MrTea

I had no luck updating via the controller keyboard. This might be a silly question which I can find the answer out elsewhere but for the benefit of myself and possibly others on this thread I'll ask it ... 

Bearing in mind at this stage I only really want the USB to MIDI cable to update the FI is there a big difference (apart from £25) between the Roland one suggested earlier in the thread and something like this?

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digiflex-Adaptor-Musical-Keyboard-Laptop/dp/B00K4UXH5Q/ref=sr_1_19?keywords=USB+to+MIDI&qid=1573222092&sr=8-19 

Thanks for the quick response. I don't have a USB-to-MIDI interface but do have a USB Controller Keyboard that has MIDI in and out so hopefully I can use that. I'll try and dig out the MIDI cables later tonight and let you know how I get on. 

Mine turned up today - got a good deal on a FI.v1 direct from Panda Audio after chatting with them via their website.

One quick question ... How do I know if it's v.3 firmware or not. Gabor at Panda had told me it would be upgraded to v.3 but when I power it up '1.33' flashes up briefly on the screen and from the manual I understand this should be the firmware version. 

Regardless first impressions seem very promising - I can imagine with some tweaking this will be a lot of fun! 

Did someone say there was a way to do a sample and hold ‘EHX freeze’ type thing on the FI.v3? I’d love to know although I’m hugely tempted anyway. 

Of course if you’re looking without the shimmer the Game Changer Audio Plus Pedal could also be worth considering. 

Doesn’t the TC Hall of Fame 2 do something like this? I think they call it MASH although I’ve never tried it. See around the 10 min mark in this video ...

Not sure if this is the right place and I may be well of track but can the FI do any of the sample and hold stuff like the SuperEgo or Freeze? I’ve not seen anything like that but thought it worth an ask. 

Also, is anyone using one on upright?

@franzbassist Glad you posted a positive comment 🙂 I’m really looking forward to trying this. I wasn’t specifically on the hunt for a slimline but coming from playing EUB it seemed very tempting. 

Now nervously looking forward to other responses on this thread!

I picked up a Raven Labs blender/preamp in a job lot of pedals recently. It powers up in as much as the light comes on but I don’t get any signal through it. 

I had a friend take a look and he couldn’t work it out either. This was his diagnosis:

Unfortunately it looks like a power rail problem.  The voltage rails look good until it turns on, at which point the 18V split rail becomes an 8V single rail.  So I'm guessing something has blown.  I've taken all the chips out but it made no difference.

I know it’s a long shot to ask for help with such a vague diagnosis but does anyone have any ideas? Failing that, who in the UK would be well suited to look at fixing this? I’m in South Devon so someone local would be preferable but happy to send it off it it could be fixed. 

Many help much appreciated!

Are they good machine heads? The Facebook ad I saw mainly talked about the neck so I wasn’t sure 🙂 

As I said above - it’s your call what you do with it. I’m just suggesting from my viewpoint that it’s not in the spirit in which it was passed on to you. Best of luck with the sale. 

13 minutes ago, prowla said:

Flipping heck!

Aye

I think I count as one of the ‘shocked lads’ ...

Just for transparency I did get in touch with Andy to see if he could post the neck. I totally understood he didn’t want to be thought it worth asking. I’m totally happy he found someone local to give it too.

But ...

I think there are 2 ways you can look at this:

- the neck was passed on to you and your free to do with it as you please. 

- the neck has been passed on for free so if it’s not for you, you pay it forward and pass it onto another member of the community (either online or locally to you). 

I’ve had a few freebies off the forums and for me the latter is the spirit of the community here. It’s my choice (and maybe that’s the key) but any free items I’ve had off here if I decided I had no longer any use for I’ve passed on to free to local young musicians or our community music project. If I knew they wouldn’t get used there I’d stick them back on here.

At the end of the day it’s your call - but I’m sure it’s easy to see why it might get people querying it?

Must admit the sceptic in me saw an ad for a squire fretless neck on Facebook this week and wondered the same. But then I thought that’s not really the basschat way ...

Awesome. Thank you kindly - just the thing for the new fender Japan 51 p which arrived this week. 

I’ll take them if they’re still available please!

I also bought some strings - good communication and easy deal. Both myself and my 51P are very happy.  I can only hope he tries more strings he doesn't like!

I have a PJB C4 which I picked up from here which I like the sound of for EUB (Knutson Messenger). That said, I still find myself looking at the Crazy 8 or Barefaced 110 and being tempted. Has anyone else compared the C4 with either of those? Apart from a slightly smaller and lighter cab am I going to be getting much difference? 

Maybe I'd be better to just pick up another C4 ... (maybe I don't need anything else!)

Deal with confidence. Great communication and seems like a great guy.

And it’s much appreciated @andybassdoyle  I’ll do the same if I decide it’s not for me - although I suspect that’s unlikely ...

I think I’ve seen this listed on a Facebook today at £800. 

What these guys said! ^^^

Frank is an utter pleasure to deal with and his packaging skills are top notch. Do not hesitate to deal with him. 

Thanks for the reply but that's exactly what I've done. The old string is back on for the time being - I'm reluctant to buy the new D as I'm still not sure if medium or light tension may be better for me. 

I finally got round to putting on the Evah Pirazzis on my bass last night that I picked up off here a while ago and while I was winding the D around the peg it’s somehow snapped the outer winding near the peg. I’m not really sure how it’s happened as I don’t think the point it’s snapped was actually wrapped around the tuning peg at the point it snapped. 

Ive not tried these strings before so rewound it again and it seems to be holding and staying in tune. The point where the break in the outer winding is now wrapped around the peg but only on the last wind. 

Would I be insane to trust that this will hold? I’m obviously gutted as a perfectly good set of strings is potentially missing a D. I have a gig on Saturday so obviously don’t want to risk it breaking under pressure mid set. 

Whats the consensus here? Should I cut my losses, stick the old strings back on and wait until I have a little more cash to buy another D? Does anyone have a spare Evah Medium D that they’d like to sell on relatively cheap? I know could buy a single string but I’ve already overspent (as usual) this month and I’m also a little undecided as to whether I’d prefer the lighter tension. 

Bought a Boss LS-2 from Ben. Great guy to deal with - good communication and all as expected. Happy to recommend him as a seller. 

Thanks for the replies.

Found the Ed Friedland DVD cheap enough on eBay so that's been ordered already.

I've watched some of Geoff Chalmers videos on YouTube and found them useful but wonder if the structured course would be worthwhile. Has anyone any experience of that?