Beer of the Bass

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1449745465' post='2926396'] 1967? so you never met the original PM then? Just as well, it may have added confusion. [/quote] Do I detect the hand of Del Var Omni Global industries in the fake Paul conspiracy?

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1449656118' post='2925545'] I don't like Jaco. I won't deny his technical skill - what would be the point? Or his mastery of theory. IN MY OPINION, though, there's nothing else there. No sense of beauty, or human quality. Its a structurally perfect, exquisitely detailed empty vessel. I won't deny he's been hugely influential either. Whether that's a good thing is another matter.... [/quote] Regarding human qualities in Jaco's playing, I would disagree with you here. His playing contains humanity in abundance, but it reflects a personality that rubbed up a lot of people the wrong way and some may feel that the more tender moments were overshadowed by that. There was a larger-than-life self confidence and brashness in both the man and his playing which perhaps not everyone warms to. But for all that, he's one of the greats.

I keep wondering about having a little more taken off mine. I've got adjusters, but they bottom out at about 6.5mm on the G. I was playing a lot of unamplified stuff when I had my current bridge fitted, so the luthier set it up with that in mind. My fingerboard is well dressed and I'm pretty much settled on Spiro Mittels, so it could certainly stand to come down a little. Due to neighbour issues I'm not getting in the practice time that I'd like and I feel like I may as well make things as friendly for myself as I can. Both Herbass and The Jaywalker I've heard playing and not felt like their tone was lacking in any way, so that makes this thread a useful reference point.

Didn't Jamerson have difficulty finding work later on as producers felt his sound hadn't moved with the times? With hindsight his work comes across as classic rather than dated, but I guess there was a time when it didn't seem that way to everyone.

I'm a fan of Jaco but I do hear a bit of aimless noodling, not so much in his early days but it's certainly there later on, particularly live. I know he wasn't a well man so that's not intended as a dig, but I much prefer to listen to his work from the days when he was really firing on all cylinders.

If we're discussing whether young people are getting into the Beatles, I should point out that my 16 year old stepson loves them and listens to them a lot more than I do (I like them, but there is so much other music I'm enthused about that I don't put them on often). That's a tiny sample, but young Beatle fans are clearly out there.

[quote name='cytania' timestamp='1449408998' post='2923237'] Some nice basses on the website and the man himself pops up in a chat sidebar. Just watch out for the 'Used Alvarez World Bass' which is a very strange marriage of parts. [/quote] The truss rod cover on that bass looks identical to the ones on 70s Alvarez acoustics, but the styling would place the bass some time in the 80s or 90s. That makes it hard to tell whether the bass has anything to do with Alvarez or if someone has just put on a spare truss rod cover that happened to come from an Alvarez acoustic guitar. Given the different branding on the body and pickups, I'd be hesitant to link it to Alvarez unless it's marked anywhere else. This is a bit of a guess though.

I don't think he has any intention of selling it, I just can't imagine that his motivations are as comprehensible as that. If you accepted his offer and sent the money I'm sure he'd still find a way not to go through with it.

The sounds they chose to demonstrate it with make me suspect that it might not sound that great. Most of the audio is with high gain distorted sounds, the only moments of clean or lightly overdriven sounds are really brief and always staccato playing, they don't let you hear the notes ringing out and it seems sort of plunky sounding. Yes, it sounds like a strat, but does it sound like a [i]good[/i] strat? It's kind of cool as a concept and I'm sure it'll spend most of its life as a wallhanger.

I can think of a few, but this one is fun. The intro to this is just so abrasive, jagged and uncomfortable that I break out in a massive grin every time. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSVvnA7X4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSVvnA7X4[/url]

I think Gumtree insists on a picture with each advert now, so for adverts which are not an item for sale, you've still got to come up with some sort of picture. Last time I posted one, I just used a picture of my double bass. It didn't do me much good though - I'm not convinced that Gumtree adverts are a worthwhile way to find other musicians. The majority of responses are either for something completely different or are from people who start out sounding enthusiastic but then go quiet after the first couple of messages.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1449321556' post='2922571'] I may be being a bit incredulous here, but I'm not entirely sure that that's Sir Paul himself. Maybe someone trying to fob us off with an imitation..? Hard to tell... [/quote] Hmm, I reckon McCartney would use his left hand for lifting the kettle and stirring the tea. Perhaps this is the fake Paul that the tinfoil-hatters reckon replaced the real one after Abbey Road!

The cosmetics are nice - I like that burgundy tolex. It looks small for a 1x15", so I guess it's more about vintagey mid-bass than really deep lows?

Dave bought some double bass strings from me, and it was a nice simple transaction with no hassles.

I've just bought an Eminence driver from Stevie, he's kept me informed about the courier arrangement and his packaging was very thorough.

There can be a bit of a tendency towards "my gigs are more serious than your gigs" type posts on basschat - I'm not only talking about this thread, it happens all over the forum. I find this interesting, as there are also quite a few excellent working players who don't feel the need to do that. Out of the loose grouping of musical friends I spent my formative years in bands with, some have gone pro and some haven't (I'm one of the latter), and I'm not sure that there is a huge difference in musicianship between the two groups. One of my musical heroes is Clive Palmer who was in the original Incredible String Band lineup. Whenever a band he was in started getting serious, gigging hard and attracting record company interest, he would jump ship and do something else, leaving them to it. He did this three times in all, then spent most of his life working ordinary jobs and gigging for fun in local pubs. That's a model I find quite attractive, and he made some interesting music along the way and seemed to have a happy enough life.

[quote name='bassmachine2112' timestamp='1449171454' post='2921326'] Orange OBC115 is a brilliant 15" cab,check the specs and replicate or look around and get one for about £200 S/H. [/quote] The Orange OBC115 looks very close in design to the old TL606 DIY plans which can easily be found online, although I don't know if the port tuning is the same. It's not a particularly small cab for a 1x15" - the TL606 plans are 3.2 cubic feet or about 86 litres and it sounds like the OP wants to go smaller than that.

I would go for double bass and not bother with the amp. While a fine carved instrument would be my preference, it would probably have to be a laminated bass to have any chance of dealing with the maritime climate and it would be strung with Spirocores, since they last for a long time.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1449052526' post='2920316'] very good! I have done that too, actually: using two cabs when the bottom one is pretty much just a glorified stand for the other. [/quote] I have discovered that the best stand in the world for my little guitar combo is a 4x12" cab, as there's often one around as part of the house backline at venues. I never plug into them, but they're great amp stands!

Speaking of Tuff Cab paint, how much does it take to cover a couple of cabinets this size? Will a litre do it, or would that be skimping?

I must admit, I've been able to discern so little difference between different brands of ECC83 (including Mullard, Brimar and modern Electro Harmonix) when I tried swapping them over that I couldn't be sure I wasn't imagining any differences. This was in both my guitar amp and the Carlsbro PA head I used to use for bass. This could be because both have very clean running preamps that don't have enough gain to get gritty, so other amps might have shown up the differences more strongly. Alternatively, I may have cloth ears!

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1448926234' post='2919360'] You aren't going mad, first of all the pipes internal diameter is 64mm the outside is 68mm. secondly it depends how you enter the parameters into winISD as sometimes the manufacturers don't always use the same techniques for measuring as are assumed by win ISD. Then the box isn't exactly 50l as I built it oversized to allow for the volume of bracing the ports and speaker and any modifications I would make as the design developed, I didn't use all the extra volume I allowed. We also found two sets of data for the SM212 out there and then took our own measurements of the basic parameters which differed slightly from those published. If you go back to post #291 you'll see we actually measured the tuning of the cabs and the port dimensions are measured from the cabs we tested. Well spotted though, and I had to double check all this so you are keeping me on my toes Ultimately that's why you try and build prototypes and test them. [/quote] Ah, that makes sense. If I change the diameter to 64mm and add a few extra litres to the cabinet volume in winISD the predicted lengths are within a reasonable margin of error of the final measurement, and I've heard elsewhere that winISD estimates somewhat on the long side.

Could it be a Baldwin? I'm sure they had one that looked like that, though I'm not sure of the model name.

Hello! I wonder if you might have some mutual friends with my wife, as she has some friends with somewhat related interests and I know it's not a huge scene in Scotland.

I think I haven't expressed that very clearly. When I try and calculate the length required for four 68mm ports to achieve a tuning of 50Hz in a 50 litre cab, my results are very different from those used in the prototype cab. I am trying to work out whether I'm doing something incorrectly.