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[quote name='StevieD_FenderP2009' post='1055940' date='Dec 12 2010, 12:36 PM']I was a bit dubious over doing it as I thought it might end up enbalancing the pick ups and ultimately wrecking my bass in some way.[/quote] You'd not wreck your bass but you might have a discrepancy in output and/or tone between the pups, which tbh might not necessarily be in a negative way. Loads of people chuck different pups into basses and give no thought to anything other than is it active/passive; Billy Sheehan famously had a Gibson mudbucker fitted into his Precision (our very own 'the bass doc' had one fitted in a bass way before I heard of BS) with interesting results but it makes more sense to the the pair matched.

Just an opinion but I'd not mismatch the pups (ie one Bart one Tobias) if you can help it as it can give unpredictable results. IMHO you'd be better off going for the pair of pups then replace the preamp OR replace the preamp and then replace the pups as a pair at a later date.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1055915' date='Dec 12 2010, 12:22 PM']and repeat ad infinitum till it goes. well we will see, i might do that, i would take an offer around there, its getting so close to christmas im going to use it at the carol service tonight and then withdraw it from sale and think about it again in the new year. nothing wrong with the thing, and i like it, and the too much power thing has been solved by the new cab. so its just size and wieght and living on the 3rd floor. we shall see! but going to a shop with it is a no no this tread has shown me[/quote] It might seem obvious but I have you considered a straight swap on BC for something smaller? There may be someone after an amp with a bit more clout (which the QT certainly has) who has something that might suit you... just a thought.

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1055835' date='Dec 12 2010, 11:24 AM']I'm only going on my (small amount of) common sense, But 12" speakers have more low end than 10" speakers? (in regards to 2 or 4 of them) Or is it just more mids? (which is what i have been told) THANK YOU in advance [/quote] 12" speakers to not in themselves have more low (mid/top) than 10" speakers... in fact some 12" speakers don't have as much low (mid/top) as some other 12" speakers! Aside from the spec of the actual speakers/drivers you have to factor in the design of the cabinet that they are fitted into. There is no universal law that the larger the speaker the more bottom end you get from it as there are a multitude of other factors to consider and unfortunately 'common sense' doesn't enter into the equation. Drawing from personal experience, I've owned 2x10 cabs that produce as much bottom end as 2x15 cabs and on numerous occasions over the last couple of years I've been in close confines of a massive array of cabs with all sorts of driver sizes that have reinforced that you can't make assumptions based on driver size; thinking in particular of an old 2x15 cab (no horn or tweeter) with (IIRC) EV drivers that reproduced more top end than any 2/4/8 x10 I've ever heard! <edit> [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTRhgg1FEs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QTRhgg1FEs[/url] In NO WAY scientific but this was a little gtt with 5" 10" 12" speakers involved. It doesn't serve as any way of demonstrating the merits of one speaker against another (especially as the sound is from a little digital camera on video mode and there is a different amp being used in each case; all be it with EQ flat) but standing in the room doing that little clip, you wouldn't say that the PJB 'lacked' low end or that the 4x10 had more top and the x2 1x12 had more mids etc.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1055858' date='Dec 12 2010, 11:41 AM']i spent the morning looking for info about my amp, theres not much out there but I'm leaning towards keeping the thing rather than give it away at a daftly low price. i think it will fit in my big rucksack[/quote] it's always the case that for ANY piece of equipment, there is a buyer out there... at the right price. Ultimately you will have a price at which you will not let it go, if nobody is prepared to pay above that price threshold then it stays with you. If you aren't as yet at that price then it's worth knocking another £20-£25 off and seeing what happens.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1055810' date='Dec 12 2010, 11:10 AM']which did you prefer the H&K or markbass stuff? given that it'sall been sold now ??[/quote] No competition; H&K

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1055774' date='Dec 12 2010, 10:44 AM']think you attatched the wrong picture there! I think you meant to add the one of the 30 warwicks on your wall and sofa! oh and markbass sa450... and whats the other yellowy one?[/quote] Now come on this isn't a Warwick thread! The other yellow one is the Markbass LMK. I had the SA450 driving one EBS and the LMK driving the other (each cab was 4ohms), I tried having one cab clean and the other effected (chorus/octave/phaser or combination of)... as I say it got silly!

[quote name='lozbass' post='1055780' date='Dec 12 2010, 10:48 AM']Always been a massive fan of the body shape (if not the headstock design) - an extremely refined and elegant take on the LP. The craft work looks superb too[/quote] There are a few subtle design merits that are not apparent from any of the pics; the edges of the bass are not as deep as the centre (convex curve on the top so it has a flat backed, sucked lozenge shape... if that is possible ), the neck isn't a traditional 4 bolt design with all four bolts going in at 90 degrees to the body, as two of the bolts anchor at a 45 degree angle and there's the retractable strap extension arm which means that the strap button fixing is moved out so that it is the equivalent of a traditional top horn and closer to the 12th/14th fret position.

[quote name='Clarky' post='1055118' date='Dec 11 2010, 04:57 PM']...And yes I do play the bass solo from Smooth Operator when I'm noodling at home [/quote] Though I think the track is nice enough I'd never even noticed that bass bit in it! The live youtube track I listened to/watched also threw me as I initially didn't identify the bass from it's tone, then I saw that it was a Ray. Just goes to show that a Ray isn't necessarily a 1-trick-pony (just mho), especially with a bit of chorus etc.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1055759' date='Dec 12 2010, 10:32 AM']and somehow you whittled all that down to one thunderfunk! and multiple cabs... one more on the way! thunderfunk does look a nice bit of kit.[/quote] Oh that wasn't the worst of my addiction!

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1055738' date='Dec 12 2010, 10:14 AM']in trying to see if that is true i found them listed amongst great British bass amp makers! [url="http://www.guitarnoise.com/lesson/british-bass-amps/"]http://www.guitarnoise.com/lesson/british-bass-amps/[/url][/quote] No disrespect to those that have H&K Bassforce amps/combos but the BassBase and the QT amp you have for sale Luke are head and shoulders above the Bassforce; to qualify that I've owned several H&K products and Sound Control let me have one of the big BF combos on appro and it was back in the shop within hours as it just didn't have the same quality of tone of the high end H&K... again apologies to those who have BF gear but that's my opinion! In fact the ownership of H&K amps got a bit silly at one point! Warwick Protube IX H&K BB600 H&K BB400 H&K BB250

I think/hope I know Bob well enough to ask this question without it derailing this thread. Something has always puzzled me about these 'glass-like' finishes and BO necks. The neck is coated in a uniform thin veneer of very hard lacquer, it is then put onto a bass and with strings, brought up to tension which applies a bow to the neck (I'm assuming the neck does retain full truss rod adjustment); why doesn't the lacquer crack or craze as the neck starts to flex/bow? I can accept that a normal fretless/fretted neck has some give for the wood fibres to move (the fretted would have more latitude with the fret slots) but something which I visualize as a sheet of ice (the epoxy coating) surely can't have that much give... can it? I know that this is one of those things you just accept because there are loads of basses out there with this type of finish but is there a risk that the 'glass' will shatter?

[quote name='owen' post='1055495' date='Dec 11 2010, 10:42 PM']Shame on you for not sharing the Bolin love. They are pretty rare (not as in vintage and all that) but they come up now and again and are very light indeed. The fact that they have the best piezo tone ever (yes I stated that as a fact even though it is only any opinion) is a bonus as well.[/quote] Let's be honest, we both know why I didn't mention the Bolin... because I'm buying the next one that becomes available! Any way Owen, you're a bit late to the party here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=114484"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=114484[/url]

[quote name='Lozz196' post='1055541' date='Dec 11 2010, 11:34 PM']You could look up interviews with Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet - he used HK on their reform tour.[/quote] IIRC the guy from the Manics was endorsed by H&K as well.

[quote name='ahpook' post='1055305' date='Dec 11 2010, 07:37 PM']DFA ?[/quote] Does F All

I asked the same question here. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=109198"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=109198[/url]

[quote name='Hoffbass' post='1055278' date='Dec 11 2010, 07:09 PM']I've heard a very exciting combination with 2x10 and 2x12 inches speakers in one cab and sounded amazing.Check Schroeder cabs mate[/quote] I don't think that's a lot to do with the fact that it is a combination of 10's and 12's and more a case of the cab design having a mid range bump that makes them sound the way that they do.

I must be in a very small minority because I don't really mind nor care what the neck width or profile is, I feel quite happy playing any/either. I have a pencil necked early Warwick, a chunky full profiled Bolin (WoT loved this neck when he tried it as it was reminiscent of his vintage P basses), flat backed graphite Zon and a couple of other basses that fall between these and I've never felt that I found one better or more comfortable than another. A lot of that could be down to my playing style (thumb behind the neck not gripping it), whereas others with different styles might need a certain neck shape. One thing I HATE though is sharp un-radiused fingerboard edges! It would massively put me off a bass if it wasn't rolled on the edge or well played in.

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1054880' date='Dec 11 2010, 12:31 PM']so the answer, not worth doing! I may have to explore ebay, I've never used it before.[/quote] I used to love eBay... not so much these days! I'm sure you know how it works but necessary evils like; listing/final value fees, having to set up paypal accounts, paypal fees, money being held till buyers leave you feedback etc. these things will bug you but if you want to use eBay you have to play by their rules. Sometimes it is worth it but other times you wonder why you bother.

Hey Luke unfortunately you'll be offered next to nothing... seriously next to nothing. As has been pointed out shops have to make money and they aren't in it for the odd £20-£30. As Loz has stated, the retailer will be selling for maybe a bit more than you have it advertised for BUT they have to factor in that someone will want to haggle and they have to factor in VAT (that one I still don't get but every time I ask about trading in at shops it gets quoted), they will want to make a couple of hundred as that's often the mark-up they have in the other stock. I'd say that you'd be offered at best a couple hundred quid and tbh I don't think you'd get a lot more if you were trading against something in the shop. The shop has you over a barrel; you NEED to sell it, they [u]don't[/u] need to buy it as they have sufficient new stock to worry about selling! eBay may be your best bet especially if you offer shipping to Europe.

[quote name='Schnozzalee' post='1054799' date='Dec 11 2010, 11:02 AM']Kubicki, best slap bass - check Vail Johnson[/quote] Just checked out this example... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k3kqYDm44M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k3kqYDm44M[/url] Purely commenting on the tone of the bass I'd have to say that I actually preferred the fingerstyle tone of the Kubicki rather than the slap tone.

+1 to most of the above and don't forget that whatever guitarists can do with a pic, bassists can do it better; try pinched harmonics with a pick... it sounds mint and really messes with your guitarists head!

[quote name='apa' post='1054534' date='Dec 10 2010, 09:41 PM']I can't help but admire your use of a bass stand neck clip nailed to the wall to hold your french doors open. A good illustration as it is juxtaposed with the one that bass is sitting in. ;-) oh, nice bass by the way................ A[/quote] Yes, the newly built garage didn't have dampers for the doors so I improvised... glad you didn't notice that the white 'stopper' retaining the neck clip was actually the rubber feet off a bass cab painted white!

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='1054514' date='Dec 10 2010, 09:26 PM']You really are going to have to stop posting pics of that green Bolin WH, every time i see it i want one but can't afford it. I love the headstocks on those, a fretless version would be my dream bass Very cruel![/quote] Sorry! If it helps; if you find an Amber one I'll let you have my Green one... and I'll get it defretted.