greentext

I will likely not be attending anymore due to joining a band and they are shooting a music video the night of the 11th into the early morning of the 12th. i'll leave myself in the list and update the morning of if I can attend or not. A real shame as I was very much excited to meet you all and play your basses poorly haha

On 05/09/2023 at 23:07, Wolverinebass said:

However, if @greentext is after trying an 8 or 12 string, I happen to have an 8 string explorer and a 12 string Hamer, maybe i should bring one of those?

ooooooo its gotta be the Hamer as if i was to buy one, it would be a Hamer haha 

Thanks for getting back to me on that, looking forward to giving it a crack haha 

On 31/07/2023 at 12:22, xroads said:

I always go for unity gain (i.e. same volume 

if you turn the pedal on and off).

When I first got my Cali I goooosed the output and there was so much gain running into my distortion pedals it was a real feedback fun fest. This is embarrassing but I shipped it back to Origin saying it was broken and he got it back and said bro this thing is fine you just have no idea what your doing ahaha. After learning how to use it and unity gain I was good to go, but worth noting its a gainy boy. Mine is one of the original big box ones tho so might be different will the smaller unit. 

7 hours ago, crazycloud said:

Hissy fit and/or wanted to believe he was early Entwistle.

More Townsend then Entwhistle i'd say  

8 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Say what?

 

What on earth is this exactly supposed to mean?

 

You jumped on the bass, and /it fell?/ or /you threw it?/ down some stairs, because the top string had fallen off (snapped?) mid show, which split the body of the bass in half? (is that it?)

 

I am not trying to be snarky here, just genuinely can't make any sense of that sentence whatsoever.

 

Apologises it was late when I posted that and probabllyyyy wasnt really focusing haha 

Yes I did indeed jump on it, throw it down a set of stairs and these actions split the body in half. It was at a show and we arrived to SUPER late straight from work, and I hadnt restrung my bass, so we did it right before we went on in the carpark in the rain (another stupid idea but is what it is). The guitarist in my band at the time, was in charge of putting on the new strings while I took the old ones off. When he cut the B-string he cut it to short, so I got on stage, hit the opening note and the string fell off. So I quickly muted my gig and strung it back up in about 30-40 second and was in before the end of the song. Second song same thing, 30 seconds back in, by the third song I completely lost it and just threw the bass on the floor and jumped on it then threw it down some stairs and walked off. A moment of frustration for sure. Worth noting as well this was a metal show with everyone jumping around like crazy and wasnt uncommon to see instruments flying all over the place, I wasnt playing a wedding or anything like that. 

Here is a photo of me playing my long suffering Ibanez BTB775PB with the olde sweat in the eye live shot 

This was primary bass for 100's of shows until I jumped on it (and it threw down some stairs) when he top string fell off mid show and split it in half on the body. It sat in my loft in pieces for years until earlier this year my tech put it all back together for me and has returned to being my main drop B axe. Can't kill an Ibby 🤘

8 hours ago, tauzero said:

 

Well, I was thinking of bringing my Dean 10-string, if you can cope with a doubled-up 5-string. You're not legally obliged to play the B string(s).

oooooooo yh id love to give it a go if you can bring it along, cant wait to play it badly with a audience haha

Gotta be a wah in the intro to right? or some kinda expression pedal used to control the envelope if not, one my fav sounds ever so glad to see it asked in here !  

I had a Ampeg SVT Pro 3 and i loved it, and definitely not gutless, arguably my fav live bass tone I had for the sound I was after at the time little boost before it and it was offfff proper chunky and warm as what you want from an Ampeg. Would own one again in a heart beat if I had the space/cash.

I don't know if we can make requests, but anyone who is coming or thinking of coming that has either a 8 or 12 string bass, im DIEING to try one out/make sure it wont break my back haha 

Did this sell? 

22 hours ago, silverfoxnik said:

Yes, there'll be an area to display items for sale on the day...

will the Eagle be among the items for sale..... or is that just wishful thinking 🥴

a man can dream i guess....

ooooooo yes I should be there, as well as the below maybe a Mesa Boogie 400+ and maybe a Traynor TS120-B if they are behaving ill update the list once ive tested them both

@cetera - Charvel 3B, ESP Surveyor '87, Fender FSR PJ Precision, Hamer Impact, Italia Imola, Spector NS2, Spector Euro, Spector EuroX (Spectorbird), Spector Pulse II, Gallien Krueger 400RB & Legacy800, GenzBenz Neox 2x12 

@TheGreek - All short scale this year - a @Jabba_the_gut short scale 5er, Mini Ray, Short scale P bass

@Harlequin74 - Zoot Performer, Status Shark, Spector QV4 , Markbass TTE501 and Matching CAB. Maybe the Lehle Basswitch…

@Frank Blank - @Jabba_the_gut short scale fretted and fretless, JMJ Mustang, QSC K12.2, Grace Design Alix

@TrevorR - Mk 1 Wal, Wal Pro IIE, Aria SB700, Frankenjazz, pedals and MarkBass LMII & Traveler 2x10

@bnt - travelling light, probably a couple of pedals such as T-Rex Diva Drive, Orange KongPressor

@bass_dinger - 1999 Washburn XB500, 1994 Washburn XB500, Washburn XB925 in zebrawood, Washburn XB925 in bits, Boulder Creek 5 string (likely to be for sale, SWR Workingmans 12.

@greentext - 2008 Spector NS4-H2, 2015 Sandberg VS4, 2000 Trace Elliot T-Bass, my pedalboard and my tin of picks 😈

1 hour ago, fretmeister said:

I didn’t expect much of a difference to be honest, but there really is. I

Amazing! 

Thanks for remembering and trying that out alllll this time later and glad its a fix if you are in a pinch with newer flats! 

7 hours ago, fretmeister said:

The drop is a good guitar pedal but after dropping a tone or so on bass

This was the point I was going to make, you can get away with it more on guitar but on bass it really does muddy up fast, a tone down is the LIMIT id say from experience. 

I also used it in a metal context and its just a bittttt saggy (cant think of a better word then that right now) for me. Guitar players defo have the edge on that tech at the moment but just my two cents, hope it works out! 

What tuning are you starting in and wanting to get to? 

I had the exact same advert on mine and instantly sent to a friend, who had the same ad but instead of a 5 pack of vinegar it was sanitary towels and the chorus..... insane 

On 06/04/2023 at 12:13, Delamitri79 said:

Unfortunately that'd be well out of my pricerange and to be honest I'd never pay that for any pedal but I'm sure it's fantastic. The mxr would be closer to where I'm at 

Yh the MXR rocks, thats my vote! 

I've had the big OG Cali76 for about 10 years and it still crushes everything and i'll never need another, they can be pretty pricey now (if you look at The Bass Gallery there was one for £1,400 insane money!) but Bass Bros have one for around £600 which I think for a compressor you never have to replace, its a solid bet. Failing that the Keeley Pro also looks sweet, and even cheaper the MXR M87 I had before the Cali was bulletproof and sounded great! Hope you find the right one for you 

so simple but crushes 

1 hour ago, joe_geezer said:

What is Les Claypool sticking these into.. his Carl Thompsons?

I believe they are in his Pachyderm basses but unable to find a photo of one with the goldies but they look like this, already loaded with an EMG P

4 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

then they had an epic slap battle on their respective basses

that they do my dude, that they do 

1 hour ago, fleabag said:

Fugly looks

I agree it is an UGLY bass 

Basstheworld demo of the Florence, some great tones in this one!

On 03/12/2022 at 20:05, prowla said:

You don't see many of these about!

wow yh that is an awesome pull, congratulations! love to hear how this sounds!