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redroque

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  • Birthday 26/06/1964

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  1. That's how i feel about mine - unlike anything I have owned or played, the zoot feels like it comes alive when I play it. (Zoot Boudicca 5)
  2. Lucky escape! Most, no all, of the pro players I know are described as such as they make their living by playing. This happens in bands (several) sessions and teaching etc. I have also been shot down for applying to interesting bands while being honest about my existing commitments. As long as you apply a strict first in the book rule, what's the problem? The kind of 'max commitment and own transport' lines tend to point to stroppy teens
  3. [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1361310868' post='1984502']. Bon Jovi not so much. [/quote] Seb Bach would probably agree with you if he wasn't subject of a gagging order (from JBJ for those of you too young to remember Skid Row!)
  4. Both great bands in their time and liked by people at the time. As you are obviously all (most) under 25 and were not born when On Through the Night and New Jersey came out, you are clearly well qualified to throw ridicule at music your Dads listened to. In 15 yrs time, remember your attitude when your children laugh at the old man tripe you are currently listening to And ducks Too close to 50 to call and toured in the 80's with as much hair as I could muster. Thank goodness these days I can save a fortune in gel and spray
  5. Great basses - only thing better is the US version - tho in reality not £1k's worth. I've got both and play both.
  6. Just recieved the Peavey USA Cirrus bought last week from Torben Hedstrøm. It is as described, was well packaged and timely delivered from Denmark! Kept in touch and was friendly. He even included 4 sets of Cirrus strings and the original black knobs. Nice!
  7. Bit of a clear out DHA Valve compressor c/w lower gain valve (currently fitted, original included) £50.00 [i][b]sold[/b][/i] DHA DI-EQ in a resplendent green and yellow £50.00 Akai Hexacomp - shouldn't really sell this as it's a lot of fun but am not using it £40.00 [i][b]sold[/b][/i] Digitech Max Squeeze Dual band Compressor £25.00 All plus post - £5 should do it, buy lots and they'll go via courier for £6.00 in a data pack. Pay via direct transfer (preferred) or paypal. Go on, buy stuff and make my wife happy so she actually believes that I will sell stuff to pay for stuff already bought.....
  8. [quote name='Musicman20' post='1021627' date='Nov 12 2010, 05:16 PM']Cant beat a quality high end 4x10 for some gigs. IMO and IME.[/quote] Whatever cabs you have, if you like the sound, great. However, if your playing gigs too much bigger than your bedroom, it'll be DI'd from the bass anyway and no one will hear the cabs unless your mighty big and can mic the cabs effectively. I s'pose you could take the route of being so loud you drown the rest of the band but then the band would sound horrible.
  9. Bought Peavey Bass! Nice and easy to deal with, plenty of communication. Cheers
  10. I have completely changed my setup so am selling my old one, complete. It's a Warwick Profet 5.1 500w (into 4ohm) head, Alesis 3060 compressor and a Behringer rack tuner all in a 4U plastic rack case. The wiring is all organised in the back and there is a 4 bar mains lead stuck in the back so only one socket is required. The amp is 3 ish yrs old, only owned by me and always lived in a rack. Likewise the tuner and compressor. Offers around £275 would be good. Ownership can be completed by collection (Norfolk), delivery by Citylink @ £15.00 or I could do a meet thing if its not too far! Payment - cash, paypal or direct transfer all okay, even cheque if you don't mind waiting for clearance! Pic
  11. [quote name='Finbar' post='571037' date='Aug 16 2009, 08:50 PM']I use two amps - one of which I'm happy to use a DI from, and the other I'm happy to have mic'd (it runs all my distortions etc).[/quote] Just a thought - how about a small desk to combine your sounds, mix relative levels yourself and present one output for foh. There's several on the market for £60 or less
  12. [quote name='ironside1966' post='570651' date='Aug 16 2009, 02:15 PM']If you can’t hear yourself that is down to the you or band.[/quote] Listen and learn! [quote name='ironside1966' post='570651' date='Aug 16 2009, 02:15 PM']In most moderately sized gig all that need to go through the monitors is vox and sometimes keys, in most cases it is up to the band to get a balance so there are a couple of options The band play too loud Your gear is not up to the job You are deaf Or that it is down to how you EQ the amp IE no middle*, that is one reason why Di boxes are a god send.[/quote] *it's that flaming mid scoop that sounds soooo good in the bedroom. And nowhere else [quote name='ironside1966' post='570651' date='Aug 16 2009, 02:15 PM']The more you put through the monitors the less clarity the vocals have Having bad experiences with sound men is normal, but if the majority of experiences is bad maybe it’s time to look inwards[/quote] it's all true. Esp the last sentence. It's a hard lesson to learn, the one where you realise you have been an arse, but learn it, move on and you will benefit. Something else that can help your case, don't turn up without sufficient mains sockets to power your gear. If you present the stage crew one plug per person they will like you a whole lot more than if you need 6 for your amp and all your pedals (it really does happen). I do enjoy giving them one 4 way and suggest they learn to do without 2 pedals I guess those people would call me awkward but why should i make up for their lack of forethought? Steady now, may be winding up again.
  13. There seems to be, with a few notable exceptions, a whole lot of 'me me me' and not enough 'us'. Surely playing in a band is a team game and the important thing is how good the band sound rather than the bass. That there are good and bad sound engineers is taken as read, as should be bass players. The useful contributions all involve communication with the sound man, and they are the ones who get the results. DI boxes enable control over output with no mic thus cutting the amount of spill, most decent amps have an onboard DI, the is switch-able pre/post eq. FOH wants pre, sneaky git changes it and messes with the mix. Experience says, use your own so they can't do that! A player that turns up spouting how important they are (that goes for any band member) will upset any sound man. A bass player who spouts and then is unaware of how his rig is affecting room resonances is just showing himself as ignorant and can be treated as such. If, when you switch on and start playing you notice the room taking off, cut the relevant freq. A mid scooped 'sounds great in the bedroom' sound is great in the bedroom on your own. Bring it out to play and you have to compromise to make the band sound work, or sound sh*t! In the studio environment, if you solo any instrument while mixing, it won't sound as good as you fell it should but in context of the mix, it works. Why should this not be the same with a live mix? Incidentally, the preferred and most recorded bass is.... a P! Sound guys know kick and bass are in the same area, but asking a drummer to adjust the eq on the kick is likely to get you a kicking So the bass has to be adjusted! Adding a pedal board into the mix just adds to the fun as, unless well designed and built, will have a detrimental effect on output, in terms of level and dynamic. Too often, kicking in a chorus/flange/fuzz sounds great in isolation but the level does drop and when everyone else is there, the bass drops out. Fuzz is a pet hate of mine so I'll avoid it - well I'll only say overdrive the bass with some overdriven guitar is overdrive soup and no one wins and the song loses. I'll finish with before anyone has a go at a sound eng, do it yourself and see what is involved. The idea is to get the band sound good as a whole so the audience, who are the paying customer, has a good experience. If you are the band, your supposed to be entertaining said punter cos without them, you'll be back in the bedroom. Probably best to work with people rather than aggravate them. Rant over, time for a little nap
  14. Classic synth from them old days in the 80's. Digital Waveforms (hence DW) through analog VCF VCA path. Filter (~12 dB/8va) with resonance. 2 owners since new in '85 and I was in the same band as the first! Excellent condition apart from one key chipped underneath. CD with PC editor, .wav of factory patches, Flight case (5 star cases), (these alone are over £100) original manual and mains lead. Full working order. £150.00 I also have a Kawai K1 8 part synth also 2 owners, the same as above, also flight cased (not as nice as the korg one!) Original owners manual and power supply. Also fully working and in excellent condition with no chipped keys (). Been my main studio keyboard for the last 11 years. £150.00 Carriage if required by citylink at an extra £20 but I'll meet a reasonable distance. (I'm in South Norfolk) Ideal for anyone wanting to hark back to the good old days when hair was backcombed and full of hairspray and spandex was obligatory for the young rock band. Or that could just have been me!
  15. cheers all for your comments Come on peeps - feel the love for this bass and buy it
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