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    [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='703528' date='Jan 6 2010, 09:48 PM']Yeah I just don't have a silver one ATM. Do you know if the gig is going ahead on Friday?[/quote] I may have a chrome string tree knocking about if you want it?
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    I was moved when Rick Wright died, Floyd were a very influential band for me and i spent a lot of my musical youth engrossed in their stuff, particularly the Saurcerful/Meddle/Pompeii/Darkside era. I always liked Wright, sat there quietly coming up with the goods from album to album, dignified amidst all the bickering, should have been a bass player really!
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    I think they sound great and are very loud, much louder in a gig situation than the 500w Hartke head my LMII replaced. If they were normal size they'd be on equal footing with a lot of heads but certainly better than most, probably a bit cheaper too
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    You can get black Wilkinson machine heads from an eBay seller, i bought some for my fretless a while ago and they're very good quality: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wilkinson-black-bass-guitar-tuners-No-12-or-13_W0QQitemZ140325330591QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Guitar_Accessories?hash=item20ac0a9e9f"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wilkinson-black-bass...=item20ac0a9e9f[/url] The base plate was slightly bigger than the tuners they replaced and i only just got them to fit on the Mighty Mite neck i put them on, once they were on they were a massive improvement though
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    Pretty much everything i've seen is for cabinets or large heads with rounded wooden corners, the Ashdown without the extra casing is about the same size as a LMII so they would dwarf it The standard size plastic stackable corners and the guitar cab-style metal corners are very big compared to the amp I've been looking for lengths of rubber extrusion of a suitable width i could cut to size but no joy
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    Had a look through those and the only ones they have are the usual large plastic or metal ones for cabs. Starting to think it'll be easier to buy some plastic extrusion and attach it to the edges
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    A while ago i took my problematic Superfly out of it's horrid casing and have been using it quite a bit with no problems. I added some rubber feet to it but the corners are way too sharp so i'd like to fit some small rubber/plastic/metal corners to it I can't seem to find any small enough, most places just sell the standard PA cab corners which are far too big. Anybody know where i can get some? Maybe even the rail type edges like the old Hartke amps had before they cased them? Ta in advance!
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    I guess it depends on which head and cab, everything i've owned (Hartke and Markbass) has been great at low volumes. I use an Ashdown Superfly and a small 1x12 cab for solo practice and it sounds good If you're going to be practicing with a drummer or gigging in the near future then 2nd hand stuff is the way to go on your budget. There's nothing worse than having an amp that sounds great at home but doesn't have enough umph in a band situation It's surprising just how good old Peavey etc. gear sounds compared to new fancy gear, i saw a band last year with an old Peavey head into a no-name cab and it sounded ace
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    The Hartke A series are great but build quality isn't as good as the old USA Hartke stuff. I have a little A70 which is loud and sounds great, however it's had a hard life and farts and rattles a bit now I'd certainly take the Hartke over the Electric Blue which although decent enough didn't sound anywhere near as good to my ears I'd still say go for a second hand head and cab instead of a smaller new combo. Have a look at Peavey stuff for something in your price range, there's usually a few for sale on here
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    They're nice guitars though, worth the price it's currently at I sourced one a few years ago for a mate who wanted a guitar and wanted a Hetfield style guitar, found a mint example for about £400. Certainly better than the low-end BC Richs he'd been looking at Definitely not rare though!
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    Stick a thumb rest on it, i also find basses like that uncomfortable so that's what i'd do
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    Here's mine: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gipG6jTb1Zs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gipG6jTb1Zs[/url]
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    Bargain!
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    Interparcel will do it for about £8 if you can get the box under 120cm tall i think
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    Was it a new member and did they send it recorded delivery?
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    Although they appear to have gone out of fashion recently i use a Schroeder 1212r in a very loud band and it's a great one cab solution. Paired with a LMII it's handled everything i've thrown at it and has more than enough low-end.
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    SOLD

    lemmywinks replied to mikeh's topic in Basses For Sale

    The year of manufacture should be attainable from the serial number. It should start with a letter and end with 2 numbers, these denote the month and year A serial that starts with a B and ends with 99 would be made in February 1999, one that starts with a D and ends with 02 would be made in April 2002 etc. You can do a quick check on the Warwick website: [url="http://www.warwickbass.com/modules/support/serials.php?katID=22701&cl=EN"]http://www.warwickbass.com/modules/support...22701&cl=EN[/url]
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    Bassists are often just looking for one or two really good sounds. With a Jazz for instance, if i need a rockier tone i'll roll the bridge pickup off slightly. For the cleaner stuff i often do the opposite. The pickups on their own are two tonal extremes, only very rarely have i used a pickup on it's own, even then i had to eq the amp differently to get back the frequencies i lost (you lose quite a bit of low end with the bridge pickup solo'd) Changing your tone so drastically would alter where the bass sits in the mix, however the plus point is that it would annoy the sound engineer!
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    COMPLETED, PLEASE REMOVE!
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    Most people who use a bass would see it as unnecessary as you get the sounds you want from blending the pickups rather that having one on and the other off I had a pickup switch on an old Dean bass and it got in the way tbh
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    lemmywinks replied to mikeh's topic in Basses For Sale

    [quote name='spaz91' post='695641' date='Dec 29 2009, 03:11 PM']What are the characteristics of that? I'm quite interested in this but I'm interested in Wick tone, other than that it looks like a Rockbass.[/quote] It basically is the parts you get on the Rockbasses with a genuine German Warwick neck. I used to have one of these and whilst i preferred my Corvette (active) the necks on these are great, the build quality is also top-notch as it's made in the same factory as all the other Warwicks Carolena is also called Kodiak Pine i think, here's a thread about it: [url="http://forum.warwick.de/17-warwick-rockbasses/10495-carolena-wood-wind-up.html"]http://forum.warwick.de/17-warwick-rockbas...od-wind-up.html[/url] It also says it's called Carolina Pine I found it quite light. Another advantage of these Streamer Standards is that the control cavity is big (standard Warwick size IIRC) so it can accomodate a pre-amp and battery easily if you choose to make it active. If i'd have kept mine i'd have put a pre-amp and pickup in there, there's usually something cheap in the for sale section on here so it needn't cost the earth
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    It's not that bad Max, there's still a ton of bargains on there from perfectly legitimate sellers. I buy most of my computer stuff on eBay, it's miles cheaper than anywhere else for the stuff i want I got my Warwick Fortress this year for £250, also had one of these for the stupid price of £40: [url="http://www.elonex.com/products/webbook_windows.shtm"]http://www.elonex.com/products/webbook_windows.shtm[/url] There's always going to be idiots in every walk of life, i quite like digging up bargains but there's a hell of a lot of cr@p to trawl through. Same as a car boot i guess
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    SOLD

    lemmywinks replied to mikeh's topic in Basses For Sale

    Should be Carolena
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    Peter bought my Warmoth Jazz, great communications and seems like a good bloke Would definitely deal with him again
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    Have you tried adding another Aggie 112 cab? Would be much easier to transport than one heavy cab and paired with a good head could be all you ever need
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