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Clarky

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  1. Clarky
    Another slightly earlier classic - more of a song than a funky bass workout but good nevertheless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlXKfFPx7po&feature=related
  2. Clarky
    Great bass line from Ready Freddie Washington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2XhhuM9GZo Another one I tried unsuccessfully to get the lovely laydeez to dance with me to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5xfnUz7c0&feature=related
  3. Clarky
    Sorry to hear last year was a bad'un Laurence I still have the Clarus+ head I bought from AI (Europe) via your good self and its the best amp I've ever heard for DB .. as well as identical to the one in your Ten2 combo.
  4. Clarky
    Wayne is going to mug you
  5. Clarky
    Maybe put the cab on doubled over carpet ( better still an Auralex Gramma pad) and position cab near wall pointing in to the wall or a corner so the sound is part absorbed by the wall and not bouncing around so much?
  6. Clarky
    Nice one mate. OK to call tomorrow night?
  7. Clarky
    Thanks Gareth, it's certainly a high for me after a death metal band that foundered as soon as we got decent gigs, due to drummer quitting, and then a punk band that routinely played to audiences of less than 30! More seriously, I really like the music we now play and have learned an awful lot about musicianship, recording etc. Whether we go places remains to be seen - as you know the odds are heavily stacked against it - but it will be fun trying. Our Portugal mini-tour last year was tremendous Spinal Tap type fun and I imagine the Hamburg gig will be a laugh too, especially if we can get some gigs either side
  8. Clarky
    Sold pending!
  9. Clarky
    PM coming
  10. Clarky
    Read about how much people love this amp: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/165637-gallien-krueger-mb-200-cant-believe-how-good-it-sounds/page__hl__mb200 PS, I am in London and can hand over the amp for a tenner less than the stated FS price (ie £170)
  11. Clarky
    Very cool bass. I remember A Certain Ratio playing one of these in the early 80s. Good luck with the sale!
  12. Clarky
    If you can play root-fifth in the lower positions you can gig it mate! Pretty much all I do
  13. Clarky
    I think Gareth Hughes uses some kind of stomp pedal (maybe a Boss tuner) as an impedance matching device, so that I don't think you need a proper DB preamp. I'd drop him a PM, could save you a bundle if only for home use. However, if/when you start gigging you will have to invest in a Fishman or similar to help control the feedback and tone issues that inevitably come from playing at higher volumes and in variable rooms
  14. Clarky
    How about the GK MB112 combo - features the MB200 head electronics in a 1x12 combo? And only £240 at BassDirect http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/GK_Combos.html
  15. Clarky
    Spinal Tap re-forming? The 'Smell the glove 20 years on' tour?
  16. Clarky
    Ps, would do a very good deal if anyone wanted to buy the head together with my Acme Low B2 2x10 cab (which I had on sale for £280), although this would require collection/meet-up as I don't have a box for the cab.
  17. Clarky
    I bought this amp with a view to a having a compact plug-and-play head for my double bass (which would also sound good with electric bass) after seeing lots of rave reviews on TalkBass and BassChat. Unfortunately, while it sounds ace for electric bass (see the thread stated by Nottswarwick), try as I might (shifting pickup etc) I can only get a decent sound out of it with DB with a preamp placed in front - which is not really why I bought it. Thanks to Keith (Mr_Bassman), Roger (Bassace) and others who are happy with their MB200 for DB and who made helpful suggestions about how to improve the sound but maybe I'm just an incompetent - or my DB and pickup combination just didn't work with it. I am going back to a MarkBass F1 amp instead, which I know worked for me with DB before (and has more oomph for electric bass), and putting this up for sale. It cost me £206 a week ago from SoundsLive [url="http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Gallien-Krueger_MB200_Bass_Amp_Head/GK-MB200"]http://www.soundsliv...p_Head/GK-MB200[/url] and I will do for £180 posted (in original packaging). Its in pristine nick so here's a stock pic [attachment=98644:ProductDetailImage.jpg]
  18. Clarky
    [quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1327923879' post='1518703'] i guess it figures that your swamp blues collective while already including zombies, would also have a few vampyres! [/quote] The backing singers are called The Vampirettes!
  19. Clarky
    6 September in Hamburg at the USB Festival any good, Jack? We've only just gone live with promoters so starting to get offers. We will be playing the Gloucester festival on 3 June but thats the only other definite so far
  20. Clarky
    What happened was that we played as a foursome in the tent at the Upton blues festival - Neil on trombone, Karena on vox/sax (middle lady of three in photo), Wily Bo on vox/guitar and yours truly. Then for the encore we did Tom Waits' 'yesterday is here' and a bunch of the Rattlin Boners in the audience came up and joined us onstage - was very cool. Oh and I had eaten garlic the night before
  21. Clarky
    The problem is that bass is already over £4000 when converted to sterling and would be well over £5,000 after import taxes/shipping to the UK. Thats pretty much double the going rate for a fretless Wal over here (eg, MoJoke has a beauty for sale on BassChat at £2700) and much more than ordering from new with Paul Herman (c.£3500-ish). I guess that - if the reverse applies for US-based buyers having to pay import duty from UK - it may be a lot more attractive to a US Wal fan.
  22. Clarky
    What is your budget Wayne as there is a wide range of amps/combos that could fit th bill? For £400 odd for example there's a s/ h Phil Jones Suitcase combo ( there is one FS on the forum) while for £525 I know of a BCer with a MarkBass Mini CMD121P combo which lots of DBers swear by. if your budget is less I am sure the guys and gals on this forum could come up with ideas too. One thing is for sure, you will need a DB preamp (eg, Fishman Platinum Pro Bass EQ; about £100 s/h) if you want to gig in order to fight off feedback and control the sound
  23. Clarky
    There's a guy on the forum selling an Epifani UL110 (ultra-light but really high quality 10" cab) which would match really well with a small amp
  24. Clarky
    You can use any clean-ish sounding combo either with a DB preamp like a Fishman into the normal input socket (the preamp is so that the impedance of the pickup matches the amp; otherwise its sounds thin and horrid) or into Effects Return input, in which case the combo is effectively just a power amp and all the EQ comes from your preamp. Doesn't have to be a combo. Loads of DB'ers seem to like the £200 GK MB200 amp into any 10 or 12 inch cab (there's a thread about this). If you search the DB forum here, there's a load of thread with advice on this, mate
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