Graham

When I saw Yob on the Clearing The Path.... tour, the bassist was using a Rick - best live bass tone I've heard, sat in the mix perfectly; also Pat Bruders was playing one last time I saw Down and it sounded great. Conversely, since the bassist in Clutch started using one, I've found their live sound has deterioted - sounds like he's got the neck pickup soloed, giving it too much bottom end.

Quite restrained by some standards 😆 The ones in bold I still have In my introduction post when I joined the forum I did say I'd joined to sell a bass (the Mayones) which lead to much merriment in the replies Basses Squier Affinity Precision Ibanez K5 (x2) Fender MIM Jazz Mayones Be4 G&L Tribute L2000 Lakland Skyline Duck Dunn G&L USA SB2 G&L Tribute L2500 Lakland Skyline Darryl Jones 5 Yamaha TRB1005J Amps Kustom combo Lane Richter 4 Hartke HA1000 Hartke Pro4200 EBS Fafner EBS Proline 4x10 Genz-Benz Streamliner 900 Barefaced Compact (G1) EBS HD350 EBS Neo 2x12 Gallien-Krueger MB500 Pedals Dod Bass overdrive Boss Auto-wah Tech 21 BDDI Boss TU-2 EBS Multicomp Gigrig Generator EBS Metaldrive Ashdown Lomenzo Hyperdrive Diago Gigman EBS Bass IQ Pedaltrain Nano Source Audio Soundblox 2 Pedaltrain Standard Diago Power supply EBS Microbass II Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Bass Big Muff Joyo Orange Juice

Attendee list 1) Cetera - Spector NS2 & Legend 4X, Dingwall NG2, Epiphone Vintage Pro Thunderbird, Yamaha BB3000, GK800RB head, Genz Benz Neox212 cab, Tech-21 Dug DP3X preamp/pedal 2) Ezbass - Maruszczyk Elwood L 4 string fretted (J pickups), Maruszczyk Elwood L 4 string fretless (MM pickup), Rickenbacker 4003s, Rob Allen MB2 fretless, Phil Jones Flightcase + PB300 3) Happy Jack - AliKat DB #004, Mike Lull 54P, all I need to play a doubling gig (that evening) on those two instruments 4) BlueJay - Eminence Upright (left-handed), loads of camera equipment 5) obbm - Fender Precisions, Sadowsky HPJ, Bergantino NV115, Handbox WB100 and if room Quilter BB800 + BF One10 + Nate Mendel for sale/trade  6) Nancy Johnson (Paul) - The Big One, rack (GED/poweramp), possibly the dUg DP3x. A bass. 7) MacDaddy - Shuker bass(es), Snapdragon Folding bass, Flattley Bass Poison Ivy. 8 ) prowla (Paul) - Maybe a Ric or two and fakers, maybe a couple of Statii, maybe J- & P-basses. Probably a Markbass amp & cab and a pedalboard with some FX. 9) Stingray5 - Old faithful Stingray5; Tune SWV4-BB bass; Eden EC180 1x15 combo. (I also have a gig that evening so may leave the Eden in the car but happy to bring it in if anyone asks). 10) TrevorR - Wal Pro II E, Wal Mk 1 Custom, Aria SB700, MarkBass LMII and Traveler 2x10, pedalboard. 11) TheGreek - Mesa M Pulse 600 head/ Powerhouse 1x15 cab and The Psilos bass built by Andyjr1515 12) JapanAxe (Graeme) - most of the stuff in my signature! 13) Wolverinebass (Andy) - Maybe some Wounded Paw effects/signature preamp and a bass. 14) Silverfoxnik (Nik) - Roscoe Beck 5, Gibson Thunderbird, BC Rich Eagle, plus my Ampeg V4BH Rig 15) Paul The Drums of the Junkyard Dogs, with kit. 16) Frank Blank (Frankè Blanké) Rob Allen Mouse, AER Basic Performer, Fender Modern Player with modded fretless neck, Ibanez SRC6/SR500, cake. 17) Ordep - Noble Preamp, Modulus Jazz, Fodera Monarch New Std, Amp, pedalboard depending on the day’s mood. 18) ChunkyMunky - Yamaha BB1025X, SWR Redhead combo  19) Jabba the Gut - TC Electronic RH450, RS112 and some own build basses 20) Thestick - Vanderkley cabs, Aguilar ag700 head, selection of basses 21) Mr & Mrs Hamster - Tea, coffee & cake! Might bring a couple of basses too 22) bassace - usual double basses etc. 23) OutSpoon (Steve) - Fodera Monarch Standard Classic, Sandberg California VS5, Maybe a '94 Stingray? TC 208 combo or PJ Double4? 24) Walman - BF Super12T, FPPR Status S1 (yes that one ), Genz Benz Streamliner, Helix Floor, and a load of EBS pedals for sale 25) musicbassman - planning to come, sorry I've nothing of great interest to bring with me, just some respect for all you guys bringing your treasured possessions to display. 26) Kebabkid - Sire Marcus Miller V7 (4 string), Roland Bass Cube 120XL, Zoom B3 & EBS Octabass 27) Graham (still tentative at the moment) - Lakland DJ5, G&L USA SB2, Yamaha TRB1005J, EBS HD350, EBS Neo 2x12, EBS Microbass II, EHX Big Muff Bass Deluxe, Joyo Orange Juice

It is a lot of money to buy one, but Andertons must be confident of selling them, as that's a lot of working capital to sink into a shipment of one type of instrument.

Knew I'd seen that charcoal sparkle finish before 😁

Lakland USA is an option too

Moulded hearing protection, whilst not as exciting as other equipment, wil be the best purchase you make. Buy it sooner. Do more work on theory, it really helps.

Don't worry, first children are normally late 😁

If you've got a Tool shaped hole in your life, Soen are probably the closest thing to it, they have former Opeth drummer Martin Lopez and the first album has Steve DiGiorgio on bass

I've been at a few which were filmed: Machine Head at Brixton Academy Muse at Wembley Satdium Opeth at The Roundhouse Opeth at The Royal Albert Hall Obviously, you'd have no idea I was there, but they're nice souverniers.

I think you're probably right about that

If I was going for specific songs, I'd probably put the CD on, but if I'm in a position to listen to the whole record I'll probably use this version as I do think it flows better.

A mate sent me this yesterday, it's allegedly the original running order for Lateralus, but the band (for some reason) changed it before the album was released. God knows why they did that, this tracklisting makes so much more sense. I always thought Lateralus was a brilliant album, but it fell off a cliff after the title track, with this running order the whole album feels different and the intermission-like tracks fit really well into the flow of the record. I wish they were on Spotify so I could put this into a playlist 6. Parabol 0:00 7. Parabola 3:04 5. Schism 9:01 8. Ticks & Leeches 15:44 4. Mantra* 23:48 9. Lateralus* 23:48 13. Faaip de Oiad 33:07 1. The Grudge 35:44 12. Triad 44:15 2. Eon Blue Apocalypse* 50:56 11. Reflection* 50:46 3. The Patient 61:02 10. Disposition 67:23

It strikes me that most small shops would do well to offer very good set-up and repair services, sell consumables - strings, sticks, drum heads, picks, leads etc at a decent price and only sell instruments as commission sales. Takes away the capital expenditure needed on high value, low margin, low turn goods, keeps people, like a lot of us, who just use the shops for strings and set-ups happy and takes advantage of the buoyant used market. It would also have the advantage of having a variety of different instruments coming through the door at any given time, which might encourage people through the door more regularly.

To anyone with GAS, one of these just appeared on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/groups/184621401586617?view=permalink&id=1794175870631154

I think the pickup is in the Ray position, the L1000 has a humbucker in the P position and the Kiloton and L1500 have it in the Stingray. Given the pickup type, placement and series/parallel switching.I'd imagine the Kiloton could get you within spitting distance of a Stingray sound, particularly in a mix.

My Lakland DJ5 is an incredible bass, but, I could potentially be tempted by a Spector Euro 5. I've never actually played a Spector, but I really like the tone and aethetics of them.

My local shop is now Bonners in Eastbourne, they seem nice enough and quite professional in there, put me in mind of a smaller Andertons. I bought some pedalboard cables there a few weeks ago and the young lad behind the counter was very accomodating, so would happily shop there again, but they don't stock anything I'm interested in - entry level to mid-range basses and Rotosound and Ernie Ball strings. I still go back to the shop in my hometown - Bullfrog Music in East Grinstead - as Danny there does great set-ups for me, and whilst he has to order in D'addarios, they normally come pretty quickly. Like Bonners though, I doubt I'd buy a bass or amp from there unless it was a commission sale, as they have a similiar, but smaller selection.

In Burgess Hill last night, very sweaty, a few people about but mostly they (understandably) stayed outside. A lot of fun though, we had a really good dep drummer that made things very enjoyable.

Ooohhh, I liked the sound of that

When I had a GK MB500 I used the boost as a dirt channel, worked well and was a great head.

Gallien Krueger are certainly renowned for having an aggressive, present mid-range. I suspect that it's partly down to having a four band EQ so you can cut the lower mids, whilst pushing the upper.

I think it'll be so that the lowest string will have the longest distance between bridge and tuning peg, whilst not increasing tension (as that is measure between the bridge and nut) it increases (or decreases?) compliance, which is like tension. Or so I've read in the past.

There's an MTD too http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/MTD_Super_4_Black_Rosewood.html But I can't think of any others