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[quote name='tauzero' post='219552' date='Jun 15 2008, 11:34 PM']I think that suggestion of a Y-adaptor like [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=1272&doy=15m6"]this[/url] would work well with a little headphone amp, either homebrew (which would cost around a tenner for something simple) or something like [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=DE15"]this.[/url] Or perhaps the Dean Bass-in-a-box for £25.[/quote] I agree. The problem is that most of these devices are designed to just have an instrument plugged into them. If you try and Tee them off the cable from the bass to the amp you effect the quality of the signal. I know, I've tried it. It starts to knock the HF off and that is unacceptable. I found an Australian made DI box that had an instrument loop-through, transformer balanced DI out and a very high impedance FET buffered output. Now that is interesting but unfortunately not available here.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='219442' date='Jun 15 2008, 08:55 PM']Bill may be assuming that you are using a crossover for these cabs but I suspect you are intending to put the full signal through both. As has been said many times putting the same signal through different cabs can produce unpredictable results and is likely to sound bad which ever way you stack them.[/quote] Then how come the workhorse rig for years was a Trace 4x10 on top of a Trace 1x15 both fed with the same signal from Trace Amp? In answer to the original question try it and see if it works for you.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='218738' date='Jun 14 2008, 10:32 AM']I can only do 6/7 September.[/quote] It seems we are destined never to meet. I can only do August 30/31st.

[quote name='tauzero' post='218281' date='Jun 13 2008, 01:24 PM']Who'd have thought that Marshall would copy Ashdown? And that they'd copy the facet of the Superfly that gets slagged off the most... [/quote] I think its the other way round. That being the case how come no-one spotted the drawback in the 80s when the 3540 was introduced.

Nick, why not go and put that question on the Ernie Ball Forum. There are a lot of US players who swear by flats on Stingrays. If you want to borrow a set of TIs to try .....

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='218159' date='Jun 13 2008, 10:49 AM']Nice, thanks. I think the Fralin looks a lot nicer than the DS you had on it. Think ill go and order one now.[/quote] Thanks. I think it sounds much smoother too. I bought it as a set with the matching LF bridge jazz pick-up and am curently in the process of getting quotes for the routing/drilling.

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='218126' date='Jun 13 2008, 09:56 AM']I had to buy a whole reel from Maplin,s just for one bit :-(. Any pics?[/quote]

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='218117' date='Jun 13 2008, 09:36 AM']Yeah, i still want a Pearl white PG. I feel it will match the white binding better. The original white PG came with the tape on it but i didnt notice it at first, and the Jeannie's ones dont (Roger told me this).[/quote] Roger speak with forked tongue! The mirror black one I bought from him for the DS pick-up had tape on it. The latest one didn't however I discovered that you can get self-adhesive copper tape from the local garden centre. Apparently it's one method of slug repellant. No slugs in my bass.

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='217804' date='Jun 12 2008, 05:50 PM']It'll be interesting to see how it compares to the Wizard Thumper that came out but it's a one way trip Peter[/quote] No it's not. My DD now has an extra piece of wood inserted and a Lindy Fralin P. It more to my liking than the Thumper or the Wizard 64. Next step might be to add the Lindy bridge jazz pick-up.

Ask Ashdown nicely and they will send you one. A friend borrowed my ABM and it came back with a broken knob (very painful) so I emailed Ashdown and they sent me one FOC.

Epifani UL112 Epifani T112NYC I run these as a pair. The T112 is very deep, almost like a 15 whereas the UL112 is a lot brighter. Very loud and punchy combination. I hear very good reports of the Genz Benz NEOX 212. Apparently very good and very light.

[quote name='budget bassist' post='214641' date='Jun 7 2008, 09:43 PM']Honestly, i'd go for a real musicman pickup like the one warwickhunt is selling. I'd also advise trying to get hold of an EBMM preamp (might be able to through EBMM customer services?), because nothing sounds like a musicman. I believe they're the best MM style pickups you can get, anything other than an EBMM pickup in a musicman is a downgrade in my opinion, so like i say, try and get hold of one.[/quote] EBMM will only sell on an exchange basis. They will not do an outright sale. The closest that you will get to an early Stingray sound is a Nordstand pick-up and a John East MM style 2-band pre-amp, in fact there is really nothing in it.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='214019' date='Jun 6 2008, 06:39 PM']Hi Folks Last August's SE Bash in Guildford was really good so I'm wondering if anyone's interested in holding another one this year? If so, count me in! Dates & venues are always going to be difficult to nail down but late August, early September would work for me. Any thoughts/ideas, or any takers on this? Cheers Nik P.S. perhaps we could have a 'slap-free zone' at this one though, in light of what happened at the Bash in March [/quote] Good thinking Nik. Almost any time is good for me except early September. Do we want to try somewhere in Guildford again or has anyone else got any other suggestions?

[quote name='johnnylager' post='213693' date='Jun 6 2008, 10:20 AM']Ah, I see. Please read the caption under my avatar and put together with the words "I", "am" & "a" And it would need to come off the DI out of your amp, so the very nice chap at Canford has just told me.[/quote] Now c'mon. Don't put yourself down like that. It was good idea.

[quote name='johnnylager' post='213659' date='Jun 6 2008, 09:42 AM']How about [url="http://www.canford.co.uk/blueprintonline/blueprintsep2002/headphoneamp.aspx"]this[/url]? Jack to XLR into it from the bass, XLR to jack out to amp? WTFDIK, I'm a bass player Ah, it's line level. I'm wating for a response to me email...[/quote] Interesting but it's not loop through. It's a 2-channel device.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='213651' date='Jun 6 2008, 09:18 AM']Found one of them there PM52 units for just $24 on a Yankee website. I've got a member of my team in New York office next week anyway, so I've bought it. I'll let you know what I think when I get it in a couple of weeks.[/quote] I would think that's a good start Jack although you will need to plug into the speaker feed of the amp. That could be a problem with a combo. I was going to suggest that you try using the Bass Buddy. It has all that you need and you already have one. You just need a Y-cord so you can feed the Buddy and the amp from the bass. No different than going into two amp heads simultaneously and it's all your side of the amp input jack.

Thanks for your contributions. I was asked by someone how they could monitor his bass on headphones regardless of what amp was being used. In essence he needs a headphone amp with a high impedance input to sit across the cable from the bass to the amp, just like a DI box. That got me thinking as to what was out there. Obviously he could use a DI box and a stand-alone headphone amp but that gets a bit too messy. What's needed is a one-box solution. Ideally a battery powered belt-pack headphone amp with a bass loop-through that doesn't degrade the signal in any way. Certainly the EBS fits the criteria but is really too complex, too expensive and too large for this specific application. Keep the ideas coming. (Oh and I need a box because the Orange doesn't have a DI out.)

[quote name='Merton' post='212310' date='Jun 4 2008, 09:27 AM']I love the way your rack looks like it's almost the size of the cab![/quote] ... but weighs twice as much!!

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='212282' date='Jun 4 2008, 08:36 AM']For "pure" DI work I use my Phil Jones Bass Buddy. Very light/portable, very simple, has everything you need and nothing you don't need; the on-board EQ avoids the [i]let's see how many knobs and sliders we can fit in here, then write a 240-page manual[/i] syndrome, and is very effective. My main stage amp (as you know) is an Eden WTX-260. Again, it's very light/portable, very simple ... erm ... can you see a pattern developing here? Both the above have headphone out. On the Eden the headphone socket does NOT kill the speaker out, making it ideal for in-ear monitoring. Actually (and picking up on another conversation we're having) I need to check whether the same is true of the Bass Buddy. Do you ever get up to London, Dave?[/quote] Jack, I think you've just solved your own problem. If the Bass Buddy has an instrument loop-through and a headphone out then you should use it when using other amps. Yes I do come up to London occasionally for meetings. I'll let you know next time.

I'm going to need to get one. What do you use? Which is best? Do any have a headphone out?

Do you mean this one?

[quote name='Jobiebass' post='211699' date='Jun 3 2008, 12:14 PM']Just bought some Zoom (prob not same co and the bass co) bluetooth ones.[/quote] You'll have fun with those. There's about a half second delay through Bluetooth. Makes things very interesting.

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='211631' date='Jun 3 2008, 10:54 AM']Bloody hell Dave - what a rig. I feel so inadequate.[/quote] I had to sell a lot of old friends to fund it and invest in a truss so I can move it.