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Hi Stew, great to see you back. Good luck with NYE.
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Just 5 for me. 3 with the Dale Fontaine and the TCC Band and 2 deps. Who knows what next year will bring.
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Coming up to 72 and I still gig occasionally although the aftereffects of an operation mean, for the moment, that I can't stand for long periods so I have a nice tall stool with a buttkicker attached so I can sit at the back and still feel the bass. Lightweight gear these days.
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The Sadowsky Metro HPJ is well worth a look. I've had mine (below) for several years now and it's my go to bass. Superb build quality and lovely neck. They don't come up for sale very often but there happens to be one with a rosewood fingerboard for sale in Guildford at the moment on Ebay. It's almost brand new. I had a look at it when I went to check out something else he was selling. BTW I have no connection with the seller.
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This is my new small rig.
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New rig used for the first time at rehearsal on Wednesday. 2 x BF One10 MB LM2 Sansamp BDDI Remarkably loud.
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and there is one on Ebay right this minute. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lakland-Skyline-Duck-Dunn-Signature-bass-guitar-with-EMG-Geezer-Butler-pickups/302543703196
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WITHDRAWN - Musicman Stingray 5 with Status neck and side LEDs
obbm replied to obbm's topic in Basses For Sale
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I also don't get on with wide necks. I have two '73 Precisions that have "B" necks, a Sadowsky Metro HPJ which has the equivalent of an "A" width neck but not as deep. I recently acquired through here a Fender Nate Mendel which is slightly narrower than the "B" and which is excellent. You could also consider the Fender Precision De-Luxe Special which has a Jazz width neck.
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The only time I ever saw Deep Purple was in 1969 at The Royal Festival Hall on the occasion that they performed "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Arnold. A somewhat surreal experience at the time. I still have a vinyl of it somewhere among my old records but alas no turntable.
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Another swift trip around the M25 and a meeting in a Costa Coffee so I could buy Jon's Nate Mendel Precision. Jon's a gentleman and it was a pleasure doing business with him As said before, deal with confidence. Thanks Jon, Elvis will be surprised on Wednesday.
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Musicman Stingray 5 with Status neck and side LEDs. - £1200 This was my everyday go to bass however as I no longer gig seriously, and therefore have no need of a 5-string, I have reluctantly decided that it must go. The core instrument is a 2003 Pacific Blue Burst Stingray 5 which was fitted with a Carbon Fibre neck by Rob Green at Status in early 2005. The neck has subtle blue side LEDs and a separate battery box is fitted to power them. Pick-up is a Nordstrand 3-coil with 3-way switching. The original MM pick-up is also included. Pre-amp is the regular Stingray 5. Schaller Strap-locks. Complete with a Hiscox case. Weight is 10lb 4oz. Collection or meet preferred. Do not want to ship. Also I am not looking for trades of any description.
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The problem with a lot of XLR cable is that whoever makes them tends to cut all three conductors to the same length so any undue strain can snap either of the main signal wires. The secret is to make the signal wires about 2.5cm longer than the screen and fold them back into the shell. This way any strain is taken only by the screen which if properly soldered into pin 1 is much much stronger. I always sleeve the signal terminals with silicon rubber sleeves or heatshrink.
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I started in 2004 after a post on Bassworld from someone asking how to connect two bits of kit together. It's never really been more than a hobby and certainly not a full-time business. I've just taken delivery of 400m of instrument cable and 100 Speakons so I won't stop yet. As long as folk still want cables I'll carry on doing it.
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Tell me about it. You never know I might retire soon.
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Alternatively they could not be removing something that cheap cables do, but I have yet to be convinced.
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There can be quite a lot of unwelcome electrical interference in a stage environment especially if you have lighting dimmers around so it is wise to take whatever precautions you can to minimise this. One way is for all long cables to be balanced as this will help cancel out any interference and hum. Ideally you should keep unbalanced cables short and use balanced cables where running across the stage to, for example, an FOH mixer. This is why most amps and all DI boxes have a XLR output so you can use a balanced connection to the mixer.
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This German concert was recorded during their Germany, Japan and Phillipines tour. They then went on to the USA for their final tour there and the famous Shea Stadium show in NYC. I think it's fair to say that they were internationally famous by June 1966. I first saw them in Guildford in June 1963 and then at their annual Xmas shows in London - 1963, 1964 and 1965. The memories of those shows has long faded apart from the incessant screaming.
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Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers were a great band but never really hit the big time. There is a compilation of their work "At Abbey Road - 1963-1969". The Rattles were a German group formed in the early 60s in Hamburg. Somewhere I have their single "Bye Bye Johnny" which was sung in Germinglish. Very entertaining. Another band you might like to check out from the mid-60s Merseybeat era are "The Rockin' Vickers" who featured amongst number a young Lemmy Kilminster on guitar who went on to much greater things.
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What colour are the Speakon sockets on the amp and the cab? Do they have Neutrik embossed on them?
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Great gear you've moved on and wished you hadn't?
obbm replied to Al Krow's topic in General Discussion
Lakland Jerry Scheff 4-string. -
[quote name='Phil Adams' timestamp='1510041567' post='3403359'] Did anyone have a Linear 30? [/quote] Yes I had one of those. It served me well for several years. I currently have a Linear 50 as a rebuild project.
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Have you considered a Buttkicker attached to his throne driven from a power amp or a small bass head? [url="https://www.thomann.de/gb/fischer_amps_buttkicker_mini_lfe_2_ohm.htm?glp=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp8O4n_uq1wIV6rDtCh3-AAkjEAQYASABEgIn8_D_BwE"]https://www.thomann.de/gb/fischer_amps_buttkicker_mini_lfe_2_ohm.htm?glp=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp8O4n_uq1wIV6rDtCh3-AAkjEAQYASABEgIn8_D_BwE[/url] All tactile and no increase in volume. I use one occasionally and mix my bass and drums through it.
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Help finding a specific potentiometer
obbm replied to ForbiddenWytch's topic in Repairs and Technical
Whilst experimenting with a stack-knob set-up a few years ago I successfully manage to dismantle and rebuild several stacked CTS pot with different resistive tracks. It would therefore be possible to make a 10K/100K version. I still have all the bits of the stacked pots in a box somewhere. I'd happily do this. All I would need are the right size CTS pots. Are the tracks linear or log? -
[quote name='kennedy' timestamp='1509718825' post='3401174'] any trade ? [/quote] Not really thanks unless it's a PJ Sadowsky. I had my eye on one that I went to try this morning but it had a 44mm nut so decided against buying. I'll leave this here for a while but if no-one wants to buy it then I may withdraw it and keep it.
