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    Fishman Fluence Bass pickups

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    Hi BCers....

     

    In the process of re-evaluating the herd and considering a one-size-fits-all solution to thin down. Wondering if anyone has hands-on experience of the new multi-tonal Fluence pickups?

     

    Playing a range of styles, mostly play J sounding instruments live but have enjoyed recording and borrowing TB/MM for recording. My 7 year old has a mini P and I'm really digging that sound too.

     

    Diolch! Happy St David's Day/Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus

    The Wanderer Returns

    in Introductions

    Posted

    On 29/02/2024 at 07:34, Richard R said:

    Welcome back!

    :crigon_04:

     

    We seem to have an ever increasing number of members from South Wales. I'm not sure if the Bass Bash Cymru is taking place or not. @Stub Mandrel ?

    Your avatar is very physics related - I work with the centrepiece of it!

    Cult of Zoom MS-50G/MS-60B/MS-70CDR/G1(X)on/B1(X)on

    in Effects

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, Linus27 said:

    How are you guys powering your MS pedals? Are you using batteries, individual mains power supply or lead into a power pack?

    My MS60B is on a pedalboard with an isolated power supply for the other 4 pedals.

    I have an MS50G for church guitar playing, which sometimes is on it's own with a single PSU, sometimes on a board with an 8 way unit.

    Found AAs get a little unreliable, never know when they will just cease!

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    The Wanderer Returns

    in Introductions

    Posted

    Noswaith dda bass players. Sorry for many years of radio silence!

     

    South Wales based bass player of 25 years, originally started on trumpet! Mixed session work as a side hustle from university academic day job. Previously in rock bands, soul bands, orchestras and show pits.

     

    Main gigs these days are with a husband-and-wife americana duo The Goudies on a DIY fretless Jazz; with local church organisations and and school/amateur musicals on a Sire V7 or a 7 string. Used to play loads of EUB (Zeta 5 string) but not so much since COVID.

     

    Switched from Eden Metro combo pre covid to Ashdown and separate cabs....kind of full circle from my early 20s.

     

    Nice to be back and absorb the wit and wisdom of BC!

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    Playing in Church.

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by jaythemusicguy

    24 minutes ago, bass_dinger said:

    How does that work? Do you all buy your own IEMs? Share them? Which brand do you use?

     

    I ask because we have been told that is the aim of the band at church - buy your own in ears, so we no longer need to use the monitors -the aim is to reduce stage volume.  Predictably, people are confusing IEMs with the £10 earphones used with their phones, and nobody has made a move to buy even those. 

     

    I am not sure that I want to buy in-ears - I would only need them for church, and feel that they should be supplied (or at least, funded). Otherwise, it feels like I am paying to play (having already invested in my instruments).

     

    Instead, I tried a set of big headphones on Sunday, just to show willing, and I could turn down the stage volume a lot.  However, others didn't  - monitors up too loud, guitar amps set to 'stun'.

     

    At one point, the leader said "just drums and bass!" and turned to us to say it. Unfortunately, this meant that he was off-mic, and I didn't hear him. However, I guessed what he was saying, but.....

     

    ....the congregation were not miced up, so I didn't know whether they were singing the chorus or the verse. 

     

    So, a successful experiment, if only to show what could go wrong. 

     

    To be honest you can get away with a very good set of wired headphones if just used occasionally - but there is a significant sound difference. I have had both inexpensive £35 IEM headphones from Amazon and some Sony phone earbuds as spares in my bag during the past.

     

    IEMs do help the sound team in church as often the acoustics make stage amps a challenge.

     

    Also worth putting even cheaper microphones as off stage or congregation units. It does rely on more planning....

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    Cult of Zoom MS-50G/MS-60B/MS-70CDR/G1(X)on/B1(X)on

    in Effects

    Posted

    On 01/02/2024 at 01:23, tauzero said:

     

    It is built, except that my Vong is also sitting unloved (and, indeed, unworking) on a shelf. I also ran into some puzzling issues with the up/down switch which is now sitting waiting for me to remember about it (I suspect I have ADHD but at 66 it's probably a bit late to start pursuing enquiries along those lines). I put a Subsonic filter in (https://guitar-electronics.eu/en_US/c/SUBSONIC-FILTER/84) - after all, I may want to use a 4-effect chain.

    Just starting to use a similar setup - Vong into EQ, into MS60B, into MXR M80 and a looper! Great minds.

    Dean Edge Q5 2-Octave 5-String Bass

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

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    2003 Dean Edge Q5; blue quilted maple body. EMG Hz pickups; Maple/Walnut/Rosewood neck, standard hardware, Grover tuners.

    Love the instrument but been overtaken by my Fender Marcus Miller, my rebuilt custom Jazz and a 7-string present from the wife!

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    £300 ono

    SOLD: Seymour Duncan Basslines Quarter Pounders for Jazz Bass

    in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale

    Posted

    [quote name='Beedster' post='715940' date='Jan 17 2010, 07:41 PM']If you're replacing with a PJ I've a Fender Reggie Hamilton Jazz pickguard (i.e., with a P-PUP not a J-PUP) which i bought for a project that's no longer happening?
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    Hey mate, out of interest what colour is that guard? Not 100% sure it'd fit on as the bass isn't actually a fender, but interested none the less!

    SOLD: Seymour Duncan Basslines Quarter Pounders for Jazz Bass

    in Accessories & Other Musically Related Items For Sale

    Posted · Edited by jaythemusicguy

    For sale; one pair of Seymour Duncan Basslines SPB3 Quarter Pounders for Jazz bass. ON HOLD

    Been in this bass since about 2005; excellent condition, a little wear to the logo on the bridge pickup but that's about it. Wires are full original length, i didn't cut them when i fitted them and i unsoldered them rather than cutting them, planning on removing them and returning them to the original boxes.

    £50 ono for the pair? +postage.

    Willing to trade for a good P/J set otherwise?
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