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[quote name='Happy Jack' post='442828' date='Mar 23 2009, 07:30 PM']There's also some vintage German electricity stored on the sea-bed at Scapa Flow. Not a lot of people know that.[/quote] Any more on this Jack? I've made an extensive survey of the inside of most of those wrecks and not found anything with Glockenclang written on it yet!

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='443797' date='Mar 24 2009, 03:19 PM']American amps win for me I am afraid...[/quote] Says EBS_freak. LOL!

I had a Shine SB26 6-string. It was cheap and crap. I didn't lose anything on it, and it didn't put me off 6 strings but that's about all I could say for it.

[quote name='Born 2B Mild' post='452000' date='Apr 1 2009, 10:20 PM']I got it straight away. But just to prove I'm not omniscient, I thought that the "Alan Shearer returns" story was an April fool too.[/quote] You mean it isn't?? I logged in as a guest, and the timestamp of Kiwis original message was 11.02 pm on the 31st of March, so there was room for doubt! Fixing that bug is well overdue IMHO

[quote name='yorick' post='451362' date='Apr 1 2009, 12:24 PM']Transcribe some Fairport Convention.[/quote] AFAIK all Fairport is electric bass, so I'm not sure how relevant that is to upright players. You'd be better off listening to Oysterband's cello player, who is really a bass player with a huge attitude. Back to bluegrass- the best bluegrass bass I've ever heard was Country Gazette.

[quote name='BigBeefChief' post='451922' date='Apr 1 2009, 08:34 PM']This thread cracked me up! Ask for advice and throw your toys out the pram when you don't get it quick enough! Am I better off overpaying on my mortgage given we're on a tracker, or should I put the extra money available due to a low interest rate into an ISA? Quick. The Meter's running you bastards![/quote] An ISA? Don't be silly, use it to buy vintage Precisions. As far as the GL is concerned, I just paid £350 for an immaculate 2500 Tribute and was very happy with that.

I don't think the VL110 has transmission line gubbins. It seems to have a divider down between the front and back (with a hole for cables ) and a port from the back to the front at the top of the cab. I'll take some pictures of it while it's in bits. Anyway, I've just had a very nice reply from John D at EA who says that they don't hold replacement drivers for VL110, just a recone kit which i don't think is the problem. The driver was custom made for EA by Eminence. John says I need to find a replacement driver with the following specs: 2.5" dia. voice call with winding length 0.75" 80 oz magnet (presumably this is not necessary for a neo driver) 40 Hz to 2 KHz response Qt between 0.28 and 0.35 He also said: "The woofer is connected directly to the amp without going through any crossover components. We utilize the mechanical rolloff of the driver in the overall design to maximize efficiency." I can see why it was a custom driver! There are a couple of B&C drivers which are sort of close but don't match the frequency range. I'll need to do some more research. Any suggestions welcomed.

Ed bought a pedal board and an DF-7 pedal from me. Payment was instant and Ed was very patient when Parcelfarce failed to show up on the appointed day and I had to put the delivery back a day. A great guy to deal with - recommended.

There aren't too many upright bassists in the traditional music world. I can only think of two: Sharon Shannon's band has a double bass player whose name I can't remember, and Clannad had one whose name I can't spell, but it's something like Ciaran O Braonain! Going a bit further afield, the double bass is an essential part of many Finnish folk music bands, along with fiddles and harmonium. JPP are a brilliant band in that style. [url="http://www.myspace.com/thejppband"]http://www.myspace.com/thejppband[/url]. Just found this amazing link: [url="http://m.folk.ee:8080/ramgen/2004/JPP.rm"]http://m.folk.ee:8080/ramgen/2004/JPP.rm[/url]. Also Czech music and Hungarian string bands. And then there's bluegrass.

Gary helped me out when I had problems with an amp, but the speaker contact on the EA site is a guy called John so I've mailed him. Alex, many thanks for the reply - it does make some sense to me in that I can find the information on the datasheets, but I'm not sure how to interpret the variation, particularly with Vas - the cabinet is probably a lot less than 50l and there are some drivers in the 25-30l range. What's the significance of Qts? And by the way - there's no need to chastise me for breaking this cab. I'm gutted. It arose out of a set of circumstances that I really should have prevented - using it for too loud a gig, using a head that had the potential to overpower it, not wearing my earplugs and being deafened by the drummer to the point where I couldn't hear the sound breaking up until it was too late. Inshort, failing to obey Alex's rule. I'll be very upset if I can't get it working again. Is there any harm in putting a full-range driver in, even if the crossover circuit means that it's not seeing the higher frequencies? The Deltalite II 2510 seems to be closer to your ideal values, although Qts and Fs are a bit higher. Beyma SM 110-N looks good but Vas is a bit high Disappointed that the Celestion offerings in this space all seem to have a high Vas. I'm tempted to ask if there's going to be a vas difference, but I really should know better:-)

I bought a pedal board from Dan. Great guy, very easy to deal with. Goods arrived promptly and well packaged. Recommended.

Oh poo. It looks I've managed to blow the main driver in my Euphonic Audio VL-110 - it now makes a farty noise at comparatively low volumes especially at the low end of the frequency spectrum. It's an old cab but I've had it a while and grown quite attached to it and it's very useful for practices. The driver is an unbranded unit labelled '6 Ohms' - the cab has a crossover , a piezo tweeter and a 5" midrange driver and the overall resistance is labelled as 8 Ohm. Any ideas whether (a) this is a sub or a full range driver ( what I might use as a suitable replacement? I've emailed the guys at EA to see what they suggest, but if any of the resident gurus have any suggestions I'm very keen to hear them.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='446651' date='Mar 26 2009, 10:46 PM']Hey can anyone recommend me a luthier near/ish to me, i can take my custom Jazz to,,im having problems with it, and was hoping they might diagnose the problem for me, and maybe sort it out.. Im in cheltenham Thanks..A[/quote] Ben at Crimson Guitars seems to do some nice stuff. He's in Somerset, somewhere ...

[quote name='chris_b' post='441481' date='Mar 22 2009, 02:42 AM']Has anyone ever had an amp fail and had to use their backup amp?[/quote] Not fail, but my Burman developed serious distortion problems at one gig and I switched to the LMII backup. Turned out that the power valves were falling out. Now fixed, thanks to a set of Marshall-pattern spring retainers.

Never really got into mandolins, although I inherited this one from my great uncle, and am in the process of fitting a new bridge: This is much more fun. It's a flatback bouzouki, made for me by Paul Doyle in 1979. The back is 4 pieces of plum. Tuning is G-D-A-D, mostly an octave down from a mandolin, as popularised by Donal Lunny of Planxty, Bothy Band and Moving Hearts.

[quote name='Eight' post='430978' date='Mar 10 2009, 08:42 PM']But it works, and aside from a tuning peg coming lose (just the flappy bit you turn) and some delam on the pickguard, its not that bad.[/quote] What more do you need? Failing that, my Bass Collection SB310 strung B-E-A-D will soon be up for sale at a very reasonable price, just as soon as I can replace the balance pot that crapped out t'other day. This does sound reasonable on the B even with a 120, but I've gone to the 5-string dark side so needs must.

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='428614' date='Mar 8 2009, 03:14 PM']Janek Gwizdala?[/quote] +1. And Hadrian Ferraud. I think you're up there too Bilbo, having completely done my head in trying to match your style and panache on that dep job!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='427313' date='Mar 6 2009, 04:22 PM']For an SB301 on eBay you'll be doing well to hit £150.[/quote] +1. There was an SB310 on there the other day for opening bid of £80, no takers :-(

When I was learning to sight read, I was taught 2 things - Practise - get music out of a library, any music. Play it once. Move on. Read intervals. Not absolute notes.

[quote name='Col' post='425576' date='Mar 4 2009, 10:11 PM']Sting plays exactly "the right thing" on so many Police tracks. Can anyone imagine "Walking on the Moon" with a different bassline, or "The Beds too Big Without You" for instance?[/quote] Walking on the moon no, but I'm a huge fan of Sheila Hilton's cover of Beds too big. They didn't change the bassline, just shifted the back beat a bit.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='425494' date='Mar 4 2009, 08:12 PM']Now that's something I may find myself quoting ...[/quote] I don't entirely buy that. Does Colin Hodgkinson sound like James Jamerson sound like Phil Lynott sound like Pino?

Well, not really. I need a 5 but don't particularly want one, so I need to find one that I really REALLY want to play. If that makes sense. Step away from the beer whilst posting to basschat!

Mark responded to my plea for a loop switch in the 'wanted' forum with a very decent offer, a deal was done and it couldn't have been better from my point of view. Excellent transaction, recommended.