Bigwan

Sorry I just hear a mad man boinging a spring along with every note I play... definitely not for me (and I've had 2 + 2 bongos).

6 months is nothing. Are you [u][i][b]really[/b][/i][/u] looking for another band? I've said it before, they'll be prising (one of) my basses from my cold, dead fingers....

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1343122126' post='1745446'] Gorgeous looking bass. My first ever encounter with Lakland was a 55-01, although mine was just boring black. Loved it though, i will own another one day (maybe a 55-02 though). Enjoy it, its one of the best budget 5 strings out there IMO. [/quote] And then it was mine! They are a great 5 string period. One of the best I'd tried until my Dingwall, and one of the comfiest necks there is. Good score!

An excuse to break out my single Waysted album!

Italia straps. Great stuff. I have a 4" one and it is the bee's bendy bits. They frequently run 2 for 1 offers.

The good things mentioned on this thread are the only good things I've EVER heard said about Allparts UK... The next Tuesday excuse I've heard recently from a friend who ordered a set of valve amp transformers from them. He eventually got them from the US for about the same price including shipping, taxes, etc.

I had the loan of a Streamliner 600 for a while and compared it with my Orange Terror (using a US P bass and Tech Soundsystems 4x12). The Streamliner was pretty nice, and a little more flexible tonally, but lacked the punch of the Terror and was nowhere near as loud. For me and the type of music I was playing at the time (heavy "dark" rock - Paradise Lost, Katatonia type stuff) it wasn't the right match, IMO. I could see it working really well in a less aggressive band though, and would probably be a better match for what I'm doing now (straight ahead pop/rock covers) and, although I'm VERY happy with my current Ashdown LB rig, I'm curious about a Streamliner 900 with a pair of nice 1x12 or 2x10 cabs...

As the title says, i'm interested to see what people are using for personal headphones practice. Myself I'm using using a line 6 UX2 into my laptop or iMac, but was wondering what portable alternatives there were. Used to use an iRig and the GK app on my iPhone but found the sound quality uninspiring to say the least, and have since dumped my iPhone for a Samsung Note.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1342524277' post='1736468'] I mean the cars. [/quote] I should have turned the brain on there, eh?

[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1342517623' post='1736312'] Isn't a 550 Spyder also known as the Little Bastard? Someone has a James Dean fixation at Ashdown. [/quote] No, that's the all valve 30 watter you're thinking of.

As further watching material Elixer strings have a channel on YouTube. They have 4 vids there with John Carruthers going through an in complete setup (including nut slot depth - something I've yet to do on my basses, but is sorely needed, especially my USA P). It's a bit 'one size fits all' but would be a good starting point I think.

What are you trying to do when "away"? None of the above will really be useful for reproducing bass at any sort of volume (although that really depends on the size of speakers you plug into in suggestion 2). Smallest I've seen in action is the Roland MicroBass Rx which sounds pretty good but is pricey for what it is. If it's only for personal practice I'd use headphones myself... I did once plug direct into a set of desktop PC speakers, but it sounded like sweet FA and wouldn't go to anything louder than conversational volume without farting out.

Sold my 3 leaf proton to Matt. Another great Basschat transaction! Swift payment and great comms. What more could you ask for?!

Yeah PG played the super tasty line on the George Michael/Mary J Blige cover of 'As'. Nuff said!

[quote name='Johnnyc' timestamp='1341579410' post='1721230'] Yeah I was thinkin you'd have to face that problem no matter what. If you were to put it all into a rack, what would that look like? Would jus Be the transmitters in There right? Can't rack the jamhub [/quote] I don't mean rack mount per se, more case it all up in a rack. You could mount the jamhub in a rack drawer or in an open-top mixer rack. The rest would basically look like a patch bay (for inputs and outputs, all hardwired to the jamhub inside the rack) and rackmount transmitters i suppose. This would of course be the MacGyver version compared to everybody elses suggestions, but a damn-sight cheaper!

I quite like the look of the peavey xr1212

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1341591502' post='1721564'] Personally out of all neck profiles, I find they go in this order of preference for me: Stingray/Sterling/Bongo P Bass J Bass J bass necks are a little too skinny for me, but I love the sound and aesthestics of a Jazz. Warwick 5 string necks are at the bottom. Euggh. [/quote] Flip that list over and that's me! One mans meat and all that!

Had 2 (5HH that I traded for a 4HH) but I don't get on with EB necks at all, neither 4 or 5 strings. Everything else about the Bongo was cool. Great sounding basses.

The jamhub might be fine without the headphone amp, but until you try it with your headphones of choice it'd be hard to say. The complicated setup will be the same no matter what system you use I think. I can't see how you can simplify it - you're going to want to make it independant of the FOH as you'll never know what you'll be confronted with from one venue/gig to the next - so you probably need to T off everybody's signal before it gets to the PA. How you get the drums in there I'm not so sure, and I'm a big fan of e-drums specifically for this reason. If I were setting up a whole band I'd hardwire the whole shooting match into a rack (including wireless transmitters) to simplify setup anyway.

You need a matrix mixer (inputs needed from all instruments and click) where each member of the band has their own channel to fiddle with. Then each member needs their own headphone amp with either hardwired headphone connection (for drummer or other members who are stationary) or wireless in-ear system. The method I'd looked at before was using one of those jamhub practice mixers as the matrix mixer and then (since I don't do wireless) having a custom cable made up with a headphone output and bass input so I was only dragging one cable around. Haven't actually done anything about it though since the band is pretty much dead in the water...

Resistive pad is definitely worth a try. Wouldn't go ripping out the preamp myself.