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Beautiful job Al, highly professional. Putting the LEDs in the eye sockets is a touch of real class.
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GK3 isn't Midi. It's a set of mini-humbuckers. The only Midi capability is what comes out of the floor unit, which in the case of V-Bass isn't much , other than the capability to save patches. So the answer to Nige's question is - it doesn't, you need a piezo bridge and a Hexpander.
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[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1331976301' post='1581553'] It's a relatively simple line but...... it's all about the feel. We play a few Chic numbers in the band and they are all the same (with exception of 'Everybody Dance' which is an absolute killer) fairly easy tunes on the face of it but Bernie's feel and laid back timing is fantastic. Sure to throw any player out on first learnings [/quote] Definite +1 to this. I didn't realise just how good he was until weI started playing 'Le Freak'. My Forbidden Lover is another great piece of playing. I find Stu's book very helpful. Any tips on Everybody Dance? I find it really difficult to get that little chromatic run down in 16th notes clean, which should be the easy bit.
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Someone in another thread recommended a book called Live Sound for the Performing Musician by Paul White. I'm working my way through it - seems like an excellent book with loads of really handy explanations of everything you need to know to get by.
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I have a Columbian Tiple, which looks very similar - it has 4 courses of 3 strings, same tuning as the top 4 courses of a guitar, with top two courses in unison and the bottom two have an octave pair.
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Fender 30 inch Stool
pete.young replied to Bellypopper's topic in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale
[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1331817810' post='1579362'] MB1. ...Any 30" Stool Pics?...Fnarr Fnarr! BUMP! [/quote] Definitely needs to be lowered by hand! -
[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1331318132' post='1571408'] If you cheat a little bit and bring the date range up to 1979 then you can also add Peavey, [/quote] I was thinking Peavey too. I had a Peavey head (can't remember which one) and a 18" bass cab around 1978-9, and I definitely bought it second-hand.
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[quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1331312411' post='1571287'] I don't recall ever seeing a valve WEM amp. [/quote] Dominators were all-valve. Vox. Burman, late '70s at least. (You knew I was going to say that).
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This is on behalf of the keyboard player in my band. If you're interested please PM me and I'll put you in touch. English is not his first language so please don't be too unkind about the slightly esoteric nature of the phrasing. Pictures are here: http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f123/cr0ut0n/Igors%20keyboard/ [b]Mega rare Korg DSS-1 keyboard synth/sampler – only second owner! I'm selling my beloved keyboard DSS-1 due to space limit this beast it's taking in my studio. It was made in 1986 in Japan and I'm second owner since 1995. This keyboard is in absolutely perfect condition in its age, no scratches on the top, all nice and clean - all is working perfectly - sliders, buttons, display, joystick, floppy disc, keys - simply all. This keyboard has just very minor scratch on floppy disc drive and missing knob on volume slider as you can see on the pictures. Including in this sale are various sounds on floppy discs and owner's manual and service manual are burned on CD as pdf files + plenty of sounds as well. This keyboard comes with soft case (£120) used only for storage and was used twice for safe transport from my house to studio and back. Korg DSS-1 is a monster hybrid of analog, digital, and sampling-based synthesis. It has the best Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) that Korg ever bestowed on a synthesizer (it was also the last VCF-based synth that Korg ever made. Even today, a resonant filter sweep from the DSS-1 can put all but the mightiest analog synths to shame! It's an eight-voice polysynth with two oscillators per voice, and a unison mode that allows you to stack up all 16 oscillators into one very phatt and powerful monosynth. The rest of information you can find on: http://glenstegner.com/dss1/home.html Due to weight and size I accept only cash on collection please and I do not post. This is genuine sale so please only serious buyers! If you have any questions or require more info or pictures please email me.[/b] [b]I will accept £350 o.v.n.o.[/b]
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This is just tooo nice to put into the Japcrap thread: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-BB-2000-Bass-/330696256950?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4cff086db6
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I have the Dunlop brick and it's a very good unit. The only thing to watch out for is the total current that you can draw through the 9v side: although it's capable of 9 and 18V, it puts something like 400mA through the 9v side and 7-800 through the 18V, which seems barse-ackwards to me.
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[quote name='charic' timestamp='1331068041' post='1567246'] Will probably be a Saturday or Sunday during the day in June or July (need to check work project calendar update) [/quote] At this point - a week into March - you need to set a date before you can ask people for commitment. Those of us in gigging bands have diaries filling up for next June, never mind this one.
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Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting
pete.young replied to Bassassin's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
[quote name='mr.noisy' timestamp='1330983106' post='1565917'] I bought today that thing - [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260968554265?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649"]http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1497.l2649[/url] Anyone know what it might be? There is no logo and i have no idea. [/quote] My guess would be a stripped Columbus. -
Yeah, I remember him - wasn't he the guy with the feedback stalk on his guitar?
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London Bass Show '12 - how was it for you?
pete.young replied to visog's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='fluffo' timestamp='1330944643' post='1564975'] Not a good ad for Rotosound. [/quote] Odd, isn't it? What do Rotosound sell - strings! You could use old motorcycle clutch cables for that technique and no-one would be any the wiser. -
Dont tend to use that switch much. Interesting that the bass amps have a LF Boost and the guitar amps have a high cut ...
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Well, in that case many happy returns. Where did you get your Pro 4000 from, not the non-working one on Ebay at the moment that looks like it's been recovered with carpet? Mine sounded immense through Merton's Vintage.
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OK, reporting back - 5 Mazda ECC83 , which are probably original. I seem to recall that Kiwi took 'em out to try something else and put them back again. They're pretty hot though - you lose your clean sound much above 3 on the pre-stage gain, and I was thinking about trying something with a bit less gain in my weaker moments. Power stage - I have JJ KT77s in mine and I love them. They're as close as you can get to what these amps were designed for without forking out silly money. Oddball - I think some of the guitar amps use a different valve for the spring reverb.
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I have one. I'll go and open it up now. Pretty sure mine has the standard equipment in the pre-amp side.
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Vintage MIJ (formerly J@pCr@p) Spotting
pete.young replied to Bassassin's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Time for a trawl Antoria SG short-scale , looks tidy http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antoria-EBO-bass-Made-Japan-1970s-/290676535363?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43adabf043 Yamaha BB800 - I have had one of these since 1980 , better than any 1970s Fender precision. This looks like it will go for a song, someone please buy it to stop me! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-BB800-Bass-Guitar-/160750712715?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item256d7d378b Aria The Cat - not too shabby! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-Cat-electric-bass-guitar-/290677501787?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43adbaaf5b 'Jedson' Les Paul - I don't recall Jedson ever making anything as nice as this so it might be something more interesting. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Les-Paul-Bass-/190647066525?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c63735f9d -
[quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1330276722' post='1555025'] no it should be this simple as long as you're ok at soldering - all these footswitches just take mono jacks don't they? [/quote] The switches do, the input sockets on the amp are stereo jack. I've ordered the stuff from bitsbox, fingers crossed - thanks for the encouragement! Soldering is functional but I'm not called 'blobby nobby' for nothing!
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Someone trying to sell my Burman for me
pete.young replied to Mr. Foxen's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Not sure I follow - he's trying to sell a Pro 4000 bass head, and there are three pictures of that and one of yours. -
[quote name='Machines' timestamp='1330535414' post='1559057'] My opinion on this matter is that if a minimum post count were required, someone may not bother sticking around to put their item up for sale and never visit the forum again. This for me is a negative aspect as it will mean no-one will get the opportunity to buy it whether they're regular or not. [/quote] This. An example - I have inherited a metric shitload of N-gauge model railway stuff which is cluttering up the house. I need to shift it, but don't do ebay. There are forums for this kind of thing but they all have minimum post limits of 30 or more posts. I have no interest in model railways and no idea how I could clock up 30 posts, besides which I don't have the time to invest. I'm sure there are loads of n-gauge forum members who would be interested in the stuff.
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Daphne Blue has to be a contender.
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I have a Roland AC 60 acoustic guitar amp, which can use up to 4 footswitches to turn various functions on and off. The manual shows it with one Boss FS-5L and three Boss FS-5U pedals, each one costing at least £25 quid, plus two PCS-31 cables at another £25 quid each so we are up to £150 quid just to turn a few effects on and off! I don't think that's a great deal, so it seems to me that it would be fairly straightforward to buy 3 momentary normally on SPST switches, one DPST switch, an LED and a resistor for the latched one, and stick the bits into a dead Behringer footswitch which is currently cluttering up the spares cupboard. A couple of lengths of dual core cable and a couple of stereo 6mm jacks and Robert is your relative. Surely it can't be this simple - what have I missed?