Mr. Foxen

[quote name='beerdragon' post='497718' date='May 26 2009, 01:11 AM']I'm sure i saw that Bass and cab in a Noel Redding pic somewhere, am i wrong.?[/quote] The pic I posted was taken by my Dad, when Fred was selling his amp.

Guitar preamp into a lightweight poweramp set flat. A GT2 into a small bass amp would probably work.

In fact, if you are lucky, you might be able to squeeze a Sansamp and a EB amp into that budget, that will totally sort you.

I once borrowed a bass for a summer from a guy whose other (main) bass was played by Jimi Hendrix at a jam. He'd defretted it, it was a 70s Fender and it kinda sucked. Ha. His Hendrixed Jazz is sweet though.

[quote name='Lee Van Cleef' post='497594' date='May 25 2009, 09:40 PM']Interesting tune, reminds me slightly of Khanate. Extension cab? Whuh? This is where I start getting lost.[/quote] Good call on Khanate, more of an influence that a lot of things we've been accused of sounding like. Extention cabinet is just another passive cabinet, you can plug into the amp in addition with a cable, there is some fun with ohms, but pick the right one (8ohm) and don't worry about it further. Suddenly you have twice as many speakers and therefore more loudness, should you need it. Have a look in the wiki, link at the top.

Good choice of band to like, check my sig. Look out for one of the Ashdown Electric Blue 180-15 combos. Second hand one will give you a fair bit of change, and the speaker seems to improve considerably once its loostened up. They take an extension cab (with the rest of your budget) and have a DI built in for gigging, plus 5 band eq and fx loop and built in octaver give you lots of shaping. I had one as my practice amp, did me fine, ended up trading it for a old Acoustic 126 combo, and have now got the older EB 150-12 which isn't as good.

Superglue is fine for wounds, was designed for it apparently. Just build it up slowly, little at a time, as it produces heat as it hardens, try to to get it proper int he wound, just stick down the skin flap and put a layer over it.

Think you could do better on the pickups for £30, on here or on ebay, if you have plenty of time to have an eye out. Only tried EMG select Jazz bass pickup, but it was uninspiring compared to the Kent Armstrongs and Dimarzios I've used.

Here is the drawing of it, still unsure how it is supposed to work, one for Claber to comment on I guess:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kasuga-EB3-Style-Short-Scale-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ250430919058QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item3a4ed89192&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50"]Kasuga SG[/url]

MY VT2 soundeed great with a ECC81 in the first stage.

Damn, some answer the question " Accurate to what?", because until that is covered, nothing else in this thread is valid. If your A on the 5th fret of the bottom string of a 4 string in standard tuning is at 44hz (or whatever exact concert pitch is) and everyone else is the equivalent of 2hz short of that, it is you that is out of tune. Being in tune is not a solo excercise. Doesn't matter how accurate your tuner is to exact numbers of oscillations per second, you need to be in tune with everyone, and that includes the tuning idiosyncrasies of a standard tuned and intonated guitar, which in most cases you will be required to be in tune with at least one of. Also: [url="http://www.lucytune.com/guitars_and_frets/frets.html"]More than 12 frets per octave.[/url]

If accuracy is the question, what is the target? I'd have though it would be your ears, but this seems to be a lot of numbers. If it sounds in tune that has got to be your aim, so accuracy shgould be defined as ability to make stuff sound in tune, rather than accuracy to produce a particularly exact number of oscillations per second. In Caricatures we played a non-stop half hour set, there were parts intended you give each of us a chance to tune up (at one point we had a bit where the guitarist changed tuning entirely). We all used Boss TU2, and occasionally an adjustment by ear, due to the low A on the guitar never quite sounding right (probably an intonation issue, since the string went from D to A during the set). Being able to adjust on the fly is a pretty useful ability. I suck at it, but I generally can ensure my bass will stay fairly well in tune.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/400W-Bass-Amp-Stack_W0QQitemZ250430269465QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item3a4ecea819&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50"]400w bass amp stack[/url] I recognise the woofer, but it is a dedicate sub driver, so where do things about 400hz come from?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Thunder-1A-Vintage-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ230344864900QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item35a19fb484&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50"]Thunder 1A[/url]

[quote name='Finbar' post='496171' date='May 23 2009, 05:41 PM']I've come to a conclusion that I really just don't like compression at all for live work. I've tried really hard to like it, and I bought a few compressors (ranging from supposedly bad to supposedly good) to get an idea from more than one pedal, and it just doesn't do it for me. Its either too subtle (regardless of what anyone else says to me, subtle effects don't work in a full band mix for loud noisy aggressive music), or full on too much squish. I don't have a particularly noisy chain, but it usually just serves to raise my noise floor up to more annoying levels too. Question is do I sell the compressors I have, or do I keep them for when they one day might be useful? :/ Am I the only person who has this point of view? [/quote] Sell them, get some stuff you want to play with. If you need one, buy another, its pretty clear you aren't happy with the ones you have.

[quote name='JackLondon' post='496117' date='May 23 2009, 04:21 PM']I can agree on covers but I don't see a point for t-shirts, you can choose not to buy one and I think that it would be hard for Alex to sell plain black T-shirts as Barefaced [/quote] The idea is you buy the logo and put it on your own t-shirt.

Again, iron-on logos, for your shirt or your cab cover.

Claims to be real, suspect its not, unless they do a neater wire trench now, ones I've seen have a row of holes drilled: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/RICKENBACKER-4003-BASS-GUITAR-FL-NEW-PROJECT-NR-MINT_W0QQitemZ370204767911QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item370204767911&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50"]Dodge[/url]

Morris as in Rose Morris, of Shaftesbury fame?

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='494296' date='May 21 2009, 02:37 PM']Impedance.[/quote] Nominal impedance.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='494233' date='May 21 2009, 01:43 PM'][url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kramer-8-String-Bass-Rare-1983-USA_W0QQitemZ310137980332QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item310137980332&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Kramer-8-String-Bass...93%3A1|294%3A50[/url][/quote] JoeGarcia has one of these, its 32" scale, still takes detuning to A with standard strings apparently (too slack for my liking still)

Everything I don't want in a bass, but good price I think: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fender-Marcus-Miller-Jazz-Bass_W0QQitemZ300316599626QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item300316599626&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50"]Skinny neck active[/url]

Claber's Big Sub? All the low end, none of the crossover gubbins. Or get a horn loaded sub, since you won't be missing out onthe highes and mids the horn loses, so super efficient.