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All that now remains of my once bigger collection .

The P bass was my first . Got it in '84 when I was 15 . Gigged it solid from '86 to '92 .
Depending on which book , either a 78,79 or 80 . All tags , covers and the original unmarked case . I believe the chrome scratch came with it , as it came with it - that was what I was told . Or could have been an add on . Don't know .
I only get this out once a year , and am probably gonna sell it (probably regret it , but it never gets played) .

The Status was an Ebay pickup , and another I've hardly played . The knob got busted off , and I've hardly touched it since . A bit battered all round to say the least .

The jazz was another Ebay pickup . 70's jazz body (so I was told) , with a graphite neck made by Vongaton . Status replaced the electrics with their 2 band (but now leaving a spare hole) . Rob changed the bridge too , and tidied up the neck , but it is still very slightly warped - with a noticable buzz around the 10th to 12th fret .
Another not used , and just stuffed into a double gigbag as a spare .

The Framus is a dog . The only point of this piece of crap is to hang it on the wall and admire it , cause if you tried to play it , all admiration would rapidly disappear . Bought it for a ton about 20 yrs ago , took it to Martin Booth to try and make it playable - but as thay say - "you can't polish a turd". How Wyman ever played one is beyond me , it's probably on a par with Futurama , Watkins and all of that other 2 bit early sixties rubbish .

The Stingray is my keeper . Bought it as a pair , but the shop sold the fretted one before I paid for both . Initially a fretless , Steve Smith , who used to make Goodfellow Basses , fretted it for me .
The previous owner wanted a flame bodied graphite necked stingray . So he sold the body and neck to another , got Rodger Giffen to make a body with a bookmatched top , stuck the hardware and electrics back in , and fitted a Modulus Quantam neck .
Done every gig bar one in close to 20yrs on this - country to blues to function/corporate to heavy rock - does it all .

I'm not much good with camera's , and I'll try to post better pics later with my cruddy cheap model .

Thanks for looking - it's only taked me 15 months

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Just bought a Micro Fuzz from Max .
Awesome pedal (gonna do a mini review soon) .
The problem I've got , isn't the pedal , but my sound .

I haven't used much effects over the years , save for my G5 for Hysteria alone . I can now nail the sound with this little pedal , but when the drummer and then the band kick in , I'm completely lost in the mix .

I realise that this is purely a frequency issue on my behalf , but was wondering about splitting the signal .

What I'm asking is , is it possible to run it out of the unbalanced output (not the DI) from my amp , then to a channel in the PA , and just push up the volume for this song only ?

Thus having my clean sound out of the amp and speaker , and the fuzz (with a mix , granted of the clean) out of the PA . This would then kick in the sound for this one song (or maybe another like say Deeper Underground) . So sort of splitting the bass sound with - normal , and then fuzz and bass into the PA , isolating the fuzz from my main sound .

Is this a goer ? Or do you think that maybe DI pedal , with the bass back to the amp through the 'thru' , and an unbalanced 'out' into the fuzz , then the PA (being brought up volume wise just when needed) .

This seems simple to me , but does anyone else do something like this ?

Look forward for any advice , cheers Paul .

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' post='980297' date='Oct 7 2010, 10:35 AM']Absolutely no need to feel dumb or stupid. You've solved the problem and left a pointer for others to check. The battery wouldn't have been my first thought either.[/quote]
I agree , who'd of thougt it ? Me for one . Don't feel dumb , cause you'll be in good company with me ,and a few others on here I bet .

Look at it as imparting another piece of useful knowledge , cause I've certainly learnt something here .

This is great , thanks for this . Though all that fun , I suspect you motives wern't completely alturistic

God I wish I had a day spare to do something like this (wife and kids) .

I've always wondered about the 2 and 3 band core differences .

Has anyone modded a 2 band , with a piggy back mid (ie East dual concentric mid pot) - thus getting the best of everything ?

The Rodger Waters Signature . You take it to an Album session , your guitar player plays the bass for you . That's the only way it would be a true tribute bass .

I quite liked them .

I agree the first song can be seen to be a bit bland when comparing the Zender era , but I thought it had quite a nice mellow groove .

Deeper Underground as others have said lacked a real fat fuzz/synth bass high in the mix , and was shadowed by too loud guitar .

Oh,and was the middle backing singer the one who was/is married to Luke Goss ?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='967001' date='Sep 24 2010, 06:11 PM']but E Sharp dont mention the "sweet spot" as you will get BigRedX going off again! [/quote]
Ha ha , you're probably right .

The sweet spot , as I see it , is sort of anywhere between the 'P' and MM position . Sort of like Esh Various rear pick up , or the front pick up of a Vigier Passion . I've had shed loads of basses over the years , and played others , and I've yet to hear a rear pick up that stands up on it's own . I realise I may be rubbing people up by stating this , but this is just as I've found it . All of the 2 pick up basses , when the rear is selected , need some blend of the front , to give a bit of weight ( unless it's a solo - chordal piece etc , then fair do's ) . Which , IMO , is one of the reasons for the beauty of the Stingray , and why the Sabre never caught on in the same way (and before I'm slated by Sabre lovers , I owned a nice Pre EB one for years - Rhino's got it now ) . The MM HH has it's rear pick up in the Stingray position , and another up front (same as the Warwick $$) , so the rear pick up is meaty in it's own right .

I'm not trying to be confrontational , or trying to wind people up over this , but this is just my opinion , and judging by the amount of 2 pick up basses , I'm probably in a minority here . I do own 2 pick up basses that I like , it's just I don't tend to use them much .

Feel free to slate me , as it's getting that time of night where a few drinks are down .

MM . Sweet spot position either the same as MM or slightly forward , but not back .

Don't need 2 pick ups . Just move your right hand forward or back when plucking . Most of the sounds can be had out of one PU (IMO) .

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='965350' date='Sep 23 2010, 10:23 AM']I admit it,i do this to annoy our guitard.E#.A# etc.[/quote]
mmm , E sharp . That's me . Am I annoying ?

Not last night , but the night before (Saturday) .

15th Soggy Moggy Bike rally at Woodgreen Animal Shelter , Godmanchester .

Last band on , headline on the last night .

Enjoyed the Feelgood tribute act before us . Then a " Mr and Mrs " rally competion . Which consisted of a handful of naked men on stage , hulla hooping . Then they asked for women , only 2 came forward though , which is 2 more than I though would do it . All in all , something a bit different you could say .

Big PA , 5 way monitor mix - really nice . 1000 punters , constant ale (though I was driving as usual) .
But a late one . Not on until just gone 10pm , and somehow managed , without a piss break , to play straight through until 12:45am .

Corker of a gig , probably a bit further than we normally go , but well worth it . Hit the sack at 4am - feel it more now than I used to

Burns , Thunderbird , Beatle bass , BC Rich and Stanley Clarke Alembic (though more the look of someone trying to off set the dreadful balance of a 5K bass)

I'm liking that PJB .

Why do they have the 2nd power input on the rear ?

[quote name='Buchtenfischer' post='947606' date='Sep 6 2010, 08:22 PM']Ritter are bolt-on-only.[/quote]
I know , I was joking , and was commenting on the fact of the 14 fixings - OTT if you ask me

[quote name='Big_Stu' post='946232' date='Sep 5 2010, 03:17 PM']I ordered an SG scratchplate from the USA - it was supposed to be $18, but customs intercepted it & wanted another £22 to make it match UK prices (after holding it for 3 weeks without telling me). I told them to send it back & I'd get a refund. The customs bloke couldn't believe it & banged on about all the hassle they'd have to go thru to do that, oh how I laughed.[/quote]
About 20 yrs ago , I was one bottle of Whisky over the limit when I went through customs (when they had limits as such) , and they wanted quite a bit off of me .

Told them to keep it , went to walk off , and they asked me if I wanted to come to a deal

I paid a couple of quid , and I was on my way with it .

I never thought about the hassle factor for them , I suppose it was the same .

Good on ya .

That is lovely . It really is .

By the way , is it a bolt on

Joking aside - stunning .

That looks like my old bass . I sold it to a guy in Watton about 20 yrs ago , and he still owes me £100 of the installments - lesson learnt there I think .

Did you find an old Bartolini active boost in the control cavity , wired by some numpty 20yr old

I always thought that these were SB700's - the passive version of the SB1000 .

I know you say cash only , but are up for a trade of a boxed up Korg G5 plus £100 to you . I'm in Norfolk .

It is slowly getting better , but those typos mentioned are hard to understand .

The missing text on last month's issue with the 3 session guys - no mention in this month's about it (already been brought up) .

The Stanley Clarke interview also went form one page to another with some obvious text missing .

I struggle to realise how they can keep getting issues like this .

Also I was wondering if they could do something with the photos in the reviews . The TC combo review this month has a picture of part of the front panel , blurring at the edges . Then turn the page , and it's another part of the front panel , blurring at the edges . Not one picture of the complete front end . Plus a meaningless picture of a part of the grill at the bottom (what's that all about) .

I don't mean to sound negative , but the photos in the review virtually show me nothing about it . I would say , one large frontal picture (to replace the sideways one) , a large front on picture of the front panel (instead of bits and pieces) , a picture of the rear panel (not even shown) , and that would do it . No more 'arty' shots , it's supposed to be a factual article .

All this aside , I still like the mag , and will continue to buy it .

OOOHH YES . I'm free .

Excellent

Played a couple of Warwicks over the years , and everyone was a dog .

Tried a Dolphin 2 with the view to buy at the Gallery , and really loved the look , but it was dreadful . A real shame , as I must be just unlucky judging by the amount of people on here who play them .

[quote name='grumble' post='930419' date='Aug 19 2010, 11:23 PM']OII!!!! Thats my target audience [/quote]
That's until they see you on that Far Eastern web site you put a link to - they may change their minds

Hi all , sort of OK now with the fuzz , and now looking for a bitchin octave pedal .

Obviously Boss OC2 and EBS are favourites , but has anyone tried out the MXR new one , or the Aguilar new one . These look more in depth on the surface . What do you guys / gals use , and your reasons , ie anyone AB'd them .

If there's a link to a previous thread , then let me know .

Cheers , Paul .

[quote name='crez5150' post='929973' date='Aug 19 2010, 04:16 PM']Its a load of PR Bullsh*te.....[/quote]
I agree - I'm just suprised he doesn't use gold plated ends and directional cable also

Best to just go to OBBM - job done

I never knew Si , didn't even know that was his name .

There's not much that I can add to what's been said here .

Dreadful news - RIP fellow bassist .

2 in a double gig bag .

Never used the spare - ever .

Had a sizable collection years ago , now whittled down somewhat , but in 18 yrs only ever gigged the one .

Always take the spare just in case . And regarding the tuning down mentioned , I can tune down to a C or D manually quite quickly - no need for a 5'er .

[quote name='Spoombung' post='917234' date='Aug 6 2010, 05:55 PM']Where can you buy Epifani gear in the UK? I was wondering how much it is...?[/quote]
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