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[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1418375801' post='2629618'] The cabs I ordered have been already made and are being shipped!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!! excitable me? nah... [/quote] I had to ask Bassgear to hold the cabs for me as I was away on holiday for a couple of weeks... and they sent them to me yesterday. This morning a not very handsome delivery man called at my door, but to be he was just beautiful. ... they arrived!!!!

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1419886186' post='2643677'] Facebook changes often sound really innocuous and a huge boon for the user. [url="http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2013/12/news-feed-fyi-helping-you-find-more-news-to-talk-about/"]This announcement[/url] sounds quite good all round but the reality was a [i]mahoosive[/i] drop in the reach of posts to the news feed (as Molan pointed out) and this doesn't really help if you'd actually like to know about gig announcements from certain bands. And this most definitely is going to affect bands as Facebook considers them commercial users - there's a reason they offer analytics on bands' pages, and it's not just to stoke the band's ego. [/quote] That doesn't sound quite so good A good old-fashioned mailing list might end up being the way forward for bands to inform the people who sign up for that kind of announcement. Mailing lists are quite good if they're not abused, I think.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1419885642' post='2643664'] I agree-on the face of it. The problem is that if your unknown or an originals band looking for the chance of a gig or a festival spot, your almost always asked for a link to your sounds and your facebook page. Recently I have been asked twice to reply in writing how many "Likes" do you have on Facebook? It's a "catch 22" as if you can't get any decent gigs/supports slots you can't reach an audience to raise your profile. Are "Likes" fair way to Judge? Well no in my opinion. The last band we shared a gig with had 270 Likes, 4x as many as us at the time. I mentioned this when we were setting up and one of them said "ignore that, none of them have heard us, this is only our 2nd gig and its all family, friends and our year group from school and collage". Sure enough when the gig started sure enough far more of the audience had come to see us. It's all a numbers game but one that it can hold you back-just like not having sound samples or a professional looking presence on the web. It helps get you in the game in the first place. That's my theory on Facebook Likes so thanks to everyone who liked my band in the other thread-much appreciated [/quote] I see. Nobody ever cared about the number of likes we got on facebook (I think we only just recently broke the 1000, but don't recall exactly) we had been asked for youtube clips, which was a problem as we don't really have any good videos, but have a bunch of definitely not good ones, and old too! We should definitely only post good stuff. We have been asked for soundcloud links too, many times. Some actually came to see one of our gigs before booking us, or sent someone to see us, but they never asked us about Facebook likes. Maybe they checked themselves, I suppose... Now I understand why some bands are so focused on the number of likes... But I'm surprised anybody promoter really pays attention to that. It's like the number of people who say they'll come to an event we're organising... "wooo! 423 people are coming!" yeah right But it may be reasonable to assume that a band with 1,000,000 likes may represent a bigger draw than another band with 10... Maybe

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1419878393' post='2643534'] I haven't had any basses in or out this year, though I did build a new neck for my homebuilt five string and put a set of Sadowsky flatwounds on. It's not that I'm particularly non-materialistic or anything like that, just that I don't really have the disposable income to do much about it! [/quote] if I had such cool surname, I'd also prefer to build a neck so I can put my logo on it

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1419644085' post='2641624'] I'm after more control of the mids. The current pre only has bass and treble boost/cut so I'm thinking drop in a 3 band so I can play about with the mids a bit more. [/quote] Then the John East MMSR is the one. With the mids set at the centre detent, it's a traditional Stingray 2EQ. So The classic 2EQ is covered (not that the 3EQ is all THAT different, but you know what I mean). The mids module where you can select the centre frequency with a sweepable control is fantastic. Only I wouldn't say the SD pickups are very "classic Ray", neither the ceramic nor the alnico. I like them, but if you want more classic Stingray I'd look elsewhere... maybe try to source a real Stingray pickup? They do come up on eBay from time to time. edit: the Nordstrand MM4.2 is sometimes recommended as an old school Stingray pickup. I tried one and I did not like it much. It felt a bit lacklustre compared to the real thing. The SD alnico (model SMB4A) does not sound like a traditional Stingray, but at least it sounds really good! Regardless of the pickup, the MMSR preamp is excellent.

Good to see another player in the amp world... but that video left me distinctly unimpressed

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1419538806' post='2640781'] Just out of interest... What are you hoping to achieve by getting likes from people just for the sake of it? (genuine question - not sarcasm!) [/quote] I often wondered myself. I like it when we play a gig and we notice a bunch of new likes, and I can check who they are and maybe remember a couple of them as someone who was at the gig. That's cool. I don't really care for adding "likes" just to fatten up the number. I'd like to think the likes represent people who actually felt like checking us out and liked what they saw. Is the actual number of any use, beyond being an ego thing "my band has 2x the number of likes than yours ner ner ner neeer ner"? Just curious.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1419462564' post='2640328'] Hmm neither do I, my understanding was that when you share something from a band page it will no longer automatically go to people who have liked your page but that there will be an option to pay to have the information circulated. Hopefully I'm wrong though. There is no charge for having band pages etc, which is good news. I'm not really up on facebook etc. can anyone else clarify? [/quote] Oh, I see... so they really don't cut the annoying irrelevant self promoting posts... they just make sure they pay to do so I was too naive to believe FB would actually do something useful for us.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1419458380' post='2640280'] [url="https://www.facebook.com/business/news/update-to-facebook-news-feed"]https://www.facebook...ebook-news-feed[/url] [/quote] It actually looks good to me and it doesn't sound like it would really affect posts from bands talking about their coming gigs etc.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1407157769' post='2517842'] Remember that you're somewhat limited by what the amp is/isn't capable of. My suggestion would be to look for an bass/amp combination that gives you the sound you want, then just use pedals as colours on top of that! Si [/quote] this. I'd start with a bass that gives you that tone, roughly, then play with it and modify it, but start with the right source

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1419714028' post='2642198'] Look at the East BTB. Single stacked pot bass/treble/pull bright. [/quote] This!

[quote name='Nodd' timestamp='1419598871' post='2641150'] FWIW, I've always found the right angle jacks more prone to failure, went back to using some recently in the interests of better ergonomics. Three failures/breakages in so many months [/quote] What are you doing to the jacks??? I've been using right angle ones (Neutrik always) for years, never had a failure. Actually, I don't recall the last time I had a cable failing on me, whether at the plug or elsewhere, other than being accidentally cut (heavy lid falling onto a cable) or burnt (solder iron), and that was totlly self-inflicted and not during a gig.

Too many things in and out, but I'll focus on: In: Fender Precision Classic 50 series Out: Lakland 5502 Learnt: 1) I can play a 5-string bass without too much trouble as long as it's got wide string spacing. 2) I don't currently have much use for a 5-string bass, and the ones I really want seem to be 4-stringers. 3) Contrary to my impressions for years, I could use a Precision as my one and only bass, without adding a preamp to it as well! Amazing discovery!

[quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1419596838' post='2641118'] Apparently they vary, I've heard from another user whose Wowee Wah had a slight volume drop in the low position and a slight boost in the hi position. I emailed G Lab but they were slow in answering, had already returned the pedal when the reaponse came, and they said nothing about ways of adjusting it. Pity, if it hadn't been for this I would have kept it, it is better than the Cry Baby in most regards. [/quote] aaah I see! Strange that there could be so much variation from pedal to pedal unless it's due to adjusting a small trim pot after assembly... that would be great, if we could adjust the output level. I don't need to do anything on mine but...

same here!

[quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1419585958' post='2640994'] Tried EBS Wah One (clunky mechanincs, unreliable footswitch) and G Lab Wowee Wah (really nice but mine had [size=5][b]an unacceptable volume drop[/b][/size]) but ended up with the Cry Baby - easy to use, sounds OK. Considered the Weeping Demon but balked at the bulk, so to speak [/quote] really? In mine, the output is as loud as the input. I used to have the Dunlop 105Q which has a level control, and I was looking for others with level control too as I was worried about adjusting the level just right. But the G-Labs was just right. I wonder if there's an internal trim pot that could adjust that, because it makes little sense that it can have a volume drop in one pedal and be ok in the next... hmmm. The 105Q was ok (I still prefer the sounds and operation of the G-Labs) but it slightly degraded the tone, in bypass mode, and once I noticed it it was really hard to "unnotice", so it had to go.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1419528936' post='2640707'] It's like a five string bass, only much poorer quality. [/quote]

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1419509861' post='2640502'] Yeah, he's just given you instructions on how to take the varnish off the neck and give it a more natural feel. [/quote] yeah, some people just have no taste and have to destroy a beautiful lacquered finished neck My last 75RI Jazz underwent that [s]attack[/s] treatment, and it's a real shame.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1418983656' post='2635405'] as several posters have said, IMO, it's todays production values that are the problem, no space around the different instruments, not all old is good, always thought Spectors stuff sounded horrible. On the subject of mp3's I saw a TV show a few years ago where they did a blind listening test in a acoustically designed theatre. top notch HiFi listening to Floyds Other Side of the Moon, on vinyl, CD and mp3 at 320mbps, the mp3 won. [/quote] that's surprising. I'd have thought the CD and mp3 would not be different enough for a clear winner between them to be declared.

[quote name='0175westwood29' timestamp='1419537714' post='2640772'] Nice bass dude, sorry tho can't agree with the change in logo But glad your happy man [/quote] Yeah, I wouldn't change it because I'd feel like a cheat... but that's just me and only me [1]. If the OP likes it that's all that matters. With the new pickguard it looks a hundred times better too! [1] To clarify: I'd feel a little uncomfortable if someone pointed out to me "that's not a Fender!". I'm a bit of a reverse snob, I enjoy getting good sounds out of "budget" instruments to shut up some snobs (OLP, Westfield, Squier, J&D...). I had a great encounter with one who praised my Stingray tone and went into a spontaneous mini-rant about copies... I enjoyed immensely to point out I was playing an OLP that night (with SD preamp and pickups and set up beautifully, but it was an OLP and said so on the headstock)

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1419527736' post='2640694'] Looks really nice now, well done Painy. When I gig my Sandberg VM4, [b]neither the audience [i]nor the rest of the band[/i] have any idea[/b] whether it is a cheap knockoff Fender copy or a high-quality modern take on a classic design! [/quote] Ha, true! The number of times I've been at rehearsal and one band member says "oh, is that new?". The answer sometimes is "no, I've used it for the past 3-4 rehearsals and gigged with it in this band last year a few times".

A bit more, well... 50% more, but well worth it in my opinion: G-Labs wo-wee wah [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/g_lab_bass_wowee_wah.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/g_lab_bass_wowee_wah.htm[/url]

[quote name='NoLogic69' timestamp='1419446920' post='2640113'] I have just acquired a 2009 USA Jazz and to be honest I'm not overly impressed with the sound. It plays amazing but is just lacking something in the sound department, a bit 2 dimensional and flat. I have another Jazz with Wizard 64's in it which sounds better all together, more depth and 3 dimensional if that make sense. It does have CTS pots, but would that make such a difference? Anyhow I'm gonna swap out the pups in the USA, my dilemma is with what? I have a Guitar with a pair of Bareknuckle p90's in it, and it's the best sounding SG I've ever heard, but I've never heard their Jazz pups. The Wizard 64's in my other Jazz are great but would still like some thing fatter with more tonal depth more 3D. I keep coming back to this 3D thing, I don't know any other way to describe it. If anyone has any idea of what I'm on about and has any pickup suggestions for my flat sounding Jazz, I'm all ears!! Merry Crimbo, Mario. [/quote] DiMarzio Area J Very well balanced and fat, and being humbuckers... they're hum-free too.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1419517295' post='2640593'] So do I - that's why I'm on probation - oh the logo, right... [/quote] who needs knickers, then?