Mykesbass

The ESP Surveyor has an ebony board - played one in a Colchester music shop about 5 years ago and still remember it so I must have liked it!

[quote name='mybass' post='1150227' date='Mar 5 2011, 03:10 AM']I'm using 'GALLI' nickels on my fretless bass, called "Rockstar" series.[/quote] Pete gets amazing sounds using these - from full on traditional fretless tones to sounds where, if you couldn't see it was fretless you wouldn't know - having said that, he is a very, very fine player! Hope you're well Pete! I've just swithced from Status halfwounds to Rotosound Pressurewounds for similar reasons to the OP and am very happy with them. Mike

I had the same with a couple of Audiom 12"s recently. Some daft prices being asked out there but in reality they don't go for a whole hill o' beans. I did check with a couple of traders, including one who is a friend of a friend and they both confirmed that they weren't worth a lot. I sold the two for just over £50 but then I bought them in a nice looking retro cab two weeks earlier for £20 and still have the cab.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='699729' date='Jan 3 2010, 05:34 PM']I refuse to let this thread die. Headhunters. As funky as it ever gets. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAfVsuVEYD0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAfVsuVEYD0[/url][/quote] Heard this today on 6 Music - Pete's link seems to have been disabled - here's one that will hopefully work for a while:

Nasty - happened to me after going to an Alice Cooper gig - still buzzing the next night. Really scared me and worn plugs ever since. Hope all's OK.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='1145909' date='Mar 1 2011, 03:34 PM']A lot of them - even some of the best ones that I've worked with - seem to be obsessed with volume and sub-bass... (a bass player's nightmare, IMO).[/quote] Not a young guy at the Cluny by any chance?

They emailed me their price list - PM me if you want a copy.

[quote name='tredders' post='1148067' date='Mar 3 2011, 09:47 AM']I think it depends on what's done. In the bad old days, I've paid for setups where they've basically tweaked the truss rod, and that was about it. However, a pro-setup involves a lot more than that. [url="http://www.guitartechnicalservices.co.uk/acatalog/Professional_Set-up.html"]This is what Peter Allen does.[/url] He charges £78, but it's worth every penny. I think you can get regular setups for around the £35 mark.[/quote] That is very good value for a very thorough set up.

[quote name='norvegicusbass' post='1147507' date='Mar 2 2011, 07:00 PM']Yeah I got the bass this last Xmas so the strings are new. I never really thought about the fact that the G string especially gets less action as it were than the others maybe I will play a few top end tunes for a while.[/quote] If you got the bass this Christmas and the strings are new then you're not playing enough

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1147337' date='Mar 2 2011, 04:47 PM']I am genuinely happy for you. I think that there is nothing nicer than playing an instrument that gives you that kind of return. I guess I am lucky in that I find that in my 'off the shelf' set up. I guess its like trying to find your glasses and then realising they were on your head all the time [/quote] Can one really call Wal "off the shelf"? Nige, funny what you say about the roto's - I found the Status Hotwires were the stickiest little blighters I've ever experienced - to the point of it being difficult to play certain lines.

[quote name='silddx' post='1146636' date='Mar 2 2011, 12:30 AM']What are they mate?[/quote] Rotosound Pressure Wounds - just add the right amount of umph to the fretless without completely losing all the qualities of flats. (sorry, lame description, one of those you know it when it happens moments)! That's a cracking looking Jazz BTW, glad it sounds as good as it looks

I've just had the same eureka moment - and all it took was a different set of strings!

So, got my Cort neck back and put Status half rounds on - beautiful tone but not what I was after - far too mellow and flat, was looking for something more of a halfway house between flats and rounds, these are far too close to the flat end o fthe spectrum. On a whim, popped in to my local shop and got a set of Rotosound pressure wound strings. Just back from a rehearsal and I'm so happy, I know have the sound I've been looking for and no longer feel the need to change my amp (Hartke HA2500) which I bought in an emergency and was (until now) very disappointed with. Quite amazing what a set of strings can do!

I'm becoming quickly enlightened here - thanks Mr Foxen. Reason I'm yearning after a valve amp is that I got badly stung with a class D Yamaha that no-one can fix! Looks like the same could occur with the modern valve amps. Also, is there a problem, like with gaming consoles, of the new "safe" solder not being up to the job? Finally, any suggestions on what to look out for amp wise for old school Neil Young/Dylan/Creedence sound? I liked the idea of the new Traynor both because it is a great price and because from Harmony Central and other reports it sounded like the right sort of clean but warm sounding amp for me. (Not a near future purchase BTW).

[quote name='Dosi Y'Anarchy' post='1139074' date='Feb 23 2011, 08:03 PM']I was tempted but the fact that it hadnt been tested since it last blew a tube put me off[/quote] Exactly! I just don't get that everything becomes "vintage" these days. To me it's and old amp that doesn't work when the brand new one is only half as much again with a year guarantee. (Sorry Mr F, perhaps I just haven't got a soul)!

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I was managing a Texan blues guitarist, Buddy Whittington (ex John Mayall) and he went down a storm there. Really friendly crowd, and yes, the sound guy was great. Well worth doing.

[quote name='Hobbayne' post='1127103' date='Feb 14 2011, 02:41 PM']Proud Mary Dum De Dum De Dum De Dum De Dum De Dum ZZzzz ! [/quote] My band does a hybrid of the CCR version and Tina Turner's version - loads more energy and easier to develop a driving bass riff to suit. Goes down a treat when we do it.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1129517' date='Feb 16 2011, 12:35 PM']"songs you didn't know you knew"[/quote] That's a great angle Jon. Band I've just joined does Dylan, Springsteen, Neil Young, only a handful of really obvious choices. We have a fair amount of bookings throughout the year, only reason we haven't got more is the bass player I replaces had too many other commitments and was always turning gigs down, so yes, it can be done. Mike

Am I being harsh here - £400 for an amp that blew a valve a couple of years ago and hasn't been used since, when a brand new one from Thomann is around £650 sounds a bit steep (or is there a collectors market for 70's Traynor)? [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Traynor-YBA-3-Custom-Special-valve-tube-amp-/200576157018?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item2eb345455a"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Traynor-YBA-3-Custom...=item2eb345455a[/url]

It's a very long time since I was involved in putting out 45's but yes, a cut can affect the sound of a recording quite significantly. Certainly two tracks per side on a 7" is going to make the grooves closer together and lower quality (unless they're really short). Best thing to do is make sure your master sounds exactly how you want it then make sure you get an attended cut so you're in the room when the guy does it so it stays the way you want it.

Just bought a Purple Chili cab from Phil at Bass Gear - what a great guy to do business with! (and a great deal to boot)! Thanks Phil! Mike

Is that banjo still resonating?