silverfoxnik

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='386845' date='Jan 20 2009, 10:27 PM']Beautiful! I love the look of oiled wenge, its stunning, but I hate working with it as I get my fingers full of splinters. Lovely work! Classy, not over-flash but very tasteful pieces of wood.[/quote] +1 Simple and elegant, definitely....

[quote name='johnnylager' post='386255' date='Jan 20 2009, 03:35 PM']I've said it before & I'll say it again - Mark IV head + Sunn 2x15 = tone heaven. Or is that volume heaven? Never used any effects then either.[/quote] I still have the Mark IV head and I really love it.. Wouldn't sell it (not that it's worth much mind) as it's got such great features and I like the sound of it a lot..

Very poignant!

I've had 4 Mike Tobias basses over the years and they've all been excellent..

Looks very G&L like to me, but very cool in it's own right too....

Nick just bought a Radial BigShot pedal from me and it was as smooth a transaction as could be had on a smooth day in Smoothtown! Thanks Nick - much appreciated! Cheers Nik

Wayne just bought my Boss AB2 pedal in super-fast, hassle free time and was a pleasure to deal with throughout! Cheers Wayne - hope to deal with you again at some point... Nik

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='384700' date='Jan 19 2009, 09:29 AM']Bought a splitter pedal from Nik fantastically fast deal and great product.[/quote] Cheers WPD! It's been a pleasure..

[quote name='Monz' post='384340' date='Jan 18 2009, 08:46 PM']Pretty basic but boy did it ratle the room a bit once I'd snuck the master volume up a bit [attachment=18825:bass2.jpg][/quote] In no way does that rig look 'basic'. Quite the opposite in fact; it looks great...

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='383515' date='Jan 17 2009, 07:45 PM']I want that G&L.[/quote] Me too... Lovely looking bass!

[quote name='alexclaber' post='381912' date='Jan 15 2009, 11:39 PM']A good example is to just think back to when you started playing bass and how much harder you found it to hear the basslines in recordings compared to now after years of experience. Have your ears got better or has your hearing got better? Alex[/quote] Ears, definitely due to more experience..

[quote name='Boneless' post='381043' date='Jan 15 2009, 10:04 AM']Seeing that not many people know what a Peavey T-40 sounds like (not even as a vague idea), I made some samples (I know, I know... they're awful ) just to give, yeah, a vague idea of the T-40's tone. Played sh*te Here goes: [url="http://www.labibliotecadeserta.com/manico-beat.mp3"]Neck pickup[/url] [url="http://www.labibliotecadeserta.com/manico+ponte-beat.mp3"]Both pickups maxed[/url] [url="http://www.labibliotecadeserta.com/ponte-beat.mp3"]Bridge pickup[/url] Tones are maxed for both pickups. I have replaced the pots with new ones (I stripped the tone pots of the coil tap function, it was useless, since the "single coil" mode is really too much lower in volume and it has a "brittle" tone, and I put 500K pots instead of the 250K that were installed in the bass before). Tone cap for the neck pickup is a .22uF now, it's better now since it doesn't "mud up" the tone as much as before. The strings... erm... the guitar tech put some "handmade" nickel strings, and they're awful I'll definitely put some nice ones as soon as the current strings are gonna be too awful to put up with Oh, here's how I recorded the samples: Bass -> Behringer MIC200 in the "valve" mode (it slightly scoops the mids, but it sounds better, really, the T-40 is best amplified with some colour, it doesn't pair very well with "hi-fi" preamps, IMHO) -> Echo Indigo IO -> small Linux app that dumps all input in a file on disk, alongside a Hydrogen demo drum loop The neck pickup sample is played, maybe, a bit too much close to the neck, it probably sounds better when playing over the bridge pickup, but I wanted to "define" its tone better.[/quote] Thanks.. Sounds great to my ears and I really like your playing! I had one 2 years ago and it was really great but very heavy as has been said earlier. I didn't mind the weight but it wasn't getting a look in for gigs because I was mainly using 5 string basses (still am) and if I needed a 4, then it'd be my Wal.. Been regretting letting the T-40 go ever since though...

[quote name='charic' post='381640' date='Jan 15 2009, 07:25 PM']Who knows why we percieve 1-2khz as being loudest then? Latest theory I heard in acoustics (back in uni) is it is approximately the same frequency range as a baby crying. Course were still not sure how we percieve pitch so all of this is irrelevant lol[/quote] That's right.. A babies vocal range is designed by nature to be at the most attention grabbing pitch it can be, purely for survival reasons..

[quote name='overwater#1' post='380821' date='Jan 14 2009, 10:55 PM']I still have it! It's phenomenal Nik.. oo its nice!! I could do with looking at getting the electronics serviced sometime though, as there is still a very slight distortion when playing hard. Its nice to play light sometimes though!! Lovellly sound.. infact, im going to do some practic now!! [/quote] I have a copy of the circuit diagram for it if you need it?

[quote name='Philwbass' post='380315' date='Jan 14 2009, 03:12 PM']Here's the advice from the Wal forum for an identical problem. Thanks so much for pointing me to this. [i]It's almost certainly that the lead for that pickup pole has come loose from the multi-pin connector that attaches to the circuit board. I had the exact same issue with one of my Wals. It is a very simple issue to correct. You will need to remove the circuit board. Start by removing the knobs, nuts and washers. You will then be able to pull the circuit board out through the back of the bass. Once you get a clear look at the multi-pin connector you'll be able to see both how it attaches to the circuit board and how the individual leads attach to the connector. The offending lead will probably pull right out as you are removing the circuit board. Just reattach and you should be good to go! Best of luck.[/i] I'm not handy enough to do that myself. I'll see if Paul has time - which I doubt - otherwise I'll just pay someone to do it. Thanks, Phil[/quote] Does sound like a tricky job! Hopefully Paul can sort it for you but if not, I'm sure you'll find someone good local or via Basschat who can. The Wal forum really has got some useful stuff on there, so it's definitely worth joining and getting to know the people on there..