franzbassist

I sold a strap to Alain. A pleasure to deal with and I wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again.

Hi Lozz I tried the Tonehammer 350 at Bassgear the other day and was blown away by how good it sounded. The gain and drive controls give you a lot of different options, and that's before you begin to play with the tone controls. Definitely worth checking out. Cheers Gareth

[quote name='voxpop' timestamp='1359985415' post='1962894'] Hi Deepbass5, I have an Artist 6 fretted that is about 2 weeks away from delivery. You are welcome to come around and try it out when it arrives. I live in Sandhurst, Berkshire. [/quote] Shall I bring my Veillette Archtop at the same time?

I wear my basses quite high, so my fretting wrist is straight and there's no nasty break angle for my plucking hand. I find this puts the bass at just the right height for playing fingerstyle, picking or slapping. This translates to a strap just slightly longer than Sheehan's optimum.

Richter Supreme.... job done

To quote Sheryl Crow. "If it makes you happy....."

I use one or two Markbass NY151RJ cabs depending on the size of the venue. I would prefer to move to a two 1x12 setup.

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1359373038' post='1953593'] I can see that all the band's hard work to keep up to date with song choices looks in jeapardy, and I'm pretty unhappy about that. [/quote] What do your band mates think? It sounds like you have taken a conscious decision to keep your material up to date. While there may be a place for [i]some[/i] of the tracks he wants to play, in an expanded repertoire, it seems out of order for him to come in and start dictating terms. There are other singers out there.... if it doesn't feel right call his bluff, as a united band, and say no.

The C4 will be more aggressive sounding than the 6B, so probably the best bet for you

I sold Tony a strap. It was a simple and low cost transaction, but all went very smoothly and I would happily deal with him again.

[quote name='BluRay' timestamp='1358620624' post='1942405'] Wonder what cab would suit it [/quote] A 4ohm 2 x15?

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1358944949' post='1947372'] Thanks for that Gareth, sounds good! Did you have the neck pup soloed? Have you got flats on it? [/quote] Yes, neck pickup solo with just a hint of bass boost, and the bass is wearing Lakland flats.

[quote name='TRBboy' timestamp='1358858309' post='1946049'] Very nice! I really should get round to posting some pics of my new KT5 on this thread! Did you ever do the video? [/quote] Thanks. No I didn't do a review yet, but to keep everyone amused I just knocked this up. Filmed using an HTC Flyer tablet, with the bass running through the Peavey practice amp my son uses for electric drums. It doesn't sound the greatest, but at least you get the idea. [media]http://youtu.be/4Xj5N9-_OW4[/media]

At home today, so snapped some pictures of my VT5 [url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8211/8405405480_b78d6435cc_c.jpg"][/url] [url="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8405411088_4bb89eab09_c.jpg"][/url]

As it was... [quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1325763724' post='1487171'] [url="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6640534509_e1c5b52ba1_b.jpg"][/url] [/quote] And as it is now, in more austere times ....

Quick update. I played the bass last night and again this morning, trying all sorts of pickup balance and tone setting variations. No problems at all I can only assume it was the venue, most likely the induction loop. Thanks for all the help Gareth PS Totally agree about squealing piezo as a band name!