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Beat me there JA - not until 1980 for me - would love to have been at those early early gigs I once saw Mick Jones at Hammersmith Metropolitan tube - can you beat that? [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1420124035' post='2645813'] eh? E180?? Video?? [/quote] what is this black magic?

clocked it, ta

There's been a lot of chat about these Indonesian made basses, both on here and I followed a huge one (ooh er) on Talkbass. Main issues being the preamp I think, and how it plays and sounds. I used it in a live band situ last night (albeit rehearsal), with a full on drummer and loud, effects drenched guitarist (but I love em both [size=4] )[/size] So I picked mine up at PMT Brum last week. The finish is generally good, a few sprouting fret edges, but not worrisome. Smooth VERY playable neck and board. Good action that looks usefully adjustable, although once I'd replaced the stock strings with a new set the action was looking good anyway, with no need for adjustment. So I think it's generally a well set up instrument, no horrors or bendy boards etc. I wouldn't profess to be an expert, but the hardware seems okay, sturdy tuners, kept tune, an EBMM imitation bridge that lacks chunk, but does the job. So the sound. I read lots of posts about the preamp being grossly overdriven. That wasn't my experience. The rig in the rehearsal room is a bog standard Laney into a 4X10. Set flat on the EQ, gain at 12 noon, volume at 12 noon. The sounds I preferred most on the bass controls was a tweak past centre dent on bass, and for treble, a small tweak below the centre dent, (the highs were quite shrill). The bass was perfectly audible and sounded fine in the mix. Yes, the E is a whopper and sounds angry and growls. It's not very subtle, but I think that was my overall feeling with this bass/preamp, ie. I've owned two USA Stingrays previously, and they both had more breadth and nuance within their signature sound. To my ears a Stingray is a tight compressed mid driven growl machine, but on my previous two there was also a richer more welcoming bottom end. This bass seemed to lack that - ie. it's tight, punchy as hell, growly, but no saturated warmth to see out the lower notes. Indicative of course of the price bracket it is manufactured within. It sounds like a Stingray in a cosmetic way I think - that's the best way I personally would describe it This is just the sense I got. Everyone's ears are different. (Looks at Terry Wogan's, or Alexander Armstrong's on 'Pointless' [size=4])...but, certainly it's playable and giggable and the general preamp/PUP set up, on mine anyway, is not as hot or as unwieldly as some posts have claimed.[/size] Is it worth the price? (I've seen prices vary around £280 ish to £299). I'd say yes in that for this price you get a well constructed bass that has the presence to survive a gig. The tone of that presence, is, as I've alluded to, dependent as always, on taste. It's certainly a bass worthy of modding, not to tame the preamp, but that a John East or something similar might broaden the sound somehow and reduce its almost TOO tight raspiness. Here she is .... [attachment=179631:WP_20141231_001.jpg]

"[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Cemprassors...get yer c[/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]emprassors!"[/size][/font][/color]

Anyone using the GT2 as opposed to the Sansamp Bass Driver? [size=4]Would like to hear your thoughts.[/size]

'Expect Delays' 'Tar 'n' the Macadams'. 'H is for Hazard' [size=4] [/size] I thank you.

Yep great thread - and I don't think anyone who plays the blues or jazz ever wonders about this. You play until you die (old hopefully) and you learn between you as you go. SOME younger musicians can have a gullibility I get frustrated with, ie. that they are determined to sound like their heroes, rather than build on, reference, or re-invent the sound of their heroes. Case in point, a band I saw the other night were so desperate to be Blink 182 that the bassist even wore their T-shirt. They were good, they've got a great following, but their also so generic. Perhaps that will shift as they get older. The guys I play with are some years younger than I! Yet I look to them for new sounds. I [i]need [/i]their input. On the flipside, their music history is pretty darn good and they gladly ask me about bands/music from the past - (to all of which I just say listen to The Clash, that's all you need to hear and know [size=4]) [/size] Drummer was cheeky enough to ask if I was at IOW for Hendrix. That's NOT funny. I like your posts Blue, keep them coming, you are The Thinking Man's Bassist (or something like that)

Chuffed with myself - have been rehearsing for weeks with a fretless, but last night was the first outing in a gig situ. Felt good. Felt natural. Hurdle jumped. [attachment=178527:B4xFrkrIEAACR1v.jpg]

For any post or instrumental rock fans, today we feature in Arctic Drones mag. [color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,]You can read it here, where there are links to the muzak:[/font][/color] [url="http://arcticdrones.com/interviews/those-amongst-us-are-wolves/"]http://arcticdrones.com/interviews/those-amongst-us-are-wolves/[/url]

Thanks Unc

Yep so tried it with the amp on full, pedal off, and a there's a hum still that alters in intensity if I press on the knobs etc

ok will do - cheers

when he pedal's off it's fine

Okay so I'm using a 63 P bass with original wiring through a Wampler Ego compressor. Thing is, it's awful noisy when standing idle emitting akin of crackled hum - it lessens when I either press on the knobs or the strings, and of course when I deselect the pedal. I asked lock guitar tech and he didn't think it was achieving issue but rather that the old celluloid pick guards might contribute to this?? Anyone heard of that? BUT regardless, does anyone think it may be a wring or shielding thing?? It's a lovely pedal but I don't think I'd ever be able to record with it!!

Yes it is powered. The warning that comes up says it has too much power

[color=#141823][font=Helvetica, Arial,]Hi guys, I have a USB hub (made by Belkin), which I bought to set up a daisy chain to connect to two USB controlled devices back to my ipad. I've got a camera connection ket etc, but when plugging in, the ipad says the attached accessory (ie the USB hub) has too much power. Have I got the wrong USB hub, is there a specific kind for ipads? Or do I alter something on the ipad? Thanks for any advice.[/font][/color]

I have dealt twice with Sir Dave - a great communicator and all round good guy to deal with. Goods turn up when he says they will, and they are what he says they are. Go Dave!

Yay! Basschat just got a mention!!

Used to hang out with Clive Owen - 80's Coventry [url="http://bourne.wikia.com/wiki/Clive_Owen"]http://bourne.wikia....wiki/Clive_Owen[/url]

Where did Colin come into the equation - did I miss something [size=4] ?[/size]