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I'm not from York, but welcome to the forum anyway

You can't beat the sound (and sights) of an orchestra in full flight. It's the only music which sounds good in the Music Hall in Aberdeen - the music it was designed for. I haven't been at a good sounding band gig in there, ever.

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[quote name='chenzo_1' post='767439' date='Mar 7 2010, 11:24 PM']Yeah, That might be a good avenue to explore! Im not really sure it'd be worth it tho as i'd have to find an original moog pre amp, which i think would be tricky!! Although saying that I have just found a new scratch plate and pup's on fleabay.com!![/quote] Oh, well that does put a different spin on it, I thought you had the circuitry. That will be trickier to return to stock condition, yes

[quote name='lscolman' post='765987' date='Mar 6 2010, 12:49 PM']Hi, After fitting a new jack socket to my Kubicki, a few of the solder points came away very easily from the existing 9v battery connectors. I've purchased an 18v gotoh battery box [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gotoh-18-Volt-Battery-Box-for-Active-Guitar-Bass_W0QQitemZ350271840706QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item518dd421c2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gotoh-18-Volt-Batter...=item518dd421c2[/url] and would like to rout out an area near the control cavity and use the channel from the neck pickup to the control cavity to route the 9v battery cables through. That's the plan, but I'm unsure how best to go about routing about an area on the back of the bass. Could anyone with experience of routing through a lacquered area give me any tips please? Cheers, Lee[/quote] Lacquered or not, a router spins so fast that it won't make any difference, as long as your bit is sharp of course! I have fitted a single Gotoh battery box to an already finished guitar with no problem. I used an MDF template, but I had no suitable roller bits so I used a guide bush instead and made the template the appropriate amount larger.

Slap? Surely the result of an ill-advised comment of some sort?

You can put in what you like - the RD has a pickguard and that can hide a multitude of sins If it were me though, I'd be going all out to restore this to its correct original specification. But that's just me.

I like to dress smart for a gig - shirt, tie, trousers, waistcoat. I like to make some effort. Our guitarist tends to wear a shirt and tie also, so we both look smart. I guess the waistcoat is just me going one better, if he starts wearing waistcoats then I'll have to think about moving up to a bow tie or something When I go to other things, even with the band, I don't pay any attention to that though. I just wear whatever I like.

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An outboard sound interface of some sort (be it USB or Firewire) is pretty much vital - less/no latency on recording, often direct monitoring, better inputs (often there are mic preamps built in) and will take full size jacks easier instead of precariously balancing a full size jack + a big > small converter off a mini jack socket. I recently used an E-MU 0202 USB interface (2 inputs and 1 mic preamp) and used Audacity on my laptop to do the recording - probably the simplest/cheapest thing to do. Audacity is free and allows you to record tracks then play back what you've recorded while recording something else. It's not as fancy as a full on recording application, but it did the job for me. No advice on prices I'm afraid - I have the 0202 on "long term loan" because the owner couldn't get it to work satisfactorily on Vista.

When you fret a note, you stretch the string slightly, making it sharp. That's why the saddles need to go back to compensate. It would seem that this effect is more pronounced for thicker strings.

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Some kind of foam material placed under the pickup will keep it together.

[quote name='radansey' post='761473' date='Mar 2 2010, 07:56 AM']All the strings on my Curbow 5 sound full and resonant - except for the G-string, which sounds very weedy, no tone and bit 'quiet' compared to its siblings particularly the first five frets. The strings are 40-125 D'addarios which were replaced 2 months ago. It is a problem with the neck, pick-up, pre-amp, amplifier, speaker or what?? Pulling my (greying) hair out a bit so any advice would be most welcome. Thanks, Ross[/quote] Suggestions: Make sure you're testing with your amp EQ flat so that it can be eliminated from the enquiries Try experimenting with pickup height - bring the G side up a little to meet the string. Could be a dodgy string - was this a problem 2 months ago with the previous set of strings? 40-125 is a fairly light set, perhaps the 40 G string doesn't suit this bass very well - try a 45 or even a 50?

Nope, always gone on to better (or at least different) things. Will never sell my Gibson G-3. Everything else can be easily regained down the line if it is sold.

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With only limited experience here, but most of the venues up here have house backline which makes things nice and easy. The one venue I've played at where there isn't such a thing, I've let the other bands use my rig, but it's a bit of a PITA - I can't relax, watching them like a hawk for the slightest suggestion of a drink being placed on top of it! I MUST be asked, never had to deal with it yet but anyone who just assumes it's OK to plug into my rig without my permission will be tersely told that's not on. Plus you've got to take the damn thing to the venue and home again. I prefer venues with house gear - Johnny Punter isn't going to notice whether I am plugging into my rig or anything else because a lot of the time it's DIed into the venue's PA system. I just turn up with a bass and play. As long as I can hear myself on stage then I'm cool with that.

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What a time I had last night at band practice trying to make myself heard. I just couldn't cut through worth a damn. I was using my G&L Tribute L-2000 into an Ashdown 2x10 combo of some sort (can't remember which one) and for over half the session I wrestled with amp settings, bass settings, earplugs in, earplugs out. I finally got something audible by seriously boosting the mids on the amp to the point where it sounded crap, but at least it was better than playing by feel. Just thought I'd have a grumble. Although I don't like the acoustics in the room we were in anyway (and don't get me started on that Ashdown, it's probably seen better days too) I don't think I've quite got the hang of this G&L yet. I can get it to sound great when I'm by myself, but throw a drummer and a guitarist into the mix and I disappear. I've got a gig on Saturday, and the whole experience has made me think that I'll take my G-3 - it's just simpler, set the volume, cut as much treble as you want then occasionally flick the 3 way to the bridge during the set for the songs where the bass needs a little more bite. I will master that G&L though, damn it!

I'm always gear spotting at gigs. It's just another form of geekery

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[quote name='Master blaster' post='756029' date='Feb 24 2010, 01:04 PM']Does anyone else have people turn up to gigs and assume that your amp is a comunal amp?[/quote] I've not had people assume that the amp is communal - I've either been asked first, or some kind of balanced gear sharing has been arranged beforehand via the promoter or myspace communication. If anyone does make that assumption in future I will correct them