GreeneKing

[quote]You are spreading terrible disinformation :-)[/quote] I don't think you actually read my post. I was particularly careful not to do that and to just give the facts in relation to the message I received.

I don't want to either be a harbinger of doom or a spreader of malicious info but I went into the Soundslive site and tried getting a finance quote. [quote]IMPORTANT INFORMATION T S Courtman & A Timperley of Cooper Parry LLP were appointed Joint Administrators of the Company on 12 May 2009 under Leicester County Court reference 690 A0 of 2009. The affairs, business and property of the company are being managed by the Joint Administrators, who act as agents of the company without personal liability.[/quote] This was the message that came up, of course it could be in relation to the finance company.

Stringray - Weak at the Gees Jazz - 'Honky' Tonk Precision - Bass, no frills! Overwater - Articulate Rickenbacker - Goddam Yankee twang! Thumb - Growly long thang (that balances AND has a slim neck) ACG - Purrfect feminine beauty with a big bottom!

Relic'd basses? False Incongruent A lie Shallow Insincere Trying to be something they're not Fake A nonsense A nod to marketing over sense Just plain wrong I'm not a great fan Just to add that I love genuine, real 'used' instruments

This has been really useful. I returned my brand new LM II broken from brand spanking new and during the 4 months (I jest ye not) that The Bass Centre took to repair it they lost the manual. The amp had a simple power supply fault and has been fine in the subsequent years. The Bass Centre didn't just lose the manual, they also lost any hope of further custom from me

[quote name='Mr.T' post='481515' date='May 6 2009, 11:28 PM']My understanding of the filters is: VPF... Scoops the mids centred at 380 and boosts the lows and highs. VLE... Cuts frequencies above 250 So both can be used (in moderation.... or not!) and they wont be fighting each other.[/quote] Thanks for that, my ignorance. Really, no sarcasm Edited to add: [quote]frequency range 250Hz 20kHz (cut)[/quote] So perhaps the VLE is a cut high and low after all. It may make my comment relevant? Having combined 'smiley' and 'frowney' EQ's would seem a bit pointless. Peter

I find some of the apparently uniformed negative comments re the LM II a bit narrow and perhaps 'anti' for the sake of it. i.e. find something popular and then knock it down a bit. Bass gear is a bit of a fashion business/a search for that ultimate tone (does it exist) and I know many folks who have owned a LM II in their 'Grail quest'. I don't know anyone who has owned one and regretted it, some even move on and then come back to it later on. The same sadly cannot be said for Ashdown heads which have their followers but many detractors too. I always run my amp EQ flat and use the filters (never both together) to get my desired tone. Running both filters together seems strange to me as why fill and scoop the mids at the same time? Fairly obviously the cabs make a huge difference too as does the bass. In fact with an ACG pre amp most of my tone shaping is done 'onboard'. The GS112 Aguilars are great with the LM II and the filter can be used to fill the mids on these slightly mid scooped cabs for cutting through. But, I must confess I've never tried an Ashdown rig - I don't need to as I'm totally happy with what I've got

I always think that my Overwater Progress III Deluxe reminds me of a Wal. Not absolutely sure why. The ACG pre is similar to the Wal pre but I know from talking to Alan that it's not designed to copy it in any way. It operates over a considerably wider range of frequencies evidently.

I can give you the neck dimensions for my G&L, Warwick Thumb, ACG Harlot and Overwater too if you'd like em I do have a pair of 4001's but as they are later models (A CS and a C64S) and they may not have much relevance to a 70's model.

Don't get a new one - inferior instrument at an inflated price. Look for a pre 1993 and you should pay no more than £900 for a good one. I've got a 1990 and it's quite a different beast to the later models. I've bougt newer Warwicks and always regretted it.

[quote]Letchy guitard bigot morons whacked today- Ask Me How![/quote] Okay, how?

Beautiful Pete, underrated too.

Excellent stuff Paul.

Leave a few bass players alone in a room with some basses in the 'wee hours' and ...... I went to bed a 3am and they were still going Our venue for the day: Some basses (before my camera battery failed): and a guitar: The inimitable Dave Perry contemplates another string: Alan (Skelf) Paul (Sugden) and Paul's mate whose name Paul will no doubt remind me. Nice guy for a guitard and boy did he get some stick The mighty nine string being put to bed by Mark - guess his forum name? Shame I took one flat battery and one duff one for my camera!!!

My networking starts today. I don't want to burn any boats but I could be so much happier. My mind's dwelling on this knob too much, being told I'm trying to be young and that modern music is dire is a step too far. Okay I do have wider tastes than most but the guy's such a music bigot. It's not just music he's a complete old letch and has such a middle class superiority thing going on.

At the risk of boring you all, just got in after another practice and it seems I've upset the lead guitarist. We play 15 songs and we want to up it to 20 odd. The idea has been to do something modern appealing to a younger audience as we're predominantly 70's rock and white man's blues. Discussion follows and guitarists agree on 4 old Rolling Stones numbers I get a bit fed up and ask if we're going to become a Stones tribute band (we already do two of theirs). I also say 'how is that going to appeal to a younger audience'. Lead guitarist then shouts at me 'music's gone downhill since the 70's you're just trying to be young and the Rolling Stones are the best band in the world'. When I beg to differ it's 'my children think they're the best and so do all their friends'. Narrow taste in music methinks. The truth is he's probably never heard of Budgie, Man, Wishbone Ash, Van Der Graff Generator etc so his experience of the 70's would be narrow too. So out of 20 songs there's not one that I have chosen or particularly requested. Would you lot be happy with that? New songs btw are Starman, Jumping Jack Flash, Start me up, Common People (love it), Disco 2000 and 2,4,6,8 Motorway. The guy then sulked at the foot of the stairs for 10 minutes My suggestions as per usual were vetoed. Town Called Malice or Peaches because you need a keyboard for them. I might be old but at least I've not quite started to stagnate yet. In answer to a previous question no they haven't gigged yet.

Much cheaper rackmount is the dbx166XL - I love mine and find it better than any pedal compressor I've owned.

Train don't strain. You've got to give the body a chance to adapt Anne Marie. That's you told then

I play interval as a warm up but don't really listen to them That link was great, if only at showing me how pants I am at recognising intervals.

[quote name='Spoombung' post='462761' date='Apr 15 2009, 10:06 AM']Hurrah for Britain! Yes, I realised Steve was simply feeling patriotic - eventually. Yes, we do make good instruments here but so does nearly every other country - I suppose it makes sense to buy British at the moment because of the sorry state of Sterling.[/quote] I see what you mean: