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Assuming that you are terminally bored, or desperately underemployed, here's a meaningless distraction for you. https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/spain-luxembourg-none-london-montenegro-b1078062.html
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Guitarists... why are they such knackers
Happy Jack replied to spacecowboy's topic in General Discussion
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Guitarists... why are they such knackers
Happy Jack replied to spacecowboy's topic in General Discussion
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I record with a Zoom H4n rather than a Tascam. I always use a stereo 1/4" jack plugged into the Headphones out socket on the Mixer, splitting to two mono 1/4" jacks going into the H4n. The Headphones socket should have an independent Level control, so you can trim down the signal to match what the Tascam wants to receive. Having written that, I'd be astonished if the Tascam was overloading due to its own limitations ... it's far more likely to be user error. He's got something set to Mic Level instead of Line Level would be favourite.
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How old were you when you did your first gig?
Happy Jack replied to odysseus's topic in General Discussion
Thursday 29th May 2008 in Kilburn with a scratch band put together by the Weekend Warriors program. I was 51, having picked up a bass for the first time on my 49th birthday. In the 15 years since then, I've played just short of 500 gigs. Why do you think I'm Happy Jack? -
Obscure Musical Backwaters - The Great SGC Nanyo Thread
Happy Jack replied to Happy Jack's topic in Bass Guitars
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What can I say ... it's a used rack-case. 😂 It's in good condition, no particular damage to report, everything does what it's supposed to ... I just don't need it anymore. The tape & velcro is there for all sorts of pratical reasons through long use in my bands; it can all be removed easily enough if you don't like the roadworn look. It even comes with an IEC distribution strip already in it. There is NO WAY that I'll be posting this so please don't ask. Did I mention it has wheels?
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Cheapest example (new) that I can find today: https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/feedback-destroyer/dbx-afs2-feedback-suppressor?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgLOiBhC7ARIsAIeetVDFrLXRxhtXBM4VvaSX60TVMwttm_UufE17fVfax4O9Bvslm4GdOIMaArnoEALw_wcB I bought this unit about five years ago to replace my previous feedback suppressor, but at that point @Silvia Bluejay became my permanent sound engineer at gigs, meaning that I had no further need for automatic suppression. It has been sitting, untouched, in a rackbox for pretty much the whole time, and I really should now move it on. That scrape mark is the only thing that prevents me from describing it as pristine. Stuff like this rarely sells on Basschat so I'll just leave this here for a week before listing on eBay.
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Obscure Musical Backwaters - The Great SGC Nanyo Thread
Happy Jack replied to Happy Jack's topic in Bass Guitars
So how close is it to the real thing? As luck would have it, I bought @Silvia Bluejay an SB310 a few years ago. Since she's (famously) a lefty, her bass and mine make a book-matched pair. You judge ... -
Obscure Musical Backwaters - The Great SGC Nanyo Thread
Happy Jack replied to Happy Jack's topic in Bass Guitars
The bass felt absolutely fine and played perfectly well (apart from the high action). I'd expected it to be way heavier than a genuine Bass Collection but it weighs 8.25lbs which is very much ballpark for these basses. So I bought it and brought it home. Obviously it was in dire need of a setup ... a shim to the pocket-end of the neck, tighten up the sloppy tuners and the loose control knobs, replace the battery in the preamp, re-string properly, and Hey Presto! a very passable bass for £110 plus a little petrol money. One oddity was those neck screws. When I took the neck off I discovered that the factory had used four identical screws (as you would expect) but the slim-ness of the neck, especially above the 24th fret, meant that the two screws closest to the pickups would have protruded through the fingerboard. You or I might have chosen to substitute two slightly shorter screws to avoid this ... the factory had roughly 'snipped' the last 5mm of each screw to leave a blunt 'point' and gone ahead regardless. 😂 -
Obscure Musical Backwaters - The Great SGC Nanyo Thread
Happy Jack replied to Happy Jack's topic in Bass Guitars
The guy was in Christchurch and I happen to be visiting Salisbury a lot just now, so it wasn't much of a detour to take a look at it. He wanted £110 for it. Now I know you'll think me naive, but up until this point I'd never realised that such things as Chase Collections even existed. I've never before seen a "cheap Chinese knock-off" of an SGC Nanyo so I was really quite curious, especially since there are frankly very few cr*p basses coming out of China these days. Apart from the usual screw-up with the string routing at the headstock, other features included a very high action (even for me) despite the saddles sitting flat on the bridge, an odd-looking neck pocket, and at least one of the neck screws sitting at a slight angle. -
Obscure Musical Backwaters - The Great SGC Nanyo Thread
Happy Jack replied to Happy Jack's topic in Bass Guitars
So me old mate @TheGreek spotted this on Gumtree ... at first glance an SB320 with an unusual finish, but the backplate ... oh that backplate. -
It's really not that hard to find a Unicorn bass ...
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My main gigging vehicle carries the plate BA55 BOP
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Is that a euphemism? No, I rather thought not. Sorry to hear that Clarky, I'll try not to make you laugh.
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Basses in the bathroom is a novel approach ...
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Correcting causality cures casualness?
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And that's a Plus One on the Stagebugs. My Radial JDI and Radial J48 are wonderful bits of kit, but they sit in a box gathering dust while my SB2 and SB4 (piezo) are there at every gig, even when not intended for use that night. Any difference in sound quality between the high-end gear and the SB series is small enough to be non-existent except under utterly ideal conditions, whereas the difference in size and weight is completely obvious every time you pick up your ready-bag.
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New from Reverend-Linh Lee LinhBacker...purple perfection!
Happy Jack replied to jd56hawk's topic in Bass Guitars
Quite possibly the most obscure artist ever to have a signature bass. -
Nice score, especially as you have the skill (& facilities) to sort it out.