Beedster

Lovely 👍

4 minutes ago, Bassman Sam said:

Good luck Chris.  A touch of  sellers regret?

Hell yes  

Ah, that neck was mine, very very nice it is too. I've dropped you a PM re a possible trade that could work well for both of us @reggieboomboom

I've put a rather nice Squier Classic Vibe Precision fretted neck on this and it's rather nice. It's a 40mm nut so somewhere between traditional Jazz and traditional Precision/Stingray territory, and a perfect fit in the pocket (as good a fit as was the Sims/Enfield neck). 

I'm happy to sell the bass with both necks or with a significant price drop with only the fretted neck (£1050 seems about right)

On 09/01/2024 at 08:24, sandy_r said:

 

Thats a B-Link 1A - 5 switches (adding Tuner Mute) - your amp version only supports 4 switches (The B-Link F/S)

 

...if you, or a Techie friend, are confident with checking wire continuity and making a plug-type mod, you could swap out the existing 7-pin DIN on the cable (at the Mesa end) for the relevant 5-pin plug needed by your amp, and you'd be able to use the 4 switches as expected by your amp (Solo, Compression, Loop & EQ)

 

Or, you could make a complete new cable similarly (ie. 7-pin to 5-pin, 5-wire shielded cable?) and keep the original cable unmodded, in case you ever sell the footswitch on

(personally, i'd prefer this option)

 

Now it's back and working, anyone got any idea where I might be able to source a 7-pin to 5-pin DIN?

So, the Boogie is back in my studio and as Russ indicated, it certainly wasn't a well amplifier, it sounded really quite unwell and gut feel was that the problem was a lot more substantial than a pre-amp tube.

But, start simple and small and move towards large and more complex is the rule, so that's what I did. Luckily there's a pretty substantial collection of tubes here and as a few people suggested above, the pre-amp tube was the obvious starting point and bingo, it was also the culprit. So it's all fixed now.

I have also recognised that fate has decreed that I shall always own at least two pieces of Mesa Boogie amplification  

Russ/@binky_bass, many thanks for your patience throughout mate, as it turns out it was after all quite a simple fix although we weren't to know that from the symptoms, and also as I said above, it really did feel like something so much more problematic than the pre-amp tube. 

Gonna need to buy some more electric basses again now  

5 minutes ago, Grahambythesea said:

Brian! The most un-rock ‘n’ roll name on the planet! Next they’ll be making a guitar called Cyril.

Oi

My youngest described me as crazy as a coconut today and it reminded me of this. I'd forgotten just how joyful a thing it is. Enjoy 

Far too cheap 👍

22 minutes ago, Marky L said:

As a typical weekend warrior, playing in a four piece covers band, I, and I imagine many others of you, have to schlep our own gear in and out of venues. As I “joke” to punters lurking at the end of a gig, packing up is my least favourite part.

 

My band members and I all have a fair amount of gear each, but particularly so the drummer, who is forever adding more lights to his hoard. I have a dodgy back and very occasionally I need a bit of help shifting my cabs, which the drummer does do sometimes and as a band we help each other out with gear if one of us gets his out first.. except..

The drummer has so much stuff now, drums, banner, lights, more lights.. and the rest of us will have packed up our gear, loaded it in cars and be ready to go before he is even finished and ready to load out.

 

I nearly always have work the next day, the rest don’t. We do help the drummer out with his gear but it is becoming a joke. I generally want to be on my way when done and I’m often told to ‘k off and go but I get a bit of anxiety if I haven’t helped him with any of it. Annoying as it’s not my fault he has off the scale GAS. Why should I worry, just my nice side comes out and feel I should help! Should I just shrug it off and wave as I drive away?

 

Anyone else get a bit p’eed off with the mega slow packer in your band?

 

Mark

Totally reasonable, if you’re feeling guilty perhaps always offer to help load his gear in but explain why you can’t help load out.
 

Sleep is bloody important if you’re working the day after a gig 👍

None of this is helped by @d_g and his steady flow of stunning relics........ 

Very sad 😞 

On 04/01/2024 at 19:20, Beedster said:

Had the pleasure of meeting up with fellow Mesa Boogie Junkie forum member Russ today it reminded me of the good old days when you actually met the people you were buying and selling gear to. Anyway, not unexpectedly a bloody lovely bloke with whom, had there been more time, lengthy bass/gear/life discourse would have developed! 100% top bloke who knows his gear and is a pleasure to do business with 👍  

Just to add to this, it emerged there was a problem with the amp and Russ was an absolute gent not only about that but also about just how long it took me to get it collected. As has often been said on here, the most important feedback isn't about how people respond when things go well, it's about how they respond when things occasionally don't go well, and in the latter case Russ came out with flying colours 👍

Perhaps in Fender's favour it could be a body from an instrument that didn't male it through QC and found its way to a reseller?

20 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

is this linked to the post where you say you have sold all your electric basses? 

Probably yes  

But bloody hell, there are some real beauties at the moment 👍

@johnbiffa @jay-syncro @paulie @Clarky  and many many more, you're breaking my heart guys  

Good to hear mate 👍

3 hours ago, JPJ said:

I see no lack of heft in your collection

I believe that this is an example of understatement? 

The question "Where has all the heft gone" is now answered, it's all at Binky's place 😀

On 06/02/2024 at 18:08, Burns-bass said:

Yeah, mad. The venue is tiny, maybe 200 people. Seems weird they’re here, but I’m glad they are.

 

Managed to rope a few people in so I’ll let you know what it’s like!

Enjoy the show Lawrie 👍

That's rather nice 👍

Lovely transaction with a lovely guy, good luck with those DB recordings Christopher, look forward to hearing them 👍

1 hour ago, Phil Starr said:

Before you choose your speakers however have a think about your mixer. You can fill a room from your backline and go for vocals only through PA and if you are goodat PA even get a reasonable sound but it's tough to do and the on'stage sound levels are going to be damaging to your hearing. What the audience will hear will be poorer too as the vocal mic's witll be picking up all that noise and distorting the audiences sound. Even if you don't do it from day one you'll eventually want to put more through the PA and turn down the on-stage levels. That means you'll need channels for everything so you need to buy a mixer that will grow with you. Inputs for all the instruments and mics and probably at least three channels for drums. What I'm leading up to is that if you can possibly afford it buy a digital mixer, they offer everything you need into a compact package and for the same facilities they work out much cheaper. The reality is that they will offer so much more, More than enough channels for any pub band, comprehensive tone controls on every input, flexible effects on every channel, graphic equaliser on the output to compensate for room acoustics and deal with feedback and a lot of automation to help you set up quickly, at a minimum you can save the settings that work and use them again at every gig. All I do at most gigs now is recall my settings and adjust the master volume. You'll also have an output so each band member can have their own monitoring if they want it. Most of them will record the gig for you and let you mix it down later. You'll also be able to mix from anywhere in the room. If you are starting from scratch they are probably simpler to learn than an ana logue desk.

 

I think that about sums it up as far as my understanding and experience goes, great post @Phil Starr

Phil, could you recommend one or more desks given the above?

Setting up an all-band PA for small gigs is a PITA, means more time and more work, and IME can piss off a few band members who are more used to plug and play. But it's worth it for the both consistency of sound and the control it gives you over overall volume. The test for me has always been punter's phone or similar crude recordings of gigs; in the old pre-PA days a phone recording would often give the impression that only one or two instruments were playing, at least it would never pick up a decent whole band sound. With all of us in the PA every recording sounds like a band (and the levels of certain players stay as they were in sound check) 👍

1 minute ago, Burns-bass said:

Yeah, mad. The venue is tiny, maybe 200 people. Seems weird they’re here, but I’m glad they are.

 

Managed to rope a few people in so I’ll let you know what it’s like!

Have great night mate, they’re still pretty niche hence even London gig is small, but you wouldn’t want to see them in an arena after all! Bit gutted to miss them to be honest 😕

29 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

Turns out they’re playing about 10 minutes from my house tomorrow for the princely sum of £15.

Damn, and in London tonight but sold out, hope you get to see them Lawrie, would love love to see Chris Wood playing upright in the flesh 👍