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    Aphex Aural Exciter (rack mount version)

    in Effects

    Posted

    [url="http://www.aphex.com/204.htm"]http://www.aphex.com/204.htm[/url]

    I want to fill out my sound a bit, plus I think they might be footswitchable so I might be able to use it for a different sound/boost in places.
    Any opinions on these units? Or recommendations on what else I could look into?

    Cheers!

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    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    Those cases are as stated, bomb proof and VERY heavy! Well worth it for a bass like that, I think they retail for about £200 on their own!!

    I'd love to give it a good home and give my Thumb 5 a brother, but I just can't afford/justify it right now.

    Good luck!

    Anything that other band members do that wind you up

    in General Discussion

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    I have an epic list of stuff that other band members do that annoys me. I'm going to skip all the stuff from the covers band I used to play in as that's all in the past, and pretty much all from one guy. I'd love to unleash the fury, but I can't type that fast and I want to go to bed at some point this weekend! Let's just leave it as plus 1 for nearly everything that's already been said.

    Currently winding me up is:

    Instant dismissal of my ideas for songs (our own material), and toys flying out of prams if someone doesn't get their own way. Again that's just one person (guit*rist, funilly enough) and he tends to get the same response from all of us.

    Two guit*rists playing the same riffs every week (at a barable volume) while I help set the drums up, then as soon as I plug into the bass amp (the studio's, not my own) the volume goes up so I can't set up a tone. THEN being told my sound is a bit sh*t/too loud once we're playing songs.

    I'm going to stop there as I've been really irritable lately and I don't want my girlfriend to come home to find me twitching on the sofa with a multitude of burst blood vessels in my forehead. If I ever meet any of you, put a Smirnoff Ice in my hand and ask me to tell you all about it, we'll be there all night!

    I'm suprised that any music gets made with all the politics involved!!!

    SWR Goliath Sr 6X10 vs Ampeg SVT 410HLF

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    I'm playing an SVP Pro pre-amp into the QSC into the 6X10, it's a nice combination. The clear sound from the cab really punts out the ampeg tone, shame I don't have a valve power stage but I don't have the bionic spine I'd need to carry my rack either! Plus I need the headroom too. I don't actually use the EQ on my pre-amp at the moment, never have done - it sounds good without going near it so I've just left it bypassed. I'd forgotten it was there infact, so I think I should probably give that a tweak soon too.
    It's not that the SWR sounds bad by any means, I just thought the smaller cab might be easier to deal with, and maybe give me a bit more of that big, smooth booming tone that Ampeg rigs tend to have.
    I'll try fiddling with the gear I've got some more for now then think about trying the other cab out if I don'y get much joy. I don't use my own amp at rehearsals at the moment so I only ever get 5 mins to set it up at gigs which isn't really enough, might book myself a soundproof room for a few hours..... :)

    SWR Goliath Sr 6X10 vs Ampeg SVT 410HLF

    in Amps and Cabs

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    Yeah mate, I'm always collecting, even if it's just cheap basses that look cool. I'm thinking about the Aphex rack mount Aural Exciter at the moment, thinking that might get a fatter sound from my current rig - maybe replace my compressor, but that's another thread!!

    Like you said, I'd be gutted to get rid of the SWR. I think I got onto the idea of a change because a smaller cab would be easier to transport (read as "lift into my car by myself") but it's not a huge issue most of the time. That, and I could get a pair of 4X10's, but I just can't store a pair at the moment.

    As my good friend Peted says, it'd be a case of getting a decent A/B comparison going and making an informed decision from there.

    Cheers for your input guys, I really appreciate it!

    i saw a crazy bass today!

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Cool, cheers dude.

    I got a reply from the distibution company, there's a shop in North Walsham (near Norwich, where I live) that stock their stuff so hopefully I'll get a go myself soon!

    Let me know how you get on though, I'm REET curious about these!

    The funniest thing happened at a gig!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='stingrayfan' post='182328' date='Apr 21 2008, 10:26 PM']Tell the papers if you haven't already. The tabs would love that.[/quote]

    "Recent studies have found that large-chested blonde-haired young ladies are inexplicably drawn to bass playing men, the [insert any filthy, lying red-top's name] can exclusivly reveal. Here is proof..... honest. Blah blah blah....."

    Stanley Clarke albums

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Album-Classics-Stanley-Clarke/dp/tracks/B000UH8BTA/ref=dp_tracks_all_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1208709315&sr=8-6#disc_1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Album-Cla...p;sr=8-6#disc_1[/url]

    How's about this for a starting point?

    SWR Goliath Sr 6X10 vs Ampeg SVT 410HLF

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted

    I'm currently using an SWR Goliath Sr 6X10, I A/B tested it against the Ampeg SVT 610 when I bought it and chose it for the clarity over the Ampeg. I figured I could get that nice bright hi-fi sound out of the SWR that I wasn't getting so much from the Ampeg, but I should also be able to get the SVT's more dubby sound from it too. I think they both have the same hi and low frequency responce on paper but the Ampeg seemed to have more of a middle scoop to it. I figured this made it less versatile.
    I love my nice shiney 6X10, it's bigger than most people's bass cabs and it looks great, so it usually turns a few heads. I'm also quite attached to it because of my history with it, I got salmonella from a restraunt along with 40 other people at a family meal. I got a tidy payout which I spent on my cab and rack-tuner, which I'd probably never have forked out for otherwise.
    I don't play covers anymore and I'm thinking that an Ampeg SVT 410 HLF might suit my current bands' styles a bit better. On paper it's got better low response than the SWR (48hz compared to 55hz @ -3dB) which would be an advantage as I play a Warwich Thumb 5 with all the strings de-tuned by a tone and a half in one of my bands, but in the other band I play a MIM Fender Jazz 5 in concert pitch.
    The Ampeg's not a bad looking cab, and it's big for a 4X10 but I really like having that chrome grill and 6 speakers behind me (now I sound really vain!) because it's a little bit different. Basically I fell in love with the SWR for the image, not the right reason to own a cab, I know, but thems are the breaks.
    The other issue is power handling. The 6X10 I already own is rated 4ohm and 1000w RMS (although I didn't think you could wire 6 speakers to give 4ohm impedance) and the 410HLF is rated 4ohm and 500w RMS. I use a QSC PLX1602 power amp in my rig, 1600w into 4ohm or 1100w into 8ohm bridge-mono, 800w into 2ohm, 500w into 4ohm and 300w into 8ohm per side in stereo. I know that ties up perfectly to the Ampeg cab in stereo, but as I said above, I don't know if the 4ohm rating on the SWR is correct due to the ammount of speakers in the enclosure so I'm concerned about losing volume. The de-tuned band I play in are pretty loud, and it's nice not having to worry about keeping up with the skinny-stringers! If I could find the space at home I'd consider getting a pair of the 4X10's to stack and get 500w into each, but if I could find the space I could keep the 6X10 and get a 4X10 aswell!

    I don't know what to do.

    The 4X10 sounds like the right way to go, but I almost don't want it to because I'm so attached to my 6X10. How much would I regret selling the 6X10 if I decided to make the change? Do I have to stop being a tart and just think about the sound and not be sentimental? Are there any factors I haven't taken into consideration yet? Do any of you have any advice on the matter? Please help me. This isn't a decision I need to make fast (I need a new car first!) but any input would be gratefully recieved.

    Cheers!

    Stanley Clarke albums

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Just mooching about on Youtube earlier and remembered that I should really check out some Stanley Clarke, so I did. Just watched one vid (a live version of Lopsy Lou, looked pretty damn old!) and really liked it. I know that's on his self titled album but wondered if that would be the best place to start.

    Can anyone suggest a "classic" Stanley Clarke album for me to get my teeth into?


    I think there's been a similar thread recently, but if anyone wants to suggest other iconic bass players that I should know about (and THE album they're prominent on) it would be appreciated. I'm in a funky mood right now, so anything in that area would be warmly welcomed!

    Cheers!

    How badly have you broken your bass?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I had (should still have if I can get it back) a no-make P-Bass copy for my first bass that I had a rock&roll guitar abuse moment on stage with back when I'd just started playing, though it would be cool top give a bit of a show. Would have been cooler to ACTUALLY smash it, but I just smacked the bottom of the body on the floor a few times, lobbed it on the floor and jumped up and down on it. I only jumed on the pickups so as not to damage the neck, and I think I even finished the song we were half way through (it was a drum break if I remember rightly). I only used that bass for the one song at the end of the night so I could do that!
    Never done any serious damage to any of my basses (touch wood - where's my Thumb bass?!) although I have made a bit of a mess of the black laquer face on one of my guitarists Gordon Smith custom Les Paul. He says he doesn't mind, but I'd have killed me!

    Chris Larkin Custom Five SOLD!

    in Basses For Sale

    Posted

    I knew I shouldn't have looked in this forum........... although I think I saw this bass when it was on ebay already

    This bass is actually the prototype pictured of his website, isn't it?
    I take it it's a natural finish (not laquered) so will need waxing regularly?

    I'm really quite tempted, but of course I'd prefer to play it first, plus my girlfriend might kill me if I buy another bass, plus how do I hang it on the wall without a head??!!! I'll have a think about it...............


    Cheers!

    whats been your worst gig??

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I played dressed as Britney Spears while recovering from Salmonella once.
    A worse gig than that for me was the guitarists brothers wedding, when the singer got so drunk because he was worried about his voice giving up that he couldn't even play his guitar OR sing particularly well. I nearly turned his amp off half way through a song I was so embarrased, but he probably would have started a fight with me on stage. He threatened to knock some guys who was dancing's teeth out for bumping into his mic stand (thus hitting him in the mouth with the mic, granted) at a diffenernt gig. I'm not in that band anymore!

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