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It could well be the case. My EA '8 ohm' 1 x 12's have 4 ohm speakers in them. There is a concentric tweeter too and I'm not sure if that colours the final impedance equation. Don't forget that the AE heads these cabs were designed around go down to 2 ohms anyway. Dave Perry had his Markbass head cutting out with my two cabs which is partly why he sold them to me, a EA iAmp 800 user Driver impedance is not as simple as a single number would suggest either, it's a nominal impedance and it changes with frequency I believe. Peter
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[quote name='OldG' post='1077021' date='Jan 4 2011, 07:03 AM']floating thumb technique - I don't even notice myself doing it after 15 years or so...[/quote] Ditto, it became 2nd nature very quickly.
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[quote name='gizmo6789' post='1073763' date='Dec 31 2010, 03:36 PM']i got the demo of GP6, it is pretty dam good. and just as i remember, tricky to work the notating. haha. im probably gonna just buy the full version. my credit card is gonna cry, first Rush tickets, now GP6.[/quote] If we could have a sticky for Guitar Pro links it would be great too. Or is copyright an issue here? Peter
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Hiya Loz, whereabouts in the NW are you? I'm in South Cumbria. Thanks for taking the time to reply so fully and honestly. I may have a little money spare and would like to buy a bass to keep as a sort of memento of someone dear to me if that makes sense.
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Thanks for your replies. Are all the short bodied basses like the Stanley Clarke and the Mark King headstock heavy? I suspect they are, unless perhaps they are the short scale models Peter
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When I bought my 1st bass (a Hohner Jack pro headless) there was an old Alembic in the store (the Plymouth Manson's in College Ave - since gone). I lusted after that bass and it was still there when I replaced the Hohner with a Yamaha TRB4 Mk1. Ralph the guy in the shop talked me out of it. I still have the urge many years later. In terms of a bass where weight isn't an issue what are they like? I hear folk say they they are wonderful instruments and others proclaim them a waste of money. I'm talking the Stanley Clarke/Mark King and Omega type models not the more conventional product here. Peter
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A worthy thread developing here Kev, very interesting reading
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The satin black is so difficult to photograph without getting the unnatural 'shine effect' that comes out in Dave's photos but not in yours Alan. I'm no photographer myself either but I do know that some decent lights makes the process easier to achieve. Given Alan's photos if indeed this bass does sound better than it looks it must be incredibly awesome (such adjective's not being uncommon in relation to Alan's work). Of course if you're into mass produced boxwood with process and economy driven design, clunky headstocks and unadventurous and unnecessarily huge bottom horns then move along, move along
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I feel your pain Dave Things are pretty bad. I'm working at Lakeland (kitchen stuff and boring Xmas items) in their warehouse as a Xmas temp and the backlog has meant we have had to store stuff all over the place. Now the 2nd freeze is forecast and there's a panic on that Xmas deliveries won't be met. I can only imagine what the depot's are like at the moment. The Western world has gone online/mail order shopping crazy and the system seems to be struggling. I hope the bass arrives safe and sound very soon Dave. Peter
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Is there any Bass Conventions in scotland?
GreeneKing replied to Bass_Guardian's topic in General Discussion
[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='998238' date='Oct 23 2010, 04:51 PM']I dunno... Moffat's *nearly* England........ [/quote] I've worked with Scots nearly all my life and always found them to be favourable to a bit of travelling. Obviously some of you 'Central Belt' bass playing types might prove the exception Calling a Borderer English is dangerous ground, they think of themselves as more on the 'front line' than those REMF's tucked further North. Peter -
Ecellent review Chris, well written and you put the ACG brand up where it deserves to be imo. Yes , she's a set neck. I'm really pleased tht the bs hs grabbed you although as seller I'm alwys hopeful. It's a special bass no doubt. My Graft Gallus, although an 'economy' model is proving a great bass too and will be well abused by the time my neck through headless Gallus full custom comes to fruition. Peter
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Good choices Steve
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THE most formative band of my youth without a doubt. Went a little off the boil after CTTE imo. Peter
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5 string bridges with 15mm string spacing
GreeneKing replied to Delberthot's topic in Accessories and Misc
15mm and 5 string, I like your thinking Batman As Alan said, a custom order from ETS. My new Gallus will have one and if Alan has to order any more I suspect he could be persuaded to add one to the list. Peter -
Ahh tis Holly
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What's the wood cap on the last one Stu? looks loverly indeed. Peter
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It's an old cheap (to build) mass produced bass. Why not? These things are not anything special in the 'real world', get over it Peter
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I really must visit. Some very beautiful basses there. I'm biased but the ACGs win too Peter
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[quote name='BottomEndian' post='989427' date='Oct 15 2010, 04:46 PM']Gah! I wish you'd shifted a few miles east and met in my shop in Hexham! Could have had a little meeting of the Grafts.[/quote] Doh, opportunity missed! Peter
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I sold Chris my Harlot today. The whole thing was straightforward and meeting was a pleasure. Peter
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The single pup AGG 02 configuration has a certain 'rightness' about it that makes sense. More than that, it's like the way it should, always be, perfection and not compromise
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I'm only playing 5 string nowadays and having made the transition (I'm still amazed) I don't want to go back and forth. My Status Empathy 5 , 34" headless with narrow 15mm spacing at the bridge, has eased my switch, it's immense. This has meant that my ACG Harlot 4 hasn't been used, despite it being an incredible instrument in both in terms of quality of build, playability, appearance and sound. I couldn't however bring myself to part with it before my custom Gallus 5 headless, neck thru (yes with 15mm spacing) was finished. Then I saw Alan's stock Gallus 'Graft' series 5er here: I thought that this would do until the custom bass is completed, keeping me in ACG-ness. I had the bass re-spec'd to black hardware and an ACG 02 filter based pre: which I feel looks so much better (thanks Alan for the photos) and picked it up today. What can I say. This is meant to be Alan's 'economy model' and comes in at a price well below that of other mass produced basses that many revere so much but it really knocks spots off them. It has that same attention to detail and quality of construction that Alan's custom builds have. Okay so it doesn't have a rear body cap (Fender et al don't usually even have a front cap) and there's no scarfed headstock (again like Fender and Co.) but the neck is three piece and the finish is amazing. The neck pocket is a demonstration of good fit and the fact that these UK hand built basses haven't been snapped up is a little surprising to say the least. In fact it's complete madness. The single pickup, one low pass and one high pass filter configuration is simple yet gives such a wide palette of sounds. I was a little low key about picking up one of Alan's economy range as opposed to a fully spec'd custom beauty but I was wrong, very wrong. Thank you Mr Cringeon, Scotland's greatest secret Peter
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SOLD - Spector NS5 XL water-cured redwood burl
GreeneKing replied to lozbass's topic in Basses For Sale
Yes, the circuit was custom build for this bass. Stunning looking and performing bass that needs a permanent home Peter -
Excellent news Stu The bass is provisionally sold. Peter -
The pups are Alan's RFB Hum-buckers so yes MM style. This is drawn from another thread but written by myself: [i]I've been meaning to get around to producing a short post that illustrates how a filter based pre-amplifier works. It really isn't rocket science, it's just a different approach to the usual 2/3 EQ and you can't really relate to one via the other imo. In addition to a volume/blend knob basically you have: 1. A Low Pass Filter The ACG01 fitted to Alan's basses has one per pickup. The ACG02 retrofitted to a (cough) few of my basses has just the one. Imagine it's a bath tap. When the tap is shut it's leaking just low frequency sound, about 20Hz if I remember correctly. As you open the tap it allows progressively higher frequencies to be added to the flow. When the tap is wide open it's allowing everything through from the 20Hz right up to 3kHz. There's another 'little tap' on top that let's through a little extra just at the cut off frequency i.e. when the big one is shut that'd be 20Hz and when it's wide open 3kHz and wherever it's set in between. This allows you alter the shape of the frequency spectrum. This knob I will call the resonant peak boost, cause that's what it does. The low pass filters are always letting sound through. This tone is what I'd call the 'meat'. It's always there. The High Pass Filter can be shut right down like a 'non leaky' tap. I'd describe this as the 'gravy' in that you can add some if you need to but it's not essential. If the tone through the low pass filters up to 3kHz is good for you you can ignore the high pass filter. 2. High Pass Filter It's not so easy to demonstrate what it does because it's not possible to listen to it's output in isolation like it is with the low pass 'jobbies'. It works in the same way but the other way around. When this (hot) bath tap is shut it just leaks the very highest frequencies (sizzling) and as it's opened progressively lower frequencies are added in right down to about 1kHz. So you can see that it overlaps the low pass filter when wide open with it's lowest mids lower that the low pass filters highest mids. The top knob on this filter isn't a resonant peak boost (this is important) but a straight boost with minimum boost being zero. So it can effectively be turned off. Here's how I go about creating my available range of tones: 1. Isolate high pass filter by shutting down it's boost and removing it from the tonal equation. 2. Blend to the neck pup and using low pass filter get the tone I want from it (I think more 'P' tone here). 3. Use the resonant peak boost to shape the tone further. 4. Blend to the bridge pup and repeat 2. and 3. above to get tone required (I like some jazzy honk). 5. With the 'meat' sorted middle the blend and introduce higher frequencies (gravy) where you want them and at the level (amount of boost) you want them. 6. The above is all done as preparation. For tone when playing just use your blend to go from neck to bridge pups and access a whole seamless range of tone. So why bother? A normal 2 or 3 EQ pre allows you to tweak the colour that that individual pre-amp creates. The ACG filter based pre-amp allows you to create the colour itself. That's how I see it. [/i]
