GreeneKing
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I've had 18 months in a band with someone I've tried to like, and failed completely. Take one self centred narcissistic guitar player who is tired of practicing alone and wants to be a 'rock god' to impress his mates 'down the pub'. He recruits a band, pretends he wants to perform and move forward but really just wants to have a free backing band. He only wants to play his style of music that is narrow and quite bigoted, he won't learn the words or the chords, he won't listen to advice at all and continues in behaving in a way that winds everyone up. 18 months later we've done 3 gigs and he's all hot air and lies. I confront him and it's me that's the problem, that and the obvious personality clash I have with him. Yes I think I do really dislike him -
SOLD: Rather special Spector Euro 5 LX for sale - price drop
GreeneKing replied to GreeneKing's topic in Basses For Sale
No trades, sorry, I already have 2 5 string basses to die for and need some money. Peter [quote name='budget bassist' post='709423' date='Jan 11 2010, 09:34 PM']sure you're not interested in trades? [/quote] -
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Warmoth P bass with Darkstar pup and ACG pre SOLD
GreeneKing replied to GreeneKing's topic in Basses For Sale
Well this must be a record for the most delayed bump ever. I'm heading South this weekend from Kendal to North Essex via the M6/A14 and back via the M4 if anyone is interested in this great bass. Peter -
Both pedals are pretty much mint. The VT Bass has velcro on the rear and comes in it's tin with all the bits. I'm sure I have the box for the Radial too, somewhere. I realise that the Radial pedal isn't an effect as such but it allows you to connect two basses into an amp and switch between the two with a pad to balance signals and a tuner out. VT Bass £90 delivered UK, Radial £45 likewise
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The outrageous fortunes of slings and arrows, or something like that Tis amusing how life progresses. I'm no longer single and things in that direction are very good. Life is very good. My new lady is a biker. I gave up biking nearly 3 years ago after about 37 years and sold everything, absolutely everything. Now I'm planning on getting on the road again, trips to Europe in the Summer in the planning stages etc. But, being a student on placement means I have no income and can't work. The NS5 was going to have to go Tragedy indeed. But, I've bought an older bike (BMW R1100RS) and the NS5 can stay but it's shiny sibling needs to go. This bass is special in more ways than one. First it's white, very white and in very nice condition indeed. Next comes the pre-amp. I like to have onboard control of my mids and this U-Retro Deluxe has sweepable mids. John has produced a one off model to fit in the 4 hole body with all the options including active/passive switching and a passive tone control (like Sadowsky's VTC). It has Vol/balance, Bass/treble, sweepable mids and the passive tone control that also acts as a pull knob active passive switch. I really do wish that this bass didn't have to go. It has conventional strap buttons fitted at the moment but I will include Schaller strap locks as fitted standard. A brand new set of Sadowsky nickels .130 fitted with tapered B. Comes with Spector case in great condition. I'm looking for £1050 (Now [b]£1000[/b] including UK shipping although collection is preferred). I'm hopefully travelling South from Kendal this w/e so delivery may be an option too.
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The only Fender that I own has a BBOT and it's the best I've heard. Done the BadAss thing several times and I can't hear the difference in terms of a worthwhile improvement (you then have to ask yourself why I kept fitting them ). Is it only me that thinks that eternal sustain (or even sustain increased above and beyond BBOT sustain) is never, ever used when actually playing?
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I wasn't being entirely sarcastic with the 'volume' comment Pairing an 8 ohm 2 x 10 with an 8 ohm 1 x 8 won't be very balanced. Half of your amp's power will be going to each cab working the 1 x 8 hard and the 2 x 10 will be barely ticking over. I don't understand your reasoning. You only need one rig to cover all the bases. From your description of your needs 800w (750 in the specs) is overkill. Take my rig, a 450w into 4 ohm amp and two 1 x 12 8 ohm cabs rated at 300w each. First one man's 5000w watts isn't another's. Amp ratings vary and I have a back up 500w amp that's no where near as loud and my 450w one. By using the amp with either one or both cabs I have one balanced rig that does it all pretty much. With one cab I can even use it for very quiet home practice if I turn the volme right down. I've also done pub gigs with just the one cab. Using both cabs gives oodles of 'go'. Peter
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A 4ohm cab doesn't mean that you have to put out 750Watts There's a knob called 'volume' or something similar Have the cab at 4ohms gives you all the options, from quiet to 750watts, otherwise why not just buy a cheaper 500w amp? Peter
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Why 8ohms? A 4ohm cab will allow you use the amp up to it's max output. Unless of course you already have an 8 Ohm cab you want to pair it with (as opposed to a 8" cab) I'd have thought that a lightweight 4 ohm 2x12 would suit your purpose better? Or have I missed something? Peter
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Just why is blues so important when learning bass?
GreeneKing replied to iconic's topic in General Discussion
A whole lot of rock uses the Blues/altered blues scale. Riffs also translate well through the chord progression. The 12 bar pattern gives a good anchor and it's great for jam nights. It's also a genre that is, imo, underrated musically. Peter -
In my world there's considerable difference between saying that you don't like something or that it doesn't float your boat and labeling it lame The interweb however is a flawed medium for expressing oneself.
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Could you not see the smile on Hodgies face as he was playing? To say it was lame is just well, extremely lame in itself imo. No it not bass as we know it Jim but it's superb playing and a great rendition of the song played unusually and brilliantly on a bass. Very talented and very enjoyable. Not to be taken uber seriously and perhaps a more open attitude would help? All imo. Peter
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[quote name='Musky' post='699025' date='Jan 2 2010, 07:50 PM']Bath tub curve? [/quote] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve[/url] Basically, things tend to either fail early due to inbuilt manufacturing faults or late due to age. The graph of failure rate against time looks like a bath tub.
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Oh Dear Mark Sounds like the bath-tub curve has struck again. I've heard of very few failures but those have been dealt with pretty damn expediently. Peter
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It's worth adding methinks that this is an outboard rack mounted pre-amp not an onboard. Peter -
It's a P bass with two Jazz pups
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making a chinese bass sound like an american one...
GreeneKing replied to ogri's topic in Repairs and Technical
Personally I wouldn't go for the bridge 1st. I've fitted BaddAss bridges to several basses and to be honest the results have always been underwhelming in the extreme. The best sounding 7ender I've ever played has bent tin for a bridge. I'd give Andy at Wizard a rig and chat about what you're looking for. Peter -
I think Spector Jazzes are unnecessary but we all know how popular Jazz derivatives are are despite their stunted development curve. I blame all the duffers who can't see beyond all things J for leading Spector in this direction to develop their market. I suppose what I'm really saying is that conservatism is the cause of such a move.
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[quote name='wateroftyne' post='694710' date='Dec 28 2009, 09:38 AM']Anyone selling a rosewood 3TSB Roscoe Beck?[/quote] Don't sound GAS free to me My Status Empathy 5er headless, RH450 and 2xDB112's are doing it for me. But then there's the Alembic 'thing'.
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When tightening a trussrod I make it's job a lot easier by putting my left foot behind the bottom of the bass body at the back and my left knee about where the neck body join would be. My right knee goes opposite my left foot holding the bass secure and my left hand gently tensions the neck while I adjust the rod to hold it in it's new position. This has in the past allowed adjustment when the rod is very stiff and can loosen it up a whole lot. Care needs to be taken not to force anything where it desn't want to go. Peter
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These'll be what they had at Manchester Bassday I suspect? I'm sure they've superbly well made but I can't see how the price difference between them and the cheap BB's is justified. Wait 6 months and I suspect they'll be heavily discounted.
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Starting a thread and then closing it because you don't like the responses? Must be nice to be a moderator eh Interesting product and I'd like to hear one, can anyone produce some sound samples? I never damp my strings when playing, other than to stop them ringing out of course.
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Hehe, I like this, kinda amusing I love my Memoryman -
[quote name='mrcrow' post='692439' date='Dec 23 2009, 04:51 PM']i think they look a bit strange and dont have any protection for bashing the 'headstock' against peoples heads... ^_^[/quote] Is that you on the bike Mr Crow? Nice. I find the above a bit odd. A lump of brass and carbon fibre less protection than wood and tuners Being shorter overall the likelihood of hitting something (unintentionally) is much reduced anyway. Balance wise it's a bass by bass thing and the lack of inertia from moving around with the bass is only a good thing. My 15mm spaced Status Empathy 5 has rapidly become the most playable bass I've ever owned - full stop. I've owned a huge number of basses too. Doesn't go out of tune (well maybe a tiny amount) with temperature, no dead spots on the neck and it can sound really warm too. Peter
