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I’ve just disabled my social media and I’m looking forward to having a break from the constant doom & gloom, thirst traps and selling flesh for validation posts.
(Make sure you follow Bass Gear Magazine on YouTube, Facebook and Insta though as all the good stuff from me will go there still )-
I miss the interactions with my friends, family and the amazing people I get to work with, but it’s the 95% spam, clickbait, fake stuff, biased politics and pick-me posts that makes me 🤢. Life is pretty overwhelming already right now, so I’m tapping out. I agree with you, social
media is designed to make someone else money and it’s not good for mental health for both the viewer and the creator.
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Is it just me or do strings feel a little bit rougher when they are new? Always find new strings feel a bit rough until they break in
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Just won a Shergold Telstar bass via an Instagram competition. Lovely! 🤩
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I haven’t worn these myself, but our drummer swears by the plugs he has, made by Elacin - https://www.elacin.com - he had his moulded to his ears like a hearing aid with -9 db filters. He got them through Hidden Hearing - he has had them for ten years, but reckons there are probably cheaper options out there these days
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Elacin are made by Etymotic Research, probably one of the first companies to make "filtered" ear plugs that were actually any good as well as near-flat response in-ear earphones.
If you buy ear plugs by companies such as 'Hearos' - they are also Etymotic Research products - indeed, the give away is that the product name usually starts ER. i.e. ER25 would be a 25dB attenuation plug. I used the moulded models for years until I lost one!
Your alternatives include ACS who also make filtered moulded ear plugs and they are available in the UK for a good price. Even better if you buy them through Musician's Union https://musiciansunion.org.uk/membership-benefits/musicians-hearing-health-scheme under their Musicians' Hearing Health Scheme.
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Over the next few weeks in my podcast: Robin Mullarkey and Dave Swift. Both great guys and great players. Can't wait to publish those episodes.
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Following! Looking forward to listening when I get a mo'!
If you fancy giving my YT channel / Instagram / FB a follow i'm @DanVeallBassist
https://www.youtube.com/@DanVeallBassist
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Over the next few weeks in my podcast: Robin Mullarkey and Dave Swift. Both great guys and great players. Can't wait to publish those episodes.
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Every now and then I get an incredible pang to return to my amplifier roots and get a Marshall. I’d love to own a 7400, at least try one out. (Although in reality, the Marshalls were my first amps, the Ampeg SVT 2 Pro stayed the longest)
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@WalMan! Same here! Mine’s a 68/69! I think that’s a job for this week! Love ‘em! It’s making the noises in this review I did :
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Every now and then I get an incredible pang to return to my amplifier roots and get a Marshall. I’d love to own a 7400, at least try one out. (Although in reality, the Marshalls were my first amps, the Ampeg SVT 2 Pro stayed the longest)
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@walshy I’m gonna look in to that. I’d love to buy it back should I be able to.
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Every now and then I get an incredible pang to return to my amplifier roots and get a Marshall. I’d love to own a 7400, at least try one out. (Although in reality, the Marshalls were my first amps, the Ampeg SVT 2 Pro stayed the longest)
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I think it would be one of those amplifers that I'd want to get and keep, it'd be amazing for gear reviews too. I only wish that I hadn't sold my SVT 2 Pro to @walshy when I needed to, as I'd love to have my video set include a shelf of my all-time-favourites on show! Oh, it'd be rude not to take it out for gigs though, obviously! @Lozz196, I was a lucky youngster, I'd demo'd the IBS, IBS Anniversary and DBS ranges all when they first came out. the 7400 leaving such an indellible mark in my memory that stretching my budget as far as I could as a kiddo, led me to gigging the IBS to within an inch of it's life. Yup, I'd love to get my hands on one again to see if the magic is still there! Thank you
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Only realised after ordering from them that DV247 in Romford is no more... Now it seems to be just the German team, who don't respond to emails and also use UPS, which requires a US address to give delivery instructions... Shame, they were really good when they had a UK store.
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Only realised after ordering from them that DV247 in Romford is no more... Now it seems to be just the German team, who don't respond to emails and also use UPS, which requires a US address to give delivery instructions... Shame, they were really good when they had a UK store.
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Ladies and gents, my beautiful granddaughter Ellie. Born at 03:15 yesterday.
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Just been looking through the "Basses for sale" thread.
For the first time in ages there are some amazing, not often seen, basses for sale.
Choice of 2 Pedullas, headless ACG, to name just a few .
I'm glad that I'm skint, otherwise I would be buying more basses that I don't "need".
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Just been looking through the "Basses for sale" thread.
For the first time in ages there are some amazing, not often seen, basses for sale.
Choice of 2 Pedullas, headless ACG, to name just a few .
I'm glad that I'm skint, otherwise I would be buying more basses that I don't "need".
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Inside the Burns factory 1965 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuuIF6mmRLA
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My sister has a prog-tastic wi-fi password.
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Just fitted some shiny new Gotoh GB707 tuners to the Spector, replacing the cheapy no-names that were on there... oh my word, they are lovely.
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Who is the member that offers a courier service? - I couldn't find it in the Affiliates thread.
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Ahhh yes @walshy's man with a van is a diamond, as is Walshy!
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Does anyone know what brand of strings Ibanez put on their SR305's? Only asking so I don't make the mistake of buying any - played for an hour on Sunday and now totally dead.
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Funnily, I've been using them on my teaching basses (thus no sweaty evenings lol) but I've recently put a set on a gigging bass rather than my usual Pro Steels. I have a gig tonight that might be a hot one, so I'll have some ideas over the weekend!
Obviously with all the cold weather = no sweaty mits, strings have been lasting ages, but, I do have hands that kill strings quickly after long drenching 2 hour gig sets, so I'd expect a hit on string life generally.I've been using D'addario for many years and there's certainly other brands I have used that have died significantly faster.
Elixir are good strings, a good choice too.
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Does anyone know what brand of strings Ibanez put on their SR305's? Only asking so I don't make the mistake of buying any - played for an hour on Sunday and now totally dead.
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Any NE soldering guri's? having a headscratch...
What's the best time to give up soldering? asking for a friend....
Ground hum, or no sound.. May have to rework some parts to fit properly in the smaller channel.Did a test run but it was getting abit unworldly.
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Lots of ground hum with no sound in a passive instrument: The first place to look is whether or not the circuit is completed with proper grounding. If it isn't grounded then all the components are kinda acting like an aerial to noise. If the noise goes away when you turn the volume down then its between the pickups and ground, if the noise stays no matter what you do with the volume then check the ground to the volume control and to the socket.
Grab a cheap multimeter to test with - I got one for £5 just for chucking around.
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Jazz/Precision Bass with Ric pick-up positions anyone? I wanna hear it out of interest!
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@eadThank you! I would LOVE to hear it - especially as you also have EMGs on board which will be what I go for. I may choose J pickups, but now I have seen EMG P's in situ, I am intrigued!
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A shout out to my grandson Oliver @Dasbassman who has just signed up here and may be one of the youngest at 13. He's becoming a fine player and also plays guitar and keys (& good vocals). I've pretty much given up gigging now so it's over to Ollie to carry the flag. He's currently playing a cheapo P style 30" Ebay bass through a Peavey combo I found cheap. He's saving for a decent 34", maybe a MIM P or similar. He also plays a US Strat (I helped find that😂) through a Marshall valvestate. I'm going to nag him to get posting now!
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Hey @DasbassmanOliver! I started playing bass when I was 13 too! I messed about with guitar from the age of 8 I think, but not with any seriousness though! Bass was a different story! It's the coolest instrument
Welcome aboard!
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Have just become hopelessly carried away in the Maruszczyk bass configurator... oh well, there goes the morning...
