spyder

The best bass in my opinion for a blues rock band would be an EBMM Stingray 4H or 5H.

I've got a 1993 5H that I use in a rock band and it cuts effortlessly through a loud mix.

Hope this helps.

DR Fat beams on mine.

11 hours ago, squire5 said:

Checked all that itu and right enough,the bridge screws needed a very small tighten.Although I'd have thought a wonky bridge would put the bass out of tune,but it wasnt.I'd like to shim the neck but not quite sure where to locate the shim,as the neck pocket is bigger than normal.Cheers!

A very thin piece of card at the body end of the neck pocket should do it. 

I've used Darren at....

RetroAmps 

Unit 1

Lambert building 

10 Seale Hayne

Newton Abbot

TQ12 6NQ

07565162066

Now £265 including UK postage.

Fantastic condition.

Lightly used Low gain overdrive.

Perfect on bass and guitar.

Boxed with bag and stickers.

Made in Cornwall.

43 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

I have a winner and need to pay my subs and get the other up for sale ! 

Which one won. 

Due to a change in amp use I'm selling my spare Warwick Gnome Pro 600.

Boxed in as New condition.

Includes power and USB cable.

Bought from Andertons.

£265 including UK postage.

1 hour ago, binky_bass said:

No footswitch provided and the solo dial does nowt without it! All the same I have rolled it up and down just to be sure! Genuinely have played around with all settings etc. to no avail. It could very well be the valve I mentioned, not entirely sure of the impact a faulty valve would have on an M-Pulse. You can see below the silver cap on one is distinctively different to the other, potentially a failed pin seal?

 

The valve with the white top is faulty.

There is an air leak.

From the web......

White getter on a bad tube VS a healthy tube getter

The second thing to look for is the condition of the getter. This is the greyish coating usually found at the top of a tube, but can be on the sides, or both top and sides, depending upon the tube type. Any color from grey/silver, to black is healthy. When a vacuum tube develops an air leak (a small crack or bad seal by a pin for example) this getter color will change to pure white. 

Hope this helps.

I've just moved from KZ ZS10 pro to....

https://ultimateear.com/product/soundear-pro-music/

They are more natural with better projection in the all important mid frequencies.

I found the ZS10 pro to have to much bass and treble for my taste.

15 minutes ago, bremen said:

True enough, and that's assuming the 200, 300 and 500 are measured the same way. What one manufacturer calls 300 another might call 500, and out of two amps rated 500rms at a given distortion level, one might be able to sustain that for 100mS and the other for hours. 

 

Not sure where I'm going with this apart from "don't believe the hype", "get an SVT" and "1000 genuine watts are only twice as loud as 100 genuine watts" 

Very true. We all forget that to go twice as loud as 100 genuine watts you need 1000w.

So the difference between 300 and 500 watts is very small and might not be even heard. 

I use a Warwick Gnome head, the 650w version. With the tone controls at noon it has a very scooped and clean sound . A flat frequency can be obtained with a few tweaks to the tone knobs. 

For a neutral and clean sound with tone controls at noon I would go for the 800w Phil Jones , the blue one.

The difference in loudness between 200w and 300w is minimal. Go for a 500w plus head. 

2 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

It looks like these will be discontinued once stock runs out — The pelham blue is already showing as discontinued.

 

Oh, that's crap.

I'm trying to find one at a good price.

Will keep looking.

Looks like it's out of stock. ☹️

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/gibson-non-reverse-thunderbird-bass-inverness-green

It's my favourite amp for a clean transparent sound.

Thank you for your great review.

Beautiful.

My latest love.

🥰

My latest love.

1993 EBMM H 5.

😍

6 minutes ago, Open E said:

Sorted

How?

What was it causing the fault.

Now this looks very interesting.

I have been holding back because I really don't like the screens on most of these units.

Do you have the box?

It is.

Please PM me.

Many thanks.

Marc

The bass is about 10 years old and as far that I'm aware the pickups are the older square style. They are exactly the same as the newer curved pickups, just square. 

I've played a few other Dingwall basses and the Canadian made ones are a whole different league. The build quality and playability are nothing like the lesser series models.

I prefer the passive electronics and have never felt that I needed an active solution.

If you want to add an active preamp it would be very easy to achieve or just use a preamp pedal.

Hope this answers your questions. Please let me know if you want anymore answered.

Marc

Price drop to £1950.

Also on eBay and Reverb for your purchasing pleasure.