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100W Stoneham valve amp - small footprint, lighter weight
JapanAxe replied to Merton's topic in Amps and Cabs
I’m liking the sound of this! -
A guy I play with uses some kind of Countryman gadget on his Dobro.
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Bought a strap from Ben, it arrived super-fast and exceedingly well packed.
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Yes I have a Palmer PDI-09 (speaker emulated) which I use with my guitar rig. I’ve plumped for a used Radial Pro DI. Although the Thomann unit works fine, it is larger than it needs to be (contains mostly air) and the transformer is simply glued in place! A jolt could easily dislodge it, which doesn’t bode well for reliability!
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Yes , I noticed the one in the classifieds...
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Yes I’m favouring passive. I don’t want to lose anything from the bass’s frequency range but plenty of people who reviewed the Thomann DI used it on bass and were happy. I know the EMO DI boxes, they used to be made not far from where I lived in County Durham!
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Pay-to-play? Play-for-exposure? How about BOTH?
JapanAxe replied to Rich's topic in General Discussion
This may be in Hicksville USA but don't forget that sh!t tends to migrate from there to here, including the bad kind. It's only a matter of time before some UK venue tries it - if they haven't already. -
I have been using the speaker emulated XLR output on my Origin Effects BassRig into the PA on some of my dep gigs but I’m finding I want more top end in my signal. I want a balanced output so I’ve been trying the BassRig’s non-emulated jack output via a DI box. The two I have available are (1) a cheap-as-chips Thomann passive transformer unit, (2) an active transformerless Whirlwind Mic Eliminator with 2 tone settings. I’ll probably end up using the Thomann one, but what DI boxes have people found to be particularly good at on bass? Budget would be up to £100-ish.
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I’ll take this, PM incoming. -
I wouldn’t rule it out. PM me with whatever ya got! Especially if it’s a Boss Blues Driver that’s old enough to have through-hole components… -
Pay day tomorrow?
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REDUCED TC Electronics Flashback Mini - *SOLD*
JapanAxe replied to JapanAxe's topic in Effects For Sale
Pay day tomorrow? -
I do that if I have time but I don’t always e.g. when I’m depping at short notice.
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Learning is itself a skill that can be learned. I’ve found that the more I learn, the more I can learn.
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I have occasionally bought the CD or the mp3, but it’s not sustainable for me to do that for everything, considering the number of bands I dep with. I regard learning from a track that I got from YouTube as educational use and therefore fair use. On the other hand when I’ve played in Bowie or Stones tributes I’ve worked from the CDs that I already own as a fan.
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I’m probably an outlier here but I usually start by transcribing the song in musical notation. That gives me two routes for getting the music into my head - ears and eyes! Then I start by learning the end and work backwards, section by section, to the beginning. I keep track of how I’m getting on with the set by setting up a page on Trello.com. I’m currently working through this process for a dep gig in early October, where I’ll be playing a mix of pop, soul, reggae, electro-funk, and Afro beat!
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I bought this mixer new and used it for a few gigs on a band project before the inevitable happened. You can find the full spec here, but in brief this award-winning mixer features: 5 XLR inputs with DNA microphone preamps Dynamic compression (channels 1-2) 3-band EQ plus 2 aux sends per channel 60mm faders with mute switch and LED USB audio connectivity with level control 100 Alesis DSP effects Balanced XLR, balanced/unbalanced 1/4" outputs 9-band graphic EQ for main or monitor outputs Headphone out with independent level control It is fully working and in excellent condition and comes complete with the original box an documentation. Cheapest new price I can find is £272 - yours for £155 delivered in mainland UK. -
When playing through an amp I just have a tuner pedal. My ampless board is just tuner > compressor > amp/speaker sim. I may end up using this on an upcoming gig where I will have to slap (or at least fake it).
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Can you emulate a speaker cabinet with amp EQ?
JapanAxe replied to alexa3020's topic in Amps and Cabs
Tell me about it! I played a big festival last year and every note on my bass, from C on the A string down, was accompanied by an earth-shaking WHUMPH through the PA. It felt quite embarrassing and made it hard to play in time. -
A band that I dep with has recently acquired the Mackie DL16. The ability to set up my own monitor mix makes IEMs a positive thing rather than just tolerable. They don’t currently have an XLR splitter so I think they just give the house sound engineer access to the FOH mix.
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As a guitarist as well as a bass player, I am very conscious of the poor impression that between-song p!ssing-about can create. I am therefore careful to avoid noodling in the gaps. However, I do occasionally like to finish minor-key songs with a bit of ‘Teddy Bears’ Picnic’.
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Metal bass in a Dire Straits tribute? BL told the audience it looked like I was in a Poison tribute!
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… and a dobro.
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This is a hugely useful utility delay in a teeny weeny package. Browse TC’s TonePrint Library to find hundreds of delay tones created by pro guitarists, from pristine 2290 tones to LoFi analog echo and even experimental reverse delay. The pedal is in great condition as you can see. Yours for £65 £55 delivered in mainland UK.
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Resistance is futile!
