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Beer of the Bass

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  1. Beer of the Bass
    Buying new, it's quite hard to beat the Gallien Krueger MB200 package deal at Thomann at the moment. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/gallien_krueger_mb_200_bundle.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/gallien_krueger_mb_200_bundle.htm[/url] The only major limitation is that with the 4 ohm cab, you can't add a second cab to the rig.
  2. Beer of the Bass
    Just out of curiosity, is there anything not overly scooped that does a passable job for less money than the PR40, RE20 etc? Or is it one of those things where there isn't really a cheap alternative? The venue up the road from me uses the Red5 bass drum mic for bass, but I suspect that's out of availability rather than choice as their setup is a bit rough and ready, especially when you look at their house bass rig...
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    Bitsbox ([url="http://www.bitsbox.co.uk"]http://www.bitsbox.co.uk[/url]) stock the LM4250, which was used in the original MM design. I don't know how they compare for noise etc. to the other opamps, but they're at least a known quantity in this circuit. I was thinking of building a similar preamp for my bass a while ago, but decided to go passive in the end.
  4. Beer of the Bass
    Sorry Taa, It's looking to be sold, pending payment. I'll edit the thread title when it's all done and dusted.
  5. Beer of the Bass
    You could buy or borrow a plywood double bass, spend the six weeks between now and July cramming frantically and go unplugged. Of course, that's only a good idea if you fancied doing it anyway and you're not playing with anything louder than a drummer with brushes or rods, but there a few DB buskers on here (including myself from time to time), so I thought I'd put it out there...
  6. Beer of the Bass
    Gallien Krueger 115MBE speaker cabinet. Immaculate condition, still with box, has not been used outside my living room but is surplus to requirements. 1x15 speaker with switchable piezo horn, speakon and jack inputs, sturdy plywood construction and manageable weight (33lbs/15kg according to the spec sheet). This is the 200 watt, 4 ohm model. Online prices for these new range from £110-£190. I would like a firm £75 for this one. I would prefer the cab to be collected from my flat in Edinburgh, but if it hasn't sold locally after a few days I'll look into couriers. [b]NOW SOLD[/b] [attachment=107723:GK cab 003.JPG][attachment=107724:GK cab 006.JPG]
  7. Beer of the Bass
    After some looking around, I've got a cheap neoprene netbook sleeve on the way. It will mostly be used inside another bag, either inside the padded cajon bag that my EA Wizzy 10 cab lives in, or in a gigbag front pocket, so I can live without a full-on case.
  8. Beer of the Bass
    I've seen cheap chinese electric violins labelled "Yamada". I wonder if it's one of those and the seller hasn't noticed that there's one letter different from Yamaha?
  9. Beer of the Bass
    I contacted them about the 500 watt class-D jobbie last week. They say it'll be another two months and they don't have info on price or any pictures of it yet. I suspect they may have been a bit premature announcing this one, though at least they're straightforward and upfront about it when you speak to them.
  10. Beer of the Bass
    [quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1336729467' post='1650013'] I'm ignoring the 'elephant in the room' part of the picture! [/quote] What, the eight quid pencil in the mug on the table?
  11. Beer of the Bass
    I've got a GK MB200 on the way, and I'm going to want some sort of bag to keep it in. I've seen 10" netbook cases which are about the right size, so that's one option. Has anyone found the perfect size bag? Camera case, miniature coolbag, that sort of thing, I'm curious as to what people are using.
  12. Beer of the Bass
    Cheers for doing that, I was wondering about the weight. Quite a hefty wee thing for its size, but looks good value all the same.
  13. Beer of the Bass
    Apologies if it's buried in the thread somewhere, but does anyone have an accurate weight for the HB/Redsub combos? I'm not sure if Thomann are quoting the boxed up shipping weight.
  14. Beer of the Bass
    Bump! I may consider trades involving other micro-heads.
  15. Beer of the Bass
    Cross-posted from amps & cabinets in case of double bass interest: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/175679-acoustic-image-clarus-1r-head-series-ii/"]http://basschat.co.u...head-series-ii/[/url] (Mods, feel free to delete if I'm not supposed to do this!)
  16. Beer of the Bass
    Extremely clean and flat voiced head, 200 watts into 4 ohms or 300 watts into 2 ohms. Compact and lightweight at 5.5lbs. These are intended as general purpose instrument amplifiers, they are an excellent choice for double bass but also worth a look for bass guitar use. They are also popular with jazz guitarists. The Clarus features a high impedance input (10M ohms) and switchable highpass/notch filter which are very useful when amplifying double bass. Unlike most amplifiers, no separate pre-amp is necessary for piezo pickups. The HPF is also very effective for controlling the sub-bass frequencies when using small speaker cabs, to maximise the volume available without speaker over-excursion. When used with electric bass, the Clarus sounds similar to a clean DI signal - the amp is much flatter than the inbuilt "voicing" of most other amps. This makes it a good choice with an active bass, but to be quite honest, I like something a little more coloured with a passive bass. This is the 1r model with a high quality digital reverb built in. The amp is in decent condition as can be seen in the pictures. It has been stored and transported in its own padded bag, which is included. The only cosmetic flaws are some very minor dings (seen in the photograph) and a couple of small screws missing from the casing. The bag has approx. 3 inches of torn seam on one side. The original manual and a spare fuse are in the bag pocket. I have had the amp several years, and I think this model dates from around 2003. Going by other recent prices, I think [b]£320[/b] should be an attractive price for this. Can be tried and collected in Edinburgh or I'm happy to post within the UK at cost - PM me and I'll get a quote. [attachment=107071:clarus 014.JPG][attachment=107072:clarus 016.JPG][attachment=107073:clarus 019.JPG] [b]NOW SOLD[/b]
  17. Beer of the Bass
    I find that I love Chromes or Ernie Balls for the first 3 months, then they get a touch darker than I want. They still sound good after this, but it becomes more of a classic flatwound sound than the flat/round hybrid other players describe. This experience has been repeated over several sets. For those three months, they have plenty of growl for my needs. I don't know if this happens for everyone else or if my body chemistry just knackers them!
  18. Beer of the Bass
    Maybe they're better now than 10 years ago (are they?), but I hated Elixirs on both guitar and bass when I tried them. I got a couple of free sets from their stand at a guitar festival when they were a new thing. The coating went all raggedy after a few weeks and started peeling, it was like playing strings with eczema! I've settled on D'Addario 11-49 (0.018" plain G) for electric guitar as I find it would take some work to develop a light enough touch for 9s or 10s. Any heavier and it doesn't sound like I want a solidbody electric to sound, any lighter and I tend to overplay them. I do have honking great 13-56s on my archtop, but that's because it takes heavy strings to get the best acoustic sound from that guitar, not to try and make it feel bass-like.
  19. Beer of the Bass
    The big problem with valve amps in this kind of situation is that people often don't understand that they take a little while to warm up when switched on. I've watched people turn an amp on then start flicking the power switch on and off repeatedly (which is hard on the power supply, especially with a valve rectifier), wrench the input jack around or unplug and re-plug the speaker in a vain attempt to get some sound out. Any of these could require a tech visit in short order! At gigs where backline is shared, I've started taping simplified instructions in big letters to the top of my amp, then hanging around to watch the other bands soundcheck in case they do anything stupid. I'm sure college students will be even worse due to lack of experience. Peavey Bandits seem indistructible, but are also very loud when turned to 10, which might be worth bearing in mind if you think your students will do that.
  20. Beer of the Bass
    I'd say they're not Superflexibles, as Superflexibles are more turquoise on the silks than the royal blue of these ones, and the ends are sort of barrel shaped. As to what they are, I don't know!
  21. Beer of the Bass
    I tried this a few weeks ago with a BSS AR116 on the output of a 100 watt valve amp, running off the spare speaker output. Since the input impedance of the DI box is 50K ohms or more in parallel with an 8 ohm speaker, it makes no significant difference to the impedance the amp sees, and very little power goes to the DI box. I found that it needed heavy EQ to be usable though, as an amp that sounds good through a tweeterless cab can be painfully bright when run direct. Even the 4KHz lowpass setting on the BSS isn't enough on its own.
  22. Beer of the Bass
    [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1334682029' post='1619712'] What is the actual, physical difference between a cheap and expensive pick-up, that are the same type and impedance? And how do the various materials effects the sound? [/quote] I've been pondering this lately, as I'm gigging a £99 guitar on which I can't find any reason to change the pickups! It strikes me that while you get less choice, mass produced pickups that copy an established recipe closely can't go too far wrong. The very cheapest far eastern pickups are made to be as cheap as possible while still looking like the originals, but the better ones are copying established designs more closely. The differences between two pickups using the same magnet material, gauge of wire, standard bobbin shape and wound with the same number of turns are going to be vanishingly subtle, to the point of insignificance in most playing situations. OTOH some premium brands do have their own unique designs going on, but for basic Fender style stuff the cheapies have it pretty well covered.
  23. Beer of the Bass
    Chequered binding doesn't seem to crop up in the usual luthiers binding/purfling sources, so perhaps Ric do have some kind of "trade dress" protection going on, like Dimarzio do with cream coloured humbuckers. It could be a tough one to protect though, as I'm sure some of the older Martin guitars had something similar. EDIT: I did a quick google search, and there are open online sources of very similar checkered purfling, so maybe not.
  24. Beer of the Bass
    Mind you, Formby was actually quite a principled chap, who made a statement by refusing to play segregated venues when touring pre-apartheid South Africa. My respect for him was increased greatly by reading about that!
  25. Beer of the Bass
    Going to gigs as a punter, there are times where I get a kick out of seeing performers playing the hell out of unwieldy, impractical but "real" kit against all practical considerations of that choice. It's not so much amps that I get this with, but if I hear a great keyboard player and they've dragged along a proper Hammond and Leslie because that's what they love playing, the performance feels like something special. I recognise that this is not particularly logical, and if you blindfolded me they could be playing a Nord and I wouldn't know. With music being an art form, how the performer and audience feel about the tools and process used in the performance can be as important as the empirical properties of those tools. Having said that, there will be performers who find all the modelling technology inspiring and enabling, who will turn in their best performances using said technology.
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