Count Bassy

Saturday was my first wireless gig, and I've got say I loved it. I wasn't dancing around, but being able to move on the stage when required is brilliant. Also the bands first gig for quite a few months which, combined with a lot of new material, made me quite nervous. A few silly mistakes made I'm afraid, but all in all a great gig and well received. I think that the singer might at last be realising what a general pub audience wants to hear!

I've had a LM3 for a few months now, but have only just got round to asking this question. If I turn up the treble at all (into a Vanderkley 112MNT) then there is a very noticeable hiss, even with nothing plugged in. Not normally a problem for me as I normally have the tweeter dialed right down, and rarely boost the treble (and if I do I do it at the bass rather than at the amp). However: is this normal, or does it sound like a fault? I also have a Carvin BX700 which remains completely silent in the same circumstances (but I still prefer the LM3 sound)

I have long magnetic rubber strip with printed self adhesive labels (and blank ones on spare channels). Thing is I have different strips set up for different bands (one ceilidh, one rock - so very different line ups), so trivial to swap over.

Rechargeable NiMH are best for metal.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1430938526' post='2766197'] Here's hoping that he pulls through.. [/quote] I share the sentiment, but given his age and it's described as 'Hospice care', it doesn't seem very likely. [size=4] [/size]

I've sat in a traffic jam plying bass while in the driving seat. Obviously not moving at the time though!

I had it many years ago, but it all cleared up in a week or so.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1430133363' post='2758191'] When I was teenager , I thought his voice was unique and different and I iked it. Can't listen now , without thinking of Larry the lamb [/quote] And you!

[quote name='Freddy Le Cragg' timestamp='1430000194' post='2757122'] The bloke from Family. ... [/quote] How dare you! Come here and say that.

Yes, Jack Bruce. I also suggest you use a spelling/grammar checker on your essay.

I'm wondering why there are two blacks and two reds going in to the enclosure. Unless there is a separate feed to the tweeter (with no cross-over)

I think you'll be disappointed. I don't know who's playing at the RHA that night, but Clapton is playing at the RAH!.

I am always impressed by by Roland Bass Cube 100 (now 120 (with built in tuner and stuff) - but I've not tried one of those). Never tried the Bass Cube 60, but if it's anything like the 100/120 it will sound great.

To me, I find my MB LM3 into a Vanderkley 1x12 pretty transparent. I'm sort of comparing it with playing through a Tascam GTR1 into headphones, but without test gear I guess it's hard to be sure what "Transparent" is.

[quote name='Bikenbass' timestamp='1429642921' post='2753611'] No sorry. If they only made a lined 5 string! Oh god, gas is sooo bad in many ways. If you find yourself over in East Anglia, you are welcome to try my bass. Hoping to get to the Herts Bass Bash in June. Oh cr@p, they do!!!! [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/ibanez-sr375f-bbt-brown-burst/94838?gclid=CJGOlcaLiMUCFTCWtAodNyQAqg"]http://www.gak.co.uk/en/ibanez-sr375f-bbt-brown-burst/94838?gclid=CJGOlcaLiMUCFTCWtAodNyQAqg[/url] [/quote] Or the GWB35: http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/u_eb_sig_series15.php?year=2015&cat_id=2&series_id=66

If the original G&B pickups have gone micro-phonic after not many years then I would say replace them with anything but G&B!!

Call me old fashioned, but if the aim is to put a band together why not put the band together and then work on parts together and record that??

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1429624995' post='2753355'] Seems like a lot of lightweight amps (which would make sense to be part of a faux combo) aren't 19" wide nowadays? [/quote] But you can generally get 19" compatible ears for them - or you could sell custom ears to fit a range of light weight amps into your Cab widths?

What about a version of some of your existing cabs with a section of 19" rack integrated on top (along with a speakon on top), so anyone could add their own favourite amp and make themselves a combo? Also, I have never heard a Barefaced, so this is pure conjecture, but I have always liked the sound of a bass driver (12/15") with a 6" or so mid/treble. Always sound smoother to me than a tweeter.

My experience is that copper tape is very effective, even with mains hum! Also, I find copper tape is far easier to work with than the aluminium.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1429529637' post='2752247'] They're like a whole bunch of thinner rods taped together. Give a more mellow, quieter sound than traditional sticks but are much harder than brushes. [/quote] Also known as "Root Rods" I believe.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1428071008' post='2737762'] Still not convinced by Derek The Draw, mind you. [/quote] Same here.

Never heard of a "Pleasure Board" before, but having looked it up I'm a little alarmed to see that it is driven by a specially designed "Pleasure Pump"

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1428082421' post='2737937'] Buying used might be safer because, as suggested above, if it's survived a few gigs and been around a while it will probably keep going. If they are going to blow it's often quite early in their life. [/quote] The old "Bath Tub" curve. Applies to a lot of things.

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1427972439' post='2736443'] I suspect you're right. When he comes out with things like, "[color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]But the aim is to maintain as consistent a sound possible as one plays from string to string, so that the instrument conveys a homogeneous timbre over its entire range.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]And there ain’t a 5-string bass on the planet that can do that."[/size][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Newsflash: your average 4-string bass can't do that either! Notes at the bottom end of the first two strings are not "timbrally consistent" with the same notes played up at the dusty end of the bottom two strings; you get a different balance of harmonics, and if they're that vastly different then you use whichever one sounds most appropriate. [/font][/size][/size][/font][/color] [color=#333333][font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I suspect he's one of those engineers who's become unnecessarily anal about listening out for high frequencies that are normally only audible to dogs, and low frequencies normally only picked up by seismographs. Even before Nathan East was experimenting with low B-strings, Black Sabbath were tuning their guitars and basses down to C# (possibly even C) by 1971, and I don't hear many complaints a lack of fundamental on [i]Master of Reality. [/i][/font][/size][/size][/font][/color] [/quote] And another +1