DylanB

I’m looking forward to it. I’m on a bit of a jazz kick at the moment and my teacher told me to check it out. Loved the Ken Burns documentaries on WW2 and the war in Vietnam.

For anyone who might be interested, PBS America (Freeview channel 91) are showing the Jazz documentary by Ken Burns over the next couple of days. Starting at 1pm tomorrow (Monday).

It’s a bit much to sit through as they’re doing it in two massive chunks Monday and Tuesday, but if you can set your telly box to record all episodes you can dig in later at your leisure.

On 02/10/2020 at 17:37, Muzz said:

Yup: I had a brief dalliance with NYXLs, (didn't hate them, but didn't love them, either, in the longer term) and back to Elixirs. Tho, as you say, a tenner's a tenner, especially when you've more than one bass to restring...

That’s exactly what I’ve done. I actually thought the NYXLs were great out of the pack, but the B string went dead FAST. I think I just got a dud B to be honest, but as both sets are around the £50 mark Elixirs are a safer bet for me right now.

Let us know how you get on with the LongEvos. I’ve got a set on the shelf, but I’ve got an annoyingly fresh set of Elixirs on the main bass, so I’m thinking I’m gonna try the LongEvos out after Christmas. Until then I’m forced to live vicariously through the posts of others!

GR2 gone, just the Deep Impact and Soundblox left.

Sansamp and Redwitch sold

Update Sep 11: Only the Deep Impact and Soundblox pedals left. Will listen to offers.
 

1. Akai Deep Impact. I’m really torn on selling this as it’s a piece of history and they don’t come up that often. But I’m downsizing my pedal collection and this is a biggie! Pretty good condition for how old it must be. A few paint chips missing. Functioning perfectly. It came to me with a power cable which I’m pretty sure is not original, but it works so I’ll include in the sale. I never really used the cable as I had it on a board with a Voodoo Labs power brick. Includes a v tatty box and instruction sheet. Collection/meet up only on this one. £500

2. Source Audio Soundblox Pro Multiwave Bass Distortion. With box and manual. 9/10 condition on the top, the protective plastic is still on! I was a bit over-zealous with the velcro when attaching to my pedalboard, then when I went to remove it some of the finish peeled off the back. Tried to remove the velcro at the top but chickened out when it was clear the black sticker would come off along with it. Operationally tip-top. NOTE - THIS PEDAL CAME FROM THOMANN AND AS SUCH COMES WITH A EUROPEAN POWER SUPPLY ONLY (see pictures). I have not used this power supply, I always powered it from the power block on my pedal board. £110 posted.

3. Sansamp Bass Driver DI. It’s lived a life, but still in pretty good shape cosmetically. “Built like a tank” gets thrown around a lot but it really applies here. Velcro on back. Includes box. £120 posted. SOLD

4. 3leaf GR2 envelope filter. Very versatile envelope filter, with built in effects loop. I’d say 8/10 condition wise. Velcro on back. No box or instructions on this one. £180 posted. SOLD

5. Redwitch Zeus. Basically 2 pedals in one, fuzz and octave. This can get very gnarly! Box included. £110 posted SOLD

I’m in Carshalton, Surrey. Can travel a reasonable distance to meet, shoot me a PM and we can discuss it. I’m willing to post all the pedals except the Deep Impact.

Hi... sent you a PM, did you see it?

Another shout out for Strings Direct. Last week I ordered a set of 5 D’addario NYXL singles on Sunday, and they arrived next day via Royal Mail!   Paid nowt for shipping either.

I assume that’s the sort of thing they’re doing to try to compete with Amazon Prime, but I really didn’t expect anything to be dispatched on a Sunday.

£50 for a 5 string set is a bit dear (Elixir money!) but so far they are remarkable, lovely strings.

The bass is almost as lovely as the view!

😱

Oh this is incredibly bad news. A gorgeous PB5 to complement my SB5000, which is easily the best 5 string I’ve owned.

Let us know when you have the weight. For the sake of my bank balance I’m hoping it’s in the 12-13lb range.

I’m pretty sure the body is Alder.

Not sure about the fretboard. If not rosewood I believe Sadowsky have used both morado and pau ferro on the metro basses.

Unfortunately the listing on the Sadowsky site will be long gone, shame as that would have been the definitive source.

Just sent a bass to Sean, easy deal, he arranged courier pickup so no hassles. Would deal again.

Still here. Will take £100!!!

Fractal Walnut. They were a great band.

I’m assuming that’s pounds not kilos 😉

Lovely! What does it weigh?

4 hours ago, rodfunnell said:

Hi DylanB - Is the bearded lady pedal still available?

Yep! Shoot me a PM. 😀

7 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

Yeah, thats what i was getting at. I guess gigging without full PA support is a bit of a comprise anyway.

Yeah that's it. TBH I've kind of gone off the idea of a stack with one cab tilted back, for a lot of the reasons posted.

I also I think the real solutions have been posted in the thread; either proper IEMs (or at least a decent wedge), or a cab with better off-axis projection.

1 hour ago, topgun said:

@DylanB Indeed, I bought it off you, so it's had 2 careful owners 🙂 

I'm glad you posted that - I was trying to unearth when I bought it, and I couldn't find a trace (I knew I got it through these forums, but I couldn't find my old login details).

Cheers

Ah fantastic! Yes always good to know the provenance of an instrument. I never had any issues with it, only great memories.

6 hours ago, stevie said:

It's the "beaming" at midrange frequencies that causes lack of clarity when you're standing in front of the cab.  Even if you do tilt your cab so that you can hear the mids and highs that are vital for tone definition, the audience will still hear the muffled sound that you are trying to fix. Unless your bass is going through a PA, of course, which is unlikely to suffer from this midrange dispersion problem.

 

Excellent info, thank you.

So I’m extremely simple terms, when using a single cab you essentially have to choose whether the player or the audience gets the midrange?

Hopefully mitigated somewhat by the fact I have two cabs, only one of which would be angled.

Incidentally this used to be mine! I purchased it new from Sadowsky in Dec 2009. Brilliant instrument, I moved it on in 2015 (to you? I don’t remember) when I switched to 4 strings. I’m now back on 5s, but don’t have the funds to buy this back.

Good luck with the sale.

9 hours ago, jrixn1 said:

@DylanB, I wonder if you can get about 15% more height for free by stacking your cabs vertically instead of horizontally?

Another idea - if your amp has the facility, can you use (non isolating) in-ears to augment the stage sound.   I don't mean a full monitor mix, but just some additional direct bass signal for yourself.  I did this tonight as we were provided with wedges but even so I struggled a bit with clarity.

 

Have tried stacking cabs vertically with little effect. Maybe that would reduce the size of crate/stand needed underneath though.

To your other (v good) suggestion, I’m not sure. I’ve never been happy with previous dalliances with IEMs, I suspect I need to bite the bullet and get some proper moulds made.

And yes, IEMs are the full and proper solution to this problem, the issue for me is some of these gigs are fairly basic in terms of gear and set up time. Did one last month with no sound check whatsoever. I just want a basic lo-tech solution which means I can reliably hear myself in these situations.

1 hour ago, hooky_lowdown said:

Wouldn't it be easier to put the cabs on top of something, so they're elevated?

Good question. It may be.

I’m quite tall so it’s going to take a fairly large crate or stand to elevate them to near ear level. So I’m a bit scared of the  height they could fall from. But then I guess the argument is that they're less likely to fall when sitting flat on something.

56 minutes ago, Dood said:

Ahhh that was easy, here it is!

https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/stagg-gas-4-2-guitar-amplifier-stand

 

Many thanks! Will give it a go.

Sometimes even on gigs where I’m going through the PA the sound guys don’t seem to be keen on putting bass through the monitors so this looks like something sensible to have in the back pocket.

I have also been tempted by some of those Mark Bass cabs which have the tilt back built in, but this is a slightly cheaper option 😉