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  1. Muzz
    Time for a small post-Xmas "oh my gawd how much did we spend?" mini-clearout, and this bass is part of it. It's a Nightingale, a rare beast these days, here's some info from Russ on here (and thanks to him for this) about Nightingales: "[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Nightingale basses were made by Neil McDonald, who used to be Bernie Goodfellow's business partner in the original Goodfellow Guitars venture. Neil struck out on his own and started Nightingale after Bernie sold the Goodfellow name to Lowden in Northern Ireland (a few years before he started GB). The Nightingales shared a lot of features with the Goodfellow/GB basses, including the custom Kent Armstrong pickups and Dick Straker's active circuit, as well as some similar styling cues, including an almost identical headstock for a while (I loved Nightingale's yin/yang owl logo). The Nightingales were awesome instruments. I owned a lovely bolt-on 4-string for a while and it's one of the basses I really regret selling. [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Back in the mid-90s, Neil McDonald moved his workshop from Croydon to Denmark St. He started to build a profile as a guitar tech, and after he made the perspex bass for Charlie Jones he got some extra visibility as a luthier, but by 2002 or so, he'd closed up shop. No idea what he's doing now, alas. I know Bernie G still services Nightingale basses, since they used more or less identical pickups and circuits to the early GBs (not to mention that the newer GB "bass processor" active circuit just drops straight in)."[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The bass itself is very reminiscent in shape of the early Rumours, and does indeed have a custom Armstrong pickup - I contacted Aaron and his father about it, and they confirmed it's a high output single coil: "[/font][/color]My father would of made this the code stands for the following: J10 = 67.5mm long 12mm tall inside coil measurement; 5X = 3 ceramic magnets 8mm deep; 7kt = 7,000 turns of wire; 63 = 0.063mm guage wire (42 AWG). I couldn't give you an exact date but definitely before my time ( I started working with my dad in 98).[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]. "[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The EQ is active bass and treble, and it's got a surprising sweep of tones for a single pickup bass.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The neck and headstock's got some nice birdseye going on, and a very[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] nice black ebony board, and the quality of the bass itself is a cut above the usual factory-made suspects.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]It's got some of yer actual mojo going on (see pics), one of the tuners has been refitted t'other way round, but it all works, it plays nicely and is definitely something different.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]No case, but I could sort out a decent gigbag for it, and I've posted enough basses to be able to get it to you in one (insured) piece if neccessary.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]£300 collected (the kettle's always on) or we can sort out delivery depending.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Open to trade offers...whatcha got? [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]EDIT: I have, in Baldrick's phrase, a cunning plan afoot, so I'm looking at a trade for a Class D head of some sort...[/font][/color] [attachment=209244:IMG_2958.JPG] [attachment=209243:IMG_2956.JPG] [attachment=209242:IMG_2955.JPG] [attachment=209241:IMG_2954.JPG] [attachment=209240:IMG_2953.JPG] [attachment=209245:IMG_2959.JPG] [attachment=209246:IMG_2961.JPG] [attachment=209247:IMG_2962.JPG] [attachment=209248:IMG_2963.JPG] [attachment=209249:IMG_2964.JPG]
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    Viewed this post expecting to hate it....and I hate it... At least I'm consistent...
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    Sounds like you may well have all dodged a bullet there: imagine Stig Of The Dump turning up to every gig...
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    Two channels and 2.67 ohms? That ticks a lot of boxes for me - I've got a new project underway in parallel with the function band stuff, and this'd make a lot of sense: although I rarely touch the EQ on my amp (other than during a soundcheck to adjust to a particularly problematic room/stage), it'd be nice to have to some quick stompable EQ flexibility, and I'd also like to have the option of running 3x112s for the, erm, louder project, and 2x112s for the function stuff, without sacrificing the tone I like.
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    My Shuker I had made for me so it was new, it's done possibly 120 gigs so far, there's no wear. I look after my basses, but only to a point - it travels in a gig bag and hangs on its stand all evening when its not being played. I chuck them around a bit onstage, too, but I don't have a belt buckle in the back of them, or wear jewellery on my right hand... Makes me smile/wince when I see some 'relicing'...I had a Yamaha for 20+ years, which in total picked up half a dozen small headstock/bottom end dings, and that was it...no-one can legislate for accidents, but some 'relics' you see are hilarious.. I'm gonna ding my Shuker now, aren't I?
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    I did about 50 gigs last year, I always take 2 basses (I have 8 in total, 4 of which aren't used outside the house), but the one that always gets taken, and used 90% of the time, is my main Shuker. The 'sub' spot rotates between the other three main basses (Dingwall, Thunderland or my other Shuker), but when it comes to getting onstage and reaching for a bass, my hand falls on the Shuker nearly all the time.
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    I'm lucky enough to play with a few deps, three of whom are all very very good in their different ways. Interesting how they bring out different aspects of my playing, too. We've discussed this on long van trips, and they've all said they play slightly differently with different band members, especially bassists. It appears to be a two-way street: that chemistry thing... The downside of deps is sometimes there's a right duffer turns up - not often nowadays, and they're not as awful as some of the guys I've played with back in the day, but I think they seem worse by comparison...
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    Played The Nines in Barrow, great venue, fantastic in-house PA and engineer - we sounded very very good. 2x45s, finished for 11:30, on the road for 12:10, and the money was excellent. All in all a very good one...
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    [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1451475247' post='2940731'] I agree with the above, but unfortunately there are songs I just will [i]not [/i]play and so I don't 'do' covers bands. They include, but are not limited to: Sex On Fire, All Right Now, Mustang Sally, Mr Brightside, Brown Eyed Girl, Sweet Home Alabama, All The Small Things, Get Lucky, Honky Tonk Woman, Brown Sugar, Play That Funky Music, Creep, Smoke On The Water, Hotel California, Superstition, Proud Mary, Wonderful Tonight, Born To Be Wild, Wonderwall, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Moves Like Jagger... and yes, bleeding Summer of Fecking 69. There you have it. There are lots more but I can't think of them right now... [/quote] Thirteen of those are on our 'big' setlist, and half a dozen of them get played every gig. The upside is we play them well and punters love them, so there's always a good reaction, which is why I play. We'll try any song which we think might go down well, the only criteria for retaining them is if we can play them well, and they get the crowd up and moving. If they don't they get dropped, and we're all immediately and unanimously aware of that anyway. We bring a pro/dep approach to the function/covers band: I've never heard anyone moan about playing any song (other than to discuss the floor-killer situation above), and we don't bring any personal negativity to song choice. I personally can't stand Mustang Sally, but we regularly get asked for it by the people who are paying us, so we play it. No-one else in the band knows I can't stand it, and that's the way it should be.
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    And PM'd again…
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    PM'd...
  12. Muzz
    Oh my...I like that - it makes my Dingwall 4 look like a short scale [quote name='neilmurraybass' timestamp='1450736147' post='2935427'] You can put regular E A D G strings on, if you can find ones that are long enough, especially the bottom E. (Some day I'll figure out how to embed photos in my posts!) [/quote] I'd think (though I'm not positive) that Dingwall strings might fit? Or Payson? A ping to Sheldon would answer that one. Alternatively, the chaps at Newtone Strings could probably knock some up?
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    I've never encountered anything with any neck instability that I've considered a product of the basic design: I think it would be down to build quality, mostly. My Dingwall 4's got a neck like a giraffe, in that it's a mile long and not overly bulky (and it's a bolt-on, too), but it's probably the most stable one I've ever encountered. Thunderbirds look like they should have necks like anglepoise lamps stability-wise, but I've rarely heard of stability issues. Snapping off at the headstock, yeah, but stability, no. As an aesthetic, they're an acquired taste, and one that is never gonna work for me, but it'd be a dreadful place if we all liked the same thing. You know, like the Ernie Ball Forum...
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    So, you can run the Shuttle into the Compact and BB2, the LMIII into the 2 x 1126s, and the Streamliner into the 2 x 112s: triple splitter, you've got three stacks and erm, triereo sound... :0) Aw, go on: it's Christmas...
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    Very interested in this one...
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    Not my thing as a bass to play, but definitely a work of art. I'd never get tired of looking at it...
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    The S112s were my choice from the TKS lineup: it didn't work out that way for non-musical reasons (I ended up with a pair of Berg AE112s instead), but I'd gone through exactly your reasoning.
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    Yup, that was my understanding - it's absolutely no criticism of the BF cabs, I just think the Streamliner needs a 'voiced' cab. Well, for my tone goals, anyway...
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    I had exactly the Streamliner/Compact/BB2 setup, and I thought the cabs and the amp didn't sit very nicely together, which is probably more a Streamliner issue than anything else - it's a lovely warm tubey amp, but can get flubby unless tamed. The F1 I had played much nicer with all sorts of different cabs. FWIW, the best match I think I've heard (though I've been through so many it's getting hard to remember ) for the Streamliner was a Schroeder. If you're getting sounds you like from both setups, though, it's definitely a good problem to have.
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    [quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1449499928' post='2924082'] Love Jaco with Joni but can take or leave his solo stuff/Weather Report etc [/quote] Yep, this. Except I can actually leave it rather than take it...
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    Definitely, definitely play one (or more) first, not just for the ergonomics, but for the quality control: I bought a brand new one last year which went back the next day because it was frankly a bit rubbish. I'd never buy one blind without a cast-iron returns clause. As has been said, they're very Marmite basses. I love the look of them, but I just cannot get on with them, despite having owned a couple. Other folk love them, and yeah, if you find one you like, it's all good.
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    [quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1449243840' post='2921928'] I quite like the idea of running a combined cable for your guitar and and then plugging ear buds in. One question though, if you are only doing this just to hear some vocals would a pair of just cheap in ear headphones like you get with a mobile not suffice? [/quote] Depends what you mean by 'suffice', what sort of clarity and what the normal sound levels onstage are. You could always try them out by listening to an ipod through them during a rehearsal - it'd be confusing, but I suppose you'd get an idea of what isolation/clarity you could get...
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    Hey fella, well, I use a cheap-but-effective method: Behringer 1U headphone amp in rack, I take a feed from the desk into that and a feed from the amp (I can then combine these and mix myself higher or lower into the general mix), and after some unsuccessful wireless shenanigans I had OBBM make me a lead which combined the normal lead with a 3.5mm socket/jack, so I plug my in-ears into the socket at my end of the lead. You can obviously spend an awful lot more than the £100 or so I spent on this setup (secondhand headphone amp), but for me it works fine. I use ACS Pro custom moulds.
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    We're playing Barrow in Furness. Sweet Baby Jeebers and the Orphans... It might be fun, tho if it is, I suspect that'll be a first for Barrow...
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    In the main band I play with, we can go out as an acoustic-y three piece, an electric three-piece, or a four piece in which the frontman plays keys or guitar or neither, and we do an awful lot of the same songs in each format. It doesn't make much of a difference to what I play or how I sound, tho the band can sound very different. As long as you know the songs, just do what you do and it'll all fall into place.
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