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Thinking about putting some Nordy dual coils in my bass to replace my Barts I see from the website they are available for both series and parallel use (my barts have coil taps) only the parallel wired p/ups are recommended for splitting as there is no gain loss. I may split the bridge p/up only this time round as I got too many switches on my current J plate. Anyone had any experience of either of these. I may just go down the BIG single route?? Give me a clue, give me some opinions on the nordy humbuckers Cheers Tony

[quote name='Toasted' post='548977' date='Jul 23 2009, 02:51 PM']The only Wah anyone should buy is the automagic earthquake wah. On the other hand, if you spend £270 on a wah, you probably want your head looking at.[/quote] +1

More info if anyone is intrested... Swans in Flight Cross Atlantic Line-Up Now Confirmed The British rock band Swans in Flight, have announced that they are to play a 7 date UK tour this September with a line-up that will include acclaimed US rock musicians, TM Stevens and Marco Mendoza. The band’s debut, self-titled album attracted some 13 name guest players from band’s such as Megadeth, Billy Idol Band and Jethro Tull, but now this tour continues to underscore Swans In Flight’s ability to ‘pull’ the names. TM Stevens, the king of Metal Funk, is renowned for his work with James Brown, Miles Davis, Tina Turner, Steve Vai, The Pretenders and Joe Cocker. Marco Mendoza, on the other hand, is one of the biggest names in rock music, working with the likes of Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake and John Sykes. Check out the band’s official website, www.swansinflight.com for all information plus on-line ticket sales and a chance to win signed instruments from both artists and over 100 other Yamaha and Warwick prizes. Tickets are also available from all normal ticket outlets. Swans in Flight tour featuring Special Guest Artists Marco Mendoza and TM Stevens UK TOUR September 21st – 28th 2009 Exeter Phoenix Theatre 21st September Bristol O2 Academy 22nd September Birmingham Asylum 23rd September Colchester Institute* 24th September Manchester Academy 3 25th September Brighton Concorde 2 26th September University of London (ULU) 28th September

TM Stevens & Marco Mendoza touring in September with Swans In flight (Bass guitar mag poeple) TM was the standout at Bass Day for me, so I will be going to Manchester date on 25th september anyone else having some? Tony

The EBS wah is probably the best sounding wah I've owned, I'm just not that keen on the switching, you have to depress the pedal to switch it on and off and it isn't a definite on/off feel under your foot IMHO, and with your foot on the pedal you can't always see the red light, much prefer the 105Q style where it activates when you start to use it. Very tweakable though, I use it mainly with the blowtorch or OC2 as that is what the band needs I'm just in the process of sourcing a new looper, custom made to suit my board, there was going to be an EBS multidrive on there as well, but the person selling it went off the radar Updated pics coming soon Tony

A Ball of Meat in all it's tweakable glory!

Thia is a shot of my board last month, it's evolving at the moment, so many changes The chorus pedal and BSW have both departed, there are now a Boss OC-2 and EBS multi comp on there. Custom looper being worked on at the moment I am using an LS-2 as well, trying to keep the levels between my fretted and fretless basses the same, but I may look at building a simple A>B switching facility with level control into my new loooper, the guy who is probably going to build it can probably do this Tony

Boomstick bottom feeder is working for me, the simplicity is nice! Lovetone meatball for sale if anyone wants the ultimate tweakable filter So hows the Mutron treating you? Tony

I have to swap basses, I play fretless on one, sometimes two songs in our set (origanils, so 8/9 song set) I have to move quick to make it happen, biggest problem I have is getting the sound on my amp to suit fretless, the output of the Bart pre in my Sei is much higher than my Pedulla, I just got a Boss LS-2 to make the change easier. Maybe looking at making the chnage happen quicker like I have done is an option? Good luck finding a solution T

My Staus necked stingray (NAMM bass) was one of the nicest rays I've owned, paired with a traditional bass such as a ray it sounded great. Nice feel, I like the shape of the neck, from what I recall the neck flatens off at the back, making it feel sleek and slim. Very consistant tone across the range of the neck Tony

I have a Sei Jazz, had it a while, usualy start getting some kind of GAS at this point, but it is the first bass I have had for a long time that hasn't took me down that road, and at this point I don't see that happening!! The playability is great, feels so nice, I do have a few niggly issues with the electronics in it, but plans are in place to fix that, probably with an Audere pre and eventually some Nordstrand p/ups, not sure which ones yet. I also have coil taps on both my p/ups, keep knocking the switches, so I'm thinking only the bridge p/up will be tapped next time round as that is the p/up that will benfit my sound the most. I also have a multicomp on my board, but use it with my fretless more than my Sei Through a TD650 and 2 4x10's it sounds the nuts, very focused sound Tony

Yes it was the bag that came with the TD650, that now lives in a solid SKB 4u rack. This has now gone to Bass Bunney Thanks for the enquires, it's good to recycle T

I have some cool bass player photo's, here's a shot i bagged with a band called The Targets, they were supporting FTJ at Liverpool Academy last year

I like urb's comment "it's a standard technique of modern bass playing, so get over it" I guess most of you guys weren't around in the mid 80's then, everyone was at it I remember going to see MM at the Jazz cafe a few years back and someone said, "way too much wacky wacky pop" but he doesn't get a mention here and thats probably more full on "slap solo kind of playing" than I recall Level 42 playing live, I'm not a big Level 42 fan these days, but I enjoyed it back in the day, it opened my eyes to a lot of other players that I was unaware of at the time! One more thing, CW is indeed responsible for a lot of kids picking up a bass and giving it a go, as is flea, as was MK in the 80's, cos it was relevant (and a bit cheesy, but so was a lot of mid 80's pop) then, the earlier stuff, up to and including P of A lacks cheese IMHO, some of the best Brit Funk around at that time We had a jam during a sound check last week, we are a rock band, but we do good funk, I played a slap line, kept it simple, sounded cool, felt great to play, needs to be done every now and then. Tony

[quote name='JTUK' post='539670' date='Jul 13 2009, 08:30 PM']looks great.. I think MP does absolutely amazing work with the woods[/quote] I agree, even though I'm more of a solid colour man myself! I realy like the headstock, a nice change from the norm' T