pete.young

[quote name='BigBeatNut' post='228719' date='Jun 28 2008, 09:10 PM']Or, how small do YOU go ?[/quote] It used to fit quite comfortably in my 1955 Austin A30, with the front passenger seat folded up. There was even room for a drumkit in the boot and a drummer in the back seat! The Triumph Spitfire was somewhat less successful.

[quote name='Moose' post='219221' date='Jun 15 2008, 02:32 PM']Bring me to Life by Evanescence. [/quote] Yes, we have that one in our set. We also have My Immortal nailed, mainly thanks to have a brilliant keyboard player. What an extraordinary song. I've been working on 'It's my life' by No Doubt. Prolly a synth line originally but it falls nicely under the old fingers.

I'd be inclined to do as much cab swapping as you can without switching it off. You'll probably also need to make sure you don't have a combination of cabs that gives you less than 4 Ohms total load - I'm not familiar with the SVT-II but it would be surprising if it did run down to 2 ohms. I'd also back the gain off to zero before swapping any cables round.

I thought Brian May did alright for an old bloke.

[quote name='dood' post='228289' date='Jun 27 2008, 09:01 PM']I'm being pedantic ;o) -Pete Malandrone is Bri's tech. Andy Guyton does make Brian's replica red specials though.(at about 7 grand a pop to the average punter apparently) I know Andy and have to say his attention to detail is stunning, especially with reference to Brian's unwavering need for perfection on his guitars.[/quote] Thanks for putting me straight. Yes, it's attention to detail that really sets his work apart. I spent 25 minutes examining one of his set-neck instruments and I couldn't find the join. Craftsmanship of the very highest order. Next time you see Andrew, tell him I have a Fylde Electric which needs setting up properly. That should get his attention! Ben from Crimson Guitars probably deserves a mention in this thread too. There's something really compelling about his Workshop Diary.

Brian Eastwood of Bender Collision fame, obviously :-) He doesn't make many basses, but Andrew Guyton makes the best 6-strings I've ever seen. When he's not too busy being Brian May's guitar technician that is.

[quote name='ped' post='226151' date='Jun 24 2008, 07:42 PM']I want mine auctioned off, the money being split between Basschat and the Dogs Trust.[/quote] After the aggravation I had from the Dogs Trust following the death of my mother, who was a supporter, I wouldn't cross the street to piss on the Dogs Trust if they caught fire. They wouldn't let go even after I sent them a copy of the death certificate. They might care for dogs, but they sure as hell don't give a sh*t about people. Details provided on request. Which leaves only one worthy cause :-) As far as basses go, they're only basses. I trust whoever survives me to be sensible about it. I worry most about the concertinas. No-one in the family will ever play them, hardly anyone is making comparable instruments, they are completely irreplaceable and need to be played and appreciated. I've always felt as though I am holding them in trust to pass on to the next generation. My current plan is to try and identify committed young players to hand them over to when the time comes. The trouble is that the time always comes sooner than you expect!

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='205163' date='May 23 2008, 07:01 PM']Browsing around (as one does), and found this simple table of frequencies produced by various instruments, from low to high. [url="http://www.contrabass.com/pages/frequency.html"]Contrabass.com frequency chart[/url][/quote] The listing for Bb tuba is incorrect, the normal range is written down to F0. A pedal 'C' would be Bb - 1 which is readliy achieveable, even by comparatively crap tuba players like me. I can just about get an Eb bass down to Bb - 1 and I only need a hit of pure Oxygen to recover :-) Some of the proper tuba players who post on here can probably get much lower pedals than that.

The cooling fan is presumably there for a reason. Maybe in conjunction with a thermostat, rather than just disconnecting it. But what temperature would you want the fan to cut back in? Tricky. My Burman puts out a shitload of heat, and that doesn't have a cooling fan at all. Boy does the speaker lead get hot.

Bought an LMII from Chris. Really smooth transaction, quick responses, excellent communication and the head arrived really quickly, well packaged and in excellent condition. Recommended.

Nik bought my Aria Pro II RSB fretless. The whole transaction was as smooth as clockwork. It was a great pleasure to meet up with Nik and his son Jim, and I'm really happy that my old axe has gone to a home where it will be cherished. Absolute top bloke and a true gent.

[quote name='rmorris' post='210845' date='Jun 1 2008, 11:23 PM']I used to have a VS Bassamp Head and also a small sealed BASS BABY 15" Speaker Cab.[/quote] I've still got one of the Bass Baby 15" extension cabs. 100W 4Ohm. I think it was supposed to be an extension cab for the 60W 15" bass baby combo. Used mine with a Yamaha guitar amp for years and it was OK for low-volume barn-dance type stuff. Still got it if anyone is feeling nostalgic and wants to make me an offer!

[quote name='ianrunci' post='208309' date='May 28 2008, 07:32 PM']Burman Pro 4000 head & Burman 4x12 (Sold at the beginning of 81)[/quote] Sometimes there's just no explanation for the things that people have to do! CrazyKiwi has 2 of these heads and I aquired mine from him, so we're both big Burman fans. I only wish I could hear what it sounded like through a Burman 4x12 . I also have a Pro 2000 guitar combo. Marvellous. Pete

[quote name='BassBod' post='204369' date='May 22 2008, 03:55 PM']I emailed EA today with a question on my (secondhand) iamp500 - got a reply (very helpful, honest and detailed!) within about an hour - I was amazed. So anyone else with "issues"...worth a try? BB[/quote] Yes, the customer service from EA is second to none. They were most helpful when it came to fingering the op-amp as the source of my first problem. An email reply from the amp designer, within an hour - it doesn't get much better than that.

[quote name='lee650' post='203263' date='May 20 2008, 09:14 PM']I use the EBS octaver its absolutly fantastic, but it does jump your volume up a wee bit when you switch it on,[/quote] I have an EBS, it's very good but doesn't track brilliantly below about bottom G on a 4-string. If you adjust the mix controls you can keep the volume consistent. Better though, certainly from a tracking point of view is the Digitech Synth Wah. This has no issues tracking all the way down to a botttom E and the only reason I still have the EBS is that it's handy not to have to keep fiddling with knobs on the Digitech when I want to use it as an envelope filter.

This caught my eye one day, whilst doing some 'research' into decent portable guitar combos: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200223576683&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=010[/url] An Engl Screamer 50, which went for £450 - about par for the course, and I thought no more about it. Until this turned up, using the same photo which set the alarm bells ringing: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140234358810&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=004"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=004[/url] Ho hum. Seller is the buyer of the first auction, both based in Lincoln - what are the odds of that? Check out the bidding from the first listing, and it looks to me like this is a classic case of shill bidding going wrong! If so, Ha ha, serves, them right. Think I'll offer him £350, what do you reckon? If I'd been one of the serious bidders, I'd be seriously pissed off by this.

Another postscript to this - my iAmp 350 stopped working again the other day, with the same symptoms. This time it turned out to be a dry joint in between the preamp and the effects return loop board, much to the relief of my amp tech who REALLY wasn't looking forward to replacing that op amp again. I'm glad to have it back again but somewhat bemused - I bought this as a backup for my supposedly unreliable 30 year old Burman valve head, which touch wood hasn't missed a beat since I got it, whereas the supposedly reliable solid-state iAmp has now failed twice for a variety of reasons. Hopefully this will be the end of it. In fairness, when it is working, it sounds fantastic. Steve, manufacturers solder ribbon cables straight onto boards because it's cheap and they can get away with it. Very poor IMHO, along with other dud techniques like soldering pots onto PCBs and sticking control knobs onto the end of pot shafts, no names but it begins with 'B' and ends with 'hringer' . Maybe you'd expect this sort of thing from the low end of the market, but EA are sold at a premium price as high-quality kit. Apologies to Dave H, who must be wondering what this twaddle is doing in his topic area. Maybe we could get one of the mods to move it into the Amps and Cabinets area?

[quote name='neepheid' post='204080' date='May 22 2008, 09:27 AM']Drilled out the two that were broken down in the hole somewhere, the drill had an existing hole to follow and drilled right into it and some metal filings later, I can fit the screw down the hole. Glue, dowel, mallet, wait, cut, sand, redrill. Unfortunately, Peaty's prediction about the drill sliding came true with the one that was flush with the surface, but I've dowelled that mistake and will have a fresh go at it later. I'm thinking about drilling a pilot hole in the middle of the screw with the dremel first, then getting the hand drill out and taking it real easy.[/quote] I'm wondering what a spark erosion machine is likely to do to wood. If it were metal stuck in metal, spark erosion is the way to go. I'd be inclined to go at this with a pillar drill and a milling cutter, or use Peaty's suggestion. I'm so glad you didn't use a screw extractor. They nearly always break, and then you are stuck with the problem of having an extremely hard broken-off stud extractor to get rid of.

[quote name='chris_pokkuri' post='203902' date='May 21 2008, 09:13 PM']i'm just trying to get an idea of what most people like to use[/quote] 4x10 + 1x15 . It's the IBM of bass rigs.

[quote name='sixshooter' post='203623' date='May 21 2008, 11:50 AM']Went into one of the shops in Denmark Street about a year ago, (may have been Hank's), looked at a 62 strat,[/quote] Probably wasn't. Hanks only do acoustics.

[quote name='Huge Hands' post='203540' date='May 21 2008, 10:05 AM']Is because of the flatwounds on both instruments?[/quote] I think as far as the upright is concerned the choice of string makes a big difference. I have Lycon on my upright which are good for bowing but rip your fingers to bits in short order. There are other strings specifically recommended for finger style with lower tension, but I can't recommend any as I haven't tried any recently. Experimenting with Upright strings is V. expensive, so good luck.

+1 to finding a good tutor. My son decided at 13 that he wanted to learn guitar, having had no joy with piano or trumpet, so we sorted out an axe, found an excellent teacher and he's never looked back - 3 years later he plays every day, is in a band with his mates from school and loves it. He's not bad on bass either! ste_m3, many congratulations on Glastonbury. That's a great achievement.