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Post your pedal board - Basschat style!!
pantherairsoft replied to dudewheresmybass's topic in Effects
Yup! You can't trust venues to have working gear, or knowing how to use it correctly. You CAN trust yourself to provide good fully working equipment. Makes sense to me! -
That's the one. £900 I think it was dropped to. Silly money for a bass like that. If it had 19mm string spacing I'd get my credit card out now! EDIT: That one - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=85921&view=findpost&p=900797"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=900797[/url]
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Lovely mate. Great bass. I had my eye on the 6 string he had up as a stock bass... That's a lot of bass for what Alan's asking. I have had a little ACG GAS recently... I should really learn to live with what I have!
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Yeah, they are wonderful. True beauties, with a tone like no other. I miss my 5, but when the 6 is here it will be all worth it!
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[quote name='Phil-osopher10' post='969919' date='Sep 27 2010, 07:35 PM']Well if i were to say i'd like to obtain the tone of ex incubus player dirk lance would that be good enough? and i'm only 22 so weight doesn't matter just yet![/quote] He used Eden heads & Warwick cabs… And had a defined Warwick thump (He used a Streamer Stage I 5 string if I recall) from his bass. The CD tone though is a good mix and lots of EQ. Live I'd say you can get that tone with many an amp & Bass if you spend the time to investigate the tone.
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[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='969879' date='Sep 27 2010, 07:10 PM']I dunno if anyone has said this but you are quite lucky to be having a load of basses being custom made for you at the same time! Looks great, are you sure that neck is going to be wide enough for the pocket though? Looks a bit weird from the photo is all...[/quote] By a load you mean 2… But yes, I am pretty lucky. This one is a 'replacement' for a Spitfire 5 that wasn't behaving though so I've actually been without a bass of mine for some time now. I sure as hell hope the neck pocket is big enough! I'm sure Bernie wouldn't make such a silly error…. ^_^
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See! Loads of options, at all power ratings, at all prices. Take your pick!
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*SOLD* - TC Electronics BG500 210
pantherairsoft replied to pantherairsoft's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
[quote name='Faithless' post='969774' date='Sep 27 2010, 05:55 PM']Well, I think my Drome Classic weighs about 16kg's.. But, doh, I thought it's a '[i]light[/i]' TC, and it seems, that it's not (32kg's according to tech specs?), dang.. :| well, best of luck with the sale, bro! easy Faith[/quote] No worries bud. No the BG500 ain't light, but my god it has some punch, and it is 500w!!! Most uber powerful combo's have some weight behind them. I tried the RS classic combo's as well as a RH450 through an RS 210 and was unimpressed to be fair. I guess the tone was just not for me. The BG500 is, to my ear at least, a much fuller, fatter sounding beast… with LOADS more volume available to it. But no, its not light. That said 32kg is around the same as an average cab and head (excluding specifically light weight stuff, eg. Genz Benz, MarkBass etc) and its only 1 piece of gear, so essentially still easier to carry than a separate head and cab! -
[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='969765' date='Sep 27 2010, 05:48 PM']They were happy to replace it? Might be worth it then, if i get a dud but they relpace it for a good one [/quote] I wasn't part of the communication but I'm told he messaged the seller through eBay and said he was disappointed that they sent a great instrument and another which should of been the same, but wasn't/ Give that he could see the quality they should of been he was not prepared to keep the one they sent. As for how long it took I can't say but 3 weeks down the line he has a working replacement (so less than 3 weeks!). I won't say they 'were happy to replace it' but they did replace it nether the less!
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I'll be the first to say welcome! 24 is hardly too late. As long as you enjoy it then it's never too late! Hopefully you'll find the forum as useful and inspiring as I do Shep
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There are many mixed reviews about them, with opposite sides of the story. As a rule of thumb the materials used are great, but the reason they are cheap is there is no quality control and a lesser level of works-manship. Basically you can come out with a great one, or a dud one! A friend of mine bout 2 of the 7 strings about 3 week ago and they were world apart. The seller on ebay was happy to take one back for a full refund or exchange. The dodgy one that went back was replaced with another and this was better than the one he kept in the first place! They are actually pretty nice, but need the horrid varnish taking off. The bad one he received had a control cavity cover that cut so that there was a huge gap around one side of it, unevenly spaced bridge saddles (!) and a large split in the wood between the pups. The other was flawless and looked like a 1k bass!
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You just need to look harder… [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=103862"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=103862[/url] or [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85022"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85022[/url] They will do the job perfect. There are also a hell of a lot of 300w combo's up at the mo (Trace & Ashdown) and in most cases I honestly beleive thats enough power to fill move venues unless you are playing big 2000 capacity clubs.
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Build Diary - RIM Marseer 6 Custom
pantherairsoft replied to pantherairsoft's topic in Build Diaries
[quote name='funkypenguin' post='969668' date='Sep 27 2010, 04:53 PM']im not biased and i concur entirely!![/quote] [quote name='deksawyer' post='969672' date='Sep 27 2010, 04:54 PM']I'm thinking the same thing!![/quote] [quote name='eude' post='969674' date='Sep 27 2010, 04:57 PM']+1,000,000 [/quote] At least I'm not alone then! I've just read my way through the thread from the start and I can't believe this has all come on since May 16th! I love this instrument and I don't even have it yet! I've been through build processes before with different luthiers but this one is very special. Very special indeed. Shep -
[quote name='cheddatom' post='969660' date='Sep 27 2010, 04:44 PM']Lol EDIT: I quite fancy a go on one but no idea where you'd find one. I saw a guy playing a 6 string bongo supporting Karnivool but to be honest I totally forgot about that band after Karnivool blew them away (and their bassist uses a 6 string thumb AFAIK).[/quote] That was Illuminatus And yes Karnivool are bloody awesome. Karnivool Bassist uses A Warwick Thumb NT 6 through Ampeg's with a rather elaborate effects set up… but the sound is a true monster.
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Build Diary - RIM Marseer 6 Custom
pantherairsoft replied to pantherairsoft's topic in Build Diaries
Headstock doing an impression of the Robo-Centipede of Doom! :-) Now I may be slightly biased, but that looks frigging awesome. -
A friend of mine owns a 6 in an odd midnight blue colour. Sounds great, very versatile, I actually think they are the nicest and most rounded sounding of the Musicman range… but… Being a 6 player I know what I like and I find them horrid to play sitting (not a problem if you stand to rehearse and perform) and I also dislike the neck profile ALOT. I'm not sure what it is about it, I just find it a little primitive for a serious instrument… kinda like a baseball bat. Of course this is all subjective… my mate loves it so much he sold every other bass he owns! The bassist from Illuminatus also played one when I saw them live last and that sound was so huge I was almost sick :-) [url="http://www.illuminatus.uk.com/"]http://www.illuminatus.uk.com/[/url]
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Bass Direct will ship to Ireland and his prices are very reasonable. Mark stocks a huge amount of high end equipment and is very helpful when it comes to finding the right thing for your requirements. Check them out… [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk[/url]
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Depends on the am and how it drives it power as far as I'm aware (correct me if I'm wrong). What amp are you looking at?
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*SOLD* - TC Electronics BG500 210
pantherairsoft replied to pantherairsoft's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Given a slight change of circumstance, and that there are a number of the items I'm interested in available to buy both here and on eBay I am going to also offer this for sale. [b]Asking £475[/b] collected from Nottingham. As this is not a light combo it will be both expensive and hard to accurately protect during shipping, as such I'd prefer not to, but will do so at buyers expense and risk. That's just short of £100 off new for a combo that has not left the room it was delivered to after arrival 3 months ago! Still very open to the trade options listed in the OP.