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tanuki

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  1. Bump for some price drops, thanks for the advice on the rat variants, love the COG stuff, the Knightfall 66 is awesome but maybe not what i need so i am considering selling it. The sounds are great and the two channel action is amazing but i'm currently thinking much to my surprise that i want a more extreme distortion.. I'm going to make sure to hang on to it long enough to fully explore the different variants of clipping available but may stick it up here soon , i also considered the tarkin but ended up getting a Dr Acid Skatefuzz to handle Muff duties.. [b]So... Current trade options / interests..[/b] Cog TK421x Envelope Filter / Synth Pedals Small Sound / Big Sound Mini
  2. BB preamp now sold, will be adding DHA VT-3 Tube Overdrive and possibly Cog Knightfall 66 (possibly)
  3. Bump, about to add a few new pedals to this including a BB Preamp and a Bearfoot Blueberry as soon as i have pictures...
  4. Help!!! I have a gig at the Newcastle cluny tonight (Friday 11th and in Gateshead tomorrow (Saturday 12th) they left my bass cab in Bristol can anyone help?? See fuller message below but now need one for the cluney to tonight! Hello all!! Having a total emergency and I'm looking for basschaters in or around Gateshead that could lend me a small cab for a gig on Saturday night, I have my amp head but it appears my cab didn't make it up from Bristol!! I'm playing double bass in a swing band so it wouldn't get trashed 😊 if anyone is able to help or knows anyone who can help them please please get in touch!! Can offer pints in return and an evening of fun entertainment!! I will check the venue details when I meet with the rest of the band shortly!! Please please help!!! If you can then please call or text on 07875380246
  5. Tonight (Friday 11th) at the Newcastle cluney playing with Screaming Miss Jackson and the Slap Ya Mamma Big Band supporting the Rob Herron Tea Pan Orchestra, should be an amazing night!! Oh an if anyone lives near Gateshead we are playing there tomorrow.. (Saturday 12th).. The music is fun swing with banjos, harmonica, double bass I'm depping but it's a hard band not to like! Come on down! Oh and if anyone in or around Gateshead can loan me a small bass cab for the gig on Saturday (they left mine in Bristol, I have the head but no cab) then I can offer drinks, love, and possibly our singer Rebecca, although I haven't asked her yet!!
  6. [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1445508544' post='2891947'] I have a mate who plays folky blues stuff, she's excellent but it's quiet and acoustic and the promoter always ends up shushing people and telling them to be quiet and respect the music etc... I don't really buy it. It smacks to me of "Thou shalt be silent and recognise my genius" [/quote] I know its tricky because a great acoustic performer will hold peoples attention but if the audience are unfamiliar with them and talking then it prevents them from being able to engage and more importantly prevents those who are engaging from being able to gain the full effect. Talking during these shows is usually more to do with beer, friends and people chatting people up etc etc, all good things but i don't think its bad for the promoter to tell people to be quiet. Trouble is with acoustic bands, if you use quiet and intimacy to draw people in then dynamics are the key and if its a drunk and talky audience you can set the higher levels of the dynamics too high as you are trying to draw people in and then you use all the subtlety that you have been rehearsing.
  7. It depends on what is special about your band or music. One of the most moving experiences i saw live was a LOW gig where they played so quietly at points that they were whispering vocals through cupped hands into microphones 3 feet away and the audience was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.. my heart was in my throat...... Some performers are engaging in this way, those really good acoustic performers know how to connect honestly and openly with the audience by encouraging intimacy. When this happens it is beatutiful and the strongest connections happen at low volume when you get really pulled in (average loud talking acoustic audiences, this is why you are scum!) There again some bands engage through energy, and this is as great a thing to experience as a really intimate moment with an acoustic performer. Excessive volume is generally a bad thing, distorted PAs cause discomfort and in some cases actual damage (thanks for the tinitus living colour) BUT volume is important for a lot of performers, i'm not talking stupid, hurting everyone volume but it is common for quieter and less energetic bands to assume that those that play at volume are in some way luddites or cavemen for using volume, this is just a lack of understanding. My band are generally one of the louder ones, we are in no way metal but more playing really loud blues, we have made a lot of mistakes through the occasional "amp wars" that go on but volume is a bit part of how our live energy works. We had a lot of trouble with sound men that didn't know us complaining we were too loud at soundcheck then coming up afterwards and saying "I get it now!" I also play in incredibly quiet bands it really depends on the band but to me volume is important.
  8. Over the years i have experienced all of the positives and negatives of playing at high volume, i agree that we need to be as loud as our drummer but really i have to say that time and time again the real culprit behind any problems with progressive raising volume and it being too much is always the GUITAR PLAYER... they are always turning up and up after being bollocked by the soundman at soundcheck for being too loud... still they claim they cant hear themselves
  9. [quote name='MoJoKe' timestamp='1445468443' post='2891783'] How did I miss the Rev? A very sixties looking bass and they also did a 5 string. Whats not to love! I want a go! [/quote] Next time, it will still be around Was nice meeting new bass people, i tend to find that we tend to meet less because we never join bands together!
  10. Hey there, It was me with the retro bass and the old Sovtek fuzz, The bass was indeed a Reverend Rumblefish, great basses with the best necks ever. They look bizarre but can be a real fender jazz killer.. I had some flats on that one but need to get some round-wounds back on there as the bass really shines with them. Next time i will hopefully be able to bring more and get my pedalboard sorted out so people can try it properly!!
  11. i think my equivalent thread / beef would have to involve those amps with little yellow speakers....
  12. Saw a Warwick today, it buzzed at me but it couldn't get me because I was out of range
  13. Just got back from the bass bash, twas really nice to meet you all, i just have to make sure i don't turn up 3 hours late next time... and maybe bring an amp! Massive props have to go to Andy's humungous pedalboard and norm's evil synth sound!!
  14. This is just good natured edutainment surely? A spirited debate with some good information about wildlife and financial wellbeing?
  15. I want to start a separate topic called "do warwicks really smell of bees?"
  16. Bought Mikkel's Fender Precision and swapped him a pedal a while back, great seller, bass came shipped quickly and packed excellently. Great bass, great seller, great comms, would recommend highly!
  17. Ollie bought my Darkglass Vintage Micro-tubes, great comms, swift payment, i would recommend dealing with Ollie 100%, top bass-chatter.
  18. Strangely it was always warwick i objected to bass wise.. mostly because i felt they smelt funny.. Years later a hippy be-dreadlocked girlfriend confirmed that is was the smell of beeswax that i found disturbing.
  19. Perhaps a new hobby would soak up some of the vitriol? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wHIGeP17Eo
  20. [b]Hello, I am having a big drive pedal sell off, i went a bit mad recently with them so i am selling some off to raise funds so i can disappear down some new kind of rabbit hole.... You know how it is![/b] [b]DHA VT1 MkIII - Tube OD / Preamp - £85 Shipped[/b] [b]Shipped with Power Supply[/b] A great valve driven overdrive / distortion / pre-amp pedal. Plenty of options and built like a tank. IMHO having tried the EBS valve-drive this is much better, it lacks some of the flexibility of the extra controls on the EBS pedal but sounds a hell of a lot better. For valve distortion or low gain warming before a transistor amp this thing kills and also drives a tube amp really well. I may decide against sale but throwing it out there. Pedal is in good condition and includes the correct 12v power supply. [attachment=214015:DHA1.jpg] [attachment=214016:dha2.jpg] [b]DBX 120A Subharmonic Synthesiser - £50 Shipped[/b] The original boom box, adds a low octave to bass and anything else, amazing on drums in the studio! Can be use to fatten up and add sub to bass guitar, recordings, PAs. Works great on bass guitar, i'm selling due to not using rack gear anymore. [attachment=202243:dbx1.jpg] [attachment=202244:dbx2.jpg] [attachment=202245:dbx3.jpg] [attachment=202246:dbx4.jpg] [b]Fulltone BassDrive (Original) SOLD[/b] This is the original Fultone Bassdrive, pre-mosfet version. This is a great pedal that has been my go to pedal for a long time, I’m strangely selling it as a test to make me change up my pedal use! (see the regrets forming already!) The three distortion modes are with added boost circuit make this an extremely versatile pedal and the “comp cut” mode especially deserves a mention, I’ve read that this mode is essentially similar to a Fulltone Fatboost pedal, I have quite often left this on for the whole gig, it sounds great and you can use the boost to distort it further.. It really is a swiss army knife of sounds with simple and effective controls, no low end loss either.. The pedal is gigged and battle-scarred round the edges but these are built like a tank and the pedal works perfectly. Can be used on 9v power or 18v for more headroom and power. [b]Bearfoot Blueberry [s]SOLD[/s][/b] Needs no introduction around here I’m sure, its a great subtle dirt pedal, leave it on for wonderful sounding breakup, I’m just too used to what i have already but this is a hard one to part with.. This pedal is brand new, i have deliberately not used it to ensure this so i am putting it up for the basic price it costs new in the US without the extra shipping or customs costs. This pedal is incredible and well worth the praise that is often heaped on it. Condition is perfect and comes boxed and even wrapped in the "Footprint" paper that came with it. [b]Not really looking for trades now except maybe an EWS Trilogic Preamp (pref v2)[/b] [b]Shipping is calculated for the UK so Europe will be a little extra, all pedals come either boxed or extremely well packed in a pedal box.[/b] [b]See feedback link below and buy with confidence. [/b]
  21. NB: The price for the Fender bass is £1000, not £700 as stated above! The Lakland Price is £650 [b]Fender Precision 70's Fretless PJ Pickups[/b] I bought this from Beedster about a year ago, this bass is a beautiful Natural late 70’s Precision Fretless PJ with Nordstrand Pickups and an ebony board. The neck was apparently restored by John Shuker and it feels amazingly smooth, the back of the neck has that sanded down worn in feel, i immediately wished all my fretted basses felt like this! Beedster bought this bass from Bass Direct originally and changed the original EMGs for the punchy and finally versatile Nordstrand set that is now on the bass. Here are is some information from Beedster’s original advert, hope you don’t mind Chris but you describe better than me! [i]“Body: Original 1978 Fender with J-PUP rout[/i] [i]Neck: Original 1978 with gorgeous ebony board, again by Shuker. Back of the neck looks a bit scrappy but it's been very well done and it feels beautifully played in.[/i] [i]Tuners: Original 70’s Fender[/i] [i]PUPs: Nordstrand NPJ4 P/J set bought from Bass Direct for £175 here [/i][i][url="http://www.bassdirec...on_pickups.html"]http://www.bassdirec...on_pickups.html[/url][/i][i].[/i] [i]Circuit/preamp: No idea, doubt it's original[/i] [i]Bridge: Early 80’s Fender high mass [/i] [i]This bass is sublime and takes what is an extremely low action for a wooden neck, in short the board has been beautifully done. The PUPs, which replaced some active EMGs that had been installed, are extremely well balanced for a P/J set and compliment this lovely old bass perfectly.”[/i] The pictures below are also from the original add, i will take some of my own and post on Sunday but there are a few more on the Original post on this link [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/270731-fs-78-fender-precision-fretless-pj-withdrawn/page__hl__fender+precision+fretless+beedster__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url] [attachment=229169:fretless 1.jpg] [attachment=229170:fretless 2.jpg] The only reason for sale is that i need some fast cash for recording equipment and also to a lesser extent to force me to practice my upright bass.. Im gutted to have to sell it to be honest and would never let it go under normal circumstances… This bass is pretty much a Tony Franklin Signature with original parts and a smooth worn in neck and would also appeal to fans of Juan Alderete (except this one has the standard VVT Controls) [b]Price is Firm at £1000 + Postage or Pickup from Bristol,[/b] This is what i paid for it and it was a fair prce for such a lovely old bass I’m afraid i have no transport currently so can’t do motorway meets but happy to let folk try out. [b]Lakland Decade Skyline - £650[/b] Another reluctant sale is this 2009 Lakland Decade Skyline, a great bass with the single coil Chi-Sonic pickups. The sound is fat and old-school, the bass is great for a Motown sound, i believe the guy on the Amy Winehouse albums may have used one. The body is mahogany and gives a great think tone, i think of it as giving that Gibson sound with the feel of a Fender Jazz. This bass has seen use so there are a couple of dings which i've tried my best to photograph, nothing that effects playability. [url="http://s40.photobucket.com/user/eatupyourgreens/media/Lakland%20Decade/Dec9_zpsdfwrfvf4.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s40.photobucket.com/user/eatupyourgreens/media/Lakland%20Decade/Dec1_zps2dxz6q02.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s40.photobucket.com/user/eatupyourgreens/media/Lakland%20Decade/Dec3_zpswinyhjfu.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s40.photobucket.com/user/eatupyourgreens/media/Lakland%20Decade/Dec6_zpsxffkct2k.jpg.html"][/url] [URL=http://s40.photobucket.com/user/eatupyourgreens/media/Lakland%20Decade/Dec2_zpsop2tnrgp.jpg.html][IMG]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/eatupyourgreens/Lakland%20Decade/Dec2_zpsop2tnrgp.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s40.photobucket.com/user/eatupyourgreens/media/Lakland%20Decade/Dec4_zpsxncoq4zc.jpg.html][IMG]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/eatupyourgreens/Lakland%20Decade/Dec4_zpsxncoq4zc.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s40.photobucket.com/user/eatupyourgreens/media/Lakland%20Decade/Dec8_zpspb6ymtbm.jpg.html][IMG]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/eatupyourgreens/Lakland%20Decade/Dec8_zpspb6ymtbm.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s40.photobucket.com/user/eatupyourgreens/media/Lakland%20Decade/Dec7_zpsbw12bpce.jpg.html][IMG]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/eatupyourgreens/Lakland%20Decade/Dec7_zpsbw12bpce.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s40.photobucket.com/user/eatupyourgreens/media/Lakland%20Decade/Dec5_zpsvd4wcvu6.jpg.html][IMG]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e246/eatupyourgreens/Lakland%20Decade/Dec5_zpsvd4wcvu6.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
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