FlatEric

Once again, thank you all for the info - all good stuff.

Cheers. 😊

Thank you all for your input.

I had forgotten this but I had Cakewalk YEARS ago, running on Windows 95 or 98 and struggled with that.

From memory (it was a very long time ago) it certainly was not straightforward and certainly not intuitive.

I think that is why I was attracted to GB, as all I knew who had tried it, said it was pretty easy to get on with.

With that in mind, I may have a go with Reaper, as there is the trial version and see how I get on.

I don't think this will happen until the new year, with everything else going on, so sit tight and I'll report back.

Would I need anything else to connect - I seem to recall that I just went straight into the sound card before, on a micro jack.

Cheers. 😊

3 minutes ago, MichaelDean said:

Wot @Woodinblack said. Garage Band is mac specific. If you're looking for a low cost DAW, I'd suggest Reaper. It's really good. You get a free trial for 60 days, but you can also just keep on clicking the "Keep evaluating" button indefinitley after those 60 days without any reduced functionality (ask me how I know 😉).

 

https://www.reaper.fm/index.php

Taaaaaaaaaaaa.

Will take a look. 😊

1 minute ago, Woodinblack said:

There is not and never will be a GarageBand for windows, but there are quite a few other DAWs that are sort of similar if you look around, depending on what you want. Don't download anything that tells you it is GarageBand for windows!

Thank you, just as I suspected. Cheers.

Anything that could be recommended to run on windows 10, that is simple to use and effective?

Cheers. 😊 

Hi All. 😊
I have done a search on here for anything relating to Garage band software for windows, but not found anything.

There are various bits of info on the net and I have even found a "Free Download", which I am quite suspicious of. . . . . .

Anyone got Garage Band or something very similar on a Microsoft Windows system?

Cheers, 😎

20 hours ago, bassmayhem said:

Peavey T40 1979: the best passive four string bass around. After 45 years it is still hard to beat. A versatile tone monster!

And it ain't that heavy...

 

 

An absolute beauty, looks very original. Do you have a moulded case for it or a standard one?

If you are interested in the Peavey T Series, it's beginnings, variations and history etc, you may like to have a look here, if you haven't already visited it.

Peavey T Series Basses and Guitars

I am a big fan of the Peavey T - some nice ones, also shot in the garden.👍

Read and scroll and when you get to the bottom, click Newer posts and carry on.

Lots of interesting info.

Cheers. 😊

On 04/07/2023 at 09:17, NikNik said:

It's a borrowed image. The last time I saw my old one (it came into my hands for a small repair) the brass was heavily tarnished and someone had totally wrecked the very basic wiring.

Understood.

Sending you a PM 👍😎

On 10/03/2019 at 12:11, NikNik said:

Cheers, guys.

Mine was the one with the two Bart buckers and herringbone binding. IIRC, Jimmy Grant had the full range of these basses, inc a B100 fretless with an unlined ebony board and a B100 with what looked like an MXR 6 or 7-band graphic inside it.

Dunno if my one's still in the Lothians. As mentioned in the Grants are Pants thread, I'd like her back!

Nik Nik, is this image one you have borrowed or is it your actual bass?

😊

On 26/06/2023 at 16:39, Bass Culture said:

My memory is a bit foggy but I do recall playing a couple of Peter Cook basses back in the early eighties, when I was distributing leaflets for a local music shop at the London Guitar Show (then called The Live Music Show) at Olympia (I think, could have been Earls Court).  The foggy bit is whether they were set up in the show itself or whether it was down the road in a hotel, as I remember a manufacturer mini-show in a hotel suite down the road, showcasing their wares away from TLMS.  I remember the basses being fabulous though, and gave me my first glimpse of how a handmade, high-end bass compared to its more mass produced brethren. 

Hi.

This is the one I think you referred to. Is this how you remember it? If you read the script, it dates from 1980.

Check out Larry DiMarzio's Snake Skin Boots!!!! Wow!!!

Cheers.😊

2 hours ago, Bass Culture said:

My memory is a bit foggy but I do recall playing a couple of Peter Cook basses back in the early eighties, when I was distributing leaflets for a local music shop at the London Guitar Show (then called The Live Music Show) at Olympia (I think, could have been Earls Court).  The foggy bit is whether they were set up in the show itself or whether it was down the road in a hotel, as I remember a manufacturer mini-show in a hotel suite down the road, showcasing their wares away from TLMS.  I remember the basses being fabulous though, and gave me my first glimpse of how a handmade, high-end bass compared to its more mass produced brethren. 

Hi. 😊

As per my reply to Cosmo, somewhere there is a pic of Peter, at perhaps that show.

I will look into it and come back to you.

Cheers. 👍

2 hours ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

Welcome back @FlatEric, we've missed you!

 

PC made my official favourite bass ever, the one I drew all over my school books and will one day have a custom built to match it (despite the now-obvious horrendous ergonomics).

 

 

 

Hello chap, hope all is good with you. 👍 Just busy with life in general but hope to have a little more input on here. . . . part of the old boys!😅 Let's face it, a few years have passed by since we first posted on here, 15+for me. . . I think!

 

Yes, I used to doodle guitars. There are some posts on my blog that relate to tubs of stuff that Peter and I went through and found the original tmplates for The Flame and other stuff!

I will try and find the post and PM a link to you, there may have been some original scribbles for your hearts desire. Sit tight,I'll see what I can find.

 

Cheers. 😊

Oooops, neglected to add more info!

Axis Bass 203

Axis Bass 204

Cheers. 😊

Hi to all who remember me and Hi to those who don't.😎

For those who remember, I have a thing about small operation English guitar makers - Reeve, Ray Cooper, Doug Wilkes and the like but in particular, Peter Cook.

I was going to post this on another Peter Cook article I did some years ago but I managed to find it and it was some time ago!! 😁

So, here we are on another thread. . . Two more Peter Cook Axis Basses.

Axis Bass 204, the red one - I know who now has that one.

Axis Bass 203, I am aware of but not sure where it has gone since 2020.

Anyone that visits on here?

😊

Just been watching the news. . . . Sad to see that Jeff is no longer with us.😪

What an absolute legend - I only ever saw him playing live once and he was absolutely mesmerising.

I'm sure like many who admired him as not only a truly amazing guitarist but also a consummate musician, I will be listening to a lot of his music over the next week or so.

Good bye Jeff Beck, thank you for the memory of watching you on the stage.

Another great who has left us.

A sad day.

Now I've got a name. . . . it's easy.

Good shot of George and the Axis Bass at 1:36.👍

4 minutes ago, casapete said:

It’s the late George Ford.

 

He was in Cockney Rebel, and played on ‘Come up and see me, Make me Smile’.  He also did various sessions including Cliff Richard, Linda Lewis, Al Stewart and Medicine Head. Great bass player.

Thank you, very much. 🤘😎

Now you have said that, I recall a George Ford (somewhere in the dim and distant past) but never knew what he looked like.

The power of Basschat! Brilliant.

Anyone got any images of George Ford, playing that bass?

Cheers. 🙂

OK.

Found this - starts at 5:12.

This is the fella, playing a rare PC.

Yes, from a quick google at the time, that's what I came up with.

He seemed very relaxed, doing all the moves, just didn't look like he dropped in just for the filming.

Cheers.

Hi to all out there, ages since I was on here. 🙂

Hoping someone can help. . . . .

I was watching Kenny Everett on That's TV Xmas, S3 Ep1, from 1980.

They were doing Ghost riders in the sky and the bass player was someone I didn't recognise, playing something I did recognise - A Peter Cook Axis Bass.

It may still be available on catch up. Player was a Black guy, short ish hair and he looked very much part of the band. Doing lots of octaves, in a modernised version of the track.

Who is going to stop all my head scratching, just can't think who it is. . . . . .

Waits for a deluge of replies. . . . .

Cheers. 😊

On the same tack, I also love the RSB Deluxe.

RSB Deluxe

Sort of the same but different!

Aria of late (speak to younger players to confirm) seems to be seen as low budget, which is such a shame as the heritage of Aria was solidly formed from high quality, with a range that many pros would seek out.

On 18/02/2021 at 23:55, Bassassin said:

That's a stunner, always had a bit of GAS for one of these, having had an RSB Deluxe II from new - my first Matsumoku, sem-retired now due to incurable corkscrew neck syndrome. Big fan of the control flexibility on my RSB, which has the same setup as the SB Special - the most versatile passive bass I'd heard until I played a Peavey T40.

I've heard the 'only 1000 made' suggestion but I'm a bit doubtful - they're reasonably common of you regularly peruse Ebay listings, in fact I'd say a bit more so than RSBs.

As a fan of the T-40. I know what you mean. I am also a big fan of the SB Special SB Special

For what it's worth. . . . . .

I have been interested in this since the 70s and generally follow a rule of play it/listen to it and then decide if you like it, as opposed to Look at the name on the head an see how Visually appealing it is, Being lucky enough to be able to select several different instruments at one time, I have vever really found a solid and consistant rule of thumb. There is a thread on at the moment about plywood bodies and I have/have had various ones of those and can honestly say that some were absolute dogs and some were really very good. I can (and have, many times) take three or four of something, same make and model/same year/or one year younger or older, maybe different colour but that's all and the all have subtle differences. I have had £150 purchaces and been blown away by the sound and conversely bought something online (which we all do now but didn't 20/30 years ago) because it seemed to tick all my criteria boxes but just couldn't get to love it - tonewood/high mass bridge/fancy pots/high end tuners etc but just couldn't get on with it.

Being interested in this, I have gone through the posts and I think bubinga5 made a valid comment " It will always be the sum of the parts. Way too many variables to nail any conclusions down".

It is also about fashions, anyone old enough would remember the days when most players lusted for the new this and the new that and older instruments would have been seen to be "high milage" and needed to be replaced. Now, those old instuments are highly prized. Are they all made from exotic woods, perhaps not.

Having said all of the above, I am like almost all on here and my head has been turned by something that I have loved the look of and may have been lucky on many occasions, to find that I did like it.

Blindfolded, can you really tell the difference between a £10,000 bass and a £5000 bass with beautiful and appealing tonewoods . . . . . maybe, maybe not. Can you tell between a £5000 bass and a £500 bass. . . . maybe, maybe not. Between £500 and £50, more than likely, yes. Fit a new set of strings, a different sound and tone - different lead/head/cab/room/floor/ceiling = different sound and tone.

This is something that will roll on for generations, I believe it's a personal thing - maybe best to leave it that no one is right and no one is wrong.

👍😎

Thin Lizzy, Johnnie The Fox tour, 1976. . . . I think.  Really loud but with clarity. After all this time, perhaps one of my favourite/most memorable but SO loud!

28 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

It's a Camac, made by Eko in Italy. It's a blinged-up variation of Eko's BX series. These were 80s (obviously!) & very influenced by the styles of the time

https://www.fetishguitars.com/eko/eko-the-final-years/eko-camac/

Brandoni Guitars in Wembley bought up all of Eko's old stock when they closed, and interestingly still have these advertised as in stock, either as neck/body or fully built bass. This one's probably a Brandoni bass, as it doesn't look 30+ years old.

Should mention that I'd rather like one of these...

I have what I believe is a BX7 One P and One J. Stripped back, with a 2 X V and 2 X T mod, which I bought out of curiosity and have found it a surprisingly good bass, I think you would enjoy having one, to add to you family of instruments.

" sorry .....will send money! " 😎 No Worries. 🤘

Never actually handled a Steinberger at all, ever - just never happened. As well as the Rails I had, I also have a Quantum, which if you love that 80's vibe, is a corker!  Westone Quantum X850

I also have a Hohner B2A, which is very nice indeed.

Cheers.