chriswareham

I bought Jamie's Ibanez Artcore bass. Beautiful bass, and Jamie brought it with him on a business trip to my neck of the woods for collection :-)

Back on topic ... Jamie used Boss pedals, so matski's suggestion of a Boss CE-2 is a good one. When Jamie joined Death Cult (shortly to become The Cult) as bassist, he switched from lead guitar and gave most of his pedals to the bands guitarist Billy Duffy. He still uses most of them to this day.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1483933980' post='3211222'] Well the thread reads, "How do I get this tone" I wasn't sure why chorus and compression were mentioned as they don't give anyone tone. [/quote] Yes they do.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1483605466' post='3208540'] As I said in the other thread I could never get a tone I liked out of the high C string. I tried several different sets of strings when I experimented with it a few years ago and without exception the C string had all the character of a cheap and nasty guitar. The same notes played on the G or D strings always had a lot more authority, so I've stuck with B - G on my 5-strings. [/quote] I'm thinking of going the Peter Hook route, and using a G string tuned up to C - Hooky does something similar with the strings on his six string bass as it gives him a much better tone than using conventional guages for the high strings. He says in his recent book that he had to experiment with different gauges until he found some that didn't snap or were so over-tension as to be unplayable.

I'll be going EADGC on a five string soon, and was wondering what strings other people recommend for this. I prefer the sound of roundwounds and fairly heavy guage.

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1483374839' post='3206644'] Dont know why musicians moan about the content of the Hoot, after all it has to appeal to a huge range of tastes. [/quote] Really? I can only think of one act I've liked on Jools Holland's show, and none on a "Hootenanny".

[quote name='Downdown' timestamp='1483206509' post='3205434'] You've all got the wrong partners if this sort of thing is an issue. As long as you can afford it and haven't sold your first-born into slavery, what's the problem? Mine wouldn't care a hoot. In fact she'd probably not even notice amongst all the other music/PA gear stacked up around the house. But happy new year anyway. [/quote] Exactly. As long as you're not buying it with credit or putting off a more important purchase by buying it, then where's the problem? Since joining this *@!?ing forum I've gone from three basses to nine!!!

Finally got down to my brother's and picked up the Maya Jazz bass copy that was posted above. It's in good shape, the only thing wrong with it is a missing retaining nut and knob on the treble volume control. In the meantime I ordered a pair of John Birch Hyperflux 3 pickups to replace the standard Jazz style pups. John Carling at JB made the pickups with black covers and mounting rings - delivered to me within five days of ordering, and they look the business. I'll start a (re)build thread soon.

Reads like a pack of lies. If they've got the industry connections they allege then they'd have management, because no one else in the industry would deal with pre-pubescent spiel like that, and then they wouldn't be advertising for band members on Facebook. The influences they have suggest they're highly unlikely to get a deal - Steel Panther only managed it by being a parody, and there's little point interest in a more "sincere" glam metal revival. As for a "street team" (FFS) of 87,000, I doubt even someone of the stature of Metallica could manage that many people pledging to do free promotion for them.

Is that one of the Hipshot bridges?

Never gone lightweight, and been underwhelmed by class D stuff when I've heard others playing it - sounds loud on its own but disappears in a full band as though it doesn't put out enough low end. So I'll stick with an all valve head and old solid state stuff (Acoustic Control and more recently a Trace SMX). The solid state stuff makes wonder though. The Acoustic 140 is very light, but astonishingly loud, so I don't get why class D stuff and is considered particularly lightweight.

Just bought a Commodore 64 and Steinberg Pro 16 sequencer software as a Christmas present to myself :-) MIDI sequencing like it's 1984!

I'll repeat what I said on Facebook :-) Wow. Is there any sign of a serial number that could be used to trace the age and possible first owner? Can't have been a big seller, and somewhat specialised, so if the current JB staff have any records from the eraly days ...

Lots of bull in that description. There are no lava flows on Vesuvius currently, only sulphourus steam vents. I don't think there has been any lava flows since 1999.

Left To My Own Devices by Pet Shop Boys "Che Guevera and Debussy to a disco beat"

Here Today by The Chameleons Written in the first person about John Lennon's final moments.

Totally Random Man by Therapy? "I feel like Captain Beefheart sounds"

If you can get a name and address, then try the small claims court since you have a record of the transaction including his bank details. Keep all the texts and emails, but don't agree to anything other than a full refund in one lump sum. When you win in the small claims court he will have a grace period in which to pay you, otherwise you can apply for a court order to send the baillifs in. I have gone this route once and it worked (the debtor paid me in the grave period). When the police say it's a civil matter, then this is the course of action to take.

I've got five 18" speaker cabs and access to one more (three SWR Big Bens and three Vox Foundations). I'm sure I could run four of them in a bi-amped setup just for the hell of it!

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1481203153' post='3190473'] How much are they typically? I've told Mrs Knob to get me one if she's ever short of present ideas. [/quote] There are lots of listings on eBay selling new sousaphones made in India. They look great and are affordable ... but the intonation is almost invariably out and they're really nothing more than a display item rather than a usable instrument. Second hand sousaphones pop up occasionally, sometimes they're for very high fixed prices upwards of £800 but they don't end up selling. Then there are the few at affordable prices or auctions that sell in the £200 to £300 bracket. I missed out on one when was outbid with seconds to go :-(

Harmonium and Tubon. I'd love to learnt to play the sousaphone, but I can't find an affordable one :-(

[quote name='1970' timestamp='1480754848' post='3186871'] Yep I picked up a 80s GK 800RB for a decent price. [/quote] And I've just had the pair of SWR Big Bens. Flightcased, and used to belong to Simple Minds!

I do have a mild desire to own this Orfeus, which makes a virtue of it's laminated construction:

By the way, Pearl is a Japanese musical instrument company that are most famous for their drums. They probably didn't make this bass guitar themselves, as there were a number of factories that made them for various other companies and foreign importers. I have seen very similar, possibly identical versions of your bass guitar with other brand names - such as "Seville" for example: