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There are people on here I know and trust with whom a bank transfer is no problem at all. There are other people I don't know so I check their feedback thread, and given the place that Basschat is, there's a fairly good chance that several members have dealt with them successfully, which is reassuring. In other cases, if I'm buying blind so to speak, I'd need an extra layer of security provided by PayPal, in which case I pay the small % transaction fee so the buyer gets the total amount. When a seller I don't know or doesn't have feedback says "I don't accept PayPal, it's bank transfer or nothing", it tends to be the latter

It’s been a long while since I’ve posted a board shot. Been through a lot of chopping and changing and, as you can see, have been on a preamp exploration of late. At some point I need to re-integrate my Morningstar loop switcher and MIDI controller. The chaotic, unfinished and disconnected nature of this is pretty much a reflection of the state of my brain at the moment. Also looks like I need some more cables and a power supply expansion.

so a few years ago I just had a HX stomp, sold it and went into the individual pedals world, finding out what suits, what doesn't ... and then maybe admitting some kind of defeat by buying a HX stomp again, but finding out I've learned so much along the process that I'm using it completely differently .... So big changes with and the plan is not to fiddle too much bar a few wee things I need to sort ... it also is I think the first time I've spent ages working out a layout that works well for ergonomically. Complete overkill too - but fun. And sometimes thats the point. Signal chain. Sonic Research - Turbo Tuner - Christmas present from my daughters fancier than I need, but does let me do fairly good setups so there's that. The iron man - My version of the SS/BS mini - it's fantastic clear sounding JFet drive. It's my kind of sound. It has a C1M pot for bass so a bit more low end than the schematic you see online, and the J201 ldss values you would use in a Barbershop... Valeton - OC-10 - It's a tiny OC2 clone, with the mod of disconnecting the -2 portion for more gain. It sounds like a smooth OC2 and tracks down to low D. The first octave I've tried that made me 'get' octaves. Broughton Omnicomp - You can keep your cali76's and whatever... my thing was always going to be optical compression, and this is one of the best. (IMO, @jimbobothy may disagree... ) It sounds better than good and just works. Normally always on. HX Stomp - I caved and went back. I had had a L4 preamp doing amp sounds in analogue world - but the bottom end was a bit uncontrolled. This gives me control. And scratches the itch of "ooh but I'ld like to try a rat with a clean blend and a flanger on the clean"or whatever. Set to change patches on the H9 via midi if I want and accepts Expression CC and tap tempo. LOOP 1.1 - Aoteaora Intermodulator - my tiny version of a prunes and custard - it's amazing. Quite often with distortions I find they take over your sound in a big fuzzy or velcoy mess, this wave folder is so touch responsive and just sounds musical and synth. I need to finish the others I'm making , sorry @lee650, this made it on my board before I posted you yours! You can see why I kinda needed a small pedal! I'm not allowed a bigger board. It was going to be before the stomp - till I realised the fun of sticking tremolo into it. LOOP 1.2 - PastFX PF-101 a moog MF101 clone. Turns out I like a moogerfooger envelope way more than a mutron style. And I like this, like the Aoteaora it feels musical to me, and usable in subtle ways. LOOP 2.1 - Providence Anadime Bass Chorus - I've got a few digital versions for chorus here, both sound good. None touch the Anadime. Bought off @admiralchew I think so I could shoot it out against the Tech21 bass boost chorus. There was only one winner - again sweet and musical sounding. LOOP 2.2 - Eventide H9 - It does a lot, the things it does well it does very well, and interfaces with the HX better than it did on it's own. The hot switch will be in an enclosure bottom right once I get around to it. Theres a wee home made patchbay underneath to patch out the expression and hotswitch. JHS colourbox v2 - Always on and the reason I ended up trying the individual pedals thing, sound great, transformer sound, Janek, @krispn and I can't all be wrong right? I use it as a low gain warm DI thing. It does fuzzy, which is normally pretty rubbish but can be nice clipping the tops of signal. The HPF is set a bit high for bass which means it gets a lot of Talkbass hate from the kinda folk who judge pedals based on printed specs, but dont let it put you off, but I'm probably never going to use Metal guitar amps on the stomp either but that doesn't mean it isn't a good tool for bass players... Now to learn to use this all together. At the moment I'm enjoying the ease of getting sounds -the stuff that's easier analogue is analogue, and the control is digital - it seems a simpler workflow. Challenge is to not change it again. Bar the hot switch and... I think the HX needs more current. So either a Cioks crux or 4 thingy or I daisy chain more other the individual pedals together.

So you changed the name to the New Originals?

Board family update…a few little changes, mainly the main board as per my last post, and a couple of better cables on the other boards. Si

I'm always struggling with my interest in pedals and me not wanting to take a big pedalboard... I am very happy with this new pedalboard because it covers all of the projects I play in. The layout might be a little weird, but I think it is the best I could make. Line 6 Relay G10s-->Boss TU-3w-->HX Stomp-->Walrus Canvas DI. All powered by Cioks Sol. I wanted to put the tuner on the left because I always fear that the wireless go crazy (never happened, but better be ready) so I can plug a cable straight to the tuner. I use an external tuner, even though I really like the tuner in the HX, just because I like to have a pedal that mutes not being the HX (in case something happens to the HX). I could have bought a cheaper tuner, but I like the Boss's switch I have to say. I will include my Disaster Area Midi Baby 3 when I need to switch presets or when I need more footswitches. I will just turn the DI 45 degrees and put the Baby 3. The board is a D'addario XPND so no problem. I have no problem with the G10sII. However, I got a Fender Telepath that works incredibly good and it works in 5.8 Hz instead of 2.4Hz. I prefer the format of the G10s, but it takes some room. In the future I will probably switch to the famous Shure, so that I can replace also the tuner, but so far so good.

ACG will be on their usual stand (118) in the main hall with a selection of basses including the new Standard Series. Introductory offer on all of the Standard Series builds. Will also sneak in a guitar.

I ignore any part of a review which refers to setup out of the box - it's utterly irrelevant. If you go through life expecting every bass you receive to be set up to your exact liking, especially at the price points being discussed here, you're going to be disappointed - a lot. Either learn how to set up your instruments, or stop being a cheapskate and operate within the price points where you would expect this kind of service/attention to detail. I suspect it's used in reviews as a cheap shot just so they can have something negative to say about otherwise perfectly serviceable instruments.

I appear to have just joined a Stranglers "Tribute" band.... I was a bit indifferent to the idea initially tbh. I'm aware of them but just the odd song on compilation albums or playlists, but then I started trying to learn the lines. It's given me a whole new appreciation for them and JJ. Are there any decent tutorial/score resources out there for the bass lines? I'm not terribly good with ear learning from record and I like to have something to read along to as I go, in the early stages a least.

It was my third jam/rehearsal with a new line up last night. The Hulla band is still going strong but only do about 6-8 gigs a year and I want to play a bit more frequently. So I answered an ad at the beginning of Feb to join a local band and got the slot. The line up is drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and me on bass. We're all getting on well (a prime requisite for me) and we're all keen to avoid the standard pub set list as much as is possible given that we'll be out to entertain others. All three sing rather well (and I can sing a few simple songs) so the potential for vocal harmony is quite exciting. Last night we picked songs at random from the list we'd compiled in the previous two jams and it was sounding pretty good. We practice in a room at the drummer's house and it's all through headphones (the drummer is using an electric kit), which is a great way to get the work done in a relaxed environment (there are cups of tea on hand 😀) and at an ear-friendly volume. It also means that we can record at the push of a button and get a decent record of the evening's work. As the room is relatively small, I'm using my Ibanez SHB1000s into my Ampeg pre-amp/DI pedal which is sounding great. I can see a new small pedal board being created as the songs develop and I nail down the sounds I want for each song.

Although my playing isn't great, JJ's tone is achievable (within reason), with a little bit of tweaking, probably good enough in a live situation? The bass has been removed from all these backing tracks, so what you hear is my take on the bass line. No More heroes - The Stranglers (Bass Cover).mp4 Nice n Sleazy - The Stranglers (Bass Cover).mp4

...and amusingly I've had at least a couple of sellers say "I don't do PayPal because I don't like their morals.....". Yet they're still prepared to use the banks

SATURDAY! She's Right - I'm Left at MOTOR Bar & Restaurant 5:30-8:30pm! Bourbon and BBQ specials! We’ll provide the tunes! This Harley gigs are starting to concern me. The crowds have been weak the last two times we've played there. 6 out of 30 diner tables were filled. Daryl

I’m now in the process of getting another Overwater made. I will be doing another build diary.

Therein lies the dilemma... I personally don't accept 'regular' Paypal even if the buyer is offering to pay the fees because the payment can be reversed by Paypal to the buyer. This isn't hypothetical for me; I sold a couple of items some years back and in one instance the buyer said the item was broken/dead and Paypal refunded without me having the option to dispute. In that instance I received the item back... and it was the same model but a different item (I had the serial number), sadly Paypal would hear none of it and I was stiffed. On this group I have feedback and a decent reputation so if a buyer didn't want to collect and wouldn't do a bank transfer then that's the deal ended but no hard feelings!

I recently made a purchase on here via bank transfer, everything went as smoothly as I'd expected. I've had no problems whatsoever with any transactions with fellow BCer's over my 14 years on board. Though I have read about some despicable goings on that have happened to others. I think all you can do is check sellers/buyers feedback and go with your gut feelings.

This indeed. I rarely accept standard PayPal. And if so, I must be sure that the buyer won't be screwing me. So they need to have tracable feedback, and probably do a video call or something. But mostly buyers understand why I don't want to use the standard PayPal. In that case I offer to send them enough evidence for their assurance.

Did the venue survive? 🤣

Here's my full written review and video deep dive of the Laney Digbeth bass stack! https://www.bassgearmag.com/laney-amplification-digbeth-db500h-bass-head-and-dbv410-and-dbv212-bass-cabs/

Picked up one of these at Anderton's yesterday, and I think I'm more surprised than anyone I ended up with something so metal looking - I'm overwhelmingly a funk, soul, reggae listener and player, though I listen to a some choice metal from time to time. Never gone anywhere near the metal look though. I'd put a deposit down on a Sterling Ray34 and RaySS4 intending to come away with something punchy for some fingerstyle funk (skills to follow...) and the guy in the shop offered it to me as an alternative to the RaySS4 - humbucker, passive, short scale. The ergonomics are great and I worry that it might have put me off 'normal sized' basses now. Things I like about it: Sounds close enough to a punchy stringray-style tone for me (don’t shoot me if your ears are more discerning than mine - I can only tell you what it did for me) I wanted a simple passive volume/tone set of controls. It has a simple passive volume/tone set of controls. Light, short scale Really comfortable on a strap or sitting down Fretboard dot placement is a nice touch It has rubber feet so you can stand it against the wall No neck dive. If anything it could drop the other way given the size and placement of the tuners but I haven’t felt that Tuners seem precise and solid - dialled into the note and stayed there straight away, unlike the fenders and sterlings I tested. Knobs and jack are similarly good. Finishing seems good for £500, though not 100% perfect, e.g. some of the black finish is unevenly on the side of the brown fretboard wood. However, it’s a dark bass and took me a day to notice, so I’m not bothered. Stainless steel frets 24 frets - again, never thought that I’d want that, but I was jamming with a backing track and some effects and it’s a nice register to have options in for layering Strap buttons are nicely placed Because of the way the headless system works (no idea if this is all headless systems or not), you don’t have to buy short scale strings - you can fit long scale strings to it and just cut them short (or leave them long if you don’t like your eyes). Handy if they don’t make the ones you want in short scale or if you already own some strings you’d like to use. Not sure I’ll be chopping down my TI jazz flats just yet though Neck is smooth with a satin finish Almost forgot - the gig bag it comes with really is good, with lots of thick padding, a neck support and two front pockets. Much better than the non-free one I got for my other bass Things I don’t like so much about it: The style… but I like that a lot more than I did now I see the ergonomics leading to it. A little red, gold and green stripe and I’m halfway to being Robbie Shakespeare in his Black Uhuru days, surely. When A/Bing with the sterling short scale there was… something about the HILS neck that felt lower quality. Not badly made or finished, just not as hefty in that reassuring way. Bearing in mind that the finishing of the neck is nicer on this bass than the sterling, and I don’t think about this issue now I’m not directly comparing the two. It might also just be a result of this bass’s lightness, so could be a feature rather than a bug Tone isn’t 100% stingray, and it doesn’t have that music man pickup style I love. But I there are options should I feel the need to butcher another guitar, and it’s nice to have an upgrade path I’m not looking forward to changing the strings I spent quite a bit of time A/Bing this and the sterling short scale, and though I could tell the differences between them when I switched, I didn't really feel when playing either of them that I was longing for the other. In the end, the HILS won on ergonomics, price, and to a certain extent build quality.

I reached agreement to sell something big today. I don’t have the money yet but it’s coming. I’m resisting the temptation to abstain from abstinence this year.

I've done it! I used the D'Addario set with a .145 B on my BBP35. I'm completely converted. The B is a revelation, it's huge. The E is lovely too. I wound the P pickup back a bit to give the string some room and it sounds so clear. Brilliant. Very happy.

Of course, JJ's bass sound on the early albums was allegedly attributed to him using a cab where one of the speakers had a ripped cone but he hadn't realised until later. His trademark tone had pretty much disappeared by the Raven album and not long after that he'd moved from a Precision to a BB2000, further softening the aggressive edge. Perhaps he recaptured the original sound a little after moving to Shuker basses? In my live playing days in the early 80s, although we weren't a "tribute" band, we were heavily influence by the Stranglers and we did play quite a few of their tracks as part of the set, always ending with the epic Down in the Sewer. In those days learning a song involved setting the counter on a cassette deck and endlessly playing/rewinding a small section until something resembling the original part could be achieved. Either that or endlessly lifting and dropping the arm on a turntable with the frustrating inaccuracy that involves. More recently, just for fun, I've decided to try and relearn a few songs and although I've not managed to nail any yet, I have worked out a way which makes it much easier than BITD. Firstly, I import the track into Logic Pro (V11) and use the stem splitter to separate the bass from the rest of the track. Then I 'remix' it with the bass at a higher level and open the result in "Transcribe" by Seventh String Software. The way that allows you to loop sections and slow down the track without changing the pitch make it much easier to isolate and learn the parts and is light years ahead of the way we used to do it BITD.

"It doesn't fit my playing style so it is faulty!" The first thing after buying a bass is I change strings to my preference (and clean the fretboard). Then I check bridge adjustments (height, tuning, width). I play the bass one week and adjust truss rod, if necessary, and if there's one. Cost: some time, and a string set.

Probably not a help but reaper is super easy to sync audio and video togeather (yes it does video editing as well), a lot less complicated than resolve (IMO). I do it with up to 5 cameras to one desk audio source at gigs all the time, its not complicated.

I've found I almost always need to adjust my EQ between sound check and the start of the gig, because most often you are sound checking in an empty room and (hopefully!) the room will be full of people at the start and throughout the gig, which obviously affects how you as an individual (as well as considering bass is omnidirectional) and the rest of the band as a whole, sound. Not disagreeing in any way just adding another point to hopefully reinforce and further illustrate yours.

Trump up the Volume - MARRS

I think it looks fine, for me it's the edges as much as the flat surface that bring the sense of authenticity, and those edges look good to me Brian. Some pickguards really do look rubbish and are to be avoided by all conscientious bassists, but given the majority that aren't, it's best not to overthink them or we find ourselves in a situation in which no pickguard is ever good enough

Indeed ask for a bit of evidence, and maybe do a video call where the seller can show the bass. It's also wordt checking out the feedback for the seller on this site and/or elsewhere. Ive used banktransfer mostly for trades on here, and never had any trouble.

songs from another band with our name suddenly appeared on our Spotify page, I filled out a form and sent it off, credit where it's due, they soon sorted it out edit, I think we were the originals, we started out in 1980

Personally I would say £400 tops in the above situation.

Over here it looks like this: The basscab contains a JBL K140 speaker. The amping is a selfmade Basspreamp (FET preamp similar to Trace Elliot into a modified API 553 EQ circuit) and a KMT DC5 poweramp. The Ampeg Jet is used for my piano (late 70s Yamaha CP30).

I’ve only been exploring them for a few months. This Grand Slampegg is really nice. Really like the Shift Line Olympic and the Origin BassRig 64 Black Panel too. It’s got out of hand! (And that’s not including the 8 other (soon to be 9) Source Audio pedals.)

FWIW, I recorded the (shortlived) Basschat podcast theme tune with my (at the time) ACG Krell 6 String (U-Retro, not filter Pre). Si

At a brief look, it looks like we are outside of that, because although we list items for people for sale, we don't facilitate those sales or have any trace of the reportable information, such as knowing if anything has been sold, what the sale price actually was, the location or actual identity of the person selling the item. But IANAL, so what do I know Although looking at the personal details on there, it does mean if you are trying to sell something like a Wal bass that you have had a decade you do need to report it for Capital Gains tax (or I guess you can take up farming instead)

I did my regular Wednesday Bandeoke this week. Usually I take a small, light rig, for convenience as much as anything. However I watched Bass The World's review of the new Orange valve head yesterday, and it gave me a hankering to enjoy a proper amp. So tonight I used this set up and it was an unforgettable experience. A bass you can feel as much as hear, a tone to die for, it was worth every ounce.

Happy to oblige. Just a quick and dirty job so ignore the various crap in the background It's got an unusual squat headstock and body that I like a lot. Neck profile is wide and slim, which fits nicely under my hand. I'll probably take out the J pickup and put a Roland GK unit in if I can get the proper installation kit. . It sits very nicely on the rack as well - like a BCer's beauty contest lineup!