Bassmurf

Excellent cheers guys!

Evening all, Received today a 2nd hand bass from a shop in Canterbury (I'm in west Sussex) and it's the biggest piece of rubbish I've ever played in 20 years! So as I can return it back to them as per their terms and conditions, can anyone recommend a decent courier so I can make sure it gets back safely to them? Cheers Dan

Evening, An old friend of mine is retiring from his band and he's tapped me up to possibly replace him. As they are a grunge/alt-rock covers band, about half the set is in either C or C# tuning and I've opted for getting a four string to deal with these particular songs (did have a 5 string but just couldn't get on with it!), have been looking around for appropriate strings and have come across the DDT range from DR. Just wondered if anyone used these before? Cheers Dan

Excellent, congrats!

My vote would have to be for "Far Cry"!

One thing I used when I had my 8 string was to get a mono jack to stereo jack adapter then whacked it into the bass jack socket then one output went to my bass rig and then the other output to a guitar amp...did have many compliments on the sound!

Had bought 'Can't stop falling in Love' back in the early '90's (or was it late '80's...seems so long ago...lol) then properly got into 'em via Dug from King's X saying Tom P had got him playing the 12 string bass!

I've been playing bass for about 20 years and am in my late 30's, I play fingerstyle or with a pick and can provide backing vocals. My main influences (bass-wise) have been players like Doug Pinnick of Kings X, John Entwistle, Flea, Billy Gould of Faith No More, Geddy Lee of Rush and along with the groups mentioned previously, others that have influenced me have been Muse, Joe Satriani, Def Leppard, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, RATM, Mr. Big and others including the usual suspects - Led Zep, Purple, Sabbath etc! I have been in various bands over the years ranging from a power trio doing originals to various other covers/original bands. I'm looking to join a Classic Rock/Modern Rock covers band in the Horsham/Crawley area. If you fancy having a listen to some of my playing please go to http[url="http://www.myspace.com/danthemanonbass"]://www.myspace.com/danthemanonbass[/url] or [url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dan-The-Bassman/271232882896176"]http://www.facebook....271232882896176[/url] Cheers Dan

sorry to hear this, Darren sorted me out with my Spector earlier this year, good luck in your future endeavours. Dan

Excellent, cos the previous distributors were rubbish!

Hi, I'm 38, have been playing bass for about 20 years, I play fingerstyle or with a pick and can provide backing vocals. My main influences (bass-wise) have been players like Doug Pinnick of Kings X, John Entwistle, Flea, Billy Gould of Faith No More, Geddy Lee of Rush and along with the groups mentioned previously, others that have influenced me have been Muse, Joe Satriani, Def Leppard, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, RATM, Soundgarden, Mr. Big and others including the usual suspects - Led Zep, Sabbath etc! I have been in various bands over the years ranging from a power trio doing originals to various other covers/original bands. I'm looking to join a Classic Rock/Modern Rock covers band in the Horsham/Crawley area. If you fancy having a listen to some of my playing please go to http://www.myspace.com/danthemanonbass or http://www.facebook.com/index.php?lh=acff11a0fe26d5c3ec8b092f7fab69c3&#!/pages/Dan-The-Bassman/271232882896176?sk=app_2405167945 Cheers Dan

Hi, the presets are not foot switchable though the controls are easy enough to tweak on the fly - regarding the cabs so far as I know if you're after just one cab to access the full power of the head you'd need to go for the TC BC410 4x10" cab. Hope that's of some help. Dan

Ordered covers for both my TC head and cab arrived in 3 days, overall very impressed!

[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1316169301' post='1375328']Single Speakon socket... no 1/4 " [/quote] +1!

Looking good chaps!

Got mine back in may before the deal with getting the free cab...bugger... Here's my review of it from when I first got it from Andertons and some additional info now I've gigged it! Had a good half hour to play around with the various settings on this amp and was impressed with how good my bass sounded through it, not a transparent sound as such, the amp does have it's own sound so to speak but I could definitely hear more of the character of my bass. I could dial in anything from a "scooped" funk tone to a good approximation of a "classic rock" tone, the Spectracomp, Tubetone and Tweetertone control dials are well set out, user friendly and obviously you can add to your taste. After playing a few gigs with it recently, found that if you want to change settings on the fly as already mentioned in the earlier posts, it is very easy and straightforward. I opted for the 2x12 cab which is great, first time I'd played through 12" speakers and they don't half move some air! Though i am saving up to add the 2x10 cab as I've missed having the slightly more defined sound that comes from 10" speakers. The head and cabs aren't lightweight but are considerably less than say my old Ashdown and TE rigs. All in all, very happy with it! Dan

Just been checking out Dave's YouTube channel...some good vids on there...on a different note has anyone else noticed that in the latest edition, one of the pics of Ben Kenney (Incubus) was one of the ones they used for Troy Anthunes a few months ago...tsk tsk! Dan

[quote name='Wil' post='1301120' date='Jul 12 2011, 03:06 PM']Really good read, keep us posted! [/quote] [quote name='skankdelvar' post='1301133' date='Jul 12 2011, 03:18 PM']Fantastic bit of narrative and beautifully executed. I'm hooked.[/quote] [quote name='spongebob' post='1301325' date='Jul 12 2011, 05:21 PM']I've never been more hooked than when Dirty Den got shot by a bunch of Daffs! More please![/quote] What they said!

After reading about the current line up in Classic Rock Presents Prog and remembering the guitarist in my very first band banging on about 'em, I've downloaded/am listening to the "Best Of" and "Once Around The World" by It Bites...and I have to say I'm really rather liking some of their stuff!

I use the iRig adaptor and Amplitube (the free version) on my iPad, I'd originally downloaded both this app and the GK free one, initially preferred the GK one but I've got to say the tone is not as good as what you get from the Amplitube app which I've found it to be fairly close to what sound I used to get with my Boss ME50B. Yes, you do have to copy over any songs you want to play along with, unlike the GK app where it literally is plug in and play but once you get used to it, it's a very useful tool IMHO with the various features already mentioned in the other posts. The iRig adaptor cost me £23 (off of Amazon) and was a tenner cheaper than most of the headphone amps! Modern technology, marvellous! Cheers Dan

[quote name='secretsquirrel' post='1243424' date='May 24 2011, 08:43 PM']IMHO you could do no worse than taking a look @ the BH500/210 rig from TC Electronics and it also will fit your budget easily even brand new. you could always add another cab later for the full oomph. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrtVa0oQk1Q"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrtVa0oQk1Q[/url] I've just picked one up as a back up to my Staccato and it's absolutely awesome! Not as lightweight as the RH stuff but half the price and not at all heavy really in fact its definately sooooo much lighter than the Ashdown stuff you mentioned earlier. Don't forget with all the extras like spectracomp and tubetune and you probably won't need to use the other pedals either so less to carry! Mark @ Bass Direct also says it's the best bang for the buck too [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/BH500+Cabinets.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_sp...0+Cabinets.html[/url] Hope this helps[/quote] Thumbs up for the BH500, great amp and a great price - though I plumped for the 2x12 cab instead of the 2x10!