lowregisterhead

Beautifully made and very versatile, but dear god, that huge pickup is fugly...

Not for me, but might float somebody's boat... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STATUS-GRAPHITE-1980s-Series-2000-Headless-One-Piece-Carbon-Fiber-4-String-/322797241092

I know what you mean. When I'm not really 'in the mood', I find it helps to focus on one thing as a sort of pick me up - taking a couple of different basses on the gig for a bit of variety, putting on a fresh set of strings for that extra 'zing', wearing a snazzy shirt, stuff like that. I've just read that back and it all sounds rather shallow, but it does help! Or perhaps it's just me...

Graeme bought my TC compact amp. Great comms, very prompt payment despite geographical issues (!) and a really smooth transaction all round. Highly recommended.

After a quick google it appears it was 'King Thumb'... still giving lessons, although his website looks like it was designed in the 90's...

These are the basses that Henry 'Magic Thumb' Thomas used to endorse in the 80's, IIRC. Whatever happened to him?

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' timestamp='1506366402' post='3378283'] Decorating the back of the neck like that is not the kind of idea you'd get when sober. [/quote] ...or a musician...

Never mind what it looks like - have you seen the action on that thing? You'd need the hands of Frankenstein to fret a note!!

Y'see, it's not the bass I find disturbing, although I do. It's the thought of what the person who would buy such a thing would look like...

[quote name='LZD56' timestamp='1506273899' post='3377519'] Got to thank lowregisterhead for alerting me to the auction! [/quote] You are very welcome. Enjoy the bass!

[quote name='anzoid' timestamp='1506193681' post='3377032'] The seller probably would have got way more (£600?) for it if it hadn't been listed in Musical Instruments > Pro Audio Equipment > Software, Loops & Samples [/quote] Maybe they started typing Steinberg (er)... and then just clicked the first category that popped up. Expensive mistake.

[quote name='LZD56' timestamp='1506202222' post='3377079'] That'd be me then [/quote] Result! I fancy the CR5 Radius myself, but I was tempted...

One bid. Someone got a bargain.

Nice, looks mint... £400 and no bids yet... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NS-design-Wav-4-Radius-Bass-/302454996665

Especially as The Gallery have the exact same model (different finish, mark you) in virtually mint condition, ex-Dave Swift for £1500...

I don't think so! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Steinberger-5-string-XQ-25w-1991-vintage-rare-original-collectable-model-/152696350319"]http://www.ebay.co.u...l-/152696350319[/url]

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1505674670' post='3373505'] What are you using now? No hole in my midrange btw! [/quote] Well... seeing as you've asked, I reverted to my EBS Proline 410, then that morphed into two EBS Proline 210's just 'cos they were more manageable (getting old y'see) and as I stack them on their ends, they're actually more audible too. That was the other thing the BF lacked - that trademark EBS glassy top end, but I see you don't care for tweeters, so that won't be an issue for you! On the top of the cabs has variously been an EBS TD650, a Glockenklang Heart Rock II, a TC Electronic BH800, a GK MB800 Fusion, and now an Eich T1000. I have tried other Neo cabs in the past (MarkBass, EBS) but I found they just couldn't handle the bottom end... not my kind of bottom end, anyway.

Had a Big Twin T. It was very light and much louder than you'd expect, just like they said it would be, but the sound had a big hole in the midrange that I couldn't seem to EQ back in, and then the horn blew on the second gig. Returned it and got a refund.

I've had a similar problem, in as much as I have two EBS 210's (Proline, not Neo) that I really like, and are fairly portable, but are 4 ohms each, and my GK MB800 Fusion amp only goes down to 4 ohms minimum load, preventing me from using both cabs with a standard parallel connection. So I rigged up a series cable that made the load of the two cabs 8 ohms, which the amp copes with quite well. You could do the same with your two cabs, but the resulting load would be 12 ohms, and I'm not sure how that would work with your Ampeg. The minimum load is 4 ohms, but is there a maximum load? 16 ohms perhaps? If that was the case (check it out on Ampeg's site first please!) you may not get so much power, but as it's an 800 watt head, it may well still produce ample volume to do the job. Worth thinking about! If it helps, I just up graded my GK head to an Eich T1000 which goes down to 2 ohms, so I have a serial cable going spare if you want it...

[quote name='visog' timestamp='1505588376' post='3373064'] "Is this the future of music?" Yes it is. Rock music is a minority interest. Jazz fans can be counted in thousands globally. A bass guitar is about as sexy as a tuba to the average 16 year old. No youngsters are getting any traction: the phenomenal Hadrien Feraud and Mohini Dey are astounding players but get no significant exposure for music (as opposed to gear endorsements). Old world heroes are gone and forgotten: Jaco, Jack Bruce, Chris Squire, Greg Lake, John Wetton, John Entwistle... It's all gone. Electric bass guitar will be functionally gone in the next generation (7 years) except for retro appeal in a break in a EDM DJ set. We are the last generation. [/quote] Sorry, I really can't agree with you on that. Firstly, the track in question is music in part, but it's essentially video entertainment, and contains little of what countless millions of people around the world (including me) surely still yearn for - some lyrical concept they can identify and connect with, and a theme or a melody that touches the soul in some way. The piece we've been discussing doesn't depict the future of music as a whole, although it may be a small part of it. Music will continue to be made in countless ways as it has since a caveman first hit a log with a rock. Electric bass will remain as long as you or I keep playing it, which I certainly will until I'm no longer physically able to do so. I'm hoping that will be more than 7 years, of course!