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I've already got an early R400 and I'm still looking at this going 'hmmmm, maybe'!

New cases look miles better. GLWTS and have a bump.

Marty McFly?

We've had good experiences with Alto kit in terms of price vs performance for our monthly outings at the Dog & Doris. You can get a very respectable setup for circa £1k including stands/cables etc.

Currently using TS 312 tops, 1604 Live desk (tried a digital desk but a combination of signal dropouts and not having a physical fader to tweak instantly made us go back to analogue). Used to have an Alto sub but we've just got an RCF 702 which is a significant improvement. Of course YMMV.

I've got the single H version of this and it's a cracker. Had some neon pink strings on it for a while to fit the whole 80s band vibe. Looked pretty cool:

I've been using a PJB bighead for a few years. It's great. Plug in my phone with Spotify, my bass and away we go. Tone is really good, although I don't use FX. Charges quickly and is super small.

They come up used periodically for about £100.

Aaarrrrgh! @AndyTravis if we sell both our houses?

3 hours ago, ezbass said:

Ah, the musician’s lament. Been there, regretted that. Yet I still think, “Hmm, not really playing that, it needs to go.”

I haven't really had it with any of the other basses I've sold, but that Jake was pretty special.

To be fair though, I do know why I sold it. Needed the money to pay for my new Stingray!

On 14/01/2020 at 20:14, 6feet7 said:

 

My old sunburst Jake. Still don't know why I sold it. So easy to play.

A set of 4 string p/J pickups taken from my now departed Mexican precision deluxe (2011 model if memory serves me correctly).

Good condition and fully working last time they were installed and played. Been sat in the parts box for a while so time to sell.

No idea on price, so let's say £30 or PM me to haggle.

Happy to post 

Reporting in following Saturday's gig.  The RCF 702 replaced Alto TS 115a.  Running it with Alto TS312 tops.

Noticeably tighter and with more physical presence, especially with music form the iPad between sets. Actually got a bit of 'I can feel that' type bass that the Alto never produced. We don't put bass through the PA, just kick drum but I got the distinct impression that it would handle it just fine as long as you don't take the mick volume wise.

The cover is also ace, as it has little zippable flaps, cowboy underwear style, meaning that you don't have to remove it at all.

Plus it's 2/3 of the size and weight, which is the biggest positive for me as I've got to lug the thing around.

A pretty standard mid January pub gig.

Quiet-ish. About 30 or so folk in a reasonably large room, all visibly enjoying themselves/singing along etc but not enough critical mass to get any proper dancing started.

Until 11.45, when the doors opened and about another 30-40 people arrived and headed straight for the dancefloor.

Turns out the original crowd had all been texting their mates telling them to come down as they were really enjoying the set! So we gave them a couple of extra tunes then left them wanting more. Think we need to start at about 11.30 next time we play there.

Kit wise, my new sennheiser IEMs (courtesy of @knicknack) were a big improvement on my old LD unit.  It was also the first outing for the new RCF 702 sub, upgraded from an Alto TS 115a.  Noticably tighter and with more physical presence, especially with music form the iPad between sets. Actually got a bit of 'I can feel that' type bass that the Alto never produced. Plus it's 2/3 of the size and weight, which is the biggest positive for me as I've got to lug the thing around.

1 minute ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

Mmm. I’m not sure what sort of incantation you’ll have to come up with to get one for £500 😉

Currently loving my stealth black classic ray, but I'm a tart for a bit of sparkle!

Or aqua sparkle. I'm not picky!

2 minutes ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said:

All this talk of Modulus and we appeared to have summoned a nice Quantum in the for sale section 😀

 

Hmmm. So if I start a thread about a stingray 5 special in charcoal sparkle for £500 what are the chances......

2 minutes ago, 4000 said:

Sorry to hear all that Andy. I’ve had a few years of “loads of stuff going on in my head” and have experienced a few bereavements this year, so I sympathise. It’s easy to start to lose the plot when that happens (or it is for me, at least). 

Hope everything gets better for you.

 

⬆️ This.

6 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

You’re welcome whenever mate

Might take you up on that. My tastes are diversifying a bit. Never played a graphite neck.

14 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

Haha. It’s staying. Stress not...although I know there’s a queue of vultures lined up 😂

One of the reasons I didn't go for the power jazz. I'd have come to try it out, but I'd really have been hankering after a go on the flea.

Sorry to hear about your grandmother Andy, hope the family is ok.

The chase is often a big part of the fun. It's easy to build up in your head that a particular bass/amp/cab/whatever will be the one. I get sucked into that a lot.

If we thought logically about it we'd spend the cash on lessons, but where's the fun in that? If the basses you have make you happy and you can afford to keep them all then keep them mate. Looks like you've got a great collection, don't over think it.

3 hours ago, DaytonaRik said:

Around a dozen and absolutely intentionally - we all have jobs, other interests, some have families.  This project was always going to play 10-15 gigs a year and that's what we make sure happens.

This is our attitude too. I really like it as it means I look forward to every gig, filling the diary is pretty straightforward and we can cherry pick the venues that we like to play.

10 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

Yup, it's no good livin' on a prayer ...

Any excuse for a gratuitous repost!

Nine.

The band agreement is about one gig a month as we've all got families/jobs/other hobbies too. We had a full programme booked but our singer got an 'orrible chest infection in October.

Try as we might, none of the rest of us could hit the highs needed for our 80s set so we had to cancel three gigs whilst she recovered properly.

Fully booked for 2020 though, so fingers crossed.

1 minute ago, AndyTravis said:

Sold in 40 minutes...

Textbook.

1 hour ago, AndyTravis said:

Had 2 pm’s already...just saying...

Not surprised. Good luck with the sale.

Aaarghh! Must. Resist.

45 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

They’re nice. Off out with mine shortly...

I just missed out on the duff deluxe that was on here a few weeks back. Been doing far too much looking since.

Guaranteed that the moment I'm back at work one will come up and sell in about 10 mins!