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the output jack was cracking so i removed the plate it sits in and a short black wire just dropped out onto the floor !! and now, no sound so i've no idea what it connects to except i presume the jack socket... i'm going to open it up tonight and see if i can make any sense of the wiring. i really hope i can fix it...i love it. trying to find the silver lining i restrung my jazz bass and played that last night. wish me luck !!

[quote name='Mottlefeeder' post='86664' date='Nov 10 2007, 09:45 PM']3) buy a small S/H mixer, like a Behringer 502 or 802, which will drive headpones, and allow you to mix in your CD player etc. - £20-30[/quote] and is a useful thing to have anyway... top advice there mottlefeeder

exactly the p-up combination i've always thought was the most sensible. nice bit o wood there !

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='86519' date='Nov 10 2007, 04:40 PM']I hope those aren't reusable filtered water bottles that are to be refilled by the catering staff. If so they might start getting peed off that someone keeps nicking the seals...[/quote] oh... now i feel bad

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' post='84818' date='Nov 7 2007, 10:57 AM']Bah! if it's minimalism you want, just take 'em both off and just leave the output socket! [/quote] OR...fit a wireless system inside the bass and get rid of the output jack !! it's the 'shaved look'

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='84720' date='Nov 7 2007, 12:57 AM']went to look at the laney website. look at the pictures, bottom right of the back, is that a computer input?[/quote] the manual lists it as the footswitch connector

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='84710' date='Nov 7 2007, 12:25 AM']Why do punks only have one knob? No, hold on, it's not a joke...just an observation. The Tom DeLonge Strat is the same as this bass. No tone control, just volume. Is that cos they rip the tone off in a fit of punk rawk?[/quote] didn't the mark hoppus sig bass only have a volume control ? mind you, i've heard it said that removing the tone control reduces the loading on the pickup and so gives a clearer sound...more boutique than punk if you ask me...

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='84257' date='Nov 5 2007, 10:56 PM']I honestly cannot remember but I went out and bought a bunch of similar sized computer cooling fans from Maplin and tried them, found one that was lower in noise and used that. It is not a difficult modification, strip the back fan clip off and you can fit a new pair of fans, one for each side of heatsinks.[/quote] cool - thanks for the advice. i'm actually thinking of getting a second hand, fanless power amp for home use...i do find the fans a little oppressive at times.

[quote name='synaesthesia' post='84076' date='Nov 5 2007, 05:01 PM']I have amongst other poweramps, a Soundtech Ps802. I like 1U amps and have various makes of 1U amps. I like the Soundtech, it does what it is supposed to do, but beware the fans make a bit of noise. I changed my fans and they are still audible. Not that your audience will hear it but you will.[/quote] what did you swap yours for ? it's something i'd be interested in trying

[quote name='BigRedX' post='83639' date='Nov 4 2007, 07:14 PM']and the Athlet [/quote] that top horn looks [i]very[/i] fragile

at work they when the bosses have meetings they drink some kind of posh bottled water that has the same closures as grolsch bottles. they normally leave the tray with the drinks finished bottles outside the meeting rooms when they're done... i've acquired a few washers that way

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='83139' date='Nov 3 2007, 01:52 PM']Everyone seems to have missed the most important point about using open strings - the more open strings you use, the more time you have to wave your hand in the air making rock/metal symbols! [/quote] you're not wrong \m/ i don't [i]avoid[/i] playing open strings, but somethimes they're just a bit easier. and i agree with what's been said about playing fretless...you need them imho to keep things in tune.

hmmm...that's interesting. i bought a bashed up jazz bass a while back with the intention of stripping it and doing it up (not got too far on that....but that's another story...) and i reckon it must be a maya looking at the pics above. it was painted really badly with house paint, so the logo wasn't visible. nice to know what it is though...

i've never really got on with multi-fx. but then i like all them little boxes. they're like little faces smiling up at you ^_^ kawaiiiiiiii !!

[quote name='RIM Basses' post='79213' date='Oct 25 2007, 06:23 AM']Have a look at the soundtech stuff from smartsound direct.[/quote] plus the one... good amps and the best service i've had from an online/mail order firm.

do you get the girl in the ad too ? i'll take two

the boss obd3 bass overdrive has been described as very industrial-sounding...admittedly not in a 100% good light, but it might be worth a try out. it was too much for me, but a very fuzzy tone - it has the blend function and 2-band eq too.

i hope you have ! at the worst it's a budget model from a high end maker - and i guess you're getting the 'tronics. if you don't get on with it...pm me. i don't expect you to tho' :D

[quote name='umcoo' post='80108' date='Oct 27 2007, 01:24 PM']It has 3 knobs, volume, saturation and shape. Volume does what it says on the tin, saturation is the amount of fuzz and 'bite', and shape seems to bring in more and more bass. With shape and saturaion on full, it can be a little glitchy, but the amount of bass frequencies is amazing.[/quote] sounds like you're having a lot of fun with it ! what do you mean by glitchy ?www.wrenandcuff.com

a status for that much ? i'd buy it

[quote name='Johnzy' post='79320' date='Oct 25 2007, 12:06 PM']anyone thought about the samsamp? theres now a programable version!![/quote] as a distortion pedal i thought the sansamp was pretty poor. it's on or off iirc, no grind.

[quote name='G-bitch' post='76350' date='Oct 19 2007, 09:38 AM']Art thou on crack?![/quote] that price for that mark bass is just plain stupid.

[quote name='john_the_bass' post='77034' date='Oct 20 2007, 05:06 PM']i went out to get some earlier and some tins of spray contact adhesive for a mate to stick his studio carpets down - so i didn't bother buying my stuff and just used that instead. Sprayed it to both the hexboard and the velcro and put it back in place - seems to have done the job nicely! Cheers all[/quote] just a word of advice about spraymount-style adhesives...use them outdoors ! the glue flies around and gets everywhere

[quote name='BassManKev' post='79007' date='Oct 24 2007, 05:58 PM']i decided not to go for it in the end[/quote] good move imho. it would have fallen apart somewhere in the atlantic

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