sockdeluxe_mikey

Yeah, I'll push the EA end of the spectrum forward. The non-Wizzy cabinets can be considered very good for multi-instrumental applications at least such as keyboard and acoustic guitar (I've played an acoustic guitar through my NL-210 and it sounded great). That particular cabinet is even listed as useful as a drum monitor, so there's some interesting suggestibility...

Hello all, Simple question. Where have people sourced their Precision Bass bodies from in the UK? I know of Warmoth, but I also know of the import tangles that can be connected to that too! I've sent a message off to Brandoni guitars, but in the meantime I will carry on looking around. I would preferably like it finished as well but for the particular project I'm working on I'm reasonably unfussy about *what* finish it is. Also, I am half considering having the contours removed (a la slab bodied Precision Bass) if this helps refine matters. Thanks very much!

[quote name='BassBod' post='1077070' date='Jan 4 2011, 10:03 AM']Sudden battery death in an old Wal ProIIE. Went from normal to dead in about three mins...and taking the (fragile) battery cover off needed a small screwdriver. Eden Traveler amp overheating and cutting out - I've since discovered this was because I was running it at 2ohms, as Euphonic Audio put 8ohm ratings on cabs containing 4ohm speakers. Thanks for that.[/quote] Is this true? My cabinet is supposed to be 8 ohms

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' post='1064975' date='Dec 20 2010, 07:43 PM']How much did all those mods cost? Sounds a bomb...[/quote] I think if you shopped around, were patient enough and found a decent and fair technician to install everything, you would be talking about £200-250 to get new pickups and a preamp with installation bar a few kinds of pickup and preamp. Definitely 'learn' the pickups though, once I did I realised they had a lot of sounds that I really like!

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1064962' date='Dec 20 2010, 07:31 PM']IMO..best bass at that price range Bar none.. every one ive played has been a cracker.. pre may be lacking, but if you feel the need to its a very tweakable bass... very well made.. to be honest its way past its price range... if you want you could put a US Bart pre in there and some US Barts, or Nordstrands, and turn it into a bass that would sound as good as the US models.. i had a 55-01 with a Glock pre and some Nord Fatstacks and it sounded better than my Sadowsky... of couse the standard bass is still great.. hope you enjoy it..[/quote] Yeah, there is a very strong list of pickups that you can put in the 44/55-01 if you don't like them. That's what makes it such fantastic value - as long as you like how it plays, you basically are in a win/win situation because even if you do not like the electronics package you can upgrade to what can be quite pricey electronics packages and STILL be at around £800-850 total outlay, which could prove to be devilishly good value for money to the right person...! A list of pickups: US Bartolini Mk4 Nordstrand Big Singles/Splits/Dual Coil Lakland Chi-Sonic 44/55-01 retrofit pickups Lakland LH3 44/55-01 retrofit system(!), which is both pickups and preamp Hence, one of many reasons I would simply refuse to sell this bass point blank in most situations. I really like how it plays and it's relatively easy to retrofit different kinds of pickups/preamps. In my mind, what is possible is almost like the pricier version of what many people do with really well playing Squier Jazz Bass/Precision Bass's (except to some degree the build and play quality is imaginably and remarkably consistent) - put simply, a bass that can be upgraded to a high standard and still end up being very good value for money.

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' post='1064938' date='Dec 20 2010, 07:11 PM']Thanks for that, when i first had a wee noodle on it i was very impressed and blew the jazz bass i was hopin to get out the water. Yeh sure its a bit loud...very loud like u said with the preamp but thats what u want sometimes . I just hope once ive settled down with it and playing it for hours hopefully i wont find too many faults Roll on Wednesday!!![/quote] I have used this bass for about 95% of all of the gigs I've done this year and it has never, ever done me wrong. I've really depended on it and it has not put a foot wrong whatsoever. I still don't get why people swap out the pickups so readily. A lot of people say they sound 'thin' or too bright, but judging from experience they may have a cabinet that goes really 'high' and that'll reveal the very wide frequency range of these pickups. However, remove quite a lot of that high end and they sound [b]exactly[/b] like a traditional high impedance pickup (like on my MarkBass for example, the VLE can give a HUGE amount of different 'subsets' of sounds by changing the frequency response of the high end of the pickups). In other words, don't let other people's comments sway you too quickly! It's worth learning how to get the best out of these pickups first

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' post='1064891' date='Dec 20 2010, 06:36 PM']I have a lakland skyline 44-01 on the way due wednesday (whether thats true is too be seen) Anyone have or had one of these basses and if so whats ur opinions on them? Thanks Alex [/quote] I would be very happy to speak very highly of them. When I went shopping for a new bass nearly 12 months ago I wanted to try and get the best playing and sounding bass I could get for maximum £600, largely ignoring aesthetics and preconceived notions etc. [b]To me[/b], the Lakland 44-01 felt conspicuously better to play than practically anything else in the price range, and I've subconsciously always really liked the sound of the Mk1 Bartolini pickups which I will most likely keep in the bass. The only thing I think almost everybody finds lacking (including me) is that the preamp could be a little less noisy (which is a shame, because it's actually a pretty nice sounding preamp I think, but it's moot point as it is passive defeatable) although quite a few people also don't like the standard Mk1 pickups either and replace those (the rout incidentally fits some 'interesting' pickup choices!). General personal points - it has really grown on me so much, and although I don't own many basses it is without a doubt the bass I would sell dead last if I really had to. If you've got any more in depth questions then just fire away P.S A lot of people hugely underrate these out of hand, I think! They're no peacock visually but that's really what makes them such great value for money IMHO.

Some great suggestions, everybody! I'm going to have a really serious look at the links - Gareth and Stingray5, I'm not completely dead set on permanently attaching a cart to the cab and to be quite honest I'd be more up for one that doesn't. Those carts actually look really good for what I need and are currently my top favourites to buy. Cheers all! Now I just need to get a cab cover

Aaaahhh...a trolley that you actually fit onto the cabinet? A smart idea! Can I be open minded and ask you how you fitted it?

Hi all! I have just bought a (relatively) lightweight cabinet - a Euphonic Audio NL-210 which weighs in the region of 40-45lbs. My aim was to pop it on some sort of 2/4 wheel trolley and be able to take it on the bus/train/tube to wherever I need to go, since it allows me to depend on using the car a little less for most non-function gigs. What would everybody suggest? I've looked at almost everything and did actually order a huge holiday-style suitcase from Tesco direct that then turned out to be at least 10cm smaller each side than what the website said! Hence, holiday luggage is pretty much ruled out as none of them seem to be big enough. I've just come across something called the Kinsman Multi Loader: [url="http://wembleydrumcentre.com/Catalogue/Guitar-Centre/Guitar-Stands/Stands-Hangers/Kinsman-Multi-Loader-Trolley-20KG-Load-Capacity-KMT20"]http://wembleydrumcentre.com/Catalogue/Gui...-Capacity-KMT20[/url] Which looks good, but I don't know if the wheels look sturdy/comfortable enough to walk along pavements and roads? [url="http://www.saddler.co.uk/shop.html?pr=2084&cr=1482"]http://www.saddler.co.uk/shop.html?pr=2084&cr=1482[/url] This also looks good, but this only looks suitable for just amp lugging between cars and venues Any feedback and help would be greatly appreciated!

01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Eden Metro Rig, and a Peavey MKIV head and SWR Triad for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. Merton: Status Retroactive J, Eden WT550 and Barefaced Vintage, & multiscale 5er 03. Silddx: 04. Hamster: 05. WalMan: Wal Custom, pair of G&L L2500s, Markbass Combo, Epifani Cab, Marshall Superbass 100, Bass Pod Pro xt 06. Jakesbass: 07. Happy Jack: Kit: PJB Bass Buddy, Rolls PM1, ‘Mystery Guest’ + 3 sets of headphones. Basses: The people will decide. 08. Ped: Vigier Passion II with Marleaux and Roland GK electronics, Roland Vbass unit, 1u 800w digital poweramp, SWR 4x8 and 1x15 09. 51m0n: Bergantino AE410, Markbass SA450, Roscoe CS 5, Pedal board with various bits of lovely goodness, Bergantino HT210 and HT115, Ibby BTB470 10. obbm: Godin A5 fretless, Shuker PJ5, PJB Cub, PJB-D200, Lakland PJ Duck Dunn, TecAmp Pleasure Board and Sony headphones 11. jhk 12. Stingray5: Musicman, Tune, Fender, Westone basses; Trace Elliot GP12SMX combo + 2x10/2x5, Boss GT6-B 13. pete.young: Bass Collection 465 and GK3-B plus Roland V-Bass, plus Yamaha BB800 and maybe the Burman Pro 4000 14. Andy 15. [b]sockdeluxe_mikey[/b]: Lakland 44-01, Markbass SA450, [b]Euphonic Audio NL-210[/b] 16. Clarky: stealth black Alembic Spoiler, TC 450 and RS112 cab or Markbass CMD121P combo 17. Bottle: Precision special, EBS cabs (yep, both the 4x10 and 1x15), maybe a couple of 1x12's, and my GK MB500 head 18. Truckstop 19. Bloodaxe 20. Waynepunkdude: SX Bass 21. Barneyg42 22. essexbasscat 23. Stylon Pilson 24. Kraken 25. Alien 26. Bassmanady: Yamaha TRB5P 27. Clauster 28. Paul S: Trace Elliot AH300-12 + 2103H 29. Cetera: Spector basses, Wal bass, Sansamp RBI/RPM rig, Genz 212 30. TomKent: Eden Nemesis 250 Combo, Fretless P-Bass and my J-Bass 31. Urb 32. charic: line6 studio 110 33. Alex Claber: Barefaced cabs, RIM bass 34. walbassist: PJB M-300 and a 6B cab, plus my Veillette basses. 35. sean: Yamaha BB2024x, Yamaha BB2025, Spector NS5-XL, Mesa Walkabout Scout 12" combo, Mesa Carbine M6, 2 x Bergantino AE210, Assorted FX 36. thestick: various basses 37. Plux_the_Duck: see 51m0n list above 38. MacDaddy: custom Shuker and possibly my Hamer Blitz or Iceni Zoot. 39. johnnylager: Pimp Euro 5, a Jap P, the LH / Big Juan rig and the DHA thing. And a couple of cans of lager. 40. simon1964: '64 P and the Shuker 41. Tait: Taitycaster, Mark Hoppus Jazz, and maybe the Ibanez SR500 42. Sibob: 1973 Jazz, 2003 US Jazz, Orange Terror, Ashdown EVOII500, Ashdown mini 4x8 cab 43. philw: Wal Mk 1 Custom Fretless, the gorgeous Veillette Fretless Acoustic Bass and the very small AER Amp One combo 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. Just confirming my presence and a slight change of the equipment I'm bringing

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='1013822' date='Nov 5 2010, 10:37 PM']I left the lead plugged into the passive input after playing my jazz and plugged in my Yamaha which is active. Well i loved the bigger tones that i got from having it in the passive especially because i have to practise at lesser volumes. But what i wont to know is if im causing any damage to the amp at all. Its a hartke lh500. Also if its ok at lower volumes will it be ok at higher volumes? Thanks Sam H[/quote] This is an interesting area! I almost always use the passive input for active or passive basses (with obviously sometimes gain adjustment). On some amps, I think the active pad can border on attenuating a bit too much and I would rather adjust gain to taste/requirements. I have a passive bass, a 9V active bass and an 18V active bass but it's fairly rare that I use them on the same gig I suppose so I maybe haven't come across any issues because of this. The 9V and 18V I do on occasion, but that's more a master volume adjustment than a gain adjustment. On your amp, as long as the gain clip light isn't showing when you switch to your active bass then AFAIK you should definitely be okay, but I wouldn't be surprised if somebody corrects both of us!

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='1001759' date='Oct 26 2010, 09:22 PM']A true GAS posting... ask opinions AFTER you've bought it! Been there and done that; probably about to do it again! [/quote] I very much hope not! I put in my fair amount of research time before definitely buying it - I already know I really like Euphonic Audio stuff as I've tried a few Wizzy cabinets and trialled a head of theirs years ago. I checked out the Wizzy's to buy seriously but they don't seem to handle enough wattage for my head, and I started to realise that to get the volume/sensitivity I need I'd have to start looking at high efficiency 2x10s/1x15s. Then I spotted this baby I've got a very good feeling about it!