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BigAlonBass

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  1. [quote name='budget bassist' post='315112' date='Oct 26 2008, 03:34 PM']is that compressor any good for live bass use or just studio?[/quote] I use mine exclusively for Live work, and I've had nothing but positive comments on the difference it makes.
  2. [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='310975' date='Oct 21 2008, 07:48 AM']He published mine [/quote] but mine was the polite one.
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  4. [quote name='LukeFRC' post='309053' date='Oct 18 2008, 08:10 AM']warwick headstock shape would make a far better one for a seat....[/quote] but that would be sensible. Nobody ever said that Musicians were sensible................
  5. I stepped up to the mic to do some backing vocals 31 years ago this week, (how old do I feel now?) saw a bright flash, and woke up in the Ambulance on the way to Hospital. I'm a fully paid-up Member of the "Back From The Dead" fraternity, because apparently my heart stopped, and it was only the prompt action of a Doctor in the audience that got it started again. If he hadn't been talked into 'slumming it' with his relatives, I wouldn't be here to annoy everyone with my rambling. Guess who uses a tester and an RCD EVERY TIME he plugs anything into a socket?
  6. [quote name='farmer61' post='303914' date='Oct 10 2008, 02:48 PM']I also saw a geordie 'DC covers band at one of the "Music Live" events demonstrating Marshall gear and they were excellent, can't for the life of me remember their name though.[/quote] We were called "Back In Black" but we've since gone our separate ways. The "Angus" in that Band is now the "Angus" for Livewire.
  7. Sold me a rack case, and even included photographs of it "before" posting, so that I could check the condition of it "after" it arrived. Excellent service, and a great BassChatter.
  8. Sorry, me old mucker. I seem to have hi-jacked Waynes thread here. I'm happy with my set-up, and I got everything working the way I wanted by the "try it, and if it doesn't go BANG! it works" method. I was just telling Wayne that he wasn't the only one to suffer from a type of "word blindness" when someone is describing an easy (to them) way of sorting something out. It seems that Wayne and I have the same type of problem-show me a picture, or show me how to do it-sorted. Use words of which I have no conception of their meaning-panic! I don't actually think we are thick, it's just that if you have no idea what something is, there's no way you can envisage utilising it, therefore a "middle ground" has to be found. I wasn't getting at you personally, or anyone else on this site, as I've found us all to be an extremely helpful bunch, but just as an example from an earlier post-[i]In that case you would need to use a 'stereo' or more accurately TRS jack at the sending end and connect the tip to the ring to link the signal through the socket. Same as you would do to use a mixer insert as a Direct Output (eg for sending to a PC/Recording Device) and still have the signal go through the channel. Easy enough to wire up.[/i] What the heck does that all mean? To someone who uses electrickery a lot, it probably IS easy to wire up, but to me??? Silly things (to you) like the difference between parallel and series wiring remain a mystery to a numpty like me. The diagrams look pretty, but when I look at speaker configurations in the back of a cabinet, I seriously cant tell the diffference-it's all spaghetti. RTFM!!! doesn't help much either. When I first got my 3630, it rambled on about "sidechains" and "stereo recording" and "signal differentials" and "twin channel outputs into two amplifiers" and the like. About as helpful as a chocolate fireguard to someone who had no intention of utilising any of these, so I plugged it in on one channel and turned the knobs until it got the sound I wanted. Not very scientific, I know, but it worked. I didn't want a tuner in the "chain of command" so I didn't bother plugging it in, which makes me of no use to Wayne whatsoever. Sorry for the rambling post, but please keep trying to find "the middle ground" where everyone can benefit from the knowledge that is so obviously present in this sites members.
  9. [quote name='Archetype' post='303176' date='Oct 9 2008, 05:22 PM']options are 1. bass goes to compressor goes to input on bass. with the tuner on the preamp out of the amp. 2. bass into amp,effects loop to the compressor with the tuner on the preamp out. It depends on the amp, if the effects loop is in parallel then you will have a clean and compressed signal running which will make the compressor kinda pointless. If its in series then it would work better. What model of amp is it? Archetype[/quote] "tuner on the preamp out of the amp?" "effects loop?" "tuner on the preamp out?" "if the effects loop is in parallel, then you would have a clean and compressed signal.....?" It sounds VERY impressive, but what does it all mean? You have absolutely no idea how thick I feel, when I don't have a CLUE what you're talking about, do you?
  10. [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='301936' date='Oct 8 2008, 09:41 AM']Cheers buddy but I'll be honest I didn't understand any of that I'm starting to regret buying tbh.[/quote] I've been using a 3630 for the last 7 years, and I didn't understand it either. Do what I did Wayne-take it into a spare bedroom and plug things into things until it does what you want. It must be a resilient unit, because I haven't been able to blow it up yet.
  11. You thought that was sarcasm? I was DEADLY serious. That's my dream Bass, and I'm trying to find a buyer for the Wife and Kids as we speak.
  12. Sorry. I only got three numbers on the Lottery tonight, so I'll have to wait till Wednesday night to buy it.
  13. [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='295858' date='Sep 30 2008, 08:34 PM']Whats the serial number?[/quote] STING1.
  14. [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='292534' date='Sep 26 2008, 10:45 AM']Someone please buy this P bass. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-PRECISION-BASS-P-BASS-GREAT-CONDITION-NO-RESERVE_W0QQitemZ280270659483QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item280270659483&_trkparms=72%3A1298|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-PRECISION-BAS...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] I don't have much money but I am very stupid and I will buy it[/quote] O.K. If you insist.
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  21. [quote name='MuseMatt' post='280786' date='Sep 9 2008, 11:26 PM']Bit off topic but.. what exactly did you replace and with what? I'm curious because mine is probably gonna be backup soon, but still worth upgrading I think![/quote] I was lucky enough to be offered a '72 Precision Pickup for silly money, and two gigs later a '69 Jazz Pickup for even less.(There was only one) They both went on, then a Badass, which was replaced with a Wilkinson, because it sounded better. (More sustain, funnily enough!) The original Machine Heads were becoming worn out, so I stuck a set of Grover Titans on it, and going out of tune is a thing of the past. Most of the time, I take it out of the case and it's still in tune from the last gig. It's had a Pro setup, and a quick fret dress, and that's it.
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