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That is a monster bargain. I have that exact spec with the upgraded pickups - those pickups are £300 on their own! -
Only 16 IR slots is annoying a lot of guitarists. And something I hadn't even considered - touch screens are useless for blind players. There's no feedback as to what is where like with physical controls. A chap on another forum is blind and has really made me realise a lot of the wonderful new toys I get to play with are pretty much unusable for a blind player.
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Musicman Sterling USA 2000 trans teal.Sale or trade - *SOLD*
fretmeister replied to waveydavy's topic in Basses For Sale
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2 basses 1 amp 1 cab Pedals (sometimes only a tuner and a compressor, sometimes the mothership) Emergency backup di box type thing - currently a Tech21 SH-1 and a backup compressor. 1 set spare strings I double up on most cables - always. IEC / Speakon / Guitar. Simple tool kit. If I'm singing - then my mic.
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I've got a Focus Estate (my 2nd one) I can get my BF Super Twin, my amp and bag of cables in the boot, and my bass goes on the back seat. Unless I use my headless - then I can fit it in the boot as well. In the past, with the seats down, I've managed to fit two Marshall VBC412 cabs, 2 amp heads, 2 basses and a 16 channel powered board in there all at once - although getting above 40mph was a struggle!
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worst amp you have owned or had the luck to use
fretmeister replied to stu_g's topic in Amps and Cabs
It was a guitar amp. Solex ML10 It was a swarm of bees in a tiny box. But it was my first ever amp so I have a soft spot for it. -
For Sale: Tech 21 VTbass 500 amp - *SOLD*
fretmeister replied to fretmeister's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
on hold. SOLD -
Selling this Tech 21 bass amp. It's a remarkable bit of kit - it's basically there well regarded VTBass pedal bolted onto a 500W power amp. The magic happens in the "Character" control which can go from old school B-15 to SVT and then beyond to more modern sounds, all with being able to blend the direct signal in too. Tech 21 have currently suspended all amp building due to supply chain issues and component cost and removed all their amps from their website so here's a link to Andertons for the full specs. https://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-dept/bass-amps/bass-amp-heads/solid-state-bass-amp-heads/tech-21-vt-bass-500-500w-character-series-bass-amp-head And a link to the instruction manual: https://www.tech21nyc.com/t21manuals/VT500_OM.pdf The amp is in good condition with a few scratches on the top. Everything works as it should. I don't have the box but it will be carefully packed. £300 collected from Northants, or plus £15 for postage in the UK. If the postage is more than that I'll cover the extra. ta
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https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2022/03/new-gear-trace-elliot-unveils-te-1200-bass-amp-head/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=instagrambusiness
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Boss LS-2 It has 2 loops. Put Signal 1 stuff into Loop 1, and Signal 2 stuff into Loop 2 and use the footswitch to swap between them. Job done.
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Has anyone ever weighed the body of a Harley Benton jazz bass?
fretmeister replied to Manny's topic in Bass Guitars
From what I gather from other forums, the weight of the HB basses varies massively - like by up to 2lb! However, Thomann have excellent service and if you email them and tell them you need a light one they will get them out of the boxes and weigh a couple for you. -
Even official books are wrong. I'm beginning to wonder if the tab is created by a computer from the trad notation. Many years ago I received the official Muse book as a gift. The notation of Hysteria was correct, and the notes on the tab were correct, but instead of the tab showing the accurate way to play that riff - pedalling the open strings - the tab showed it being played across the strings in a way that made it twice as hard. It was almost like software had defaulted to always moving across the fretboard rather than up it when a higher note was needed.
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Problem solved.
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Sight reading perfection for every bit of music ever.
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Help! Lightweight, loud, efficient cab (Eich/Mark Bass/PJB!?)
fretmeister replied to Wilvies8184's topic in Amps and Cabs
A used Barefaced Super Compact. -
That is a lovely finish. Quite innovative for Fender too!
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I have. Gawd I miss her!
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Sure - but that can be solved with a much higher output J pickup. Insertion loss can't be solved that way.
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The difference is that the Yamaha (and the Fender Duff McKagan) PJ have a 3 way selector switch and not different volume controls or a passive balance control. Getting rid of the other volume / balance pot removes a lot of the signal loading / insertion loss that happens with the other forms of controls. Ok - you only get 3 tones rather than balancing them, but the 3 tones are all good ones. If I was going to have a passive PJ again, I'd mod it to have the 3-way switch.
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I suppose batteries will become a thing of the past for pedals. Many pedals need higher current so batteries sometimes die in under an hour, and disposable batteries are an ecological disaster. Pedal board with a good power supply solves both problems.
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I was just thinking about Tech 21. Nobody's really challenged them for vintage / SVT type amp in a box pedals for years. Even Darkglass seem to do minimal updates to the VMT line and concentrate on the more modern metal stuff. £400 is a lot of money though - especially as the Tech 21 VT Bass Di is about £235
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Passive blending of pickups causes insertion loss. It's a drop in signal strength that increases the closer to the middle / completely balanced position you get. The only ways I know of fixing the problem is either swapping the polarity of one of the pickups or by using an active balance control like the EMG ABC unit. The latter only works on EMG pickups, alas. I've only done the EMG option
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To give an example... 2 Marshall Plexi heads with sequential serial numbers coming off the production line 1 after the other often sound very very different. Then the people buying them will use different guitars, different pickups, pickup heights, strings, signal chains, speaker cabs, and the speakers in them, and play them in very different sounding rooms. They will both swear blind they are the "classic" plexi sound. So don't worry about it. The Alembic "flat" setting is very common. 12 O Clock on most tone controls is not remotely flat. It's just the mid point of the sweep the designer wants to use. Genuinely flat as shown on a 'scope usually sounds like a pile of derrière.
