Roland Rock

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1430813681' post='2764693'] Due to a change of basses: [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]1. Si600 - GK MB500 Fusion, GK MB212 (house rig), Fender P V.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]2: Roland Rock - Avalon U5, Crown power amp, BF STwin. W&T Ergon and 78P if I get the refin done in time. Some pedals.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]3. tauzero - perm a few from Sei Original, Warwick Buzzard 5 notlob, Antoniotsai, Dean 10-string, Warwick Thumb, Mrs Zero.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]4. Dread Bass - Lefties - ACG 6 and 7 string Recurve S Types, ACG Krell Fretless If Ready, Alembic Epic, Warwick Fortress, Letts 6. Aguilar rig if needed.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]5. seashell - MIM Fender P[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]6. Prime_BASS - whatever bass is the flavour at the time, ACG 33" graft J type.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]7. Len Derby - Yamaha Bex semi acoustic, Roland micocube battery powered practise/busking combo[/size][/font][/color] [s][size=3]8. Bottle - Modded Ibanez GSR-180, some pedals, Line-6 Combo and the 1x12 + Amp rack[/size][/s] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]9. Marillionred - Warwick Streamer $$5, Warwick Dolphin SN5, Letts fretless 5, Michael Kelly Acoustic 5, Warwick LWA1000, Barefaced Big Baby 2 - and some headphones.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]10. Jabba_the_gut - some of the stuff below....if it's finished in time.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]11. GrammeFriday - MTD 535-24 fretless, MTD Kingston AG5, TC RH750, RS210 and/or RS212.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]12. Kev - Wal MK2, Warwick SSII and some pedals.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]13. Bradwell - MIJ Jazz, Ibanez GSR 206, Eden WT800 + D210/D212 XLT cabs [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]14. Mojo - Yamaha BB414, TC Electronic BG250-115 [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]15. Norris - Stagg EUB, Ric 4003, Gibson Thunderbird ... and if restored in time I'll bring my Aria SB-1000[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]16. TG Flatline - Shuker Explorer, pedals[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]17. Cytania - Spector Legend 4, Spear S2.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]18. Chairleg. 1972 Fender Musicmaster. A P bass shaped thing of dubious parentage.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]19. Kaz -Roberts skeleton [/size][/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]20. 72deluxe, Genz Benz STLMax 9.2, 4x10 cab? An assortment of Warwick basses [s]21. (Possible) mikanhannille - Atelier Z m265 m plus custom[/s][/size][/font][/color] [size=3]22. Bassbiscuits - [color=#282828][font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif]USA P or J bass, and if needed amp wise, a Little Mark head and Schroeder 1210 cab.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif]23. Chris Sharman[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif]24. Andyjr1515 - [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif]veneered Squier VM Jaguar and, if I can prise it out of our bassist's clutches, the Jack Bruce Thumb 4 fretless tribute build.[/font][/color] [font=helvetica,arial,sans-serif][color=#282828]25. Annoying Twit - will bring own looper, and gawd knows what else. I'll say I'll bring a Harley Benton fretless acoustic or 7 string, but will think more about what I'll bring at the time. [/color][/font][/size] [/quote] Cool - can't wait to see the Buzzard ☺

[quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1430738317' post='2764109'] It was me. Glad that's been cleared up . Only problem now is I'm at 14 and 26 I won't be bringing the equipment listed at position 14 as I've sold it. I may bring the equipment listed at 26 depending on available room at the venue [/quote] Amended :-)

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1430735156' post='2764065'] [size=3]Minor point. The text:[/size] [size=3][/font][/color][/size] [size=3][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]under my entry (25) is not by me. I suspect that someone's name has been missed out.[/font][/color][/size] [/quote] Looks like the missing person is MoJo Amended now with Timmo removed :-( 1. Si600 - GK MB500 Fusion, GK MB212 (house rig), Fender P V. 2: Roland Rock - Avalon U5, Crest CA9, BF STwin. W&T Ergon and 78P if I get the refin done in time. Some pedals. 3. tauzero - perm a few from Sei Original, Status Series 1, Antoniotsai, Dean 10-string, Warwick Thumb, Mrs Zero. 4. Dread Bass - Lefties - ACG 6 and 7 string Recurve S Types, ACG Krell Fretless If Ready, Alembic Epic, Warwick Fortress, Letts 6. Aguilar rig if needed. 5. seashell - MIM Fender P 6. Prime_BASS - whatever bass is the flavour at the time, ACG 33" graft J type. 7. Len Derby - Yamaha Bex semi acoustic, Roland micocube battery powered practise/busking combo 8. Bottle - Modded Ibanez GSR-180, some pedals, Line-6 Combo and the 1x12 + Amp rack 9. Marillionred - Warwick Streamer $$5, Warwick Dolphin SN5, Letts fretless 5, Michael Kelly Acoustic 5, Warwick LWA1000, Barefaced Big Baby 2 - and some headphones. 10. Jabba_the_gut - some of the stuff below....if it's finished in time. 11. GrammeFriday - MTD 535-24 fretless, MTD Kingston AG5, TC RH750, RS210 and/or RS212. 12. Kev - Wal MK2, Warwick SSII and some pedals. 13. Bradwell - MIJ Jazz, Ibanez GSR 206, Eden WT800 + D210/D212 XLT cabs 14. MoJo - Peavey Zephyr V, the Peavey Fury V and, if I'm feeling particularly strong that day, the BAM210 15. Norris - Stag EUB, Ric 4003, Gibson Thunderbird ... and if restored in time I'll bring my Aria SB-1000 16. TG Flatline - Shuker Explorer, pedals 17. Cytania - Spector Legend 4, Spear S2. 18. Chairleg. 1972 Fender Musicmaster. A P bass shaped thing of dubious parentage. 19. Kaz -Roberts skeleton 20. 72deluxe, Genz Benz STLMax 9.2, 4x10 cab? An assortment of Warwick basses 21. (Possible) mikanhannille - Atelier Z m265 m plus custom 22. Bassbiscuits - USA P or J bass, and if needed amp wise, a Little Mark head and Schroeder 1210 cab. 23. Chris Sharman 24. Andyjr1515 - veneered Squier VM Jaguar and, if I can prise it out of our bassist's clutches, the Jack Bruce Thumb 4 fretless tribute build. 25. Annoying Twit - will bring own looper, and gawd knows what else. I'll say I'll bring a Harley Benton fretless acoustic or 7 string, but will think more about what I'll bring at the time. 26. Eboclive - Wal 5 string mark 3, Warwick LTD Edition Corvette $$ fretless or NS Design WAV 4.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1430679177' post='2763660'] Experiment! ...doggy style, whatever ... [/quote] No good. Tried it. Front ported.

There's not much that will compliment the yellow knobs. Matching yellow is a possibility, but IMO there is already too much Markbass Yellow inflicting the world ;-) Black is pointless, so if you had to change it, I'd vote for full on aluminium chequerplate, which might actually give it a bit of a Hacienda/FAC51 vibe. Actually, you could go further and do the Hacienda diagonal grey and yellow stripes on top

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1430563915' post='2762620'] I fear the rest of the band will agree to call him, even though his musical taste is very different fom the band - Dire Staits is not in our set list, and will never be as long as I'm part of it [/quote] Was it Mark Knopfler? The Knop doesn't need to prove himself to anyone

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1430557768' post='2762529'] Just out of interest, what is your 2 x KT88 head? [/quote] It's my somewhat idiosyncratic Red Iron custom, with mods by Champ Electronics. 2x6SL7 in the pre and 2xKT88s in the power. It has a lovely core tone, pretty clean but smooth and gritty when you dig in. Filthy and creamy when driven by a hot bassy signal. I made the case myself, TBH it photographs nicely but is a tad shonky in the flesh ☺ [Img]http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg580/christopher_brown14/rackbags/aamp_zps2622dd68.jpg" class="ipsImage" /> It's not being used much at the moment as my current band requires mega clean with lots of headroom, but will come out again as soon as something rockier/blusier comes along.

Look forward to seejng this. I have a 100w 2xKT88 head which sounds glorious - nothing quite like it ☺

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1430528279' post='2762407'] I'm not entirely convinced about that. The W&T headstock is a disaster. I've concluded that the reason that the 5-strings are mostly strung E-C is that if you put a low B string on, the bottom tuner pushes it so far in towards the E string that when it runs over the nut, it's 50/50 whether it will encounter the first fret or fall off the edge of the fretboard. The E and A strings have huge sideways angles as they pass through the nut. Lovely necks, nice sound, but the obvious lack of thought in something as fundamental as a headstock does make me wonder whether they actually would be able to do a sliding pickup properly. [/quote] I've seen you write this before - is this based on one/more you've tried/owned? I've played two W&T 5 strings (both B-G) and no such issues. You're welcome to try mine at the bass bash and see if you encounter the same problem ☺ Edit: just looked at the range, and it seems that the bigger headstocks with angled strings apply to the Zoid and Chronos models, but not to the EJ or Ergon models. I'd be interested to try a Chronos to see if I encounter the same problem. The Zoid body is a bit too radical for me 😁 Here's the Ergon one: [Img]http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg580/christopher_brown14/17E8D38C-A8CF-42A6-A834-99CFE741C94F_zpsyiwum7gw.jpg" class="ipsImage" />

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1430496322' post='2762089'] Well don't sound so surprised about it. [/quote] haha, there's a first time for everything 😉

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1430494739' post='2762058'] I for one would love to try the same design but done "seriously" ... i.e. with good-quality components (especially the electronics) and using proper double-ball-end strings. [/quote] This is why I'm intreagued by the W&T one; if anyone can do it properly, Enrico can ☺ I actually agree with Discreet; I know I would just find the sweet spot for me then leave it there for good. I read the OP question as a quest for the most versatile bass (ie the one with most different tones, rather than one universal one) and the variable pickup bass sprung to mind, not least because I've been perving over the used one for sale at Bass Gear. It's a slightly clunkier looking prototype compared to the final version, but I like the semi-steampunk feel. http://www.bassgear.co.uk/product/wt-custom-single-cut-5/ http://youtu.be/1jfcZHu6_GQ

Yeah, PM'd

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1430469309' post='2761630'] I think you can tell from the astonishing success of the Westone Rail and the Gibson Grabber just how much this feature has caught the imagination of bassists the world over. [/quote] Very true, it didn't take off at all. I wonder whether that was because it was no good, or because people didn't like the look of it. As Ubit says, he wouldn't even consider one because of the aesthetics.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1430455343' post='2761547'] It wouldn't matter to me if one of those had an amazing sound. They look horrible, so I would never consider using one. I think guitars have got to look cool, and a big slider up the middle would spoil it for me! [/quote] Haha, yeah. They have refined it as much as possible, but still it's a big block! [Img]http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/gg580/christopher_brown14/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-04/Gal228_337_zpsv57jmzwo.jpg" class="ipsImage" />

I'd be tempted to look into the variable position (sliding) pickup basses that Wood & Tronics do. I'd love to try one to determine whether it's game-changingly versatile, or just a bit gimmicky.

https://www.facebook.com/Gigwise/videos/10153277577899295/ Haha

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1430259948' post='2759696'] Yep! I have two Peavey Zodiacs.. one is the DE model, the other is a BXP.. I thought they were identical until I put Entwistle neo pickups in both (and the same strings, Elixir stainless). They are noticeably different! The white one sounds more aggressive in the upper mids and the black one sounds "cleaner", more solid. The difference is even bigger once you apply some overdrive. Since the body woods are both painted and glossed the only thing I can think of as being different is the wood underneath! [/quote] I scientifically conclude that black basses sound cleaner than white ones. Fact. No exceptions.

It looks like a 1x15 when you wheel it into the room, but then telescopically opens to produce a kind of 15,12,10,8 pyramid cab

New song with the band and thought I'd set the phone to record us, but it fell over halfway through 😁😁 https://www.dropbox.com/s/phr8mvi5w5aup9p/20150427_215109.mp4?dl=0

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1430212923' post='2758900'] If you are really after something that changes the sound of the bass as little as possible I would look at an Avalon DI going into a high quality PA power amp feeding a full-range PA cab. [/quote] That's pretty much my rig (although the cab is not strictly full range, as it rolls off at around 4kh) It'll be at the Midlands Bash if anyone wants to find out what their bass really sounds like ☺

Will you be holding aloft your phone's candle/lighter app when they play 'Wonderful Tonight'?

The Shuttle is very transparent. The best 'plug n play' transparent integrated amp I've ever had was the Glockenklang Soul. When researching this, it seems most users (myself included) bypassed the EQ altogether, such was the quality of the uncoloured core tone. The only reason I moved it on was an irrational need for acres of headroom. The Glockenklang Heart Rock 2 would be my ideal one-box solution. Re. Cabs, another +1 for Barefaced, Super Twin in my case