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Thanks, Sean :-). Very nice to meet Dood also. Rather happy, will probably upload a wetting myself with excitement thread tomorrow!

[quote name='Truckstop' post='1296357' date='Jul 7 2011, 07:59 PM']If he can get to St. Albans train station I'd be happy to pick him up and take him the rest of the way if he supplies the drive with cigarettes and booze? Truckstop[/quote] This I will gladly do though it will limit the gear I can bring (thinking of others here rather than myself). I will provisionally accept this offer with many thanks, though if anyone is any closer then it will be gratefully turned down as I can bring some more stuff! What's your smoke and tipple?

great bass, could do with being cheaper, an offer may be in order?

Those ritters are lovely xgsjx, beautiful instruments and pieces of design. I quite like the custom jupiter someone did with a bass clef built into that bit at the base of the body. The other thing, other than the spectacular shapes is the finish, all of his basses look unbelievably good.

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1295539' date='Jul 7 2011, 01:06 AM']I know the feeling. My funds make are somewhat missing too. If you've got a soldering iron, then a couple of 1/4 jacks & a bit of cable can be sourced for fairly little & behringer do a small line mixer for @£20-25 (I can't even afford the jacks just now).[/quote] I'm the same money wise, but I can nick my housemates soldering iron and do it at some point, I think the priority has to be the room change around first (requires ripping out the built in desk and buying a new one for a different part of the room). I'm handy enough soldering so will sort it on my own at some point. that's if I don't slim down my gear for funds first, contemplating moving on the q-tron tbh.

Nice to see you can make a living out of it! Welcome aboard. Feel free to spread any contacts/vacant support slots for bands in the gigs or whatever relevant section on here if/when they come up, would be good for some of us to benefit from your experience in the London music scene.

Knock down to $5k here: [url="http://www.interstatemusic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_900442986"]http://www.interstatemusic.com/webapp/wcs/...oduct_900442986[/url] Bargain. Seriously though, if they've sold any, I'll be amazed.

£5.5k though, and the thing is just a flame maple topped alder body? My favourite bit is the little ad below, 'For the discriminating bassist' -

You what? Seriously? Speaking of rip offs, Fodera. I'm not on about the basses, I've never even seen one in the flesh let alone had the privilege to play one, so I have no idea whether they're worth the price tag (which now reach $24,000 for an 'off-the-shelf' model), but their extras, Jesus christ they rip you off. E.g: To make the cavity cover panel match the back wood of the bass, $750 - for a 10 minute routing and stencil job! Clear plastic pickguard, $500 Their top of the line pickup covers reach $1350 etc etc Now I'm sorry, I don't care how good or how handmade, organic, kobe beef diet fed only your basses are (or perhaps that's the people on the production line), nothing justifies charging $750 for a 10 minute routing job, these guys should be ashamed of themselves!

[quote name='Doddy' post='1295529' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:47 AM']I know I've commented on the other exact thread,but if this was more sensibly priced I'd be all over it....... [url="http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/Series-gvb"]http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/Series-gvb[/url][/quote] What's the going rate for one of those, Doddy?

[quote name='xgsjx' post='1295487' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:15 AM']Does your Sansamp not have an output & a parallel output also for running a dry signal? If so, there's your splitter. You'll need a mixer of some sort to merge them back together. Just now I'm using a Alesis 8 channel mixer sat on top of my amp to sum the channels back together, but I do plan on getting a dedicated pedal on my board (probably from SilentFly) tho it is some time away I'm using a Moog Bass Murf to split the channels & get some very interesting effects. I'll make a video one day soon on how I do it & post it.[/quote] Awesome, my sansamp does have a splitter :-) I'm broke like the greek economy at the moment though so necessary cables and mixer will have to wait for the timebeing

[quote name='chrismuzz' post='1295495' date='Jul 7 2011, 12:21 AM']Some of them look more like a dark red with a nice wood grain showing through. Quite sexual![/quote] I have/have seen too many basses that look nice only in natural/the right light, these are those, on a stage they'll look mud brown at best, and yes Liam, a definite thumbs up for teh 705. Great basses though, great tone, playability, etc, only the colour I dislike!

[quote name='LiamPodmore' post='1295445' date='Jul 6 2011, 11:49 PM']From the few i've played, i quite liked my friend Ibanez SR506, a little neck dive but really light and easy to play, all in all a really awesome bass. Liam[/quote] I very much liked it, and nearly bought one (or the 5 string equivalent), the big sticking point in the end was the colour, brown and brown only, are you serious?

[quote name='silddx' post='1295328' date='Jul 6 2011, 10:31 PM']They are beautiful! They look like a Warwick Corvette with its wedding vegetables hacked off.[/quote] Eye of the beholder and all that, might change my mind when I see one in the flesh (i can certainly think of basses that have gone the other way like that) And as for the corvette assessment, I think you might be right, the funny thing is, the thing I like least about the corvette is its looks, if I was buying one of them for looks i'd buy the non $$ because i don't like the look of 2 huge exposed pole piece humbuckers in a smallish bass body, and the shape, not a huge fan, it's all about the play and that growl for me! Mind you, if I was putting a bass on a wall hanger it'd be one of the TBs hands down I know it's a way off but seeing as you're near me silddx could I perhaps ask if there's a chance of getting a lift to this, in return of course for fair petrol sum (or a charitable/BC donation if you prefer)?

Thanks guys, I think it sounds promising. I haven't got anything else in the line either so hopefully with a bit of a better think about my set up and some more experience I'll write/perform something more constructive than just that collection of noises. xgsjx, the possibilities of getting the q-tron in there are exciting me, I'm thinking the boss overdrive into it, I'm on the hunt for an EHX russian muff as my last bit of kit though, that would be more ideal tbh. I'm non-experienced when it comes to splitting and merging signals, is it cheap, effective and easy enough to do? If I took a recording from mic and DI (getting ahead of myself here), I could put two of them between the bass and the amp, and then the other two through the fx send/return and set the DI to take the sound before the eq stage, meaning it would only take the two in the line and not the two in the fx loop, which would be picked up via mic?

Try this, please note I wasn't trying to play anything, just making notes and twiddling knobs by hand to make sounds. Also, my amp was probably a fraction too loud for my terrible built in laptop mic that this was recorded on (the sound in my room was seriously huge and bassy, I can vouch for that!).

damn those streamlines are ugly as hell IMO, bet it sounds fantastic though

Just got to try out the Behringer synth pedal which I got on the cheap off a nice bloke in BC marketplace, gave it a quick run through, then I did what any of us would do, and ran it into my SYB-5, the results were downright filth. Currently trying to configure my audacity (I recorded a sample) to show it to you guys.

Ahhh dude you're literally a pro, why you gotta come along and show me up, Tom?

[quote name='seashell' post='1295012' date='Jul 6 2011, 06:11 PM']Sounds really interesting and only just down the road from where my Dad lives. Are you planning on doing anything suitable for beginners? I'm sure I could learn loads from you all, but just a bit concerned it might all go right over my head and I'd feel a bit of a berk.[/quote] I've been a beginner for 7 years now so don't worry, come along and enjoy

Maverick (Sean) and I are meeting at Liverpool street station at 5.15 beforehand, then either going for a pint there or getting the train and pinting the other end, all here are welcome to join, PM me if interested and we'll sort something out!

Keeping it official, though as above, I'm lift dependent. 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, BC Rich Eagle, Yamaha TRB5 with Norstrand p/ups and Auderre pre, Hughes & Kettner Bassbass 600 head & SWR Triad.. plus old Peavey Head and 1x15 for the Jamming Room (unless anyone has something else we can use that's better?) 02. EssentialTension: Fender Precision 62, Fender TF Fretless P, Lakland Decade, Mesa Walkabout 12. 03. Waynepunkdude : Sunburst Musicman Sterling H and Ampeg SVT 2pro G&K Neo412 04. Clarky: Ampeg Baby Bass, Acoustic Image/Euphonic Audio rig 05. Truckstop: MIM Fender Jazz V, pimped Kay 2B; Gem/Ampeg rig; some effects 06. Urb - either Sei Jazz or Singlecut - and maybe some pedals - possible Genz Shuttle 9 07. dc2009 - Warwick CS Corvette $$ 5, Epi TB Vs (Reverse and non-reverse), my Dean if anyone actually wants a go, Trace Head, Marshall cab (heavy and big), various pedals. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Is there policy on selling things at this event? Not being funny but I think I might be looking to move on my Dean and a bunch of pedals, if I new in advance there were interested parties then a bass bash would be the perfect place a) for them to try it out, and to get opinion of others, and c) to do a deal in person. Could be good for others too, have a little BC live marketplace. EDIT, I'll also bring along my wireless, I feel everyone should get to experience playing without the constrains of leads!

I fancy coming along if anyone can provide me a lift from Earl's Court? I'll gladly pay my petrol share. I also don't mind bringing my amp/as many basses as fit in if anyone wants a go. Provided no one asks me to play I'll be happy, I'll only end up embarrassing myself.

Wow, that is unbelievable tone on that video, what effects have you given it, and what's the amp?