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Being sold hastily before Hampshire breaks its moorings due to high vibration levels...

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[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1445781616' post='2894101'] All the posts about getting him to listen to how crap he sounds are making the assumption that he will think it sounds as crap as everyone else does. The fact that he continues to use his particular sound would unfortunately tend to indicate that he's quite happy with it. [/quote] True. But actually knowing that is a big step towards sorting it out - one way or another.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1445708814' post='2893668'] A possible solution. Guitar amps are more directional than bass amps and unless he has a decent amp stand his amp will be pointing at his knees. This means he will only be hearing the bass from his amp and not the screetchy high notes. He is probably eq'ing so it sounds good where he is standing and he is turning up so he can hear clearly when well off the axis of the speaker. Explain politely you think this may be happening and ask him to lean the amp back at rehearsals so his ears are in line with the speaker axis. If he balances the sound then it should sound better for everyone. Then he needs to get a stand so the speakers are pointing straight at his ears at gigs too. I've used this tactic successfully more than once. [/quote] Possible alternative way to the same end: Buy/lend him a wireless rig, so he can go walkabout, and find out how crap he sounds for himself.

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1445759655' post='2893843'] It's a 1 not a 1A (passive not active). [/quote] Corrected, thanks. I don't quite know how I managed not to read the item title...

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1445730869' post='2893794'] Elyse Weinberg , a strange folky kind of offering that i got from my sisters collection on the basis that she never heard it again I think it is superb [/quote] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQu6IpZ7PLc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=QQu6IpZ7PLc[/url] Trying to think what it reminds me of. I will have to find out more. Thanks

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Westone-Thunder-1-Bass-Guitar-/121796739848?hash=item1c5ba6c308:g:l5gAAOSw5VFWK9II"]http://www.ebay.co.u...5gAAOSw5VFWK9II[/url] No case. Presumably all working.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jolana-Basso-IX-Vintage-70er-Tschechien-/111781433707?hash=item1a06b1516b:g:054AAOSwiLdWBXnM When they built Concorde they had to make the nose droop so you could see enough to land it...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-SB-5A-SAMURAI-BASS-GUITAR-1960s-Rare-Collectable-/161863763025?hash=item25afd50451:g:RAEAAOSwAYtWG5M4 Rare and collectable, possibly.

Not my usual listening, but I liked it.

Lou Reed, 'Sally Can't Dance'.

Sounds tasty

Thank you, folks, this sort of thing is what makes BC such a great place

I think it was Low, who, when they had people talking across them at their gigs, turned the volume [u]down[/u]...

W00t! Nice work

Roadstar 850, replaced tuners. Liverpool. £120 BIN. Seems cheap. Possibly suspiciously cheap. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ibanez-roadstar-rb850-bass-/121791106979?hash=item1c5b50cfa3:g:2hQAAOSw~bFWI7bL

Stevie was kind enough to let me have his table saw. A gentleman, and a credit to the site. Thank you!

Bumping this old thread: I found the issue. The board is much more badly worn than I first thought, to the point where it should be replaced or reshot. The bass will have to go, because neither of those options is cost-effective. Thanks to all for your help and interest.

Definitely better, to my ear (though this isn't my genre). The drums are better for being louder. The middle eight is better but still sounds rather disjointed to me. I like the last third, a definite improvement, to my ear.