sshorepunk

I'm after a new pre for my sei, currently running Bartolini P5's and a Bart' 3 band pre Decided on a total refit a while back, was after a pair of Nordstrand dual coils, which I now have, thanks to "Nice Guy Homer" Now the pre amp choice is proving difficult as I try to accomodate several of my requirements on a standard jazz style plate, with 4 pots and a body jack socket I need some way of switching side, neck LED's on, these are now on the volume pot, which is push/pull I will probably run the pick ups in series, but it would be nice to have the option of using one switch to switch both p/ups into series or parallel. The options I have, are as follows J-retro deluxe - I've spoke to John about this already, he did a mod to one for Largo off this forum, that gives the facility to switch LED's. But as much as I love these pre's, having a mid frequency select pot as well as mid cut/boost, is more than I need, but nice to have. I like things very simple, 3 band eq, volume and blend. Plus there is no room to add any series/parallel switching Audere - I emailed audere, their pre's are not able to be customised, so whilst the addition of any LED switch would be easy, thats about it Aguilar - the model I looked at was the BP-3SK/PP: (Includes stacked Treble/Bass pot and separate Mid pot. Mid pot is push/pull for Midrange frequency selection) Not sure if this will fit in my cavity though (ooooh err missus!) would probably get the guys at the gallery to sort this for me, maybe the series parallel switching can be squeezed in there Nordstrand - same situation as the aguilar pre, but a load of additional info on the website about changing the mid frequency with capacitors! Would run this as it came, my amp is capable of any additional mid' requirements I have Probably worth mentioning that I have a seperate batery compartment in the bass Any additional advice, comments would be appreciated Cheers Tony

Welcome to the city, I'm sure you'll have plenty of fun, plenty of live music about There are a few of us on here from Manc', no doubt they will be along shortly! Tony

Saw SA back in '96 with the Sex Pistols in Finsbury park, great band and a great day! She did an insane dive into the crowd (not Boy hits car style, but still cool as ....) Also saw him when he was with TTD a long time ago, they were supporting Bowie on the glass spider tour, TTD were a bit sh*t to be honest, Alison Moyet played the same day, awesome voice, Bowie was on form, I remember Peter Frampton was on 6 string duty at that time Tour dates for SA are out, sometime in November me thinks, I will go see, great band!

I had a CS Jazz a few years back, it was a team built bass, very nice neck, probably one of the best 4 string necks I've wrapped my hands around. Very well built, but given the custom options from just UK luthiers, I wouldn't go that route again (I am a sei bass owner) It's a well built stock jazz at the end of the day, you'll find a US deluxe that sounds and feels as good if you shop around Tony

[quote name='nash' post='612778' date='Sep 30 2009, 09:33 AM']i was only really messing around since that rocktron costs about 700 quid. i will no doubt get the m9. i think it would be cool if they did an M9B[/quote] I get the impression they are listening to bassists a lot now, judging by the responce of the guy on TB, he isd around on a lot of other forums as well, mostly 6 string stuff On TB someone asked if it would be possible to buy additional effects, that would be cool! Get a stock M9( (or M13) and have the room to add a few choice effects, maybe bass specific. I think there is an octaver in there aimed at bass, but from what Tayste has said, most work well with bass anyway Tony

Oredered a used EBS Neo 4x10 on Monday from Bass Direct, it arrived Tuesday, will be used in rehersal tonight and gigged tomorrow night I am very pleased for my back! great service from Bass Direct!! Tony

I'm waiting for the M9 to downsize my rig! Adding a controller to a rack mounted M13 would defeat the object for me, plus I'd never ever need that many switching options for that many scenes in either the regular set my band playes or the covers set we occasionally do From what I've seen of the M13 (guitarist in my band uses one) as it is, it works fine! Tony

Pedal train mini with one exp' pedal and my srtrobostomp should do the job, hope it will fit Tidy! T

M13's are now down around £315, maybe less if you shop around, but I have seen one listing for the M9 at £379, all seems a bit odd price wise! T

My worry on this is UK prices, you may have read my comment on talk Bass regarding the shop the Line 6 rep' recommended, but they are still charging £399 for an M13 if you buy online, maybe it's cheaper in the shop, but it's still close on £100 more than you can get an M13 for if you shop around!!! T

Line 6 M9 talk on Talk Bass! Info on Line 6 site from October 1st [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=585051"]M9 clicky linky[/url] Tony

RHT has got to be in the running for this as well I reckon! There are many bass lines off of the first two albums that will bring a smile to anyones face when you get them nailed, another fave of mine is "If I like it, I do it" I have two live recordings of Paul Turner playing with the band, his playing is incredible, Zender gets the credit he deserves for creating a lot of these lines, but PT nails them all and makes them even better with his own style. One of the recordings I have has a great bass sound and it's really up in the mix! T

You are indeed right, I remember reading that a while back, so who is the mysterious Mr X, Andrew Levy maybe? Whoever it is needs a serious pat on the back for some smooth and creative 5 string bass work, funky as 10 funky things in a place called "funky" T

Hey Manc's, Thursday night is Thirsty Scholar night for us Logicals! Tony

Nice bass line to play if you get it! Not as nice a feeling as nailing the whole of space cowboy with all zenders variations though T

[quote name='iamapirate' post='609166' date='Sep 26 2009, 12:32 PM']personally I find your lack of faith disturbing (i've got your lead singer's t-shirt)[/quote] Not as cool as my T, young Jedi! T

Nice basses Alan, that aggie rig is nice as well! I've been thinking about another 5 for a while now and saw that blue jazz on the shuker site, very nice! I think I may need to speak to John, maybe wait until Bass day Thanks for dropping the p/ups off BTW, sorry I wasn't around! Tony

Sei Jazz 5 I would also check out Nordstrand right now! 34" or 35" scale? I like to stick with 34" which does put a few basses of my list, which is unfortunate cos I miss some great stuff like overwater!! T

If 35" scale works for you, that overwater is well worth a look, otherwise, within your price range, I'd check out a used custom bass, i.e. sei, GB etc. It may be a waiting game as they don't come up too often! That is speaking as the very happy owner of a sei bass that was bought used for less than 1K, new price is over 2K! T

Thanks for sorting the link for me, I couldn't figure out how to post a youtube link (and I run my own forum ) T

Played at Moho in Manchester a few weeks back and this clip turned up a few days back, sound ain't too bad, which is suprising cos we thought it was bloooody loud! It's only a few minutes of one song! [url="http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ODqRrFm7bQ"]Logicals @ Moho[/url] Tony