Mr. Foxen

OMG off-topic. Might start a poll to ban mixing of cabs, see how many people sign up to that.

[quote name='bassicinstinct' post='389463' date='Jan 23 2009, 11:57 AM'][b]Andrew Bishop owner of amp and PA manufacturer Carlsbro noted: The petition has more than double the number of signatures of the petition calling on the PM to impose an arms embargo on Israel following its Gaza offensive. Once again, public concern about the regulation of live music proves to be greater than the either the government or the media appreciate."[/b] And that is [b]PRECISELY[/b] the point as far as I'm concerned. Those who chose, for reasons best known to themselves, not to "waste" their signature on what they considered to be a less than "kosher" petition should examine their consciences I think. All IMHO, naturally.[/quote] I think it more demonstrates that people will do when emails tell them rather than pay attention to what's going on in the world around them. Of course, live music venue restrictions would actually touch most people in the UK's live rather more than overseas people continuing to be bombed. This will also prove a useful example of how 80,000 people can be wrong.

I'd figure pretty much any other pickup would fit under the same cover if look is a concern.

The money for pickups seems to be in the 'trad tone' because peolpe want to ditch the cheap ceramics in their guitars and get oldschool alnico ones. This gives the perception that alnico sounds 'warmer' and less 'harsh', but its more an issue of how well designed and made the pickups are. And the reasonable good designs of the EMG passives being totally whored out (Johnson EMG springs to mind), along with the 'Duncan designed' means that cheap pickups are actually quite good. I went from generic pickups to some pretty fancy Kent Armstrongs and there was a difference, but not a huge one. Breaking new ground in the pickup world is difficult, guitars have a particular sized hole in them, so its going to be pretty specialist before you can change things that much. Those super light aluminium jobs seem interesting, Lace pickups (?), no idea how they work, they seem different, but fit into a normal sized routing. Someone is going to come along with the pickup equivalent to Thiel-Small parameters to predict how pickups sound, and everyone is going to be a bit annoyed but not really be able to argue with them except for going 'but my ears'. 'I don't like ceramic pickups, they sound harsh and choke my strings' 'No, you are wrong, harshness is caused by eddies in the emotive capacitance of a given magnestic coupling, therefore both ceramic and alnico can suffer from it, the harshness you hear is a result of the foontling turlingdrome aspect of the coil enamel, a thicker enamel associated with mass produced eastern ceramic magnets causing a hump in the 15-18k region which you hear as harshness.' Or something.

77,054 at the last count. I just got fowarded an email about it by the less internet savvy people. At least they have the excuse they can't type 4 words into google to find out if its real, if that is an excuse. But it means it is still going round. I wrote up a reply with the relevant links and exiting legislation in the hope that actual facts with references and such might win out, but I'm not hopeful.

Bought some pickups, rapid and trouble free.

Sansamp BDDI is definitely a good start, should be able to score one fairly easily due to the new shiny one coming out and people 'upgrading'.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Westone-Spectrum-DX-bass-an-80s-Japanese-rarity_W0QQitemZ120367090750QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item120367090750&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318"]Westone Spectrum[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aria-Matsumoku-MIJ-Through-Neck-TSB-660-Bass1981-Japan_W0QQitemZ160311399389QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item160311399389&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318"]Expensive Aria[/url]

Quick and simple transaction, sold him a compressor.

So much scope here, sure this topic already came up, have a browse of this forum. Theres a few Sansamps, if its the BDDI its a a useful item whatever. But the drive is pretty good.

Think that would be a pretty large breakage risk.

Hmm, don't think you'll get that sort of quality from every cheap bass. I've not got anything I paid more than £200 for. I wish there was a way I could give out reccomendations to new players about what to get.

[quote name='jimijimmi' post='387623' date='Jan 21 2009, 03:36 PM']you guys OBVIOUSLY dont deal with expencive Vintage guitars...hense the lack of knowledge..[/quote] No vintage instrument knowledge round here at all, certainly not in stickies at the top of this very forum. Also, the meanings of words in the English language change when applied to vintage instruments. [quote]Mint 2   /mɪnt/ –noun 1. a place where coins, paper currency, special medals, etc., are produced under government authority. 2. a place where something is produced or manufactured 3. a vast amount, esp. of money: He made a mint in oil wells. –adjective 4. Philately. (of a stamp) being in its original, unused condition. [b]5. unused or appearing to be newly made and never used: a book in mint condition. [/b][/quote] from dictionary.com. From vintageinstrumentdictionary.com [quote]Mint - noun 1. Looking appropriate for its age. 2. My price is higher than would be reasonable 3. Whatever[/quote]

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='386433' date='Jan 20 2009, 05:20 PM']It might resist sweat better than brass, mind you![/quote] If its like aluminium in regards to reactivity (I thinkit is due to titanium oxide in pains and the whole protective oxide layer thing) it might get eaten by salty sweat really fast, but the alloy it will be might negate this.

[quote name='josh3184' post='386914' date='Jan 20 2009, 10:56 PM']do people actually want to do this? Cos i'm well up for it[/quote] Put a number on it. I'd like a 4x10 or two, but haven't got much money to go in.

I'd be all over this if I had any money. left it a bit late to organise something, but I have £70 in paypal to buy a share.

Asa government minister, I know that 64000 people will sign an entirely spurious, totally unfounded petition without doing the most basic of research on a highly dubious claim. Therefore I know that 64000 signature can cheerfully be ignored as essentially valueless. The information is out there, do your research, dubious things get through because people don't take the time to look.

[quote name='Galilee' post='386268' date='Jan 20 2009, 03:41 PM']I've used other people's Peaveys and I think that they're excellent for tone. I'm currently hankering after one of these Max 700 (or Firebass) heads that people are selling on here, but I can't decide between one of them and a new Tour 700 Head, as there only seems to be about £100 difference in price.[/quote] If it helps I'll let my Firebass go for £225.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Columbus-Bass-Guitar-in-velvet-hardcase_W0QQitemZ110340645432QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item110340645432&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318"]Pricey looking Columbus[/url]

In the couple of years I was learning to play properly and sorting out my stuff I bought loads of odds and ends of gear, just to try them out and learn what they did. Then I bought a much bigger rig. Then I got into a band and it turned out to be totally unsuitable, but I had learned a lot. And I snapped up a lot of bargains through opportunism rather than a need to own that particular piece of kit, I played with it, seen what it does and movedit on. I plan on continuing to do this, as I'm still finding tweaks that please me in unexpected places. That said, after all the gear I've bought and sold I still play a (heavily modded maybe £100 worth) Johnson P bass copy into and amp and cab that cost me £125 (luck). The pedals were considerable more, since there is so much space to fiddle with them for not much outlay. I do get asked why I don't play a Fender into an Ampeg a fair bit, and I'd like to, but I'd not like it a grand more than I like my current stuff, and if I'd started off with that, I know a lot less about it. There are people who play a lot better than me, through a lot better stuff than me, who ask me about gear, so I guess I've learn a fair bit.

Anyone want in on splitting it up? I'm sure it said 4 10x8 cabs when it first wnet up (which I guessed meant 8x10s) but looks like its been corrected.

Chocked with dust inside? Might find carpet in there.

Got one of these spare that I just found the power supply for: Got LEDs, will needs it own power supply, and can't be switched. But will sit cheerfully on a board.