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[quote name='Bass_Widow' post='63148' date='Sep 20 2007, 03:36 PM']My husband is addicted to bass. I shan't say how many he has (partly because I can't remember). At what point should I be concerned that there soon won't be any space in the house to sleep? [/quote] You shouldn't be concerned at all. Just bear in mind that while the bass player in your life is happy it's likely to be reflected in your relationship, [i]and[/i] he's less likely to be getting involved in other more pointless time (and money) wasting exercises. PS. Could you stop off at the supermarket and pick us up some milk on the way home? Cheers.

Both listings have been removed. Probably the result of hacked accounts.

Hmm... I bought a new Precision in 82 - it would have needed the fretboard removed and the neck planed to make it play as it should. So experience tells me no.

The Bisons have two knobs for selecting pickup combinations. As for the trem, I can only guess that someone accidentally copied in some of the specs for the guitar version - I've never seen one with a trem.

The joker's asking 3-4 times it's value. He's also got a US Fender he only wants twice it's worth as well. Check the threads [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5640"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5640[/url] and [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5633"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5633[/url]

Good question, and one a lot of beginners face. I don't think there's anything you need to play other than what you usually do - that's what you're going to playing on it, so that's what it should be tested with. There's not a great deal of point in seeing how well it slaps if you're never going to play slap bass, for instance. The stock answer to how it plays/feels is to take an experienced bass player along with you, but for me that was never an option. I think the best bet is to play as many basses in the shop as you can, even basses out of your price range and other examples of the same bass (I mean [i]exactly[/i] the same model - there can be huge differences, especially on cheaper models). It should give you a good idea of the differences and playability of different basses. And like mancunianfox says, if you like what it does then that's the one for you. There are a few things you might like to look out for though. Any sign of crackly pots, any fret buzz (check all strings on each fret) and poorly fitting neck/pocket (though pretty much a rarity even on cheap basses nowadays). Any problems with the neck should make themselves apparent in comparison with other basses.

According to [url="http://www.21frets.com/dating_fenders.html"]http://www.21frets.com/dating_fenders.html[/url] (content probably nicked from the provide.net site) the pot was made in the sixth week of 1981. So if it's a seventies fender you're looking at, it's either a replacement pot or it's not a seventies fender!

My knowledge of the funk scene - let alone afro funk - is pretty much zero, but you could try Spitz in Commercial St. E1 [url="http://www.spitz.co.uk/"]http://www.spitz.co.uk/[/url] They're about to move, but are looking for a new venue. Jagz just outside London could be worth contacting as well. [url="http://www.jagz.co.uk/"]http://www.jagz.co.uk/[/url]

My first thoughts were that it's an Epiphone Wilshire.

He doesn't mention it being made when there was no US production now, so he must have revised it. The serial has 7 digits anyway, so I assume he's mistaking the 'I' at the start for a '1'. An 'I' prefix would make it 89-90. Either way, the guy's dreaming.

I'm probably being way too cynical, but I'd tread extremely warily as well. Just the zero feedback warrants a certain amount of caution anyway. It just seems a little odd that he's coming over as if he knows nothing about the bass , yet has taken advice from someone who also knows nothing (Mexico FFS) but still knows the serial number will identify it. And still hasn't bothered to check the net for any of the wealth of info out there. It could just be an idiot, but I'd ask for more [i]specific[/i] pictures and ask about cash on pickup.

It's all swings and roundabouts. In the nineties there was a similar fad for multi bass player bands, so it all evens out in the end. So I shan't be losing any sleep over it.

[quote name='fusionbassist1' post='57357' date='Sep 8 2007, 12:58 PM']Thanx very much everyone. Heavy duty Speakon connectors are the way forward then i take it. Could anyone suggest a log lasting Speakon cable then please.[/quote] You could do far worse than OBBM's cables. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=502"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=502[/url]

Thanks for clearing that up Oxblood - I'm off to check all my speakers leads!

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='57093' date='Sep 7 2007, 04:58 PM']Well, Thank you very much, not sure I remember that one. We must have been there with my mate Sandy - He's played didj with Rolf Harris as well as with Plant & Page, but he sometimes has trouble playing in different keys for some reason. [/quote] Thinking about it, that night was a jam night rather than a O5B gig - I think your guitarist was missing. I love your regular set though, so different to most other covers bands. Any gigs coming up? Just took a look at your website and there weren't any listed.

Yeah, I'd noticed that seller. I can't help thinking that it's a bit of a shame to break up old mags like that though - a bit parting out an old bass. Great way of maximising your income though, you'd only have to sell a couple of reviews to make more than most mags would probably fetch.

[quote name='Oxblood' post='57138' date='Sep 7 2007, 06:42 PM']Phew! Breathe a sigh of relief, BB. Those aren't blemishes: they're "gettering" - a perfectly normal metallic deposit that is formed when the valves are manufactured. In the majority of valves, you see this deposit at the top end of the valve envelope, but not always. With your valves, it's on the sides of the envelope instead. What's gettering (I hear you cry) ? When a valve is manufactured, it's essential to get as pure a vacuum as possible inside the glass envelope. They pump out as much air as they can, but even the most powerful vacuum pump can't get rid of every last molecule of the gases that make up our atmosphere (nitrogen, oxygen, CO2 etc.), so inside the valve, they coat an electrode with a small amount of a barium compound in powder form. Once the glass envelope is sealed, they then pass a large current through this electrode and the barium compound explodes like flashbulb, throwing a thin coating of molten barium metal onto the inside of the glass. Barium is a 'hungry' element: it grabs hold of any molecules of gas that might be left inside there and reacts with them to form other harmless compounds. In this way, the gas molecules are 'eaten up' by the gettering, so they can't pollute the vacuum of the valve.[/quote] Wow, I love your posts Oxblood. Always so informative. A slight digression from the OP, but are two leads really better than daisy chaining? If a lead fails when daisy chaining you risk losing the sound out of both the cabs, but if a lead fails with two separate outputs doesn't that mean you could be using a single 8 ohm cab with the amp set to 4 ohms? I know using too low a cab impedance with a valve amp can be pretty disastrous, but there was some discussion on one of the older forums that using a valve amp into a higher load than it was set to didn't do it much good either. Or isn't that quite as bad? It's just that I'd prefer to abandon a song half way through to sort out a lead rather than abandon a set and kiss goodbye to a nice valve amp at the same time. Or am I just misunderstanding what would happen if a lead fails and the dangers of using a valve amp into too high a load?

I haven't tried the Geddy Lee, but others on the board seem very happy with theirs. Plenty of people swap out the pickup of Fenders, though there are just as many (if not more) who use the stock ones - just like some people swap pickups on strats to get a sound they prefer. It's down to a matter of taste and the sound you're after. If it's your first bass you should try getting down to a shop with a decent stock and try out as many as you can. They're all going to to feel and sound different, and it may be that you prefer the feel of a wider neck. If the Geddy Lee feels good to you and has the sound close to what you're looking for there's no harm in checking round for a pickup that will provide more of what you want, but don't close you're ears to other basses. Just like guitars, finding a bass that does what you want can be a long process.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='56299' date='Sep 6 2007, 12:43 AM']In response to a PM about this thread here is an example of a song recorded recently at the Boom Boom Club in Sutton when we opened for Stan Webb's Chicken Shack. It was recorded using the Zoom H4 with its built-in mics on a camera tripod pointing at the stage about halfway back next to the PA engineer on the left side. I'm playing the NS CR5M upright through my bassamp, two guitarists with amps and the drummer was not miked up. Only the vox went through the PA. Normally I'd run this through some mastering processors before distributing it but here it is unmastered as an example of the H4's raw sound quality. It was recorded on the H4 as a CD quality WAV and converted to MP3 just to shrink the file size. Our version of Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl: [url="http://www.o5b.co.uk/mp3/o5b-cinnamongirl.mp3"]obviously 5 believers - Cinnamon Girl[/url][/quote] Obviously 5 belivers! I've caught your band a few times (including that jam with a digeridoo player on Whole Lotta Love - classic ) Hats off to you sir. Very impressive.

Yeah I've suffered exactly the same thing, only it seemed just as bad when using a precision. In fact looking at my wrist now I can see a small round mark were the skin usually wears away, but it doesn't seem any harder than the surrounding skin so I don't think it's going to toughen up any time soon. The only way round it that I've found is to play less energetically or wear a fingerless glove that covers the wrist - as you've probably found, wrist bands just ride up. I'm sure this is really a technique problem, but I tend to get a bit carried away live.

It does appear that the power supply in the attachment is 120V input, which of course is no good for use with a UK 240V supply, so I assume yours are actually 240V versions. You can buy adaptors for converting boss type connections to mini jack plugs. You could of course just wire up a daisy chain yourself, but if it's not your strong point going the adapter route would be your best bet. Try Diago - [url="http://www.diago.co.uk/component/option,com_virtuemart/page,shop.browse/category_id,3/Itemid,206/"]http://www.diago.co.uk/component/option,co...d,3/Itemid,206/[/url]

I only came across Russian Circles the other day, and was quite impressed. They're playing the Underworld tomorrow, so I might pop along. Just a shame I missed their Water Rats gig the other night.

As far as I know these were reissued fairly recently, though I think they are made in Korea know. There was some discussion of these on BC, or maybe BW, and the consensus seemed to be that older ones were better.

[quote name='Oxblood' post='50546' date='Aug 25 2007, 01:10 PM']+1000 Dagnabbit, Musky! * - y'took the words right outta my mouth.[/quote] Sorry, I almost fell off my chair laughing at that!

I wouldn't actually bother telling them they suck, just that they're not in the band anymore. Depending on the circumstances I'd qualify that with something like 'we don't things have worked out', or 'you're standard of playing hasn't kept up with he rest of the band'. Whether you want to carry on with the band, or leave with the other members you like and start afresh really depends on the position the band is in - if you've got little or no fanbase, there's nothing to lose by starting over.