Steve Browning

You're Basschat's Mr Perks!

I hope you got the discount that is a condition of trumpeting your wares in Basschat forums?

I felt obliged to check all my duvets and pillows (in case I was unwittingly handling stolen property) and can confirm I am not in possession of it.

The thing I have always found with EC is how dull he is until he straps on a Gibson, and suddenly he's superb. I do confess I have always been uneasy about Tears In Heaven (given the subject and background). It's a beautiful song but I like to think that the multi-millionaire me would have felt a great sense of satisfaction with it and kept it for myself rather than make yet more money out of it. I fully appreciate that others will think differently, it's just my view that monetising a personal tragedy seems a little 'off'.

The video says unavailable to me but I wonder if it's the one where the 'player' sucks rather than blows the trumpet. 🙂

Of course that's trying them at shop volume. Buying cabs is always something of a lottery.

One of the A/E versions? Not many about but very light. You could get the fretted in the traditional and pointy headstock versions.

The Classic 50's version is pretty much the same bass but without the relicing. Maybe worth checking out too.

Might be worth listing the drivers when you take them out. The 15 is (I believe) an EV 15L or M. I only ever had the 2x15 cabs. Interesting idea and I would have thought one of the speaker gurus might be able to help, if they have the information they need.

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When mine arrives I will do an A/B comparison with my M-Pulse 600 into the Subway cabs.

All makes perfect sense. If you're happy with the risk I hereby volunteer to (at least) collect any sunburst pre-EB Stingray fretless you may happen to buy. 🙂

What happens in the (unlikely) event of damage? Why not just go and get the thing yourself?

True. I wondered the value of the post after making iit.That said, a 97 page thread is not going to have a high percentage of useful content.

I think that the longer the thread, the less likely it is to be read (or searched). Any speaker related thread is going full of 'my set up is best' 'buy Barefaced' and the like. I wonder if there's any worth in identifying our experts (Phil Starr and Bill Fitzmaurice come to mind) who have the qualification to answer such questions from a technical standpoint. Everything else is the opinion of people with different ears/experiences. No idea how that would work but you could build up a compendium of useful 'articles' with the opinions of those who have a more objective standpoint. Everyone wants to help. I get that but some can help more!

This is all sounding a bit "Jimmy Page was 25 when he wrote Stairway, but I could play it when I was 17" about it.

I'd be livid that they've added that Jazz pick up though. 🙂

I my case, because I trust Boogie gear. I took a £3k punt in 1988 that has paid off handsomely as I have kept pretty much the same rig while others have paid out (possibly) more chopping and changing over the course of that time.

This was exactly my experience. When I first got my Bass 400 I didn't get it immediately. I even went back to my Orange heads for a while. I started again and it took me a little while to understand how the tone circuit works. Well worth the perseverance I assure you.

Actually, and in all seriousness, can folk who make amps that are rack'able please put a parallel input on the back? It can be a right pain to get to an input on the front if there's other stuff in the rack.

Can I have a signed one? 🙂