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  1. bassbloke
    Hi. Is this still available?
  2. bassbloke
    I bought an Audere for my us deluxe jazz 8 years ago. Iirc, no soldering required, even with a side mounted jack. I think I fitted it in under 10 minutes. The preamp is v versatile. I have the jz3d in 2 band (vol/vol) and 3 band (mid/blend). I much prefer the 2 band as volume is more consistent.
  3. bassbloke
    Kids of today. I've had to load in at 10am for an all dayer. I'd take a book, packed lunch, korg pandora and headphones and be sorted for the day.
  4. bassbloke
    [color=#000000]You are bidding on a unique, heavily customised American Deluxe 5-string Jazz bass.[/color] [color=#000000]The core of this bass is a 1996 50th Anniversary Edition American Deluxe 5 string with an alder body, graphite reinforced maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. The 50th anniversary hologram sticker is on the reverse of the headstock.[/color][list] [*]The bass has been professionally refinished by Insanarty Custom Art with a unique airbrush ‘bowling ball’ paint effect and lacquered. The refinish is super tough and looks stunning under natural and stage lights. [*]The stock pickups have been replaced with Fender Noiseless Pickups, which are much less aggressive sounding than the original pickups and suit the instrument. The pickups are less prone to hum than the originals, so you can solo pickups. [*]The stock preamp was, IMHO, noisy and very poorly constructed so was replaced with an Audere Deluxe Jazz retro fit preamp. I specifically chose the dual volume 2-band EQ model over the 3 band/pickup pan model as the buffer on the latter model resulted in the pickups being much louder when soloed. This bass sounds fantastic – it has that Jazz bass ‘nasal’ quality and sounds great played fingerstyle, slap or pick. The combination of dual volume, 2 band EQ, pickups impedance selector switch and passive tone provides a huge range of very useable tones. The preamp also has a useful battery indicator. [*]The stock Gotoh tuners have been replaced with Hipshot ultralite mini cloverleaf tuners. These look much nicer and improve balance. [/list] [color=#000000]The instrument has been well cared for.[/color][list] [*]The bass has had a professional Plek fret dress and fret ends nicely capped. [*]Fingerboard is in good condition and the neck set very straight with a low action. The bass is strung through body with Fender superbass strings. [*]It comes fitted with Schaller straplocks, a Fender USA moulded hardshell case and truss rod adjustment tool. [*]The only notable marks are a couple of chips in the lacquer, which do not affect playability and a ding on the end of the headstock. There is very minor buckle rash on the back of the body – you need to look at it under a strong light to see it. [*]It has spent the last 2 1/2 years in a case in a warm room. [/list] [color=#000000]I have set a fair asking price. I have two similar basses and am selling for a genuine reason. One too many band breakups, new job and a new found love of cycling means I want to sell this bass and put the money towards a shiny new time trial bike.[/color] [color=#000000]I do not want to post instrument due to the logistics and risk. I am willing to deliver within 25 miles of KT6 for the cost of petrol, or you can collect it. There will be a cup of tea/coffee and, depending on the day of the week, some homemade cakes or biscuits as reward for your journey.[/color] [color=#000000]I will also be listing my bass rig - A Tech Soundsystems TVM350 rackmount head, Tech Soundsystems TVM600 in Lizard Skins bag, Tech Soundsystems ND410S 4 x 10" bass cabinet (1200Watts) with custom padded cover and various other items.[/color] [color=#000000]Thanks[/color] [color=#000000][attachment=132536:WP_000600.jpg][attachment=132537:WP_000602.jpg][attachment=132538:WP_000603.jpg][attachment=132539:WP_000605.jpg][attachment=132540:WP_000606.jpg][attachment=132541:WP_000607.jpg][attachment=132542:WP_000597.jpg][attachment=132543:WP_000598.jpg][attachment=132544:WP_000599.jpg][attachment=132545:WP_000601.jpg][/color]
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    Hi, After my last band folded in a particularly embarrassing manner, I felt I needed a few months away from playing music. so I stuck my bass back int he case and spent the summer cycling and settling into a new job. Anyway, I feel the time has come to start making music again and, as fate would have it, one of my former bandmates got b ack in touch a few weeks ago and things look very promising. I can thoroughly recommend a break now and again. You come back feeling very refreshed.
  6. bassbloke
    I've asked drummers to close their hats, turn their sticks round, stick a coin to their bass drums, try wooden beaters. I've suggested tuning down a step to help the singer stand out more, switching to standard tuning to give the songs more bite, the list is endless. The point is there are two ways to interpret your keyboard players request 1) Take offence at his temerity in asking you to change what you do 2) Be happy that he cares enough about the sounds of the band and your bass to suggest you try something diffferent.
  7. bassbloke
    Hi, could you PM me with some more info?
  8. bassbloke
    [quote name='Evil Undead' post='1273548' date='Jun 18 2011, 10:45 AM']However, I guess it's along similar lines. Please don't bite me! Anyway, I'm curious. If you went to see a metal band, and the bassist was playing a white Squier P bass, would you think (s)he was any less metal? Also, if you were auditioning a bassist, would you turn them down for playing the above bass? I'm talking more death metal, black metal or thrash, rather than nwobhm or hair metal.[/quote] Alex Webster, bass player for Cannibal Corpse, used a white precision on their first two albums and up until he switched to Ibanez basses. If the bass player in a gore-obsessed death metal band can get away with using a white precision, I'm sure you'll be fine.
  9. bassbloke
    Battle of the Bands competitions are a travesty. If you're a young band, then go and see the landlord of your local boozer and say you'd like a gig. He won't make any money on the door, so say you'd like to put on a free gig and if you pull 50 people, you'd like £100 and if you pull 100 people, £200. any more than 100 you'd like £2 pr head and a £50 bonus. If every person buys 3 drinks, he stands to make over a grand in bar takings. My experience of young bands is that their first couple of gigs are jam packed. After that, parents, siblings, friends and other halves lose interest and it becomes difficult to keep the audience numbers up.
  10. bassbloke
    lower frets no. Higher frets yes.
  11. bassbloke
    the problem with most bass solos is that they're compositionally crap and cliched. Now, below is an example of a lovely, short, tasteful bass solo Jump forward to 2:50 and listen.
  12. bassbloke
    [quote name='ahpook' post='1224848' date='May 9 2011, 10:37 AM']well, as someone's who's having a hard time getting past people who think 41 is too old to play originals... musicians who value ability over age. [/quote] What kind of music?
  13. bassbloke
    I've discovered, since my last band split, that decent bass players are seriously in demand and, although I now have a project off the ground, still get a steady stream of offers and requests to join other bands or help out. Now, I'm perfectly happy and not looking to jump ship, but what do you value in a musical venture? Gigs, recording, technical challenges, jamming, singing, writing or is it down to material benefits?
  14. bassbloke
    I'd be inclined to go for it and at the first opportunity take them to task, in a polite way, for the way they treated you.
  15. bassbloke
    Tell him to go have sexual relations with his mother.
  16. bassbloke
    [quote name='Jambo10' post='1214081' date='Apr 28 2011, 06:59 PM']Of course all of us, in every band want to strive and make our individual selves better and the group unit as a whole. In the case of our singer at the moment, there are a lot of murmours coming from the punters that she is stale, same patter after every song, we ask her to change it about a bit, nothing changes. the biggest thing for the rest of us in the band is the lyrics, sure its not easy to learn EVERY song, granted, but it is read almost word for word, no variations to tone, it is basically reading from a book, and there are lines or indeed sections of songs that just get refused, not sung at all, the *anytime anyplace* section of Call Me, the whole mid section of Many Of Horror, there are numerous to mention. It has been subtly suggested that she tries various things, but all to no avail. We want to be playing better venues, and have already been offered bigger and better things then the local boozer, but, until we iron out these issues, we don't want to be made arses of in bigger venues and laughed out of town so to speak.[/quote] Sounds like the three of you have already come to some conclusion as to the problem and you wanted external opinion s for reassurance. Sensible. I've been there before - singers that don't warm up, singers that don't want themselves in the monitors so they can't pitch properly, singers that don't fit in with the rest of the band's image and style, etc... My suggestion would to take a different approach with your singer. Rather than subtle hints, get into the habit of making specific demands of each member. Step one - lose the music stand, step two - pre-prepare onstage, banter... Perhaps you need to sit her down and give her an ultimatum.
  17. bassbloke
    It's a shame I've only just got home from a writing session. My mate works/lives in Norway and would happily have lent him a decent Stingray 5 string in return for a free ticket.
  18. bassbloke
    I'd say two issues: 1) Your singer has a limited vocal range and onstage presence. She can be challenging to listen to and boring to watch. Not a good combination. 2) Your material seems one dimensional. I appreciate that you're a covers band, but there's nothing to stop you mucking about with the songs a little. Maybe if you tried a different approach to the songs (bluesier, slower, punkier, country, folk), you'd hit on a style that suited your singer's voice better.
  19. bassbloke
    After visiting a hippy friend of mine recently I gave some thought to the possiblity of my bass tone being adversely affected by the fact that my cables' chakras were not properly aligned. So, we are goign to launch a special service where you bring your cables to us and we will use them as props in tantric sex rituals , to imbue them wit positive energy before your big gig. We'll also clean the jizz and sh*t off them when we've finished.
  20. bassbloke
    Have you got any better pics - those original ones won't load.
  21. bassbloke
    Selling on behalf of a friend Smart Sound Direct PA speakers, each loaded with 1 x 12" Eminence driver (I think Gamma) and a c ompression horn. Handling is 450W @ 8 Ohms. Good condition, with one small tear to the carpet finish. Have had reasonably light use - a few DJ sets and parties. Come with custom covers, mounting stands and a pair of long speakon to speakon cables. Looking for £250 ono. Collection from Long Ditton, Surrey. Next up, Peavey PV-1500 2U rackmount power amp. Features 300W per channel into 8 Ohms, 500W into 4 Ohms. Dual speed fan, DDT limiting circuit, speakon outs, stereo/bridge operation, low cut filters, crossover... ...the work. See here for info [url="http://www.stagebeat.co.uk/P/1175/Peavey+PA+Power+Amplifier+PV1500+00512832"]http://www.stagebeat.co.uk/P/1175/Peavey+P...PV1500+00512832[/url] . Comes in a Stagg 2U rack case. £200 ovno. [attachment=76300:2011_03_...13.33.44.jpg] [attachment=76301:2011_03_...13.53.19.jpg]
  22. bassbloke
    [quote name='bassbloke' post='1167960' date='Mar 19 2011, 09:08 AM']I have a Peavey, sheffield loaded 1 x 15 cab, usa made, full working order, 8 Ohms, but unwanted and a JHS 4U rack bag in OK condition up for grabs. Collection only from KT6 (Long Ditton) Thanks[/quote] Items have now gone. Regrds
  23. bassbloke
    I have a plan B - it's called an impromptu 2 minute drum solo whilst I change strings. I've broken 1 string in 14 years and that was during rehearsal. In fact, if you really to impress your audience - learn your instrument well enough that if you do break a string you can soldier on until the end of the song by switching to a differetn string and position. Might not sound perfect but it breaks the flow less than a mid song instrument change - unless you have a roadie that can hand you a pre-tuned bass ready to go.
  24. bassbloke
    1mm Dunlop nylon (the black one) or Dunlop Jazz III XL (the red one) The dunlop jazz is slightly thicker, at around 1.2mm, with a much sharper tip, which is great for cross string picking. However, I find the 1mm nylon is a good balance between stuffness, for good, strong notes and flexibility. The nylon lessen the harsh scraping. Playing properly with a pick is difficult. The lazy, sloppy, alternate picking with the hand up by the top of the neck is what gives pick playing a bad name. Nice precise picking, ensuring the pick is parallel to the strings when it hits and that notes are properly muted sounds very different to fingerstyle and should inspire you to write very different bass parts. I switched to pick in my last band and re-wrote a chunk of my parts to incorporate the differences between pick and fingers.
  25. bassbloke
    [quote name='jezzaboy' post='1170940' date='Mar 21 2011, 05:22 PM'][s]More than likley [/s][b]they[/b] [s]were thought up to [/s] [b]hide[/b] [s]a[/s] [b]dodogy[/b] [s]bit of [/s][b]routing on [/b][s]early[/s] [b]Fenders[/b] Jez[/quote] Fixed it for you
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