Rich

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='625198' date='Oct 13 2009, 04:41 PM']I agree - nothing custom about them. {Wals}[/quote]
If you order one and specify a particular facing wood or finish, then it is.

Oh feck me, not this creaky old chestnut AGAIN. Blimey, is it October already?

[quote name='alexclaber' post='625026' date='Oct 13 2009, 02:34 PM']getting one of those 'expensive custom jobs' is in many cases vastly [b]less[/b] expensive than getting an Alembic or a Wal![/quote]
Absolutely.

[quote name='OldGit' post='624965' date='Oct 13 2009, 01:56 PM']Didn't I just say that? [/quote]

Don't forget folks, there is a [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=36625"]good/bad couriers sticky[/url] at the top of this section.

For some blinding RH-T Incognito work, have a listen to 'Roots (Back To A Way Of Life)' from the '100° And Rising' album. Funkier than a very funky thing. Sorry, [i]thang[/i].

Another +1 for Interparcel. I sent a power amp 900 miles across Europe, it was there in a week despite being their cheap standard rate, and even with the extra insurance it was still just over 30 quid. No damage, but then again it was in bomb-resistant packaging. I shall use them again for definite.
By comparison, I've just sent a pair of foglights up to Bolton by Royal Snail 1st class recorded delivery... it took 11 days. I don't care if there's a postal strike or whatever, 11 days for a supposedly 1-2 day service is not on. It would have been quicker by pogo-stick.

He obviously means in cat years.

+1 for side-only. Much cooler.
And he does orange LEDs too

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='623014' date='Oct 11 2009, 12:27 PM']That and Snatch are my fave films of all time, I've watched them more times than I'd like to admit.[/quote]
D'you like dags?

Totally brilliant amps. I had one of its earlier non-DPC brothers years ago, and gigged the sh*t out of it for donkey's ages without a single problem. Free bump for a bargain

Common courtesy, politeness and decency seem to be in very short supply these days, and if you don't agree you can feck off
Why is it some people are incapable of picking up a phone and saying "sorry, summat's come up, can't make it"..?

Nine hundred and what??
Monumentally overpriced.

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(stock pic)
Not for nothing was this baby the SWR flagship for some years (until its big brother came along!). It's a brilliant amp and I love it, but 900 watts is far more than I need and the weight is getting a bit much for me, and I'm GASsing for a new lightweight thingy. So she's got to go.
There's a bit of road rash, true -- some scrapes here & there, including on the front handles, none of it is my doing however as it's lived in my rack since day 1 -- but operationally it's perfect and boy is it loud..! Unfortunately I do not have the channel-change footswitch though.
It gets quite warm in use, they all do, but contrary to what some people might suggest it has [i]never[/i] overheated while I've been using it.
To fund the GAS I needed nearly £500, so 480 means I'm close to being out of pocket. Shipping will be, well, whatever it costs or if you're close to Bristol you are welcome to collect. Or I can arrange to deliver to Swindon, Reading or Birmingham as I go to those places fairly regularly.
UK price for these babies is at least [url="http://www.basscentre.com/bass-amps/swr-sm-900-head.html"]£1500[/url], so mine's a total steal.

From the SWR site: "[i]The SM-900 has been one of the most requested bass amplifiers for concert stages and studios worldwide since its introduction in 1991 - and it continues to be the benchmark by which other bass amplification systems are judged. The 900 combines the sweet, warm SWR tube preamp tone with two power modules for the option of 900 watts in bridged mode (400 per side in stereo). The dual three-band semi-parametric EQs can be can be combined into a single six-band configuration - offering more tonal control than is available in many professional quality studio consoles[/i]."

[i]Tube preamp
Active and passive inputs
Limiter
'Aural Enhancer'
Shelving bass and treble controls
2 switchable 3-band semi-parametric EQs - can be used as 2 channels or combined into a single 6-band EQ
Rack mountable (2U)
Stereo and Mono Effects Loop
Balanced XLR Output with Line or Direct Mode switch, plus ground lift & variable pad

Bridge/Mono Mode:
900 Watts @ 4 Ohms [/i]{EDIT: just noticed, mine says 900W @ 8 ohms. Weird.}[i]

Stereo Mode (per side):
400 watts @ 4 Ohms
240 watts @ 8 Ohms
144 watts @ 16 Ohms
(minimum load = 2 Ohms)

Height: 3.5" (8.9 cm) (2U)
Width: 19" (48.3 cm)
Depth: 13.75" (34.9 cm)
Weight: 35 lbs. (15.9 kg) [/i]

The best 5-string superJ I've played is P-T-P's Lakky DJ, with a Bart (I think?) preamp in it.
The best 4-string is CK's Celinder, by a country mile.

I love where I live, but on occasions I just hate being so far from London. This is one of those occasions. I would have given arms & legs to have been there.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='621695' date='Oct 9 2009, 02:55 PM']If you get an opportunity to try doing backing vocals, give it a go, it really is good fun[/quote]
+1

Bumped, as per Alex's post

See also:

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=38704"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=38704[/url]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3485"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3485[/url]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30627"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30627[/url]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=50179"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=50179[/url]

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=46829"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=46829[/url]

He's right. Practice, and lots of it.

1) What kind of maintenance do you carry out on your instruments at home/gigs?
[b]Setups, electronics, minor woodwork, most things except major woodwork and finishing.[/b]

2) What position is it easiest to have the instrument in for these actions? (vertical, horizontal, at an angle?)
[b]Horizontal, on workbench.[/b]

3) Are there any tasks you currently carry out where you find it hard to securely orientate the instrument in an ideal working position?
[b]Not really.[/b]

Fender Jazz, Candy Apple Red with matching h/stock, with white pearl plate and chrome neck ashtray. Ohhhhhh yesssssssss.

On the forum at 4.53pm. Did he get in contact at all? I'm guessing not...

Go the legal route, I reckon. No mucking about. A letter demanding payment, and then (assuming that doesn't get a result) straight to the Sheriff. IMO it doesn't matter if it's £173 or £17.30, it's the principle.

Ask him to do one in Bristol, can you..? Ta.

[quote name='Sibob' post='618012' date='Oct 5 2009, 09:59 PM']I much prefer Victor's groove playing that his slap playing, it's a shame that a lot of people focus on how fast he can slap rather than his fingerstyle.[/quote][quote name='simon1964' post='618295' date='Oct 6 2009, 10:32 AM']Agreed - although ironically I think the same is true of Flea. I much prefer his more melodic playing to his slap playing.[/quote]
And again, the same is true of Mark King. People focus entirely on his wockity-wockity slap whilst forgetting that his fingerstyle groove playing is superb, plus the fact that he sings and plays - even over some of his most fiendishly complex lines.

[quote name='JTUK' post='616223' date='Oct 4 2009, 08:42 AM']None involving the band that I can recall, but I did see a squaddie have a charge at someone from right across the room..he went wailing at this guy like a banshee at full pelt but didn't see the knee-level height glass coffee table in front of him and that poleaxed him ....straight down onto his face[/quote]
I want to see that on youtube :lol:

[quote name='Rayman' post='617668' date='Oct 5 2009, 05:06 PM']I witnessed Pete Way trying to keep Phil Mogg and Michael Schenker apart during a UFO gig in Manchester a couple of years back. Schenker was totally pissed as usual, and Mogg took exception to his lousy playing, and so tried to hit him with the mic stand. Only Pete Way and his Thunderbird could keep them apart. Very funny.[/quote]
And that :lol: