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NBD CIJ PB70 99 reissue - a beaut and super light. Love CIJ basses such quality builds, had a PB62 reissue and loved it but sold to fund custom build. I been after a natural PB70 but hardly see them, I just love a natural bass. I had the MIM FSR PB70 from think 2018 and the neck was superb but didn’t like the pups - should’ve changed them as regretted selling it. This might give my custom build a run for its money, got gig next week might take it out. Free set from Bass Bros too - recommend them

And here are mine

Having started with an Alesis Crimson II kit to begin my drumming journey the time has come to progress to something a little more substantial. After a 3 month wait, my Jobeky Compact Pro kit arrived this week and very nice it is too. Finished in UK Drum Wrap's ultraMarine fade burl digital wrap with black hardware, the kit comprises 8"x6", 10"x7", 12"x8", 13"x10" and 14"x12" rack toms with a 22"x18" kick. I already owned a 13"x3.5" Jobeky piccolo snare, and ordered a set of low volume cymbals to finish the kit off - 10" splash, 16" and 18" crashes, 16" china and a 20" ride. Everything is mounted onto a 3 sided Gibraltar rack Such an unbelievable difference sitting behind a full size kit instead of my little e-kit! Worth the expense and the 3 month wait All triggers are running through eDRUMin interfaces and triggering Slate Drums 5.5 running inside Reaper.

Soooo. Had a rehearsal with the Jazz and I can't fault it really. weight is around 9 pounds. Feels good. doesn't feel cheap at all. I will say it doesn't feel like a really expensive bass but it doesn't feel like a cheap one either.. Tuners are rock solid, controls are smooth.. the sound is what struck me.. Sounds like a great jazz bass, and the pickups are really clear, fat and punchy, and I mean REALLY fat and punchy.. I. .. I would say the tone of it is probably one of my favourite jazz bass tones and it where this bass really shines. Way fatter than my old Suhr, possibly because its a 60's position bass and the Suhr was 70's.?.. Neck is a really nice C shape. No single coil hum at all which surprised me.. With all that said on really close inspection the frets are a little messy, with a tiny bit of glue spotted. and the fret ends aren't perfect. The neck pocket is tight but not perfect. But hey this is a sub £400 bass and I can live with that. All in all this is a great workhorse jazz bass, sounds amazing and growly when dug in, really comfortable, lovely neck. no brainer.

Well, the inevitable happened. I managed to resist it when I first played it in April, but it came up for sale today and I am now officially out. Six months is a pretty good effort for me, so I take some comfort in that 😂.

I recently sold my beloved 1960’s Marshall 18 watt combo to a UK vintage dealer. It was shipped to Australia and then on to Hawaii to it’s new owner, Kirk Hammett. ( I was promised some footage of Kirk playing the Peter Green Les Paul through it, but not received anything yet.)

Marked, punched, drilled and de-burred all the holes in the top surface of the chassis. That's a lot of holes! Also fitted the grommets for the transformer lead holes. Oh yeah, fitted the feet to the bottom plate.

Was just reading nail soups post about needing more ram which prompted me to do this post just in case anyone is interested..... this is more about showing you what old tec can and cant do, and bring it to peoples attention as it seems not allot of people know about it, or forgotten about it, maybe on purpose haha, each to their own and all that. There is a system you can get quite cheapish now ( for what you are getting) which i have been using for 20+years, never crashes, it is old, but, still to this day its just amazing, i still don't think there is anything out there quite like it. For example, if i said there was a mixer and recorder system out there that can....... record 24 tracks at 24bit 44/96 at the same time all day and never crash ( in 20 years!) full on screen editing like cubase only easier the desk is 72 channels 8 bus 12 aux out and 12 aux internal with a mastering section every track has its own compressor gate, and range of EQs with full automation going through the desk into the recorder and back out from the recorder back to the desk and have top quality plugins running like..... Massenberg EQ drawmer ADX dynamics TC reverbs Mackie Reverbs and delays and FX Mackie vocal correction suit Antares autotune acuma final mix, mastering ( now owned by Trackion mastermix but not as good) Stereo and mono Delays RTA 31 graphics 5.1 cinema surround sound + a load more the desk is fully automated and i mean everything, in real time and records to the recorder 24 tracks via light pipe ( adat) The recorder, each track has 8 virtual tracks for other takes, thats 8x24 = 192 tracks for one song all on the screen at the same time, if wanted ! Also if wanted the desk can control your DAW be it cubase, logic, protools etc, with everything right in front of you on a desk, And everything listed above running ALL AT THE SAME TIME ! with no crashing, drivers or windows in sight, and all that runs with only... wait for it....... 256mb ram a 333mhz intel pent processor 120g and 32g hard drives the whole O/S on 3 floppy discs. Would you believe it ??? Probably not, yet this was available toward the end of the 90s ! yep, even then, all that was available, no idea how mackie did it, but, it is a great feat of electrical engineering even by today's standards The desk Is the Mackie D8B the recorder is the Mackie HDR 24 youtube them I run one D8B with two HDR recorders running into it, recording 48 tracks of wide open full bandwidth WAVS and i think it sounds great, with more than enough tools to use to get most jobs done ready for release. All sounds great and to be fair it still is, but... by todays standards there are a few draw backs. if they bother you, but nothing to do with the quality of the recording or wav stamping. 1, the recorder is like a digital tape recorder, you can not slow it down or speed it up, its set, you can alter the BPM but only as a time frame at the top for the markers, so the transport wont slow or speed up, this never once bothered me as all my songs start at a set BPM anyway and im happy with that. 2, on the recorder you cant flip wavs backward, or time stretch wavs, again iv never needed them, but would be nice to try, 3 on the recorder you can not create more tracks, they are set at 24 with 8 virtual tracks per track, so enough for the most. 4 if you want to take the wav files or songs from the recorder to your daw, or bouncing wavs or tracks over to your daw, you need to use a FTP link to your pc using an ip address, which i use all the time and find it no problem once set up, or you can just inport the wavs from the hard drive or just play them in to your daw via spdif out as there is no USB connection. or just backup to the caddy drive and use that drive in a one of them drive bays that usb connect to your pc or laptop, easy really. When these when came out they were... the desk about £15k + depending which plugins and options, Review here..https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/mackie-d8b The recorder about £5k all in review here...https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/mackie-hdr2496 So thats about £20.000.00 of usable stuff you can get today for ! about 700 if you scoot around, a great deal i think if your into this type of stuff. anyway, i just thought i would throw this out there, it could be an option for you if you wanted to look at something else. i know at least one other basschat member that is still using them, anyone else ? or if you want to know more, ask away.

I can’t now make it so I have 2 free tickets for The Beat in Margate tonight if anyone on here wants them for free * *Just make a small donation to the charity of your choice, drop a few quid to a homeless person or just take your kids out for an ice cream.

Not long back from picking up the six string from Robin at Manton Customs. The six string is a beast! It is a comfortable size though. It weighs in at 9lb and has a 32" scale. The front is English Walnut and a Yew accent layer delineated with a black veneer both sides. The body is Maple/Sycamore. It has a through neck laminated from Maple and Wenge and the fretboard is Wenge. I play the viol (viola da gamba) and the Titan model is loosely like a viol, especially the older 'festoon' type of Renaissance viol. I will post some of my own photos of it shortly, with some close-ups, but I've got a concert to play in later. Meanwhile, some photos from Robin.

My favourite colour scheme for a P Bass

I paid the princely sum of £5 for this Selmer treble n bass 50 from a chap who was moving house and didn't want to take it with him. When I turned up, I was sure he was going to say that he had missed a zero off the price, but nope..... £5! What really narked me was that he told me he left the selmer speaker cab that he used with the amp in the loft of the house he lived in previously!

And an update to the above, I’m so glad I did, the difference was pretty amazing, a real solid foundation building sound for the keys & guitars to work their magic on. Kept out of the sonic space that they occupy nicely, locking in with the drums in the best way. Coupled with our guitarists new Tremonti amp the band has never sounded as good.

I sold a blue Ric 4003S a few years back to a lovely chap who lived out past Cardiff. We agreed to meet at one of the service on the M4 to hand it over. He was telling me that having recently lost his cherished blue 4003 while touring the US (fortunately recovered) he wanted to buy a spare to use for overseas tours in case it happened again. Turned out it was Paul Gray from Eddie and the Hotrods/ The Damned. Nice guy. He said he was going to use the bass the following day for a gig in Bath/Bristol (can't remember) but my friend was going to it and told me she'd take a pic for me. He was true to his word so I'm glad it went to a good home 😊

For longevity and a diehard work ethic, you can't go far wrong with Mike Watt.

This month's revision. Flexible amount of distortion and a bit of chorus for some pseudo-fretless straight into the front of my ABM 600.

Band members who complain you're not playing any gigs, but don't go out and get any and don't provide dates for when they're free... ...and then aren't available when you get offered a gig.

Indeed it was @Dood... I wrote this on another post about it a couple of years ago.. "I remember having an absolutely hilarious road trip up there with @WalMan and @Merton. It was a great day.... 😊 Despite it being the Bash where a guy (who's name escapes me) played slap bass at max volume for about 4 hours non-stop.. How no one decked him that day, I'll never know! Happy days 😁" https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/339681-the-13th-south-east-bass-bash-sunday-20-october-2019/?do=findComment&comment=3885849

Mine #1 Bass for all situations is my 1984 BC Rich Eagle, as can be seen being splendiferously modelled below by Andy at the 2019 South East Bass Bash..

Here is mine

Yep, mine also although I have gas for a sunburst with rosewood board and black pick guard at the moment.

Bands who play to the end of their slot as if they can clear the stage in 0 minutes.

Sure. Dates depending.

Ronnie James Dio on bass, shortly after his band auditioned to play the Enchantment Under The Sea dance

Can these reviews have more revealing clothing please.

charity gigs where too many bands have been booked. being asked to turn up 3 hours before you are playing and then having to wait around whilst the other bands soundcheck. you then have to manage put your gear around theirs with no time for even a line check or tune up.

It sounds like the love child of Elvis Costello and Pauline Black. I’ve Renamed the song “Watching the detectives on my radio”

Blazing Apostles - Be-Bop Deluxe

Thanks all; I'm now thinking VT Bass first, to get the tone I want, then into HPF to remove sub frequencies, then into Compressore third?

Burning Down The House - Talking Heads

If it's a full-band compressor in the path, then I might try the HPF first so that it can filter unwanted subsonic frequencies from hitting the compressor and overwhelming it's control circuit. Now this may or may not be the case as some compressors have suitable filtering / side-chain circuits that ignore sub frequencies, but there are many that don't.

DIY Ampeg B15 head into a BF One 10. 22W of vintage tube tone in my music room, although the Origin Bassrig ‘64 has been getting a lot of love lately.

It would be my 85 Wal Custom Mk 1. Done almost every gig with me since I got it back in around 91-92… Usually paired with this fella…

Any excuse to post a pic 😂

People helping out with packing up who proceed to wind cables around their elbow, or worse, their fist.

The assumption that the bass is easy to play and that you're just a failed guitarist.