dave_bass5

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='850142' date='May 28 2010, 10:22 AM']But this could all be cleared up in 10 minutes. Dave you said your nut is high too... and you've had no issues with it. Maybe it's just how these are. If we could find out a bit more than "it buzzes" then we can at least eliminate that all it needs is a TR tweak.[/quote] Yeah, mine fine. I was thinking more about what OTPJ said about the nut sitting in the wrong place. If this is the case then it could be a bit more work. Im happy to help the OP with a bit of tweaking although im off to Turkey for a week on monday so it would have to be sooner rather than later.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='850122' date='May 28 2010, 10:10 AM']Send it back, personally I agree with OTPJ as that nut doesn't look right. Ask for another or a refund.[/quote] Yeah, this would probably go beyond just a £40 set up IMO. Ill get some measurements off mine tonight and post them for reference.

Interesting thread. As some know my Ray34 is my only bass and other than a few tweaks over the first week or so ive not had any problems with it (ok, i changed the pup). Ive not played a SR4 for more than a few mins in a shop so never worried about the nut height but have always thought mine was a bit high. I dont see/hear it causing any problems, but i was surprised at how high the strings sit. And i have noticed that a .105 E string sort of clicks in to the slot. I guess its just a cheap mass produced nut. My action on the E string is around 2.5mm from top of 12th fret to bottom of string, the G is 2mm and it plays well so i dont think i have a problem. So now ill go and bugger it up lol. Personally if i was the OP i would let them sort it out of get a full refund. Ill check mine wheni get home, just for comparison. Being also in London i feel i should offer to help but my knowledge is limited. Im fine with setting a bass up as long as there are no other issues.

[quote name='BB2000' post='849808' date='May 27 2010, 09:11 PM']One of Mark's ex's came to stay with me today (a cracker of a Duck Dunn). It's the first time I've dealt with Mark, and I can only echo the previous comments that he's a pleasure to deal with. Thanks Mark![/quote] Thats my old DD, and i really miss it.

[quote name='casapete' post='848551' date='May 26 2010, 03:05 PM']Just heard that there is to be a Faces reunion this year. The band will be Ron Wood, Ian McLagan & Kenney Jones from the original band, along with Glen Matlock on bass (ok so far!) and .....Mick Hucknall taking Rod's place!!!! Good grief, WTF?[/quote] Yeah, already discussed and rejected lol [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=89371"]Faces[/url]

[quote name='Kev' post='847914' date='May 25 2010, 08:56 PM']If I uses the ones I linked to I would just use the phono out on my mixer and plug into the phone?[/quote] Yeah, i guess that would work. You do need to be careful with the input level but im sure you can control that on the desk.

I would say yes. Thats the type i used before. You would still need an adaptor on the phono end though. For what its worth this is where i got my Peterson one from [url="http://www.astrings.co.uk/Peterson_iPhone_iPod_Touch_Cable"]A Strings[/url]

[quote name='gafbass02' post='847585' date='May 25 2010, 03:29 PM'](oh and ahem, Fender owner here....with a zillion pedals lol!) .........well until i got my zoom b9.1 anyway![/quote] yeah, i guess i shouldn't have mentioned any particular brand. I dont think i put my point across properly. I, personally, find a P or Jazz is a pretty simple bass and i find i mess much less with my EQ and tone knobs during gigs when i use one. Just set and forget (more or less). Plus i would say a lot of sound guys would know how to get a good tone from these basses. Then you have the players who have enough electronics on their bass to put the Space Shuttle to shame, 31 band graphics, bi amped rig etc who obviously want their tone to come through out front. I guess this could baffle a sound guy as to why you need all that, especially when a lot of the time this tone would be mixed in to the out front mix and buried in low end mud.

While i know what your getting at, a few of the bass players i know also think that. Not every bass player is really in to their gear like most of us (i would even go so far as to say im not in to it that much either). Of course everyone wants a good tone but for a lot of people (dare i say fender owners without getting to much abuse). Turn up, plug in a P and off you go.

[quote name='OldGit' post='847489' date='May 25 2010, 01:44 PM']I got my drummer friend to take me on a tour of his huge kit (this is not the guy in my regular band)[/quote] I might take my drummer around his kit one day. let him know the big flat round shiny thing isnt designed to be used as a blanket over the whole mix.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='847334' date='May 25 2010, 11:37 AM']I used to have a Steinberger L2 which I never used, so I sold it and bought a Jazz, which although I don't gig, I play at home. I have another soul/funk band but we aren't playing at the moment. If we do, I'll use the Jazz for that.[/quote] Yeah, i wasn't criticizing you (we all do it after all), just seeing it from the other side of the fence.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='847134' date='May 25 2010, 07:36 AM']The fact is, I could use the Jazz, but it would mean the songs would sound different. Besides, do people think we spend all our hard-earned money to get the best gear and sound for nothing? [/quote] Good point but looking at it from the other side, why buy the Jazz if you arent going to use it? Why buy a 4 string when you need a 5 string? I would think the reason your drummer asked is because you just brought a bass you dont intend to use. Im not having a pop at you or anyone else, but i can understand why the rest of the band might be a bit confused.

[quote name='Linus27' post='847070' date='May 24 2010, 11:57 PM']Nice one Dave, thanks. I so wish that was fretless. I would snap it up. By the way, I keep meaning to PM you but just not found time. Not caught up with you for ages.[/quote] That bass came very close to being de fretted twice but i never got around to it. Nothings happening here at the moment. Just getting on with the Ray34 and getting ready for my holiday next week. Speak later.

[quote name='Kev' post='847022' date='May 24 2010, 11:19 PM']Is there no other cable in existance that would do the same thing? Really don't want to be paying 10 plus international shipping for something which may be found in maplins for loose change.[/quote] Well i got mine for £13 over here but yes, there are cheaper cables around. In fact i was using a Nokia AV cable i got with my old N95 before i got the peterson one. If you have any AV cables that have a 3.5mm jack that has 3 sections to it (not sure what they are called) you might be in luck. All i had to do was put a phono to jack adaptor on one end of the Nokia cable and it worked fine. Its just not very elegant.

This is my old HW1 Jazz. Waynes selling it on here at the moment so im sure he wont mind, its all good publicity.

Im the same. I did miss the 2EQ i had with my Sub when i first got my Ray34, and i also read how a lot of people prefer the 2EQ. I think that coloured my judgement a bit. Just recently ive been using the mid control on my Ray34 a lot and i do think i would miss that. Saying that, i find the low end to be a bit thinner than the Sub, and i miss that. Sooooo, i think ill try and invest in a J East pre for the best of both worlds in a month or so. I cant see me selling the Ray34 just to replace it with a SR4 so if im keeping it i might spend a bit more money on it. EDIT: I didnt see Michaels post before i posted mine. Michael sums it up for me as well and im hoping the J East will give me the best of both.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='846352' date='May 24 2010, 11:09 AM']Probably what is irritating most people (including me) was the blatant lies involved around the ad they had for a bassist, too which Gareth replied. They claimed to be big, gigging regularly and getting paid for it. Non of which look to or have turned out to be true. It wasn't a case of them kicking him before he quit, he talked to them about the volume of rehearsals and they seemed to have thrown a strop, claiming he didn't turn up, wasn't commited, never had gear and only cared about getting paid. Well I'm afraid that if I was offered money to play bass for a big band that gigged regularly I would be a bit peed off if that after a good couple of months you spent all the time rehearsing the set you know backwards, watching them smoke an set up a proffessional setup for a rehearsal. It also seems the rehearsals were for the vocalists sake. I feel for Gareth a lot I've been duped countless times by 'pros' who arnt really pros. If I was in Gareth shoes I probably would have been a bit more forceful of gigging even doing free ones.[/quote] Yeah, like i said, i did miss out on a few posts. I guess my posts are more to do with the topic and not whats going on now. Ive been trying to read the thread and i can see all the lies that have come from the bands side. I also feel for Gareth and its a shame it all went tits up like this.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='846138' date='May 23 2010, 11:04 PM']From the outset these guys lied. I don't think any points need to be reinterated. What's irritating is their behaviour after the fact, of treating Gareth like crap There's a blatant disregard for the truth. I believe what G says, and I also like to hear what the rest of the people involved had to say without the cover of a computer screen.[/quote] Ok, you see this is the bit im not really clued up on. By "from the outset" do you mean before this thread was started? If it was afterwards i can sort of understand why they did it, although of course thats no excuse. I agree they are being very unfair to Gareth but it was he who started a thread about them. From reading the first page i get the feeling Gareth wasn't happy with how they worked, although he did say he thought they were being as professional as possible. So these guys are doing it their way but Gareth doesn't agree with it because its too much commitment on his part for little return. That happens, but i wouldn't say the band are wrong, just because most of us here dont do it that way. It also sounded like he was about to jack it in anyway, and it looks like they got in first. As ive said, im not putting Gareth down, and totally understand why he wasn't happy, but with their bass player publicly almost deciding he had had enough, and all without speaking to them first, i can understand why they started to advertise and why they might be hacked off.

Ive not really been following this thread too much. I feel its got the usual basschat dissect every word the other guy says and ridicule it. I believe everything Gareth has said, no question, but i cant help feeling maybe this thread is causing things to escalate. Im sure the other parties involved know about this thread so its not helping much, other than to generate hysteria amongst the bass playing coven ;-) It seems to me all the mud slinging in the adds has happened after this thread started, and probably because of it. IME some bands need to rehearse more than others. and some members of a band need more rehearsal than other members. Its all part of being in a band. You put up with it or leave. Its not ideal, and of course not always the case, but not everyone is up to the same standard. The business with the PA. A lot of bands (maybe more so the bigger ones) will rehearse with a full (or cut down if your the Rolling Stones) PA. This would help keep a more consistent sound, and is good experience at operating a PA. I guess its the same as us all preferring to use our own gear at rehearsals. When ever i rehearse the studio has full backline but still we take all our amps and drum kit in. That alone wastes another 30mis or so. Certainly a full PA isnt needed just to rehearse but i can now understand why they might want it set up. And considering how long it would take to set up and break down i think two nights is a good idea. I think Gareth has put a lot of effort in to the band, and is not to blame for any of this but i dont think any one is in the wrong. Distance and other commitments are/were obviously getting in the way, but thats also not the bands fault. Im sure im missing other facts that will show im talking out of my bum again but i felt i just had to get this off my chest. I do of course wish Gareth the best in the future and hope he can just put this down to a bad experience. I also hope his old band dont get messed about by anyone here, we are all musicians after all and should all be working together (except the drummers, sod em ;-). Im sure they are enjoying what they do and hopefully will find someone who fits in better.