Conan

Love that!! Great stuff. As others have said, his voice is sounding better than ever. BTW, what is that bass he's thumbing? Looks like a Status - is it some kind of "signature" model? OK, off to listen to The Pursuit of Accidents now!! ^_^

Hi, I'm Geoff (sometimes known as "Big Geoff" - due to my physical size rather than other dimensions!) I've already posted a few times on here so I thought I'd best do the polite thing and introduce myself. Oh damn - I've already done that haven't I? Been playing bass since I was about 13. Sadly, that's now about 30 years! Eeek! Not currently playing in a gigging band, and the last band I played with that anyone in the North East might have remotely heard of was the Lounge Lizards. After a break of a few years due to kids, job etc; but am trying to get a prog-rock covers band up and running... In many ways I'm kinda "between gear" at the moment - with two guitars I'm trying sell (Ibanez musician MC824DS and a Jackson C5A), another I've recently purchased (Cort Curbow 5) and one definite keeper that I've had from new bought in 1986 (Status series 2 4-string fretted). Amp-wise, I was always a Trace kinda guy - but as I was using my AH250+1048+1518 stack less and less frequently I tried to sell it a couple of years ago. No cash buyers but I ended up swapping them for an Ampeg SVT-200T and SVT115E cab. A lot smaller, but not much lighter! So I'm currently reading with a great deal of interest the cabinet threads on here and getting seriously confused by mentions of all these manufacturers I've never heard of! Examples would include the likes of Bergantino, Aguilar, Genz Benz, Epifani, BarefacedBass, TecAmp and MarkBass! I also discovered that, although I was unsure what the acronym (used correctly in this case!) GAS was, I have a serious case of it at the mo!! Anyway, I feel that the skills I would bring to the post are..... Oops, sorry - but it was starting to sound like an application letter there! Enough already. Back to reading the gear threads!!

Sounds OK to me mate!! Particularly attractive shot of the open wardrobe too!!

[quote name='Rich' post='528575' date='Jun 30 2009, 12:08 PM']I remember years ago, Trace Elliot used to say that their 15" cabs actually had a brighter top than their 10s, just not as punchy or snappy. Is this generally the case with 15" speakers?[/quote] I used to play through the "typical" Trace stack - AH250 coupled to a 4x10 and 1x15. I definitely found that the fifteen was toppier [b]and[/b] had more bottom than the 10s. Maybe not surprising about the low end, but I was genuinely surprised about the lovely "clicky" top end that the 15 delivered! In fact, although it was "de rigeur" to place the 15 on the floor with the 10s on top, I used to have mine the other way around. Looked kinda wierd, but meant that the cab at ear level was the 15 - the sound of which I much preferred (and it didn't have a horn BTW!). The sound of the 4x10 was much "punchier" and rounded - great for fretless work or funk sounds, but definitely lacking in top end... Just my two penn'orth of course!

Hey! I managed it!!

Hi! I'm new here. Does anyone like my Musician 824DS custom active fretless? Damn! How do I attach a pic from my PC rather than a website?!?!?!

Hi Bass Doc! I never met you, but at the time (about 20 years or so ago) I was having bass lessons with Kenny Potter, who passed my guitar on to you to sort out. Great job - thanks mate! Sadly, I'm trying to sell the bass on ebay at the moment, but it must be the wrong time of year or something... Two of them went for £600 the previous week! I recall Paul Garvey Music... a guitarist I was playing with at the time worked in there - said the boss was a right tw@t!! What was the name of the little place on High Bridge? Spenders rings a bell... I was once in there when a kid of about 14 came in with his mother. He asked for a Gibson Les Paul gold top to play.... usual scenario - smoke on the water and whole lotta rosie on one string. Anyway, after about 10 minutes of this awful torture his mother pipes up "who do I make the cheque out to?". The guitar was a cool £2500, and this was over 20 years ago! To add insult to injury, after getting it all packed up and stuff, she says "Oh, and can you recommend anyone who gives guitar lessons?" !!!

Howard Satterley! That's the name I've been trying to recall for ages! He repaired my Ibanez MC824 fretboard after I ripped the frets out in one of my "Jaco wannabee" phases! He did a nice job of installing an active pre-amp too. Thanks for the reminder dude!

I'm reminded of a quote by (I think) Wilko Johnson of Dr. Feelgood... "If you make a mistake, just look brash and the audience will think they heard it wrong!" Works for me!!

I guess there are a number of ways that someone could honestly and genuinely have "as new" instruments in their possession and want to sell them privately.... but, I too am rather cynical - especially as sometimes the written description of the gear does not sound like it was written by someone who knows what they are talking about. That really sets my alarm bells ringing, although I suppose they could be selling it for a friend or something?! Better safe than sorry I suppose!

Sometimes heavier gauge strings can give more harmonics or overtones to the sound, which might make the your tone a bit "fuller"... Or adding a bit more middle to your EQ should give more definition. Not sure what you mean by a "bassy" sound!? Do you just mean roll all the top end off, or set all the bass/low-mid knobs to 11?! Its all very well flapping your own trousers, but if there is no definition to the sound nobody will be able to hear what you are playing!