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    Tell me about fender/ squier bass VI please

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I love mine - bought on a whim, mega cheap, a few years back and use it for two or three songs at every gig.

     

    It was one of the lesser Squier variants and I had to change the bridge and significantly shim the neck but it's more or less right now. Especially with the Newtone Bass VI strings set on it.

     

    I don't think it would ever pass as a proper bass and I wouldn't want to play a whole gig on one but for our gtr/bass/drums three piece it covers a lot of sonic territory and gives a bit of variety.

     

    I'd probably swap it for a different colour though - everything looks better than white.

     

     

    Rock n' roll hall of fame 2024.....scraping through the bottom of the barrel

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Isn't the hall of fame just a misguided extension of a sports halls of fame?

     

    I understand the desirability of a baseball or whatever HOF in the era when footage didn't exist or wasn't easily rewatched - greats and their achievements could easily be forgotten. But for music, in the recorded sound era, surely it just becomes a distasteful self-congratulatory irrelevance?

     

    Of course, there's also the highly unbecoming bickering re which current/past members are admitted or get to play

     

    I do feel for the Ramones though, who seemed to spend a significant part of their later career and post-band life resenting not being in the HOF when clearly their influence was seismic. Of course, their sales were relatively meagre, they were still touring in a bus and many of their best lps were out of print - a band ripe for recognition in the pre-internet, pre-streaming, pre-cool music on major TV shows era. 

     

    I dunno. If it makes more people listen to Jane's Addiction or gives some validation to people who have barely made a living despite making great music, who am I to object?

     

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    9v battery - useful voltage?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, Boodang said:

    Of course, if you want to minimise the points of potential failure just go passive, so much less to worry about. 

     

    I think there's a logical conclusion to that train of thought that involves not playing at all...

     

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    9v battery - useful voltage?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Thanks for the replies.

     

    It turns out it was a combination of issues. My lead had an intermittent loose connection as did one of the spade connectors to the output socket. While sorting this out, one of the other spade connectors (from the tone pot) crumbled...

     

    I couldn't bodge a repair of the spade connector but remembered belatedly that I had a whole set of unused EMG connectors in my spares drawer. All seemed well with the older battery but I've replaced that anyway. Will just have to remember to replace that wee connector cable in case I ever sell the spare pickups I nicked it from.

     

    Not sure I'm entirely convinved of the benefits of these plug and play solderless connector systems - seems like more points of potential failure with the added bonus of making a simple soldering iron fix more problematic.

    9v battery - useful voltage?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Dankology

    Just trying to track down the route of an issue...

     

    Last night my bass went silent just before the last two songs of the set. It's a Jazz with EMG JVX pickups which run off a 9v battery tucked behind the control plate.

     

    At first I thought I'd muted the amp - no. Amp on/off - nothing. Tried my back up (passive) bass - nothing. Back to the Jazz via a couple of DI boxes - nothing. At which point I gave up. The soundman came up to me afterwards and said he was convinced it was the bass - and sure enough when I messed around while packing down, the Jazz was still silent while the Rick seemed fine.

     

    So I assumed it was simply the 9v in the Jazz dying and in my flustered state I'd somehow muted the amp when trying to swap to the Rick.

     

    But when swapping the battery today, the old one was reading at something like 7.2 on the multimeter which some light Googling leads me to believe should be sufficient for most purposes. Plus running the bass on the old battery into an amp at home seems fine. Also, I seem to remember the last time the battery went, there was a period of distorted sound that gave me adequate warning of imminent failure, rather than the apparent sudden cut off as last night.

     

    I've checked my lead and the wiring inside the Jazz and all seems well. I don't have access to the amp I used last night at present so I can't check that properly yet. But what are the panel's thoughts re the voltage on the old battery - is 7.something volts likely to be the culprit here and in resting the battery overnight I'm just getting a brief final surge of power on testing today?

     

    GIven that I was getting nothing through the DIs, I'm thinking the bass is the most convincing explanation but why is it working so well this afternoon and why did the passive back up bass seem to be silent last night too?

    Behringer X32

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I've managed to download what appears to be the driver now- there were two possibilities listed and the likelier one kept saying that the site wasn't responding. 

     

    A new driver has appeared in Reaper so I think all is good. En route to Birmingham now so we'll soon find out... Ta for the pointers!

    Behringer X32

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Does anyone have a copy of the Windows USB driver for the X32?

     

    I could really do with it to record a gig on Friday but the link on Behringer's own site has been dead all week. I already tried on Facebook but received only the predictable mix of people completely misunderstanding the request and those simply reposting the dead link...

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    Jack Casady bass case ?

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted · Edited by Dankology

    I'm currently using a soft case that the headstock pokes out of and will need a hardcase in about three weeks' time.

    Two questions:

     

    1. Is this the right one:

     

    https://www.dv247.com/en_GB/GBP/Epiphone-Jazz-16-Case-flat-Joe-Pass-ES-295-/art-GIT0003735-000

     

    (Description looks right but url has me spooked) EDIT: weirdly, a Google search takes me to the Casady case but copying the link from that page leads to the Joe Pass case - WTF?

     

    2. Has anyone got one they want to sell?

    Scam warning…

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    @Tandro - I don't think many people would have been as candid as you in these circumstances. Good on you.

     

    I've yet to be successfully scammed but it's surely only a matter of time.

     

    Googling the wording of a listing and reverse image searching the photos seems to be a useful way of identifying some sorts of scam. But the scammers do seem to be getting smarter - and targeting the accounts of trusted sellers in specialist forums seems to be an ongoing issue.

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    NBD! Hofner 50th anniversary Cavern

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Dad3353 said:

     In my opinion and experience, the strap tied at the nut, as for an acoustic guitar, is the best solution. There are numerous purveyors of such straps; easy to find, inexpensive, and well suited for such a lightweight instrument. Hope this helps.

     

     

    I strongly suspect you're right but, much like supportive shoes, sensible haircuts, economical cars and not smoking, there are certain drawbacks associated with this solution. 

     

    I am a shallow man, I have no problem admiting this.

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