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  1. Lfalex v1.1
    Arrrgh! Can't Stand Anonymous Naming (numbering policies) How's your average Joe supposed to work out which is what?! I am not a number! I am a free man! (cue maniacal laughter) [/ rant]
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    [quote name='janmaat' post='1125955' date='Feb 13 2011, 02:07 PM']+1 for the band. If there is no session that needs bass player, than just start one - you play bass, you ARE the band (in the sense that there is no band without bass). just find some local musicians. and as said above: a good bassline is relative to what else is going on in the music.[/quote] Absolutely. I really like to be left until last. All the best stuff I've done has come about from my not being at rehearsal, and then someone would shove me a tape or MP3 and say "needs a bassline". All you need do is listen, and then hum/sing a harmony a few times. Then pick up bass & play... Besides, being in a band afford several unique oppotunities; Playing LOUD! Playing with a drummer Abusing Guitarists...
  3. Lfalex v1.1
    One last bump before other avenues are ventured
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    That. Is. Nice. Alas, no more Black basses for me. I keep losing them in the backs of cupboards...
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    Price dropped. Now [b]£750[/b]
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    Was there not a green-carpeted 1084 (4ohm) that was produced just before/around the time of the inception of the V-type range? Had the usual expanded metal grille, no cloth, and a horn IIRC
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    [quote name='bubinga5' post='1094230' date='Jan 18 2011, 07:08 PM']Wow.. what a nice man...[/quote] He certainly is. Told me how to perform mods to mine without batting an eyelid. None of your "don't do this, don't do that" more like, "If this is what you want to achieve, this is a good place to start" and have another free bump from a member of the Vigier Brotherhood!
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    Bump!
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    I must've got lucky with my VMJ, then. I treated it as the previously-mentioned "blank canvas for modding", but found I didn't need to go very far at all. Put a BadAss II (*other replacement bridges are available*) on it and chaned the control knobs for some black schaller brass ones. Re-strung with DR FatBeams, and that's it for me, thanks. Will merrily capture most of Tim Commerford's or Cass Lewis' tone. Played it at rehearsal for a change, and it handed my Warwick it's arse back on a plate, in both playability and tonal terms. I also have an Ash-bodied 2004 MIA s-1 Jazz, strung with DR Sunbeams. Also a lovely instrument, but completely different. Feels like "home" Tried a CV recently, and loved that, too. All this makes it sound like I'm easy to please. Believe me, I'm not. I went through around 30 Jazzes from '71 to current in the old bass centre @ Wapping one Saturday, and ended up liking a Korean Burns Bison best, so gave up!
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    [attachment=71671:Albarhouse.JPG] Happy as usual.
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    Thanks! Hopefully not...
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    Bump with full-length pic.
  13. Lfalex v1.1
    [quote name='BurritoBass' post='1119303' date='Feb 7 2011, 07:20 PM']Classic. Every home should have one [/quote] Or three.
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    Criminally underused, so it has to go, I'm afraid. I thought about getting a Status Neck (Fretted), but by the time I'd added in the cost of new tuners (for quick swaps!) it'd have cost a fortune to do. Made in May 1990, parts consistent with this; 1) AlNiCo Magnet pick-up (production changed in 92/93 to Ceramic, and recently back to AlNiCo again) 2) No Phantom coil on these, methinks. Single Coil Mode can react to dimmer switches and Neon lights etc 3) No quick-access battery compartment on models made around this time Other bits; Pau Ferro fingerboard Unlined, but with top-edge dot-markers in the right places. Usual 3 band EQ (Bass, Mid, Treble) Coil switching - Series (nearest neck), Single coil, Parallel(nearest bridge) S'pose you'll be wanting photos, then? [attachment=71522:P1040340.JPG][attachment=71529:P1040341.JPG][attachment=71526:P1040344.JPG][attach ment=71527:P1040348.JPG][attachment=71532:P1040343.JPG][attachment=71535:P1040338.JPG] No cosmetic or structural damage at all. Very little fingerboard wear, both due to lack of use! Currently strung with Roto Rounds (35-105) and tuned CGDAE. Prior to this, has been tuned GDAEB with no issues, in which case, the B string is typical Stingray 5 fare (very good in terms of tension/feel.) I just felt the tenor tuning suited fretless better. I don't have a hard case for it, but will gladly include a decent gig bag. I am unwilling to post this / send via courier, but will drive a sensible distance to meet up etc. Anyone closer by is welcome to drop in and try it out/ chew the fat and so on. I'm in central Essex. Price: [s]£800.[/s] Dropped to £750 Thanks for looking. Any questions? PM me. I'm on here virtually daily and will respond ASAP.
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    A P/J perhaps? Still got the thump with that extra bite if you need it? (Go to a shoppe?)
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    But for the screw-holes from the old scratchplate and a mildly ill-conceived control plate, that actually looks suitably nice. At least it's different, and shows off the 'Ray 5s best aesthetic feature- The symetrical bottom- rather well.
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    [quote name='Earbrass' post='1114152' date='Feb 3 2011, 05:10 PM']But if they did that, your bass / keyboard or whatever would only ever be really in tune in one key. The whole point of the equal temperament system is to allow us to play [i]very nearly[/i] in tune in all keys. In return for that, we make do with being [i]very slightly [/i]out of tune in all keys![/quote] Or play fretless and be [i]very[/i] out of tune lots of the time!
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    [quote name='Spike Vincent' post='1108027' date='Jan 30 2011, 12:16 PM']Another bass ( or at least a set of strings) A hard case (trust not those flimsy soft cases) A stand Spare leads Batteries as appropriate Nail clippers and a nail file ( ever broke a nail before a gig?) An extension lead. A towel.[/quote] All I'd add antiperspirant / deodorant to that, but otherwise perfect.
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    [quote name='bubinga5' post='1109361' date='Jan 31 2011, 12:52 PM']This is very nice..wasnt it owned by a BCer?[/quote] Not sure, but I have one just like it... And I think I'm going to sell it... Anyone?
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    [quote name='matski' post='1112281' date='Feb 2 2011, 12:58 PM']*ahem* Keanu Reeves....[/quote] Yep. I thought of him. Imagine the response/s if he posted in the introductions section... And now you know why few but the hardiest celebrities (Chuck Norris?!) would post in a readily identifiable way..
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    Er... Don't know where to start with this, but I'd reckon the only cabinet that'd cut it in all three scenarios would be a really good (read large!) Stage monitor, otherwise a B-I-G Studio monitoring system. Hi-fi (whatever that is) speakers may be many things, but capable of being driven to death probably isn't one of them. They're also physically too delicate / cumbersome / heavy to withstand being bounced about in a gigging context. Whilst I haven't heard many bass cabs having full-range music played through them, the ones I have heard (even with PA power amps doing the driving) were not pleasant. Studio monitors (the big far-field boys) would probably sound good and withstand high SPL abuse for long periods, but are they tough enough? I doubt it. You might be able to mod them with decent corners and some sort of covering, though. I suppose stage monitors might be "lower-fi" than their studio brethren, but they'll be tougher in standard trim. Just my 2p...
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    If you want something that matches the HA3500, try a 4.5XL (4x10). It's the [i]expensive[/i] one, rather than the transporter series. As they're old school heavy and have been superceded by the Hydrive models, you might score a good second-hand one for sensible money....
  23. Lfalex v1.1

    Sold

    Lfalex v1.1 replied to BigJim's topic in Basses For Sale

    Soon to be mine! looking forward to getting my mitts on this...
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    MEC do a JJ (like two Js stuck together) but no open pole-pieces. They've got blades under the covers.. They're good though. As seen in the Warwick Dolphin, Infinity, Vampyre etc.
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    I was going to start a thread of this nature just today. Then I forgot. I bet there's some "famous" players lurking or posting under [i]noms de voyages[/i]... That's what I'd do. (Raps BC with knuckle to see what comes out of the (exotic) woodwork...) Edit - The last famous bassist that I know of that was asked DID know of BassChat. And No, I'm not saying who that is!
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