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    I stupidly sold this and have since bought another one. I noticed on the box that these are now made in China but look and perform exactly the same. I'm in the process of breaking this new one in
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    I bought a special edition G&L but it arrived with some defects so it went back for a refund. At the same time I had bought a Hipshot BT-1 extender which was never fitted. In fact it's never even been taken out of the packet so is in minty fresh "as new" condition. These are £79 delivered from Bass Direct so I'll do my one for £55 delivered to mainland UK. Payment by bank transfer please. [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02770_zps661d7a98.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02768_zpsae792db9.jpg.html"][/url]
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    I'm emptying my pedalboard of the few things I actually had on it. I was using this for when I changed to playing with a plectrum but I found myself a rack EQ instead so this is surplus to requirements. It's a Made inTaiwan one. It's been well used but not abused and has scratches and stuff on it. The white tip of the volume slider is missing and the slider itself is slightly bent but it alll works as it should be. I'm looking for £35 posted to mainland UK but am open to offers - his & hers matching luggage, weekend for two in February etc [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02757Large_zps49b86bc0.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02758Large_zpsf7fac356.jpg.html"][/url]
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    I never actually got around to using this. Aside from some marks on the drawer itself it hasn't actually ever been fitted into a rack. I'm looking for £30 posted to mainland UK or thereabouts by bank transfer [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02755Large_zpsd92a7a98.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02756Large_zpsf31612c8.jpg.html"][/url]
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    I've decided to go back to a cable for no other reason than I want to just plug straight into my amp without having a pedalboard in front of me which kind of defeats the purpose of having a wireless. I might get myself a rack one in the future so for now this is for sale. The receiver has been fitted to my pedalboard with a zip tie so no velcro to be found anywhere. One of the plastic things that hold the clip onto the transmitter broke the day I bought it as is a common trait with these so I glued the clip permanently and it's been rock solid ever since. There's a couple of marks here and there but I look after all my gear so there's nothing you should be worried about. This came with a 2 pin euro plug so I bought a dedicated 500mA one to use instead of daisy chaining it and this is included, as is the original jack to jack cable, instruction manual and a couple of Duracels to get you started. I'm looking for £135 posted to mainland UK. Payment by bank transfer please [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02763Large_zps8bf4e28e.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02764Large_zpsd0095e8c.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02762Large_zps279e0d8a.jpg.html"][/url]
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    [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1390316428' post='2343944'] The problem with that cab is that because of the depth of the stage (or lack thereof) [b]you end up with the speaker right by your arse, which can emit sounds [/b]but is pretty crap at hearing. [/quote] So I've been told I only used that Ashdown once and I had to crank it almost to 10 to hear it on stage whereas my MAG400 doesn't have to go anywhere near as high. Must have been faulty to have had to do that - at least it wasn't me that broke it
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    I also know the venue you are referring to. I hate that cab, all I ever get is rumble and clack from the tweeter. I could never get it loud enough to hear myself without over powering everything else on stage I just bring my 15" cab and amp and sit them on top of their cab so that mine is at ear level. In fact we'll be there on Thursday for the 9.30 slot.
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    That's exactly what I do - 15" for small gigs with PA support, 4x10" for larger stages and both just for the hell of it & use the balance control
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    [quote name='Graham' timestamp='1390247069' post='2343162'] Maybe try a change of cab if weight isn't the main factor in your decision? I found Ampeg cabs worked particularly well with Hartke heads. [/quote] I found the opposite. All I got was mud, and clack from the tweeter.
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    [quote name='rOB' timestamp='1360710317' post='1975371'] Can I suggest an amp stand? Lift your amp nearer to your ears and angle it up like a wedge. No need for a new cab. I use my mini rig on an amp stand as a monitor and di into the pa. Just a suggestion ;-) [/quote] I used this setup for years and am about to again for larger gigs with PA support although with different amp and cab than the picture to keep the stage volume down [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/DSC02041Medium.jpg.html"][/url]
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    [quote name='goblin' timestamp='1386417018' post='2299837'] I use the Hartke's big brother, the LH1000 which I run at 4ohms, and without PA support with two cabs I rarely turn up above 3. I wouldn't worry too much about running it with one of the 8ohm cabs, it'll still be plenty loud enough [/quote] I have the same amp and run it bridged with a Laney NX410 at 8ohms. Plenty of volume. If you're only going to be using your cab as a monitor then second hand I'd go for something like a Trace or Ashdown 2x10" but for brand new, my money would be on a Laney NX115. Read my review on here about it for more info. I love Laney cabs and they sound great through the Hartke LH heads. That cab has plenty of volume and I've done pub gigs with no PA support with one of those. £279 new and you can pick up a Roqsolid cover for £40. They're 21kg so quite light.
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    [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1386343272' post='2299056'] I'm 30 now, I'm never going to make pro, I play gigs with no problems, couldn't give a f*** from there on. [/quote] I'm 38 and have never wanted to make it pro. It's always been a hobby. Make it my lively hood and it stops being fun unless there's guaranteed to be vast amounts of wealth at the end of it. I know I'm good, other people tell me I'm good but I'm not always happy with my playing. I remember reading an article about Stu Hamm where he said that he has to try hard not to get too excited cos if he does he starts playing harder and it affects his playing. If I get too excited or if I can't hear myself well enough then I start playing harder and I can't play what I want to play. Other than that I'm very happy with everything else. I don't practice at home, in fact I rarely pickup my bass at home ever and I think that's what keeps my playing fresh. If I wasn't gigging as often then I think I'd need to practice at home
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    I just love playing My Sharona. It's dead tight with my still relatively new rock band ( on at Finnegans Wake in Edinburgh tomorrow night if anyone's out and about ) Weird but some of the ones I enjoy playing most are ones where I use a plectrum after 26 years as mainly a fingers player - Smells like teen spirit, Song 2 and my particular favourite complete with drop D is "into the valley". Big hefty bass in that one There's also a medley I really love playing with a band I dep with. It begins with Play that Funky music then goes into Brick House by the Commodores where I have to drop the E to D as I'm playing it, Sex Machine then Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand and occasionally Cosmic Girl somewhere in the middle
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    I bought one of these and always thought that my cab was always on the edge of breaking up. One night at a marquee venue, two songs from the end, it cut out. A minute later it came back on and a week later it was out of here. replaced it with a Hartke LH1000 which I run in bridged mono and the cab is very, very loud with no hint of getting anywhere near its limit. After An Orange Terror Bass, Shuttle 6.0, Gallien MB500 and this I've had it with light weight heads. There's a certain amount of heft missing from all of them that I can only get from solid state amps
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    Those blocks don't look right. They're all abalone multi coloured - stick on jobbies perhaps and that's what's throwing everyone?
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    PM'd
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    My Chromes sound just as bright and trebbly after a year than they did when they were new.
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    Personally, it would have to be Sting's single coil Precision, not the current Fender model, his actual one And, a 30th anniversay unlined fretless Stingray of which I think there were 20 or 28 made
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    [quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1382899277' post='2257782'] Oh I forgot to mention, the manager (ess) came up afterwards and said the feedback from the regulars was very positive ..... [/quote] holding the mic too close to the speakers were they?
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    EB recommend Murphy's Oil soap which I haven't been able to find in the UK, however, [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Soap-floors-furniture-wood-surfaces/dp/B00383OJ2Q"]this[/url] is apprently very similar, if not the same.
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    There are loads of short scale choices out there now if you want something that sounds different. Squier have the Mustang, Tele in 2 versions, The Mikey Way Mustang & Bronco. Fender have the Mustang and Pawn Shop Mustang. Gretsch do the Junior Jet 1 & 2 and so on. I don't think there's ever been so much choice for short scale basses. If you want to go down the route of picking and choices woods, electronics etc, Warmoth now do [url="http://www.warmoth.com/Bass/ShortScale/"]short scale[/url] designs
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    I've been having a good old rake around for a second bass to go with the Precision and have been on Youtube a lot looking for some demos to give me a rough idea of what something will sound like. Is it just me or do the vast majority of people who post on Youtube not have any concept of the purpose of a demo? ie to give someone else an idea of how it sounds in a normal band situation. If I hear another video of "Portrait of Tracy" then I'm going to throw something at the telly. Likewise for tapping and general w***iness. I want to hear a bass played with fingers, a pick and slapped as a last resort. I want to hear a fretless played normally and not with vibrato covering 5 frets on every note. There's even an official Fender video where the entire demo is with a pick with heavy distortion so you can't even hear the bloody thing properly. Also demos of certain basses tend to be played the way you'd expect them to be played. ie every Hofner violin bass is played with a plectrum, every old school semi acoustic is played with the right hand at the end of the neck. I've heard the bass player from either Airborne or Wolfmother playing an Epiphone Jack Cassady with a pick and it sounded awesome
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    [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1382422015' post='2251820'] I've seen some s/h ones on eBay for silly money [/quote] You're not kidding - I've just had a look and there's a fair few have sold for less than £1000 As much as Ilike the colour I think the blue may not be for me as it'll show up every little swirl & finger mark. I'd love to get my Blue Boy back. [url="http://s927.photobucket.com/user/Delberthot/media/Rickenbackers/DSC01673Large.jpg.html"][/url]
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    I'm looking specifically for a Rick 4003 in midnight blue but nowhere I've checked so far has one in stock and they're all months away from having any. Has anyone been anywhere recently that has had any in stock? Thanks in advance
  25. Delberthot
    Price drop time. £320 + £12 postage by bank transfer, cash or gold dabloons
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