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[quote name='Crazyforkillua' post='46168' date='Aug 16 2007, 03:13 AM']Hi, I just joined. My friend from the UK (I'm from America) suggested this site to me. I guess his name is LethalLion here, because that's what he calls himself everywhere else. Anyway, I'm new to the bass and I'm self teaching myself playing tabs. I have a 5 string Calvin Bass, but I;m going to buy a new 4 string, but I don't know which to get. Any suggestions?[/quote] I crazy too. Welcome!

I'll have a pint of bitter before a gig sometimes just to loosen up a little, but that's about it. I've learned that late nights+ alcohol = wasted day after. But that's great in some respects because I can really push the boat out on some nights if I don't drink. For example, I went out last night to see Prince, came back at 5am, didn't touch alcohol the whole night, got about 5 hours interrupted sleep (it was a day off) before getting up feeling pretty sharp and I attended a very successful job interview this afternoon. If I'd been drinking the previous night, I'd have looked like death warmed up and been more or less incoherent.

No idea when I will be there - chances are around lunch time, but I won't be staying for too long. Will most likely bring the MM Cutlass, Smith 5's and Celinder. If someone is bringing a 400w 4ohm cab or two 8 ohm cabs I might bring the V8 as well. Also I'll bring the DHA prototype valve compressor if anyone fancies a go on it.

I have a pair of the Yamaha's, they're excellent.

We had great fun playing "Hey Ya" by Outkast at rehearsal on yesterday - but we do have 6 singers to cover the harmonies and vocal improvs. The tune is really simple but its got a nice sassy fun feel to it.

BTW, I can bring it to the SE Bassbash in Surrey this Saturday.

[quote name='King of Loss' post='44443' date='Aug 12 2007, 02:43 PM']At £1300, I would forget about Yamaha/Ibanez/Warwick etc, and get yourself a custom bass. [/quote] A good idea but you need to know what you want when you go custom. If there's an off-the-shelf bass which supplies a sound which is just as desirable, the chances are it will have a better resale value also.

Hey Mimi, we've got all types here. How did you discover the forum? If you have them, how about posting pics of your stuff here? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3975&st=20&start=20"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...20&start=20[/url] Welcome!

If noone takes this in the next week, I'm going to let the council collect it as an oversized item. This was an jinxed sub woofer where nothing ever worked the way it should. I installed an amp module which is fine and a replacement, old EV speaker cone but the character of the sub is thumpy without necessarily being deep. I need the space this takes up and I'm more likely to get a decent price for the amp module by itself rather than the whole thing. So if someone's willing to pick the unloaded cab up from west London, they're welcome to it.

[quote name='Mottlefeeder' post='24872' date='Jun 29 2007, 01:12 PM']+1 on these. They are the same range as the ones David Nimrod spoke of in message 14 -[/quote] They've recently set up a website too! [url="http://www.leathergraft.co.uk/"]http://www.leathergraft.co.uk/[/url]

[quote name='micahbell' post='44329' date='Aug 11 2007, 11:47 PM']All the links in this post go to the products, as most of them mentioned are either American or Canadian companies, and I do not expect you all to know of Warmoth or Fralin pickups.[/quote] Warmoth? As in the neck/body makers? Lindy Fralin? No, we've never heard of those Welcome aboard BTW.

Dood - has to be the most under rated metal player in the country. I'd give my left nipple to see him face off John Myung.

Blimey [i]another[/i] Talkbass refugee? We must be doing something right! Welcome aboard good sir!

I tried a GK RB400 at a gig at Leonards in London once and it was love at first listen. I was playing a pair of 2x10"'s and an Eden WT800 had at the time. So I sold the lot and got a pair of RB700 1x15" combos instead and have NEVER regretted it. I've compared and contrasted the amps against Trace, Ampeg, Markbass, Epifani and the GK's won through on evenness, frequency response and clarity. The controls are centred at useful frequncies, the boost control literally dials in extra growl, its bloody loud and very noise free. I can also play a variety of basses through the combos and they all sound good. I could never do that with either the Eden or the SWR heads I owned previously. I really can't fault the amps sonically although the wheels on the combos can be fragile over rough surfaces.

[quote name='dood' post='43944' date='Aug 10 2007, 07:07 PM']It's great fun pretending to be David Bailey![/quote] I have visions of Austin Powers... [i]"YEAH DOODLEBABY!!! YOU'RE A SEXY MEERKAT! I WANT YOU POPPING UP OUT OF THOSE BURROWS AND TAKING A GOOD LOOK AROUND!!"[/i]

Would a power conditioner help at all? How do touring professionals cope with the mains supply in different countries?

Blimey, you see how good we all network?

welcome EOS What part of the US are you from?

Put a Koch in it? Koch also designed and manufactured the Sadowsky amps.