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Fender Areodyne Jazz or Precision or Steinberger XT / Hohner version.
Weight? approx 7lbs.

Rhino.

Tab Martin of The Peddlers,

Louis Satterfield - Booker T & The MG's


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How about:
Gordon Edwards - Atlantic sessions, Steve Gadd Band.,

Joseph "Lucky" Scott - Curtis Mayfield



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[quote name='funkysimon' post='35811' date='Jul 23 2007, 09:43 AM']The recent bad weather has made me want to sort out a decent amp cover for a Trace Elliot 1215 (my old one of a few rubble sacks gaffer taped together was ok, but not 100% rain-proof ). Does anyone have any recommendations for where to get one from?

Thanks![/quote]

Roqsolid amplifier covers via the net are good , strong and made to measure at a fair price.

I have one for my Markbass Traveler 15" and one for my Epifani 10" cabinet - approx £34 each(average).

Cheers

Rhino.

Thanks to TPJ for offering a good home to the Dynacord amp., it is now officially SOLD.

Rhino.

Fingerstyle all the time - varying which finger(s) to use and where to pluck the string.


Plectrum players usually sound like Joe Loss's Band, Arthur Greenslade & The G Men, or any Mecca hous eband.

Notable exceptions? Carol Kaye, Joe Osborne, John Paul Jones and Jim Rodford.



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I was fortunate enough to see him on his recent PJB endorsement tour and it was an education.

He's been one of my major influences since I was 15, and to see and hear him live, telling stories about his life, answering questions and then demonstrating how he played various parts on Steely Dan albums was an experience.

When asked about what he thought of Steely Dan's music he replied " It will still be fresh a thousand years from now"

He also said that he would have liked to have been a drummer, naming Bernard Purdie as his inspiration.

He spoke highly of James Jamerson as a friend and influence and when asked what were his favourite "live" gigs over the years, replied "Two and a half years with Aretha Franklin's band, three years with King Curtis' band, and two years with Harry Belafonte's band"

If he comes over to the Uk again, try not to miss him!


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At long last I have managed to lay my hands upon one of these highly sought after bass amps.
It is as good as "they" say - loud, approx 220 watts at 4 ohms, tonally very flexible, and lightweight.

I have tried it with a varity of basses, my 4 string aerodyne jazz, my son's 4 string Musicman Stingray and his Fender 1978 Musicmaster bass, a Wal fretless 5 string and a £3000 Czech upright bass. Each has it's own sound without colouration from the amp.
Channel 1 I believe to be for upright basses as it has the "in/out phase" switch which cancels out feedback and has a slightly deeper frequency on the bass control
Channel 2's Eq is slightly different, more lower mid and upper mid, and has a "1 mix 2" switch which gives the oppportunity of using both EQ settings for either channel.
I use the EQ at flat, add the bass & treble boost and run with the master volume at full and the channel volume wherever.
I am using a Markbass Traveler 1 x 15" cab and an Epifani 1 x 10" and horn cabinet. I could not wish for a better sound, it's clean , punchy, loud enough and cuts through guitars, drums, and Hammond organs without any problem.

I'm fortunate in that I work from home, which means I can (and do) spend countless hours practising and playing along with whatever is available and as the neighbours are all out , there's no complaints about volume!

Rhino.

[quote name='Sibob' post='32415' date='Jul 16 2007, 10:55 AM']By this i can tell that your rig is mostly made up of 8" and 10" drivers

Si[/quote]

Nearly -Aerodyne Jazz though Walter Woods Mi 100-8 with MarkbassTraveler 1 x 15" and Epifani 1 x 10"


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Electromusic - Doncaster - Dave Ryan - 9/10

Bass Gallery - London - Alex - 9/10

Overwater basses - Carlisle - Laurence - 9/10

Rock Steady Music - Harrogate - Phil - 9/10

All four have been extremely helpful, knowledgeable and friendly. (Consequently I have spent a lot of money with all four!)


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Leo Lyons - Ten Years After - Fender Jazz - Wallace amp & 2 x 18" Wallace cabs;

Chris Stainton - Joe Cocker - fretless Precision - Sound City amp & 4 x 12 Sound City cab

Jim Rodford - Mike Cotton Sound - Fender Precision - Vox Foundation amp & 2 x18" Foundation cabs.

Carl Radle - Derek & The Dominos - Fender Precision - Acoustic 360 amp and 1 x 18" cab

Chris Squire - Ric - Sunn amp & Sunn 2 - 2 x 15" cabs

Mo Foster - Geno Washington - Fender Bassman 50 & Fender 2 x 15" cab

Eric Haydock - Hollies - Fender Showman & 2 - 2 x 15" Fender cabs

Gary Thain - Keef Hartley Band - Fender Jazz - Hiwatt 100 & 4 x 12" cab

Unknown - Ronnie Jones & Q Set - Epiphone Rivoli - Vox Foundation amp & 2- 1 x18" cabs

Rocco Prestia - Tower of Power - Sunn amp & 2- 2 x15" Sunn cabs

Andy Fraser - Free - Gibson EB0 - Marshall 200 & 2 - 4 x 12" cabs

Alan Cartwight - Procol Harum - Fender Precision - Sound City amp & Sound City 4 x 12" cab

Nick Lowe - Brinsley Schwarz - Fender Precision - Fender Bassman & unknown 2 x12" cab

Unknown - Swinging Blue Jeans - Fender Jazz - Kustom 200 & 2 x 15" Kustom cab


There's no doubt a lot more.


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[quote name='Timface' post='28803' date='Jul 8 2007, 09:43 PM']Ive Just been practising with my band on my ABM500 and It seemed to be loosing or diping in and out of power. So what can people advise for a really solid LOUD amp, really I need more the 500w
Ive been looking at the Ameg Cl and EV0 900? my band plays indie/alternate

thoughts?[/quote]

Have you thought of trying Matamp?

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Thanks![/quote]

Reet grand and no mistake!

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I regularly try to minimise the amount of gear to carry, but common sense prevails and I put them back in the bag.

Details as follows:

Bass, amp., 2 cabinets, stand, 2 speaker cables - guitar lead, 4 way mains unit, spare set of strings, spare lead, extra long mains extension cable, roadie wrench, gaffa tape, spare strap, spare mains lead, gloves (particularly in winter) and anything else that may
be lying around.
I like the idea of a Di box - I'll get one.

Rhino.

Favourite band ever?

King Curtis & Kingpins - bassist Jerry Jemmot; Tower of Power - bassist Rocco Prestia; Little Feat - bassist Kenny Gradney;
Steely Dan - bassist Chuck Rainey.

Which one? Any - depending on mood, time of day, etc., etc.,


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[quote name='ped' post='4561' date='May 22 2007, 05:49 PM']Well I was not sure how the donation banner would go down, but I just want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has donated so far. It really is extremely kind, and every penny will be useful in helping build the site.

So, on behalf of everyone at BC towers,

[b]THANK YOU!!!![/b]

ped and everyone else![/quote]

Hi,
Are you still "open" for donations? If so, what's the procedure?

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[quote name='Charla' post='11500' date='Jun 3 2007, 06:56 PM']Thanks for the advice, thankfully I live close do a guy who is wise in `all things valve' and will ask him to look at the amp and make any modifications. I'm not even sure if I'll use it, the bone player in the band had it `lying about' in his garage and just wanted to give it a home.

Cheers

Charla[/quote]


Hi,
If it's of any interest, the guy who designed Simms Watts, Pete Tulett, designed and produced Peterson combos.

Rhino.

[quote name='Telebass' post='24167' date='Jun 27 2007, 10:04 PM']Hi Rhino,
Nice gear list, and the first time ever I've heard of anyone but me using an AC50 head for bass. Bloody good it was, too! And the Bassman 50/2x15 is one of the best rigs I've ever heard if you like it big and deep. Although these days, it would barely make a good bedroom rig![/quote]

Hi Telebass,

Yeah, the AC50 through my Wallace 2 x 18" cab was impressive, in fact whilst I was working in Italy during 1969, a local bass player offered to exchange his black front Bassman amp and two cabinets for the Vox /Wallace rig.
I was talked out of the deal by our guitarist, (tsk, tsk,) who said that the voltage difference would mean that it was unusable in the UK.

A better version of the Vox/Wallace combination was using a friend's black face Showman amp (85 watts) but he wouldn't swap the Vox for the Fender. He still has the Fender. (tight Yorkshireman).

Cheers,

Rhino

[quote name='Mr Bassman' post='25295' date='Jun 30 2007, 02:06 PM']Hey Rhino,
I remember seeing this amp of yours, and yes the cas is a bit tatty, but I wouldn't call it very rough.
I'm sure it could be tidied up without too much trouble.

I know it is on the heavy side and wondered if it would fit in an SKB type rack. That would save on weight and the need to resfurbish the case.

I also remember the Dynacord rig you had back in the seventies. Quality![/quote]


Hi, a good idea - lighter than wood and probably less costly - I'll look into it.

Cheers,

Rhino

[quote name='Oxblood' post='24819' date='Jun 29 2007, 12:02 PM']In case anyone out there is wondering what a BA300 is like, here's a link to download a PDF with pictures and technical data (it's in German, BTW). Nice amp!

[url="http://www.el-me-se.de/pdf_files/BA300.pdf"]Dynacord BA300 datasheet[/url]

Good luck with the sale, rhino. [/quote]


Guten tag, mein freint, (that's enough!) thanks for the info & pic., they look German, don't they.

Rhino.

I have a Dynacord BA300 200 watt valve bass amp which I have no further use for - it needs renovating as the amp box is very rough.
It works OK - a few crackles here and there but nothing serious as far as I know. I used Dynacord during the early '70's and discounting the weight of the stuff it was an excellent rig.
It's too costly to move via courier etc., so pickup would be favourable but I would consider delivering within the North of England in return for a contribution towards fuel costs.

How much for this wonderful thing ?- make me an offer around £200.00 .


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[quote name='Hamster' post='23300' date='Jun 25 2007, 11:33 PM']Hi Rhino

Why are you called Rhino?

Hamster[/quote]


Because, according to a previous band member, I am thick skinned, dangerous and unstoppable.

Weird gigs - I worked with a country band in the early 80's and did a gig in Horncastle (I think).

The audience were rowdy and the only thing that shut them up was when the drummer told them that Sooty would appear if they were quiet. (He had his arm behind the drapes at the rear of the stage and was moving the drapes with a drum stick.)

This did work for a short while until the concert secretary informed us, and the crowd, that he had not booked Sooty.

When asked about the gig, all we could say was that the audience were "with us all the way" but we shook them off at Doncaster!

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I use a very comfortable strap with Schaller strap locks.
Overwater in Carlisle supplide the strap and they also supplied me with an all leather gig bag.

Rhino.

Hi,
I've been playing for 44 years, main influences are James Jamerson, Duck Dunn, Jerry Jemmot, Chuck Rainey, Willie Weeks, and Francis "Rocco" Prestia.

Current rig is a Fender Aerodyne Jazz bass and a Steinberger XT bass through a Walter Woods Mi 100-8 and Markbass Traveler 1 x 15" cabinet with the possible addition of an Epifani UL 1 x 10" cabinet Now replaced by a Mark Bass 1 x 12" Traveler cabinet

Previous basses have been a 1961 Fender Jazz, Gibson EB2, Fender Telecaster, 1962 Fender Precision, Kramer 350, Trace Elliot T Bass, Bass Centre Jazz bass, Wal Pro 1E, Wal MKII 5 string, Musicman Stingray, Steinberger L2, Squire PJ bass,

Amps - Selmer 50w & Goliath 1 x 18" cab., Marshall 50w & Marshall 1 x 18" cab., Vox AC50w & Wallace 2 x 18" cab.,
Wallace 100w & 1x 15" cab., Fender Bassman 50w & Bassman 2 x 15" cab., Orange 120w & 1 x 15" cab., Dynacord 200w & Dynacord 2 x 15" cab., H&H 100w & JBL 4560 bin., Acoustic 136 combo, Acoustic 220 amp & KJ 1 x 15" bin, Ampeg Portabass 250w & 2 x 10" and 2 x 12" cabs., Peterson 150w & Peterson 1x 10" + 1 x 15" cab., EA 1 x 12 combo & EA 1 x 12" cab.,
Markbass 2 x 10" combo., GK MB150 and GK 1 x 12" cab., GK 800RB & EV 1 x 10" + 1 x 15" cab., Trace Elliot 300w combo., Trace Elliot 350w & TE 2 x 15" cab, PJ Sixpak combo., Ampeg 150w & Ampeg 6 x 5" cab., SWR Basic Black 1 x 15" combo & SWR 1 x 15" cab., SWR 1 x 10" combo & SWR 1 x 10" cab.,

I think that's it. (Maybe).

Rhino. (don't ask)

Update : I now have two PJB 4B cabinets linked to the Walter Woods amp - impressive.
I'm looking for a Wal Pro 1E (preferably) as I sold the one I used to have some 12 years ago to a bass player from the Wakefield area, Mick Close, I think he was called. It was in red and the serial number was PB1151 - anybody seen or heard of it ?

Update: January 2008 - bought PJB Suitcase combo so now have two workable rigs.
I've also found a Wal Pro 1 passive bass - I think I now have everything I ever wanted (except Nigella Lawson).


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