pete.young

[quote name='ahpook' post='938889' date='Aug 28 2010, 04:55 PM']"Elecric Twin-Arm Bass Guitar" ?? better than a one-armed banjo i suppose... [/quote] Weirdly enough, it's not unusual for banjo players, particularly of the bluegrass/old time sort, to describe a banjo neck as an 'arm'.

Yes, me too. I've thought about running one in Ipswich : my son's school has a great setup very similar to the one that silverfoxnik used for the last SE Bass Bash but I don't know what it would cost. I can find out if you like: one advantage is that the head of music is a bass player and thoroughly nice chap too. Failing that, I have a slight preference for Cambridge over Narrdge - it takes about the same length of time to get there from here, but Naarrdge seems to take a lot longer!

[quote name='Annoying Twit' post='934290' date='Aug 23 2010, 11:01 PM']Aria Pro II Fretless. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-RSB-Special-Fretless-Bass-1980s-MIJ-/280552867447?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Pro-II-RSB-Spec...ents_Guitars_CV[/url][/quote] That used to belong to me. I've just sent the seller this: "I'm almost certain that this was my bass - I sold it to silverfoxnik on basschat. The instrument dates from 1984, I bought it in 1986. The shop it came from was Northern Sounds in Workington. Whatever that mark is, it isn't a burn from a soldering iron. I don't recall how it got there, it happened some time in the 20 years or so that I owned it but I don't remember how."

This is terrible news. My condolences to friends and family. Thanks to Rich for posting, hope you're OK.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='917767' date='Aug 7 2010, 10:12 AM']A 40Kg combo, pickup only from North Yorkshire ... hardly surprising it went for so little.[/quote] 40Kg my arse. I have one identical to this, except that it's in immaculate condition, and it weighs 53 Kg. Despite the fact that it's a guitar combo, it does sound extremely good with bass.

Vox Wyman. It weighed a ton because of the thick chrome scratch plate, sounded like crap and was horrible to play. Wish I'd kept it - a couple of years ago, clean versions were selling around the grand mark. I think I got 15 quid for mine.

Dunno, but an alternative is to attach it to yourself instead, using a harmonica holder.

[quote name='dood' post='914457' date='Aug 3 2010, 11:40 PM']Blimey! These spammers will even use innocent women's names to try and snag us!!! lol lol[/quote] Margaret Thatcher? Innocent??

Thanks for posting the link. Wonderful bass playing and immaculate drumming. The whole thing stands and falls on the quality of the bassplaying for me - everything else seems unremarkable. I have to wonder who listens to stuff like this, apart from frustrated bassists and drummers, but hey! I'm about 35 minutes in, but I'm going to have to stop doing this and download it - does anyone know if 'Canned Heat' gets played?

Yes, Cass and his ASAT rule. We're lucky enough to have Twisted in our set, which has a marvellous bassline.

You might find a used EA VL110 - I have one and it's a fabulous little cab. Not light, but it is fairly compact (it also has a midrange driver and a tweeter). There's also Tecamp, [url="http://www.tecamp.de/?id=95"]http://www.tecamp.de/?id=95[/url] though this is likely to be just as pricy. There's also the Barefaced Bass Midget, which is a 12, but is smaller than most 10s and is likely to outperform them too. And Mr. Sibs has a used Matamp 4x6 for sale which I'd really like to hear - will get down there one of these days! Materials for just 100 quid? Some of these small high performance cabs have drivers which cost more than that, and many of them have a horn or midrange driver and a crossover - decent crossovers aren't cheap.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='907787' date='Jul 28 2010, 02:14 AM']You'd totally have been pointing at your own face in the mirror with both hands going 'Who's the best?', like you have been since you won that competition. Apparently the [url="http://www.burmanamps.fsnet.co.uk/"]Gold Lion loaded ones were 70w[/url], would be nice if it had those in it. Since it says 'serviced', I'd guess they have been snaffled.[/quote] That's right, they were, but the chances of a 30+ year old power valve still being in good condition seem to be pretty slim. My Pro2000 had the original Genelec KT77s in but they were totally microphonic. 2 of the JJ KT77s will give you 50W. Confusingly, there is a 'Golden Lion KT77' on the market, but I think this is a straight copy of the KT77 rather than the KT77 Golden Lion - the Genelec Golden Lions had 20% more output than a Genelec KT77. I think.

Sold a wall hanger to Julian and hopefully it is now holding up one of prized posessions! Really fast payment, good communications - it's all good.

Me too please - I'm in Ipswich.

[quote name='farmer61' post='903041' date='Jul 23 2010, 12:04 PM']I'm after some wall hangers for my basses. Had a look around, Hercules look ok but only have a 2 screw fitting and really want 4 if poss. Plus had a bad experience with a Hercules stand so will not get them on principal. Any recommendations??[/quote] I have a Hercules GSP39WB wall stand brand new and unused which is surplus to requirements, and it has 3 holes in the mounting plate - two above and one below. Hope Kev won't mind me linking to the original for sale thread which has a picture [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91428"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=91428[/url] £10 shipped, which is what I paid for it. Should be fine on stud walling provided you can find the stud.

[quote name='Bottle' post='896499' date='Jul 16 2010, 01:15 PM']I'd like to get back to using a low B tuning again, but on a 4-banger - which would entail a restringing for BEAD or ADGC tuning. How would a standard Fender/Squier Jazz Bass cope with this tuning - i.e. any BC'ers who've gone this route? I'm thinking that 34" scale is a mite too short for an authoritive open B, but I'm willing to be proved wrong![/quote] I have a Bass Collection SB310 set up like this at the moment. I have a 130 B string and it is as good as my 34" 5-string BC. It did require a slight truss-rod tweak, but only a slight one - i don't think there's a massive difference in overall tension. You lose a bit of string tension, there again if you have a 35" that compromises the tension of the other strings.

This looks very Japanese to me, but I'm not an expert by any means. Unbranded Les Paul copy, looks vaguely Antoria-like to me. Anyone know what it really is? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vintage-bass-guitar-/220636502301?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item335ef5d91d"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vintage-bass-guitar-...=item335ef5d91d[/url]

Webstrings are good - [url="http://www.webstrings.com/"]http://www.webstrings.com/[/url]

[quote name='chris_b' post='897267' date='Jul 17 2010, 01:31 PM']Bass is usually the last thing that gets DI'ed. I would start with the bass drum and then think about fold back for your singer.[/quote] Our current PA is a pair of budget powered cabs, one of which is starting to sound a bit ropy. We do have a bassdrum mike and keyboards split between backline and PA. I think we'd need some subs just to get the best out of the keyboard sound, before we start to worry about the bass as well. Trouble is we've recently heard bands using very expensive PA including subs and of course it sounds great. Since we don't have a power amp, the budget will need to include one which will rule out the RCFs you suggested, unfortunately.

Thanks for the comments. At the moment we don't use subs, but we think it would be better for keyboards and possibly bass to go through the PA.

Our lovely lady vocalist has decided to invest in some new equipment and has offered the following two suggestions to me for comment: [url="http://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/650W-Active-Speaker-and-Subwoofer-by-Gear4music/BBP"]http://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighti...-Gear4music/BBP[/url] and [url="http://www.getinthemix.co.uk/Peavey-Pro-15--Pro-Subs-MK2-&-IPR1600-Package-.htm"]http://www.getinthemix.co.uk/Peavey-Pro-15...00-Package-.htm[/url] I don't know much about PA equipment, but both these solutions seem to offer a lot of bang for a reasonable amount of buck. I'm leaning towards the Peavey solution (the second link) because of weight issues (the gear, not mine!) and because I've never had any duff kit from Peavey over the years. I'd be very interested to hear from anyone knowledgeable about these matters, and of any other alternatives around the £800 quid mark. Also, if there is anyone in or near York who fancies popping into Gear4Music and having a look at their demo rig, please get in touch.

I'd be having a quiet word with Max at sfx if I were you.

[quote name='chris_b' post='896123' date='Jul 15 2010, 11:52 PM']A Compact on its own is great and one sounded fantastic with my AE210 so it would probably work really well with your 212.[/quote] Unless the 2x12 is 4 Ohm, like most of the 2x12s I've come across. If the TC 2x12 is anything like as good as my EBS 2x12, I wouldn't bother looking for another cab.