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    What Sire did next, 2025 edition

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Rich

    I've only just spotted this thread, and I bloody well wish I hadn't. GAS is back with a bang. That sunburst 5-string... ohhhhh lordy.
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    On 23/01/2025 at 09:37, neepheid said:

     

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    You Oughta Know - Flea's Tone

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    14 hours ago, Cato said:

    The guy who engineered the track reckons quite a bit of work was needed to 'fix' Flea's original track in the final mix.

     

    https://www.guitarworld.com/features/why-fleas-bass-track-had-to-be-fixed-in-the-mix-on-alanis-morissettes-hit-record

     

    Recollections tend to vary on these things, but he sounds plausible.

    In the article, Mr Flea says that he "showed up, rocked out, and split". I must say that sounds terribly painful, and I hope the studio staff were able to administer suitable first aid until the paramedics arrived.

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    Sexy bass stands

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    29 minutes ago, KingBollock said:

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    I have a couple of these in the living room. One for guitar and one for a mandolin. They’re nothing special but they are nicer than normal guitar stands. They come in two parts, so they pack down nice and flat. And they’re only £12.99.

     

    I love the grabby Hercules stand but it won’t take my favourite bass (not tall enough) nor my favourite guitar (the Telecaster headstock not being wide enough).

     

    Highly tempted to get some pretty wood and have a bash at making something like this for my ABG. I've got some marine plywood with quite highly-figured top plies... hmmm...

     

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    Pirate Studios -- a warning

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    45 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

    Why's that?

    Obviously we can all pick and choose where we rehearse, but the Pirate studios ive used have already been pretty full when we have been there. never had any incidents (unlike with certain other studios). 

    Because I am horrified by what I have read in the pages of this thread, and the Vice link aniki posted. That's why. Like you say, we can all pick and choose where we rehearse, and on the basis of this thread I would pick and choose to avoid Pirate like the proverbial.

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    The Big Fat South-West Bass Bash 2025

    in Events

    Posted · Edited by Rich

    1. Rich - Trace Elliot TE-1200 amp, Barefaced Super 12T cab, earplugs , Shuker custom 5, Tanglewood TRB-CE acoustic bass gtr.

     

    2. Woody - Rickenbacker 4004-L5, maybe Sei Flamboyant, Same old basschat 12" with some amp, other stuff TBC

     

    3. Pinball (tbc) - some interesting basses

     

    4. Stubsy - Joyo BadASS, GRBASS AT212 slim - only 50W but that should give 120dB at one metre 😇. (or I bring my TE 1110 combo). Some fun pedals. Perhaps the AVII 1960 precision, the Sire P10 and maybe the Fender Performer and something unexpected...

     

    5. Sean - Mesa 400+, Laney Nexus Tube 400 [oh jeez], MJW Taranis 200 (Filthbox Matamp clone with extra channel and EQ), GK MBF500, GK Fusion 550, 2 x LFSys Monaco, 2 x Japanese Market Spector Euros with LHZ-03 preamps, Valenti #005 Super P, Yamaha BB1300, my small but well-appointed pedal-board (Origin Cali 76, Origin DCX, Aguilar Chorusaurus, etc) plus a mini walk-in bass surgery if interested. Plus whatever I might be selling at the time.

     

    6. Rosie - likely I'll bring my upright, set up for bluegrass/folk/jazz if anyone's not played upright before and fancies a go

     

    7. Phil - BassChat cabs, maybe some sort of shootout?

     

    8. MikeD - Laney Digbeth, Zilla 212, Dingwall Combusion, Revelation PJ, pedals, try to finish home made bass🤞🤞🤞🤞

     

    9. neepheid - G&L CLF L-1000, Yamaha BB1200, Sire D5, Sire Z7, Greco LGB-700, Reverend Triad, Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard, Epiphone Thunderbird '64, Squier Jaguar H (with Ibanez CAP double humbucker from ATK200/800 etc), Gear4Music rat bass (with Lace Aluma-P), £150 giggable bass challenge, 1 or 2 amps depending upon space...

     

    10. Jabba_the_gut - Note sure what stuff yet........

     

    11. Wolverinebass - Grainger Hades, HX Stomp, GK Fusion 1200s.

     

    12. Japanaxe - Precision(s) & Dingwall(s), DIY 100W Bassman head if finished by then(!) as people seemed to like my B15 clone, At least 1 other amp (see sig)

     

    13. JohnDaBass - Fender Imp combo, Fender Mike Kerr Jaguar, Fender Stu Hamm Urge 1, HB ThunderStang, Squier Paranormal Rascal, Mark Bass Bronco ( very yellow), Ashdown Capri ( very Pink)

     

    14. Geek99 (tentative) - sire v7 5 string (rapidly becoming my favourite bass ever), vintage est96a (punches above its weight as judged by basschat midlands massive and Stub Mandrel), Tc electronic bh250 and A cab that was dragged out of the sea    (Possibly) but only cost £10

     

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    Pubs and venues to be protected from noise complaints

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Rich

    27 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

    It's all about noise, not what you're trying to make me say as it was absolutely not my point.

     

    Let me put it another way.

     

    You come to this place once in a while, enjoy the noise or even make it yourself, then you go away.

     

    It happens to you, as I wrote, once in a while, but the neighbours have to live with this each and every day with other people doing exactly the same as you, so this noise becomes a medical issue for them.

     

    This could be avoided if the noise is limited to the place mentioned, by simply using dampening or limiting the PA to what's legal, which is NEVER the case.

     

    It's not because it was there first that this is not a nuisance, and your b and c points are pure bullshìt trying to make me say what I didn't.

     

    What I'm saying is that if you want to make noise, go on, but respect the neighbourhood without annoying them and if this noise is coming from a pub or a venue, it's their obligation to tame it.

     

    Of course, I would never decide to live nearby some known noise makers, being it a pub, a venue, an airport or anything else and then starting to complain as I knew it would be a real nightmare from the start.

     

    But some people have not my choice or sometimes discover afterwards that there's a noise maker nearby that was closed for a period, but reopened and then the escalation starts.

     

    You know Angles and Saxons were Germanic tribes: Does this make U.K. a German property?

    My points b and c were perfect germane and your accusation of 'bullshit' is as peculiar as it is nonsensical. In fact, the situation I described is exactly what happened to The Point in Cardiff, inclusive of my points a to c and probably an additional d, e and f too. But thank you anyway for eventually actually addressing my sole question, even if it did take you 8 paragraphs of huffing to get round to it. 

    Pubs and venues to be protected from noise complaints

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Hellzero said:

    Of course you have the right to complain, noise above a certain dB level is a nuisance and is simply not allowed.

     

    And noise is a health problem as it can lead to serious health issues, stress being the first, leading itself to cardiac problems and neurological disorders.

     

    If you like noise, go and start living in a factory with 24/24 7/7 permanent noise, you'll certainly appreciate being in such an environment.

     

    Stop thinking you can make as much noise as you want without caring for the neighbours, it's so selfish.

    So just to be clear -- you think it's ok to move in to a house close to an establishment that you know full well to be a source of noise, and then complain about it despite the fact that a} it was there first, b} you knew it was there, and c} you chose to live near it?

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    Pubs and venues to be protected from noise complaints

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    ABOUT BLOODY TIME. But yes, too late for many fine venues. RIP The Point, Cardiff.

    There are only a few lower forms of life than someone who moves in near an established music venue, knowing full well that it's there, and then complains about it to the extent that it is forced to close. Scumbags. I hope their houses get infestations of mountain-beaver fleas.

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