RichardH

I came across these yesterday (only on the web, not to play). Looks lovely IMO. [url="http://www.ibanez.com/acoustic/guitar.aspx?m=EWB20WNENT"][/url] 5 string version as well, and available for around £250 over here.

With all these super duper prizes being offered, would it be an idea to throw it open to all Basschat members? This way the pot would be bigger. You could allow people to Paypal an amount for tickets up to the day before the bash, then some poor soul gets the task of allocating tickets to those "non-present" members. Perhaps if anyone who doesn't make it to the bash agrees to pay shipping for any prize they win. Should be fairly easy to organise, easy to show that all is "above board", and would I'm sure attract a lot more raffle entrants.

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blues-Bass-Essential-Styles-Techniques/dp/0634089358/ref=pd_bxgy_w_h__img_b?ie=UTF8&qid=1202029653&sr=8-1"]Ed Friedland's Blues Bass book[/url] is a good place to start. (EDIT - beaten to it) [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blues-Jam-Progressions-Grooves-Professional/dp/1423446801/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1202029653&sr=8-2"]This looks interesting too[/url], but not available over here yet, it seems. Ed's books often seem to get delayed.

[quote]i did find the smaller neck easier to play[/quote] There's your answer. However much I like G&Ls, the tribbies don't have the jazz neck option, and if you prefer that skinny neck, then maybe it's time to move the G&L on. However, do try adjusting the pickups before you make up your mind. Roll off the volume by a quarter, and maybe knock the bass & treble back a bit too.

I'm an L2000 player too. To clarify the neck thing. G&L offer 4 neck options on the US made 4 strings - two in 1.5" nut width, 2 in 1.75" nut width. Each of them is then available with either a 7.5" or 12" fretboard radius. So: #5: 1.75", 7.5" radius #6: 1.5", 7.5" radius #7: 1.75", 12" radius #8: 1.5", 12" radius Generally L2000s come with the #5 and #7 neck, but are often specced with the #6 and #8 (mine has the #6 neck IIRC). Asats tend to have the #6 and #8 necks as standard - the headstock is slimmer too to help prevent neck dive (which they have a slight reputation for - a thick grippy strap should sort that though). I've only ever seen one asat for sale with a 1.75" neck.

I got my tolex and Fender style grill cloth from [url="http://www.tubeampparts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DGVMT5WPPY&Category_Code=TC&Product_Count=19"]Ampwares in the US[/url] - shipping is a bit pricey, but the tolex is CHEAP ($14.95 per linear meter, 54" wide) and they are reliable and good quality - nice range of handles etc too.

OK, band practice over. A significant volume increase with both cabs running, as you'd expect. Unless you need massive stage volume, I can't see how you'd be underpowered with one of these.

I've got a LM250, and most of the time use it for band practice with a single 8 ohm (home made) 1x12". Gain usually at 11 o'clock, master volume at 9-10 o'clock - plenty loud enough (this with my L2000 in passive mode (hot pickups). Now I know that as you wind it up you don't get the same increase for each o'clock you go up by, but there's plenty in reserver, IMO. I do have a 15" as well - I'll hook that up at practice today and see how the volume increases for the same settings I use for the 1x12" However, I'd say for on stage use it would be plenty. [url="http://guitare.playback-europe.com/markbass-little_mark_250-10715.html"]Got mine here[/url] - free speedy shipping to the UK, and the best price I found at the time.

Cheers for that code fix - I tried to do it myslef, but the forum died - I had a nasty feeling I was the one who caused it for a moment - when it came back up it looked like my image wasn't in there - all sorted now though! There's one of those L2000 LEs up for sale in Europe at the moment - I'm toying with the idea of selling my '97 red swirl and getting the LE instead. Here's my bass: I ought to just stick with what I've got, I guess.

Going back to the Badass stuff, the guy organising that LE run is Matt from [url="http://guitarmannyc.com/"]Guitar Man[/url]. He is a G&L dealer in New York, and worked directly with G&L to spec it up, so I would imagine he has a good relationship with them. It may be worth getting in touch with him re a custom order. He's been doing some good deals for BABP members, so it may be worth joining the forum anyway - and the [url="http://badassbassplayers.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=48"]G&L forum[/url] on there is full of knowledgable people - reason in itself to join. P.S. I enquired about the last remaining L2000 LE (before it sold), and IIRC Matt quoted $150 shipping to the UK in hard case.

Depending what spec you want, but the [url="http://badassbassplayers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=7777&sid=a4bbc978727fe95b7e7cc835000921d2"]Badassbassplayers forum is currently running a L2500 LE order[/url]. Blackburst with solid black headstock, plus no dot rosewood, maple or fretless ebony fretboard options. Will look like this but in 5 string:

Make sure you try rolling off the volume, treble and bass pots in varying amounts. I play my US L2000 with about 3/4 vol, 3/4 bass and between 3/4 and no treble, depending on the sound I want. I also almost always play in passive mode. Move your right hand up over the neck with the treble rolled off, neck pickup in series and (particularly with a set of flats on it) you'll get lovely woody mellowness. Move your hand back towards the bridge and get the zing and snarl back - maybe flick to both pickups or even just bridge pup.

It was a misreading/quoting of a Harmony Central review for a similarly named but completely different Behringer pedal.

[quote name='odub' post='99717' date='Dec 5 2007, 05:00 PM']I'd be interested to see how my custom shop USA ASAT stacked against a Tribby, If its the same pickups, neck and electronics then apart from the colour and matching headstock then it's probably not worth the extra grand on top.[/quote] I think only the pickups (and the preamp) are EXACTLY the same, the pots, switches etc, bridge, tuners and obviously body & neck are different and made in Indonesia. The bridge is the same design as the US one, but made in the East. The US models also offer different neck profiles as well as a wider range of finishes, and they have started PLEKing the necks now - apparently they're better than ever. On another G&L note, George Fullerton has jumped ship and moved back to Fender!

Nice score! Can I recommend you always string the bass with string-throughs, as there was a case a while back where stringing to the bridge on a Tribure L2500 caused the bridge to pull off. I'm sure it was an isolated incident, but you may as well be safe not sorry. I wonder if the discontinuing is to do with the manufacture of the Tribbies moving to Indonesia?

To an extent it's Behringer that are causing the confusion by naming two pedals very similarly (bar the model number, of course). They have a pedal called the [url="http://www.behringer.com/TO800/index.cfm?lang=eng"]Vintage Tube Overdrive T800[/url] - which is a Boss lookalike - [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/product/Behringer/TO800+Vintage+Tube+Overdrive/10/1"]Harmony Central reviews here[/url]. I think you have read the reviews of that pedal. They now also have the [url="http://www.behringer.com/VT911/index.cfm?lang=eng"]Vintage Tube Overdrive VT911[/url] - [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/product/Behringer/VT911/10/1"]Harmony Central reviews here[/url] - which is the pedal mentioned in the first post. I'm intrigued by the comment on the first revierw of the VT911 though - they claim that swapping the valve from a 12ax7 to a 12at7 INCREASED the volume output - I always thought that at7s had lower gain.

[quote name='BeLow' post='95289' date='Nov 27 2007, 08:27 PM']Have a look at this thread - cab built was a bit more straightforward than a BFM and worked well with an eminence Gamma 15 speaker. It is not as efficient as the BFM design but worth considering.[/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=380"]Here's the thread Below's talking about[/url] I have build both the 12" and 15" version sof the Electrovoice cabinet, and they are great. However, I think you could get away with either 12mm ply (rather than 18mm), and if you are going to carpet cover the finished cab, maybe try a good quality spruce ply rather than birch, as it will be a lot lighter. The 15" cab is not huge, but is a slightly ungainly shape to move around. The 12" cab in combination with amy Markbass 250 has gained very positive comments from other bassists who've tried it.

Presumably they felt they had to change the site because they don't have Napper to update it any more - and the new site is obviously a work in progress. What's the problem with that? Better to have something they are able to manage themselves than a site going more and more out of date (whether or not that site had more info on it).

Just to add a further plus - I bought a LittleMark 250 from them a year or so ago - no probs, good comms, fast delivery.

I put Matt on to BC, and have known him for years. Sadly my bass playing isn't up to the standard they need, but I can vouch for them being a great bunch, and a cracking live band.

[quote name='andy67' post='75697' date='Oct 17 2007, 06:59 PM']apparently he was fifteen when paul, simon and paul spotted him playing in a jazz band...he is great![/quote] Actually, he was in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers [quote]Andy Fraser was all of fifteen years old when he was handed a gig playing bass in John Mayall's seminal Bluesbreakers band. The gig came through Fraser's mentor, British blues godfather Alexis Korner, whom he had befriended through Korner's daughter. Although Fraser's tenure with the Bluesbreakers was to be short lived, it did pair him with future Rolling Stone guitarist Mick Taylor, and turn enough heads that he caught the attention of vocalist Paul Rodgers, drummer Simon Kirke and guitarist Paul Kossoff when they were looking for a bassist to fill out their ranks. The four young men conspired to jam and, in May of 1968, Free was born.[/quote] from [url="http://www.the-fuze.com/andyfraser.html"]http://www.the-fuze.com/andyfraser.html[/url]

Well there we are, this just shows why those switches are useful, as my choice is quite different. I tend to play passive, neck pickup, series with treble, bass & volume rolled off about 1/3.