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some hastily taken pics of my new Lakland... [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/sets/72157628030519698/"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/andy_dye/sets/72157628030519698/[/url]

So, I took my G&L L1505, Overwater/Tanglewood Aspiration 4 Elite and EBS Dynaverb to the Gallery on Saturday along with the Epifani UL112 that needed looking at and I left with... 2 x Epifani UL112 series 2 including nice padded covers Lakland 55-01 Limited Edition Blue Burst Happy times! Although lightweight cabs are only light feeling over short distances! I wanted to try a Yamaha 6 string they had in to see if 6'ers would suit me at all and...they don't! I tried the Yam TRB1006 and a Warwick Streamer 6 and frankly they didn't do it for me, a whole bunch of notes 'I' don't need to play cos someone else is doing those...I mostly hold down the bottom end with a few forays up 'that' end! I also tried: Stingray5 - just for home comparison as I've got one at home...obviously nice enough but I was looking for a complementary yet different sound to go with it... Lakland 55-01 - shockingly nice for the money! Overwater Tanglewood Contemporary Jazz 5 - ok but nothing to excite me Sadowsky UV70-RW-5 - simply stunning! feel and sound! utterly lovely! Way too expensive for this month though! Warwick Streamer 5 - same old same old, slightly sticky baseball bat neck etc Fender USA Jazz 5 Deluxe - dull, fat slow neck, nothing special at all Sei Jazz 5 - nice, very nice, but not as nice 'wow' as I was expecting, sounded good though! Dingwall 5 - kinda fun, felt dizzy looking down accross the frets, fingerboard felt a bit cheap and unfinished Spector 5 - beautiful looking but not that exciting sounding Yamaha TRB1005 - fairly nice but not a patch on the Lakland All tried through the shop's Randy Jackson Mark Bass valve head and a schroeder 4x10 I think it was...I have to say everything sounded way nicer through my Epi cabs when we were testing those! So, having tried just about every 5 string in the shop I brought the Lakland home while lusting after a Sadowsky one day!

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1319808548' post='1418842'] It was the glo part that confuses me [/quote] um, yep! But everything Rick is 'something-glo' apart from the brown one... azure-glo after-glo jet-glo fire-glo

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1319807316' post='1418822'] Why's it jet"glo" though? That's what I don't understand!! [/quote] Jet is black and coal-like (the stuff from Whitby), rather than 'fighter jet'?

Will just bought a couple of cables from me, paid immediately, great communications throughout! Thanks Will!

I hav an nxt4 and it has a passive pickup so either needs an active di box or a preamp...I hav a Fishman platinum pro bass and the combination is great

[quote name='Ian Savage' timestamp='1319124198' post='1410285'] More and more these days, sadly; seems that a phantom switch per channel is solely the preserve of four-figure+ professional units now Reading into it, I guess it's only an issue if your phantom regulating resistors are out, which condensers wouldn't be all that bothered by but which'd cause a d.c current through a transformer-less dynamic capsule; I was under the impression that removing the transformer would essentially unbalance the mic as the transformer centre-tap would be earthed, but apparently only the mic body is connected to earth. Ignore me, it's been a long week [/quote] all good, I've had one too!

[quote name='Ian Savage' timestamp='1319121038' post='1410207'] A real mod, I would imagine, to be implemented only by eejits; you're right, phantom power will then be shorted across the capsule which would likely cause damage to the mic and /or the desk's phantom supply. Unless I'm missing something...but I'm sure I'm not (I came across a cheap Chinese fake 58 last year which had no transformer at all, wouldn't use it for that reason...) [/quote] Actually, the phantom power issue is not technically proven, I do know someone who has done this and he is well pleased with the results... I guess some noddy desks have phantom power on or off for the whole desk but generally it shouldn't be an issue...

[quote name='Linus27' timestamp='1319120393' post='1410190'] Thanks Bassace. I don't own the Stagg anymore as I was spending more time on fretless. To start again, would it be better to pick up a 2nd hand Steinberger or not spend the extra and pick up a second hand Stagg? I have read some horror stories regarding the Stagg in terms of build quality. Thankfully our one was fine. I think you can pick up a Steinberger for aroung £400 second hand. [/quote] I got my NXT for £450, I added a fishman platimun pro preamp and reckon it sounds close enough to my mates orchestral double bass when recorded that I'm happy with it

[url="http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/Shure/SM57"]http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/Shure/SM57[/url] "[i]What are popular mods for the SM57 (also works for SM58)[/i] Remove the transformer. This is a 15-minute mod that was described in detail in the Mar/Apr 2006 issue (#52) of [url="http://tapeop.com/"][color="#901d1d"]TapeOp[/color][/url]; essentially, use boiling water or a heat gun to soften the glue holding the transformer in the bottom half of the mic body (note: [b]do not[/b] boil the capsule), then connect the wires from the XLR jack straight to the capsule This mod is reported to extend the frequency range of the mic, especially at the low end. It reduces the midrange honk. Some modders claim it improves transient response. However, it lowers the mic’s output by about 10dB (perhaps making it unsuitable for quiet sources)."

a mate of mine is a pro sound chap on a budget and is in a band with a screamer, he did something like took an sm58 apart and boiled the electrical innerds (excluding the diaphragm obviously) to get rid of something (I can't remember what) but apparently it's made a huge difference to the sound, got rid of the nasty mid hump and made it way better for screaming...try googling it...?

beautiful and sad, thanks for passing it round!

Saw NBZ at some festival in Morley years ago, they kicked ass! He's a great player and a superb showman too!

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1318948337' post='1408102'] Andy posted back the Wren and Cuff pedal I loaned him. Phew ! Cheers fella and I hope you get one soon. [/quote] T'was a great arrangement all round matey! Mine was shipped from the US yesterday so should arrive soon!!

Has anyone in Sheffield got a Lakland 55-01 that I cold meet and try? I'd really like to try one out and can't seem to find one I can get to... that's it really...a request for help

proper cool!