LukeFRC

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1450383338' post='2932323'] I'll sell you 3 NT Streamers for that price... and the truss rods are replaceable without leaving your own living room! [/quote] looking at the exchange rate that's a bargain there!

[quote name='funkyjimbob' timestamp='1450367932' post='2932111'] So, I just received a very long email from Hans himself! To cut a long story short, he explained that the instrument was 9 years old (don't get this considering the supposed build quality) and Warwick can't be held responsible for how the bass is kept when it leave them. I kind of appreciate that and I understand the amount of work involved.. It was just the extortionate prices that I was concerned with! He has offered me a 25% discount on the costs of the repair (which makes you wonder how much they mark-up is being made on the repair in the first place) but I suppose if the worst comes to the worst and Martin can't sort it then 3000 euros is better than 4000 euros. I will ask that everybody on this forum crosses their fingers for me and hopes that Martin can work his magic! [/quote] I possibly needed new frets on my 1991 Streamer stance 1.... the price they quoted to ship and replace the frets was about 6 times what I had paid for it secondhand. In the end the guys at Alpher bass did an amazing job on the frets and sorted it for a tiny tiny price. For comparison at the price they are going for 3000 euros would buy you a Streamer Stage 1[u][b]and[/b][/u] thumb from the late 80's early 90's.. and probably a Streamer $$ from a more recent period... It would also get you a nice Fodera Standard secondhand (nice basses) or .... It's just mental pricing. I've got a old Streamer and a very old thumb - great basses - but they aren't the be all and end all of basses (and combined cost under half of that 3000euro)

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1450224826' post='2930815'] I hear what you saying and he does understand, but he's also fed up of trashing brand new cars chucking mountains of kit into them, so is looking for a new approach. [/quote] hence why the bose thing seems appealing... ive played through one a bunch of times. Theres a couple of churches i know bought systems when they came out... regret it now. They are good but not great but put you in a position where moving to a different system means a massive outlay as you cant just change parts of it like you can with a normal setup.

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1450176162' post='2930191'] I do like the engineering innovation in these! The problem is that front chamber generates a lot of unwanted resonances, as well as providing a Helmholtz resonance at the slot port, so although you gain bass output and gain improved midrange dispersion, there's a lot of midrange colouration. And I don't think the tweeter reaches low enough to match up with where the slot is acting as a lowpass filter on the woofer. I guess it's using a typically low excursion high efficiency Trace Elliot woofer, and the bandpass design is very good at reducing excursion for a given output, so it'll play louder than a conventional combo with the same woofer. Good way to get a lot of output and a lot of audibility out of a small box - certainly one of the lowest power combos that is giggable for many bassists. [/quote] ever wonder what cabs you may have ended up designing if you had started 20 years ago?

I would have thought the Harley Benton in your sig would be the perfect bass to slap on. I'm no expert but I would have though a normally set up bass would work with non super heavy strings... you just kinda hit it with your thumb, wonder why it sounds so bad, look up some videos of people teaching slap, keep trying, it still doesn't sound great... and then eventually you are practicing and realise it sounds right!

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1449319386' post='2922541'] Alan makes those too.. [/quote] yeah i know!

[quote name='Merton' timestamp='1448956787' post='2919469'] Hey! So basically I wanted a P bass but with a shorter scale, not a Fender body shape and with Alan's craftsmanship. So given how awesome my Finn 5 is I spoke to Alan about this and he made it come out 10x better than I could have hoped The spec is: Finn DC Swamp Ash body (2 piece) Maple neck with acrylic impregnated maple fingerboard Overwound PB pickup Volume and passive tone only 32" scale It's ace, plug in and play and off you go with a superb tone and very easy playing neck. Love it [/quote] that looks lovely - I'ld love an ACG - but I like one-wood bodies and simple looking fretboards.

also .... go to carvings website, look at the photo of the back and read the label... it is switching...

it utterly depends on the type of power supply I think. Isn't there a guy selling a Carvin head for cheap on here?

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1449001550' post='2920019'] I must admit, I've been able to discern so little difference between different brands of ECC83 (including Mullard, Brimar and modern Electro Harmonix) when I tried swapping them over that I couldn't be sure I wasn't imagining any differences. This was in both my guitar amp and the Carlsbro PA head I used to use for bass. This could be because both have very clean running preamps that don't have enough gain to get gritty, so other amps might have shown up the differences more strongly. Alternatively, I may have cloth ears! [/quote] the difference for me wasnt stupidly big... but it was different - a bit like tap water... same drink but different taste around the country

[quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1448999244' post='2919987'] No mate. Valve geekhere too. Looking for glass to put in my Aguilar DB 680. [/quote] any idea about what I've bought?

hmm title too cryptic to get any responses...

the radius is one of those bass designs that just look so good - one of the basses on my "would like to try" list

The ECC82 was nice too, but obviously I had to crank the gain to get the same volume out which wasn't ideal.

Yay NPAVD that's New Preamp Valve Day! So for a while I've had a Mesa walkabout - love it. And been kinda interested in what other tubes would sound like in it ... but put off by the sometimes silly prices old valves go for... anyway saw someone selling untested NOS valves on eBay and thought why not... ended up getting two - an ECC83 and a ECC82 - I know I don't have a use for the ECC82 and don't know what I'll do with it... but... Left to right... Telefunken ECC82 (probably actually made by siemens as no diamond on the bottom?) if the code is correct made June 1953 the Mesa 12ax7a pulled out the amp... Phillips Miniwatt Ecc83 from the 3rd Week of April 1969 I think. First off - I bought these not knowing what really they were... and not knowing if they work... they do, and I think I've worked out what they are... but I've no idea if they are any good as old valves go... Obv. the Telefunken isn't the right valve for the Walkabout, I put it in to see if it works (it does) but the Phillips is amazing - first off it both valves look like they've been built in the future compared to the crude looking modern valve. It's hard to describe how it sounds different - it's clearer sounding, the attack is punchier, and most of all the high mids are a lot lot softer. There seems to be more harmonic stuff going on, it sounds more musical whereas before it was angular and harsh. So all in all a good punt!

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1448902058' post='2919027'] [url="http://www.jflatandthesharps.co.uk/"]http://www.jflatandthesharps.co.uk/[/url] Sick as chips! Highly recommended. Brass section, lady backing vocals and generally awesome. [/quote] cheers for the tip - they sound good!

Soul funk and motown type stuff rather than kings of leon covers it what i meant...

Typing quickly while at work... so that may not have made the most sense

Soul dancy function bands.... pro quality for corp event. .. any recomendations to add to list?