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I own a Boss GEB-7 which is very handy to fine tune my amps EQ. It's simple and effective. I'm sure the Ashdown graphic sounds good but it does seem like you need to faff about with it a lot to get the best out of it.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1371582998' post='2115910'] Is that a Fender? I saw that video the other day and wanted to know what type of bass it was. It looks rather groovy. Sounds it too! [/quote] Looks like it's a perspex Dan Armstrong body with a Fender style neck. The truss rod looks like a bullet 70's style one, so it may be a Fender neck with the logo removed? Like this one [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmn1HSKcHcI[/media] If you want a perspex bass, Charlie Jones (Goldfrapps bass player) gets his made here [url="http://crimsonguitars.com/gallery/charlie-jones-perspex-bass/"]http://crimsonguitar...s-perspex-bass/[/url]

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1371567735' post='2115621'] Masking the logo on a Precision seems to be a bit pointless really. Its so easily recognised, and Precisions are a sort of industry standard. So I cant see Fender giving a flying f*** really. Just drives home the point that, long term, Fender, unlike most boutique brands, are a bigger name than the artistes who play them. Surely tfor a biggish name bassplayer to be seen playing a Precision copy would be much mre effective c/w logo, and say, a Westfield , or well known copy brand T shirt would hit Fender harder. That way kids, who will choose what their heroes play at first, maybe wouldnt be so quick to aspire to owning Fenders. I'm not suggesting Westfields in particular, nor that they are as good bty ( although once set up nicely, some of em are much better than you would expect for the price) [/quote] Some brands pay [b]BIG[/b] money to get product placement. Just look at the Bond movies. Bond now drinks Heineken beer and wears Omega watches as a direct result of deals made with the producers.

Interestingly there's a lot of bassists who play Fenders but mask the Fender logo with tape when they play live. I'm assuming it's because they've tried to get a Fender endorsement and Fender have told them to 'Get the F*** outa here!'. So they've refused to give them free advertising. I noticed it again in the Daft Punk video of Get Lucky. Niles Rodgers has his logo masked off too. If he isn't endorsed by Fender he should be. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EofwRzit0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5EofwRzit0[/url]

I've thought of it myself. And look Maplins have a case all made up for you already [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/19-inch-2u-case-30611?c=maplin&utm_source=gcs&utm_medium=gcs_search&utm_campaign=QZ90X&utm_content=Cases&%7Bifpe:_$ja=tsid:49900%7Ccgn%3A%7Badtype%7Dkw%3A%7CQZ90X%7D%7Bifdyn:_$ja=tsid:49900%7D&_$ja=cgid:7690035043|tsid:49900|cid:119049883|lid:21209467200|nw:{ifsearch:search}{ifcontent:content}|crid:26685291403&gclid=CMaX39es7LcCFVHMtAodb24AjQ"]http://www.maplin.co...CFVHMtAodb24AjQ[/url] Ignore the weird picture. It should be the exact size you need, a 2u 19 inch rack, which should fit an Ashdown head perfectly (by the way don't blame me if it doesn't).

Video of Scots bassist, Chris Agnew, singing a very silly song called 'I like to slap my bass'. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqKTXBK3oPg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqKTXBK3oPg[/url]

[quote name='Subfeeder' timestamp='1371478823' post='2114315'] Yes I did see that and was tempted. How is the volume of the EA Micro? I don't play really loud but would want something that would keep up with a loud drummer. Also not sure how it well it would work with Electric Bass. [/quote] The digital Ashdown MiBass has a semi parametric EQ, and also allows you to cut out the pre amp with a push of a button. When the EQ is flat there is very little colouring. It's also very light. Comes on 500 watss and 220 watts.

I once told a guitarist that sound engineers find bass much more complicated and difficult to get a good sound with than guitar. He just looked at me and laughed.

Pity Mr Le Bon can't sing in tune with the bass. Autotune must have been a dream come true.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1371342524' post='2112849'] But what does that have to do with anything. That's only relevant in a standing wave and just means that there will be nodes when the room is a multiple of whole, half, quater, etcl number of wavelengths long. It has much more to do with room size and where you're standing than just being further away from your cab. [/quote] It would work if you were in a field or in the desert. EDIT: on a windless day.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1371332986' post='2112761'] False alarm!!! Everything is fine....when I moved the rig I was an idiot and plugged the cab into the Effects Send Ha Ha Ha I am indeed a douchebag!! I don't think the 25Hz wave was a problem - I ran it at line level out of my DAW to the Effects return input on the head. It made the house sound full of helicopters for a few hours and probably didn't help my relationship with the neighbours but it's over now..... and everything is hunky dory [/quote] I've done that before and wondered why my amp was so quiet. The guy who posted, earlier today, about plugging into the headphone socket by mistake actually took his amp back to the shop to get a refund. Red faces all round [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/210150-the-customer-is-always/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/210150-the-customer-is-always/page__fromsearch__1[/url]

Make sure you're not plugged into the headphone socket by mistake (already had somebody put a post up about that today).

[quote name='iconic' timestamp='1371223439' post='2111425'] I'm not stupid, many may argue that statement but I've got letters behind my name should I choose to use them (I think and they don't all end in T?) I'm a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers don't ya know.....which means I can go and sit in the library at Birdcage Walk should I take the fancy but.... .....near field, far field, 'inside the wavelength'....it's all very conflicting, the fact remains it [u][i][b]does[/b][/i][/u] sound better a few feet away than in front of the speaker.....but can anyone explain the reasoning, in simple speak to a dumbass like myself.....acoustics wasn't on the sylabus at college for a mech' eng'. thanks in advance. [/quote] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I was told by a sound engineer that because bass frequency sound waves are so long (measured in metres rather than centimetres), that they have to be further away from the speaker before they form fully and you can hear them correctly.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Nice webpage with diagrams so you can envision the sonic waves doing their thing,[/font][/color] [url="http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/diffrac.html"]http://hyperphysics....nd/diffrac.html[/url]

[quote name='Mr H' timestamp='1371310305' post='2112457'] I bought an Orange Micro Terror guitar amp in March from Dawsons in Liverpool. Lovely thing, sounds great (I had a real guitarist try it out a week or so ago!), very pleased to have it around. Except yesterday I couldn't get any sound from it. There was the faintest ember glowing low down in the valve, but no sound at all. Tried the guitar and cable in a different amp, all good; tried a bass head into the Orange cab, which was fine; swapped the head-to-cab cable with a known-to-be-working one, still no sound. Arse. Interrogated the family to find out if there had been any unreported impact, but they all claimed innocence, so decided I'd have to take it back to the shop. When I finally found the receipt (I'd put it somewhere safe ... ) I noticed that they don't accept returns on failed valves after ninety days, so I checked the calendar. 91 days old. Double arse. Anyway, I phoned Dawsons, explained the trouble and the 91 days thing, and they told me to bring it in. The guy had a look at it, took it to a giant Blackstar cab, pulled a guitar down from the wall, wired everything up, and - BA-WO-O-O-O-OW!!! I had a look. That headphone output does look remarkably similar to the guitar input, doesn't it? D'oh. [/quote] Yikes! You sound like the guy who put a plug on the end of his guitar cable and went back to the shop for a refund because he couldn't get a sound out of it, even when he plugged it into the mains.

The shape of the headstock is wrong for a fender, which is probably why he didn't photograph it from the front. But £215 is not bad for a decent P/J as long s it plays ok.

My amp (MiBass 550 going through a 450watt 4 ohm 1x15) is loud enough in most situations where my bass isn't going through a PA. If it wasn't loud enough to keep up with any band I was playing with, then frankly the band would be playing far too loud.

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1371148332' post='2110583'] I tried this at work and got it right but have to admit there's not a massive amount between the sounds IMHO. Enough to rank them in the right order but when you think of the difference between a 1666 Stradivarius violin and a £39.99 Tesco one you have to wonder whether the monetary difference would be better spent on top-notch lessons. I think it's testament to the playing ability of [color=#282828][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Cecilia Stinton that they sound quite alike.[/font][/color] [url="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/10116919/Interactive-Challenge-your-musical-ear.html"]http://www.telegraph...usical-ear.html[/url] [/quote] I thought the playing sounded pretty amateur. Unless it was supposed to sound out of tune?

There has to be a way they could have designed it without the hole (must make it nice and light though). Sound 9/10 Aesthetics 2/10

Tom's an excellent buyer. Prompt payment and good communication. Deal with confidence.

I think it's time you spoke to Larry Hartke. I've heard on this forum that he will deal with your query personally. So give it a try [url="http://www.calllarryhartke.com/"]http://www.calllarryhartke.com/[/url] This is his Facebook page too [url="https://www.facebook.com/larry.hartke"]https://www.facebook.com/larry.hartke[/url] Or email [email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email]

If the price of a bass goes up with inflation then it's probably a better investment than putting your money in the bank these days (as bank interest on savings is so low).

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1370804362' post='2105820'] Lesson learned: Don't take your Wal to the pub. [/quote] Harsh but fair. If you do insist on taking three grands worth of boutique bass to play at the local boozer be prepared for heartache.

Very nice. Hopefully those seats will have bums sitting on them later on tonight. Have a good one.