tauzero

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1431618818' post='2773297'] Surely they have to calculate stuff like that against minimum wage? So if you don't make enough deliveries you will still get minimum wage? [/quote] No, most of the couriers won't be employees but sub-contractors which probably means they're not subject to minimum wage. When I worked as a motorcycle courier around the turn of a century, we got paid a rate per mile - the actual profit from that was 10p or less a mile, so unless I was going at 70mph I wasn't making minimum wage. Sitting in the office waiting for jobs to come in doesn't earn you anything (although if you get to the pickup and have to wait for them, you do get waiting time which is IIRC well below minimum wage).

From a thread in the "Amps and cabs" section I have learnt that my Berg AE112s are dreadfully inferior to the CN112, which apparently is also quite a rubbish sound. So I've decided that as I'm happy with the sound that they produce, and I have actually had complimentary remarks on the sound (not something I have had very often in the past) I have no cab (or amp, the Tecamp Puma does the job very well) GAS. My two main basses are now almost identical and very conservative, a Sei Original headless fretless and a Warwick Buzzard notlob. I also have another near-identical bass, a Hohner B2AV, as a backup. I would rather like a Sei Flamboyant but other than that, I have no current bass GAS.

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1431180385' post='2768543'] Not a bad idea. I could even make a small bit of wood to fit in the whole pedalboard area, attached by Velcro, raising it all by 1/4" or so. There would still be more than enough clearance for the pedals when the case is shut. You have to wonder then why they didn't do this in the first place. [/quote] I've got my Zoom B3 in a Stagg case and that's how I've done it - used [url="http://www.pedalstuff.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=158"]those chain link shaped brackets[/url] to mount the B3 and swell pedal to the ply and then velcroed the ply into the case.

Ashdown Superfly front end. The EQ is accessible via the editor to give you a parametric EQ with Q, frequency, and cut/boost level editable.

[quote name='zawinul' timestamp='1431631496' post='2773495'] Cheers . I still think I would rather have thin weedy c string than thick muffle b string!! Or just keep to 4 string and move up neck!! [/quote] How often would you use the C string? If you'd only use it very rarely, it just makes an obstacle to stretch over to get to the four strings that you normally use - which is why I stick to 5-strings (B-G) rather than go to 6.

I was right next to Norris's Rumble 500 for quite a bit of the Bash, and it sounded good and completely untroubled by the moderate volume it was producing - fortunately I already have the amplification that I need.

[quote name='GregBass' timestamp='1431689551' post='2773978'] "She now looks as though she has been gigged and played and loved for a good number of decades." She looks to me as if she's had the crap kicked out of her rather than being loved!!! [/quote] Yes, I was about to post the same quote. Anyone who thinks that looks like love should be kept well away from relationships.

You can get very affordable JAN 1-alikes from Thomann for not a lot of money - ABM adjustable bass nut is the thing to search for.

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1431681687' post='2773865'] @Leonardobass - I wouldn't say that the truss rod feels like there's no friction at all. But, it does feel very easy to turn. [/quote] Might it be a finer thread pitch than normal?

[quote name='Coldflows' timestamp='1431528122' post='2772267'] I have heated and froze and wd40d it, what would be the next move as I cannot find a matching saddle for love nor money? [/quote] How about [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Chrome-4-String-Saddle-Bridge-Silver-Fixed-Tail-For-Fender-Bass-Guitar-/281550096886"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Chrome-4-String-Saddle-Bridge-Silver-Fixed-Tail-For-Fender-Bass-Guitar-/281550096886[/url] which has the slot closer to the intonation screw than the one you got?

First, there was the Series 1. It all goes downhill from there.

Looks like centre negative for the tuner: which is standard for guitar effects, so the PSU should be.

Does just turning the jack plug in the socket revive it?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431597002' post='2772896'] Oh yes. I sold my 76P a few years ago and did the whole merry-go-round GAS thing with P/J basses, Jazz basses, relics, P copies, modern P basses, active basses and on and on and on. Got my 76P back recently and haven't put it down since, I'm exhausted from lack of sleep! So what does that tell you? [/quote] That you're about to sell it and go off on another GAS-induced journey?

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1431349975' post='2770245'] Gordon Bennett! That's insane value. I'm not entirely sure about Behringer gear - IIRC the pedals are really inexpensive, but were known for sucking tone right out of your sound and having an intolerable amount of hiss, but that was a few years back in fairness. [/quote] I've got a couple of Behringer pedals (ADI21 and AB100) and both get hissy if I power them with an adaptor but are fine with battery power.

So - when will we be seeing the BF 8x15"?

It gets louder as you pluck the strings harder?

[quote name='IanA' timestamp='1431539192' post='2772410'] The AE112 is the least desirable of all Jims cabs, HD and CN cabs are a revelation in comparison! [/quote] I'm very happy with my pair of AE112s. Best sound I've ever had.

[quote name='vailbass' timestamp='1431522891' post='2772181'] Oh brother..What a load of crap, even for this guy! Sheesh :-) he did this at the Talk Bass website, too. I never said I didn't understand the 'science', he's assuming so much as to be laughable. To say that according to the numbers, you would need 2 EVM 15's to get 'the sound' of a single 'modern' 15 is ridiculous. Which 'modern 15', for example?. [/quote] That's not what he said. He said that to get the same output (that's volume level) as a modern 15 with twice the Xmax, you'd need two of the older drivers with 3.3mm Xmax. Nothing about "the sound".

Peavey Cirrus? One thing to watch out for with 5-strings is that some are 35" scale, so you need to decide whether that will be OK for you. And another thing to think of is that as you're after a lined fretless, defretting a fretted bass is also an option.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1431282861' post='2769601'] (It was my bass - tauzero had the lovely Warwick Buzzard ) [/quote] Yep, Thunderbirds only have 80% of my required complement of strings. I suspect that a 5-string T-bird with a 5-0 headstock might be a little on the neck-divey side.

[quote name='urbanx' timestamp='1431442941' post='2771422'] The worst bit about TINY crowds is that half of them are usually made up of the other bands. Meaning at least 50% of the audience are musicians...watching your every move... [/quote] Or, if it's a Moffat Bass Bash, they're all bassists.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1431450074' post='2771518'] The volume control on a bass is a cut control. It doesn't make the bass any louder. Only quieter. So if you turn down your bass you're effectively limiting the range of dynamics available to you. Or rather making that range more narrow and harder to make fine adjustments from your fingers. [/quote] No, the ratio of sound level between your quietest and loudest notes will still be the same.

Anyone using "plays like butter" to mean "plays smoothly" has obviously never tried to spread cold butter.

Some two pickup basses give a noticably complex sound, almost like a chorus. Not that anyone will ever hear that down at the Dog & Duck.