Marvin
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crrx7zg9y9ko Any takers? Ghost Town was the first 7"single I ever bought with my own money. I was probably 8 and bought it from a Littlewoods in Exeter (I think it was a Littlewoods). Yes, I know, I've always had great taste in music And yes, whoever 'wrote' the head/line article knows nothing about instruments.
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It's a great live performance
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The next song to learn is Place Your Hands by Reef. I sat down for 30mins the other day, mainly listening to it. Bass part is quite interesting I'd say... considering I've got more than enough root only songs in our set. It's not a song I've ever liked, mainly due the vocal. I'm sure it'll sound OK when someone else sings it 🙂
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How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?
Marvin replied to nilorius's topic in General Discussion
The guitarist in our band, who is very musical - plays keyboards and it's either flute or sax - said he tried bass once and couldn't get his head around it. I said he must be joking, it's the easiest instrument to blag you're way through. If it wasn't, I wouldn't be playing it 😄 -
The new Karnivool album. It's a grower at the moment for me.
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Post your pictures, Lets see what you all look like.
Marvin replied to slaphappygarry's topic in General Discussion
The black and white photo was 2011, I think. I hadn't touched a bass in over 15yrs and realised how awful I'd been. So that would have been the first time I played live. The colour photo is from last weekend. I've had a 7yr 'sabbatical' until last year. As my age increases so does the height of my bass. -
Our 2nd gig with our new guitarist. He did incredibly well. We've somewhat dropped him in the deep end with the number of songs to learn in a short time. There weren't that many people there but considering it was blowing a gale it was a decent turnout. Got loads of compliments. 2 ladies who'd been at a party in London the evening before said we were far better than the band at that event...which had charged £25k. I think we're under charging 🤣🤣🤣
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I've never had much luck with Ashdown. An ABM 500 chrome face. Sounded great, until the note decayed and it would hiss. No one could find the fault. I contacted Ashdown, they said take it to a tech. Which wasn't that helpful. And then, an Ashdown RM from a major music retailer was faulty. I sent that back immediately. I think I should stay away from Ashdown tbh.
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Generally, in the UK, getting a lot of gear repaired seems a right royal pain in the behind. First, trying to find someone and second sourcing parts. Then of course some gear can be obsolete in it goes pop. I thought my Peavey Minimax, which died recently, wasn't worth fixing. By chance someone Mrs Marvin works with repairs amps. He diagnosed the problem, said how much it would cost and I said go for it. Here's the hitch. The parts aren't available in the UK, they had to ordered from the States. And here's another hitch. Those parts have been held up in US customs because they're suspicious that someone ordering 2 capacitors for a couple $s might be assembling drones for Russia 🤔🫣🤪 I've had similar with other gear, like a battery compartment for an Ibanez. It took months to sort out. Not available in the UK seems to be a constant mantra.
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Within music (or other arts) I have no interest at all in AI content. It's pointless oxymoron, that try my upmost to avoid. I find it ultimately boring. There's no 'story' so to speak about the creative journey, bar a few prompt words. I've got to the point where I'm bored rigid of nearly every movie being a CGI fest, so AI has no chance. 🙂 AI is able to step in because unfortunately creativity is being discarded in so many areas. Music, a lot of uninspiring dull generic output. Movies, constant remakes and sequel franchises. I'm off to my cave, cheerio.
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The Gear4Music fitted foam cases look identical to the Kinsman ones I've had. They are fantastic for £40. I've had mine for 15 years and are still going strong.
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Tone Hammer 210 combo.... Looks nice. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Marvin replied to spyder's topic in Amps and Cabs
No. It may sound good however, aside the awful aesthetics it looks really awkward to move. -
This has not been used very much and never been out of the house. I'm not a guitarist, but it's got some really nice sounding presets and effects built in and is quite loud. It'd make a perfect practice/home amp. It has the instruction manual, USB cable and original box. Spec: Amplifier Type: Solid State Output Power: 20 Watts Speaker: 1-8" Fender® Special Design Speaker Output Impedance: 8 Ohms Power Handling: 20 Watts Inputs: One Channels: One channel (with 24 presets) Controls: Gain, Volume, Treble, Bass, Master, Preset Select, Modulation Select, Delay/Reverb Select, Save Button, Exit Button, Tap Tempo Button Effects: 12 Modulation Effects Including Chorus, Flanger, Tremolo, Vibratone, Octaver, Phaser, Step Filter; 12 Delay/Reverb Effects Including Tape Delay, Stero/Mono Delay, Room/Plate /Hall Reverb Auxillary Input: 1/8” Stereo Input Jack Headphone Jack: 1/8" Headphone Jack Line Out: Speaker Emulated USB Output; 1/8” Headphone Jack Doubles as Speaker Emulated Line Out Amp Covering/Grille Cloth: Carbon Tweed Textured Vinyl with Silver Grill Cloth Height: 14.5" (36.83 cm) Width: 15.5" (40 cm) Depth: 7.6 in (19.3cm) Weight: 17 lbs (7.7 kg) -
My 2 Jazz basses. The black one, is my Sire V7. It's a first generation and I can't remember how long I've had it. It was one of the very first ones made with a signed neckplate. I took the plate off and replaced it was a blank plate. The original lives in a box. I've used it a lot and apart from the neckplate I've done no modifications to it, I've never felt the need. The V7 has been my main bass since I bought it (I did have a Squier P bass as a back up). The 3 tone burst Jazz I bought recently from a fellow Basschatter. I love it. I wanted a passive Jazz with a classic look and this fits that bill. Don't let the Sire hear, but this is probably my main bass now.
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I bought this lovely self build Jazz from @briansbrew recently. It has a genuine Fender Jazz neck and 70s style Fender tuners. The neck has a lovely played in feel. The tuners are great, they really hold. A lot of my other basses I've owned I've always wondered how it could be flat and sharp at the same time when tuning...cheap tuners. The body, an alder jazz body from North West Guitars. I love 3 tone burst with tort. Seymour Duncan pickups, a push pull switch on the neck pickup volume to go between series and parallel. And a great Schaller bridge. It's a lot of bass. It's only the 2nd bass I've bought where when I've played it I've thought, yes this is my bass. I took it to practice on Wednesday. I find the neck really easy to play, and I just love the tone in combination with my amp and cab. So yes, result!
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