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5 hours ago, stewblack said:

Ok @thisisswanbon you sold me on the JPTR FX Jive. 

Especially as it's very reasonably priced right now at £89.

I've been watching demos. The slightly gainy / drivey / farty sort of warmth is lovely.

Hopefully the price will stay low until after Xmas and then I shall treat myself.

28 minutes ago, stewblack said:

Ok @thisisswanbon you sold me on the JPTR FX Jive. 

Especially as it's very reasonably priced right now at £89.

Damn you....

Compressor: Boss BC-1X

Envelope Filter: Source Audio Spectrum

Octave: Boss OC-5

Overdrive: Catalinbread SFT

Distortion: EBS Billy Sheehan Ultimate

Preamp / DI Box: Tech21 Paradriver

Phaser: I'm still looking!

Chorus: Nope. It's not 1985 anymore.

For wired cans I have Beyerdynamic DT770 closed back and Senn HD599 SE open backs depending on what I need.

Both good, but I do have a large noggin and the Senns are more comfortable. I use them with my Helix when recording.

If I’m just noodling then I have the Boss Waza Air headphone amp thing. Amazing bit of kit. I’ve played far more since getting them. Expensive, and I was a bit nervous about buying them, but they’ve turned out to be a great buy. Boss needs to update the app though, it’s clunky. 

 As said, Nordy will make anything you like as a custom order.

I still want one. Might sell off a bass to get the funds.

18 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

Any country that considers advertising as part of culture is dead. 
 

Buble is a dead eyed, fat baby man who is destroying Christmas.

Nah. he’s ace.

yes!

Yeah - I get the feeling anyone turning up to that gig with a Kemper would be found at the bottom of a river weighed down by it!  

I did my last gig.

Funnily enough as I no longer gave a crap I think I played far better than I have for at least a year! It's not like Count Basie tunes are easy either, I usually have to concentrate quite a lot. Strange how the brain works sometimes.

Could be.

It sounds really stable for an analogue pedal though. I've had the MXR and I could never get it that stable, even with a compressor in front of it!

I've been watching the North Sea Jazz show:

He seems to be playing quite high on the bass but with very low notes.

I have found some old (like 5 years old) rig videos when he's using octave pedals etc, but this tone doesn't really sound like an octave pedal. So I'm wondering if he's using something else?

P basses are usually crap when tuned BEAD or even lower as the pickup placement is just not great for that purpose.

Any ideas?

Recently - yes. Just like everything else has.

On 16/11/2023 at 11:00, Rayman said:

I use a blunt round metal object like a screwdriver shaft, and very gently go over the edge of the fretboard, gently rolling it back and forth between each fret, pressing down with a little pressure , just enough to take the sharp edge away and give the wood a radius.

 

 I wouldn’t attempt this on a massively expensive bass though 

I just did this on my Sandberg.

It’s subtle, but it’s definitely a nice change.

On 08/12/2023 at 16:44, tazza1 said:

I've got a Jim Deacon shorty P in Olympic White, it's a nice looking bass with a vintage tinted neck, it plays & sounds really nice too.

 

There was a J&D Mini Jazz but they seem to be out of stock at the moment.

Do you have a link so I can keep an eye on stock?

11 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

 

Therapy? are a band who deserved to be far bigger than they ever were

Definitely.

They played 20 mins from my house last week and I couldn’t get a ticket. 😢

25 minutes ago, SteveXFR said:

Whats the one song would you really like to cover but just know it won't fit your band. 

My band has a no cover policy but I'd love to play this

 

 

 

I love that song 

Towards a Nordy Cat bass.

I wonder if Alex views it as an attenuator rather than a volume for the tweeter. 

Well. Tomorrow is my last gig with the band. It’s a multiple ensemble show and aside from the big band I’m playing in a couple of the others as well.

It’s definitely the right decision to leave as I don’t actually want to do the gig at all. But of course I’m not an @rse so I will give it my all. 
 

Hopefully find some greener pastures after a break.

I would never buy the Four10 because the shape of it is too annoying for me. And it doesn't have wheels, and Alex doesn't like to fit them as it means strengthening the bottom and making it heavier.

The Three10 is still a very light cab in the grand scheme of things, but more importantly, it's on wheels and it will fit through more doors and narrow corridors.

It might only be a couple of kilos lower than the Four10, but it will be much much easier to live with.

Even the height is better as it means less bending over to pull it on the wheels.

1 hour ago, asingardenof said:

£201m Euromillions rollover tonight...

I’ve just bought a ticket!

I’ve wasted money on worse! 😂

I want that so much.

Dear lottery gods...

Photos on IG.

5 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

 

I have tried out the Gretsch short scales and they are way heavier than they look. I had a Nordstrand Acinonyx and I was concerned about just how narrow the string spacing was but it played beautifully and was comfortable and stupidly light. I regret selling mine on and am seriously contemplating getting another.

I don't seem to be playing my long scales at all so I'm giving serious thought to selling my Sandberg TT4 to fund a Nordy. The 'Berg is a beautiful bass but if I'm not using it then it's not really suiting a purpose other than being a dust magnet!