40hz
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Up for sale is my Markbass NY122 cab. 2X12 speaker config. Bought new from Thomann in December 2015. Gigged maybe 3-4 times at most and stored in a smoke free environment. In mint condition with no tears,rips or bobbles to the carpet. 4ohm impedance and 800w handling. Neodymium speakers, Adjustable compression horn. It weighs a very light 20kg. Easily copes with any stage size with lots of bottom end and presence if needed. A real one cab solution. Based in Chipping Norton and Worcester throughout the week, so halfway meet-ups or collection preferred due to item weight. Will knock off £20 for collection. Cheers for looking! Edit - Priced it a tiny smidge too high I think, so adjusted accordingly. -
This is clearly a joke.
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Watershed moment this year in that after 14 years of playing, I'm suddenly not bothered by what bass I use. As long as it has some element of treble extension, I can mostly sound the way I want with anything. I've owned everything I've ever wanted to own and to be honest, I've found there isn't this quantum leap between basses as a lot of people would say. A bass (especially live in most venues) sounds like a bass!. It's made me focus a lot more on physically playing and honing my individual style.
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For me, Ibanez have always bought to mind 'metal' and also for me are a bit vanilla (IMO, YMMV and all that). However the real top end SR's are tasty instruments and I've come close a few times to pulling the trigger on one.
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Had a Euro SE5 (think Sting's white ns2). That is, hands down, the best bass I've owned. A sound that is totally unparalleled. The most 'hi-fi' bass sound I've ever come across, even more so than a Modulus Flea I owned. Flawless construction and finish. A nice thin neck profile (not remotely 'clubby' as is sometimes said). It's probably the one bass I've owned that I couldn't retrospectively pick a fault with.
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I've used a couple of different RBX270's on a few occassions. Great little basses. Good range of sounds, good build quality and really lightweight and easy to play. Impressive things for the money.
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Neck Through or Bolt on, is there any practical difference?
40hz replied to Pinball's topic in General Discussion
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[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1480249541' post='3182752'] The problem with TE, IMO, is that the GP was so integral and only valves in the chain could sort it out. That sound is outdated and things move on. SWR and a Jazz was the beginning of the end for TE, imo. Always new kids on the block..except Ampeg who are still in denial.. [/quote] Genuinely curious? How do you consider the sound 'outdated'?. Up until recently I used a AH250 GP12smx and my sound is anything but 'dated'. In fact, using the graphic equaliser I would argue you could sculpt any tone you desired. From the deepest, dub tone to a bright aggressive tone with lots of sheen. Add in the valve preamp on the GP12 and you can get a warmer sound still.
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Having owned almost everything I've ever desired it leaves only one now. A Wal. Mk1. Shedua top. Only problems are a 22 month waiting list and £5000. :'(
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For me the problem isn't recording the bass, indeed it records very well. It's in a live situation the problem surfaces. Played a Halloween gig recently and the G was just non-existant. The same thing rears it head with multiple amps as well. I set my eq flat (bar a smidge of bass boost) with my TC Bh550. As I said though, I can bring it back a bit by pulling back on the bass on the 2 band preamp and using the Spectracomp toneprint.
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Sean bought my fretless Vintage VJ74. A total gent. Quick comms and zero hassle. Straightforward as it gets. Deal with confidence!
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This is an oft discussed thing. My USA SUB suffers from it as did the 3 band Ray I had before. I find raising the pick up did sweet FA, Just made the D and A out of balance. Funnily enough my remedy for it was to cut the bass on the preamp. It seems to balance out the string volume more evenly. They're still brilliant basses though, probably my favourite all round design.
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I keep thinking the same, been after one for bloody ages!
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[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1479376377' post='3175995'] Brutal? Have you ever even seen a Spector in the flesh? Whatever the argument, the NS body shape is far from brutal. Ergonomic, flowing and organic, maybe. Yes, the Warwick body shape is a refined version, but they had to 'refine' the top-horn in order to.. well, we all know why. [/quote] Having owned both a Streamer LX and a Spector Euro, I'd say the Spector was by far the nicer version of the NS design. The Streamer was an amazing bass, don't get me wrong, but I'd take the Euro all day long.
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I would of said based on what I've seen, the going rate for Corvettes is around £350-£450. I sold a minty Streamer LX4 on this site for £600 and it took a while.
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[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1479229640' post='3174923'] Wunjos had a few Corvettes and a couple of Streamers the last time I was in there. [/quote] Were they brand new German ones? or Rockbasses?
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I don't think Warwick's are really stocked anywhere in the UK anymore. It certainly doesn't seem so. And even if there is anywhere that does, I'm sure even then they don't get sold due to the astronomical pricing.
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I maintain that Trace is still a massive name in the bass world. Someone needs to buy the rights to it and bring out some modern products with the Trace DNA. A micro head with the UV light would sell by the bucket load! If someone could condense the sound and features of my old GP12 SMX into a portable, high powered package, well I don't think I'd ever need another amp.
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Sold!
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Bump!
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For sale is my Vintage VJ74 fretless. Bought new 3 months ago but I just don't use it. The bass is as new apart from some light string marks on the fretboard. Really nice quality and great sounding. Super lightweight also, I haven't weighed it precisely but it's easily sub 8.5lbs (feels around the 8 mark). Not a lot else to say really! Collection is preferred from either Chipping Norton or Worcester (that way you can check it over and be satisfied) I would be willing to take a little bit off to contribute towards your petrol picking it up. Otherwise I have shipped before but I always find it a massive ballache locating a box of the required size! So you may have to wait a bit if we were to go down this route. Cheers for looking! edit - I'll post some more pics later through Photobucket but it appears to be down at the moment!
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100% the song. That's fundamentally what it's all about isn't it. I can't listen to a lot of the bass players that get mentioned on these hallowed pages as I just can't stand the genres/songs they feature on.
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My actual old bass I've been searching for, for nearly 10 years! Wonder what stories it's got to tell! Sadly I don't have the finances right now to purchase (plus I sold it for a lot less than he's asking and it was in mint condition when it left me) If anyone buys this keep me in the loop and give me first dibs! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-TRB-4-MKII-JAPAN-BASS-GUITAR-/272432963385?hash=item3f6e451f39%3Ag%3As7wAAOSwal5YFz%7Em"]http://www.ebay.co.u...AAOSwal5YFz%7Em[/url]
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[quote name='fluffo' timestamp='1477142037' post='3160116'] What are peoples views on the bh range, tone prints aside. [/quote] My BH550 is clean, direct and very crisp sounding with massive amounts of volume on tap from a true 550w (unlike the RH series). The intelligent EQ system is also brilliant, very musical sounding. Tuner and mute switch are also massive boons on stage. The Toneprint are great (although I personally find a lot of them a bit useless). It has great build quality and finish.
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Power Windows by Rush. Pure Wal. Sounds unbelievable!
