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10 minutes ago, Maude said:

I wonder if one of these scammers has tried buying a Mason edition Sansamp pedal? 

He won't be able to reply , as he's in hospital with Covid again .

That’s a lot less that I thought. Have you tried one?

13 hours ago, knicknack said:

The KK Baby Basses could be a bet too. Perfect sound for more Latin styles, I'd happily use one for function work. Prices a little cheaper than some of the options here, and a few different models available. 

 

Unless I'm being thick , I've not been able to find any prices anywhere on their web page . So no idea what the price ranges are for the KK EUBs

What are your guy's thoughts on the Ray Ramirez EUBs?

I know they're a sort of copy of the Ampeg Baby Bass , so leaning towards the Latin/Salsa type of sound .

Are they limited to that sort of thump , or can they get an quasi DB sound too?

Was that the one that was up on Facebook Marketplace - over in Colchester?

Local to me , and if I had the funds , I'd be playing this tonight at band practice .

All the 4 string you'd ever need .

These new MM stingrays are lovely .

GLWTS .

15 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

PMT have 10% off many items on orders over £149. Looks like they may be getting my dosh.

Some of their Musicman basses are stating 10% off , yet are exactly the same price as last week , without the 'discount' .

I bought one of these when they came out , after reading the review in Guitarist .

£735 new . Just checked the Inflation calculator , and it'd be close to £1700 now .

These amps are great

That is lovely

I don't know how this compares to the heavier HD212 that I've got ; but if it's anything like it , it's a beast .

Yes input sensitivity is key. I have a Crest CA9, that I can drive with just a bass alone.

10 hours ago, spyder said:

I've just received one for an early Xmas present from the wife.

If I boost the bass just a little it distorts a very long way before the clip light and compressor kicks in.

The only way to sort it is to turn down the gain so much the compressor hasn't got a hope in hell of working..... Useless.

This makes the compressor redundant.

The eq is pretty good with a lot of scope to adjust the sound.

Has anyone else had this gain problem.

Yep , that's why I got rid of mine .

Couldn't cope with pedals before it at all , and wasn't that great with my Stingray even on it's own - passive bass fine .

Loads on Talkbass about this . Shame really , as I thought the tone of it was really nice .

Tech 21 pedals will , if I remember correctly.

SFX Micro EQ .

Adds some lovely warmth , and just 'something' . I've never had it switched off in absolute years .

Think it's probably mid to late 80's .

Bought it nearly 30 years ago from a bloke who sold the body and neck off , then got Roger Giffin to make a body with a fancy top , then fit the neck . He had a fretted and fretless done - as a pair . I went for both of them , but the fretted got sold. So I had the fretless and got a guy called Steve Smith (from Southend) , to fret it . He was involved with Goodfellow if I remember .

A sort of an aside , but still a graphite neck on a Stingray - Modulus neck with no trussrod

I've seen a nice 20yr old full fat US MM Sterling with matching black headstock and piezo , up for £1200 . So even the Sterling prices appear to have risen - and I don't really know if it's a valid price or not .

I suppose all MM prices have gone up .

Trouble is , like most who've seen and liked the new ones , and would like one , but lack the 2K ; they're now looking for a really nice 2nd hand one .

Maybe this has contributed to pushing the prices up?

No idea what the bass frequency is set to , on the 3 band EQ's in my Stingray and Bogart , but it's higher than 40 , and very useful .

I had a SEI Jazz years ago with an Aguilar 2 band that had the bass set at 40 hz , and it was utterly useless .

Lots of people like these Aguilar 2 bands , and the Sadowsky one which is similar I believe , so what do I know - all taste as per normal .

2 hours ago, police squad said:

I looked at the website of the luthier who did the work. He says he had to do the work to make it properly playable

Do you think that they had as a technical adviser , "he who can't be named"?

39 minutes ago, Bigwan said:

Yummy! What are your other 2 rigs?! 

Eden WT400 and 410XLT . Then Mesa 412 and rack .

Truth be told  even though I've only had one rehearsal with the Handbox , I'm not sure if it's for me or not - wait and see .

40 minutes ago, Bigwan said:

 

I've only got one side handle on mine - not two like the one in the clip . Same case and all .

Not sure if it's because it enables me to stand in up sideways for a bit , or it was sent out unfinished ?

Got myself a smaller rig for the new Northern Soul outfit .

So 3 different rigs now , but can mix and match .

No idea how I've ended up with so much gear - I'm supposed to be scaling down

22 hours ago, peteb said:

 so why the obsession with making everything unnecessarily light?

I know not everyone frequents a gym .....

But I've never understood why some players will happily pay money to lift heavy stuff , but don't want to get paid to lift heavy stuff .

Yeah that might be an idea.

May pop and see my mate , and we can sort of rough cut a black and Perspex to get an idea which looks best .

On my MM I've raised the PU and gaffered it to see if I liked it - and I really do .

What I'll probably do , is get some Perspex cut to size to cover both pick ups (that are pretty near to each other) , and then use double sided tape I reckon . Just was asking about using a magnet to affix the ramp . But either no one on here is sure , or perhaps I haven't explained myself properly .

I'll give it a go