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I think I've only made a profit on two basses: an MIJ Precision that I wish I still had, and a Washburn Status that sounded great, looked amazing but just wouldn't be getting gigs after my 80s experiment band failed to get off the ground. The regrettable sale that often haunts me is my Warwick Streamer LX, bought for about £400 in the early 2000's and sold for about the same a year or two later after never truly bonding it regularly reappears on BC, Reverb and eBay every few years for £900 or more https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/226072472758?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=174vNm9IScK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=XRJhsZSpS5O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

It's a lovely, lovely bass and now I'm a bit older and wiser I'd love to give it another go. But I can't at that price.

Mine just a few days ago... 

Should get the black P bass back today with ashtrays fitted.

23 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

I say Ho-tone, but that's because I'm peurile like that.  It's probably Hot Tone, but smashed together into one word so hard that one of the letter Ts got squashed.

Damn, didn't think of that. 

I always wondered... Is it Ho-tone or Hot-one?

On 28/04/2024 at 23:14, russ.c said:

If Michael Knight played bass...

Please put red LEDs in the neck and have them chasing from the edges to the middle.

Does it have the "1 watt" practice mode like the combos do?

I'm really, really keen for one of the katana amps, either the combo or head and cab and I am finding it very hard to choose at the moment.

The drummer bought it brand new 364 days before it failed at Saturday's gig. He is trying to see if it's under any kind of warranty. I also want to take my little SWR amp for a bit of TLC to the amp repair man locally so can easily pass him the sub too at the same time for a diagnosis if it's not under warranty.

15 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

 

Bloody consumer electronics ... almost certainly cheaper to replace than to investigate / repair / fail again.

Exactly 364 days after purchase. Built in obsolescence is really evolving.

£23.50 with UK postage included or £20 collected. 

Used but in very good condition, Fender hi mass bridge with mounting screws. 

Reason for sale: vanity. I'm putting ashtrays on my P bass so need the traditional bridge size underneath.

Tons of them! Please PM me and I can sort you out for boxes.

49 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

 

Define "failed".

 

The last time one of our subs failed, it completely failed to power up when switched on. We later discovered that the venue had a defective 13A socket built into the stage and there was nowt wrong with the sub. 🙄

Won't power on. We changed the fuse in the sun unit itself, changed kettle leads and sockets. I've brought it home and tried again, another new kettle lead and the power on led doesn't light. 

£30 posted, £25 collected.

Nice little analogue delay pedal, three dials, very easy to get something subtle or something crazy. Comes boxed and with velcro on the back. Simplifying the rig for gigs.

Following this thread... I have very little technical knowledge but need to build some up, quick!

We have a large active sub which failed on us last night. Because we were using the sub I only had my SWR Working Pro 10 (100 watts, supposed to be to tilt back at me for my monitoring only) rather than my full Ashdown Rig. We lost the kick drum sound through the sub and had to put a small amount of bass into the tops which for some reason the rest of the band hate doing... But we play iPhone playlists through these which also have bass frequencies so in an emergency I think it's acceptable!

We are looking at possibly having to replace the sub now if this one is completely fried. 

The Roundabout club in Sandy, Bedfordshire. Decent gig in the end. We don't often use our own PA and we have this digital system that none of us really understand. Worked fine last week. This week, full of gremlins. We also managed to blow our sub somehow so I was trying to play to the venue through a 100watt amp I was planning to only use as a stage monitor, plus a bit of bass in the tops. Regardless of those and other sound issues the actual gig was good. We were really relaxed so no starting at 200mph or messing up of songs. Decent venue, good little crowd who seemed to be enjoying it. Played my "new" MIM Precision throughout and was very happy with this through my SWR Working Pro, good job that amp has a built in limiter considering how much I was having to push it.

Just by looking at it I don't understand why they've called it the Simplifier, unless it's a cruel joke.

12 hours ago, franzbassist said:

Yep, it's very loud and there's an amazing weight to the sound.  Best digital power section I've used (and I've used a lot!).

 

There's so much going on I'm a loss to know where to start right now, but I'll try and review in a few days.

 

The cab calibration is amazing.  The effects sound lush and are endlessly tweakable using the software. Low and High pass filters.  Preset shapes. Vintage and Modern tones.

 

I bought the footswitch as well, which will be a game changer for live use.

 

I was giggling like a kid at Christmas when I started playing!

 

 

 

Nice!! What cab are you using it with?

4 minutes ago, Cheeto726 said:

I wanted to get more of an aggressive, punchy tone. My sire is very warm and I love it too though. I played an actual music man at a music store near my house and loved it but the price tag was more than I wanted to spend. I'm by no means trying to get rid of my sire. I just wanted to add a music man and wanted some opinions on them 

My opinion: Musicman basses are amazing.

I think there's a HUGE difference between the real US made Musicman and the Sterling/ Sub/ Sterling Sterling by Ray Sterling or whatever they want to call it. IMO the Musicman three band EQ is fantastic, rolling up the mids really changes the bass when playing live, though a lot prefer the two band. I love the EQ on the Sire V7s also but it's far more subtle and tame. From reading your post you already have both basses so.... What's your view?

I would think the two, while having some overlap, probably have a lot of difference either way. Then there's what you can do if you use flatwound strings on one or other. What is it you want out of the Musicman that you're not getting from the Sire?

I'm not sure I could do it to myself... But the logic is that selling off all my individual pedals will more than cover the cost. I should then no longer have multiple points of potential failure or having to keep buying new effects for a particular sound then selling it to get one I like better, upgrading certain pedals, and the latest problem: volume differences across different pedals. So frustrating. 

The more I think about it the closer I am to buying one... And undoing almost three years worth of work on my pedalboard!

My band money is paid to the singer. We work on the understanding that 50% goes to a band fund for costs, the other 50% is distributed to us when there's a decent amount built up. 

Band costs are things like XLR cables, insurance, website costs, annual guitar servicing, mic stands... And an annual trip to Amsterdam where the gig fee is only about 20% of the cost of the weekend.

The entire Street Survivors album is fantastic. You probably want to listen to the Hotel California album too by the Eagles

Agree it's odd, I wouldn't have expected them to continue down this route when they have a high tech option, but I also expect they've done their research and these things will sell. 

Know what you mean about the presents but on my old GT10-B which was a phenomenal bit of kit the presets were actually usable bass tones on the most part and very well thought out, instead of wacky nonsense just because they could. If it has the functionality and some of the presets  of the old GT10-B but physical knobs it will be awesome.

I'd make it the drummer's problem... Sounds like something metal needs to be hit with something else. Or, if your drummer has a sample pad or any kind of electronic drum kit it's easy enough to do.