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[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1349648455' post='1828792'] I miss my T40. why did I sell it? [/quote] Did you not think it as too heavy, and you loved your warwick and squire sound better?

It doesn't fit your gigbag pocket, yet... [url="http://www.roland.co.uk/products/productdetails.aspx?p=940"]http://www.roland.co.uk/products/productdetails.aspx?p=940[/url] drum patterns are usable, I use them to practice timing on some harder riffs I have recorded through it, reasonable DI, and it can be heard on its own. Dunno about gigging with it, though...

Another reason BT acts are often preferred to full bands is just sheer levels of noise. The moment you mention drumkit, you can see their eyes glaze over, and you know you're out. That's way we often use electric drumkit, and it got us enough gigs to makes us put up with the reduced quality of the sound. Ultimately, most venues will not mind too much who's on stage, as long as they pay them the same, and they get the same amount of money behind the bar...

[attachment=118719:badshop.jpg] This happens if you poke around a little, trying to get to the picture of a bass for sale (fender bass VI, as it happens) Dodgy or what?

I would find it very hard to believe that they really hold all that kind of stock, and no one heard of them before... A 1955 gibson gold top les paul for less than 3000 euros? Also, the site keeps on giving 404 file not found errors, and other dubious warnings. there is a phone number listed, maybe worth a call?

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1347983202' post='1807651'] active pups, like EMG's, will have a active buffer as part of the pickup housing. [/quote] I was sort of leaning that way, the pickup volume stays nice and constant no matter what you do with the pickups. The output is also relatively low, so I tended to discard the fixed eq preamp on that basis.

magnetic pickups are inherently passive transducers, perhaps the battery powers a fixed active eq? Or an active buffer? I'm not about to dismantle and check, so i'll live in doubt

After playing for quite some time, including three gigs, I am really quite happy with the bass. The tone is excellent, the sort of modern vaguely funky sound I was looking for. I only have really two little problems with it: [list] [*]the E string sounds less loud and defined than the others, especially in the upper half of the first octave. Not a problem, as it is relatively subtle, but i'd like to get it sorted. Duff strings? [*]What are is the battery for? There is no active eq, is there a preamp in there with fixed settings? I couldn't see one.. [/list]

[quote name='Tee' timestamp='1347029563' post='1796223'] I once played through some big, knackered 80s looking Peavey head, through an Ashdown 4x10 and it was pretty good. [/quote] Peavey heads and cabs tend to develop a rather intriguing "distressed" look after 30 or so years in practice rooms and tour vans To answer the OP: yes, they are

look at TC electronics BG series too. The BG500 can be had for under £400 new, and they are really quite nice combos

[quote name='wishface' timestamp='1347017100' post='1796012'] It could be down to all sorts of reasons, it seems likely that the quality of the pickup may be the case. Perhaps it has worn out over use. I don't remember the sound levels when i first played it, i've had it for ten years. However as i play over the pickup it maybe the accumulated gunk having an effect on it's ability to hear the higher frequencies more clearly. [/quote] The quality of the pickup is unlikely to be a problem. Reduction in response could be blamed on individual polepieces getting unstuck, wire windings slipping or just deteriorating, but it would appear to me that increases in volumes are unlikely to happen because of pickup deterioration. I can absolutely confirm that I had the same identical problem with one of my basses (the CMI Ned Callan, and old and strange beast), and the solution was to go for a slightly bigger gauge and different make. Anything by rotosound sounded poor on it. The bass itself is unlikely to be the problem, the string is. Good luck!

[url="http://www.tonycochranguitars.com/"]http://www.tonycochranguitars.com/[/url] as featured in BGM this month. Really digging the look, unfortunately it would be impossible (as in "prohibitively complex and expensive") to get one done by him! Any other lovers or haters?

Sticking to the technical aspect of the matter, I also believe that the strings are the problem here. I have had the same problem with some of my basses, and invariably the too loud (or too quite) string was entirely due to the type/make/material of the strings i was using. I have found rotosounds to have weaker E than others, and EB slinkies to have the opposite effect. If you're not taking up the offer of a set of strings, I recommend you just replace the single E string to verify that indeed that is the root of the problem.

If all else fails, and you can't get on with the shape of the neck, the position of the pickup, or some other fundamental characteristics of your bass, it's time to swap it for another one. I'm sure there will be plenty of people willing to swap your spector for another bass of similar value. A nice squier CV jazz would be a good one, for instance

[quote name='wishface' timestamp='1346845218' post='1793901'] ... I also think the E string sounds louder than the other strings. It just feels as if the E is on a different bass entirely really. I can't adequately explain it... [/quote] i have the same problem with one of my basses. Different strings make a huge difference there. Lowering the pickup on that side can also help. Rotosounds produced a much quieter sound from the E string than Ernie Ball slinkies

In my world of medium to small gigs on stages of varying size and material (when there is one), rooms of even more varied shape and size, my main concern is always to get a basic acceptable tone from my kit. I often have to adjust radically to compensate for boominess, natural reverb, or a number of other problems.

Did someone mention Dock of the Bay yet?

I used to use a Marshall 15'' folded horn + a peavey 15'' BW small enclosure together with my Peavey Mark IV with the T40. I can't tell you how epic that sounded. Now that I play reggae again, i'm tempted to get that marshall cab back...

two amps will use up twice as much power (that's what Watt is for), loudness is all about perception

[quote name='deefer_dog' timestamp='1344859066' post='1770127'] Yours looks so shiny compared to mine. Finish is completely different, as is the colour. Still nothing back from Tanglewood Ireland, or Tanglewood UK! [/quote] [quote name='razze06' timestamp='1337678474' post='1663694'] Look what the kind people of Tanglewood sent me! [attachment=108469:TanglewoodCatalogue.jpg] The bass was in production between 1991 and 1996. [/quote]

Never been gigged = untested in gigging situation = inadequate quality/reliability/tone/whatever? A little harsh, but I hope you see my point

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1343986908' post='1758163'] there's a couple new ones on your sig I think? How you finding the status? The T40 is a special bass though isn't it? If it were just that bit lighter I would have kept mine [/quote] The T40 sounds like nothing else around, and its controls are also completely different. Still one of my go-to instruments. Weight is never an issue with me, the Ned Callan actually weighs a lot more than the T40 (mahogany nech AND body, i think, built like country house furniture!). No problem with mids there, you can cut through anything. The Status is a much more polite and restrained instrument. I'll probably gig it on saturday at Whistlebinkies to see its true colours

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1343925570' post='1757450'] it was more, what do folk do to change it. Plus your view doesn't count as you play a T40 and theres nothing that bass can't do just as it is [/quote] Hey! I play all my basses in rotation with religious regularity (and alliteration)! Each one has its characteristic sound, and that's what I love about having several. If I need to be more present in the mix, a little bump in whatever passes for low mids on your bass or amp does the trick every time. Certain basses do it more naturally than others, but I am not into the mechanics of it too much, just find the sound that works for you and carry on with the gig

That sounds like a "how long is a piece of string" question to me, LukeFRC. Certain songs require a more aggressive presence, others need big smooth and pillowy sound...