Lifer

Just emailed Ashdown, out in June 1300 - 1500 quid, UK made Couple of months to save some cash!

[quote name='umph' post='471143' date='Apr 23 2009, 10:45 PM']who actually needs 8 kt88s would be better off with 2 807 valves - much cheaper to revalve etc.[/quote] The American one has 8, looks like this has 6:

Been gigging my ABM300 for nearly 8 years now, tried a few different amps but always gone back to it. What was he using? ABM? MAG?

Well the room was too small and was filled with stuff so couldn't get it sounding good with the bass, but did use it to redo all the vocals. Have mixed one tune 'March of the Octopi' which you can hear @ [url="http://www.myspace.com/eightdirtypages"]www.myspace.com/eightdirtypages[/url] All the other songs on there are old or w.i.p.

If it pops it's £50 for a new ribbon! I will be erring on the side of caution and I haven't recorded in this particular room before so will defintely be having a play before I get down to it

Cool, I've got a good long session booked so plenty of time to play around. Thanks for the help guys!

I've got my hands on a Sontronic Sigma to rerecord the vocals on my bands tracks, will probably use it to record a slide solo that needs doing as well but was wondering if anyone's used a ribbon mic on a bass rig? Obviously would be using it a good 6ft away, and it says it can handle high SPLs so I thought I'd try it out. Never used a ribbon mic before so just want to know if it will damage it? Cheers

All tracks are working now, I made the decision to re-record vocals this weekend as she can do so much better, but any comments on the rest of the mix/tones/arrangement would help. Gonna get rid of the Network sample in 'Get Up' and replace with some vocals or a solo I think, it doesn't really work at the moment.

Hi been recording my band over a few weeks, nothing fancy just in our rehearsal space using my macbook/motu 828 There are some rough mixes of a few songs on [url="http://www.myspace.com/eightdirtypages"]www.myspace.com/eightdirtypages[/url] It's the top three (Liars, Guide the Way and Get Up) Basically I've been listening to these tunes pretty much constantly for a week or so, did vocals at my house yesterday and with it all together I'm not sure if it's 'right'. I reckon I might get my singer to redo vocals at the studio, think she was a bit self concious and didn't give it as much oomph as normal Anyway, any thoughts/advice would be appreciated! Cheers (Used my PrecisionMan Fretless on Liars! )

[quote name='voxpop' post='440007' date='Mar 20 2009, 09:03 AM']Hope you get it working soon. [/quote] All sorted now mate! Thanks I'd connected my pickup's output to the EMG battery connection on the battery clip, moved it to the volume pot and it was fine. Just a bit of routing to do tonight

[quote name='Lifer' post='438406' date='Mar 18 2009, 04:13 PM']Spector have just sent me a wiring diagram and I can see exactly what I've done wrong - huzzah![/quote] And here it its: Spector Tonepump Wiring Diagram:

Spector have just sent me a wiring diagram and I can see exactly what I've done wrong - huzzah!

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='438100' date='Mar 18 2009, 10:42 AM']In a normal circuit, you just solder the pickup signal wire to the appropriate tang on the volume pot and make sure the earth is soldered to the casing or another earth lead (depending on the pickups). Not sure how the EMG battery wiring might make things more complicated though. It depends on how the tone pump has been removed and even then its going to be tricky to talk someone through that on a forum without the instrument in plain view.[/quote] No worries, I've emailed spector to see if they can help. If not I know a couple of people who could probably do it easy, but I've been trying to do this all myself (strip, paint, fit new neck - move bridge - and new electronics) and now it feels like I've fallen at the last hurdle! I'm sure it's a simple mistake on my part I'm gonna undo what I've done and start again I think Still, I can finally finish off my pedalboard tonight after buying a metre of velco just now!

Okay, so tone pump has arrived (cheers voxpop!) and before I solder I've 'mocked up' the circuit by twisting wires together. Was getting output but the pots were having no effect so have I connected something in a way to bypass the pots? I had red pickup wire - red wire on battery clip (connected to tone pump) Bare pickup wire - ground on volume pot (ground then goes to tone pump) Black wire on battery clip - sleeve on output jack Earth from tone pot - ring or tip (can't remember now) on output jack And only unconnected output from tonepump - ring or tip on output jack I've got a picture and will post later, forgot to upload to photo bucket last night. Cheers!

[quote name='Bassassin' post='433682' date='Mar 13 2009, 02:19 PM']Proper bass-porn style pics of the Talbo will come soon, I intend to do a proper gallery of all my stuff in the gear porn section. The Talbo's a great bass to sit at home & play & muck about with, but unfortunately it's terribly microphonic - which means at gig volume it squeals like a piggy. I tend to use a few effects too, which only makes things worse. Great shame, it's a stunning looking thing. J.[/quote] Does your one have the sound chambers like the alu ones? If not hate to thing what those are like on stage!

WOHOOOOOOOOO

Hopefully have a tonepump for my fretless somepoint over the weekend, just thinking about wiring. It's a single (status) musicman pup, and after having a look at my Euro LX circuit it looks like it won't be a problem. To my (simple) mind: With a two pup setup it looks like it goes neck pup - volume - tonepump and bridge pup - volume - tonepump So I should be able to go pup - volume - tonepump and just leave out the second volume control... Shouldn't I?

[quote name='Bassassin' post='432502' date='Mar 12 2009, 02:59 PM']I play in an original female-fronted progressive hard rock band. We have been previously described as "Prog-Goth Lesbians", which while factually wildly erroneous, is actually pretty damn cool, I think. We're presently beavering away (in the manner of very slow & distracted beavers) on an "album of musically & lyrically themed songs" called [i]The Fifth Sun[/i], which will be released sometime or other, and have as a result been declared " The [i]Top Gear[/i] of prog rock - ambitious but rubbish". Jon.[/quote] Love the talbo, got anymore pics? I nearly bought and aluminium one a few years ago, awesome sound but the bloke in the shop wasn't interested at all so I though "BLEEP you mate you're not getting my cash!" Didn't realise they did the bass in wood too.

[quote name='cetera' post='430409' date='Mar 10 2009, 12:56 PM']Spector do the Euro in a 35". Check out the Euro4LX-EX....[/quote] Is this a new model? I've got the Euro LX35 and love it.

Originals - www.myspace.com/eightdirtypages Rock/blues/grunge/stoner Would love to be in a Bonzos tribute band though!

So have people got some surplus tone pumps after swapping them? Shotgun!