RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

7 different type of Mooer synth tones . Individual arpeggiator for each tone . 7 slots for storing users presets, Firmware upgradeable  via usb.All this in the size of two fingers . No fighting cat sounds in this unit 🐈‍⬛🐈

Price includes postage . Not sure about trades . I used it for bass . Not used much, hence the condition. Boxed with all the candy.These go for about £90 new. 
As I have synths , I'm not using as much as I should . I may keep it . . It deserves to have Mooer use. 
Prefer ordinary PayPal payment . 

Not much different from their earlier budget effects units imho . The looper is a nice touch . The synth sounds  like fighting cats 🐈🐈‍⬛ . ,which is fairly common in budget effects units. 
Not for me but after seeing the vids , I may get out my toneport ux1  with the line 6 monkey🐒. Cost of living crisis etc.so cash saved ..for now .

What would imho be a wimner for line6, is if they could sell an effects box with all the settings from the Variax Bass . 

Someone will probably explain it better ; DI ( Direct input )  is where you have a cable going from your amp ( if it has a DI socket) into an audio mixer. 
Some multi effects units have a DI socket , which means that in theory you could plug the cable from your multi effects unit into the audio mixer directly without bringing your amp to gigs / rehearsals . Also, if you did use the multi effects unit , there is a button on the unit giving you the option of ' straight bass ' without effects if you prefer. 
 

DAW , is digital audio workstation . This is a device where you plug your instrument into it which allows you to record onto your computer 

I assume you'll get the refund at some stage . Fingers crossed for you , that you haven't too long to wait .

life and the cost of living crisis , does have a tendency to affect and annoy us at the wrong times unfortunately .

Having said that , it's a temporary blip for now and you'll carry on your synth journey before you know it . 
Keep us updated .

Top seller ! I don't need it unfortunately . Have a bump 🙂

On 06/03/2024 at 18:11, Rich said:

Against my own better judgment, I present 'Wishadelic Demotune', a mix of two of the great audible art installations of the past decade - namely, Psychedelic Tuning and the infamous Wishbass Demo from youtube.

I apologise in advance if this causes distress or genuine harm. It may be an idea to remove small children or animals from the room first. 

 

 

Was this recorded on a farm ? 🐄🙂

22 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Double post in error 😬

Just wondering ; which is better out of the Minitaur  ,and the Toro  ?  Is there much in it ? 🤔
I'd guess that the Toro would be better in a band situation . I have the Minitaur, and don't really think I need another Moog type bass synth . The Toro does look good though .  I decided not to purchase the Moog Marianne app , as I think too much Moog bass is a bit overkill . 

I purchased  that Hank Mizell single back in the '70s Along with spinning rocjk boogie by Hank C Burnett . ( Bernett?) 

I don't know the story of those . I thought they were just retro singles , or whatever the term would be . 🙂

9 hours ago, casapete said:

Which leads me back to Curry’s.

I found a NAD CD player online that I was after, only problem was it was at a Curry’s branch 50

miles away. Eventually found a number for the branch and they said they’d keep it for me so 

I drove over to pick it up. It became obvious that they’d not put it aside for me, and as it was 

the last one I was lucky it was still in stock, according to the assistant who checked it on 

their system. Anyway told her I’d take it, and she went to get it from the shop floor, returning

5 minutes later empty handed. She then asked me what a CD player looked like! Bearing in mind

this was some years ago when CD players were not exactly rare. Anyway, I went and got it myself, and

she found the box and I paid and drove home with it.

On unpacking it I noticed it was the wrong remote control ( for a large NAD amp I think), so rang them

to arrange posting me the correct remote for my CD player, presumably in the wrong box. Said they’d send 

it to me once I’d returned theirs, which I told them was not going to happen. About a week later I

received the correct unit, but looking like a 5 year old had wrapped it up! One layer of brown paper and

my address scrawled on. Amazingly it survived the journey intact. 
I returned their remote a week later wrapped up in the same manner. Never been in their shops since.

Wow! I thought that Nad would be a little more upmarket for curry's . That's a surprise . 

1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said:

This is truly a classic thread…

 

Stop me if I have told this one before… In 1980 I had a band modelled on the Pretenders, whom I had seen and fallen in love with. Our Chrissie was an Australian girl who ended up being deported I believe - anyway she left us looking for a replacement.

 

We auditioned four girls at Alaska Studios in Waterloo, London. Among them was a lass fresh down from Scotland who was so shy she wouldn’t emerge from the corner of the room at first. Also she had a rather obnoxious boyfriend, as I recall. So we passed.

 

Months later I saw Eddi Reader on TV backing the Gang of Four, and later still duetting with Annie Lennox in Eurythmics. Bloomin ‘eck!

 

Bet she has had many a sleepless night regretting my decision😂

I used to go to Alaska studios a lot , back in the '90s . Used to like it there . The pub next door was handy . We used to take trays of drinks into the rehearsals .🙂

Myself and mr drums , decided to keep the covers band we had alive and audition for guitarist and vocalist .
We ended up with 2 guitarists . All good . Things going well . We then had a few people lined up for auditions for vocalist .

Warning ; possible cultural misrepresentation ..

First ' vocalist ' arrives . Mmm.... not our age group. A lot younger .  He was  Asian . No problem . 
However, he was trying too hard to assert himself on us at the earliest opportunity. He wasn't relaxed at all, and was saying 'I'm gonna make it ' among other things in his broken English . He named 2 songs from the list we gave him in advance . Obvious he didn't learn any of them .  He was very hyper , while treating our band like X factor or the equivalent .

so, we asked him to accompany us on ' American idiot ' and 'Teenage Kicks '.  That's where the fun started . I say fun , but it was like having Benny Hills mr. Chow mein character with us .  We were having great difficulty restraining ourselves with bloated faces about to collapse at any minute . We did turn around at various stages to cackle / cry with laughter hoping not to be seen . 
Amerrrrican irrriot , and heenage kiss never sounded so bad . Thankfully the last person we saw on that day was our new front man .

With my 40th birthday gig approaching , tragedy struck as our drummer had to unfortunately pull out ,with very little time to get replacement before the gig in question . Invites sent out etc. 

At the same period in time , I was leaving my place of employment . A  very large organisation , spread over many floors .

A sales person who vaguely knew of me , heard about my predicament and volunteeered to come to the audition. .

The audition was one of the strangest I've ever encountered . I have a lot of respect for drummers obviously , and good ones are hard to find in my experience . Anyaway , the guy was a miserable , arrogant  and untalented tool ! 
He was calling all the shots as to the way he plays . He put on his gloves . ( yes really ) . He then said ,"I only play standing up!"

He p@ssed everyone off with his miserable attitude . Of course my mates / band members were asking where I got him from , who is that tw@t etc.  

When I phoned the ' drummer' to break the news that the original drummer could make it after all , ( my excuse)  the 'drummer' was  shouting and snapping at me knowing I was lying . That was painful . 

The other guy we auditioned was a great laugh, a nice guy ...but obsesssed with sex and Thailand . He had a big house in a desirable area, a nice wife and children, big salary  etc . However, he had sex with someone in Thailand and wasn't sure if he caught something .

Eventually , the wife was told . Game over ! His dad used to run a brothel in the midlands . 
He eventually married a Thai bride , and imported family members .

He played a gig for the guitarists birthday( same lineup)  , which he decided to get drunk before we took to the stage .

Playing Black Sabbaths Paranoind  faster than the stormtroopers of death , wasn't ideal . Shouting at him to slow down fell on deaf ears. He messed up ufo Rock bottom , which is the fist time I attempted it . I was nervous about doing that , but the guitarist insisted we do it as we both love schenker / ufo etc.

He was upset . Bizarrely we got approached for wedding gigs , abd others .

I may mention the audition for a vocalist , later in the thread 🙂

Sorry to hear .That's annoying .  Hopefully you'll get a smooth transaction and refund pronto.

I haven't dealt with Bax ,but hopefully no problems . 
Do you think you'll get another ( funds permitting ) , or something similar? 

9 minutes ago, binky_bass said:

So many pointless questions... can we get a spam filter on basschat? 🙄

Oops ! I thought you said spam fritters . Tired eyes 😬

Captain Tom Foundations 

I too have the 'Washburn status' . My first 'proper' bass. I always said over the years, that I'd eventually get a proper status such as this , or a steinberger , or kubicki .  Unfortunately ,as above , times  are hard when I want one .

Glwts . What is the weight ? 

Tate and Lyle for changing their logo 🦁

Lucky enough to have met him various times over the years . True legend , and modest with it . 

14 hours ago, mcnach said:

 

 

Cillit Bang - because of the annoying TV guy...

Ah, 'Barry Scott ' . Legend . Well I thought so, until I just found out he is Neil Burgess actor . Now disappointed 

 

 

1 minute ago, warwickhunt said:

 

Still going today; 50 years with 1 non original member (Daxx a son of a band member)... not bad considering.  I was never the greatest fan in the late 80's-90's but I had to do the tribute thing as a fan.    

I've just been thinking about when I first saw them . It was in 2001 . They did a show a night playing each album in order. ( Monday , 1st album , Tuesday 2nd album etc)  . I cannot remember if the last time I saw them was at the Shepherd's Bush empire, or Royal Albert Hall. That was from approx 2022 onwards . 
The only song that seemed to be a bit 'moody', was when Tom Peterson sung on one song . It'll probably work for you if you do it .

Anyway, good luck with it . 
 

On a slight relevant tangent , one of my mates from that bunch found slayer too much . However  after begging/ persuading him to see them , he saw them twice and thinks they're a great live band . 🙂

Not a fan of cheap trick on record . However, I went to see them at the Islington academy ( iirc) in the '90s as my mates are big fans of theirs . I ended up seeing them on a few more occasions . Great live band . 

19 minutes ago, itu said:

 

 

Dyson's vacuums use all their electrical power to make an incredible amount of noise. No suction power at all. I managed to sell the top of the line unit to a colleague. She does not talk to me anymore.

😂😂I'm really sorry , but I think this is the winning post in this thread 

Facebook , gilette, FA, Premier league, , England football team, uefa, fifa, BBC , itv, channel 4, Netflix ,Sky, guardian , daily mail, the Sun ..just stop oill, extinction rebellion . Woke Disney +, woka cola , the Green Party , the Labour Party , the Conservative Party .snp , Liberal Democrats 
 

As for BT , they're infinity set top box was pants when I was with them . Being told my wardrobe was the problem with their crap signals proves how rubbish they were . When I moved home , they sent a letter threatening me with debt collectors to my post office temporary address for £38 . Thing is I settled up when I moved , but their administration system said otherwise .Also, they were the last utility company to get disconnected when I moved . Truly awful company . 
 

I could put Unilever , procter and gamble and edf also . However, as procter and gamble and Unilever have so many household staple items , it would be nigh on impossible to avoid completely . As for Edf , they are one of the big energy companies that are going nowhere and smaller companies can still be swallowed up , amalgamated or dissolved etc. If edf stopped harassing me for smart meters they wouldn't be a problem .

Apple for example should be on my list , but I still use their electronics .