Kiwi

Sounds like you need a wedge cab! I play cramped stages a lot (big band not a lot of space) and the wedge format made sure the sound reached my ears.

We did the Waldorf Hilton in central London last night, Simon Cowell was in the lobby when we arrived, but he wasn't there for long. We didn't take that personally... ...it was an OK gig, we had a dep keyboardist and sound engineer. The keyboardist didn't know his parts and the band just lacked spark. Most of the audience went home during the first set as well but that was kind of OK because we had a smaller and more energetic group for the second set who we had a bit of fun with. I found my car had been broken into and my glove box ransacked. The thief got in through a rubber window seal and left his prints on the window pane (although I have yet to check in daylight whether the prints were clear) and made off with £5 of stuff because I never keep valuables locked in the car. I mean, honestly. Five quid? That's pathetic. I bought replacement bits online when I got home. He really needn't have bothered, he could have [i]at least[/i] nicked one of the CDs... ...maybe he didn't like my taste in music

I think John's prices are pretty bloody reasonable for the standard models. The cost options add a fair whack though. I think the Calibas basses are the nicest and most distinctive out of the whole range.

I like NY, its an amazing place if you know what you want to do. I don't know of any place on the planet where big name musicians are so accessible. I had a listen to Lettuce on Myspace, I think any decent bass player would sound funky with that outfit - very tight and great grooves.

For a while it was... "Valerie" I kept missing the repeat in the second verse, some of the singers were getting used to turning around and fixing me with The Eye at that point in the song and... ...it STILL didn't help. Although I made the mistake less frequently. Eventually I cottoned on though and play it without incident now.

Hello Karl, you're normally a regular at TB, aren't you?

TheMoo is already a member? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showuser=2383"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showuser=2383[/url]

[quote name='johnnylager' post='261215' date='Aug 12 2008, 10:26 PM']/starts dribbling/ As a new 'Ray convert (pics to follow), I am interested in what Sir might be wanting for such a thing?[/quote] pm'd

We've always been around in one form or another. Welcome back

[quote name='david_l_perry' post='261416' date='Aug 13 2008, 10:35 AM']2000 v string all black graphite covered fretless (de-fretted by Martin Peterson at the gallery), and a one off custom Empathy 5 string Rob made for me 10 years ago (the first headless using the stealth body shape don't you know.....):- [/quote] If you ever think about selling the Series 2000 5 string, drop me a PM. Seriously.

FWIW IMO Worst years: 1984-85 Best years: 1987-88 before and after the EB buy out.

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='261496' date='Aug 13 2008, 12:50 PM']I'd like to see pictures of that 6 string Calibass as well[/quote] Me too, was it the one on Ebay with EMG pickups?

[quote name='markytbass' post='261282' date='Aug 12 2008, 11:59 PM']Error in listing aparently.[/quote] Yeah he's bumped the price up by $5000

I'm a bit surprised that the KB II has a bigger body when Rob said originally that, when he and Mark discussed his ideal bass, Mark wanted a bass with a smaller body. Will the KB III end up looking like a wide bodied, graphite necked Pangborn, Alembic or Jaydee?

[quote name='BassManKev' post='260951' date='Aug 12 2008, 04:08 PM']obbm how is the nord in comparison to the stock MM? and did i read you had an aggie obp-3 in yours??[/quote] I happen to have a John East MM pre going spare. I was going to use it in one of my new basses but it lacks the input buffers for 2 pickups. It even has black knobs.

ok Kev, I'm impressed. Thats a pretty sexy looking machine.

Nick I suspect there are very few people in the country with more than 50 basses. Although I have the resources to collect more than the 9.5 plus 2 guitars I have, I don't have the room and I don't think I'd play them anyway. As it is, some of the instruments only get taken out for special occasions. For me it's just nice to have good quality instruments that are accessible. Thats what I believe I've paid for at the end of the day.

[quote name='fusionbassist1' post='260767' date='Aug 12 2008, 12:32 PM']Mornin' Yesterday I decided to play through the Michael Jackson album 'Off The Wall' and remembered just how good of an album it really is. Louis Johnson is absolutely astounding on it and the various people who arranged and composed the songs (MJ is credited with 3 of 10, Rod Temperton has quite a few and there's also a stevie wonder track as well as a mccartney composition) really knew what they were doing to pump out some funky, cheesy,disco, 'of it's time' wonderness. a good 9/10 for playalong ability. anyone else share an opinion on this album? there's some cool bass sounds on the album i think, he doesn't quite just stick to one signature tone on the album. any comments? ____ Ben[/quote] I think its Michael Jackson's best album by far, I wasn't that big on Thriller myself. Rod Temperton is a one man hit factory and come a long way since growing up in Cleethorpes. I had a primary school teacher whose husband was in a band with Rod once.

Yep, they're a bit like that. Sound nice though. I'm expecting OBBM to post pics of his gold n rootbeer 'Ray next

Oish, well here's one porn thread I can contribute a little to... a former mongrel of mine with a status neck 78 Stingray 84 Cutlass I 84 Cutlass II Wish I had an SR5 HH in black and gold with a status neck and John East MM pre.

[quote name='sixshooter' post='259876' date='Aug 11 2008, 12:42 PM']For info on V8, you cannot get better than this link... [url="http://bassamps.blogspot.com/2006/06/trace-elliot-v8.html"]undefined[/url][/quote] You know what? I had an identical set up with the Acme cabs for a short time and had no end of problems trying to get a loud, clean sound out of it. [quote name='sixshooter' post='259884' date='Aug 11 2008, 12:50 PM']On my V8 the serial number is TO136/88/301[/quote] Heheh, mine's TO136/86/301

[quote name='BassManKev' post='258538' date='Aug 8 2008, 10:03 PM']i think that comparing the price to deep impact anyways might actually be wrong really, as of course the deep impact is the price it is NOT just because of its features, but because of its rarity. IIRC just before they were stopped from being made, didnt some online retailers sell them for £80 odd?[/quote] Indeed, I picked mine up for £90 a few months before they started going up in price. But there's plenty of rare pedal stuff that doesn't fetch anywhere near Deep Impact prices I expect. I don't think I'd be able to get £300 for mine now as the power socket joints on the main board need replacing and there's a knob missing after it fell off at a gig in Marbella while I was packing it away on a dark stage. Funnily enough I approached Synth Service for spares and was told 1 knob would cost me £10 because they had a minimum order and basically it wasn't worth their while getting small parts in. I asked them about whether they thought £10 was reasonable for a part that probably cost 3p to manufacture and they basically didn't give a toss, I could take it or leave it! I've tried emailing Akai in the US as well but nothing. So the lesson for me there is... ...don't lose my knobs. If they're loose, then I should glue 'em on with a bit of PVA or something. In the meantime, if anyone knows of an Akai Headrush/Deep Impact/Unibass pedal that is going for spares (they all have the same knobs) I'd be really grateful if someone could please drop me a line.