tauzero

I tried a couple of Warwicks at Bass Direct the other day and played through a Tecamp Puma 900 into Vanderkley cabs (not sure which ones) and it sounded jolly nice. I use the same amp into Berg AE112s which also sounds jolly nice.

Hohner B2AV. Perfect back-up bass, it takes up less space than anything else!

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1428951503' post='2746378'] Really? I heard they were ec-static... [/quote] They resisted, even when the suggestion of a rework of Lou Reed's "Transformer" was made.

A couple where I'm evenly split between cover and original. Rikki don't lose that number - Steely Dan, nice reworking by Tom Robinson Band All or nothing - Small Faces, covered by Little Bob Story

Bass - Sei fretless with flatwounds, Warwick Buzzard with roundwounds, or Antoniotsai fretted with nylon tapewounds - they're basses, they all sound the same. Blend set 50/50, EQ set neutral. Line 6 G50 wireless system, Zoom B3 or MS60-B running chorus and occasional other effects, Tecamp Puma 900 with the low nudged up slightly, one or a brace of Bergantino AE112s with tweeters off, stood on top of a Gramma pad [1] if it's a hollow stage. [1] The cabs, not me

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1428924453' post='2745936'] Personally I'm not a fan of active instruments not because of a lack of purity of tone (whatever that means) but because with a few exceptions (Alembic, Wal, ACG) a built-in pre-amp offers nothing that can't already be done with the controls on your amp. [/quote] Except buffering the signal so the length of your cable doesn't matter.

Considered a Bergantino 1x12 to match the 2x12? You're spoilt for choice really. Are you looking for lightweight as well? If so, you could narrow the field a bit by deciding on a maximum weight and ignoring anything heavier.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1428930874' post='2746025'] Late 70's Band "Wire" are considering a collaboration with Manfred Mann's Earth Band. [/quote] Current reports are that Van der Graaf Generator were approached about the project but were decidedly neutral.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1428950055' post='2746342'] Be like me, don't take any gear, just abuse everyone else's [/quote] Taken to its logical conclusion, this could cause some minor problems.

[quote name='lucky' timestamp='1428868088' post='2745520'] So it looks as though the only option is to regret it, and haunt eBay in the hope that the new owner hates it? [/quote] Or you could type the words "hofner senator" into Gumtree or preloved.

[quote name='lucky' timestamp='1428868088' post='2745520'] I believe that an "best offer" was made and apparently accepted, although I'd have thought that would read as "item sold" rather than withdrawn? [/quote] No, or at least not via Ebay. If a best offer is accepted on Ebay, that's what it says, and the seller pays the final value fees. If he says "yes" to an offer done by another route, he could withdraw it and not pay the final value fees. So if he sold it for £300, that would save him £30.

A bit more expensive than the mesh stuff, but someone on BC bought this [url="http://www.stageworksgear.com/products/non-slip-pedal-mats-guitar-keyboard-drum-effect.htm"]http://www.stageworksgear.com/products/non-slip-pedal-mats-guitar-keyboard-drum-effect.htm[/url] and used one of the mats and sold the other, which I bought. Have been using that under my Tecamp Puma for some time now.

I'm not sure about being embarrassed but it does rather catch me unawares. My response tends to be along the lines of "Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Really enjoyed playing here tonight.". Though it's more often Mrs Zero who gets the compliments, and as she's a little less capable of self-assessment than me and thinks she's not as good as she actually is, it catches her out even more than me.

The worst sounding bass I own is my one passive bass. Before that, it was my other passive bass. Five strings or more and active is the only way to go. Someone wake me up when this is over.

Very lovely. But does it really have 18-carat gold frets? They're not going to last too well. I do like the snap-on scratchplate and rear panel. Saves having 18-carat gold screws all round the edge.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1428785681' post='2744586'] Any thoughts? [/quote] Yes. As at least 75% of the topics started in the Ebay subforum are about dodgy Fenders, we could do with a pinned thread to stick them all in.

Met up with Mike for a swap - the ex-MB1 ex-slapmonsta Status is now also ex-me, and I have the ex-alembic1989 and now ex-bassgurumonster Warwick Buzzard 5. Everything went swimmingly. Great pleasure doing business with you Mike, enjoy the Status!

It's the perfect excuse to buy a 5-string.

I coil cables using the over and under method and then a velcro tie of the sort that stay attached. One lead lives in the main bass case (for rehearsal I just use the bass and lead), one lead with power extensions attached to it lives in the amp case, then pretty much all the rest live in a small roll-along suitcase. Might seem excessive but this includes the leads for the PA (multiple assorted XLR cables, a few jack-jack leads, several IEC mains leads, 6-way and 8-way boards, 1-way extension reel).

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1428709964' post='2744059'] The power supply arrived in the post today. If I power my Roland Microcube (with headphones) with the power supply and use pedals powered by batteries, then all is well. If I power the pedals and the amp with the power supply, then I get large amounts of background hum and noise. I can use this, but eventually I'll want a better solution. [/quote] Unsmoothed supply? Perhaps try putting a large value electrolytic capacitor at one of the points on the daisy chain so it's in parallel with the PSU?

Just to put Fodera's bass pricing in perspective: I have just acquired a Warwick Buzzard via this very site. I realised when I got it home that I hadn't entirely thought it through, as I didn't have a suitable stand (I do have wall hangers, but I might be looked on askance if I took a wall to a gig) and the Hercules grab stand is marginally too short. So I gwgled, and found a chap who hand-makes a stand for Buzzards and similarly wonky and long instruments (Explorers and Alembic Dragonwings for example). I emailed him to ask the price of his stands (steel tubing tripod, two legs forward and one back, neck holder like a Stagg stand) and was slightly surprised to find that they were $599 plus $100 shipping. That is the correct number of 9s after the 5. So, buy one of his stands for $699 plus whatever HMRC wants to extract from me, or buy a Hercules stand and a lump of wood a couple of inches thick to stand it on. Call me a philistine who doesn't appreciate craftsmanship, but I've just ordered a Hercules stand.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1428606485' post='2743020'] Well the shipping weight is 20lbs, so I'm guessing the actual guitar must be at least 12-14lbs. [/quote] You don't think that the case might account for some of that?

[quote name='bassbiscuits' timestamp='1428587193' post='2742736'] Oh no - i didn't realise Brown Sugar was a certified cliched cheesy number! I offered to learn it for an upcoming gig as some of the guys I'll be playing with already know it. [/quote] It's another song ideal for the idle bassist, along with All Right Now and Highway to Hell.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1428587493' post='2742740'] Setting up for a gig, I caught the little finger of my fretting hand in the bracing struts of a PA stand, a proper sharp, crushing injury right on the fingernail. Blood and much pain. Shoved it in a glass of ice and took some painkillers straight away. Managed the gig, but the finger was sore for ages and the nail bed was messed up for years - it's only just gone back to normal, 10ish years on. [/quote] Always carry a drill bit... [url="http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Drain-Your-Subungual-Hematoma-blood-pocke/"]http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Drain-Your-Subungual-Hematoma-blood-pocke/[/url] And no, I don't.

The sockets on my active monitor are on the side, so to see which orifice I was plugging the mixer feed into, I tilted it up. Then it slipped out of my hand and landed straight on my big toe. I was wearing my customary footwear - moccasins. That happened around a year ago and the huge purple bit on my toenail has only just grown out.