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Black 76 4001 stereo, Natural 85 4003s stereo Natural 2005 4003 stereo

Cairns build by me years ago, sold then bought back then sold again, Amazing sounding bass Ash body, real MM Pup and 2 band circuit Replaced it with this 2005 Buttermilk

[quote]made from one piece of wood[/quote] That's some canny whittling

[quote name='4 Strings' post='1032732' date='Nov 22 2010, 03:22 PM']These both look in perfect condition. Is that a pre-EB Stingray body and a '70s Precision?[/quote] It is indeed a pre EB body with a Status neck, but the P is a recent parts build (Jap body, Mighty Mite neck fender hardware and kent armstrong hot vintages) to look like a Roger Waters bass due to my current role in a floyd tribute. Cheers mate Dave

[quote name='BassBod' post='1032860' date='Nov 22 2010, 04:47 PM']That will be fine provided the DI can take a real line level signal. My experience is that many active DI's will clip, even though the specs look ok. I do the same thing but with a passive DI box, (and "hot" output from Alembic or SWR preamps) and it works fine. The other option is look for a line out or link jack out of the power amp - that may have a lower output level?[/quote] What passive DI do you use, I had considered a passive one over active, there is a radial one in the for sale section i was looking at. Cheers David

Hi Ive got one of [url="http://www.sontronics.com/sigma.htm"]THESE[/url] and they are absolutely amazing on everything. Really cant recommend them enough for any acoustic source mate and only about £400 new. Cheers Dave

I want to run my signal chain pre DI but none of the units have the option anyone know if this is possible (I presume it is as all line inputs should take easily 0dbv?) My Rig is as follows DBX 160x [b]INTO[/b] TC Electronic 1140 [b]INTO[/b] BBE 411 [b]INTO[/b] [i][u]I want to put DI Here[/u][/i] Carver PM1500 amp Any thoughts/experiences?

My two current favourites

I built this to bypass a Boss delay I'm using at the moment, tru-bypass always seemed an alchemic process till i looked into it, unbelievably simple and combined with a lurvely metallic purple spray job Cheers David

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rocket-Stagg-Music-Stand-Light-/200541613147?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Access_RL&hash=item2eb1362c5b#ht_2833wt_1141"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rocket-Stagg-Music-S...#ht_2833wt_1141[/url] Aha!

Anybody got any recommendations? Im looking for a small pool of light to read dots and notes onstage, Something that wont be or be minimally visible by the audience, preferably 240v powered and not battery, oh and not clip on. Cheers David

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1004966' date='Oct 29 2010, 11:49 AM']Perfectly fair comments, except that the comment to which I was replying was: [i][b][color="#0000FF"]ps. Id crawl over broken glass to get away from Paul McCartney and his stupid shakey face going wooooooo all the time AGhhh!! Man I loathe the Beatles[/color].[/b][/i] Macca's playing [u][b]today [/b][/u]was therefore not the issue. In similar vein, your own comment [i][b][color="#0000FF"]Its amazing what nostalgia can do for a reputation[/color][/b][/i] makes it pretty clear that you're not talking about Macca in 2010. Just saying ...[/quote] Pedantic, but I'll give you that LOL, He has to be one of the most over rated players of all time, its like saying Chas Chandler was a bass god! No he was a mediocre musician, same as Macca was back then and same as he is now. Im not saying he's sh*te, far from it just not the inspirational force people often make him out to be. Each to their own.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1004868' date='Oct 29 2010, 10:24 AM']Oh dear. Put McCartney alongside Clarke, Wooten, Miller, etc. and you'd be right - he's nothing exceptional. The whole point is that you CAN'T. Clarke, Wooten, Miller, etc. all grew up [i][b]listening to [/b][/i]McCartney (and Entwistle, and ...), copying him, and trying to improve on what he did. [/quote] But Macca has not been restricted to his Beatles works, he doesnt just exist in 1964 BUT his playing does., Geddy Lee was little more than poor on the first Rush album but he improved and expanded his ability and technique, I'm sure Wooten started as a novice too and not the pyrotechnical expert he is today. Everyone gets better with practice, Just because your back catalogue is average doesnt mean you have to stay average. Macca is still playing today, he has been playing bass for the last 40 odd years and therefore he CAN be compared to everyone else.

[quote name='daz' post='1004804' date='Oct 29 2010, 09:33 AM']Man I l[b]oathe [/b]the Beatles. There ive said it. whos with me?[/quote] Dont hate them but i HATE the quest from people to sound musically knowledgeable by claiming t love them ie Alan Partridge types. They wrote some brilliant songs, but they also wrote some UTTER sh*te and also some mediocre songs and Macca is a good player, nothing exceptional, Its amazing what nostalgia can do for a reputation.