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Gibson signed a deal last year with Cleartone to supply their factory-fitted strings for guitars
http://www.cleartonestrings.com/gibsons-top-notch-quality-matches-cleartone-strings/
but, it seems they only do what look like coated nickel roundwounds
http://www.cleartonestrings.com/product/nickel-plated-steel-nps-bass-strings/
so, that might not be so helpful -
[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1443696620' post='2876921']
Let's face it though. None of the members of the Durutti Column other than Vini Reilly were really important.
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A good point, well made -
[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1443692453' post='2876887']
My personal favourite band from the 80s (apart from us ) was the Cocteau Twins
Simply Red were never on my radar
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Though, curiously, Chris Joyce and Tony Bowers of Simply Red were both previously members of The Durutti Column, who are often compared to the Cocteaus. -
consider my interest piqued
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[quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1443626677' post='2876394']
Damned right BRX.
The 80s had fantastic music, just none of it ever got in the charts.
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I beg to differ. XTC's [i]Senses Working Overtime[/i] made it to No. 5. in 1982. -
No practical difference between them for me, listening on some [i]fairly[/i] decent headphones (Shure SE215s)
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[quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1443599657' post='2875991']
I thought it was going to be Angel of Death by Slayer - still different strokes 'n all that
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I was thinking of[i] Mexican Radio[/i] by Wall of Voodoo, but the same applies -
Anyhow, congrats to @discreet on the new MB200. I very nearly bought one myself, but decided I wanted the toys that the 500 offered.
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Interesting that GK seem to have changed the illuminated push pull switches with toggles for controls like the -10db cut on both models since I got mine.
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[quote name='dodgnofski' timestamp='1443527272' post='2875504']Although there is only one speaker output, I think it is a dual Spakon / 1/4" Jack - so you never get caught out if you forget your Speakon lead[/quote]
YMMV. As I discovered after I bought mine a couple of years ago, they changed the MB500 to Speakon-only and lost the 1/4" jack socket in the middle, even though the manual still referred to it.
It's quite possible they've value engineered the MB200 in the same way.
Edit: though I'm happy to be corrected if anyone has a recently manufactured one. -
<super pedantic>but he did also own a 5 string</super pedantic>
[url="http://www.ricksuchow.com/press-group-248.html"]jamerson 1979: the guitar player interview[/url]
[quote][i]How many basses do you own?[/i]
Four. I have an old German upright, a Fender 5-string, a Hagstrom 8-string, and the Precision.[/quote] -
I seem to have just bought one.
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I think we can resolve this.
There's a story that Geoff Emerick tells about [i]Something [/i]in an interview with Music Radar about the making of Abbey Road.
[url="http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/beatles-engineer-geoff-emerick-on-abbey-road-219542"]http://www.musicrada...bey-road-219542[/url]
[quote]"Paul started playing a bass line that was a little elaborate, and George told him, 'No, I want it simple.' Paul complied. There wasn't any disagreement about it, but I did think that such a thing would never happened in years past. George telling Paul how to play the bass? Unthinkable! But this was George's baby, and everybody knew it was an instant classic."[/quote]
So, I'm reading that as George got his way and the recorded version [i]is[/i] the simpler bass line, which would account for[list]
[*]why the story is floating about that George thought Paul's playing was too busy
[*]why he was happy for Klaus Voorman to play almost exactly the same line at the Bangladesh concert
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I thought it was going to be a Small Faces cover
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[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1443344742' post='2873922']That 185 should never be prone to feedback unless there's a specific issue.[/quote]
Ah, yes, I forgot the Galxie is a solid body.
That's a bit odd then.
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My Hofner Verithin will do feedback at the drop of a hat when playing loud
You have three options
1) Careful muting of the strings with your fingers
2) I have found you can notch out troublesome frequencies with EQ to minimise the feedback
3) Go with it and use the feedback for a drone note (which I used to do a lot with one of my old bands) -
FWIW this guy on Flickr seems to have the same model and doesn't think much of it
https://www.flickr.com/#/photos/lord_mudshark/sets/72057594077196720/ -
Ta. I may well give them a chance.
I've my eye on some Ernie Ball Slinky cobalt flats, too, so I think I may put them head to head on The Stingray after payday and see which I prefer. -
Eric Faulkner's been touring with his own version of the Rollers recently.
Conspicuously absent from this one. -
[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1443011157' post='2871407']
Please God ... why, Why WHY???
[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34323112"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-34323112[/url]
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It says why right there in the article...
[quote=BBC][color=#404040][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Announcing the reunion at a press conference in Glasgow, singer Les McKeown joked: "You think we're doing it for money but we're doing it for the glory of Scotland and the glory of the tartan.[/quote][/size][/font][/color]
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[quote name='Grahambythesea' timestamp='1442845709' post='2869930']
Bass Collection do an excellent tribute to Jaco's Jazz with no scratch plate called the Portrait. Check out bass centre.com.
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I am beginning to feel like it would be nice if someone was making cheap-ish fretless Jazz basses that [i]aren't[/i] Jaco tributes with no scratch plate. -
[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1442854714' post='2870036']Tom Waits[/quote]
... or possibly Serge Gainsbourg -
[quote name='Alec' timestamp='1442911403' post='2870359']Counter to any previous experience with bass rigs, the bass is the heaviest item, followed by the head, followed by the cab - how often has this ever been the case...[/quote]
It does seem to run counter to the natural order of things.
Burn the Brighton heretics! -
[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1442913577' post='2870385']That said i dod sell a hartke cab once and years ago a Session combo but only after years of use.
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A Sessionette 100 by any chance?
I used to torture one badly with extended bass feedback drones on my Hofner Verithin. Amazed it carried on working sometimes.
BBC show looking for 'best part time band'
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by cybertect
[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1443714580' post='2877114']I dunno... that would mean they had two members who weren't good enough to play the guitar
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Or maybe it's a church band
http://basschat.co.uk/topic/268536-2-bass-players/