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[quote name='molan' post='1349958' date='Aug 24 2011, 09:46 AM']Saw a band recently in a fairly small venue where the bass player ran an Ashdown 500W head through a pair of 4x10's stacked vertically. Band starts playing = cue thud, thud, thud, boom, boom, boom from the bass corner [/quote] Isn't that what Ashdowns sound like anyway?

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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1349598' date='Aug 23 2011, 10:08 PM']Still hurting from last night practice then? Ha.[/quote] My rig is so going with me next time.

Play through an Ashdown... then nobody will be able to even tell what notes you are playing.

[quote name='Shonks' post='1348380' date='Aug 22 2011, 08:29 PM']That's me using the Alembic on the 'Chicken Song'! Dont laugh, it reached number one here and all over Europe[/quote] You're my hero

[quote name='lowdown' post='1346154' date='Aug 20 2011, 10:41 AM']I quite like these tunes [I thought i would not for some reason] May be my puter speakers - but it seems a bit light Bass end [Bass Gtr i mean] But saying that i can always hear the Bass end well on Commercial stuff on the puter speakers, so you [Bass Gtr] might be a bit light in the mix. Garry[/quote] Thanks for the kind words. As for the mixing... well, I guess I could have gone bass light knowing that I normally have a bass bias!

Looks great. To echo others round here, it certainly doesn't give the impression that you haven't done this before! One small question... has this got a trussrod? Or is it one of those truss rods where you have to take the neck off the body to alter it?

[quote name='lowdown' post='1346039' date='Aug 20 2011, 06:55 AM']'Bela' is a lovely theme.[/quote] Oh yeah - love that one. Sounds great!

So, some of you may remember I have been tinkering with original music scene again... well, just got back from laying down a few tracks and literally just finished mastering them. Got to the stage where I'm sick of listening to the same tracks again and again and so sod it, this is how they are going be issued. Shall be no doubt handing out the free coasters at tomorrow night's gig. Anyway, for your listening pleasure - [url="http://soundcloud.com/rh_music/second-state-chasing-shadows"]http://soundcloud.com/rh_music/second-state-chasing-shadows[/url] Yup, its a three piece, recorded live with only the vocals being dubbed on afterwards. If you are wondering about the bass, yeah, there's a fair bit of tapping at the end to fill it all out. If you like that, you could try this one - [url="http://soundcloud.com/rh_music/second-state-empty-spaces"]http://soundcloud.com/rh_music/second-state-empty-spaces[/url] I know it's not going to be everybody's cup of tea... let me know what you think. Oh... and the last one from this session - [url="http://soundcloud.com/rh_music/second-state-talk"]http://soundcloud.com/rh_music/second-state-talk[/url]

[quote name='yorick' post='1345449' date='Aug 19 2011, 01:58 PM']Keep your nocturnal activities to yourself............. [/quote] Why limit to nocturnal only ?

That sounds like a record to me. My band takes double that...

Mouse mats and wetsuits.

[quote name='GeeCee' post='1344906' date='Aug 18 2011, 09:54 PM']I think it's Jessica Alba's[/quote] Score!

Just to confirm, the heels are mostly hollow.

[quote name='durandassi' post='1344504' date='Aug 18 2011, 03:24 PM']Thank you, i really like the cocobolo on this one. If my foray into 5 string playing goes well, i may have to get a Spitfire 5er as well. J[/quote] 5 strings - never looked back since I've changed. Although for slaptastic stuff, a 4 rules.

Oooh. A 5er! White LEDs are pretty cool also.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1344283' date='Aug 18 2011, 12:48 PM']Just been scouting the net. WOW, is guitarguitar super pricey! 2EQ Stingrays...some shops doing them for £1129 (these are the gigbag limited colour versions). They were £999 before Xmas. GuitarGuitar price? £1299. Crazy. For such a massive company, they will struggle at those prices.[/quote] Not really. Some geezer will walk in off the street, try it, like it, buy it. (they may even haggle a bit over price).

[quote name='FlatEric' post='1343058' date='Aug 17 2011, 01:15 PM']Anyone else have a Jim Cairnes?[/quote] Yup, I have a couple... and there's a couple residing with my friend in Wolverhampton...

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1343295' date='Aug 17 2011, 03:52 PM']Sei Flamboyant 6s have very narrow necks, IIRC.[/quote] Can't you specify exactly the size neck you want on a Sei? You just tell Martin what you want...

[quote name='dc2009' post='1343181' date='Aug 17 2011, 02:40 PM']This[/quote] I like the blue on in the gallery on their website. The deal breaker for me is the circuit and the v contour of the neck - just feels really alien to my hands. String spacing and the like I can adjust to but that neck is a step too far. As for the circuit, I'm sure I could coax some great sounds out of it and no doubt it would be a great studio bass where you have the time to get your settings... but if you are playing live and need to say, up a little mids, I don't really want a wah pedal as my eq! Perhaps this is something you get used to in time... but with my time with a Wal, it just seemed a little... well, complex... for little advantage if any. Headstock on a Wal four, to me at least, is about as grim as they come... but the 5 headstock... well, I've always thought that was a bit of a looker. Always wanted a Wal after seeing Macca with one - and especially when there was the Beatles reunion thing with "Free as a Bird" on which I belive he played his Wal. Thing is, the lust didn't match the experience Whether they are worth the money... well, if you want a Wal, you will pay your price. To me, I wouldn't pay that money... but then again, they aren't my thing anymore.

Bit of a rant but hey, I'm in that mood. So why is it when I try and give some shops my business and ask if they can get hold of certain bits and pieces (not of insignificant cost) they say that they can get hold of the bits but will need to give me a call back... but never do? I can't be bothered to chase things up if the shops aren't interested in a sale... so I do what everybody else seems to do - just go on line, point, click, credit card and wait for said products to arrive. Seems wrong that none of those people are interested in a sale. I'm all for supporting the shops but they don't seem to help themselves... yet rant that the internet is killing them. Beats me. Will say at this point, I had my first dealings with Darren at the Bass Merchant and he was great. Said he could get said items but there would be a delay as he had just put in an order with the supplier so the delay I would experience would be considerable before they could put in another order. Great honesty - he said I should probably try elsewhere, but if all things fail, he could sort me out. Now that's going the extra mile (I would have hated to pay my cash only to wait for months and months...)

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1336621' date='Aug 11 2011, 04:20 PM']Makes them sound better too![/quote] Makes them sounds different.