurate version of an OC-2 than their full model does. -
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Plastic?! Wow, talking about taking advantage of this odd obsession people have with saving a few grams on an instrument weighing thousands. Mad.
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I've changed my mind on this a dozen times over the last few weeks. I'm a digital Quad Cortex fella and I think the new OC-2 model on there, whilst definitely not having the magic of this (see my comments in the Quad Cortex thread), is good enough for me and my (very sporadic) needs to struggle to justify keeping this. The serial number dates this one back to June 1982, so in the first few months of production. I bought 5 different OC-2s last year in search of one that tracked and sounded the best to pair with my Chunk synth, and this won out over other Japanese and Taiwanese models, its everything you want an OC-2 to sounds like. Rubbery, glitchy, deep and wonderful. Condition as photographed, in great condition, grommet intact, label intact, just some scratches but otherwise great and works perfectly. Remember this is an ACA pedal so it wants 12v from a psu, but it still takes a 9v battery. It doesn't come in a box, but will be well packed for shipping. Price includes next day courier. Will sell abroad for additional actual postage costs, and would suggest insurance too. In no huge rush to sell. Trade wise i'm only really looking at a Sushi Box valve DI at the moment, otherwise cash is king. Cheers
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Oh I have another one. A multiscale 5 string built by Blasius. Really cool looking bass, bought blind for a really good price for a luthier built bass with a huge spec. Took delivery, definitely the closest to hate I've been. I just didn't like the thing at all, yet objectively there was nothing wrong with it. Balanced well, good weight, very good playability, disliked the tone but I struggle with most EMG sets. But I just didn't gel with it whatsoever. It was sold back to a previous owner the next day. Probably the last time I'll ever buy something completely blind I.e. not having at least played the same model before.
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I guess expense can depend mostly on the starting point. The starting point for me was a pedalboard with Darkglass preamps and range of different effects pedals and switchers. For me, after selling all of the stuff from the board I had more money raised than the QC cost and, considering what extra I get from the QC, the QC was a bargain and a far better use of money. But If you're starting from scratch, the perspective will be totally different. What I would say is that whilst I too thought the QC was far too much for what I needed, now I have it and rely on things I didn't know I would, I don't know how i'd go back now. Which I guess is a good and bad thing!
