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Maybe depends what else you use it for. I have a Markbass LM800 as a backup for my Mesa Titan at gigs but I also take it to rehearsals as the supplied amps are usually crappy worn out ashdown or behringer.
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So, three pages in and no mention of Chris Squire. Not the 'lead' vocalist but doubling a lot of jon anderson's lines in harmony throughout every YES song while playing some amazing bass. Also does his own lead vocals on Fish out of water and the thing he did with billy sherwood. I do backing harmonies in a lot of our repertoire and find it easier if I'm doing something totally divorced from the main melody. In over 40 years of playing I've never managed to sing johnny B goode while playing a 12 bar riff.
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I think the first one was held in 2005 in the Life Cafe in manchester. Used to be quite a relaxed affair where we could chat with the performers over a beer or two - I've made a couple of lifelong friendships with one or two. Was also the first chance most of us got to see Nigel Clutterbuck 😃 Stevie Williams usually closed out the show with his band.Sadly it was a victim of it's own success and lost a certain charm when it moved to the RNCM. Moved from being a great day out for bassists to a commercial enterprise although they did get some huge names in - Billy Sheehan, TM stevens, Hadrien Feraud, Jeff Berlin and so on. I think, because the RNCM was perceived as being a bigger venue, a lot of the stands allowed the volumes to creep into unpleasant territories. I can remember trying to hear a performance by Richard Bona in the concert auditorium that was almost drowned out by Yolanda Charles hammering away on (I think) the Matamp or yamaha stand.
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Now SOld. Selling a Wharfedale stage monitor. Would prefer collection from Wilsontown, Lanarkshire but would be willing to arrange a courier at buyer's expense. Wharfedale EVP X12PM £70. 00 collected or can arrange a courier for around £15,00 SPECIFICATIONS Configuration 2-way Bi-Amplified High Frequency Transducer 1.75" Titanium Compression Driver Low Frequency Transducer 12" Frequency Response 50Hz - 20kHz Power (RMS/Peak) 300W / 500W EQ 5-Band Enclosure Finish Black Carpet Input 1 x XLR Jack / Combi Output 1 x XLR, 1 x 6.3mm Jack (Powered output) Protection Dynamic / AGC protection circuitry Dimensions (H x W x D) 560mm X 424mm X 441mm Net Weight 22.5kg Gross Weight 25.1kg Carpet is a bit worn but the speakers are fine. -
Pitchblack now sold Envelope Filter now sold Metaldrive now sold lomenzo sold Selling some pedals.. All in perfect working order with Velcro underneath. Would prefer collection from Wilsontown, Lanarkshire but can post . Ashdown LoMenzo Hyperdrive. Boxed. Has a crack in the plastic VU meter cover otherwise works perfectly. £30 collected or will post for an added £5 Happy to accept bank transfer or paypal friends.
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you don't mention where this bass is? -
I'm in the audience at Newcastle City hall Christmas eve 1977 for Lindisfarne's 'magic in the air' then a month later for BOC recording Godzilla and We gotta get out of this place for the 'Some enchanted evening' album. Also in the crowd at Knebworth 1979 when Led Zeppelin played their last UK gig - I believe this has only appeared on the 2 disc box set from 2003.
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So, just how many basses do you own ????
jacko replied to musicbassman's topic in General Discussion
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My first bass was a homemade fretless gibson Rd lookalike. It's in a bag in my loft. second was a fender prcision / rickenbacker bastard. also in a bag in the loft. (in fact I still have every musical instrument I've ever owned including my primary school descant recorder).
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I'll be wandering over to have a look at yours then. 40 quid's a bit steep for my pocket.
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Just bought Derek's Sansamp. Perfect transaction.
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"Can you turn down a bit" was the usual ridiculous request once my old covers band started doing weddings. With 2 guitarists in the band I thought it pretty unlikely.
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I was at the Glasgow show earlier this year and you couldn't have summed it up better unless you'd mentioned how bad sherwood is and how loose and 'mistakey' howes solos have become. Left disappointed having happily followed their shows since around 1974. Almost the happiest I've been was in the mid 80's when YES came back from their Hiatus and I heard 'Our Song' on radio 1. Didn't know it was the B side at the time but it could have been any of the songs on 90125 and I'd have been ecstatic. I know Howe hated Rabin's contribution but when trev left the band he had been in it longer than Steve. I really like both 90125 and Big Generator. Bought the last 2 albums - fly from here and heaven earth for completion but I could only bring myself to listen to them once.
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Sons of Apollo last night in Motherwell of all places. Support bands were Meh!. SoA were as excellent as the lineup suggests. Portnoy was a joy to watch as usual. Nice to see a drummer having so much fun especially with his old DT mate derek sherinian. Jeff Scott Soto was in excellent voice and handled the dream theater covers better than James Labrie has in recent years. I'd not heard or seen ron bumblefoot thal play before so it was pretty cool seeing him shredding very accurately on the fretless neck of his doubleneck guitar. As for Billy Sheehan, I felt he was the only minor let-down of the show. As per the last Mr Big tour, his tone was very dull, over compressed and too distorted. Very difficult to pick him out in the band tunes and his solo spot was the usual un-musical hundred mile an hour mush. Still, A great band - I hope they go onto bigger things. Interesting point - my main gigging Alembic weighs just over 11 pounds and I feel like I've had lead weights hanging from my shoulder after a gig. Billy's doubleneck Yamaha weighs in at 20 pounds and he played it the whole night! He must have solid steel shoulders.
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Then I'd suggest you broaden your horizons by visiting the Albert Hall on the 8th september. Plenty of St George's cross' with nary a footballer in sight.
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No point having kit if you're not going to use it. I take 2 alembics (fretted and fretless)and a full mesa rig (titan, 410, 210) to most gigs. Sometimes have to leave the 210 behind if it's a small venue. I bought the stuff cos I enjoy playing it so I do.
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Whatever the number, it'll be one less than the combined population of bassists think they need.
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What song or songs inspired you to pick up the Bass?
jacko replied to BobW61's topic in General Discussion
Yours is no disgrace - Yes. Saw them mid 70's and was blown away by squire's overall performance but it was the walking bassline in this that really got me interested in playing bass. -
Just been spinning Yes' second offering 'Time and a Word'. Haven't listened to it for 10 or 15 years but it still sounds fresh and most definitely 'Yes' music unlike the last 2 albums which I found truly boring). What is really remarkable is just how inventive Chris Squire was back then - His playing comes across really prominently on the original vinyl (apparently due to the sound guy having the bass turned down in his headphones so he kept turning chris up) so it's really easy to make out every note. Unfortunately Pete Banks guitar takes a bit of a back seat but there's still plenty of wonderful music on there.
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surely the simplest thing to do would be to set the levels on all your instruments at soundcheck then touch nothing. Saves a fortune on fancy pedals.
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I have the hercules stand for mine.. https://www.thomann.de/gb/hercules_stands_hcds590b_double_bass_stand.htm very stable and it lifts the bass far enough up to be able to keep the end pin out. It does mean you need around a foot of space above the instrument to lift it in and out though. I bought mine from an ebay seller so didn't pay as much as thomann are asking.
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The best comment so far. Just mess around till you get a tone you like and note the settings.
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What do you string yours with? I have laBella deep talkin flats on mine and they sound awesome acoustically but because the B string is exposed core across the bridge the piezo doesn't pick it up as well as the other 4 strings. Not really too much of a problem cos I bought it to play acoustically in the first place but it would be nice to take it to amplified sessions sometime instead of to EUB.
