la bam

Thanks, but I have got an active crossover in the lock up somewhere, if i have any trouble with it i'll give you a shout.

Thanks.

Ive heard stories of them being neck heavy, EB3s even more so - even the epiphone versions are sub £150 brand new nowadays. Ive never known why, seem a bargain to me. I fancied a new epiphone EB3 but having had a neck heavy telecaster bass once it put me off.

Shame though, cool looking basses.

Ah, I was assuming you were assembling everything yourself? Are you just buying?


Just a few pics of the Jazz i put together. Just to give you an idea if you are assembling.

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I put myself a jazz style bass together from hand made parts, and used a standard passive system rather than an active.

It was fairly easy, but I got lucky and the stuff I bought purely on spec from a company online (cant remember who, really wish i could) was absolutely spot on. Beware though some are cheap.

Ive just fitted some Seymour Duncan SJB3 pickups and im chuffed to bits with it. Im undecided, but i fancy one of those varitone control plates too.


Personally I now rate as good as, if not better than a USA jazz.and cost about £1000 less (although i may have rose tinted glasses on as i put it together myself! )

Id recommend anyone to give it a go - even buy parts or a cheapo bass for breaking off ebay to see if you can do it before buying quality parts etc.


Resale value though is peanuts. I also made a deep cherry red strat - all gold harware, quality body, genuine fender hot pickup loaded pearloid scratchplate and blue LEDs in the neck, cost me a fortune to make - and it sold in pristine condition..............for £90 !! aarrgghhhhhhh!!

Thanks very much for your help. Its much appreciated.

Good job you mentioned the left/right - on/off - i was just thinking the same!!


Thanks again.

Just one last thing!

The EP2500 is second hand, and has 10 dipswitches on the back.

As i dont know in what configuration he used the amp for - what configuration is best for me in the set up mentioned above (ie to power the subs)

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Thanks

I think its the best route, but just a bit disappointing to find out that what these manufacturers claim (ie will handle 2ohm loads etc) isnt exactly 100% true.

On the plus side once i get it up and running it should be easy reaching max power with them being 4ohm cabs.

Just need a bigger amp rack now - the one i have has no room for an external crossover!

Thanks everyone, theres so much differing opinion on the net. Some opinions are that the Behringer stats are a bit false and running at 2 ohm is a bit of a lie?

Also, theres debate to whether the cv sub and crossover / high pass would in fact spread the load to 4ohm across 2 speakers and not make 2ohm.


Even the Samson amp, some places quote in runs to 2ohm.



Anyway, to be on the safe side, im going to add an active crossover and use one amp for the tops and one for the sub.


Thanks for your help though.

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Evening all,

Just getting together a larger rig, tops and subs for band and dj, and was wondering if anyone can help with this:

I have x2 4ohm tops, x2 4ohm subs and x2 power amps that run at 8,4 and 2 ohm.


I want to run all speakers off one amp with the second amp as backup. (i really dont want to use a separate crossover) Ie amp to bass bin with crossover built in, bass bins to tops.


Question is:
Whats the best way to run the amps to get the maximum 2 ohm? ie bridge, parallel, stereo etc - does it do it itself or do i have to adjust the switches on the back.

kit is:
Behringer EP2500 - this will be the main amp.
Samson SX1800
Peavey UL15
Cerwin Vega 15 SUB


In time i'll be getting some 18 subs or 12 tops to balance the system a bit better, but for now this will do nicely.


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Im part of a band called La Bam.

We are a 4 piece (Vocals, drums, bass and guitar (sometimes keyboard)) function band, playing weddings, functions, corporates and the odd pub gig.

Used to be in a band playing all Indie (before it became massive again) but split up just as every other pub was crying out for Indie bands.

Its good to play party music people can dance to and sing a long to, as a change from playing cool music.

We cover Cheshire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Manchester, Merseyside etc

My influences are mainly early rock and 80s and 90s indie, so its ironic to now be playing cheesy Wedding music!! Bass heroes John Paul Jones, Geezer Butler and Mani and James Jameson.


Our site needs a real update, we now have much better stage set up, backdrops etc - the video on the site was from our first ever rusty gig.


Please visit our site, and our facebook page and we'll reciprocate any 'likes'


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Its only when people in the band who havent previously booked gigs for the band give it a go, they find out just how difficult it is!

Its not easy at all - we try and shy away from pub gigs nowadays thanks to the uselessness of the majority of venues - a lot really are clueless, but there are some good ones out there,

Im afraid in my opinion its less about the band and how good you are, and more about how well you sell and market yourself nowadays that gets you the gigs.

Just to throw a curve ball in - theres a few good mixers now at top prices - The Allen & Heath Zed10FX has USB ins and outs and comes with onboard and software FX and recording software.

£200ish but youre getting a top mixer as well.

PMs replied to. Open to offers.

I definitely wanted to include the likes of Brian wilson and Mccartney but couldnt think of how to describe them! - 60s melodic pop will do great, thanks,

I was trying to explain (pretty badly as it was late) that when completely different styles of playing have been invented or evolved on bass, which were previously unimaginable, a new style of music has been created from it.

Theres more to come out of the bass, thats for sure, and we're due a fresh batch of pioneers soon!

Morning all,

Im fairly new to this forum and theres some excellent stuff on here!

I was reading one of the other topics when someone, about Mark King's impact with his new style of slap playing in the 80s had written "he inspired thousands to take up the bass - how many other new bassists have done that?", then got to thinking:

[b]Does a new genre of music need a ground breaking new style of bass playing and player for it exist as its own musical genre?[/b]

My case is - each of the following were ground breaking styles of music AND had completely new ground breaking styles of bass playing:

50s rock n roll - pentatonic and double bass style playing everywhere
60s motown and similar - Jameson, Dunn and Kaye, lovely feel and sound, but distinctive.
70s metal - Geezer Butler, heavy attack and dark atmosphere created (just the 3 notes in the title track 'Black Sabbath' were enough to scare the world!)
70s disco - Bernard Edwards / funk / groove - nothing like anything heard before
70s punk - Matlock/JJ/etc fast growl and snarl
80s ska - great mix of reggae, speed and syncopation
80s pop, synth and slap



ie - would the above styles of music have existed if the bass players concerned with them hadnt come up with new techniques/ideas and styles, rather than just new basslines? Each bass style above is completely different and exists in a completely different type of music. Is that because of the music or is the music because of the bass playing?

To come full circle - I dont remember a bass player in my time creating the hysteria it is said King did - ive not watched anyone on TV do anything completely unique and groundbreaking to make people gasp and take up the bass in their thousands? And to be fair - with the exception on Indie music (which i love) has there been any great new styles of music created? Theres dance music - but i dont hear of any famous dance music bassists inspiring people to take up the bass?

And is there any type of ground breaking bass playing around that is likely to create the next big thing - or have we gone stale?

Hi all,

As part of our set we're introducing a (deliberately) cheesy 'intros of the band' as we're coming to the end of our final set. Just for a laugh - we know its cheesy, but its meant to be!

We're doing it during an instrumental bit of a hybrid version of Stevie Wonder/Stevie Ray Vaughan's - Superstition, you know how it goes, chorus finishes, instruments play on and the singer announces the band one by one and when its their turn each player does something fancy. (well, thats the theory!! )


For the rest of the band its great and its all nailed - but, despite being the easiest thing in the world im struggling for something decent to do when the spotlight comes to me!

Im stuck in plod plod plod mode of the song. I dont know if its because throughout the song im doing the constant steady E to help the guitarist play over or what, but i just cant seem to get anything good down!



Can anyone think of a decent, shortish solo (4 bars ish) - or famous effective riff to play that will keep in the key of the song (E) and in keeping with the speed and straightness of the song (ie so theres no dramatic change), but sounds like a decent bit of playing to the crowd?


Its very simple on paper, but in practice its driving me mad, especially as im at the mercy of when our singer 'announces' me!



Thanks in advance for help.

If youre lucky, you may pick up a Line6 Lowdown 300 combo.

Amp modeller
Effects
Tuner
and loud too,

well built and a great allrounder.

Hi,

This weekend i'll be buying a backup bass, purely for backup purposes.

Just having a look around - has anyone ever heard, owned or played the Flea Street Bass?

It seems a big name to put his name to a sub £200 bass?

Just wondering what peoples opinions are?

Here are the photos as requested - as usual the flash emphasises scratches and colour etc

There doesnt seem to be any name/make on the pickups or bridge - the bridge looks real heavy duty.

Like I say I havent done anything to the bass myself, this is how I bought it, but will try best to answer any questions etc.

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Hi,

I'll sort some out no problem.

I was told the bass bridge had been upgraded but dont know with what - i havent changed anything myself,

I'll post the pics later today,


Thanks

Reluctantly selling my 1970s Arbiter SG Twin Neck.

Its a 4 string bass and 6 string guitar.


Superb sounds and variations of sound.

Stunning looks - REALLY stunning.

Comes with hard case and extra pickup selectors and scratchplates.


3 pole positions switches between bass, guitar and both (so you can play both at once.

A few scratches as expected from a loved item that is 30-40 years old (can supply more photos if necessary).


[b]Looking around £350-400 [/b](the twin guitar necks are going £700ish - and these are even rarer!)


Pickup Bolton - Lancs

Ha Ha, i know - Ive already made a list for a new rig!! doh!

Hi,

Thanks for the replies.

The current pickups are from a Shine bass. I do quite like some of the Shine stuff, but these were from a cheapish Jazz copy.

They tonally quite good, but have low output and are quite quiet in comparison to the real Fenders (when I had the precision as my main bass and the shine as a back up the difference in volume was massive).

The control plate and pots i got were quite cheap too, but I wired everything together when I wasnt that great with a soldering iron, and had always planned to replace. So if im replacing the panel anyway Id like to see whats available - but keep everything passive. In truth, now the bass is my main bass, id like confidence that it is all wired together well, although its been no trouble it wasnt soldered together that well!

Oh, and the jack socket isnt great.


Yes, the playing aspect was quite weird - cant remember exactly what it was, but I remember really struggling to play with the neck pickup where it was, (I think the neck pickup was lower ? It just seemed to be in the way) so as i couldnt move it positionally, i simply sunk it so it was almost flush with the body, and my fingers didnt keep clashing with it.

Hi all,

My first post here!


I used to have a USA precision for 12 years when with my last band. I sold it a few years ago, when the band split up (something i said id never do!)

It was always my intention that when I got with a new band Id use a bass I put together myself.

Im with the new band now and although i love the way the bass looks and plays - but id like to upgrade the pickups and control plate/pots etc.


Its a Fender Jazz style bass, but ive 'sunk' the neck pickup into the body as i couldnt get used to it after years of playing the Precision.

Where is the best place to get either genuine Fender Jazz pickups - or are there better aftermarket ones available? they would have to be the same shape and dimensions though to fit the scratchplate.

Also any kind of control plate would be great - ive seen a few that offer loads of different tones etc - one of those would be great - but which ones are best?



Ive been out of the gear discussions etc for a good few years - so any help greatly appreciated - im going to do some digging on this subject as well - looks like this is a great forum.

Hi all,

Just a quick introduction - my name is Andy and ive been a bass player for 20 years - and been playing live for over 10.

Been through a lot of gear in the past - Ashdown Amps, Trace Elliot, Fender etc - can never seem to settle!

Im now using a Line 6 Lowdown and a bass I made myself that im looking to upgrade the electronics.

Currently playing in a function band for Weddings etc after 10 years of pubs etc.