john_the_bass

The Audix might be an option at 60 quid each, I've tried singing into 57s before and just blow a lot of air into them, although I suppose you can get around that by putting a windshield over them.

The other option is Rode M1s which I've seen a good deal on and could currently pick up 4 for £160. Anybody tried a Rode dynamic mic?

Our band had (past tense) a set of mics which comprised 3 or 4 Beta 58 As, 1 SM58 and 2 SM57s. It appears that some light fingered gobsh*te has walked off with them from somewhere said gobsh*te wasn't supposed to be and they are nowhere to be seen. Before I catch the fecker that did it and tan his arse, I need to get some more mics, however I notice that a Beta 58 A is approacing £150 - I managed to get a black one from e-av for about half that when they were on promotion, but they're now up to £149 each and I can't shell out £450 on 3 mics.

Can you recommend an equivalent to a Beta 58 A, but a bit cheaper?

I play in a 5 piece covers band - bass, drums, 2 guitars and vocals. What I would like to be able to do is add brass and keys to the songs that need them and I would like to explore the possibilty of a drummer playing to a click and having the brass and keys play at the relevant places.

Does anybody know where I might obtain such a set of tracks or is it the sort of thing I would have to have a keyboard player make for me?

Does it come with a cover? I know it doesn't say in the post, but just thought I'd ask.

Check your junk folder - never know, it might have ended up there

I don't get ANY kind of sound from the speaker Stevie. It's dead I think

Sent Ashdown an email, still waiting for a response, so in the meantime I still have this bass available for a swap for a replacement speaker.

Peter email E at E-fects.co.uk
He should be able to help

That's a good shout on the baby blues, I will get my mrs a pair as she's not keen on the size of the ER-20s

[quote name='GreeneKing' post='555474' date='Jul 29 2009, 07:23 PM']You really did close the other thread

As I said there, I'm more than happy with custom cables at a good price from Dave. Amp/Cab cables as thick as your arm, well nearly

[url="http://www.bassic.co.uk/"]http://www.bassic.co.uk/[/url][/quote]


[quote name='sk8' post='555944' date='Jul 30 2009, 10:36 AM']for cables OBBM[/quote]

+1 or 3 or whatever this post takes us up to!

Well one of the reasons for specifically using a laptop is that iTunes, for example, allows crossfading between two tracks, which is something you can't do with a laptop.

Secondly, when we want to start adding the backing tracks for brass and/or keys, I would have thought that a laptop would have been the easier solution?

The Spectrums aren't as good as the Thunder series (which are very good indeed).
It's worth watching ebay as you'll get a much better Thunder for less that the price of that Spectrum

I sorted out PLI out yesterday afternoon. I'd spoken with the MU and also with people like Musicguard and, as has been covered in this thread, I was finding it more and more difficult to cover a band rather than an individual which is the case with the MU and the musicguard policies.

I found a company, the name of which I am happy to provide by PM, that covered my band, regardless of who is playing in it at the time (so dep friendly) up to £5M for £180 a year, which I thought was reasonable.

We have a laptop with a big itunes playlist on and the next step is to look into adding brass or keys into, i suppose, a backing track so the drummer can play along with a click and we can have the full band experience - what would be the best thing to get a line level out of the laptop and into the desk? Obviously we can send the signal from the headphone out, but is it better to use a USB interface with a line out?

Any recommendations?

The 335 is gone and I am definitely keeping the Standard, but I am out of a hole for now!
The Custom is still available, mainly because there are other things I would like, but I'm not too fussed if I don't get them and I would be prepared to sell it for the right money. I think (misguided or otherwise) that it could be worth anything up to £1800. It's from 1987, is in excellent condition except for a tiny bit of fret wear and some slightly tarnished hardware and comes in a 'Lifton' style Gibson Historic case. Post-Norlin, so it's got a one piece body instead of a pancake body and has a one piece mahogany neck and not 3 pieces of maple. The top is made up of 3 pieces of maple, whicih I've seen on a few Les Pauls and not sure why they do it. I would like to see £1600 but would take a USA Precision and £1100. If anybody wants any pics, please PM

Well not to stray to far OT, I rang them up and basically said, look chaps, this cab has hardly been used - OK, I've had it for 3 years but it's had less than 100 hours of being used at a much lower power than is rated. Without asking them outright if they would give me a new speaker because I feel it failed under conditions where it wasn't pushed and shouldn't, IMO, have failed if there was nothing wrong with it, I asked them what my replacement options were.

I got a vague response that the speakers were out of stock and weren't going to be coming in for a while and that was it. Bit annoyed to be honest - I suppose they're not obliged to help me out, but I was surprised at the lack of interest.

Oh, and that phonecall was 14 days after I sent them an email about the problem to which I received no response.

The driver in my cab is knackered and Ashdown aren't playing ball - despite the fact that it's rated to 250w and the amp I had plugged in was running at half volume at around half power (ie at 8 ohms), it gave up and I need to replace the speaker.

So I am looking for a 15" driver rated up to about 300w OR a cab that I can either use, or remove the speaker and put into my Ashdown cab.

But this is a wanted ad you say! Well for swaps, I have an Encore Precision type bass. It's a good few years old and is red. And in good condition - I don't use it and I need a working amp again, so PMs if you are interested. It doesn't come with a bag or case so a face to face meet is probably preferable.

JA

Generic one now gone also through the magic of ebay

Les Paul case gone on ebay, rectangular one still available

Bump up

Hello
Now I know what's happening with my guitars, I now need to find a guitar case to put one of them in more permanently and so I am offering a couple of cases either for sale seperately or trade for one case.

First is a standard sort of rectangular case - internal length is 102cm and is suitable for a guitar with a straight headstock, like a Strat or a Tele or similar - NOT something with an angled headstock like a Gibson. Tolex covered ply, plastic corners, furry inside.

Second is a fitted case for a Les Paul shaped guitar - it's actually got "Gibson" stencilled on it and is a very similar shape to the old style 'Lifton' cases used by Gibson, but it's not - another tolex covered ply job, but fitted for LP shaped guitars and will take an angled headstock. Furry inside and has a pocket - the lift tab has come off, but you can still get into it.

Both cases in great condition, no rips or tears, all catches, handles and hinges intact - [size=5][b]£30 ONO each?[/b][/size] I live in Leicester and I'd prefer them to be picked up, but happy for [b]you[/b] to arrange shipping with somebody like parcel2go or interparcel or somebody like that - I don't have boxes for them so I would probably tape the lid and base together or wrap them in binliners or something if you did want to send a courier for them, but that's entirely up to you. Pics on request.

I would like to swap them for ONE proper Les Paul case (and don't mind adding a little bit of cash if necessary) - black or brown with any colour fur inside (pink, white, grey, whatever), but it must be in good nick with no rips, all the catches and combination catch functioning.

Let me know what you've got.

Ta

Now withdrawn as I need to leave myself with a semi. Will hopefully find the funds for a bass in the not too distant future.

Right then - update:

The 335 is on hold pending funds, following a fella coming round to play it today. This means that the Standard is withdrawn but the Custom is still available for now - I'm not so desperate to sell any others, but if there is any interest in the Custom, please let me know.

Cheers

John

What power does this handle (if it's not sold of course)?

PM'd you back Mart

For anybody that's interested, the LP Custom is Vintage Sunburst.