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Very Compact 1x12 Cab with choice of driver f/s
Mykesbass replied to Mykesbass's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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Decent central London venues that can be hired
Mykesbass replied to Clarky's topic in General Discussion
[url="http://www.bushhallmusic.co.uk/HTML/music-venue-hire.htm"]http://www.bushhallmusic.co.uk/HTML/music-venue-hire.htm[/url] Nice venue. -
Action Stations! Do you like a high action?
Mykesbass replied to gjones's topic in General Discussion
Isn't 1cm at the 5th fret going to give serious intonation issues? -
Very Compact 1x12 Cab with choice of driver f/s
Mykesbass replied to Mykesbass's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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OK, bit of nonsense really, and nothing life threatening, Rehearsed last night and as soon as I started playing discovered a tiny thorn in the tip of my third finger - made stopping the notes (fretless so don't want to get that fretting argument going again) really painful and ended up doing some strange alternatives. One of the problems with being a gardener - the other being that the constant wearing of leather gloves keeps softening my callouses. Anyone got anything more dramatic - sawmill workers etc?
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Nice work. Forget the Sansamp, looking at your sig all you really need is the Stella and kebabs to come on board!
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Friday 24th June at Poet's Corner 33 Montgomery Street, Hove playing Dylan and assorted bluesy, country, folky rock. n.b Gearstalkers will probably feel a little underwhelmed
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What would your ideal Class D amp be if you could spec it yourself?
Mykesbass replied to Clarky's topic in Amps and Cabs
I'd spec it so that when it went wrong out of guarantee your average decent amp repair man could fix it, in other words completely unlike my Yamaha BB500H -
Very Compact 1x12 Cab with choice of driver f/s
Mykesbass replied to Mykesbass's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
[quote name='Monckyman' post='1258139' date='Jun 6 2011, 10:22 AM']Lo Mike, yes your prob right about the Eminence being choice. That being the case what would be your price for the Orange? Thanks, Dave.[/quote] Hi Dave, OK, £30 plus carriage at cost for the Celestion seeing as 4 ohm is a bit less sought after, £35 for the Eminence (same with carriage) and £30 for the Black Widow (carriage will probably be a lot more on that - it is a monster)! Just for everyone's info, the Eminence Basslite is rated at 150 watts, 300 watts peak. Cheers, Mike -
I see Clarky finally got rid of that Caps Lock key
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Very Compact 1x12 Cab with choice of driver f/s
Mykesbass replied to Mykesbass's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
[quote name='Monckyman' post='1257976' date='Jun 6 2011, 12:28 AM']Bit premature I know, but I`m looking for an 8ohm driver so, Can I get first shout on: A/ the Celestion Orange if whoever buys the cab doesn`t want it or, B/ the Eminence Neo if they do. And also, what prices might you want for the drivers ? Ta. MM[/quote] Hi MM, Wouldn't that be the other way around? Eminence is 8ohm, Celestion 4. I think the Eminence is going to be the most likely candidate to go with the cab being that most folks seem to want 8ohm and lightweight, but yes, if it doesn't go with it I'll give you a shout. I would have though £35 plus carriage at cost would be reasonable - 1/2 new price. Cheers, Mike -
OK, I knew this would be hard to put a value on, it is a great little cab and has a choice of three great drivers, but stuff is selling for so little now that I realise that this is going to be hard to sell for anything like it is worth, so: bumped for swaps - try me with anything musically related. (mic, fx, who knows)! Got this as a trade from Thornybank when I needed a very small cab to match my Yamaha BB110. Unfortunately, shortly afterwards the matching class D head went south and I couldn't find anyone to repair it. Absolutely solid construction, yet with a neo driver a very easy one hand lift. Due to needing a 4 ohm cab for the Yamaha I got a Celestion Orange 300w driver for it but I also have the original, fabulous but crazy heavy Peavy Black Widow or an 8 ohm Emminence Basslite neo to load it with. The drivers that don't go with the cab will be available for sale seperately. Tough one to put a price on, but bearing in mind neither the Celestion or Eminence had very much use (and were never thrashed as they were only used in an acoustic trio (EUB, acoustic guitar and singer) and cost around £70 new I'm going to punt this out at [s]£120[/s] £100 or make me an offer with your choice of speaker from the above. n.b. pics are Thornybanks and the driver pictured is not one of those offered here and the tour sticker has beend removed [attachment=81841:alucab_1.jpg] [attachment=81842:alucab_2.jpg] [attachment=81843:alucab_3.jpg] [attachment=81844:alucab_4.jpg]
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Most trashed thing you've sol on ebay?
Mykesbass replied to Mr. Foxen's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Something very melancholic yet beautiful about that old guitar - if I had any idea how to restore these things I'd be all over it like a rash. -
Should really love this man but early 80's Albert Hall only gig I've ever left early
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Utterly nonsensical non-bass GAS
Mykesbass replied to Happy Jack's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
Very nice. Very wrong but very nice all the same -
Possible reason why the Ricky is so special is it was for a long time the only other "serious contender" bass available.
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This lot any good for what you are after? [url="http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/"]http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/[/url]
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Should we have an unrecommended luthiers thread?
Mykesbass replied to Soloshchenko's topic in Repairs and Technical
Erm, just for clarity, in your first post you say you took your Strat in, then in the later post you say when you picked your bass up. Which was it? -
I wouldn't say fraud but in my experienc it is a lot harder work with a less experienced/able drummer. I have a similar problem, although we locked in beautifully at a gig on Sunday. You do end up noticing all sorts of things like, for example, the singer speeding up - an experienced drummer will hold him in place whereas with a less experienced one it falls to you to try and keep things in check. Talk to your drummer - I have. Mine didn't get the idea of a big powerful snare on the third beat in a ballad, however, on Sunday this was exactly how he played "Knocking On Heaven's Door" so he is now going to work on that for other songs.
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[quote name='Pete Academy' post='1253051' date='Jun 1 2011, 07:28 PM']I started to play my older brother's acoustic guitar in my early teens. He had a copy of Bert Weedon's 'Play In A Day'. I remember being excited when I could change between C and G chords. Eventually he bought an electric guitar and turned up one day with a used Vox bass he'd bought for ten quid. I played along with him and picked it up quite well. I was hooked from then.[/quote] Altogether now - "There Is A Tavern In The Town" look out for that F7!! I started on guitar, started double bass at the age of 13, school bass teacher died and wasn't replaced (thanks Thatch) so gravitated back to guitar. Played rhythm guitar for years in a big band (probably had more in common with bass playing than being a lead guitarist in a rock band) then gave up for a while, opened a guitar shop and suddenly found myself far more drawn to bass than guitar so have been palying and giiging again for the last 7 years.
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"you won't find another one like it"
Mykesbass replied to gary mac's topic in eBay - Weird and Wonderful
There have been plenty of relics pointed out on here in the past but this one has got to be by far the worst. No wonder the Google ad on the bottom of the page was for Wickes -
A B'd the LTD and the ESP when they were introduced - fantastic although the price at the time put me off. Had there been the sort of deals that are about now I would have snapped one up, thought they were both great, the ESP obviously was the better bass but was significantly more money.
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Great one last night - a lot of trepidation leading up to it as we played a holiday park in Hastings and we're not what you would think of as traditional holiday park entertainment. However, the lady who booked us knows her punters and knew what we did and we went down a storm, finishing 1/2 hour after curfew with the tiny dancefloor packed! Sound was great and really easily acheived both on stage and out front, and really locked in nicely with the drummer for the first time. Hour plus drive home didn't even tack the sparkle off the night
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But do those that have the natural ability and pick up playing quickly possibly have the tendency to just go with it rather than sit down and put all the heavyweight pratice in - Keith Richards vs Julian Bream perhaps?
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Nobody has mentioned veal - king of chops!