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    "Fodera Private Practice" Headphone Amp

    in Amps and Cabs For Sale

    Posted · Edited by Marcus

    Hi Guys,

    Ebay Listing

    [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200148187497&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:GB:1123"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...E:L:LCA:GB:1123[/url]



    I've used this to connect my iTunes Library and Bass into my Hifi for studio stuff and home practice.

    It has blend controls for bass & input chanels and also Bass & Treble controls, with a decent set of cans offers unrivaled fidelity for private practice. Has a lovely compressed output so you can play it loud through a normal hifi and not blow the speakers to bits !

    Purchased 2nd hand from USA ebay 2 years ago, l believe these retailed at stupid money when new and when available..... I paid £180 (plus shipping and import) for it and had to buy a 110v to 240v converter seperate..... (included in the sale)

    The Only way to hear a Fodera Bass through headphones or a great way to add a touch of the fodera tone to any bass.....

    Price is a firm £160 incl shipping in UK

    Please PM me for details..... i'll get a photo up later.....

    Cheers

    Mark

    Flea @ Reading Festival

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='stingrayfan' post='50827' date='Aug 26 2007, 11:08 AM']+1 to all that. He just needs to take his foot off the gas sometimes and let the songs breathe a bit.[/quote]


    Yeah i'd agree with that mind ! he does let rip live, but the last 3 studio albums have been very restrained really bass wise....

    His bass part on Alanis Morisettes's "You Oughta now" was a great one take improv line, he was called in to do that job because the original bass part sucked !

    He's also a pretty good horn player too, who loves the jazz greats !

    One trick pony eh !

    Do we chase gear too much ?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='lee4' post='50732' date='Aug 25 2007, 11:22 PM']I always kid myself that my latest purchase is my last but I know that I'm just lying to myself.
    There is always another bass/amp/gadget that makes me belive that only that item can fulfill me.
    How come I was as happy with my first bass(a marlin sidewinder in red sparkle!)as I am with my current one(Warwick $$)?[/quote]


    Yep.... sounds like a junkie mentality to me....

    "I'm quitting after this last hit"

    "need more and more drugs to get high"

    Ron Wickersham
    John Diggins
    Roger Sadowsky
    Dan Lakin
    Stuart Spector
    Rob Green
    Chris May

    They're all pushers !! :)

    Ofcourse they're not they're all great guys but you know what I mean.......

    Flea @ Reading Festival

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    One Trick Pony ? ha ha

    Flea is one of the best improv bassists out there.....

    he slaps like a bitch.....

    fast finger style licks are awesome....

    how about a chordal melodic stuff.... yep got that nailed !!

    Anyone who knows anything about their history will know there has been a lot of tension over the years in that band, but it's sometimes their creative spark.... They get really P*ssed when there's the slightest issue with stage sound, and have a history of hating festival gigs cos their sound check precedure is (usually) compromised to some degree.

    Saw them at Glasgow on Thursday...... awesome !

    I asume they got to sound check properly !!

    Bloody Prima donnas - LOL !!

    Do we chase gear too much ?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I sometimes worry that some of the behaviour i've exhibited towards owning instruments is bordering on addiction, some of the comments and opinions i've read in this thread comforts me that i'm not alone in that....... but also worries me that it may "normalise" my insanity !!

    I've just read "Scar Tissue" which is Anthony Keildis's (RHCP Singer) Autobiography, a lot of the content relates to his crazed drug addictions and his overwhelming compulsions to get high, to get that next fix.....

    I've never done drugs of any sort (apart from the odd bottle of bud) but I could really identify with some of his feelings !

    Don't get me wrong..... i've never been "under the (Tyne) bridge" with an Alembic looking pale and amaciated ! I've never spent more than I can afford to spend, and i've not really lost much on any instrument i've bought and sold. I just can't think it's a particularly healthy thing to put the persuit of instruments before playing music.

    Do we chase gear too much ?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi Guys,

    I've been doing a lot of thinking and reflecting of late and i've been forced to conclude that over the last 5 years the buying (and selling) of instruments has taken priority over the music, i've not progressed much as a player in this time but i've owned lots of nice basses..... !

    So what's my hobby ?

    Playing Bass or Collecting pieces of wood (sometimes graphite) ?

    as of today....... Basses are (to me) what they essentially are : "Instruments"...... to make music with

    how do others feel about this ?

    Am I the only one who's been affected in this way ?

    I feel like saying "I'm Mark and i'm a Bassoholic"

    I need to get clean !!

    Mark
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    Gallien Krueger

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    Hi Guys,

    i've had a stupid amount of amp rigs in the last 3 years...... settled on a GKRB1001 2x10 combo, it's loud a hell tilts back and provided all the volume I need for stage monitoring.... our band goes through a RCF pa. Looking to add a RB210 extention cab for bigger gigs......

    I'm loving the GK stuff !!

    My mate wants to spend £600.....

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    [quote name='warwickhunt' post='43714' date='Aug 10 2007, 12:38 PM']Is there nothing on Basschat? (selfless plug) I have a 91 Fender USA stack-knob Jazz reissue available for £575 (£1200 if you want a new one), with the P&P that would hit his budget spot on!

    Pics here. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3653"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3653[/url][/quote]


    I'd say that was about the best use of £600 I could think of !!

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    Posted

    [quote name='warwickhunt' post='41850' date='Aug 6 2007, 10:44 AM']Met up with and bought a set of cabs from Mark pre BW/BT/BC and he really is a top guy to deal with. I'd happily buy from him sight unseen, buy with confidence.

    Has a habit of finding himself some tasty bands to, no doubt mostly down to his ability :)[/quote]


    Thanks John.... although my ability to find "tasty bands" is more down to the fact that I put them together so I can't be sacked if i'm crap !! LOL !! :huh:

    Bravewood Guitars

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I think Jaco has a bit to answer for !!

    I've done the coffee table thing, and now I want a bass that's lived and been played as an instrument should...... one that's perhaps earned thousands of for it's owner, travelled hundreds of thousands of miles and played a million notes !! It's a romance thing to some extent..... but also old basses, old wood...... TONE !!!

    Anyone here have or used to have an Ampeg 810?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    Hi Guys,

    I bought an Ampeg 610 and an SVT classic (new) and was in tone heaven til the Head gave up after about 4 months, replacement head gave up and I was "upgraded" to an Anniversary 810 & head free...... the couple of gigs I did with the 810 before the Anniversary head "expired" I found the 810 lumpy, thic and slow compared to the 610, ports and a horn seemed to suit the live work I was doing. I found the nearfield sound much better with the 610. Ofcourse haveing 4 810's on a stadium would rock but an 810 in the dog & duck just seemed to knock the back wall in while you can't hear the thing 3 feet away....... Great Cab like...... But I wouldn't touch the heads with a scafolding bar !!

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