Matt P

which valves are the TAD ones? as far as i'm aware, the laney nexus has 3x 12ax7, 1x 12BH7 and 8x KT88's, the KT88's are in quad's i think so should be replaced as quads, personally i would phone Watford valves and ask them what they suggest, they seem to have 2 options available on their website, tesla at 100 for a matched quad or svetlana at 160 for a matched quad. Matt

I bought one of these,https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/csta100-fully-folding-sack-truck It's doing sterling service for my kit, 90kg capacity is pretty good too. Matt

are you wanting to run both basses at the same time or are you going to be swapping from one bass to the other? if the amp has seperate level controls for each input then running 2 basses at once should be fine, if there is just a single input level then you are likely to hit problems. if you want to switch between 2 basses then get an A/B switching pedal, they're fairly cheap and some of them have seperate volume contols for each instrument so that you don't get huge differences in the volumes when you switch. Matt

I tried a th500 through a pair of second generation midgets at the north east bass bash on Sunday and it sounded fantastic, as soon as I've got the cash I'll be buying the tonehammer. Matt

if he's using a rack effects setup then i'd suggest a rack pre/power to go with it, i'm not really up with what preamps would suit but marshall used to make an el84 2x20W power amp that might suit? they did some el34 powered 50/50 and 100/100 amps as well if he wants to go into the building demolition business! Matt

thanks for that Roland, that tallies with what i thought. Thanks again Matt

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1414865858' post='2594173'] Have you seen this update? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/243278-bass-doc-announcement/page__pid__2528320#entry2528320"]http://basschat.co.u...20#entry2528320[/url] [/quote] that link doesn't work for me, has the thread been deleted? Matt

I never really thought about getting a p-bass and then i was offered a go on a 77 that a friend of a friend had just bought, i was hooked. i spent a while shopping around and eventually pursuaded the owner (now a friend and my bass tutor and a member here) to sell me the 77. can you get yourself to the north east bass bash this sunday? there should be a fair few excellent p-basses there and if dodge_bass (the aforementioned gentleman) makes an appearance there is a good chance that there will be a 5 string p-bass or 2 there as well. my 77 will make an appearance if i can get it back from dodge_bass who has it on loan at the moment. the analogy of a p-bass being like a child is spot on! Matt

i'm afraid that i'm not going to be able to meet up on the saturday evening, i've been reminded that it's a friends birthday and we're going out for a curry with him. If people are meeting up then the Cumberland Arms in Byker/Ouseburn Valley would be a good idea as they are having a beer festival! Matt

i was friends with my band mates before we were a band, i met the drummer at uni and he was best man at my wedding, the guitarist/singer is a guy i met while doing PA for a band that a bassist friend was playing in, he was playing drums in that band and we hit it off very quickly, we have very similar hobbies and interests. our band only really happened because after years of saying that we should really have a go at being a band another friend asked us to play at their wedding, we had 6 months to become a competent covers band. we're in it for the sheer fun of it all, if it stopped being fun then i think we'd find something else to do. Matt

i just hand it to the Bass Doc and ask him to set it as low as he feels sensible, they always come back perfect.

[indent=1]whoa! that's a beast, not sure about some of the features though, eye bolts as strap buttons? and the tuners look like guitar ones to me. and don't get me started on the bridge (no intonation adjustment and 15 strings anchored into 9 single string anchors?)[/indent] [indent=1]Matt[/indent]

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1413215435' post='2575931'] Should be able to make this now. If there is anything in the sale section on my website that anyone particularly wants to try please let me know since I will not be bringing every thing I have avilable. [/quote] The Graft basses look very tempting, G013, G036 and [size=4]G033Ü not that i'm in a position to buy at the moment, but it might prompt me to save up for one (although i think a 5 string standard recurve SC with a single humbucker would be more likely)[/size] [size=4]Matt[/size]

I should be up for a beer/curry the night before. there are plenty of great places for both. i'd also be up for seeing a band as well! (i'm not playing that evevning but someone must be!) Matt

i generally carry a spare bass so would probaly lend them that, i usually gig the letts 5 string which i am not that protective of, it would all depend on who was asking, if i know them then i'll lend my gear, if not then it would be a gut feeling that would decide it. i actually have my 77 p-bass out on loan to a friend at the moment, he asked very politely and i'm 100% confident that he will treat it as if it were his own (it actually was his until he gave into my constant pestering to sell it to me!) Matt

ive got a set of the er20's and some of the alpine pro (with the 3 interchangable filters) i've been looking at the cheap mould your own ones and was thinking that they would cut out too much sound, what about drilling them and fitting the filters from my Alpines? would that work? Matt

how about a Hohner b2? or a steinberger, they should have a far more authentic sound and the pickups are a standard size so you can modify it to fine tune the sound to your liking (although from what i've read of the Hohner they actually sound very nice as standard). Matt

They all sounded great to me, unmistakably precision basses, the 77 edged out in front for me too, and with that I'm off to take my 77 p-bass out of its case! Matt

I had one of the non-neo 4x8 cabs that had been retrofitted with the neo speakers, it was a great sounding cab and not too weighty at 20kg, but for the price of the new cabs you have a huge range of even lighter cabs,I went over to barefaced cabs, a pair of midgets that together weigh less than the one ashdown and one midget will easily out perform my old ashdown. For 700 quid there is a huge range of very light cabs available. Matt

that's a really nice tutorial there, i think i must be one of the few people who was taught this at school, more tutorials like this would be very welcome, maybe a little sub-forum for skills tutorials would be an idea? Matt

shouldn't the back be sunburst as well? looks solid black to me, and i'm fairly sure that the body wood isn't good enough that fender would stick a translucent finish over it, the grain is all obver the place. Matt