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8 minutes ago, Minininjarob said:

If someone says to me they have a problem with their PayPal account I halt the sale and block them. There is no reason to have a “problem” that isn’t self made and all genuine issues can be sorted in minutes as PayPal are very helpful. 
Been using PayPal for over a decade I think for personal and commercial reasons and if you follow their guides you will never go wrong. 
PayPal goods and services and I pay the fees for any private sales I do without having the item in my hands. 

Personally I feel the polar opposite; I've been screwed over several times and lost goods and money due to paypal's system/decisions... so it has gone wrong!

I sold something to someone (not BC) and they claimed via paypal that the goods were broken/faulty on arrival.  Goods were returned to me and they got a full refund... only the returned goods weren't the ones I sent and despite my photographic evidence showing different serial numbers they closed the case in the buyer's favour.  I also sold an item and the buyer claimed not to have received the item, filed and got a refund.  I provided proof of postage AND a signature on receipt but apparently it wasn't the recipients signature so I was left trying to claim from the courier who washed their hands of it as they had a signature from the person at the address it was delivered to.  I've had several other disputes via ebay/paypal and it has been a right chew on to get resolution.  

Hey but we each make our own decisions and each to their own. 

Yeah, we need to kick his backside but he gets the guitar parts great!   

21 hours ago, BassmanPaul said:

Just as a clarification: Class D power amps are not 'digital' in any way they are analogue.

Quite correct and I should know better than to perpetrate that untruth but often it is easier for people to identify the types... but it is incorrect as you say. 

One word... 'Heft'!  

Straight off I'll set out that I have owned (inc the Puma and a small version of the Genz) amps with digital power units, hybrid valve/class D, full valve, class A/B and I've never considered that any class D amp has delivered the authority of a good solid state amp.  

The Thunderfunk 550/750 will not give you 'overdrive/distortion', its focus is a good solid tone which it delivers in spades.  If you are able to A/B them, I'd defo advise seeing if the core tone suits your taste but as for bringing anything extra, I don't think it will if you are happy with what you have.  

7 minutes ago, Tee said:

I've always read that Sandbergs are 'brighter' than Fenders. Is this really the case? Do they simply need an EQ tweak to get in the same ballpark? I'm assuming it's the pickups.

I keep looking at California VTs with the reverse P/J config wondering if it would add something 'more' to a passive Fender US P bass and not sound 'less'. 

Are you comparing active Sandbergs with passive Fenders?  If so, I'd generally expect that even flat, an active bass has the potential to sound 'different'.  

Otherwise basses constructed in exactly the same way from the same materials will sound similar.  Saying that I've found that body woods of Sandbergs are by and large lighter than Fenders (poss better seasoned) and iirc they are smaller than Fenders.  Sandbergs also have a zero fret and better quality bridges (IMHO), which potentially alters the tone.  

Just now, Rayman said:

I guess that because it had stacked knobs…. it looked like an aftermarket job. I don’t know if this EQ was available as standard. It’s certainly a neat and tidy job.

Doh!  Really should have looked at the front of the bass for the knobs.  Yep that doesn't look right; it didn't come with stacked pairs.  Someone has done a tidy job. As it happens Warwick couldn't have helped you with that info, as it is after market.  What brand is it on the board?

All correct except neck is Wenge (as is fingerboard).  What makes you think it is aftermarket EQ?  Looks like period correct MEC.

To be honest chuck a couple of photos up and there are several folk who'll tell you everything you need.  I will say from the off that the email to Warwick 'sometimes' generates an answer that isn't always accurate... I've seen enough examples to challenge that every email is answered by HPW. 

The letter stamp is the month: A=Jan B=Feb etc excluding the letter 'i'.  The number following the letter is the sequential number of bass it is that month.  The 2 digit number is the year.  

K148 87 = October 1987 the 148th bass that month

There is the odd exception (Ltd Ed) which vary a little but they are easily read.

Legally/technically et al, if you get paid for doing a gig, it is employment and you 'should' be telling your insurance company and paying the premium.  

In reality... if it is the occasional gig and not your 'job', not many will be doing the above; especially as the excess premium will wipe out 10 gigs worth of money!  If you were to have a bump and it was investigated that you were on the way to/from a gig you could have your insurance void.  I suppose an individual has to do that risk assessment and decide for themselves.  I know of no musician that declares they are a musician (if you know me I stand to be corrected) and I know a lot of them; likewise I don't know anyone who has ever had an accident while gigging... not to say it can't happen.  

I refer back to my first statement as the correct / legal answer.

3 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

"Who's GAS Free?"
"Me, Me Me - I'm down into single figures for a year cos I want a new car!" 

GAS is a measure of what you 'want' not what you have. 

I may end up selling some basses to sate the CAS!

I found contentment in a couple of purchases this year (Sandberg & Marusz...)!  

Only problem is, I bought a 2012 Volve XC70 D3... I have serious GAS for a slightly newer D5 version!  LOL

Search on BC for FRFR or any number of key words from your question and you'll find lots of similar and informed threads.

14 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

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3 years old.

You know when those negative folk say 'Why have you got two basses when you can only play one at a time?'... wrong! 

Cheat Trick's view from the stage... open act, day 1.  

Stormin' the Castle

I needn't have worried about learning a Toyah song... she just did a pub covers set and I knew all of those!  

I'm playing at a bike rally weekend starting tomorrow and the headliner on Saturday is Toyah.  

I have been so tempted (OK I have) to learn a couple Toyah tunes OR Robert Fripp numbers just in case they suddenly needed a dep bassist...   

Has anyone done similar and it has come off?  

@Jack is your dad Joe Hope, artist and bassist?  

I likewise experimented yesterday.  No amp or cab.  Bass > Sansamp > PA Mixer /  PA Aux > to my RCF310 mounted on a pole stand to the side of the stage at approx ear height.  

Perfectly tolerable mix of my bass, 2 vocals and the guitar, controlled by the app on my phone.  I had a slight issue with 'bloom' on the 'A' which I had to correct on main PA interface at 1/2 time but that was easily fixed.  I do feel that I may need to use my Fishman Plat Pro with the Sansamp to give me greater tonal flexibility; need to keep the Sansamp in as it gives me just the right kind of driven sound I like when just past 12:00.  Oddly other Tech 21 products sound too bloated unless I do radical adjustments.  Added to which I'm not keen on the SIMs and IRs inherent in some of the other pedal options I've tried. 

I now have the dilemma of which better quality cab/monitor do I get which isn't a random/rash decision based on this experiment as I want/need one purely as a FOH single cab for a duo I play acoustic guitar in.  I have four RCF 310s but generally take 1 for small gigs and scale up when needed; a single 'better' monitor would bridge the 1 or 2 310 situation and I could still keep a pair of 310s as add ons.  

So RCF 932 or QSC 12.2!  Unless I disappear down the rabbit hole of alternatives inc 10" options.  I'll never need to go as large as a 15" for any of my situations.  

Opening the main stage @ 19:00 on Friday... Cheat Trick.  

2 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

 

One of the neat aspects of the Fishman is that if you also play acoustic guitar/bass then you also have a great sounding live rig for those as well. I lent mine (along with my QSC K10.2) to a mate when he had an acoustic gig, accidentally just had an amazing acoustic rig lying around the house!

 

I liked mine so much I bought the smaller Stage version for home use with my SInsonido and little Ibanez Parlour bass.

Yep I play in a duo where I play acoustic guitar and a flick of the bass/guitar switch and the EQ centres are altered to suit; straight into the PA for the guitar and it sounds great.  

10 minutes ago, lemmywinks said:

It depends on what sound you're after really, there's many ways to present your bass to the PA. What sound are you going for at the moment? Any pedals in the chain?

 

Aside from modelling and multiFX there's quite a few dedicated bass preamps on the market now so maybe finding a store that stocks them and demoing a few would be beneficial. I'd be looking at the following - Ampeg SCR, Palmer Pocket Bass, Laney Digbeth, Eden WTDI, GK Plex (assuming issues with early units have been sorted), EBS Microbass, PJB PE, Two Notes ReVolt, Nux MLD, Genzler Magellan.

 

I just need a bit of eq, mute switch, compression and a tuner so use a Fishman Pro Platinum as a single do-it-all box. I wish more bass preamp/DI pedals included a tuner tbh.

Ditto.  I went through multiple pedals that have sims or IRs before settling on the good old Sansamp for drive and I kept the Fishman Plat Pro to use with bass and acoustic; it was the most transparent and useful of them all.

8 minutes ago, joel406 said:

I've seen a few threads. But they quickly degrade into disdain for IEMs. One chap even said putting them in his head would result in him ripping them out and throwing them across the room. A very toddler Ish reaction. While many have embraced IEMs there are more (it seems) that are unwilling to even try them. A lack of understanding how they work seems the underlying problem. Personally, I have been playing since the 70's and admittingly was apprehensive and slow moving to IEMs. But once I made the decision to at least try them, I wondered what took so long. Bass response is staggeringly great. And the clarity is unmatched. I understand that not everyone can afford quality equipment. A good set of IEMs with just 5 drivers can easily run upwards of $500+ usd. And a decent wireless unit is a minimum of $850 usd. Not everyone is about that. But when you look at what we spend on inefficient amps. That pales in comparison to the tone of IEMs the expense is very justified. Yes, I still own amps. A throw back from a dying era. And I will keep them (maybe). The Mesa Subway D-800+ and my Epifani UL901 are amazing. Paired with either my Mesa Subway 212 cabs. Or my Mesa Subway 410 cabs. They outshine anything out there. But the Quadcortex and the C.A.B. M have them on file. And now I can have them easily available without having to transport them. The biggest benefit of IEMs (to me) was being able to move anywhere I wanted to, without having a change in sound. Tone doesn't change as well as the mix. You can go to the toilet and your sound remains the same. 

 

Long post... sorry.

 

 

But there is a lot of ignorance out there in regards to IEMs. People hate change. Even when it's for the better.

...and others are allowed to disagree.

Short post... sorry.