Count Bassy

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

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1427969035' post='2736377'] And while the B-string has it's own timbre and envelope as distinct from playing the same notes on the E string, why not trust the performer to use that sensitively rather than treating it as a fault to be corrected? [/quote] +1. Having an F on the E string sounding different from the same F on the B string, for example can be a distinct advantage.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1427582240' post='2732075'] The howler I saw that prompted the post was "I look ill" written as "I could kill" [/quote] Yep, I can only assume that some of them are written out by non native English speakers because as I often come across examples where it just doesn't make any sense in places. Full marks for them trying, but user beware! Of course the other thing, with older songs different singers change the words anyway. Was recently trying to get definitive words for San Francisco Bay Blues, and came across around 4 slightly different versions. What did I do, I took t what I thought were the best bits form each, thus creating yet another version to add to the confusion.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1427307186' post='2728685'] Never bought from him online but a few years ago I assisted a friend in the purchase of a guitar from Richard when he had the shop in Leamington and before he went to Stratford. [/quote] Ah, so this is the one that was in Leamington. I didn't realise he had moved. - In which case I've still not bought anything from him, but someone I know has and has nothing but praise for him.

IN my own experience the trick is to stop playing before blisters form. Once you have blisters the skin will invariably come off and you're back to square one.

[quote name='ratman' timestamp='1427292390' post='2728382'] You're kidding, right?? [/quote] No I'm not actually. Admittedly 90% was a figure I pulled out of the air, but I'd maintain that the differences we get fussy about are pretty minor compared to the basic fact that it's a bass amp. You might miss certain features of amplifiers and cabs, and the sound will vary of course, but it will still sound like a bass guitar. I'd have thought that differences between the rehearsal space and the performance space would be at least as significant.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1427206409' post='2727130'] TBH I don't remember the room I used with the mirror wall sounding much different to any other reasonable practice room. [/quote] I've no actual experience of one- I just assumed that a glass wall would reflect the sound very effectively and make for a harsh sound. Perhaps it doesn't matter if the rest of the room has plenty of absorbent stuff.