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    This is most welcome. I have a stack of books on reading for the bass and the only one that is any good doesn't progress past the first position and has been out of print for decades. None of the material I have contains musically interesting exercises like this one. I have high hopes of this series of lessons from The Major.
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    An almost identical one of these went for £100 last week, attracting a single bid. That was cheap, but £300+ is ridiculous. I wonder if the 'winner' will cough up.
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    Valve amps belong in a museum next to black and white TVs. You wanted an opinion? It may be a minority opinion, but that's mine.
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    [quote name='voxpop' post='689632' date='Dec 20 2009, 11:38 AM']For the very best try....Chord Company Cream cables..... [url="http://www.chord.co.uk/cream/index.htm"]http://www.chord.co.uk/cream/index.htm[/url][/quote] The very best in what respect?
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    As the new header says, I'd be interested to trade for an OLP bass if anyone has one they don't use. Cash your way, of course.
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    [quote name='church' post='688908' date='Dec 19 2009, 10:08 AM']pm'd re sd pick-up ^_^[/quote] Nordstrand sold. Duncan on hold for Churchy.
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    [quote name='geoffbyrne' post='688899' date='Dec 19 2009, 09:54 AM']Buy good quality jacks & learn to solder.[/quote] Agreed. Failing that, buy cables fitted with the cast body Neutrik jacks, which have been designed to be virtually indistructable and to grip the cable properly. You'll pay a few pounds more, but it's worth it.
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    [quote name='robertpieptan' post='688572' date='Dec 18 2009, 05:34 PM']The SD pickups are for 4 or 5 strings?[/quote] I suppose it might work with a 5-string, but as far as I know it was designed for a 4-string bass.
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    [quote name='warwickhunt' post='688462' date='Dec 18 2009, 03:40 PM']Now if you had the matching SD Jazz pup to go with this we'd be talking... you don't do you? [/quote] Nope - just the P-Bass.
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    Here are the photos. Not my greatest work, I'm afraid. By the way, the pots and jack are included and ready wired. You just need to connect two wires for the pickup.
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    Pictures as promised.
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    [quote name='rip-da-cut' post='687124' date='Dec 17 2009, 10:51 AM']In what ways do some amps/cabinets colour sound?[/quote] To answer your question directly whilst everyone is busy in the other mega thread, there are three ways I can think of in which an amp/cab can colour your sound. Distortion, delayed resonance and frequency response anomalies. The concept of distortion is self-evident. It is introduced both by the amp and the speaker. It is not always perceived as 'distortion' but rather as a lack or clarity, mudiness, added warmth, softening of attack, compression, and so on. It's not always unpleasant (valve amps) but should be kept to a minimum unless distortion is part of the target 'sound'. Delayed resonances are produced by the driver and the cab 'ringing' when the actual signal from your bass has stopped. How well these are dealt with is a matter of good design and (frequently) cost. All cabinets and drive units ring - some more than others. Bad ringing in the passband is always audible but usually difficult to 'put your finger on'. Frequency response anomalies are the most obvious colouration and also the easiest for the user to deal with. Some manufacturers deliberately boost or cut bass, boost treble or cut mid in their amps in an effort to get the best out of their speakers (or, dare I say it, to fool the punter). For reasons that I won't go into here, most bass cabinets have a rising midrange response that requires equalization to prevent the bass sounding honky and nasal. All things being equal, larger cabs need less midrange eq than smaller ones. This is where the bassist's 'smile' comes from. As a postscript, I always try to eq cabinets before comparing them. Otherwise, I am liable to prefer the one that is closest to my preferred eq setting (which is fairly flat).
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    [quote name='Jarhead' post='686849' date='Dec 16 2009, 10:50 PM']What is the Ohmage/Wattage on this?[/quote] Hi Zach, it's in the brochure that I provided the link to. 8 ohms and 150W continuous sine wave / 300W continuous program. Stevie
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    [quote name='MB1' post='686933' date='Dec 17 2009, 12:46 AM']MB1. ....Nordy Gone?[/quote] Yup, sorry. It will be winging its way to the Czech Republic later today.
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    There's not very much bass fundamental there - so don't boost the very lows. Try boosting between 80 and 100Hz, scoop the mids between 600 and 1200Hz and cut the HF somewhere above that to soften the notes without killing definition. You might have to cut at 200Hz or thereabouts to prevent boom. No guarantees, of course, because your rig might already have some of those characteristics, but that's how I'd approach it. You can do an awful lot with judiciuos use of eq.
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    This is a classic JBL K140 15-inch speaker, as used in the Fender Bassman and lots of other 1970s to 1980s American bass gear like Sunn. Considered by many to be one of the best-sounding bass guitar speakers ever made, it has been part of the standard backline of players like Geddy Lee, Jaco Pastorius, Francis Rocco Prestia, Mark Percy, Paul McCartney, Norman Watt-Roy and many others. I’m not sure when JBL stopped making these, but this one was in a sealed box until a month ago when I opened it and installed it briefly in a cabinet to make sure it was OK. You can still smell the glues. It has not been run in, it is in perfect condition and sounds amazing. I’ve decided to build myself a more compact system based on 12s and will not be needing this any more. It comes complete with the original JBL carton, leaflet and (unused) gasket. It’s difficult to put a price on this, but I seem to remember they originally cost around £250. I’d like £70 for this one, which I suppose is a bargain for someone who wants to refurbish an original Fender Bassman cab. I don’t think you can even get a cast chassis 15” for less than £100 nowadays, let alone one with a 4-inch voice coil. The spec is available from: www.jblpro.com/pub/obsolete/k_series.pdf. It works quite well in a compact (70-litre) bass cabinet, but anything up to 120 litres is OK. I'll post some photos later.
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    You have my sympathies. This is the kind of thing that anyone who sells stuff on eBay dreads, especially as sellers no longer have the feedback weapon at their disposal. No doubt the experts will chip in shortly.
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    [u][b]NORDSTRAND MM 4.2 FOR SALE[/b][/u] -- THIS ONE NOW SOLD! [url="http://www.nordstrandguitars.com/pickups.htm"]http://www.nordstrandguitars.com/pickups.htm[/url] Now that my Vintage Musicman copy is sold, I have a Nordstrand Musicman replacement pickup for sale. The manufacturer says: "This pickup is an accurate reproduction of an early pre-Ernie Ball® Music Man® pickup. It uses the same wire, the same magnets, and has the same DC resistance. As a result, it sounds just like the early Music Man® basses that are so widely coveted. Includes black cover (exposed pole pieces). The centre polepieces are raised to balance the sound." There’s plenty on the web about this pickup and they don't come up for sale very often. [i]Pics to follow.[/i] Bass Direct price: £107 delivered [b]My price: £42 delivered.[/b] [u][b]SEYMOUR DUNCAN APB-1 ACTIVE PICKUP FOR SALE[/b][/u] [url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/17210-seymour-duncan-apb-1-pro-active-for-p-bass-.html/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=base"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/1721...m_campaign=base[/url] This is a great P-Bass pickup which I no longer need because I have an active P-style bass. The description on the Seymour Duncan site is very accurate. “The tone is more modern with sharper attack and more punch in the bass response” You get the traditional P-Bass sound out of this pickup but the mids punch through better. Totally noise-free, of course, and the battery lasts for 2,000 hours. When the battery runs out in about 10 years time, the pickup will still work without the battery - just a bit quieter. This is the original version with the tone switches, which adjust the resonant peak in a similar way to that expensive passive pot sold by some other pickup manufacturer whose name I can’t remember. I could never hear much difference and I often wondered whether they were actually doing anything. Maybe they don't. Dolphin Music price £109.71 [b]My price £42 delivered[/b] [i]Pics to follow also.[/i]
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    [quote name='mildmanofrock' post='685611' date='Dec 15 2009, 07:42 PM']That's true. Although some things seem to escape criticism on here - Aguilar, Epifani and Bergantino spring to mind. Are they as perfect as the reviews suggest or has anyone tried and not liked?[/quote] I wouldn't be seen dead with a cab called Aguilar, Epifani and Bergantino. They sound like they were designed for guys in dresses.
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    [quote name='Happy Jack' post='684184' date='Dec 14 2009, 05:02 PM'][url="http://www.gcc-uk.org/page.cfm"]http://www.gcc-uk.org/page.cfm[/url] [/quote] [url="http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00jMTaWsZCHUrLM/Blue-Elastic-Rubber-Caster-11XXXBL-.jpg"]http://www.made-in-china.com/image/2f0j00j...er-11XXXBL-.jpg[/url]
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    I have to agree with everyone else. What exactly are we dealing with here? How many tens, for example? And what exactly do you mean by 'building your own crossover'?
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    [quote name='joyousjake' post='683523' date='Dec 13 2009, 11:13 PM']No takers even at £70? Thats got to be cheap for a good solidstate workhorse surely?[/quote] It is. I'm afraid you'll just have to wait for the right punter to come along. They will eventually.
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    [quote name='wateroftyne' post='683833' date='Dec 14 2009, 11:56 AM']At the risk of making myself unpopular with a number of people... I feel the same way. IME, a well-designed Neo might *sound* the same as its' ceramic equivalent, but on the gig they just don't *feel* the same. I'm still to be convinced.[/quote] I don't think the 'problem' is with neo drivers. I've just got myself one and it doesn't sound any worse than the high quality ceramic driver I've been using so far. I strongly suspect that the problem is with poplar ply. This would explain the bad press for MarkBass, for example, despite the fact that they use world class B&C drivers. The first company to build poplar ply cabinets (in the late eighties) was Hughes and Kettner. It is interesting to note that they didn't produce any of their 'Lightline' cabs with a rating higher than 100 watts. And they don't use poplar ply anymore. They use something else. Food for thought perhaps.
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    [quote name='seabirch' post='682562' date='Dec 12 2009, 09:33 PM']I'm quite interested in picking one of these up and have heard that they are pretty good quality. How does the sound compare to that of a real stingray? Has anyone had any experience with these Vintage basses?[/quote] I've got one with a maple neck. It sounds like a Stingray, but just how close it is to the real thing, I've no idea, as I've never played a 'real' one. I've also got a Nordsrand (or something) replacement pickup in it. Did you compare the two in the shop?
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    [quote name='squire' post='678452' date='Dec 8 2009, 08:55 PM'][url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKvaMjASg0Q"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKvaMjASg0Q[/url][/quote] What a godamm awful racket!!!
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