barkin

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1427453632' post='2730507']
There is a strange sound on that recording. It sounds like an artefact of some kind and seems to follow each note. The basic tone of the amp sounds cleanish but it is hard to be objective with the after note noise.
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Yeah, I noticed that too.

Nothing specific, I'm afraid. I was hoping to be there, but something cropped up. The guitarist's a very good mate of mine - he text'd me earlier today saying that it went well, the cabs 'done the biz', and that the bass player, who also does the PA, was 'dead chuffed' with 'em.

Not sure how he used them - he normally uses a conventional amp, through a BB2.

Hoping to get to a gig next weekend...

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1426804635' post='2722295']
Behringer XM8500. Less mid-biased than the SM58, but it may be possible to see what it`s based on......

Oh, and for £20 these can`t be beat. I sold my SM58 as I prefer the XM8500.

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+1

I bought a couple of these as backups, and threw them in the kit bag with everything else. Singer grabbed one by mistake once, and now uses it all the time, rather than the SM58 she used previously.

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1426538769' post='2719155']
With a frequency range of 42Hz - 160Hz there's not a pre amp in the world that will make it sound like a bass amp. It's clearly a dedicated sub..............AND I WANT A PAIR!!!
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That is, indeed, the spec for the active sub - not the full range cab linked in the OP.

I've done several transactions with Thunderbird, and every single one of them has been a total pleasure.

A couple of sets of strings this time and, as usual, a totally painless deal from start to finish. And, to top it off, he even sent a couple of extra singles as well.

One of the good guys, for sure. Deal with the utmost confidence.

Cheers Paul.

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1425391921' post='2706812']
I can't tell the difference tonally or in terms of playability between the 414 and the 424X. The through-body stringing and 5-piece neck seem to make no difference whatsoever. I think the only differences are cosmetic
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Hmm...when I played a 414 - admittedly a while ago, and not a direct A/B - I got the distinct feeling that the neck was quite different to a 424. I thought the 414 felt shallower.

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1425392937' post='2706835']
Thanks chaps! Being a simple sort of fellow I don't see much mileage in trying the posher ones.
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I've played 414's and 424's, and I now own a 1024. While the differences seem small on the face of it, as a whole I found the 1024 to be a worthwhile step up. And they do sound different (for better or worse, depending on your tonal goals).

Not knocking the 414/424 mind - they're bloody marvellous.

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1425411986' post='2707096']
hows the little fender doing?
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Fantastic!

Now get out there gigging, so's I can come along a buy you a pint

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1425373684' post='2706554']
In other news, I've got an audition to be in a rock 3 piece on Sunday
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I've been checking your website for gigs Ali - this thread explains things.

Hope Sunday goes well mate.

I'll take 'em Paul. PM me your details mate..

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1424002738' post='2691333']
I did once leave my bass behind at a gig.
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Yup - I've done that And recently I've got into the habit of leaving instrument stands behind...

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1421645681' post='2663520']

I just looked at some of the YOUTUBE demos on the MS60-B.

---x---

This, BTW is not what I would consider a traditional Multi Effects unit, it's more like a pedal as far as I am
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It's a multi-fx, but in a pedal-sized box.

A lot of folks are initially put off using this type of unit when they hear the presets, IME. They mainly seem designed to showcase the most extreme capabilities of the various effects, rather than to be usable. But once you go beyond that, and tweak the various parameters to suit your own sound goals - just like you would with individual pedals - the results can be very good indeed.

I've used a Zoom B9 gigging for a few years now, and more recently a B3, neither of which are just bedroom toys IMO.

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1423750157' post='2688588']

It's not a BB1024 - it would also have blades on the P pickup, not individual pole pieces,
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Can't see too well on my phone, but the nut and string tree look wrong for a BB1024 too.

[quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1423319290' post='2683490']
Another shout for the B3. Just treat it as 3 separate pedals, each one has 3 knows to control the parameters. Press up and down on Any of the three pedals to choose your effect. I actually don't think it could get easier!
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My thoughts exactly.

The only dealings I've had with them was when I bought an own-brand cheapo 12 string acoustic from them a while back.

No problems at all. I'd buy from them again.

(The neck's a bit on the chunky side, but overall it's surprisingly good for the money)

I use Rotosounds on mine 'cause I like 'em. I find them too zingy at first, but that goes away very quickly (which is why some don't like them...) after which ISTM that they stay where I like them for ages - certainly months, rather than weeks, for me.

I normally only change them when the intonation starts to get iffy.

[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422577621' post='2674381']
I'm an always up full kind of guy too.

I do wonder though if anyone uses their volume knob to clean up a driven valve amp sound, as I believe our guitarist cousins are wont to do?
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I used to do that when I used an old Carlsbro head. Just a master volume knob - no input gain control, and my Westone Thunder with the volume right up would sound overdriven. Back the volume off a bit, so it stayed clean normally. Dig in a bit for a nice bit of grind.

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1422635396' post='2674997']
It's a real shame Ashdown have to come on here defending themselves like this, especially from ignorant comments about frequency response.
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Well said, that man.

I picked up a BB1024 a few months back, and nothing else has been played since.

I'm seriously considering shifting everything else, and just getting another BB.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1421874466' post='2666153']
Thanks Ian so I can put the lead to the second cab in input or link and I wont fry anything then ?
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Yup. Electrically, they're normally parallel connections, both connected together. Unless they're unusual cabs, the only difference twixt the two (input & link) is how they're labelled.

Either:

Amp -> cab1 -> cab2

Or, if the amp has 2 outputs you could go

Amp1 -> cab1
Amp2 -> cab2

Either way, the load presented to the amp is the same.

FWIW I really like the pickups in my Classic J. I do find the output a bit on the low side though, the J bridge PUP especially so.

After a few emails back and forth with Alun Entwistle - who makes the stock PUPs, albeit to Overwater spec - I went for his standard JBX bridge PUP, just to try to equalise the relative outputs really, rather than to change the tone, and I'm really pleased with it. A touch brighter sounding than the stock one, but still has most of the smoothness that I liked and the output's a bit stronger so it's much more usable blended with the P PUP.

And all for the princely sum of a tenner I've not tried the JBXN (I don't think it was available at the time I was looking) but reports are very good.

FWIW my experience with Yamaha's EMX powered mixers has been great. Sound good, great VFM, reliable.

Dust filter

[quote name='Bikenbass' timestamp='1417267871' post='2618710']
PMT in Norwich were very helpful. Let me try a bass in a small room, great TC combo to play through. No pressure to purchase, told them I was only window shopping.
Went back a couple of weeks later, bass was sold. The Ibanez lined fretless is no longer in production but they found one in another of their stores and had it sent down. Wouldn't let me take it away until they'd checked it over.
Excellent service, recommended.
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Beat me to it Mark. I tried a G&L at PMT in Norwich a while back. I didn't buy it (although I wanted to, before I played it...) but not because of the attitude of the staff there. They couldn't have been more friendly and helpful.

And I've found the guys at PMT Cambridge OK as well. Shame they don't often have anything much in stock that interests me...

I don't need to tune my bass - the shop did it for me when I bought it