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before going away at the weekend i picked up a bartolini jazz pickup for my fortress to match the bart precision one i've already installed and a glockenklang 2-band active circuit to replace the stock mec one that came with the bass. just spent a very careful hour or so intalling the pickup and wiring up the preamp. and...whoooo ! what a difference !! the preamp is amazing...doesn't seem to colour the bass as much as the mec one, and the added touch of having a passive tone control when the active is bypassed is such a boon ! the glockenklang is a bit of a fiddly wiring job, but fairly straightforward if you take your time and are careful. so, thanks to thomann for the pre and allparts uk for the bartolini.

[quote name='Machines' post='1148161' date='Mar 3 2011, 11:03 AM']When I got my Stingray delivered to work a few years ago I was having a noodle in the office.[/quote] send you blind, that will.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1147510' date='Mar 2 2011, 07:01 PM']I guess you mean this lot? [attachment=73704:Warm_up_Act.jpg][/quote] my eyes just vomited.

[quote name='dan2112' post='1146788' date='Mar 2 2011, 09:41 AM']...I'm playing with the same drummer and he's always bang on so I'm confident there [/quote] half your battles won ! just try to relax and have a good time. do let us know how it went.

[quote name='0175westwood29' post='1146720' date='Mar 2 2011, 08:21 AM']Thats the exact reason ive not put a compressor at front as it kills the aw-3! Maybe the rather than a compressor i should throw a eq pedal at the end to build my signal back up? Or the mxr/dunlop m80 di? Andy[/quote] how about the mxr micro amp ?

well, it certain we'll never be short on an "X is better than Y" thread segueing into a 6 page pissing contest.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1133080' date='Feb 19 2011, 09:26 AM']I have to say, I always thought that there was no cure for a broken Hartke ...[/quote] damn you ! in was going to come with with 'what becomes of the broken hartke'

[quote name='purpleblob' post='1146915' date='Mar 2 2011, 11:24 AM']It's the natural balance trying to restore itself [/quote] i'll let you know when i feel the attraction of gloved playing

[quote name='wotnwhy' post='1145900' date='Mar 1 2011, 03:29 PM']Thankfully i've been lucky enough to only be in bands who's soundcheck consists of blasting through a song (maby 2), some quick mumbles of 'yup, yup', then asking the soundman if s/he was happy before getting off the stage. Never on stage for more than 10 minutes.[/quote] plus the one. and i always let the sound engineer do their job...if you hack them off they can make you sound awful. let them get on with it.

UKmail ? the two strikes and you're out merchants ? i hate getting stuff delivered by them - if you aren't in (or don't arrange a neighbour) twice, it sits in some warehouse in west ham for you to collect. luckily my parcel from them was delivered to my neighbour's, as arranged last night. btw - yesterday was a NBD for me, but i picked it up myself

[quote name='JimBobTTD' post='1139649' date='Feb 24 2011, 09:55 AM']There is no China / South Korean border...[/quote] give it time

something weird is happening... i'm drifting from fenders to warwicks, and nige is doing the opposite. schpooky

sounds like a lot of fun girlfren and i have started jamming recently (she's started on violin lessons after a ~30 year hiatus, and me on guitar or bass), and it's a blast. if we ever get round to recording anything i'll let you folks hear it.

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1146413' date='Mar 1 2011, 08:59 PM']The Steel Leather is alright for clean tones but you can forget about using other effects (unless you like the sounds it gets with other pedals!) As it boosts certain top end frequenices is messed up my disortions as it was acting against them as it were still a good pedal if you play mostly clean![/quote] plus the one - i had a steel leather just after they came out and found exactly this problem...fine for clean, but a bit problematic with other effects.

that's amazing. beautiful work.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='1146597' date='Mar 1 2011, 11:47 PM']Nice one. I've found a couple of email addresses for them. Can you remember where you emailed to?[/quote] sorry, no

mu old mxr blowtorch had a missing cover - i emailed them and they sent me a replacement for nowt

[quote name='Johnston' post='1145459' date='Mar 1 2011, 10:09 AM']Maybe the tension on the thin neck not so much a problem as the rest of the build.[/quote] apart from the fact the rest of the build is fugly as hell !

[quote name='0175westwood29' post='1145143' date='Feb 28 2011, 10:19 PM']no probs man ill have a look and check the funds etc andy[/quote] why did i type 'bass chorus'... i meant ce-5 chorus ensemble, like this sorry !

[quote name='0175westwood29' post='1111604' date='Feb 1 2011, 08:50 PM']not a bad shout! put a link man ill have a look. andy[/quote] soz - only just seen this. it's a boss CE-5 [s]bass[/s] chorus ensemble , very good nick - £35 delivered

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1143825' date='Feb 27 2011, 08:53 PM']Damn! If that wasn't pickup only I'd have bought it already.[/quote] plus the one

brian eno's 'prophesy theme' from 'dune'