Bassmonkey

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Andy Cairns is often described as the nicest bloke in rock, as he's very down to earth and friendly. Dave Ball from Soft Cell took the time to explain to me how to get the synth sound on "Youth" which I was most pleased about.
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Met Andy in Leeds last year - lovely guy. Looking forward to 3 March when they're next in town

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Lots of love for ABC here. Personally I found them a bit of a disappointment because they were so ordinary compared with how brilliant Vice-Versa the previous band of Martin Fry, Mark White and Stephen Singleton were:

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Saw Vice-Versa at The Warehouse in Leeds in the early 80s. Really good - had that soul boy kinda look and vibe, Happy days. Album wise The Stone Roses for me

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If you've finished with the buzz, can I have it?


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It's a vintage one. I found it in my late uncles loft as we were clearing his house. I believe its an early 60s buzz. Offers?

After taking the tuner out of the loop for two gigs now and the buzz hasn't recurred I've concluded that IT must have been responsible. Have removed the TU-50 and replaced it with my Boss VF-1 using that as the tuner. Not ideal but is half rack so fits.
Also took Big RedX's advice and fitted Humfrees. Can't do any harm.

Now will try and get the tuner checked over to see if the cause of buzzing can be established and fixed.

Thanks for the support guys. Appreciate it. Andy

C'este merde!

icastle - no - it happens at gigs. I even struggle to replicate it at home. JapanAxe - it's an electrical not a cabinet rattle. Tried last night with the tuner out of the loop. NO BUZZ

Gonna try one more gig's worth and, assuming the buzz doesn't recur, I will swap it for the Boss VF-1 which has a tuner function and is also half rack.

Will then try and get the TU-50 looked at assuming it's that creating the buzz.

Thank you all for your help.

Andy

Bought some Humfrees. Can't make it worse and only about £12 for 12. Bargain.

Thanks Big red X. Don't have space to separate but can swap the washers cheaply enough. Will try. Thanks again. Andy

I saw that Mike had a spare control plate for a Gibson Les Paul Triumph bass. I contacted him and he offered into me for FREE!!!!!

WOW - again, another example of forum members being top notch good guys.

He nay struggle to play bass now I have snapped his hand off!!

Thank you again Mike. Top, top guy

Andy

Big Red X. Yeah. There are some. Gonna exclude components one at a time in a process of elimination. BassHertz. Yeah using the plastic washers. It happened again last night. This time once again, slightly moved free amp and it stopped. Makes me wonder if it's the amp BUT when I go direct and bypass the rack, it's fine leading me to think it's something rack based. See how tomorrow goes. Thx for the help gents

Thx all. It doesn't appeR to be a location issue. Seems to happen randomly have had it noisy and quiet at home and at gigs. Not the rack catches. Have had that in the past. Good idea about the Witeless frequency. Will try changing that. Cheers guys. Appreciate your trying to help. All worth mentioning. Will keep trying. Rehearsing tonight so gonna change the frequency. Quickest possible fix. Andy

This is driving me nuts. I use an Orange TB and Sp212 so have a half size rack which holds my in ears, my Boss TU-50 tuner and Sennheiser Freeport wireless. I have suddenly developed a buzz. I have so far swapped all patch leads, completely replaced all the 3 parts of the wireless (body pack/lead/transceiver) plus checked all plus earths. Still the buzz keeps coming back. Stupidly, sometimes stops if I move the rack. I am starting to think that maybe the tuner is the issue. I am gonna take it out of the link on Saturday and see if there is a difference. I thought these things were bomb proof. Any thoughts? dunno if any local tech would be able to look at the tuner to try fix. Perplexed!!!

Ha ha - that was ace. Needed a smile today. Shocking and terrible news. RIP David Robert Jones. Thank you x

Quicksand. Memory of a free festival. Bewlay Brothers. Wild eyed boy from Freecloud....etc etc...

Could I have the string tee please? Cheers. Andy

Bought Pete's 83 USA Jazz. Smashing fella and lovely bass. We had a nice cuppa and a natter, doubtless boring as hell to non bassists but I enjoyed it. Would defo deal again. Cheers Andy

Very nice

Bought a case for my OTB from Karl. Easy peasy transaction. Kept in touch throughout. Top fella.

Just bought a Mono Messenger bag from Gareth. Top guy. Great bag and double quick postage. Happy buyer.

Bag arrived. Perfect condition. Well happy. Thx buddy. Trade with confidence. Andy

KevB deserves an Oscar!

I'll have the producer please buddy

Saw Simple Minds plus Stranglers on Friday night. Both really good. JJs bass sound was epic. Then The Jack Tars last night at Brudenell Social Club in Leeds (ace venue). They're a collaboration with Mike Peters of The Alarm, Slim Jim Phantom from Straycats, Chris Cheney of The Living End plus Captain Sensible on bass. Was a great night. They covered songs by all their bands and new songs too. Was proper rock n roll and they looked to be having a great time. If you get chance, go see em. Andy

Played at The Black Bull in Horsforth (Leeds) on Sat night. It was rotten weather and, coupled with the atrocity of Friday, an empty pub at 9.30 seemed sort of expected. HOWEVER, in the next 15 mins, it filled up and ended up being a fab night. We are always amazed that people come back time and time again. Thank goodness for that or it would have been a horror. Great bar staff and door staff and an easy pack in and out. Was a good night. Topped off with a drunken woman falling over the front line as we were packing down and jumping up to accuse the drummer of pulling her over. He was a good 4 feet away at the time. Ha ha doofus

Two rack tuners, a Stomp one, two Korg plug ins and a Peterson Strobe Clip. Too many!