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  1. Ian Savage
    Deal on the Peavey looks like it's fallen through Frank, so I'll try to find a box big enough for it and price up a courier. While I'm bumping, might as well mention that I'm auditioning for a band who're wanting a Gibson-into-Mesa/Marshall type sound (on six-string) so if anyone's got anything Gibson or Marshall-esque for trading/part-ex let me know! I don't usually go in for 'traditional' Les Pauls but Juniors, Melody Makers, 'The Pauls' and Specials sometimes float my boat, and maybe (MAYBE!) Explorers. And maybe Vs, but I'm yet to be convinced. And solid-body Gretsches (probably Electromatic series, realistically). No SGs, can't get on with the balance; same goes for Firebirds, sadly (though I LOVE the look of them!). Or Hamer/Tokai/whoever approximations of any of the above, though I should point out I avoid buying anything Chinese-made wherever possible on personal ethics .
  2. Ian Savage
    [quote name='kurcatovium' post='836603' date='May 13 2010, 08:56 PM']Did you get my PM?[/quote] I did - shall price up shipping when I get home, shouldn't be more than a few quid extra though. Gareth, shall PM you forthwith with payment details; Default, I'm in the process of typing you a PM now! We may now only have a 5m or two left if all monies come through...
  3. Ian Savage
    [quote name='ray_6ao7' post='836307' date='May 13 2010, 04:14 PM']Hiscox already sold. wow that was quick! Sorry Ian![/quote] Bloody hell, and I thought I was quick! *mental note, never use that line during pillow talk* Have a bump anyway!
  4. Ian Savage
    Andy - PM'd! [quote name='yorick' post='836308' date='May 13 2010, 04:15 PM']Can i have the other 7m and a 5m.... Cheque ok?[/quote] I've provisionally sold three of the 7ms to Andy pending the usual, and I've got one on hold for dangerboy pending someone else getting back to me with whether they want the remaining cable or not; but if that falls through you certainly can! So one way or another that's all the 7ms gone, and two of the 3ms; leaves two 3ms and three or maybe four 5ms. Amazed how quickly these have been snapped up, hope they don't disappoint anyone! (they won't, but y'know )
  5. Ian Savage
    I'll take the Hiscox please!
  6. Ian Savage
    Well, I found myself with a load of Neutrik switched jacks (the type with little wee switches in them that eliminate the plug/unplug 'thump') from a studio project that never got finished, so I bought myself a load of van Damme cable and spent tonight soldering! So, for your pleasure, I've got four of each of 3m, 5m and 7m jack-to-jack Van Damme cables with Neutrik switched jacks: 3m = £6 delivered 5m = £8 delievered 7m = £10 delivered Knock a quid off each if you want more than one - total quality cables, you wouldn't get Stagg stuff for these kinda prices! I've also got what might be 40m of van Damme cable left over if anyone wants to make me an offer for it...this is purely a 'getting rid of stuff' exercise, I'm really not going to be making much money off of 'em!
  7. Ian Savage
    I can hear the lot perfectly clearly; either my hearing system is truly exceptional or my kitchen stereo boosts treble frequencies MASSIVELY (or the test isn't really scientific - I'm sure those frequencies are lower than they should be). On an amusing note, I played them using my normal media player which, on shuffle, afterwards immediately bought up Fall Out Boy's 'I've Got All This Ringing In My Ears And None On My Fingers', which I found slightly funny.
  8. Ian Savage
    One last bump before the bay, promise - I just can't be bothered my arse to spend two hours on there listing stuff so they can make more money NEW PRICES...
  9. Ian Savage
    I'm starting to suspect some link between the SuperFly and the Crate Powerblock; I've had one of the latter but sadly didn't take it apart before I sold it (it sat as an unused backup amp in the band van for six months, and I needed the money) but they seem to experience remarkably similar failures and were discontinued around the same time (give or take six months). From what I can glean, the Crate was discontinued because the digital power section wasn't well-honed enough, and the company making the power module stopped making it pending further development - perhaps the quest for loads of power in a tiny, lightweight enclosure just went too fast?
  10. Ian Savage
    [quote name='Mog' post='834810' date='May 11 2010, 10:39 PM']True, but if I went into a studio to lay a track with a beat up road worn rig that hummed and hissed every time someone in the next town turned on a light I would be letting myself down and wasting the time and money of my bandmates. If a bare bones tone is required then all you need is a P bass, a Jazz bass and a good DI. I reamp everything I record so I can find the best tone per track. The majority of tracks on our latest was played on my Yamaha, not high end by any means but everything was polished later through preamps/comps worth 10k+.Some of the production costs could have been cut if I used my higher end gear from the start. Modern recording gear is too sensitive. Anything that could cause unwanted noise is a no no.[/quote] What he said ^ certainly for recording; the technology available to get great studio bass sounds now is phenomenal, and unless you're needing feedback from your amp (thankfully rare from bassists, I know a good few guitarists (and I count myself amongst them) who can't play 'properly' unless they're in the same room as their amp) you'll get a better, punchier sound through DI-ing a really good bass into the desk. Live's another matter entirely though...
  11. Ian Savage
    [quote name='nash' post='834290' date='May 11 2010, 03:06 PM']£40 posted with free mic xlr to xlr cable[/quote] Mmmmm...yeah, I might go for this. Let me check bank balance when I get home from picking up, um, new bass cab
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    As far as I'm concerned, if it's loud enough for me to hear what I'm doing, has enough flexibilty for the engineer to do his/her job (i.e. the DI's pre/post switchable) and there's enough control for me to do whatever my bass tone knob can't do (which usually isn't a lot) I'm happy. When I was doing 'proper' gigging (meaning either using whatever gear was put in front of me, or using my own rig and also lending it to the rest of the bas players on the bill) the only ABSOLUTE constant was my Boss CS3 compressor, as I knew I'd get something usable out of it. At the end of the day (sacrilage as it may be) we're the bass players, as long as we're in tune 90% of punters won't give a f*** about our sound. Which is why bass players' gear has become more like keyboard players' over the years (i.e. mainly more 'functional' looking) while guitarists' becomes tweed/backlit/gold 'n' black/chrome looking as fashions change.
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    Mmmm...surely it can't be too hard to split the signal in two with a variable crossover point, with control over the distortion applied to the high-end of the signal, which can be mixed into the output signal - three knobs maximum! I'm getting my design-y tools out.....
  14. Ian Savage
    [quote name='flyfisher' post='833381' date='May 10 2010, 06:23 PM']It's an interesting idea - I'd not heard of applying different effects to different frequencies and mixing the result back.[/quote] In my experience it's the only way of doing it - even with the best bass overdrive/distortion pedals you still end up lacking in the 'wallop' that a good clean low-end will give you if you don't split the signal. I expect some bright spark has come up with a bass distortion that'll allow you to mix the uneffected signal in with a distorted high-end; if they haven't I shall getting my soldering iron out forthwith
  15. Ian Savage
    It totally works in punk bands on beat-up Fender/Musicman/Gibson semi-acoustic basses; it'd look sh*t on anything with a hint of figured wood or fancy finishing. Grolsch rubbers for those all the way...
  16. Ian Savage
    Is this still available? Wakefield might be a bit far but if you're heading any further south on your travels could meet up somewhere maybe...
  17. Ian Savage
    [quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='830880' date='May 7 2010, 06:02 PM']I'm all for the banning of "second" or "rhythm" guitardists. [/quote] Two words - the first one is 'Rolling'...
  18. Ian Savage
    Class D (who seem to be tied in with the ProAudio brand somehow) haven't got a bad reputation for a young company, I might try some of their speakers myself - however, the power figures in that eBay listing are meaningless as it doesn't say whether they're RMS, program, peak or what. If they're RMS (and properly measured) that's a stupid amount of amp for the money, if they're peak (which in itself is meaningless really, as it's just a measure of how good the power capacitors are), it could be total garbage outclassed by a 200W per side amp with 'proper' specs.
  19. Ian Savage
    I'm in much the same boat, any decent amp should be able to give you whatever sound you need - for me it's just the balance of features, reliability and portability that gets me these days. I don't amp-shop for the 'sound', really; for my money if the amp's not total crap I should be able to set all of the controls flat and get something usable, then just tweak to suit.
  20. Ian Savage
    A cheeky pre-election bump!
  21. Ian Savage
    I've quite often used it live to both balance my signal out (to make it sit in the mix better, as Bilbo mentioned) but also to protect my amp, which used to have quite sensitive protection circuitry which could trip the amp out on a loud 'pop' or similar.
  22. Ian Savage
    [quote name='cameltoe' post='827932' date='May 4 2010, 09:48 PM']Bump[/quote] Bass Collection SB441 plus fifty quid your way any good to you? [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85196"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85196[/url]
  23. Ian Savage
    One to mention to your drummer - a pair of Stagg 12" Brilliant finish DH Medium hi-hats and a 21" Extra Dry Exo ride cymbal. Both made from B20 bronze, superb-sounding cymbals for the money and make a very nice combination (even more so if using the hats as auxillaries alongside a pair of 14"ers, but they work very well together as mains), both in excellent condition with no cracks, dents or keyholing. Looking for forty quid for the hats, seventy for the ride or £100 for both - that's a third of their new prices! The bass, amp and cab can be found here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85196&hl="]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85196&hl=[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=86098"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=86098[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85856"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=85856[/url]
  24. Ian Savage
    Probably going to be moving to a much smaller house, thanks to the credit sodding crunch, and not in a band at the minute so I'm stripping down to 'one electric, one acoustic, one bass', and a reet basic drum kit. And hence for sale is all this stuff: From left to right - Peavey Delta Blues guitar amp, Breedlove Atlas electroacoustic guitar (with custom-fitted Hiscox hardcase), Stagg DH 12" hi-hats and 21" EXO dry ride cymbal, the Laney B1, Marshall MBC410 bass cab and Bass Colection SB441 I've already advertised on here, an Admira Classico classical guitar (and a pair of 50cm Gale speaker stands and a NAD analogue hi-fi tuner, should anyone have a need for those). More details: Peavey Delta Blues 30W 2x10" guitar amp, in black tweed with official Peavey cover. A SUPERB US-made amp, perfect for blues as the name suggests, but also excellent for jazz, hard rock and whathaveyou (you won't get enough gain for metal sounds, but a pedal in front of it will sort that). It's seriously loud, I haven't had it above three on the master volume (and all of the knobs go to 12 - TWO louder ), with a beautiful clean channel and a rocking crunch channel, with footswitchable tremolo appliable to both. It's not long been re-valved (and I'll include tyhe certainly-not-thrashed old power valves as spares, should you need them) and apparently the previous owner replaced the reverb tray as well. It's in good cosmetic condition, with some 'pinprick' rusting on the corner protectors and control panel (below) but no damage to the tweed (and it gives it some added blues 'mojo' ). Looking for around £300. Next, Breedlove Atlas AC250 electro-acoustic. Certainly the best mid-range acoustic I've ever played, made by the US company under license in Korea and set up in their Oregon facility. One TINY mark in the front (a perfectly circular 'dink' about 1mm across, no idea where it came from!) but otherwise in perfect condition with a Hiscox hardcase which I had custom-fitted at the Hiscox factory. The case currently has 'Savage' sprayed onto it, but I'm 99% certain that'll come off with a bit of isopropyl alcohol. The solid top's made of cedar, with what I believe are rosewood back and sides; the preamp's a Fishman Classic 4 with control over bass, middle, treble and brilliance. Sounds brilliant both plugged and unplugged, for a 'do-it-all' acoustic at a great price this is the one! Looking for around £350. The Admira Classico - gone! More to follow...
  25. Ian Savage
    Case sold separately pending the usual, so now only £250 for the head, footswitch and compressor!
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