lonestar

12 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

I'm using a modular 4x10 arrangement made up of a STD102HF together with a Traveller 102P cab and my Little Mark head and I love it. 

Previous had a Barefaced 2x12 but the Markbass set up behaves much more like a bass rig for my needs, and still v light and portable.

 

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I have a combo version based of this CMD102p plus a 102TP traveller. Sounds great to me, light powefulr punchy tone , with plenty of low end, and very versatile. I did swap the horrible Leson tweeter in the combo for an HT30 one which was a big improvement for twenty quid. I may change the speaker one too

Lovely stuff

14 hours ago, bubinga5 said:

Ludicrously over priced paying for Fender CS name nonsense. Ive seen some custom shop jazzers selling for over 9 grand. Masterbuilt of course by Vincent Van Gogh or whatever his name is. Ive seen a Strat CS for sale on Thomann for 18 grand. The factory tour for the average worker stamping out metal parts all day long on 50 year old presses is not a pretty site. 

I visited the Fender factory 19 years ago and was very kindly given a tour during a factory shutdown by the head of QC. Purely on the basis that he picked up the phone when my wife called to arrange it from the UK as a surprise for my fortieth. Which was nice

The custom shop was in fact a kind of portacabin inside the main factory not what I expected at all and a bit underwhelming.

5 hours ago, ChrisDev said:

J.J. Cale - Call The Doctor

Bass: Carl Radle

 

 

 

Nice one

Love Carl Radle’s bass lines.

I recently recorded a few Derek & The Dominoes numbers, Keep on Growing, Anyday and I looked away for an album project.  

Price Reduced to £500

4 hours ago, Thunderpaws said:

Thanks. I’ve cleaned up with contact cleaner and a wee rub. Seems better now. I think this bass has been sitting gathering oxides and dust in someone’s lift for a few years as even the strings seem to be covered in a fine layer of yuck.  Have cleaned those up too until new strings arrive today. 
 

Out of interest, what does the kiogon wiring loom do?

He makes top quality replacement looms using the same type of components and wiring used on the high end US and custom shop models. Have a look at his feedback on Basschat.

I fitted one to my Mex FSR Precision last year. They’re easy to fit and made a big improvement in the sound and feel over the stock ones for not a lot of cash.

Lovely bass.

I'd be tempted to message @KiOgon about fitting one one of his excellent wiring looms if there are any issues with the electrics. In fact they're a great improvement even if there isn't.

Firing a band member?

I’m looking forward to using this line:

” Well the problem isn’t you it’s us; we don’t like you.”

On 12/05/2022 at 08:01, Bassfinger said:

Two of our band members have bought a posh pub cum restaurant that is oft used as a wedding venue and we're going to become the house band for bookings.  A future of fame, fortune, and choking on vomit awaits!

If you do, make sure that you choke on your own;not someone else’s.

On 09/03/2022 at 19:33, skankdelvar said:

If, like me, you get a bit spooked before gigs try to get there before everyone else and, if possible, while the room's still empty.

 

Just walk around the room for a while and quietly think to yourself 'This is my room. I own it.' Then get on the stage and look out at the room and repeat to yourself: 'This is my room'.

 

It might not work for everyone but it works for me.

 

 

 

 

And don’t forget that you’re the most qualified and best bass player in the room, playing onstage at that moment in time.

p.s Skank is absolutely bang on re. the hat thing.

On 09/03/2022 at 11:39, sprocketflup said:

Another tip, again age related, print/write your setlist in a typeface big enough to be read with out kneeling down and squinting between the songs

And in black ink as red or blue disappears under certain stage lighting 

How about Sadowsky ?

Sorry, he is a bit annoying 

23 minutes ago, ribbetingfrog said:

Daniel O’Donnell is the greatest example of the charisma free performer.

the old dears love him but I’ve never seen anyone else do soulless like he does.

A bit like this fella:

6 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

I can well imagine. Lots of bands play at a volume where you'd think that they were playing Wembley without any front of house support.

Keeping the onstage volume low cleans up the mix incredibly... and then you let the FoH do the heavy lifting.

 

... but for lots of people, that's not rock and roll. They will still want to use a Marshall stack when a little 15w combo and a mic, or a modelling processor would sound infinitely better.

My heart always sunk when turning up for a dep gig or rehearsal and there was a Marshall half stack in the corner.

That sounds totally unreasonable to me that they expect you to soundcheck before the date for the sake of the poxy db meter/venue without any crowd noise.

We played a wedding venue  a few years ago where we sound-checked and all was fine with the meter. First song, first dance, the meter tripped leaving the bride and groom very upset, with the venue not us, as there was nobody to be found to reset it. Fortunately our very clever sound-guy managed to reset it and fix it so it wouldn't go off again.

I've had lots of very crap experiences with stroppywedding venues, particularly the newer re-purposed barn type places that seem to be purely in business to extract as much money as possible, from their clients, while providing very little help.

I want ask them who is actual customer here in such circs.

22 hours ago, ziggydolphinboy said:

lovely bass where in essex are u fela/

Saffron Walden

I like where he mentions the Beach Boys. Back in my progtastic teens I recall Jon Anderson referencing them as an influence and thought “are you kidding?”  Over the years listening with the ears of a grown-up and becoming a huge Brian Wilson fan I completely get it. 

11 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Mine did well back in the day, I was in 2 reggae bands with it, I think I paid £30 at the time as it was all I could afford then, I played it through a HH ic 100s amp and 2x15 cabs , sounded good from what I can remember 

Small world: I hade one of these too. £100 from Macaris sold it back to them

in the ’80s for £100.

My first bass was a Jedson Tele like this:

https://www.camdenguitars.co.uk/shop/jedson-short-scale-bass/
 

It cost me £30 from Wing Music in Bromley, the bloke in the shop told me it was an Arbiter.

I can’t remember what happened to it, possibly traded when I upgraded to a natural finish maple necked Kay Precision, which weighed a ton but sounded alright.

I’ve used DR Fatbeams on my US standard for a while but recently tried DR nickel Lo-Riders. I really like them. Quite stiff but pretty versatile tone wise with a nice feel.

On 30/11/2021 at 18:18, fleabag said:

DR  Sunbeams , AKAIK, are Nickel  over round core.  Damn fine strings too

I have DR LoRider nickel plated on my Jazz. I really like them.

That is lovely 

5 minutes ago, Grimalkin said:

Try a Sire, I have a V7 I bought a while back to see what they were like. Mine's a little weighty, but as far as a Jazz on steroids, it does it.

That was another on my short-list. I haven’t heard a bad thing about them.

At the the risk of making it more confusing Bilbo If you want a 5 string Jazzer I quite like the look of these if you can find one . I know Dood rated them highly in his review. 

https://www.promenademusic.co.uk/Spector-Coda-5-Pro-Trans-Black

Sounds like you need a trip to the smoke mate to try some instrument comparisons. I’m in north Essex  if you wanted to come and try my Metro Express sometime you’d be welcome  

I have posted elsewhere on here how pleased with my Chinese Metro Express, echoing @Bass Agent’s great review. 

I had to file a couple of fret ends and give it a bit of a setup, but no more than I’d normally do on a new bass. It’s been gigged a few times, I’ve recorded 5 out of 6 tracks at a recent studio session and it is rapidly becoming my go to