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It was my sister’s 40th birthday party yesterday and naturally she asked my band to play, because we can play songs people know with just enough competence that they recognise them. The keys player has a Behringer XR18 desk but not a clue how to use it, so me, the guitarist and drummer all took turns to get it to work with some very glitchy software, and after an hour of fighting it, gave up. We ended up borrowing an unused Soundcraft desk from my mum’s local church and suddenly within minutes had a functioning PA we could all understand 🤣 Once I’d had a beer and calmed down we managed to play two great sets with a lovely, lively crowd, and I have taken the decision to (try to) permanently liberate the desk from the clutches of the Lord JC…15 points
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A charity fundraiser for a local brain tumour charity at Southwold Arts Centre in Suffolk, with Elton Joel. First theatre show in a while after a string of festival dates. Not a huge stage so I opted for my Markbass traveller rig - LM3, 2x10 and 1x12 cabs. After a series of shows using just my Yamaha BB604 I used my 1970 P bass for most of this one and it sounded lovely. I’ve missed that sound! Lovely audience, cool venue and a really enjoyable evening. Three hour drive home aided by late night McDonald’s coffee stop and loud banging house music on Radio 1 to keep me awake.13 points
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Last night's Bendricks Rock gig was right up in the Rhondda at a big social club. Excellent stage and we had a dressing room with enough space for empty cases and still sit down. Even our own loo! Fortunately we decided to bring the bigger PA although the smaller one would probably have managed. We were standing in for another band who cancelled in good time and gave our details to the venue. Thanks! First few songs affected by nerves, but then we settled down. To be honest we need to work on song structure, we play a lot of songs with unusual structures and weren't too tight on a few. Even so, they were really into the music, especially the sabbath/purple/Zeppelin songs. Our setlist is spot on for the rock loving valleys. We played until 11:30. One of the guitarists said 'I get paid to set up and take down. The playing is why I do it and I'm happy to go all night'. This got posted on our Facebook, doesn't do the lights justice.12 points
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It was actually Friday night, but close enough. Played with Nine Lives at the Butchers Arms in Inverurie. An odd night - crowd waxed and waned, busy moments, quiet moments. Thankfully it was busy towards the business end of the show (why do people turn up with 5 songs to go at 12.30 and then get all "awww" when you announce it's the last song at like five to one? Why is it a surprise to you that we'd be finishing at 1am when we started at 10pm?) Anyhoo, this gig was significant for my first pub wireless gig and yes, after using it for sensible, constructive reasons (getting out front for the sound check) I got up to no good. When I wasn't wandering across to the guitarist for a bit of a duel during solos, I was off into the crowd. Learned the hazards of this - this guy insisted on putting his arm around my shoulder and in doing so, he knocked my A tuner (how's that for aim? Not the G, not the E, the friggin' A) and the song started sounding fruity. Well luckily he'd somehow managed to knock it about a semitone out so once I figured it out, I had to move everything up a fret on the A string. Thankfully it was "Highway to Hell", so not a taxing song to recalculate on the fly. Anyhoo, it was a lot of fun and things are coming together nicely with the new singer. Gear - G&L Tribute LB-100 then Yamaha BB1200 into Markbass Mini CMD121P IV and New York 12111 points
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IMG_6757.mov Sawtry Festival with SDW. Great crowd and line dancers the whole 1 hour set. Home in 15 minutes at 5. The best kind of gig! I might have to hang onto my 1x15 for these. Trace head, GB 1x12s, Jazz bass 24.11 points
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A 60th BD party at a social club on the outskirts of York last night. Normally I’m not a fan on ‘celebratory’ gigs but it turns out a number of the guests had supported us at bikers rallies around the patch so we had a cracking night. One thing though - why did we have to share the dressing room with a hoard of balloons (that were nothing to do with the event)…?11 points
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We played a seven band gig in Gloucester last night at the New Inn... As it's pedestrianised I brought fx and amp on a trolley from car park. We were on early, 2nd band, and I decided to use the supplied rig of Ashdown combo and extension speaker. My slightly overdriven Helix patch sounded most excellent into it - crunchy and satisfying with with enough twang to allow slaps'n'pops to cut through. It was the 2nd gig with our new guitarist, and this time there were no mistakes at all - we all played beautifully, including a once rehearsed Dead Kennedy's cover ("Moon Over Marin") to finish. There were no rotten tomatoes, no hostile crowd, nobody looking to give us a serious kicking for a change which was nice. A couple of people remarked on my bass (Parker) and said I didn't play completely craply! There was, however, a weird tree in the middle of the stage-front which meant only my trousers could be seen from most angles (look carefully!)9 points
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Good one last night in Queensferry, great venue. Montitor sound was great until the ****ing drummer complained about too much bass and vocals. The sound man took that as “take all the bass and vocals out of the monitors” and it all went to s***. Anyway, sounded good out front apparently 🤘🏻9 points
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Last night's extravaganza... Four band weekend for me. After the drunken scaffolders on Friday with my soul band, my originals were parachuted in by the booking agent to fill a cancellation in a town centre pub in darkest Somerset. Three mass brawls, several minor skirmishes, a gentleman being extravagantly sick in the gents whenever I went to the loo and constant demands for songs clearly not in our genre. Two large television screens broadcast sport throughout; a cricket match on one and horses running in circles around a track on the other. This isn't quite what I'd pictured when miming with a tennis racket in front of the mirror as a small boy.8 points
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Bass Collection Sunburst 5 String with retrofitted Seymour Duncan Pickups and Active 3 Band circuit with variable midrange sweep control. Retrofited ABM Bridge. SOLD £240 posted to the UK or £215 collected from Sheffield. Has some dings and scratches as you’d expect for the age of this bass. None so bad the wood is exposed. Overall I would say it’s in good condition. 24 Frets, 34 inch scale. Lovely to play as per all Bass Collections. Serial number is 914430. Not sure if this means it’s 1991 vintage. Also not sure if it’s a 305 or 315 but I don’t think that matters much if the pickups and circuit have been upgraded. Just restrung BEADG with a fresh set of Rotosound strings as previously it was tuned EADGC. I can include those old strings if you’d like. I will include a Warwick ‘Rock Case’ hard case. That’s in tatty condition but it’s mainly to protect the bass in transit. Overall you’d struggle to get a more highly spec’d 5 string for this money.7 points -
A familiar venue for us last night at a working mens club. For some reason the stars aligned with the PA, being way louder than it was in a smaller venue a couple of weeks ago. Also after complaining for a while that he wasn't loud enough for a few weeks, and me pointing out nothing changed, the drummers singing was loud again (ie, peaking on the input meters) confirming my belief that he just wasn't singing as loudly as he had previously. Anyway, sound good, they had redone the stage to be deeper but narrower so it was a tighter fit, but still nice to have an actual stage, and almost everything went well, a few random mistakes and I felt we did too long, it gets sloppy at the end, the idea of adding new songs is to change our set, not extend it! And who knew, getting moondance on track is actually really tricky when the singer removes one bar from it! TBF though, we have only played it about 150 times.7 points
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What is it with venues that put on live music and have television on at the same time? We won’t play with them on, period. One of our regular gigs has TV on when we arrive and we leave them on whilst setting up, but then turn them off just before we start playing. Sometimes not popular ( especially when a key match is on ) but we fill the pub with people who’ve come out to see us, not watch telly.7 points
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Little update on mine. Cannot express how GOOD the OC-2 and OS sound going into some Chorus on the Quad Cortex, learning to love bass synth again 😁7 points
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Very sad to be selling this bass as it looks great, sounds great and is a ton of fun to play, but the old-skool covers band that I bought it for has fizzled out, and it's not getting much use any more. As you'll probably be aware, these basses have garnered a lot of praise for their looks, weight, sound and playability, and I am happy to confirm that the hype is fully justified in all respects. First of all, and I probably don't need to say this, but it really does look killer - the metallic green finish is obviously drop-dead gorgeous, the huge chrome pickups and hardware are all suitably vintage-looking, and even the Indian laurel fingerboard looks lovely - dark and chocolately, and nothing like the nasty dry cow poo colour that you so often get with Indian laurel boards. As for weight, I can confirm that this bass somehow manages the magic trick of being both extremely lightweight and yet at the same time perfectly well balanced. I have zero tolerance for even the slightest hint of neck dive in any bass, and am happy to report that this instrument balances perfectly on the strap even though it weighs in at an insanely light 3.278kg. Yes, less than 3.3 kilos. You might think that such a lightweight bass probably has a lightweight sound as well, but no, think again. Those big chrome pickup covers are not just there for show - this bass sounds HUGE. The neck pickup is a real floor-shaker, and the bridge pickup has a 60s Jazz on steroids thing going on. Obvs you are not going to get MTD-like high frequencies from this bass, but it covers far more ground than you might think, and sounds fabulously thumpy with the GHS Precision Flats it is currently wearing. It zings plenty more with rounds, too. The only thing that I disliked about this was the tuners. The previous owner warned me they were crap, and indeed they were, so I replaced them with a set of Gotoh Res-O-Lites (the GB350 set), which cost £80 but are a joy to use and have contributed to this particular bass being even more crazy lightweight than it was when I bought it. I'll throw in the original tuners just in case you want them, but trust me, you won't. Presented in immaculate condition apart from two very minor scratches on the back of the body and a really tiny headstock ding - see pics. Full specs on the Epiphone website here: https://www.epiphone.com/en-GB/p/Electric-Bass/EPIM96326/Wanderlust-Metallic-Green Collection in person from Birmingham B30 welcome, or I am happy to drive and meet halfway within a one-hour-ish radius. I can also post (England, Scotland and Wales only, alas, thanks to Brexit!) for an extra £25 insured. My feedback thread: Thanks for looking!6 points -
Four and a half gigs in three days for me - famine and feast style! The half-gig was a solo effort at 08:00 last Friday morning. Ever since my wife stopped driving last year I've ferried her to her Rotary club breakfast meeting at 07:30 every Friday in Dorchester. I initially sat in a corner at the meetings and did a crossword, but later realised that looked a bit churlish, so I joined the club - not really my thing at all, but... New members are encouraged to do an introductory presentation about themselves, so mine was entitled 'How I failed to become a Rock Star!', recounting my year on the road in a van with my band ('Sweeney') in 1972 with all the horrors of sequential gigs as far apart as Bath, Lincoln and Deal, breakdowns, band rows, the business side of trying to get gigs and at least break even, how the music business works, etc etc. I finished my story by playing 'One Step Beyond' on my sax to a backing track. The reactions were priceless, ranging from 'thank god for something different' to sheer horror at the sight of me capering around the aging members blasting out the Madness classic. That same Friday evening Mustang Sally had a birthday gig in the posh room at the Mere social club. Our BL had found a 20-something lad to dep on rhythm in place of our suddenly-departed (flounced out) previous lead guitarist - he did OK, bless him. Our KB guy lugged his best instrument along (split 88 note job) which sounded really good when thumping out the bass lines in the three sax numbers that I do, so that was a bonus and a lifesaver setlist-wise, as we couldn't do any lead-guitar-centric numbers, an instant loss of 6-7 songs. On Saturday we had two back-to-back gigs - a beer fest in Gillingham - 2-4pm, followed by a ladies' rugby post-tournament party also in Gillingham, 6.30 - 9.00. Both went very well indeed with the same lad depping on guitar. Nice to see some very fit female rugby players giving it large on the dance-floor! On Sunday we were booked in an afternoon slot (1.15 - 2.30) in the beer tent at the Gillingham & Shaftesbury agricultural show, again appreciative audience, but with a different dep; this guy was a 35 YO music teacher and a proper lead guitarist, who'd been in this band before and knew almost all the numbers. He'd certainly get my vote as a replacement in the unlikely event of a democratic vote... So in summary, 4.5 gigs in three days, 450 miles and 10 hours driving, 8.5 hours playing, three cans of Red Bull, 4 Snickers bars, 1 Asda cheese sandwich and a dozen cheesy numbers sandwiched between some slices of good stuff. Got to keep telling myself that this is an emergency band survival/rebuild situation so I must be grateful that we're still functioning at all!6 points
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Well I've got the JagWah. It's immaculate. No culture shock adapting to the scale length ( it's 30", which surprised me a bit; are there two versions?) and the narrow nut. The strings weren't as wetnoodly as I'd been warned but a bit fretbuzzy when clumsily flailed with a pick, so looking forward to the higher tension Newtones. No sharp frets. 3.9kg, heavier than my P but I won't know if that's heavy till I've done a full rehearsal with it. Bit more neck dive than my P, but to be fair everything has more neck dive than a P and nowhere near as bad as some have reported. I don't think it'll be an issue. P pickup is great. J is useless on its own but might blend...it actually sucks some level out of the P as it's turned up. Apparently that third knob can be turned anticlockwise should one need a more muffled tone. I haven't tried 😉 BBOT bridge is as basic as a bent bit of tin can be, doesn't even have grooves for the saddle screws. Don't know if that'll be an issue but no biggy to upgrade if it is. Anyway, it's a new bass and I love it, rehearsal Wednesday where I might or might not discover stuff I don't like so much. But none of the negatives I've read online have manifested, and it was a bargain. The only upgrades I feel it needs is new strings and black pickguard screws. Might stick my Seymour Duncan alnico J in there. But not any time soon, its fine playing and sounding as is. Happiness!6 points
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Belated post, been waiting for some media from Mrs Scalpy who is also the female singer in the band and essentially band manager, promoter and video editor. Really good fun gig with the Hey Yahs at Lyde Court in Hereford, a room often seen in function band promo material with various agencies. We were able to set up the night before, after we'd mopped up the little owl poop all over the stage, apparently they nest in the eaves! The gig was for a local theatre company raising money for their next show- Footloose, so that was an obvious choice for the set list. Being thespionic they were all out with costumes and dancing, so great fun. The venue has a tremendous FBT in house rig and we had our first choice sound guy on hand- especially useful with a 5 piece horn section. Just one of those red letter gigs, happy days. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02M3NCEgwPchDirAkEQ98dXB3mRZHDmajYQghtPQcuP7cmgKagzdhdW2N63KGtTcAql&id=100009137232962¬if_id=1717962253558692¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif5 points
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Me and trousers and bass and Ashdown!!!5 points
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Well this is where we settled for now: Will hopefully switch bits around once I grab a Cali76, will ditch the Ditto and squish it in at the top. This gives me a few options, from the SLO I have the DI along with the output and thru wired up to the patch bay, I also have the power amp/DI signal from the Mother making it super easy to use this for guitar however I need.5 points
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Spotted a Mullarkey in the wild! Steve of Morcheeba played the whole set with it.5 points
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An early start, in the beer garden of a rough assed pub just outside Bristol. We were a last minute stand in, which worked as our planned gig had been cancelled. I've never seen so many drunken scaffolders in the same place before. With their families. At 5pm. Football came on in the pub and the garden emptied. We played the second set to the occasional smoker. The place was so filthy I stopped at a Macdonalds to wash on the way home.5 points
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Bought this wonderful cab off @Mace recently and what a superb cab it is. Really opened my ears shall we say. I then bought a Barefaced cab which has wheels and overall easier for me to transport. I really like both these cabs a lot but only realistically need one. I could also do with reclaiming some real estate too so am putting this beauty up for grabs for what I paid for it. £350 gets you a 2x12, 4 ohm, 800watt Soundhouse…and worth every penny too! Hope at mace doesn’t mind me referencing the Previous add. It’s better than mine4 points -
I keep finding something I 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘯'𝘵 buy. Sure is tempting, though. I guess I can buy it and sell a few of my Squiers. Bacchus Handmade...they don't get any better!4 points
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After a month of owning the Three10, here is my review. Construction Predictably solid. It's only been gigged twice, but I gigged the hell out of a Super Compact for 10 years, so I expect this to be the same. The wheels on the bottom make moving it dead easy, and the handles on the top and sides make it easy to manoeuvre when the wheels won't do. I'm still in two minds whether to get a cover for it. Sound I had a One10 until very recently and enjoyed that tone, so I knew roughly what I was going to get. The sound is very deep and warm without getting muddy. I use flats on pretty much all my basses, so I'm not chasing a super bright and detailed tone, but I get excellent definition and clarity from the cab. I did ask for it to have a tweeter, in case I missed the top end. However, I'm finding I usually have it all the way off, or maybe at 50%. In terms of volume it has fair solved the issues I was having before of not being able to hear myself on gigs, being both taller and having more speaker area. Conclusion It's a great sounding cab and it's easy to transport (fits in the back of my Fiesta with room for everything else), which is about all I ask of a cab. It is perhaps a little more expensive than other brands, but it is a small company, and frankly I can't think of anything that is a direct comparison in terms of features and performance.4 points
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I’ve been playing today. I spent a good while matching the sound of my Haz Mutron pretty much exactly, which shows two things; first just how this pedal is basically a modified mutron and secondly it shows just how good the Haz is, despite everyone writing them off against the original (which I had at the same time and kept the Haz). It was great fun adjusting (decreasing) the decay so you get a more growly and bubbly sound. In down mode particularly that gives a really wet rubber band sound. If the attack and decay are close you can compensate for the subdued peak (because of the short time it stays open) by adding with the intensity knob. Then - effects loop. Awesome with octave, fuzz and phaser. One tip is that if you turn the trigger to ‘off’ then the pedal acts as a tone filter so you can, on some settings, use the effect in the loop with a clean unfiltered signal.4 points
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Since I bought my US G&L Fallout this Mexican made Mustang PJ has been unplayed. It’s a lovely bass in near new condition. As you can see it has been upgraded with a Hi-Mass brass saddle bridge and tort guard. The heavier bridge helps the bass balance when on a strap as it is very light. It’s a special edition in canary yellow and yes I also have the original white scratchplate that I will include. I bought it a few months ago from my local music shop and it plays and sounds great. It’s around 3.7kgs in weight. There is no case or bag so pickup preferred. Postage in UK at buyer’s cost.4 points -
Played on Friday night. It was ok... We were the opening act for 4 bands at the Red Lion in Bristol. We were told to arrive at 5, but said we couldn't get there till 6 for work reasons. Just as well really. Nothing was set up, and the two bands between us and the headliners didn't arrive till 6:30, with our stage time of 7:15, so they got line checked and we had a bit of a sound check. The available backline for me was a Fender Rumble 100, old style one with what I think was a 12" speaker. Not enough to do anything against the 4x12 one of our guitarists was going through really, so my stage volume was nonexistent. I also rely on my amp's valve drive, so I took the line out from my ABM-600 and put it into the return of the Rumble. I was also a bit squashed at the side. Not quite enough room to manoeuvre, so I was side on for almost all of our set. And we played to all of about 7 people, who did seem to enjoy it, so not terrible. Plus the sound man insisted on an encore. Didn't manage to watch the other bands, they didn't come watch us and the beer garden was nice, so we had a chat. The promoter really likes us and wants to get us on a more fitting bill. Got £50 too, which is better than we were expecting!4 points
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WIP reshuffle, cannae decide what to include and where. Part of me is tempted to grab a RB 2.2 or something and having just the Canvas tuner > HX One > Dagger > Model Fet > SLO and keep it a little more compact. Then keep the Science Mother, Halberd and perhaps the MOD Dwarf on a second small board. Its all very stressful!4 points
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Ok, the Pedaltrain PB-2 was too small. Couldn’t fit the power supply underneath. However, the PB-3 was perfect for my modest needs. I stuck some rubber feet on the bottom and I’m good.3 points
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Really solid cabinet, excellent condition. Could deliver or meet within 100 miles of Epsom or can post for £30.3 points -
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One of em looks distinctly scrotesque…3 points
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I thought those were the groupies boobies.3 points
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don’t think i’ll have 8 HB but also couldn’t do with just 1 Fender. I got this MV4 a couple of weeks ago, seems their whole first batch was gone in a couple of days? It’s for a project/band that’s happening atm and a nice addition to the fleet. Very nice out of the box, changed the strings and have a Lollar set at home if if needs must…3 points
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They tend to be ring fractures rather than dry joints (looks just like the name would suggest - a ring around the pin is visible in the solder joint). The transformers are quite heavy and if the Di gets dropped a joint can fracture.3 points
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I’ve seen a few of these fail due to cracked solder joints on the transformer. That is an easy fix if you know what to look for. If the transformer itself has failed then the unit is scrap, we could never get spares in the uk. Main problem is that it’s probably not worth the cost of paying someone to investigate unless you can get a free/cheap assessment from someone local.3 points
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I've always wanted to try the Meatball regardless of how massive and impractical the enclosure is! Haha! Thanks for the write-up Ped. Even at a bargain price, I don't think I'll ever stretch to owning one so we can live vicariously through you. Has anyone ever come across the FTELECTRONICA clone of the Meatball. I wonder how close it gets? I also don't mean to steal your new pedal day, Ped! Congrats on the find! https://www.ftelettronica.com/product/envelope-follower-triggered-filter/3 points
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Going to collect this tomorrow...last time I played anything less than 34" was 1977. No idea what to expect, but a bit excited.3 points
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With apologies for two posts in a row, I thought I'd mention today's gig at the Ramsden fete. The music went very well - lots of children dancing to it and people hanging around to listen past official chucking out time, until the electricity was cut off half way through our last number. I somehow left my amp's kettle lead behind as well and had to scrounge one; my bass's acoustic volume was not enough for the drummer.3 points
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I don’t think it needs any introduction but have a Jad Freer Capo to reluctantly sell. Incredible preamp with a powerful EQ, range of different drive flavours and pre/post DI. All in working condition, few marks on the bottom somehow but other than that it’s in great condition.2 points -
I used to have one of these and they move an unbelievable amount of air! Great cabs for a very good price2 points
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Lovely ultra small rig @funkle! What are you using between USB Brick & Stomp? My setup is larger (What with MIDI and Expression); my large power brick can directly output 9v to power the Stomp, but I might investigate the MyVolts Ripcord to allow for a smaller USB brick. Sam x2 points
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A banger! Proper bassline courtesy of Alphonso Johnson (care of Flora Purim)2 points
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Always gives me a nice warm feeling when seeing bands in the real world playing interesting non-Fender basses. Fenders are so ubiquitous online you'd be forgiven for thinking they're the only choice if you want to be seen as a 'real' bassist, but real life is thankfully somewhat more varied. A few weeks ago I was at the Dart Music festival in Dartmouth and there were bands there with bassists playing Warwick Corvette, Hofner 500/1, Mike Lull jazz, Supro Huntington III, and Status basses, plus a jazz band with an upright. I love playing spot the bass (or guitar) when it's a non-Fender headstock, had a ball that day. I'd never seen a Status in the wild before, that one foxed me for ages until he switched his LED's on 😁2 points
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I also spotted this one https://artisanaleffects.com/products/mini-meat-meatball-clone Tbh I think the original will keep its value so in the long run it won’t cost me anything (that’ makes sense to you all, right? 😂) There are so many clones out there I guess they’re all basically the same - it’s got to be fairly easy to copy the circuit I suppose?2 points
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The buzzing I noticed when playing the bass unplugged I usually pick it up and have a quick plonk on it when I can, I often practice this way (unplugged) don’t know why just seems convenient at times (busy life schedule) my wife is very poorly so practice is limited, UK Lefty made some interesting comments on could be the way your holding the bass etc has it doesn’t buzz all the time. When I practice with the amp I usually wear headphones and haven’t noticed it, so will be trying a few things over the next day or so and I have contacted my friend who is going to take a look at it for me. But thank you to everyone who has commented and come up with suggestions much appreciated cheers for now.2 points
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That's probably the closest I've ever seen a piece of wood look like a pair of jeans! Jokes aside, that looks great! I love the wood pickguard, control plate and pickup covers too.2 points
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I don’t think I mentioned that a few weeks ago I got another Meatball. It was a bargain price but there were one or two complications with postage etc however I’m happy to report that it’s in excellent condition and working properly. I haven’t had much time to sit down with it and compare to my Mutron but plan on doing so tomorrow!2 points
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Instead of filling this post with nonsense, why don't you dive into each others DMs and make out there instead?2 points
