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The ten inch range of BF sound very different to the 12 inch. The 10s are voiced to be far more vintage / traditional in tone. I used to use a set of Mark Bass Club 1x12 and they were very good, but I prefer the clarity / flatness of the BF 12s these days. I think Mark Bass were the first major brand to move to genuinely lightweight cabs, but as with all things there were developments from competitors and BF then went lighter still. Now GR have some models that are lighter. Now Mark Bass have introduced their new line that are even lighter. Can't want to try them. I did notice that the photos of the new cabs suggest they are very deep. Hopefully not so large that they've got them lighter but they won't fit in my car!
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Definitely this. The comments on the vids are always from sad old blues gear snobs. "It's got no feel man" Not to you. But maybe to the person who's just spent months nailing a really complex part it is the most emotionally connecting music they have ever heard. They wouldn't have learned the part if it didn't call to them in some way. Doesn't matter in the slightest that a piece doesn't speak to me. Fair play to them - many are really young and are in the "play along to favourite records" stage of development. Some will stay in that groove and be in covers bands. Some will go on to write some banging original music. The only difference is that for my generation we didn't have a chance to share our play-alongs with the world. The amount of really capable young players on youtube makes me feel really hopeful for the future of music. There's some really dedicated youngsters out there with a work ethic that shames many of us.
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I like a little banter. 3 songs then say hello, thanks for coming, then another 3 or 4, maybe say something again - 2 sentences sort of thing. No speeches. Ask them to join for the last tune.
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For at least 20 years I was all about the Status Basses. Loved them. Then as I got injured I needed lighter weighs. So I bought a Streamline. Easily light enough but the neck shape was so different to my older ones. It felt almost square in comparison. I couldn't get on with it. So my long love affair with the brand came to a forced end. A real shame. Then I went through tons of instruments trying to find the right thing. I am a creature of habit and when I get a comfy instrument the rest tend to gather dust. But saying that my new love - Sandbergs - use the same neck shape for J and P and even the new 'Ray inspired model so I can get a lot of variety and stick with a neck shape I like - and they will build any of their models in Superlight specs. I've got a TT4 and a TT5, both Superlights at the moment and I've got a Lionel short scale in the build queue - also a Superlight. I believe it will be the first Lionel superlight they've done. Only 7 months to go until delivery!
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I owned a 2005 5 string - one of the limited Buttermilk ones and it was lovely, but ultimately too heavy as I got older. I'd love a 4 string special. Right at the beginning of the specials there were a few that actually got as light as 7lb. One day I'm hoping that me having enough money to buy one will line up with a 7lb one becoming available. Knowing my luck it will be a bright yellow one. Urgh. Natural with a rosewood board - like 'Nard's one - would be perfect. Classy, understated, fit in everywhere.
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Not a clue. Since the invention of downloads I haven't had any liner notes to read. So I haven't looked for at least a decade.
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In stock at Bass Direct at £549.00 Too rich for my blood, but I can see the use of it. It it had an octave in it as well then I'd be thinking a bit more.
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Long established well regarded shop.
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It's the best bit of any DG launch! That being said - I actually like the idea of this one. But as it's probably going to be about £550 I won't be having one. This is a digital product - so they could have stuck the Alpha / Omega stuff in it as well, but that might stop people buying the Photon.
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The official demo.
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"The Microtubes Infinity shares the footmark of our programmable line, packed with our three legendary Microtubes distortions: B3K, Vintage, and X. Moreover, it allows multiband compression on every mode, blending Impulse responses between distortions while adding extra controls via the Darkglass suite for an endless number of features: An infinity of possibilities." https://www.darkglass.com/creations/microtubes-infinity/ This seems to be a good concept for the digi line (at last).
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Hello! What is your favourite cheese?
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Very nice!
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Can the East J-Retro Deluxe be used with EMG pickups?
fretmeister replied to fretmeister's topic in Bass Guitars
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Not really. An IR doesn't really process a sound wave in the same way that an effect does. It's more of a complex multiband EQ. No control over any settings within an IR because it's just a wav file. If you wanted to move a octave control by 1% on the dial - you'd need a new IR file that captured it. So you'd need 0-100%. So that's 100 files for just moving that 1 control. Then if there's another control - 2 controls with 100 positions each = that turns into 10,000 different IRs to try out to find the one you like. 3 controls... 100x100x100 - that's a million IR files to audition to find the right settings. There are some IRs that simulate broken speakers and that sort of thing but that's as far as it goes.
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Can the East J-Retro Deluxe be used with EMG pickups?
fretmeister replied to fretmeister's topic in Bass Guitars
@gafbass02 You didn't change the pots or anything? Just as it comes? -
I recently bought a bass that already had the East J-Retro Deluxe installed and I love it. As it happens I love it much more than the EMG BQC I have in a different bass that also has EMG J pickups. Can I install an East preamp into that bass with the EMG J pickups? Or would the pot values need changing making the whole thing a massive faff? ta
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I haven't noticed this on bass but I do on guitar. In my youth I went through so many high output pickups looking for my sound and they often felt artificial / robotic. Then on a recommendation from old Chandlers shop I put a Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 Pro into an Ibanez RG and it was so much better. The guitar came alive. My favourite guitars are usually Les Paul shaped so when I had a Gibson LP Studio in about 1995 I investigated more and put a SD Pearly Gates pickup in it. That's kind of a PAF but with a bump in the mids. In the wrong guitar it can be a bit nasally, certainly when played alone. But in the right guitar and in the mix it has massive dynamics and seems to stay out of the way of the bass. At the time I was using a Mesa Dual Rec (Rev G) and they were always flubby in the low end despite their METAL \m/ reputation. Almost everyone using a Dual Rec sticks a Tubescreamer in front to solve the flub and hit the mids harder - but with the Pearly Gates I didn't feel the need to do that.
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Paul Simon's Graceland. I love it. The quality of the recording, the depth of the choir vocals. Amazing.
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I'd go with a Barefaced Super Twin. 2x12. No tweeter. Huge tone.
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Couriers that Insure musical instruments
fretmeister replied to TheGreek's topic in General Discussion
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Couriers that Insure musical instruments
fretmeister replied to TheGreek's topic in General Discussion
That was quick "Hello This article applies especially to eBay sales. You can insure guitars that were sold on a guitar forum. Should you need more information, please let me know. Kind regards, Marie Vastel | Account Manager "