ezbass

13 minutes ago, Beedster said:

You guys  

You can’t blame us, puns are our mane source of entertainment.

Of course, other outlets were guilty of this contamination too, it’s unfair to saddle just one company with all the blame.  

Bananas - The Man Band

The Tech21 Marty Friedman guitar pedal looks just the same build and Anderton’s have that for £399.

If You’ve Gotta Go, Lego Now - Manfred Mann

Brick Yard - The Commodores

Goodbye Toulouse - Stranglers

18 minutes ago, Rich said:

I stuck some of it in one of the collecting buckets on my way out the door. 

Good man. 

Wait Teal Tomorrow Comes - Eurthymics

53 minutes ago, RaNoFuNkY said:

OK thanks. I doubt I'll get a single replacement string, but I'll call Bass Direct and hopefully we can work something out.

I’m sure BD will sort you out. Labella seem very keen on sorting faulty strings. I had one of their nylon wrapped G strings that had an issue (not the one you describe). I’d had it a fair few months, but it was never right. I contacted them to buy a single and they replaced it for free, just had to pay carriage. They couldn’t have been more helpful. I would assume that this level of service is extended to their dealers.

I’ve done a couple of charity gigs recently for the Teenager Cancer Trust. The organisers, a mod/scooter club have asked in advance what our expenses will be and have also made sure we are well watered (beer or soft drinks), plus they provide PA & backline, which makes it much less of a faff. This is ok with me and we don’t have to do it of course. I think expecting folk to play for free, without some sort of expenses is taking the pee.

Knackered string, I’ve had this with G strings (an Ernie Ball) before. The G saddle should the furthest forward (towards the neck). 

26 minutes ago, Mike Brooks said:

That was his bass of choice for quite a while.

There was also Stingray around at that time, which, IIRC, Thunder bought for him. However, I think I only ever saw and heard that bass once.

We’re talking less than 0.13mm here, I'm sure it’ll be fine. I’ve never experienced any nut issues between 100s and 105s, although I’ve never had an MM compensated nut.

23 minutes ago, Mike Brooks said:

It was a Mexican....

 

One of my favourite live albums... an outstanding bass performance too!

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/UWCFP3DMP-o?si=x6ZRBmq0_7SFK9ss

I remember seeing Chris play that bass many times with Bad Influence, always sounded good.

55 minutes ago, AngeR said:

Just for curiosity, in the opinion of the people that finds it too expensive, what would be a fair price for this?

It depends how it stacks up against other boutique pres. Nobles are crazy expensive, Caveman too. Origin Effects are less expensive at around £550, as is the Jad Freer (IIRC), which, given the similar pedal board nature of the Walrus, I think is where it should be pitched. For my own use, £250-£300 is going to be my top end and there are plenty of offerings up to that figure for preamps that do what I need/want.

I watched one of the videos and due to the lack of a side by side comparison (with and without the Walrus), it's hard to say if it's really enhancing the sound that much (away from the extreme settings) than my current, much more affordable pre amps do already (Tech21 & Sadowsky).

I know it's very easy and typical for us to diss a new product, but I really wanted to be blown away  

Crazy money IMO

Sunday week. I’m not sure about an afternoon gig that starts at 4:00, kinda feels like the dead zone between a midday and evening gig, we’ll see I guess.

The Lion and Albert - Stanley Holloway

31 minutes ago, Richard R said:

Belatedly learned this morning of @SamIAm's death from @miles'tone.  Really upsetting, Sam was a whirlwind of life, ideas and good humour.

Looking at the McMillan page I realise her surname was Margerison which is my aunt's maiden name. It's not a common name so there is probably some relationship. 

 

RIP Sam - hope you and the big Maker are having fun.

 

 

I know she had been very unwell, but this is still very sad news. 😢

Branberries (eew!)

Dallas 1 PM - Saxon