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    obbm's feedback

    in Feedback

    Posted

    Just want to add my bit...

    Got a 1m speakon cable, and you could tie up a ship with it. Well, OK 1 metre might be a bit short for that, but you get the point. Sturdy yet flexible. Quality.

    The Big Al 5 SSS has arrived!!!

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    I had a friend in the Merchant Marine. Had to climb inside the cylinders, once the pistons were removed, to clean them. Horrible task, ankle deep in old oil, fumes etc. Big, big engines.

    He told me of an accident that occurred in an American port in the Gulf of Mexico. A fuel tanker - can't remember if it was spirit or gas - had caught fire, and all the ships in the harbour that could get underway quickly realised that moving was a good idea. His ship was offloading ammonia via pipelines, one of which was reluctant to turn off and detach. The ship pulled out anyway spilling ammonia on the quayside and rendering several unconscious. A few minutes later they saw the tanker go up, parts of the main deck and superstructure lifting high into the air, followed by a colossal pressure wave. Not sure if this story is true or not - could never find anything about this accident, which must have happened in the late 70s or early to mid 80s. He told it well nevertheless. :)

    Anyway, really looking forward to seeing this bass!

    Eden Nemesis NC115 combo now under new management

    in Amps and Cabs For Sale

    Posted · Edited by ShergoldSnickers

    This combo is in really excellent condition, having gigged only a handful of times. The only wear is a slight collection of dog hairs on the carpet finish! Where's me Dyson gone? :)
    I'm looking at [s]£400[/s] £350 including the cost of postage via courier if you are not picking up yourself, and I'll consider offers.

    Who this combo would suit: Anyone looking for a genuinely luggable (42lbs in weight) combo that would suit small clubs and pubs. The fundamental bass frequencies it can cope with go low - I've used an octave divider with this combo and it coped manfully.

    Who it isn't for: Loud bands with a loud drummer! With an extension cab* you'd be fine, but not on it's own. Just being honest here guys. :rolleyes:

    The Eden tone is there, the amp section providing a wealth of tone shaping, including the Eden 'Enhance' control. It really works. On-board switchable compression, with bass middle and treble controls plus a switchable semi-parametric capable of sweeping from 40 to 10kHz. It is capable of competing with a non metal/hard rock drummer, and can do everything from soft and rounded to aggressively middy and cutting.

    The amp section is rated at 250 Watts into 4 ohms, and drives a 15" bass driver and a separate treble driver.

    Other features:
    [list]
    [*]Balanced XLR desk feed output with level pot and ground lift.
    [*]Send/return loop
    [*]Headphone jack with speaker on/off switch
    [*]Switchable gain pad on the input
    [*]External speaker jack*
    [*]Dimensions: 62.5 cm width x 45cm height x 41.5cm depth
    [/list]

    * The internal speaker is rated at 8 ohms, so on its own you don't get the full rated output of the amp. The external speaker jack is also wired for series, not parallel, but any competent person in charge of a soldering iron can rewire for parallel use. I was going to do this before I realised I could afford a much more substantial upgrade to my gear, rather than just buying an extension cab. Rewire to parallel, partner with a 2 x 10 external and you can cover any gig, leaving the 2 x 10 at home when not needed.

    Edits: Added Eden publicity photo - the combo looks essentially like this with very minor cosmetic differences, and also added dimensions.

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    Bassists worst nightmare?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    This literally was a nightmare - and I dreamt it several times. I'm playing with the band in public, and just thinking of chucking in a few tasty morsels as it's in a quiet section, and..... the neck gives way where it's bolted onto the body. So there I am holding two pieces of now useless timber.

    There is no Freudian interpretation. :)



    Oh no there isn't...

    Feedback for chris_pokkuri

    in Feedback

    Posted

    Great feedback for Chris - I can't praise him enough for the resilience he showed in the face of TNT's incompetance. He arranged delivery of a cab to me, and it was duly picked up by TNT. It then languished in TNT's Crawley depot for a few days whilst absolutely nothing happened. It was supposed to be a next day delivery... :)

    Chris contacted TNT to find that the cab would have to be delivered back to his address in Wales, and he would have to arrange another pickup. Absolutely barking mad - what sort of company are TNT? Obviously one where the technology they use is in charge of them - not the other way round. Gits.

    Chris arranged yet another pick-up and fortunately I did get the cab the next day. Chris kept me informed as to what was going on at all times. Well done that man!

    Snicks

    recording software for Apple Mac

    in Recording

    Posted

    There is a trade-off between complexity and the software just getting out of your way, so you don't lose that creativity. GarageBand is just brilliant at getting out of the way. It does however have hidden depths, and with a bit of creative thought, workarounds can be devised for all sorts of apparently impossible techniques. Just one example:

    You want some reverb on your bass track. Result? Muddy mess. Cure? Duplicate the bass track, roll off all the bass end on the duplicate, and then apply the reverb to that. You now also have control over the amount of reverb and it's tonal quality, as it's now on a separate track.

    Recommendations for fretless strings? I'm a fretless virgin!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='Sarah5string' post='875880' date='Jun 23 2010, 09:47 PM']I've now got a Ibanez GSR200 which is about to be defretted by my luthier but I need to decide on strings. Apparently my options are flatwound, tapewound or half round... but I am totally clueless with fretless strings as this'll be my first! Any assistance would be appreciated :)[/quote]

    It might be a question of trying a few sets before you can finally decide - expensive though! As a general bit of advice the Thomastik-Infeld (TI) Jazz flats are surprisingly peppy for a flat, and feel just right to me. The Elixir coated rounds are also well worth a look.

    It may be worth a few coats of Danish Oil on the fingerboard to protect it. The oil dries to a hard sheen on the surface of the wood, and getting a few coats of this on will help prevent any wear from rounds. Ask the luthier first though - there may be better alternatives.

    "Creeping death" - slap cover

    in Recording

    Posted

    [quote name='ViaceslavSvedov' post='874886' date='Jun 22 2010, 10:05 PM']and here is another one vid from me, new one :rolleyes:

    [color="#0000FF"][b][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7a99uP_Tg&feature=channel"]- Murka - [/url][/b][/color][/quote]
    The quick repeated slap in the middle sounds like machine gun fire! :)

    Excellent once again. Really, really excellent, and a joy to listen to and watch.

    Fear of Bicycles

    in Recording

    Posted

    Our latest album - 'This is not a CD' is now available on CD Baby as a set of mp3 downloads. We have recorded everything as we played it, with a few edits to remove lots of 'padding'. You won't get absolutely precise playing as we are a purely improvisational band, and some of it can be 'challengingly loose' :). We really enjoy ourselves though, and I think some of this really comes across.

    We think that the benefits of playing together as a band as we record, outweigh the precision that a recording built up track by track would give. Go listen for yourselves:

    [url="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/FearofBicycles1"]Link to CD Baby downloads[/url]

    [url="http://www.fear-of-bicycles.co.uk/"]Link to band website[/url]

    [url="http://www.myspace.com/fearofbicycles"]Link to extra tracks and videos on MySpace[/url]

    Any brave soul wishing to do a review should contact their GP first.

    What are you listening to right now?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Out of curiosity, I thought I'd go to waynepunkdude's band's Myspace site - The Plan. OK, I'm going to have to admit to just having been bouncing around the room like a demented goat on crack. Can you imaging a mildly overweight 53 year old bending the floorboards unmercilessly in an uncontrolled orgy of apparently random limb movements? Best not to.

    Best thing I've heard in ages.

    Are the paddles fully charged now please nurse - sometime soon would be good.

    Neck Dead Spots

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='867638' date='Jun 14 2010, 11:32 PM']Just found this vid which offers a surprisingly clear illustration of how deadspots work.

    [url="http://www.wimp.com/rubenstube/"]http://www.wimp.com/rubenstube/[/url][/quote]
    Damn. I wish I hadn't seen that. I now want flames coming out of my bass neck. The pattern would change every time you change a note. Fretless = continuously variable flame patterns!

    Asbestos glove mandatory though, so the technique might suffer a bit.

    A barbeque attachment for those summer gigs? "Quick - play an 'E' the sausages are getting burnt but the burgers are still underdone"

    Using plywood for building cabs

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    [quote name='alexclaber' post='863065' date='Jun 10 2010, 11:07 AM']Buckminster Fuller I believe![/quote]
    You are correct - geodetic was the term used by Barnes Wallis, a technique used in constructing the the R101, Wellington, Warwick and others.

    Geodesic describes the archetypal Buckminster Fuller designs.

    A relative of mine met Barnes Wallis during the war. Her father was tasked by Churchill with building dam defence towers near Sheffield, after the raids on the German dams. He built large towers with wires strung between, off which were hung large concrete blocks, all to a Barnes Wallis design. Her father had taken her and his wife up onto the moors above Sheffield, and spotted a lonely figure tramping the road back to the city. It was Barnes Wallis, so they gave him a lift.

    "The only person I heard father address as 'Sir'".

    I think someone used Aerolam for hi-fi speaker cabinet construction at one point - Celestion I think, tricky and expensive to construct. I also seem to remember Wharfedale used a hard plastic laminate and foam sandwich as a material for cabinets at one point.

    Embarrassing moments...

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    Forgetting some patches use the pedal for volume on my GT-10B. :)

    Accidentally knocking the 'Speaker' switch on the back of my Nemesis combo. :rolleyes:

    Forgetting that pulling the lower volume dial on my bass mutes the output. :lol:


    Yes, all these result in that living nightmare of the fingers moving, but no sound ensues.

    Using plywood for building cabs

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    Got me wondering as well....

    Rather than using wooden battens and bracing, would it be possible to use a threaded metal rod to stress opposing panels by pulling them inward toward each other? I guess this rules out lots of designs due to the driver(s) getting in the way of the rod. You'd want the panels joined by the rod at the point where they flex most - slap bang in their centre I would presume. Might mean narrow front, deep cabs!

    Use an aluminium rod for weight saving and.... well like I said, jus' wondering. Hang on... that's it - geodesic bass cabs as per Barnes Wallis! :)

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