martthebass

2 hours ago, NickA said:

A capacitor and a variable resistor = " electronics " .... Hmm.  Debatable.

 

Wikipedia says:

 

The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification and rectification, which distinguishes it from classical electrical engineering, which only uses passive effects such as resistance, capacitance and inductance to control electric current flow.

 

..and that dolphin is a thing of beauty to hold and to behold.  The sound is quite " distinctive " I agree 😁

Also according to Wiki....

An electronic component is any basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields.

Maybe we are getting caught up on the difference between active and passive electronic components.

All that said, I guess it's not in any way important to the discussion on this bass so I'll shut up.

I quite like it, it's got a nice range of tones (not as flexible as a Fallout bass but more than a single pup Mustang) and it's not offensive on the eyes.  Haven't seen a price but guessing it's in JMJ, US Fallout territory?  Don't think I'll dip my toe this time as my 3 shorties cover my needs but maybe down the line?

17 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Is that a thing these days...........wearing hats on stage ? Come to think of it our drummer in the Glam band wears one now and again. Bay City Rollers Tartan of course. 

Dave 

Does this qualify....

Played a club on the outskirts of Chesterfield Saturday night, nice place, well run and their own light system which is always a bonus as it reduces our setup/strip down time.  Club liked things a bit on the quiet side (though thankfully no db meter cutoff system) which made it a bit polite for the first half of the first set.  Things warmed up however and when the dance floor filled we upped the volume a bit; by the second set we were at our normal level.

Concert sec came into the change room at end of play and expressed appreciation and took our last available date for 2023.  So all in all 'job's a good un'.  Was home and watching Mick Ronson doc on Sky Arts with a Glenmorangie nightcap by 1:00am. 

When I’m sound checking at a big gig with venue based sound guy I always go simple. Psychokiller always works for me!

Shuker?

3 hours ago, Phillip Simpkin said:

That looks great Mart. Where abouts can I find contact details for Shuker please.

https://shukerguitars.co.uk/

22 minutes ago, Grahambythesea said:

Final fling for a pension fund? 

Now that's an idea.

Think the wife would kill me though, I used that to get my Chris Wolstenholme sig just before Rob 'finished'.  I do love the look of the 'old style' Statii though, but not enough to sell the CW.

For playability purposes I’d consider it definitely needs a refin. Personally I’d go for a vintage tint poly lacquer which would make it look fairly period correct. I had a maple neck MM refinned by Shuker a few years back with a stainless refret at very reasonable cost.

1 hour ago, Bluewine said:

We've been off for the past 4 weeks. That means we didn't have much booked for Jan & Feb. And we had a member with a serious medical issue.

 

We start up again next weekend with a high end acoustic gig.

 

Blue

Good to see you back out on the road Daryl

46 minutes ago, songofthewind said:

Wow, that was quick. Dirt cheep.

Can’t comment due to rules, but if it had been nearer I’d have picked it up as a spare despite having 2 - a nice little bedroom speaker.

That's a really great price on one of these.  Gigged with a couple of these for years; yet to find anything as practical that sounds as good.  Built like little brick poo houses too (Barefaced - take note!)

8 minutes ago, casapete said:

I agree Mart - I’ve always regarded class D stuff has having a shorter lifespan than older designs,

probably fuelled by my tech’s comments. It’s just the way things are going generally I think, with

fewer items appearing to be worth repairing. 

I think when I put my LM3 in to Real a few years back they said if it was the power board it'd be about £160.  I guess that would be more like £200+ now.  On that basis, at 50 gigs a year I tend to look at the cost of the amp at about £2/gig which seems more than reasonable - and that's a worse case if the amp is U/S at replacement.  My back up Italian LM3 is still as good as when I first got it so probably still worth a few quid. 

4 minutes ago, Hobbayne said:

Yes. I had the combo for 7 years and it has never let me down until now. 

That's not bad.  To be honest, unlike my previous old school Trace stuff I tend to look at the ICE based amps as 'consumable'.  My LM3 is a 2012 Italian class AB job which I put over to back up about 3 years back.  My current main is the Little Marcus which has about 3 years old and done about 130 gigs.  It will get retired to back up in another couple of years if I'm still doing 50 gigs (or so) per year.

Very nice.  Had a 2eq one for a good few years and stupidly sold it a couple of years back (went to Italy as I recall).  It was a thing of beauty, had an insanely low action and tone for days.  Sold it as it wasn't getting used anywhere near enough and I couldn't justify it sitting in a corner. 

53 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Definitely Mark, I’ve had a lot of Markbass gear, no problems with any of it.

Ditto, apart from the previously noted problem that ended up being a smoothhound problem mine's been fairly bomb proof.

I did hear that the CMD combos could suffer from overheating problems (due to insufficient ventilation in the design) which is why I went down the separates route with an LM top and 2 x NY121 but I don't know how much truth there is in this.

I used Real in Sheffield to check out my LM3 about 3 years back.  Intermittent volume loss, they bench tested and ran for a few days and found no issue.  Think the charge was about £40 so no biggy.  To give some security I picked up a little Marcus 500 and now run the LM3 as a back up.

For interest, I eventually tracked down the problem to wifi interference on my wireless set up - nowt up with the amp. Lesson learnt. 

Ooooof, just...Oooof.

45 minutes ago, Badscrew said:

I own WAY too many basses 😆

Impossible

1 minute ago, Badscrew said:

This is the final boss transformation of my Bronco before I lended it to a friend’s daughter 

 

That's very nice - far too nice to let somebody else borrow lol. 

24 minutes ago, Downunderwonder said:

That's a pretty neat trick all said and done!

Probably would've done less damage if I'd landed on me head.

1 minute ago, Franticsmurf said:

Is it a clean booster, or does it add some drive? And, most crucial, where does it come in the signal chain? 😂

It's drive capabilities are limited but tangible.........still struggling to determine the best spot in the signal chain.

Shot from the wings of Gig at a nice club in the centre of Barton-Upon-Humber last night. This one was an uphill battle, I’m still struggling with a dog inflicted injury (tripped on said dog and fell downstairs landing on a big toe - not broken but it’s not happy) and the singist’s voice was buggered from this persistent viral jobby that’s still doing the rounds. We got through it and the audience was appreciative but it definitely felt like a double shift. Hopefully we’ll all be in better nick next week for a return to a particularly nice club in Dronfield. Rock n roll eh?

Only just spotted I’d left my mid spot banana energy booster on top of my minimalist pedal set up.

1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said:

Sounding like those mad "fretboard oil" dressing recipes beloved of the Git fraternity.. 

Please.....not that again.

2 minutes ago, cetera said:

Fantastic sold out gig at Sudbury Quay Theatre last night with Leather & Lace! Crowd were well up for it and we had a great sound. 👍

I was especially pleased when the Sound guy told me that mine was the best bass tone he's ever been presented with!😲 Had a few more compliments on my sound from punters after too.... 🎸🎶😎

Love the finishes on those 2 C