Spartacus

[quote name='TheButler' post='552861' date='Jul 27 2009, 04:45 PM']Edit: Witty/facetious/etc. remarks that i can work into my replying e-mail will be much appreciated [/quote]

'I appreciate your honesty, openess and candour. You have helped me out of a tricky situation as i found i was starting to develop an emotional attachment to one of the band. I wont say who to spare his blushes but i think he was starting to return my affections. I kept catching his eye while we were playing and im sure the little winks and knowing smiles werent just him saying 'nice playing Butler'. My 'gaydar' was pinging full on. With time it could have grown into something stronger im sure but im not ready for that yet until ive got the latest outbreak under control. Im not sure its contagious but when i gave you the money for the last rehearsal and bought that round theres a small chance i could have passed it on'

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[quote name='TheButler' post='552843' date='Jul 27 2009, 04:38 PM']I'll copy/paste the e-mail here, don't care if they see it haha:

Hi Jamie,

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but after much deliberation, we've decided to continue on without you in the band. We appreciate your efforts over the last few weeks, but we're can't really see it working out, and this is perhaps as much to do with the fact we have been together for a few years now and would struggle with anyone new, as it is to do with you.

I'm sure you'll have no problems finding a new vehicle for your bassing - there are plenty of folks looking for guys like you - so all the best.

Thanks again,

Jon
TBSC.[/quote]

So who will be replacing you? Someone [b]else[/b] new? Makes no sense.

Its already sold.

[quote name='bassman2790' post='549709' date='Jul 24 2009, 07:55 AM']Does anyone here gig with Peavey gear

I'm particularly interested in
[list=1]
Old Peavey Heads Mk IV - MkVI
Peavey Nitrobass / Firebass Heads
Peavey 410TX / 410TVX cabs
[/list]

I'd appreciate your thoughts

Thanks, Mark[/quote]

The TX and TVX cabs sound good with lots of low end even from a 210 but the 410s are very heavy. Dont know about the heads but used to have a 210TX combo which was sounded much louder than its 200 w and went very deep too.

[quote name='bartelby' post='549696' date='Jul 24 2009, 07:00 AM']I'm a big fan of Red Sparowes. For me the second album, Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun, is much better than the first.

"The Great Leap Forward Poured Down Upon Us One Day Like a Mighty Storm, Suddenly and Furiously Blinding Our Senses."
and
"We Stood Transfixed in Blank Devotion as Our Leader Spoke to Us, Looking Down On Our Mute Faces With a Great, Raging, and Unseeing Eye"
are particularly good.


They're pretty awesome live too.[/quote]

id search those out if iTunes didnt throw a fit over the title!

[quote name='TheButler' post='549616' date='Jul 24 2009, 12:45 AM']Are SMV planning to hit the UK?[/quote]

Is that wise when you think about the 'Scots border patrols'?



and the Welsh border patrols arent to be messed with either.

[quote name='silddx' post='549279' date='Jul 23 2009, 06:50 PM']Thanks Spart.

That's exactly what I'm doing. Although I just noticed my main patch was set to combo front, wouldn't have thought it would make that much difference though.

Strange huh?[/quote]

Would probbaly make a big difference as the 'combofront' setting has a lot of preshaping, bottom and top boost. Best to use the 'PwrAmp' settings and go straight into the 'Power Amp In' or 'FX Return' on the amp as itll take the behringers awful preamp out of the signal chain.

[quote name='coasterbass' post='549185' date='Jul 23 2009, 05:18 PM']Does the X3 have a small twiddle knob on the back for output level like the XT ? You could try this.
Also you could run directly into the amp's FX return, bypassing the preamp stage, which might get a more balanced response.[/quote]

Thats the one. Set the X3 to 'StackPwrAmp' if you do that.

Have you turned off speaker emulation?

Or RTFM

1. Connect 1/4-inch output(s) to your amp or speaker system.
2. Set the first OUTPUTS page (1/4-inch Outputs):
• Mode: Combo Front, Combo Pwramp, Stack Front, or Stack PwrAmp.
• Lows, Focus, Highs: as desired
• Tone 1: On
• Tone 1 Pan: Center
• Tone 2: On
• Tone 2 Pan: Center
3. Check your Master Volume.
• Select the loudest preset/settings you intend to use.
• Play your instrument and turn Master Volume as high as you can without clipping
the amp/speakers you’re feeding.

[quote name='coully' post='549148' date='Jul 23 2009, 04:51 PM']Bass stacks and crossovers

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At risk of sounding naive, I have a question about using speakers of different sizes in a stack (say 1x15 and 4x8 as an example).

If in a PA you would use an active crossover to direct the sound to the most appropriate speaker (bass/mid/high to the appropriate box) why would you not do this in a bass rig??

Speakers with tweeters or HF compression drivers normally have a crossover network internally but with separate speakers the rule seems to be to drive them with exactly the same frequency range regardless.

Has anyone experimented with doing this and if so, what were the benefits or drawbacks? How did you set the rig up?

Are there pre-amps or amps which support this kind of approach?

Thanks in advance[/quote]

Yes ideally you should split any amp signal to different cabinets with different characteristics (like a 115 and 410) through a crossover to avoid diffrent speakers competing within the same frequency range.

Thats what you do with PA but a lot of bass amp manufacturers just want to market the simplest good looking rig that will sell by the truckload, then the end user wonders why it doesnt sound so great even though theyve got a 115 + 410 600 watt rig behind them

There are plenty of power amps, preamps and crossovers that will allow a bassist to achieve that.

Guess I wasnt going to get an answer to my question about pricing for the SG?

Whats the amp?

[quote name='Count Bassy' post='548076' date='Jul 22 2009, 08:01 PM']The only obvious thing I can see from a control point of view is that the East BTB 01 doesn't let you cut the bass, only boost it which, superficially would seem to be a disadvantage (obviously it's not as people rave about them)[/quote]

When do you ever realy cut the bass on your bass?

[quote name='stevie' post='548038' date='Jul 22 2009, 07:35 PM']Good point. With eight speakers in there, every euro they save gets multiplied by eight, which gets multiplied by 4 (or so) to arrive at the retail price. In other words, every extra tenner Warwick spends on the speakers for this cabinet puts £320 onto the rrp of the speaker. There is therefore a great incentive to go for the cheapest.

I'm sure Warwick would supply a replacement but Ray clearly wants to put some decent drivers in there. I have to say that putting good drivers in your speaker cabinet makes more difference than just about any equipment upgrade you can make, although in this case the expense is multiplied by eight.[/quote]

in theory that wont be too hard. He can work out the internal volume of the cab, measure the port sizes then work backwards using something like WINISD to check possible replacements and responses.

A set of 8 decent neo speakers wont be cheap though, something like £500 or £600? very shoddy of warwick to use the cheapest available chinese made speakers that can barely do the job then not even be able to supply a single spare to an endorsee. Retail on those is over £1200 for a box with some barrely suffcient speakers. Inconceivable!

Look at post #12. ^^^ up there.

Warwicks own site lists some of the specs for the Celestion speakers used in the WCA811ND. From that its probably safe to assume its the Celestion BN10-200S from their current catalougue, so maybe worth getting one direct from a supplier or (god forbid) getting Warwick to do some work to source a replacement. Its specs look pretty dire though (2 mm Xmax???) but wouldnt surprise me if that was the speaker theyve used as the cheapest option.

Id go with alexclabers suggestion. Cant warwick replace the speaker for you?

FRom Warwicks site the specs for the Celestions in the 811ND are 200W, 8 ohms, 98dB, resonant frequency 89Hz, frequency range 80Hz-5kHz, which looks like the 'Orange' BN10-200S from the link you posted. Thats pretty poor for a bass speaker.

East BTB-01. You wont get a better stacked drop in solution than that.

But if its the pickup is quite low output look at a stacked Bartolini NTBT as you can alter the output gain by a supplied trim pot.

[quote name='Moos3h' post='546457' date='Jul 21 2009, 02:06 PM']Yup, I have listed on ebay: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=330344942961"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=330344942961[/url]

Hoping it goes to a good home, but I just don't have the space to keep it - if I did, it'd stay cased up all the time and that's a crime!

Cheers,
James[/quote]

James I forgot to PM you and say thanks for the great communications but i picked up the other bass we were discussing so wouldnt be going for yours. Best of luck with the sale mate

[quote name='mrcrow' post='546127' date='Jul 21 2009, 10:41 AM']game on
yes the one on ebay is the one Moos3h had on here
cant be kirk douglas in drag went for it... spartacus that is.....
since its on ebay now[/quote]

When are you going for your sergeants exam?

[quote name='jasperok' post='546060' date='Jul 21 2009, 09:57 AM']yeah looks like the type A is the way to go then.

Is brass just for asthetics or does it have any tonal impact?[/quote]

its heavier so i guess it should give a more solid tone than aluminum but its debatable how much effect it will have with thru-stringing.

[quote name='DanOwens' post='546076' date='Jul 21 2009, 10:09 AM']Samey how? For session stuff I'd love a pedal that makes my amazing basses sound less personal. Is that what you mean?

Dan[/quote]

Yeh i find it takes away of lot of the individuality of each bass.

I dont think you can adjust string spacing on the transtone bridge but you can on the Type A. Not sure what the transtone is made from but the Type A comes in brass or aluminium.

[quote name='DanOwens' post='545178' date='Jul 20 2009, 11:05 AM']Punch Factory and an Expander? I bet that sounds immense!!

Dan[/quote]

The Xpander doesnt get a lot of use as it can make everything sound very samey. Punch factory and DHA is a great mixture but i want to try the DHA compressor next. The punch factory is so simple to use and almost impossible to get a bad sound out of. I prefer 'subtle' and dont do 'boutique' but if the xpander goes id put a Digitech X-BSW in there

[quote name='iamapirate' post='545919' date='Jul 21 2009, 12:37 AM']i've got an american Standard Fender 2008 Jaaaazz bass with the brightest XLs there are (prosteels?) and a decent amp (not that it really matters much for my problem) - ashdown MAG*ducks*-300 with 4x10s as i've said many times. And I'm getting a nice tone out of it, but what with everyone saying that all the standard stuff is good, but can be 'upgraded' I was wondering what/if to change hardware-wise on my bass. I like a deep, but bright tone - nothing too muddy. Err, thats about it - just wondering what/how I can upgrade a pretty nice bass anyway. i've got a nice tone from it, but I'm not in love with it. just wondering if it's 'that bridge' or the stock pups[/quote]

IMO theres nothing wrong with the USA bridge and thru-stringing. its far batter than the standard piece of bent tin on the mex and squier models. Unless you want really long sustatining notes for reggae or dub or something i wouldnt bother with upgrades. I think there are better pickups out there and you could look at Nordstrands or Wizards for a deeper tone. Or you could look at an eq system like Audere or East JRetro for more flexibility. Not sure about EMGs as your bass could sound like any other bass with EMGs then.

if I were you (and Im not) id hold off on any bass upgrades and see how much better your bass could sound through a better amp.

[quote name='mrcrow' post='545685' date='Jul 20 2009, 08:06 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ARIA-GT-SERIES-ACTIVE-BASS-GUITAR-WITH-FLAME-MAPLE-TOP_W0QQitemZ330344942961QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4cea17cd71&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1688|293%3A1|294%3A50"]link to ebay[/url]

whats the verdict on this one...i cant get a lot of info so far from dealer sites[/quote]

Ask the seller on this forum in [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=54442"]this thread?[/url]