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    Bass hacks on a budget

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    13 minutes ago, FinnDave said:

     in case anyone thinks drinking meths is a good idea - it isn't!! Not at all.

    I've done this (back in my drinking days) and I can confirm it's not a great idea. Had to throw the wine glass away in the end. Could not get the taste out of it.*

     

    *Sadly this is actually a true story

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    Bass hacks on a budget

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    9 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

    Depends what value you put on your time really. Taking strings off a bass, going to the shops to buy meths, soaking strings overnight, drying them off, restringing, washing the meths off your pots and pans, being moaned at by your significant other for using the kitchen as your own personal bass laboratory, doing it all again when your strings sound dead after a couple of hours.............

     

    There's being on a tight budget and then there's just being tight! A pack of Warwick Red labels is £9.68...........

    Good point. If you're earning then your time does literally mean money. Otherwise the meths hack would only work if you didn't have to buy the meths I suppose.

    Bass hacks on a budget

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    2 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

    Instead of boiling your dead strings or soaking them in meths like some mad scientist simply stop being a tightwad and order some new ones from a guitar shop or online store, the end result will be the sound of a new set of strings which lasts longer than one gig and is much less time consuming than faffing about with metre long glass tubes or pans.

    I don't do any of the above boiling, or soaking as I am lazy. However buying something isn't really much of a hack for people on a tight budget so the meths guy wins that round 

    Bassless backing tracks

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    On 10/02/2019 at 21:30, mingsta said:

    Yup, midi files and a good android or ios midi player should do ya. Its my main tool for practicing our setlist at home. While it won't sound as good as a proper recording sans bass, there's a massive catalogue of midi files out there on the net, I've been able to get virtually all of our 50+ setlist on midi. 

    Which site do you recommend to download the midi files?

    The Police

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    6 hours ago, police squad said:

    He was once thrown out of his flat by his 'Landlord' and the 'Fall Out' from that is his girlfriend, 'Roxanne' left him which left his bed being to big without her, but undeterred and living on 'Peanuts' he told another girl, 'Sally' that he was 'Hungry for you'. Sally said he had a 'Deathwish' but she had him ;wrapped around her finger'. Sting said it would be ok 'on any other day' as he gazed into 'visions of the night'

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    Ampeg. Are they the Marmite of amps?

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    4 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

    First time I used an SVT stack I was very underwhelmed at the sound when trying to get a good sound from it. Then the whole band started playing and I realised what all the fuss was about, sat beautifully in the mix, no booming, no weediness, just solid bass presence. 

     

    7 minutes ago, danbowskill said:

    When I first got my CL head I had the eq all at 12 and was very underwhelmed, after playing with the eq and ( as mentioned above) playing in a band context I understood why it's the classic.

    Maybe a lot of negative comments ( only talking about the valve heads mind) are from people who have tried the head on their own and not with a band?

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    N.A.D. Bugera BV1001M.

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    1 hour ago, goingdownslow said:

    Looks like I'll still be lugging the heavy stuff for a while longer as the 'Fizzy' sound is back and is also linked with turning the master volume control.
    Although it sounds like a scratchy pot the note can also have a sizzle to it without even turning the volume control.

     

    Rotten luck. Mine has been very clean.

    The Police

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    4 hours ago, Maude said:

    Also, while we're talking about Sting and his lies about being in the police, I bet the fooker's never been to the moon either. 

    I do believe he has taken his tea in the Sahara though so we'll have to give him that one.

    Ampeg. Are they the Marmite of amps?

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    Posted · Edited by stewblack

    I'm new to the Ampeg camp and it's like I can stop searching now. Sit me down with a Precision through an SVT and it's like all that scrabbling around is over. Unlike Bono I found what I was looking for.

    I also believe Trace Elliot has a special tone and Eden amps have a character all their own. Behringer and Markbass, Orange and Carlsboro - all distinct, and I've gigged with them all and more - but you know what? I bet you any money I could not tell them apart in a blind test. At least I couldn't tell which was which.

    Even the valve Ampeg sounded OK but nothing special when I first plugged in, but once I played it with the band it just oozed class throughout the whole sound. It needed that context to make sense. As you say, tough to describe the sound, my singer said it was like melted chocolate poured over the mix, which I rather like. Of course the thing with bass is you and I and everyone else on Basschat will make precisely the same gear sound different by what we do with our hands.

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    The Police

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    I was so looking forward to seeing them at Reading festival, I think it was 1978, either way we got arrested and spent the evening enjoying the gentle hospitality of Thames Valley Police instead.

    Yes, we got arrested while Sting Stu and Andy got away with it. Go figure.

    The irony wasn't lost on one cheerful Bobby "don't worry son, you'll be seeing plenty of the Police tonight." He quipped as he gave my mate another friendly slap.

     

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