Mykesbass

I've been putting together a BYOG P Bass and first time round, despite measuring twice and drilling once I got the bridge out by 2.5mm. Any tips on how to accurately line up the bridge for attempt two please? Thanks, Mike

Update, used the two 112s in a very nice rehearsal space last night and the sound was huge! Had the gain on my Carvin BX500 on 5 and master on 3, volume on bass about two thirds on (I'm a bit odd as most on here seem to have bass on full, I always like to have some to spare on the bass so I don't need to go to the amp if I need a bit more volume). The low Cs were lovely and juicy and there was plenty of definition. I had one cab with the horn switched off, and the other on its low setting. Really pleased with my choice (then again, those EBS cabs look nice & are a good price, but no idea what they sound like)!!

Add the Fender Rumble 500 to your list, I'm really liking the cab and the combo is getting some great comments on here.

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1428679521' post='2743760'] Thanks for that, a lot I did not know. First encountered Willie Dixon on Johnny Winter's first CBS album in '69/70. A great musician and composer. [/quote] Likewise - I had no idea about his colourful history!

Just a quick question, why are people choosing to have conversations via their status update when many would be worthy of a quick thread? Seems to me the actual forums can move quite slowly at times so posts like Sub_Drop's on Marcus Miller's new album surely could warrant being in this section? (sorry Sub_Drop, not meaning to single you out as there have been plenty of others recently).

What an incredible writer, bass player, producer, and one hell of a back story - here's a short appreciation with a nice couple of links: [url="http://modlock.co.uk/?p=117"]http://modlock.co.uk/?p=117 [/url]

[quote name='Radchenko' timestamp='1428524260' post='2742194'] Hello. Thanks for the replies. What are the reasons you like it?, please Mykesbass. I doubt between: Fender 112 V3, Aguilar gs or sl 112, Tecamp xs 112. Other options?. Very different prices, but...different quality, powerful?. From what I have read: - Vintage sound: Fender, Aguilar. - Clean sound: Tecamp..With poor low end. Thanks. [/quote] Mmmm, describing sounds, difficult, but here goes - only cab I have real experience with to compare is a UK built Purple Chili 112 with a Celestion driver. I'm getting a nice full sound from the Fender, plenty of bottom, including low C on 5 string, but also very articulate - a nice bit of tightness, warm but not wooly. I picked up the second one today so am really looking forward to hearing both together tomorrow night. A good example would be Spongebob's recording - it is the combo version but will be pretty close: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA-xHT-cUC4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA-xHT-cUC4[/url]

Like mine a lot, just waiting for the second one to arrive.

Sounds interesting, will have to check these out properly, thanks.

Good review Bert, and pretty decent customer service from Fender by the sound of things. I'm enjoying the Rumble 112 cab and looking forward to running a pair when the 2nd one turns up.

That really takes some beating, for someone to go through an audition and then walk off with stuff, beyond belief. Too late to go to the police now, but would be interesting to see if he is actively looking for a band - could set up another audition with a fake band and a mate's phone number and see if he applies?! Does the GK just take standard power cables? I could stick you one in the post as I have a couple of spares.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1428261045' post='2739719'] This is supposed to be a sublime instrument. Depends who's playing it I suppose.. [/quote] To be fair, it hasn't been put up as a demo, it's a new owner rather egotistically showing his bass off - those moves, those facial expressions, those shorts

[quote name='gjones' timestamp='1428234427' post='2739361'] I've played in Blues bands since the early 90s. Most of the bands I play with are still playing the same, tired, old songs to an aging, balding and rapidly thinning audience. The Blues is great but when I play festivals it's rare to see anyone under 50 in the crowd. My brother in law is the programmer for The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival and he's well aware of the problem with ageing Blues acts performing to ageing audiences. At the moment he's over in the States checking out acts for next years festival. He's primarily looking for young talented acts that can bring the blues into the 21st century and appeal to a younger audience. He'll be travelling all over the states from San Francisco to Florida, taking in Clarksdale [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#545454]Mississippi [/color][/font][/size]on the way. This is one of the guys he'll be bringing over this year. Castro Coleman (Mr Sipp) won The International Blues Challenge final, held in Memphis in 2014. https://youtu.be/aDvVQxMY67M [/quote] Nice gig for the BiL! Will check Mr Sipp out properly later on.

My local jewellers charges £50 an hour for making jewellery. Now, nothing against them, but they are hardly the very pinnacle of jewellery making like Fodera is with bass making. So let's double that hourly rate to take into account the level of experience and expertise of the luthiers, and central NYC living costs, on a 37.5 hour week that would be less than three weeks labour cost without any materials. Seems to me relatively good value (at least compared to a local jewellers).

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1428162387' post='2738686'] Yep. He's been great for always, but for that time in the Bluesbreakers EC's playing was stunning. And you got to hear John McVie as well. You just knew you were watching something special. It's sad that they didn't record a live album at that time. [/quote] He's believed to be on these BBC sessions though: [url="http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-BBC-John-Mayall/dp/B000LC4BN4"]http://www.amazon.com/Live-at-BBC-John-Mayall/dp/B000LC4BN4[/url]

In Liverpool for John Mayall's 70th Birthday Concert, along with Mick Taylor and the incredible Buddy Whittington: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOpxFe2_gns"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOpxFe2_gns[/url]

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1428069925' post='2737734'] Didn't Wet Wet Wet once sponsor a local team? I know whose name I'd rather have on my footy top :-) [/quote] Skint (Norman Cook's label) sponsor Brighton & Hove Albion - always looks odd on match days around here when people wander around with that emblazoned on their chest!

That's brilliant - could make some money on the replica shirt sales!

Love it!

An engineer is there to use his/her technical expertise. Sure a producer would need to like what you are doing but that's a whole other kettle of fish. (sorry, probably opened the door to a whole bunch of Basschat fish puns)

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1427925838' post='2736066'] Not really my kind of thing, but it can't be as embarrassing as the time I was bouncing around the room playing guitar along to Shania Twain and my wife and best mate walked in... [/quote] Ha, worse than that, I showed no shame, there were people in the room already!!!

Thanks for that, love the live Constant Sorrow, will have a closer listen to the albums.

I needed keyhole surgery for my stones a couple of years back! Saw them at Wembley when one of the big football tournaments were on (Italy? 1990?). Half the audience were in the bar, half of those remaining had one ear plugged in to a transistor radio. Big cheers, followed by big groans as England lost once again. Loved the gig, love the band, including some of their later stuff.

Working Man has a nice little riff, can't post link from my phone, but top result on youtube is nice Live version. Swinging Doors needs you on the I V all the way, with the odd little run between chord changes. Get yourself into the right mindset for it, concentrate on getting a great tone and getting your notes in exactly the right place, and then enjoy how great you've just made the song, not how elaborate your bass line has been.