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2 hours ago, lowregisterhead said:

And here's why:

Youch! Although to be fair you can't hear the backing track, and the videos that make it onto youtube are always the ones where the monitors failed, or there was some other technical issue, in my experience 😧

.....that, or he's lost whatever he had 😉

On 01/05/2020 at 10:41, lowregisterhead said:

11, 12, 15, 18 & 20 still left.....

15.  Dare Me - The Pointer Sisters ?

On 30/04/2020 at 17:47, lowregisterhead said:

Interesting! And did De La Soul nick the "hey how you doing, sorry you couldn't get through" line from Curiosity Killed The Cat's 'Name and Number'? It was a couple of years earlier.

They did indeed, making it the coolest thing Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot was ever (sort of) involved in 😉

17 hours ago, sammybee said:

10. Act Like You Know - Fat Larry's Band (the bass is from another track, that escapes me right now)

 

The Whatnauts - Help is on the way, from 1981. De La Soul sampled it for "Ring, Ring, Ring".

SOLD

OK, sold pending 'the usual' 🙂

Hi Marc,

Sorry for the slow response, I've been away from a computer for a few days

I still have them, I've responded to your DM. 

Nice bass! Would be mid-90s onwards if it's Korean made.  GLWTS.

Dropping price to £75

Dropping price to £130

The new guy does a pretty good job, but he still has "dep panic face" :-) mind you, who wouldn't on this gig.

My Traditionals set (unused) are up for sale here, if anyone wanted to give them a go.

That's a beautiful bass, will it make an appearance in 'lefty corner' at the next Herts bash ?  (please!)

That looks like the Queen's Head in Sandridge !!

Excellent news!

Glad to hear it's working again.

14 hours ago, oldslapper said:

I had one of these once. I got a lovely warm tone from it, almost valve, or Eden warmth. I lent it to someone for a few gigs, never saw it again 🙄.

Good luck with the sale!

It wasn't me, honest ! ;-)

Yeah, it's a nice sounding amp, I'm still tempted to just leave it set up at the band's rehearsal space, but I could do with some cash for some new cabs.

3 minutes ago, jebroad said:

It was great. Hope to see you there next year.  What band are you in? 

The SwanVesta Social Club, we've previously been on Saturday nights in the big top after the main stage finishes.

I'm no amp tech, but here's a few things you could try (at your own risk of course!), if you haven't done so yet:

Any output to the headphones out?

Any sound through the speakers if you go into the "power amp in" socket in the back (you may want to go through an effect pedal or preamp first, but even straight in from a bass will test if there is any signal from the power amp to speakers)

Anything coming out of the DI set to pre-EQ ?

If nothing results from these tests, let it cool down whilst turned off, but the mains cable connected, for a couple of hours, then disconnect and open the cover. Do all the circuit board connectors look to be connected fully (I've had one come loose on an amp before, with the same symptoms as you describe). If all OK, try carefully swapping the valves around. If I recall v1 is the input valve, v2 is the EQ valve, so try reversing these. Please be careful though, as capacitors etc. can still give you a shock even some time after the amp is turned off. I also don't touch valves directly with my fingers, so they don't get oil on the glass, which will later get very hot.

Hope you can get it working again.

Played there the last 3 years, but not this year, sadly.

It's a great festival!

Hope you enjoyed it.

Anyone ?

On 03/05/2018 at 10:43, Tradfusion said:

I put a set of GHS Crossovers on my CR4M a few months back but for various reasons I haven't been playing the bass much since.. first thoughts.. compared to the stock D'addario's they seem to have more depth and punch to them and the bass sounds a bit more upright'ish which is a plus.. mine still feel a bit tacky to the touch and I agree that they are not nearly as smooth as the original strings which are basically just a flatwound... the one big difference is the lack of sustain compared to the D'addario's which I had gotten used to and came to really like, especially on the G string, the mwah factor is nowhere near as pronounced.. I understood from the description of the Crossovers that I should expect this but there is quite a dramatic difference... so the jury is still out for now, I have some upright gigs coming up so we'll see how they feel with a bit more gigging time on them.. the 10 year old D'addario's may go back on yet!

I think I've convinced myself the 'sticky' feeling is actually down to the abrasiveness of the ground wire wrap, but it does seem to have reduced a bit over playing. (I've been thinking about rubbing them down with some very fine sandpaper, but will only resort to that if it gets desperate!)

 I would agree with you about the tone, they have a more low mid bump, where the standard strings have a more high mid (to my ear). On their own, or in a small group, with reasonable volume, the crossovers sound much more like an upright, and sound good. In larger bands with a lot more volume I find they get a bit lost in the mix.

Bumps

Love both these guys!

Have you checked out Dorico from Steinberg? It was written by the team who wrote Sibelius.

There was a "crossgrade" offer which made it pretty cheap, if you had a Sibelius license, not sure if that is still running though.

Sold pending, as they say, the usual ;-)