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What's your fantasy Lotto jackpot bass gear shopping list?
Tdw replied to Painy's topic in General Discussion
A Wal custom 4 ,fretted and fretless. A couple of le fays, probably a pangton and one of the Rimington steel fretless basses. An original Ampeg scroll bass. That's it I'm easily pleased. -
Is it just me? This riff should not be difficult
Tdw replied to SteveXFR's topic in General Discussion
You're right, it has. -
Is it just me? This riff should not be difficult
Tdw replied to SteveXFR's topic in General Discussion
There's no indication of rhythm, if it's straight then it's simple enough. The parts mentioned above might seem unintuitive or awkward but if you play it slowly then speed it up after you get used to it, it should be fine. -
The pictures in the link show a NS upright bass. I'd be pretty suspicious if I were you
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I usually take a hohner b2a as a spare bass for the reasons above. It has a passive mode if the battery is playing up too.
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Probably the best (home use) guitar sound I've ever got was a trace elliot v6 into a acme low b2 cab, it was super detailed, all frequencies really clear and very smooth. This was a clean sound though and there was no way I was going to try to get the v6s 400 watt valve power section to distort! I suspect that with the right pedals this would have been an amazing although inconvenient live rig.
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Sex Pistols to reunite...with one glaring omission
Tdw replied to upside downer's topic in General Discussion
If its just a couple of low key charity gigs then fair enough I suppose, but to me it's not the sex pistols without Lydon and shouldn't be billed as such. Ex pistols maybe? -
I've got wt 400 and 550 heads and a metro combo. I'm a big fan of the 90's /2000's world tour heads. I also like all valve heads and would say the eden heads are kind of valvelike in that they can be smooth,warm and "soft" sounding but as previously mentioned not in terms of distortion or natural overdrive. They also have very variable eq with lots of possibilities. As I say I'm a big fan and consider them to be one of the best solid state alternatives for people who are used to or prefer valve amps because they have very little "harshness" in the sound. As a bonus the wt 400/550 are compact and fit perfectly on a barefaced 10 stack.
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In my house it was all beatles and Simon and garfunkel. I don't think my playing has been consciously influenced by McCartney but I expect it has to be in some way.
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Covers bands - are they just parasites? (& how PRS works)
Tdw replied to Al Krow's topic in General Discussion
Don't have any problem with cover bands. Tribute bands I'm not keen on particularly tributes to bands who are active now. I've seen several tribute bands who play the songs of bands I'm very familiar with and have found it extremely boring and somewhat embarrassing really. I've also seen a tribute to a band I know almost nothing about and oddly really enjoyed it , was like a new band to me, with really good songs. -
Basiccally I'd echo the previous posters. The cabs are fine for a rehearsal room situation where they're going to sit for years but very heavy and bulky for moving regularly. The head though heavy might be a good option from a performance/price point of view.
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I think you can say that most basses work fine for most styles, I found the ovation magnum bad for slap and the status eclipse bad for reggae though.
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Anyone got a Barefaced x10 series with the new tweeter option?
Tdw replied to fretmeister's topic in Amps and Cabs
There doesn't seem to be an obvious frequency gap to me so I'd guess the tweeter is pretty well matched, it sounds consistent to me. -
Anyone got a Barefaced x10 series with the new tweeter option?
Tdw replied to fretmeister's topic in Amps and Cabs
I've got a 110 t and a straight up 110. For me the 110 t takes the slap sound from being kind of ok to being a proper slap sound. Other than that it doesn't make much difference to me. I suspect the 110 has a high enough responce for most bass sounds anyway. I think it's quite a subtle tweeter/hi fi component , Not a night and day difference even when slapping and popping. When playing a cd through it it is very noticeable though. Personally I think it's only a worthwhile addition if you're into the treblier bass sounds. -
Bought a Shergold bass from Ash, everything went well, communications were great and everything was straightforward. Top basschatter
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Out of the two cabinets you are looking at I would probably go for the 1 12 , the low frequency response of 65 hz on the 2 10 concerns me a bit. I know that the lowest frequencies are not very present but in my view the 65 to 100 range is fairly important and I'd be concerned that the 2 10 might be weak in this area. The way I interpret the pretty incomplete specs on the warwick site is that the 2 10 is probably louder but maybe a bit low end shy. For your needs I would go for the 12. Of course other cabs are available.
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Barefaced One10T Cab (11 Months Old) - *SOLD*
Tdw replied to thebrig's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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Great, I appreciate this. Thanks
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Eden wt amps also have a 3 band parametric eq , its a great feature to have IMO.
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I bought an ovation magnum about 10 years ago off a cool hippyish guy. He demo'd it by first selecting just the neck pickup (huge quad coil right at the neck) turning down the tone knob fully and then turning the bottom half of his trace 12 band graphic up full and the top half completely down and thrashing the low notes. He then selected just the bridge pick up (placed right at the bridge )turned tone fully up, set the lower half of the graphic to the bottom and dimed the top half. He then thrashed the highest notes on the bass. It sounded like an earthquake followed by an accident in a glass factory. actually an awesome bass.
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Amps with Compession or separate Compression pedal??
Tdw replied to Linus27's topic in General Discussion
Although I usually use an amp with basic compression (eden wt400) I'm not really bothered much. At home it doesn't really matter to me and at a gig the soundman will virtually always compress the bass anyway. -
True , in my opinion the clash were definitely punk at first maybe not later on.
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I am a Simonon fan but I would say Bruce Foxton was better although some may not consider him to quite be punk.
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Oops double post
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I agree, the la fey /alembic were just examples of boutique basses that in my eyes are a bit more daring appearance wise and a bit less full on coffee table than say a fodera or a ken smith.