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[quote name='spaz91' post='893365' date='Jul 13 2010, 03:05 AM']Did this use to be mine? I recognise the grain. If so I can vouch for this!

And offer £140 off my ATK for it? [/quote]

Nope bought it new about 3 months back, wanting to sell rather than trade but thanks for the offer anyway

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='893281' date='Jul 12 2010, 10:59 PM']Does the Variotone switch work properly - No cutting out or anything?[/quote]
Variotone switch works fine, I haven't had any problems with it

Still for sale if anyone is after a good quality SG bass

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Lowered price to £140

[quote name='Kenny_K75' post='863452' date='Jun 10 2010, 04:34 PM']Any pics???[/quote]

[quote name='Kenny_K75' post='863452' date='Jun 10 2010, 04:34 PM']Any pics???[/quote]

Yep ill take some and post tomorrow

For Sale Radial Big Shot EFX Effects Loop Switcher

This is a True-Bypass Effects loop Switcher, it gives you 2 effects loops and is also passive so no need to power the pedal a perfect answer to your pedal switching dilemmas

£30 pick up in Wakefield West Yorkshire or post for around £10

For sale Epiphone EB-3 SG Bass Guitar in Cherry

Excellent condition only 2 months old, never gigged just played at home. This is a really nice starter bass for anyone taking their first steps in bass playing. Bought for a band that never got going and now need the money. Bass has slight fret buzz but has not been set up or altered since purchasing it in March

Price £140 for pick up (I live in Wakefield West Yorkshire) or will post for around £20

[quote name='Lord Sausage' post='803971' date='Apr 12 2010, 06:14 PM']Good to hear something a bit different. I did something similar when at uni, but its was electro-acoustic (Art composition bollocks!). Yours is nice and melodic. Liked track one the best, don't know if drums were meant to be lo-fi but i liked it. Te last one on the page sounded a tad like jaco but was good.
People must have liked it cos you've had 38 listens and no criticism. people don't tend to leave any comments unless it criticism. I've had the same amount on mine but no comments.
Good work (don't mean to sound patronising)[/quote]


Cheers for the feedback. Your right about the drums, they are the standard drum sound you get on the Boss RC2 Loopstation, we recorded the drums through my roland amp and then tried to make them sound a bit on the dirty side. Have you got a link for your stuff? Would like a listen.
Cheers again

Ian

Hi there I have recently recorded a 4 track bass EP if you fancy having a listen head over to my [url="http://soundcloud.com/iansmart"]Soundcloud page[/url] this is my first bass only recording and I hope to do more in the future.

Have a listen and let me know what you think would be great for some feedback

Thanks

Ian

Here are the details of the recording:

In October 2009 I played a solo bass set that comprised of original material for the 'Big Draw' event at 'Westgate Studios'. A few months after the event I decided to go into the studio and record the pieces a wrote for the event.

The 4 tracks feature a Musicman Stingray bass guitar played through a Roland Cube 30 bass amp, a boss rc2 loop station, a digitech whammy pedal and sansamp bass driver DI.

The idea behind the project was to make the bass guitar the lead instrument in the performance through the use of loops and effects

Track 1 track uses a simple loop idea with the lead bass playing over the top
Track 2 is single bass playing chords and harmonics
Track 3 is a follow on from track 2 and layers 4 bass parts all playing over the top of each other
Track 4 is an experiment in changing the focus of a song towards the effects used and how they change over time, I have used both reverb and delay and automated the effects

Thanks to the help of Ray Tovey who kindly recorded the tracks and spent many an hour mixing them, please visit Ray's website at [url="http://raytovey.com/"]http://raytovey.com/[/url] or his soundcloud page raytovey

Hi there, I am trying to track down a fuse for an Ampeg B410HLF, the fuse has just gone on the amp and wondered if anyone knew where I could get a replacement from?


Thanks

Ian

Has anyone tried a Hartke Hydrive 112c? bit out of my price range but they look nice. Also what are the Line 6 studios like?


Cheers

Ian

[quote name='Monz' post='635636' date='Oct 24 2009, 08:19 PM']+1 on the bass cube... very capable little amp, I use mine to rehearse with the covers band all the time and it's got a really good COSM amp modeling section as well as a few effects[/quote]

Cool ill have a look at the Roland Cube, really like the look of a hartke combo

Hi there, I wanting to buy a really good practice amp and wondered if any people here can recommend some good ones or possibly have one for sale? Im after a good quality practice amp, im interested in the ampeg combos such as the BA115, can anyone offer their thoughts on good quality practice amps? I dont wannt spend more than £250


Cheers

Ian

[quote name='MB1' post='273675' date='Aug 31 2008, 01:30 PM']MB1.
I am a U.K Ashdown Type of Guy!
I have also had a U.S Ampeg SVT 410 HLF which also sounded Trouser flappingly Awesome!(with an all valve SVT)
Benwhiteuk is Selling a U.S.A SVT 410 HLF at the moment on this very forum!

SHAKE YER PANTS!....[/quote]
could you post the link for the page if possible?

Cheers

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='271521' date='Aug 28 2008, 09:05 AM']Could be something giving up in the crossover circuit, if it has one. It's often just an inductor and a couple of caps, but they can get dry joints on them due to their mass and the bassy vibration. Reflow the solder joints and stick the big things down with hot glue to prevent it happening again.[/quote]

Thats what I thought originally, I have had the horn replace to see if it is the horn but it seems to be still doing it. I think it must be the amount of air pressure that is knocking a connection on the back plate

[quote name='escholl' post='273201' date='Aug 30 2008, 03:52 PM']with the backplate off, if you move the plate around (just tilt it back and forth) does it crackle then as well, or can you get it to crackle doing that?

it sounds like a loose solder joint or a partial break in one of the wires going to the horn, i know you said you had it checked but sometimes things do get missed.

if you can, post a pic of the crossover assembly, with view of the solder joints.[/quote]

Cant put up a photo at the mo its still at the repairers. I asked the guy fixing it and he says that he has soldered the joints again, so Im slightly confused as to why it is doing this

[quote name='dood' post='273290' date='Aug 30 2008, 06:56 PM']Cool! Had a quick listen to get some ideas.. I'm leaning towards the 'in built ' tone of the Ampeg to go with your Sansamp for a bit of bite![/quote]


Just not sure whether to go for a SVT 410E or 410HLF I currently have a B410HLF which messed up after playing 1 gig and 3 practices!! Horn has gone strange, so im not sure whether to get the more expensive version of my current amp. Bit put off by ampeg at the mo but I just cant stop loving that sound. Have you had any experience with the new Hartke Hydrive amps?

Cheers


Ian

[quote name='dood' post='273284' date='Aug 30 2008, 06:42 PM']I have a long running love affair with the Hartke 4.5XL as many a BCer will know! Absolutely brilliant!! - I also agree with Ped's first comments about your list of cabs.

Tell us what sort of music you are playing /styles etc as it may give us an indication as to what may be best for you. Do you like a dirty distorted sound? or a clear HiFi sound, for example?[/quote]


First off I have 2 musicman stingrays, I sometimes play through a samsamp bass driver and I have a hartke 3500 head. My main band is sort of punk rock so I want that gritty sound mostly associated with ampeg cabs, but my other band is kind of inbetween gritty and clean, its a bit like Led Zepplin meets the chili peppers and mars volta. If anyone is interest here are both my bands myspace addresses, this might give you an idea of the type of music I play

[url="http://www.myspace.com/milloy"]http://www.myspace.com/milloy[/url]

[url="http://www.myspace.com/messinaband"]http://www.myspace.com/messinaband[/url]

Im wanting to get a new bass cab, preferably a 4x10 for rehearsals and gigs, I have an ampeg B410HLF at the moment which has a horn problem (see my post in repairs forum). Im not sure which cab to go for from the list below:

Ampeg SVT 410HE
Ampeg SVT 410HLF
Ashdown ABM 410T
Gallien-Krueger 410SBX

Has anyone had experience with these cabs and if so could you please give me an idea of what they are like, volume, sound, build

I have a hartke 3500 head

thanks

Ian

Hi there, I was wondering if any one could help I have an Ampeg B410HLF cab that has a problem with the horn, when the horn is switched on and I play it makes a really crackly noise, and i dont mean the sound a horn should make. When I take the back plate off the amp (that has the crossover unit on) and play then the horn works fine. Now originally i thought this was a problem with the horn so I took to get fixed and the repairer put a new ampeg horn in it but it still does the same thing.
Can anyone shed any light on what it could be? The repairer has checked all the wiring and re-soldered the joints

Please help I dont know what to do?

Originally I bought the ampeg from sound control off a friend who works there, I don't usually bother with a reciept beacuse i knew most of the staff so if i had any problems with something they just sorted it out for me, but now sound control has closed I cant get them to send it off to ampeg

Please help!

Hi, I have an Ampeg B-410HLF, recently I have had a problem with the horn, it keeps making a really nasty sounds that cuts in and out. Therefore I think I might need to replace the horn, can anyone help me? I dont know what horn is in the cab or where I can buy a new one from? also can you buy ampeg horns or are they made by another Manufacturer?

If anyone can help please let me know

Thanks

Ian

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='163631' date='Mar 26 2008, 10:57 AM']Boss Octave=>MXR Micro amp=>Ashdown overdrive=>Tuner=>Sansamp

For the following reasons

Octave always first.
Sansamp last so you can di your effects also the things you have before it aren't really going to be affecting it.
Boost into Ashdown because this will give you almost a 2 channel operation unless of course you just want to make the ashdown louder in which case move it round.
Tuner before sansamp so you can tune and mute your output to the amp and pa will also mute any hum mcaused by pedals while tuning so this isn't transfered to the pa as well.

Hope this helps[/quote]

Cheers for the help I will try this out at practice

Thanks

Hi there, I have the following pedals and wondered if anyone could give me some advice on the order of the pedals? My pedals are:

Boss tuner
Boss Octave OC3
Ashdown bass overdrive
Sansamp bass driver
MXR Micro amp (used as just a boost when using ashdown pedal)

At the moment I have the pedals set up in the following chain:

Sansamp=>Boss Octave=>Ashdown overdrive=>MXR Micro amp=>Tuner

Would anyone suggest a different order or is this ok? should octave go before distortion or after?

Cheers

Hi I have had musicman stingray basses for years and swear by them, although I have been looking at the G&L Asat bass.
Question: has can anyone give a run down of what they are like to play in terms of sound and neck width, is the neck the same as a stingray or more like a Fender? Thing is I don't get on with fender necks, so if any one bass played one and can give me any help that would be great