Ian Savage
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Decided to shift this on outright then look at getting something a bit more simple once I've moved house - 700W into two ohms (Laney state it's 1500W, but that's bollocks - still stupid-loud though! The problem with these heads is the over-sensitive protection circuitry, which tends to trip the amp out at gig levels - HOWEVER I've found that running a compressor into the front end of it removes this problem totally, so I'm including the Yamaha compressor pedal I've been using with it. Features-wise, this has got loads - you can run bridge-mono into four ohms, use the inbuilt active crossover to feed high and low cabs with variable crossover point, or just run the two power amps into four ohms each. As you can see from pics, it's got a foot-switchable graphic, plus high and low rotary equalisers, Speakon outputs, pre/post-switchable XLR DI out, plus a tube/solid-state hybrid preamp with independent gain controls. [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/Selling/?action=view¤t=P1030306.jpg"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/Selling/?action=view¤t=P1030308.jpg"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/Selling/?action=view¤t=P1030312.jpg"][/url] I'm including the customised Crate footswitch which I've been using with it, which will switch the graphic, the pre-shape contour and switch the FX loop in and out (actually, I've just had a 'dead' jack in the FX send which effectively makes the FX a mute switch for tuning via the tuner send), and the icing in the cake is the perfectly-fitting military-grade hardcase it comes with. My brother who's in the forces referred to this as a 'Pelican case' when he saw it, and who am I to argue - apparently they drop these things out of planes, so no reason to doubt its durability! A couple of the EQ slider LED 'holders' have one side broken off, but all works as it should - this is pretty weighty with the case, so collection or meetup in West Midlands/Warwickshire would be ideal, but I can price up a courier if needs be! -
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[quote name='chris_b' post='818508' date='Apr 25 2010, 09:47 PM']Call me cynical, but I think you'll find that most of these pro players will use big rigs for visual purposes and the idea that that's what you do when you've joined the "pro" club. Most of them are listening to themselves through "in ears" or fold back so the backline is mostly for show.[/quote] True indeed, I'll bow to you on that - the guys playing arenas and suchlike generally have no need of backline at all because the foldback's so good. That said, having done countless 'mid-size' gigs myself, often with professional outfits (think venues of 300-1000 capacity), you can't always rely on the foldback and/or engineer and I thank my lucky stars for being able to go out with several hundred Watts of power through a fifteen and a couple of tens, otherwise there'd have been dozens of those gigs I'd be struggling to hear myself!
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I'm not doing too badly then, by the rest of youse Peavey Milestone, then the BC SB441 which I'm selling now, then a Tanglewood semi (still got that one, signed by Duff McKagen), a Gibson Grabber copy (still got that one too, signed by Mani), a cheap-ass Tanglewood P-copy which I smashed to bits after a bad gig, a candy apple red Jazz, a black Precision, and the Squier Silver Series Jazz I've got now - so only eight in over ten years, not too bad!
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You don't mention if the trussrod's been adjusted at all? If it's not already cranked up, I'd suggest slackening the strings and giving the 'rod a half-turn clockwise before tuning back up to see if it makes a difference; repeat until it won't turn any more, THEN look at replacing the neck
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[quote name='gafbass02' post='818205' date='Apr 25 2010, 05:06 PM']welcome welcome to the jazz bass fawners!!!! Ive gone through over 50 basses of all types and come full circle to the good ol passive jazz bass. It just works y'know![/quote] You can kind of see the Precision->Telecaster and Strat->Jazz link even now; Ps and Teles are bloody great at what they do, but for versatility and finesse it's a Strat or a Jazz. If I were in a functions band or something on six-string I'd almost cetainly be on a Strat, and I LOVE my Squier Jazz, but for certain styles of music (the full-on rock band i was last in, for instance) Precision all the way and there's nothing to beat belting out big chords on a Telecaster.
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Cabs-wise I'd agree with the previous poster, there's a reason you'll see most pro bass players with sod-off big rigs and that's because you need to move a lot of air to get a decent bass sound! Personally I'd look at either a 4x10" or a 1x15" as your 'basic' rig, and maybe splash on an additional 2x10" for bigger gigs. As far as heads go, in the mid-price range you've got tons to choose from - Hartke are generally good, the two you've already mentioned would also do you fine - as a cheeky pimp, I'm also possibly selling a Laney B1 head with footswitch, which is hands-down the most versatile head I've ever played through (SO much control over the sound, plus footswitchable graphic EQ, preshape and effects loop - and cool blue LEDs ). You need to run a compressor into the front of it to stop the protection circuitry from tripping if you slap the bass at all, but I'd throw one in... Sorry for the hijack!
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I'll weigh up my Laney B1 when I get home on Monday, I can guarantee it weighs less than your Marshall but how much less I'm not sure - if my guitar amp and/or bass sells as well I'm seriously interested. Oh, quick edit - have you (or anyone else here, come to that) put guitar through a VB400? 'Cos if that sounds alright I could ditch having a guitar rig altogether... -
I know it's a guitar amp, but it still counts as backline right? I'll get some pictures when I get home on Monday, but I think I'm now resigned to selling this to tax the car and start re-building a working PA rig to start making some money for a change, so I'm getting it up before I change my mind. It's a VERY loud valve 30W into two 10" speakers, covered in Peavey's black tweed finish (CLASSY!) with a proper Peavey fitted cover. USA-made, with pretty new tubes in there; the control panel's got a fair few rust 'pinpricks' but the tweed's in great condition. Like I say, pics to follow but I'm in Walsall, West Midlands if anyone wants to have a play.
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[quote name='Nickytwister' post='813500' date='Apr 21 2010, 10:26 AM']That bass is an SB441; imported by House Music in the mid-90s. They came in red, black (and purple I think).[/quote] I shall bow to your knowledge on that Nicky (although 441 does ring vague bells, now you mention it) as sadly there's no model number in the neck pocket. As far as price goes, I'd be liking offers around the three hundred quid mark really - this thing's pretty much unique in this country so I don't think that's TOO OTT! -
IMO neither's 'better', and there's a ton of session guys out there who could play rings around either of them (and who I probably wouldn't want to listen to doing so)...in terms of 'who would I rather listen to', almost certainly Flea. I grew up in the mid-late 90s, when a lot of 'big' bands (Nirvana, Oasis et al) were doing very little exciting bass-wise, but Flea's work on BSSM and One Hot Minute ('Aeroplane' has some lovely bass stuff on it) kind of kept funkiness alive in mainstream rock.
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[quote name='JMT3781' post='812908' date='Apr 20 2010, 07:23 PM']Midlands people! Is there currently any plans for another bass bash around birmingham? i know i just missed the wood and tronics bass bash at bass direct, however i was wondering if there was anything going on a little bit more north?[/quote] I iz newbie, but I'd be up for something like that! [quote]If anyone would be up for such an event, i work at a rehearsal room in walsall, and would be able to get rooms for free or at very little cost at certain times..[/quote] That sounds good - which studio is it then dude? I'm in Walsall myself at the minute, living up by the brewery - I've run one-off jam nights and stuff at the Wheatsheaf before now, who're quite amenable to it.
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[url="http://shop.ebay.co.uk/smokingbeagle101/m.html"]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/smokingbeagle101/m.html[/url] Thanks all!
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[quote name='BassBunny' post='812927' date='Apr 20 2010, 07:43 PM']If you want to nail the model down and fancy removing the neck, the model series should be stamped in the neck pocket. Found this out when i removed the neck of my Bass Collection which I thought was an SB325, turns out it's an SB405[/quote] Cheers Bunny, shall give that a go tonight!
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Well, I'm massively downsizing the collection and this is the last 'good' one to go on the block - just bought a Squier Silver Series Jazz which I shouldn't have done but absolutely fell in love with! [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/?action=view¤t=DSCI0016.jpg"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/?action=view¤t=DSCI0015.jpg"][/url] [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v669/smokingbeagle/?action=view¤t=DSCI0014.jpg"][/url] It's a late-90s Japanese-made job (bought new in 1998, IIRC), they weren't in the Bass Collection catalogues over here and according to the shop I bought it in (Bass Centre in Birmingham) it was imported by accident - I've certainly never seen another one like it! The body's got a few little dinks and the scratchplate's got a few, well, scratches, but overall it's in good condition and sounds superb. The dual P-type pickups and two-band active electronics can give you pretty much any sound you need and for bassists who want to stand out the red sparkle finish and mirror 'plate look brilliant under stage lights. I did a bit of digging when I bought it and found out it's apparently an SB340 model, but Googling brings up precious little - according to the distributor at the time they were available in Japan in red, silver and purple finishes, but as I say, I've never seen another one! Not sure of the worth of it (I paid about £450, if I remember rightly), so make me an offer I can't understand!
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Don't suppose a Laney B1 head would tickle your fancy for part-ex would it? It's certainly lighter and more compact than the Marshall, not MarkBass-light though...