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Posts posted by Cairobill
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Ah I love these basses.
And anytime a Sabre appears on the forum I get to link to this Squarepusher video- 2
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So great. Still miss my Special V to this day. Lots of ziiinnnng and grrrrrr in these basses
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12 minutes ago, Beedster said:
That's what I'd do, in part because I'd love the drive, the bass would be the excuse 👍
Yup - overnight ferry to Santander with the bass in the back of the car (size permitting of course) then a car trip to the destination arriving with a happy bass!
NB - check how hot and humid it might be on arrival and possibly humidify the instrument as it might react to the humidity shift- 1
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Scaler is great - I particularly like 'binding' the keyboard notes to the key to work on melodies. A really interesting piece of software
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Fantastic bass. 80s BBs and TRBs are among the best built basses out there!
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Looks fantastic!
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@BigRedX Totally agree, but I assume he was in need of a poly. And I've just noticed this is a conversation from almost a year ago.
Like you, I spent time in the trenches with a Juno 106 SMPTE'd up to a Fostex in the 80s
We thought it was a bit rubbish at the time too! I'm a (B)Arp 2600/JX8P man myself nowadays. But for Poly, my 2p contribution is that a Deepmind will do all that 80s stuff for not a lot of spend (and a whole lot more). An Obie Matrix would edge it slightly but sadly you can't get them for 200 quid anymore. -
31 minutes ago, BigRedX said:
Having spent some time with the Deepmind (our synth player has one) comparing it to the Roland Juno series of synths does it IMO a massive dis-service. Certainly it is capable of Juno type sounds but it's got 2 oscillators and 3 envelope generators so you are by no means limited to the weedy and disappointing sounds of the Junos.
100% agree. That was in reference to the need for a synth to cover 80s classics. The Deepmind can do all sorts of other stuff... -
In my experience the best bang for the buck to get the retro vibe going without buying an old classic is the Behringer Deepmind 12 (about 4-500)
The Deepmind has a bit of menu diving but is a great synth with a Juno-Esque sound and the all important filters and envelope controls on the front.
Cheaper (but you need a controller) would be the Roland DSP clones of the old classic (JU-06 etc) which will sound great in a band context...
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Can't believe I just wrote an essay on pointless best of lists in a discussion about pointless best of lists 🤪
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Haven't read through the thread as yet but just noticed Tim Quy from Cardiacs passed away yesterday. Such a shame about both Tims (band leader Tim Smith died in 2020 after a long illness).
I saw them in the tiny Herne Hill Half Moon as a kid in 86/88 and they blew my brains out. Such an incredible band and probably my preferred variant in the prog rock arena. Amazing.- 2
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A bump and now up for new trades
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I’ve had a few XL2s over the years. Two were straight as a die and one arrived bowed. The explanation when I tried to get it fixed was that it can happen due to heat exposure. Maybe a rare occurrence?
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6 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said:
Apparently there's no money past the 5th fret anyway...
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Apparently a Steinberger will do a banana impression if it's exposed to excessive heat e.g. a couple of hours in a hot car. I recently saw a nice XL2 for sale that had a nasty bow on a UK guitar site. Pretty fatal unless you're happy playing exclusively on the lower 5 or so frets;)
Again, like the bendy Rics, there is a potential cure via heat treatment, but it's very expensive and often doesn't work
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I had a banana neck V63 that I had a very good luthier give the block/heating treatment to and it didn't work. Shame, as it was a great bass in all other respects.
The moral of the story is to look at the bass from the side and avoid if the action at the neck/body intersection is mid or high.
My '78 skinny neck' 4001 was perfect though, and had always been string with rounds. Lovely bass.
Being neck-collapse-aware also goes for Steinbergers, they can collapse in the middle if subjected to too much heat...been there once!- 1
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In the absence of a good teacher, this Rufus Reid DVD will help you focus on sound production, using the body and proper hand shape etc to get a good sound without overstraining your fingers etc. His left hand guidance is essential to avoiding trashing the tendons in your hand
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Evolving-Bassist-DVD-Rufus-Reid/dp/0757915655- 1
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Open to offers - I've got my eye on something on the forum
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11 hours ago, Linus27 said:
Ebony is absolutely gorgeous for fretless, my fretless Jazz has an ebony board and that sings beautifully.
This is my fretless Ray though which has a Pau Ferro board. Its lovely and does sing but also having an ebony Jazz, I wish it had an ebony board as well. I also have a fretless Precision which is a high gloss maple board and that also really sings.
Ah yes of course, I forgot they went to Pau Ferro. That is much harder. If your fretless is a really nice bass, not a bad idea to get the fretboard swapped out for ebony. It was less expensive than I expected it to be. The results were fab as well and def scratched that itch.- 1
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11 hours ago, Linus27 said:
The red fretless is absolutely gorgeous 😍
It was born as a fretted rosewood 'Ray but I had the Bass Gallery replace the board with fretless ebony with side lines.
I spent years looking for a fretless Ray but they are a) rare and crazy expensive and b) rosewood is not up to much as a wood for fretless to my taste.
This one is absolutely killer...Sings and has 'that tone'
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I too had a love hate relationship with 'Rays. But I discovered through extensive trial and error that I hate 3 bands and love 2 bands.
I used a three band extensively in the studio and live in the nineties and it was clicky/boomy struggle. Roll forward to about a decade ago and I found the Stingray motherlode with a 2 band Classic. I discovered that a great sound out of the 2 band is all about nickel strings -> letting them bed in -> rolling the treble knob off just enough to tame the zing and keeping the bass knob about halfway or a tad above that. Amazing punch, lo-mids and definition (maple fretboard for me of course)
That was my big moment of clarity. YMMV of course!- 1
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I had the pleasure of owning a German Club for a while. Had to move it on as it was too expensive to be a 'core bass' but that was a beautiful instrument. Just wonderful. Played like a dream and recorded incredibly well
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ON HOLD Trace Elliot AH250 NOW £95 - PRICE DROP
in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Posted · Edited by Cairobill
ON HOLD
Price drop to £95
Up for sale is my series V Trace AH250.
In decent nick with all buttons working (and functioning blacklight). The enclosure is a bit cosmetically challenged (but not too bad given its age)
Pick up or meet up nearish as it weighs a fair bit. All worth it though if you want that chunky Trace SS tone.