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Yeah, been using scrunchies for years - great for in the studio and for killing strings when doing all that tappy stuff!

[quote name='neepheid' post='1195018' date='Apr 10 2011, 08:29 PM']What's with all the headless conversions of late? [/quote] I know!! But it's great! I love the embracing of headless basses - I only wish I'd done it ten years ago - best thing I've ever done I reckon! Lets see more ;o)

Thank you Jam! I've just created a new page on Facebook about my tuition - I'm inviting you all to head over and 'like' the page, here's the link: [url="http://www.facebook.com/DanBassLessons"]http://www.facebook.com/DanBassLessons[/url] Thanks!

updated contact information.

Just had a message from my mate Nick asking if I know of any dep bass players in the Newmarket area free for a gig on 14th May. The band in question is: [url="http://www.galaxybigband.co.uk"]http://www.galaxybigband.co.uk[/url] Contact for the gig is Nick: . 07903 996562 / [email protected] Dan

Yup, was watching DB too and spotted it!

[quote name='mic mac moe' post='1205749' date='Apr 20 2011, 12:56 PM']Does anyone know of a repairer for line6 constrictor? Looks a bit like one of robocops shoes! Bought from local cash convertor and lost the receipt. No power going to the unit from battery or psu. Help![/quote] Line 6 have a UK repair centre - I found the address via the Line 6 website. I'm sure they'd be able to help.

Yup and as Yorick says - you only need a couple of spots - as this will make removal easier should any remedial work be required in the future.

[quote name='BigRedX' post='1209322' date='Apr 23 2011, 05:28 PM']However if you want a Conklin 7 string bass then really only Conklin will be able to build it for you.[/quote] Good point well made - When I flip that around on my own circumstances - Yes, I'd probably have *still* had a Shuker even if he lived in the US. So I've learned something today!

I went to the London Bass Guitar Show to go try these, as Hartke were there - but I spent all day talking I didn't plug a single Bass in for the duration. The switchable impedance is a great idea - I see Epifani have also used a similar system in some of their cabs. If these babies sound anything like the rest of the Hydrive range, they're gonna be great! Calling TinyViking! I believe he has a pair of HX112's. Now let me see - my LH1000 can drive down to 2 Ohms on each channel.. I believe that's 8 HX112's in 8Ohm mode! )

I too have owned the GTBD-7 - mine was a nice red one and sold to a guy in Spain before I got my Shukers. - I'd certainly recommend keeping your eyes open for a secondhand one. You can pretty much expect to pay a good 25% extra on top of the UK equivalent of the US price when importing a bass due to all the various charges, tax and shipping - which for an £800 bass is probably more easy to swallow vs a £1500+ My personal opinion, taking the point made by skej21 is that I'm certainly more inclined to put that extra money toward after sales care / servicing of a complete custom instrument instead of losing it to Customs and Excise. I'd be less worried about driving my Bass up to Shuker than sending off back to the US too. That said - Conklin basses are great and I had really great comms with Bill (and TalkBass' John Turner who owns rather a large collection of Conklins!) when I was looking for mine - which incidently came from eBay USA!! - The GTBD-7 is a 'stock' signature instrument.

[quote name='goblin' post='1207800' date='Apr 22 2011, 01:34 AM']Pretty much got it sorted now Going for an SMX, cheers for the advise all [/quote] Oops - sorry - didn't see the lat post of the thread before mine - oh well - I'll leave it for the sake of information!

[quote name='BottomEndian' post='1206799' date='Apr 21 2011, 10:05 AM']Again, it requires a bit of a budget-stretch (and I believe it's actually three-band), but the TC Electronic Nova Dynamics is rather lovely and it includes a gate too.[/quote] Yes - one of these! - I've owned several multiband compressors and found that the third mid band of the Nova is that extra bit of control that the Multicomp doesn't have. Oh - and the pedal is actually TWO pedals in one box. Each individual pedal gives you the option of a multiband Compressor, or a full band compressor or a noise gate. You can run both at the same time. Both halves alos feature 'Parallel compression' that will aloow you to mix a dry signal in too which will give you a nice big fat sound. Highly recommended. One of my students picked one up for £80 this week - I believe it's new too.

[quote name='higgins666' post='1209163' date='Apr 23 2011, 01:48 PM']I've thought about getting a pedal based preamp & running that into my FX-Loop aswell, has anyone tried the Tech 21 Leeds/Oxford? (I'm not much for the Ampeg voicing, so that puts me off the VT Bass abit)[/quote] Well, unless I'm mistaken - certainly for the BDDI , it's 'speaker simulation' has a massive scoop in the mids and is likely to make things worse for you. I am making an assumption based on the fact that I haven't tried the Leads or Oxford models that they may do the same.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1208798' date='Apr 23 2011, 12:07 AM']Stock tubes/valves tend to be budget based economic choices, depending on the sort of preamp, they can make a pretty big difference.[/quote] +1 there!

I see your basses have active electronics - in which case, turn the bass and treble down a little on the instrument and turning LH's volume up will have the same effect as boosting the mids (along with truning the bass control on the amp down too).

I actually sat tight and watched intently start to finish - tasteful and spot on performance, thanks for posting!