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[quote name='iamapirate' post='615827' date='Oct 3 2009, 04:32 PM']If I were you I wouldn't. they've got an A4 page with your face on it and 'WANTED - dead or alive' below it. You walk in there and you're a dead man. haah[/quote] Well I don't know if they read my post and were on high alert but I went in today with a lady and they said hello, asked if I needed any help and were all quite friendly! I didn't play anything though - if I had they would have rightly sent me straight out. ped
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I am in London this weekend so I might pop in today 'undercover' and see what happens.... Cheers ped
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Actually, thinking about it, I MIGHT have dropped the D to D flat for that one tune. Can't remember!
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Hi mate - meant to comment on your vids and choice tunes... both great! The first is tuned DADG (always is), the fretless is also tuned DADG and the fretted 5 is BEADG(all flat) Cheers pedro
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Pretty sure many of you will have seen this but it's still the only video I have
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Any bass is a sum of its parts and the scale length is just one variable among many which may or may not have a small effect as part of the total recipe, so I would say it is hard to say definitively unless you have two identical basses with different scale lengths. I have had 35ers with bad B strings, 36" with fantastic top end, 34" with great all round playability and even played a 33" with a superb B, so it it all varies. Sorry, there is no real answer!! ped
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[quote name='Hamster' post='611097' date='Sep 28 2009, 06:25 PM']Just bring lots of gear and lots of cash (no cheques or credit cards!) and pay on the door [/quote] And bring some earplugs and a good book (use these during my Vbass demo)
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It's probably that Wispa Gold.
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Just to say that the Basschat 10% cut of the profit will go to a charity called the Blue Cross, an animal re homing centre based in Burford. [url="http://www.bluecross.org.uk/web/site/home/home.asp"]http://www.bluecross.org.uk/web/site/home/home.asp[/url] Cheers ped
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[quote name='Musky' post='609071' date='Sep 26 2009, 10:09 AM']I wouldn't worry about that at all - everyone has been in the exact same position when they start out. In fact some of us are still in that position after 30 years. Besides, I'm sure plenty of people would be happy to give you some tips and pointers.[/quote] Well said. I am doing a 'demo' at the bash and probably a lot crapper than you are, so get stuck in!
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Thanks - now you mention it we have changed TVs recently - swapped a broken one for an older crapper one we had as a spare. The TV and the mixer run from the same outlet so perhaps the problem is there... I will investigate tomorrow as I have had more than enough of buzzing and tangled cables for one evening. I can't think of anything I dislike more than cables in general. EVERYTHING should be wireless!! ped
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Lol ownage
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Hi folks Usually at home my Vbass and my brothers Vdrums go into a stereo mixer (via a pair of 1/4" jacks each) and we also plug in an ipod or similar to the stereo RCA Tape In jacks, usually sounds fine. Recently the music has started to hum incredibly loudly or the music sounds really glassy like it is encoded at 1kbps. Twiddling the lead sometimes seems to work, and other times not... you can twiddle it a LOT and it might do nothing or literally touch it and it works for a few seconds. However, it isn't the lead, and I am pretty sure it isn't the RCA jacks because the same thing happens when I plug the ipod into any other channel in mono or stereo - and guess what, it isn't the player either because we use several players into the mixer. Bloody confused and pissed off ped
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Excellent review, thanks. I like the handle, very clever, and the vents will keep it nice and warm!
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Testing the Water - Vigier Passion III Custom 5 string
ped replied to lukeward2004's topic in Basses For Sale
A bit of info on the bass: The bass is quite unique in how it is made. First of all the neck is 10% carbon and 90% maple. The carbon rods are 75% carbon so overall the neck is stronger than the graphite weave Vigier used to use. You also get the added benefits of the sounds from the maple. There is no truss rod so the neck is engineered with the 'textbook' amount of relief (A credit card thickness). The pickups are two Benedetti single coils - extremely high output and very clear. The pre-amp is a rotary eq frequency selector and a cut/bypass/boost switch. There is a master volume and a tone control which affects only the bridge pickup. Those crazy French. Serial # - 086 - 23/04/1991 5 string Custom model - Maple/alder/Maple body NECK Neck through body, featuring the 10/90 Neck System™ (10% carbon with 90% naturally dried and aged maple wood). FINGERBOARD Phenowood SCALE LENGTH 33.8 in / 860 mm FRETS 21 + a zero fret (or as an option 24) ACTION AS SUPPLIED AT 12th fret treble .0078 in / 2.0 mm 12th fret bass .0098 in / 2.5 mm WIDTH OF NECK AT nut 1.673 in / 42.5 mm 12th fret 2.441 in / 62 mm DEPTH OF NECK AT first fret .76 in / 19.5 mm 12th fret .945 in / 24.0 mm STRING SPACING AT nut 1.378 in / 35 mm bridge 2.835 in / 72 mm • MACHINE HEADS by Schaller BRIDGE Kahler quick-release BODY Naturally dried and aged flamed maple, alder or walnut wood (natural walnut only)(1.57 in / 40 mm thick). FINISH Over 10 coats of varnish, 2 months drying time. WEIGHT Approx. 7.27 lbs./3.3Kg ELECTRONIC CAVITY Sprayed with a shielder. ACTIVE CONTROLS Volume Pickup pan pot Frequency pot Cut/off/boost switch Tone pot PICKUPS Twin single-coils by Bénédetti A lovely instrument but I prefer 4s and couldn't afford to keep this one. Buy with confidence, Luke is a lovely chap to deal with! Cheers ped -
Oh and I am pestering BGM for some subscriptions as prizes for the raffle (both the South East and the Wales bash) so watch this space.
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A couple of unused packaged cables from me, items 4 and 5 1. Trace Elliot Stainless Steel strings 40-100 gauge 2. Trace Elliot Acoustic Phosphor Bronze strings 40-60-80-100 gauge 3. Bassic-bits 1m. Speakon to Speakon cable 4. Nikkai 6m male speakon/ male speakon cable (x2, brand new) 5. Nikkai 6m XLR female/male Mono 1/4" jack cable, brand new 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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[quote name='Sibob' post='601848' date='Sep 17 2009, 11:19 PM']Not so much me, but my mother! Was having a quick chat about music with Richard Bona (as you do) at one of his shows at Pizza Express Jazz club in soho, pretty nervous you know, and my mum comes up and says to me mid-conversation.... "Tell Richard how many basses you have Simon" She obviously had the best intentions, and was just trying to try and make me look like a 'serious bassist in the eyes of Mr Bona'......but I probably went a little red lol Si[/quote] Hahahaha I can defo hear my mum saying that!!!
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[quote name='AdamWoodBass' post='601869' date='Sep 17 2009, 11:46 PM']Met Janek Gwizdala while he was warming up on the Markbass stand and Steve Lawson at the bar at Bass Day 2005 and just didn't know what to say to either of them other than "you're awesome man... I mean... you're really awesome... wow... you're awesome!" That was also quite awkward.[/quote] I met him and offered to buy him a drink at the bar. He said he didn't drink so I made a super lame joke about your body being 70% fluids and how did he survive - he didn't get it and looked at me like I was a mentalist. Ah well, not my fave player anyway!!
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[quote name='GreeneKing' post='601117' date='Sep 17 2009, 10:47 AM']+1 for Marvel[/quote] +1!!
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[quote name='thunderbird13' post='600284' date='Sep 16 2009, 02:58 PM']A Root ( perhaps thats just me )[/quote] haha I like it!
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I have a special advance copy of this album and can confirm it is one of the best albums I have heard... just fantastic. Here is a lil preview:
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Love the SWR. Top stuff.
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Turns out it was Roland's fault and Dawson's have apologised and agreed to order the correct item and have this one collected. Just thought I should set the record straight as Dawson's seem to be handling things amicably. Cheers ped
