JapanAxe

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1423913956' post='2690285'] I wonder how this would get on for bass guitar? [url="http://www.carvinworld.com/products/TS100"]http://www.carvinwor.../products/TS100[/url] [/quote] Ooh! (Excitement at thought of combining with an SVP...) [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1423915771' post='2690309'] You need a Burman MPA and SL100 Powerpak! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/227325-nad-burman-mpa-sl100-powerpak/"]http://basschat.co.u...sl100-powerpak/[/url] Weight in thread is inaccurate - it's only 35kg in total. [/quote] Aah! (Anticipation of discs being squashed to pulp and vertebrae grinding together as I drag this lot around..)

Mr Twit, I can indeed confirm that ISHST has a finger-knotter of a bass line.

[quote name='awdl22125' timestamp='1423921409' post='2690382'] ...any promoters we can trust etc. [/quote] I will be very surprised to see any substantive responses to this bit!

I lifted 'CE-2 Chorus' from a pdf of the user manual and laser-printed it onto DIY waterslide decal and it came out quite good, but if you look closely it is a bit pixelated round the edges. Bloodaxe's route seems a better one, but my pedal ended up like this:

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1423869336' post='2690040'] I don't think it's strong enough to survive being stomped on. [/quote] Oh well!

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1423694428' post='2688127'] Putting the overall height thing to one side for a moment the one thing that bugs me is the width of many valve amps. Many cabs are now even narrower than a 19-inch rack case so most valve amps overhang both sides. Very ugly. [/quote] Yes, I am always on the lookout for an all-valve head no more than 19in wide - the width of my Barefaced cabs! The Selmer T'n'B is barely wider (mine is only 50W), and those Trace valve heads are also about the right size but with only a graphic for tone control.

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1423748435' post='2688562'] ... if you read what Stewart Ward (Session amps) writes about valve sounds and tone, it turns out you don't really need valves at all, just better informed transistor design... [/quote] This will be the same Stewart Ward that builds and sells transistor-powered Session Amps? He's done pretty well with them, but clearly he does have a vested interest! BTW I am not knocking Session Amps - I used to own one of the guitar combos, and it was very good for a solid state amp.

Please note I'm not sure about the 30cm depth. The Ikea website definitely says 42cm wide, and I've just guessed based on that!

[quote name='GazWills' timestamp='1423860719' post='2689922'] paint it green and write Z-VEX on it, $300 mark up [/quote] Now there's a thought...

There have been threads on various forums about an Ikea shelf unit that can be converted into a cheap and cheerful pedalboard. Whilst strolling cheerfully round Ikea in Bristol today, I came across the [url="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60150176/"]Bräda laptop support[/url] at £2.90. It is a single piece of plastic measuring 42cm wide by about 30cm deep, with an inclined surface and a non-slip rubber strip underneath. You could fit at least 4 normal-size pedals on this, and there is room underneath to fix a power supply block. I expect it would be easy enough to drill if you needed. I didn't buy one, as I have 2 guitar pedal boards already, and the last thing I need is an excuse to buy more pedals! Anyone fancy having a go with one of these?

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[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1423825464' post='2689390'] He uses synth for quite a few songs in their back catalogue. One Day Like This and Starlings spring to mind immediately. [/quote] I played One Day Like This from a written part on a gig before Christmas. I practised to an mp3 extracted from the full arrangement and I had never heard the original, so it never occurred to me it might be a synth part!

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1423813708' post='2689226'] Oh dear I seem to have upset people, including the OP Apologies all [/quote] As long as we don't descend into Fender hate we'll be fine! I agree, some sound clips would be nice.

[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1423815738' post='2689247'] Now that's thorough. I particularly like the bit of duster fluff caught on the tuner screw head in picture #5... [/quote] My favourite is the iron filings adhering to the pickup pole-pieces. Surely when the seller looked at the photos they would see that and get the blu-tak out!

'Slide bass'!?

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1423692555' post='2688094'] That's in the right ball park for sure JapanAxe - and to be honest the preamp only need be a simple Marshall tone stack (cathode follower?) rather than lots of gubbins on board. [/quote] Anyone fancy buying one, gutting it, and putting in a simple bass-oriented preamp?

[size=5]I wondered about basing something on the Carvin Legacy 100W guitar head ([color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]17" wide x [/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]9" deep x [/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]8.5" high, [/font][/color][color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Weight: 29 lb) [/font][/color]but that would be way beyond my DIY skills:[/size]

My country trio had a 'social club' phase in which I played and sang 'Can't Get You Outta My Head' (I am a bloke btw) and 'Peaceful Easy Feeling' (another Eagles song). We still do the latter. No skellingtons here!

Japan Junior is a chip off the old block on both bass and skinny-string, and has recently joined Basschat. I won't embarrass him with a user-namecheck.

My music collection is all ripped to our main computer, and that is synched to my iPod. My music room computer can access all that stuff via our home network, but also contains loads of stuff I've ripped from iTunes solely for the purposes of learning it for gigs. This keeps it off of my iPod! If I really like a song that I've had to learn, I will buy the mp3 and it will end up on my iPod. I occasionally make 'non-iPod' CDs of material to learn and put them in the multi-changer in the car.

[quote name='godo' timestamp='1423520656' post='2685974'] Hi, do you have a cv toucan send to [email protected] fora dep job with Jamie and the first class. We area fun band based in Marlborough. Our website is www.jamie.fm All the best Jamie [/quote] PM sent

[quote name='disssa' timestamp='1423508097' post='2685708'] One is a hybrid, sorry... [/quote] Wow! What model is the EBS?

I have been approached to play with a band at this rugby and music festival in June. The event website southwest7s.co.uk currently shows no confirmed acts, and no venue. The festival is only 4 months away. I just wondered how this compares to the lead-times for other festivals or other rugby sevens events?