Gray

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' post='774546' date='Mar 14 2010, 06:50 PM']I have an original gig bag ,which came with my Steinberger full bodied bass. I also have a cool gig bag (levinson )which I got when I purchased my Washburn Status many moons ago.(Wow ) Trouble is,they've both seen better days. The annoying thing about the Levinson ,is that it's just the part where the zips are pulled that are broken off. The zips themselves still move but I'm getting fed up pulling said zips without the proper tags. The Steinberger one is,in my opinion too tight a fit . Is it true that status/steinberger basses do fit into lead guitar bags/cases? Or is it best to track down a Status gig bag/case? Also ,regarding zips: when the tag breaks off, are they really doomed and beyond repair? Please advise[/quote] Don't know about steinberger / status but my Hohner Jack headless fits very neatly into a guitar gigbag. Gray

Spotted this a few days ago sitting at £600, and then the listing disappeared and has reappeared today with a more ''realistic'' price [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1963-fender-precision-bass-guitar_W0QQitemZ270535788955QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3efd30899b#ht_500wt_945"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1963-fender-precisio...9b#ht_500wt_945[/url] What do we reckon ? Genuine ?

Hi Folks, I'm having a bit of a pre spring clear out [url="http://shop.ebay.co.uk/scuzzygray/m.html?_dmd=1&_in_kw=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1"]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/scuzzygray/m.html?_...p=12&_rdc=1[/url] Including Marshall JCM 900 100 Watt Gtr Head + 2x12'' cab for same Behringer Audio MIDI interface Various Flightcases / Racks Loads of mic cable Couple of PC's A Cello Loads of rack panels Take a look - you might find something you like..

If your in the market for a cheap audio interface and your running Windows XP I've put my Behringer BCA2000 on ebay this week, due to going to mac. Cheers Gray [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320490068038&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_830wt_930"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...IT#ht_830wt_930[/url]

You could use a Patchbay in half normalled mode to tap the insert send without breaking the signal patch. Much neater solution than making up loads of leads that are unuseable for any other application. Much as I woudn't want to recommend Behringer stuff the 4 mode patchbay they make is good for this. Gray

Have a look at this [url="http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35920"]http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35920[/url] I was told that the drivers used in the subkick are the ones out of NS10 studio monitors, but this could be a malicious slur on NS10's. Cheers Gray

[quote name='Jarhead' post='698476' date='Jan 2 2010, 12:02 AM']I was just thinking, the Yamaha Subkick is designed to pick up low frequencies, so why don't we use it for micing bass amps? Would it work well for this application because I have some speakers knocking about that aren't being used, and if it would work well then I'll build one. Has any of you recording engineers or anyone else tried this before? Zach[/quote] I engineer for a band using a subkick on the kick. It certainly adds some nice movement at the low end. Although I haven't tried it on a bass cab I suspect that the frequency range and sensitivity is quite limited so might end up with rather an unbalanced sound if used on its own. It might be useful in capturing some air noise (if thats your thing) with another mic & a DI ? Let us know if you try this - I'd be interested to see what kind of sound you get. Gray

Just as an update - I had a spare hour yesterday and rewired mine straight to jack (bypassing vol / tone / actives). Its got quite a pleasing 'woody' sound to it. Pickup has a rather low output but shoudn't be a real issue. Its also half the weight of my Ibanez Musician - I'm going to gig it in the new year and see how it fairs.

Hi, I have recently aqquired a Canyon II. I got it as a swapsie from a retailer as it wasn't outputting any meaningful signal. Finish is lovely, I like the weight and balance, after a quick setup plays very nicely. However... Quote ''Sound? None at all to start with. Pulled off the back panel and saw some bare twisted wire joints and soldering done by a 4 year old. There had to be a snag and I found it. Soldered up the joints, wrapped it all up nicely with insulation tape and it worked. What was that about? Had the previous owner had a go at this or was this factory work? I'll never know. Half the soldering looked fine but half was awful.'' Same deal with mine and despite my efforts to tidy it up - still no sound. Eventually rang Tanglewood (EMC) and got them to supply a new active circuit (active circuit itself is sealed in epoxy, so no chance of diagnosing possible problems) and wiring diagram. To their credit they supplied one. Wired the new circuit and pots in and got a sound. However, I then decided I would replace the rather poor supplied jack with a higher quality one and took it to a local shop to have the part fitted (I had a busy week and figured this would be an easy option). [b]3 weeks later[/b] and the local shop return it - now [b]not working[/b] with a bill for £30 of their time - I suspect they have somehow shorted the active circuit. They have lost my future custom, but thats another story... To cut a long story short - its a lovely bass but the stock electronics have given me a headache. I'm going to rewire it passive when I get a spare hour and buy an EMG when I have a few quid handy.

To start feedback ball rolling. Just collected [s]my[/s] OLP 5 String. Very nice man. Strongly recommended. Gray

Just swapped my ashbory for Matts Hohner Jack. Excellent deal and brill comms throughout with quick postage and no problems. Strongly recommend Matt as an all round good guy to deal with. Cheers Gray