Dad3353

Is it me, or is there an echo (cho...cho... cho...) in here..?

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They don't seem to know the meaning of 'subtlety'. I liked the lady nearly slipping over the bean can, though.

What kind of nut are you to have noticed that..?

Hmmmm... Just like Josh, really, but good...

Thanks for sharing; I enjoyed that (but then again, I'm old...).

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1327612682' post='1514322']...I was still getting either a dull thud or a horrible twang!)
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...as do all the other exponents of this 'dark art'. Sounds like you nailed it as good (or bad...) as them. Well done (I think...).

Good evening, Tripehound (charming moniker..!)...

If you'd care to post a few decent pics here...

[url="http://www.hofner.co.uk/index.php"]http://www.hofner.co.uk/index.php[/url]

...you're sure to get a few ID indications. If you could look at the back of the pots, there's very often a 3-number date code (at least, on earlier models...), which might help.
Hofners have a wonderful system of mixing and matching features over time, so there is often some 'fuzziness' over specific dates, but there are nevertheless several tell-tale indications (type and length of tailpiece, size of control plate, type of tuners and knobs etc; the list is long...).
They'll sort you out, I'm pretty sure.
Hope this helps...

[quote name='kristinaelias' timestamp='1327148388' post='1506948']Okay, I know I might be barking up the wrong tree here...[/quote]
Good afternoon, kristinaelias...

I've no experience with this amp; it looks good, but I would think your guitars would profit more from it than a bass. You probably won't 'break' it, but I'm not sure that it'll do what you want for bass (depending, of course, on what you want as a 'bass' sound...).
For bass, it's not the same as guitar (at least, for me...). The idea with bass is to have ton's of 'headroom', so that it stays clean, even at high power. Valve amps give this, but, imho, only biggun's. I have a 50w Fender Bassman, into 2x15, which does the job at home. For stage, it's a 200w Hiwatt head. We're out of 'home' use here. For guitar, the 'valve' overdriven sound is fine, but for bass, it's not easy to crank into those tones without a big rig. A small amp will not give that same effect.
For home use, and a clean sound, a Peavey, or Hartke solid state would give a better tone, I think; if you want or need overdrive or disto, go to pedals.
Just my tuppence worth, others will doubtless contradict.
Hope this helps...

Most of this sounds familiar...

Gramaphone, at first (elliptical speaker...).
A couple of Linear 30w valve amps from Tottenham Court Road (great amps, I'd like another...).
Home-made trannie amp (4x2N3055; 100w..!), home-made 4x12 (Fane 'Pop' speakers...). I didn't know about cab dimensions, so I 'guessed' at 36" square. Slightly cumbersome is an understatement. Covered it, and the head, with turquoise vinyl. Ugh..! What was I thinking of..?
Hiwatt DR504, into 2 Marshall 2x12 cabs. Very nice.
Hiwatt DR203 (200w PA amp, 4xKT88...) into 4xHiwatt PA cabs (never seen any like 'em, since...). Moved air... After moving to France, the amp got busted (sad story...), and I sold/swapped the cabs. Silly move.
I then acquired a Fender Bassman Export 50w, with it's 2x15 cab. My basic rig, now (for guitar and/or bass...)
My son has taken over the bass role now (I'm a drummer, really...), and used at first a Peavey 130w PA head, then a Hartke 3500 into an Ampeg 4x10. We now have another DR203, into the same cab. Moves air; really needs another 4x10...

How to nail [i]that[/i] sound...

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1326839480' post='1502773']
That's no party trick..! It ain't a party without your Chapman stick.


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Garry
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Humbling, truly humbling...

Seems that white hair is the price to pay...

[quote name='algmusic' timestamp='1326824545' post='1502481']Get lessons!...[/quote]
+1


[quote name='algmusic' timestamp='1326824545' post='1502481']...is a singer without pitch.[/quote]
You mean, like 'The Cure'..?

Nah; they're reissues (reduced sugar..!). Thanks anyway.
I'd like to find some without any hassles, if possible (kind of 'fretless..?).

I can't quite read the 'Best eaten before...' date, so I'll pass on this. Still got my eyes peeled for a '60's Jubbly, though...

Jokes..? What jokes..?

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1326313005' post='1495416']
No drummer can keep time - it's one of the great paradoxes of the natural world :-)
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Watch it, sonny...

[quote name='MusicLover20015' timestamp='1326308799' post='1495323']...how do you guys do it ?...[/quote]

The age-old traditional method: coke, grass, houch...

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1326290778' post='1494971']
[b]How Did You Train Your Drummer?[/b]...[/quote]

Can your 'friend's drummer not find a decent drum teacher in his region..? A decent one can do all sorts of wonders, and, if he's good, knows very well how to put someone 'on track' over this very problem. It's their job, and many are good at it. Doesn't have to be lessons for years on end; a couple of months and a bit of concentration should sort him out.
Just my tuppence worth ([i]but then again, what would I know; I'm just a drummer[/i]...)
Hope this helps...

This ^^^^

The singing's not too bad (for the 'genre'...) but the vocal sound is pretty bad (imho...).

A difficult one to pull off; my band left it after a while (may try it again...). Keep working, it will all improve with practice (including the recording/mixing...).

[quote name='Horizontalste' timestamp='1326221969' post='1494071']
Now sorted.
I applied said lube/cleaner in a vigorous action and whilst doing this my knob got stiffer and then there was a sudden release and now my knob is slack.
I am so satisfied.

Thanks for all your contributions and keep on truckin.
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Fine, but how's the bass..?

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1326094811' post='1492061'] ...drumchat.co.uk...[/quote]
Not to be confused with drumchat.com, an active US-based drum forum ([i]who would have thought it, eh..?[/i]). Slightly churchy and twee, but I'm often on there despite that. There are some nice folks there...

Yep.

[quote name='DrBike' timestamp='1325370118' post='1482678']...about to become Staines Upon Thames.[/quote]
Good evening, DrBike, and a Happy New Year to you and yours...
Staines..? Know it well; used to be from those parts (Bedfont, then Shepperton...).
'Upon Thames', eh..?Going up in the world, are we..? A rose, by any other name, and all that..? Be careful, though; if the waters continue to rise, you'll not be only waving, perhaps..!
Welcome to the forum...

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1325279251' post='1481789']... the £300 worth of soap in the box was just one huge lump.
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By my calculation, that's about 150 bars of Pears..! You must be very clean folks.

Good afternoon, Richard...
The '33' is country code for France, '53' Dept. code (Mayenne...).
I had a fleeting thought that we may have crossed paths, 'til I remembered that my school bus was the 285..! 'twould have been strange coincidence indeed to encounter an Old Hamptonian here..!
Quite sincere about the bass, though. If I was selfish, I would hope it to be still available it a few months time. I have an excellent Hofner Verithin, but yours really is a corker, even the good lady found it pretty..!
On our Hofner site, the main focus is on 'vintage' guitars and basses, but contemporaries are also of interest (and will become vintage in time..!). Yours is a very good example of that principle.
Hope for your sake it goes quickly ; secretly hoping for mine that I can PM you at a later date to arrange shipping..!

[quote name='Amazoman' timestamp='1325204640' post='1481050']
...a creamy, bluesy tone rather than a gritty sound so the tech suggested a KT 100 ,which is a beefier version of the KT88, which is a recommnded change from the stock 6550 valves to get this sound...[/quote]
Slightly off topic here, but this still seems very strange, so I'll pursue slightly, if I may. I am open to correction, but for my money, a decent KT88 design would be about as 'transparent' as one could get, most especially if not 'pushed'. The term 'gritty', or even 'creamy'/'bluesy', seem out of place somehow. These valves don't 'break up' easily at all, until concrete-grinding volumes are reached. They are used especially for those requiring 'headroom' for just that reason (I don't want break-up with my bass, only headroom...). The KT100 has a slightly higher break point still (some 3db, depending on circuitry...), or roughly double the volume. If that's where you're looking for your 'creamy' sound, then heaven help your FOH sound engineer, and bring on the masons for rebuilding the stadium..! The 'tone' comes from the pre-amp and tone stack; the power section takes that to a higher power with as much transparency as possible, until driven hard enough to contribute it's own tonal characteristics. That point is pretty damned high for these valves, and even when reached, is far from 'gritty'. That's a term that I would more easily associate with a choice of pre-amp valve (selection of ECC83, for instance, between Mullard and Electro-Harmonix , NOS versus new, etc...)
In general (few exceptions...) a good valve amp with a 'tone' is a small(ish...) amp cranked. If you want creamy/bluesy for a guitar, a Pignose does better than a Marshall stack most of the time. I can't recommend much for 'creamy' bass tone, as I look rather for clean headroom, but I'm pretty certain you won't find it in a powerful amp at anything under high volume (or very heavily attenuated, perhaps..?).
Just my tuppence worth; there may be other elements not covered that I've missed, in which case; apologies.
Hope this helps.