tauzero

When watching musical programs, I route the telly sound into my hi-fi (it was state-of-the-mid-budget art in 1980). I tried that with Later (just as an experiment, I really CBA to watch it) and the bass was perhaps not as far up in the mix as I'd have liked but certainly not lost.

I don't play with the ceilidh band any more, but I used to switch between an Ashbory Mk 1 (19" scale), fretless Thumb (very slim neck), and NS WAV-4 EUB during gigs, just playing whichever one took my fancy at the time. Didn't find any problem with that.

I wonder if spacey thinks that a bass bash is where you come along and say how crap the Warwicks are?

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1429030807' post='2747224'] Weird to think that "When a Man Loves a Woman" was released, they only realised that the horns were out of tune[i] after[/i] it had been pressed. [/quote] Just adds to its charm, along with the Bontempi organ.

[quote name='dadofsix' timestamp='1428600652' post='2742928'] Yay, my fretless is fully operational again. Now, I'm waiting for the fretless strings I ordered to begin a new journey into musical magic. lol [/quote] Aren't all strings fretless? They'd be quite painful on the fingers otherwise.

Mrs Zero. So , just like the rest of my life then...

I tried a couple of Warwicks at Bass Direct the other day and played through a Tecamp Puma 900 into Vanderkley cabs (not sure which ones) and it sounded jolly nice. I use the same amp into Berg AE112s which also sounds jolly nice.

Hohner B2AV. Perfect back-up bass, it takes up less space than anything else!

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1428951503' post='2746378'] Really? I heard they were ec-static... [/quote] They resisted, even when the suggestion of a rework of Lou Reed's "Transformer" was made.

A couple where I'm evenly split between cover and original. Rikki don't lose that number - Steely Dan, nice reworking by Tom Robinson Band All or nothing - Small Faces, covered by Little Bob Story

Bass - Sei fretless with flatwounds, Warwick Buzzard with roundwounds, or Antoniotsai fretted with nylon tapewounds - they're basses, they all sound the same. Blend set 50/50, EQ set neutral. Line 6 G50 wireless system, Zoom B3 or MS60-B running chorus and occasional other effects, Tecamp Puma 900 with the low nudged up slightly, one or a brace of Bergantino AE112s with tweeters off, stood on top of a Gramma pad [1] if it's a hollow stage. [1] The cabs, not me

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1428924453' post='2745936'] Personally I'm not a fan of active instruments not because of a lack of purity of tone (whatever that means) but because with a few exceptions (Alembic, Wal, ACG) a built-in pre-amp offers nothing that can't already be done with the controls on your amp. [/quote] Except buffering the signal so the length of your cable doesn't matter.

Considered a Bergantino 1x12 to match the 2x12? You're spoilt for choice really. Are you looking for lightweight as well? If so, you could narrow the field a bit by deciding on a maximum weight and ignoring anything heavier.

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1428930874' post='2746025'] Late 70's Band "Wire" are considering a collaboration with Manfred Mann's Earth Band. [/quote] Current reports are that Van der Graaf Generator were approached about the project but were decidedly neutral.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1428950055' post='2746342'] Be like me, don't take any gear, just abuse everyone else's [/quote] Taken to its logical conclusion, this could cause some minor problems.

[quote name='lucky' timestamp='1428868088' post='2745520'] So it looks as though the only option is to regret it, and haunt eBay in the hope that the new owner hates it? [/quote] Or you could type the words "hofner senator" into Gumtree or preloved.

[quote name='lucky' timestamp='1428868088' post='2745520'] I believe that an "best offer" was made and apparently accepted, although I'd have thought that would read as "item sold" rather than withdrawn? [/quote] No, or at least not via Ebay. If a best offer is accepted on Ebay, that's what it says, and the seller pays the final value fees. If he says "yes" to an offer done by another route, he could withdraw it and not pay the final value fees. So if he sold it for £300, that would save him £30.

A bit more expensive than the mesh stuff, but someone on BC bought this [url="http://www.stageworksgear.com/products/non-slip-pedal-mats-guitar-keyboard-drum-effect.htm"]http://www.stageworksgear.com/products/non-slip-pedal-mats-guitar-keyboard-drum-effect.htm[/url] and used one of the mats and sold the other, which I bought. Have been using that under my Tecamp Puma for some time now.

I'm not sure about being embarrassed but it does rather catch me unawares. My response tends to be along the lines of "Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Really enjoyed playing here tonight.". Though it's more often Mrs Zero who gets the compliments, and as she's a little less capable of self-assessment than me and thinks she's not as good as she actually is, it catches her out even more than me.

The worst sounding bass I own is my one passive bass. Before that, it was my other passive bass. Five strings or more and active is the only way to go. Someone wake me up when this is over.

Very lovely. But does it really have 18-carat gold frets? They're not going to last too well. I do like the snap-on scratchplate and rear panel. Saves having 18-carat gold screws all round the edge.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1428785681' post='2744586'] Any thoughts? [/quote] Yes. As at least 75% of the topics started in the Ebay subforum are about dodgy Fenders, we could do with a pinned thread to stick them all in.

Met up with Mike for a swap - the ex-MB1 ex-slapmonsta Status is now also ex-me, and I have the ex-alembic1989 and now ex-bassgurumonster Warwick Buzzard 5. Everything went swimmingly. Great pleasure doing business with you Mike, enjoy the Status!

It's the perfect excuse to buy a 5-string.

I coil cables using the over and under method and then a velcro tie of the sort that stay attached. One lead lives in the main bass case (for rehearsal I just use the bass and lead), one lead with power extensions attached to it lives in the amp case, then pretty much all the rest live in a small roll-along suitcase. Might seem excessive but this includes the leads for the PA (multiple assorted XLR cables, a few jack-jack leads, several IEC mains leads, 6-way and 8-way boards, 1-way extension reel).