peteb

I would be very loathe to get rid of the SWR if you like the cab

I have the older version of the SWR 6x10 and it sounds great. It moves loads of air and has plenty of headroom – which is important when you are playing in a loud band!

You have to ask yourself if a new cab is really going to sound better in the context of a loud band. As a rule of thumb, I would suggest that a quality 6x10 is better than a 4x10 (assuming that you can cart the damn thing around)!

I'm sure that you could spend the money on a new (or spare) amp or another bass...!!

SOLD to a very charming gallic gentleman called Pierre Alexandre!

Cheers Tremblay

Is this the same caulkie who organises biker parties and who got up and played drums with us when we played at one of the aforementioned parties?

I vaguely remember a pink tutu being involved....!!

[quote name='jono b' post='180259' date='Apr 19 2008, 01:03 AM']Did Minty Fresh Death have this? Whippet and Rugby League Land sounds like Yorkshire to me, which is a fair old drive to Wales[/quote]
One of the reasons why they have service stations on the M62!

[quote name='Pixel Pirate' post='180452' date='Apr 19 2008, 01:29 PM']I am interested in this too, is it still available?[/quote]
PM'd

[quote name='BassManKev' post='180238' date='Apr 19 2008, 12:07 AM']£40 price drop, nice effort[/quote]
Well, even more of a bargain then...

[quote name='dood' post='180184' date='Apr 18 2008, 10:12 PM']However, I am still in love with the 2.1Kg MarkBass F1 ! [url="http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua=en&cat=1&vedi=82"]http://www.markbass.it/products.php?lingua...t=1&vedi=82[/url][/quote]
I want one of those!
dood - what do they sound like? Power, etc?

Price drop to £80....

I have reluctantly decided to sell my Eden D210XLT cab if I can get back the money I paid for it on eBay a couple of months ago. I got it for a project that unfortunately never came to fruition and since then I’ve bought a cab from jakesbass that I will actually gig!

I’ve only ever plugged it in once, just to confirm that it works ok! As most people here will know, Eden cabs are among the best you can get. This cab sells for £699 new at the Bass Gallery at the moment.

Here’s a link to the Eden site for full spec and description: [url="http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/cabs/indiv/d210xlt.asp"]http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/c...div/d210xlt.asp[/url]

It’s the 4ohm version, rated @ 350 watts RMS, sounds great and is in very good condition. I understand that it can easily be rewired to 8 ohms if necessary.

The cab has a little bit of pedigree – I bought it from the top London show band ‘Madison Square’, and prior to that it belonged to Joe Hubbard (ex Gary Numan, top session player, teacher, etc).

I'm based in Bradford, West Yorkshire not far from the motorway network - in return for petrol money I'm prepared to deliver up to an hour's drive away or to meet at a convenient motorway service station, etc.

If anyone wants further details, etc please PM me

Cheers – Pete

VH stuff is always lots of fun to play - I'd do it if you have the time!

When do ever see a pro guitar player not use a tuner live these days?

In answer to a couple of PMs - it's a 8 ohm cab rated at 400 watts RMS

[quote name='Musky' post='171786' date='Apr 7 2008, 09:33 PM']Free - Mr. Big (live version)

Anyone even thinking about doing a bass solo should listen to Andy Fraser's effort and remember the words Simplicity, Phrasing and Melody.

And then promptly forget about ever taking a solo. [/quote]
Or alternatively, listen to the Billy Sheehan version and think technique, speed and how the hell does he play that and don’t play a solo until you master it (if ever)!

Also, Tony Franklin on the Glenn Hughes’ LA Blues Authority album if you can find it…..

Due to a slight change to my main rig I now have a SWR Big Ben 1x18 cab available – £120 for a quick sale.…

This is a cab from the pre-Fender days when SWR was the last word in esoteric bass gear, has a Bag End 18” speaker (which has recently been given the once over by a qualified technician), is about 12 years old and has the diamond shaped dark metal grill (same period as the Goliath 2 series)

The cab is in a pretty good gigging condition, but not mint

You can use this cab in conjunction with a unit with 10” speakers to add depth for a fuller bottom end, or you could use it in different configurations to go for a heavy dub bass sound. I have used it on its own on a gig, which it handled fine

If you want a 1x18 cab, this is probably the best one to go for – and it’s gotta be great value at the price…

PS. I'm based in Bradford, West Yorkshire not far from the motorway network - in return for petrol money I'm prepared to deliver up to an hour's drive away or to meet at a convenient motorway service station, etc

Dream Theatre always strike me as a bunch of Berklee students who just couldn't decide if their favourite band was Metallica or Rush!

Technically very proficient but very po-faced and also pretty poor writing – if you must be pretentious you may as well take the Yes route and occasionally write outstanding pieces of music…

‘Jaco’ by Bill Milkowski is a good read but pretty dark, ditto the Stevie Ray Vaughan bio ‘Caught in the Crossfire’ (I think that’s the title – I leant it to my drummer 4 years ago and still haven’t got it back)

Have to disagree with most people here about the Guy Pratt book – I enjoyed it! He seems to be well aware of his faults and of his good fortune and as someone said, they are good stories!

For real glorification of substance abuse you need to read ‘The Dirt’, if only to marvel at how incredibly stupid Motley Crue are!

The Aerosmith book (‘Walk This Way’) is also OK, a bit like the Crue one, but featuring people with IQs actually higher than room temperature…

Not many hard rock players mentioned here - and after all the 80s was the decade of spandex and big hair!

How about:
Billy Sheehan
Chuck Wright
Tony Franklin
Rudy Sarzo
Jeff Pilson

Tony Franklin comes to mind

Always stage right (bass drum side)!

Virtually all of the big rock guys (Billy Sheehan, Michael Anthony, Chuck Wright, Rudy Sarzo, whoever is in Whitesnake this year, etc) stand stage right (assuming right sided drummer) with good reason – you can hear / feel the bass drum right up your backside regardless of how the loud the guitar player is, how bad the monitors are, etc…

Not having BVs has always held me back and has cost me a couple of decent gigs along the way. It’s not that I can’t sing and play at the same time – just that I can’t sing very well!

If I was starting again I would definitely have more singing lessons, ear training, etc

Fortunately I now play with a drummer who has very good harmonies, which kinda lets me off the hook a bit – I only ‘sing’ a couple of very simple parts

Funnily enough, I’ve never had any trouble talking and playing at the same time – we do it all the time (laughing at fluffed intros, girl in the audience, etc). The only trouble is that the guitarist can talk ok to us when he’s playing but seems to have a problem with listening to anyone else

Mind you, he’s like that when he’s not playing as well….

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='138429' date='Feb 11 2008, 07:43 PM']Even if the cables do make a difference are you gonna notice once animal starts bashing away. I dont think you can go wrong with Neutrik and Van Damme and spending more is probably wasting your money.

I bet studio's and PA companies dont use exotic cables - probably use mains cables for speaker leads - I know we have on the PA for the last 27 years.[/quote]
I went and paid quite a large amount of dosh for a couple of monster cables on a whim. I did an A/B test with my old leads and yes, they do make a considerable difference!

And Mr Ferret, I’m afraid that you have lost your bet – pro PA companies use top quality cables as a matter of course…

I was about to post a long reply about why the EU is a good thing but my missus has just informed me that I'm getting a bit sad and need to spend less time at the computer and I'm beginning to think that she may have a point....

[quote name='kdphysio' post='135388' date='Feb 6 2008, 11:14 PM']welcome pete.

nice hoard, i mean collection of gear!!

karl

('soft-southern-sh**e' )[/quote]
Fortunately it’s all kept at four different locations, otherwise you would need a stage pass to get into my rather ‘bijou’ residence

Glad to hear that someone has actually heard of us after nine years of gigging – fame at last…!

Allo there

I’m based in Bradford, thru born in Essex and lived in London for a fair few years – been gigging for 30 years on and off since I was a kid, mainly hard rock bands of various sorts…

Got way too much gear these days, mainly due to the perils of eBay! At present the inventory consists of:

Warwick Streamer Stage 1
Warwick Streamer LX
Musicman Sterling
70s US Fender Precision (heavily modded)
Ken Smith Burner
(all basses are 4 strings – never got the hang of that 5th one)
Mesa Boogie mpulse 360
Hartke 3500
SWR Goliath II 4x10
SWR Big Bertha 1x18
SWR Goliath Snr 6x10
Eden 2x10 cab (new)
DHA rack overdrive unit
Korg DT-1 rack tuner
Yamaha SPX90
EXS octabass pedal

For the past 9 years I’ve been playing in a band with the subtle moniker of ‘Spank The Monkey’ – never let a drummer name a band!! We play mainly local pubs and quite a few of the decent sized bike rallies throughout the north of England – somehow we also managed to get on a circuit of corporate gigs a few years ago, which culminated in a bizarre gig at the Café Royale in London with Chas & Dave ‘supporting’ us…!

I have also of late been playing with a band called ‘Streetsleeper’ that appears to have run out of steam just recently, not to mention many many others over the years…

Over and out….

[quote name='Linus27' post='133520' date='Feb 4 2008, 12:02 PM']Thanks Birdy but a bit out of my price range. Good luck selling it though.

Does anyone know what the Hartke VX115 speaker is like? Its a paper cone, can handle 300W at 8 ohms and is only £165. My other option is the Hartke 115 XL but this is only 200W at 8 ohms.

Would Hartke be a better option that Ashdown?[/quote]
IMO go for the Hartke every time!

Good sound, very loud (and therefore plenty of headroom) and a decent easy-to-use compressor – I used to gig one for years with no major problems and still take out one as a spare

I would also get a cab with as many 10” speakers as you can afford / carry (it’s no coincidence that most top pros use 10s live)

I would also say that 300w is the minimum power that you should go for – remember that when you are playing in pubs you will not always be going thru a big PA as you would be at a bigger venue, so you need an amp powerful enough to cut thru a band and be heard at the back of a room

And of course, when you do get to play on a big stage you will already have enough volume to cope

As far as being able to afford it – that’s what eBay is for…!