LukeFRC

lock everything away for a month. If you get an itch and need/want to get stuff out and make music do it and it will answer your question. If you don't get it out then you've answered your question

Despite being responsible for me spending too much of my money and switching gear far too much... I like Basschat, most the folk on here and think the mods do a pretty good job considering. Well done. Just wanted to say that. Thanks

would lot's of vibrational energy not be a really bad thing for a cab? has some of the bracing broken inside or something?

[quote name='bagsieblue' timestamp='1395090248' post='2398634'] Hmmm, I had a similar story with a fella from that neck of the woods, who was on holiday in Blackpool (not too far from me) who made contact via Gumtree. Tried to aggressively hassle me into a best price to collect the bass from me without any case / gigbag etc to make as cheap as possible. Then got very aggressive, very quickly via text when I said I couldn't deliver to Blackpool for the same price with the Hiscox Case added back in, within a couple of hours for the same price...... It was my daughters birthday party and I'd had a couple of shandies. Shandies = Brave juice so, I rang him and he said some silly things. There's good and bad all around but I would certainly say there are more g0b5hite5 on Gumtree than on here. [/quote] was his opening line "what's the best price you can do?" - makes my blood boil that one - like if we're going to haggle over the price lets do it properly. Right idiot that guy

this has to be one of the oddest things I've seen... good descriptions, nice guy, british accent.... but I can't really understand his playing or the tone/amp he's got (or how that would sell the bass) no slapping though which is nice. Like... what genre is that kinda bass line from? Am i just being stupid here and you'll tell me that's actually the Who or Jamerson or something? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i8qhjPkDWw

Enjoyed the blog posts tayste!

warwick used too.... (in 1984)

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1394924019' post='2396855'] Well... that ended the thread a treat. [/quote] I enjoyed it, it did make me wonder if you needed to take up a new hobby for your satudays. But I did enjoy it.

watch out for a big fat taxi driver guy from falkirk who's just a bit rude. Seriously though, have someone else in the house bring the amp into the hall or some neutral room or something and then meet them there. Or hire a practice studio take it there (they can crank it then too) and do the deal there. I tend to make sure theres enough emails gone back and forth first that you can work out if they are ok or not, and agree the price and then you should be ok. (the fat guy from falkirk came over and offered me half the price I was selling it for as it was a bit battered (a 25 year old bass!) tried the hard bargain, he went home without the bass.... then decided to send me a stream of text messages with slightly upgraded offers in, by the time he got to prices I would have sold it at I was so annoyed at him I told him I was just going to give it to my brother... next day apologetic sorry and agreed to buy at my price - I made him come to my work (a coffee shop with a scary looking full sleeve metal head boss) ... any way he got it from me, had it on ebay at a higher price within 3 days )

a pet hate is bassists who just for one or two bars at the end of a chorus or something pull out some slap riff.... not realising that because of the different tonality of the technique it kinda messes up the mix and looses the groove. Slapping can be good, even great - but unless it serves the groove of the song... it's a bit ... well... *shrug*

TC amps tend to sound a bit fake to me through cabs too but that's just me....

leeds gumtree...

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1394205275' post='2389162'] This vid is fairly conclusive evidence that the bass itself has at least something to do with it - [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFjA0cshhvc[/media] [/quote] I dunno, I don't think anyone would argue that using a tone control to cut the top end off changes the tone... but watching that video it seems that he's very much moving his hand to a different place for each bass... [quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1394221868' post='2389380'] Heard my pre cbs Fender jazz being played by a mate last night and I feel he got a tone from that bass that was to die for and I could not ever replicate . [/quote] I think this is the thing we should celebrate - we get so anal about gear or even technique sometimes. I love hearing other players use my gear and show that they are so much better than me. They never sound like me and normally better but it's great to hear good bass players. [quote name='Damonjames' timestamp='1394308404' post='2390219'] To use an analogy, Sebastian Vettel is one hell of an F1 driver right now, but put him in a Renault, is he going to perform at the same level? Most likely not. It's all apples and oranges. [/quote] Ironically he has had a renault engine, and somewhat excitingly it's rubbish this year!

That sounds like an amazing rig! Quite jealous. I would echo people asking what it is that you feel you lack in your rig. I used to have a (powersoft) puma 1000 and can imagine with the right cab (which you have) it would have no problem with DB.

Warwickhunt is the basschat expert on a quest towards light basses I think (just wave a sub 8lb warwick at him and see what happens) so I recommend reading his postings on the subject in this thead and others. Personally I think that given weight is going to be a major issue a trip to bass direct/bass gear or a big music shop might be worthwhile (though not close to truro) I would er against buying unseen online, and esp when the price isn't an amazing bargain. Balance is also important. My old Peavey T40 which was in the 12-14 lb range, for me was fine playing as it balanced well. I can feel the alb weight of my silly unbalanced Warwick thumb far more.

any chocolate block type will work.... but you'll still need to solder wires to the pots to end at the joining block... and by the time you've done that you'd may have well learn to solder.