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I’m really not sure. My Original is 36”, I’ve never been clear wether the Original and C names aren’t interchangeable
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My understanding is mainly body shape, neck through vs bolt on, wood specs, and hardware. For example the Progress and the Perception are very similar body shapes but the Progress is neck through, and the Perception bolt-on. The Original series body shape is the blend of a Thunderbird with a Precision originally designed for one John Entwistle. Early models of all basses used various pickups such as Kent Armstrong and John East electronics, whereas the later series have Overwater branded pickups, circuits, bridges etc.
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My original series 5’er has the XLR out. As @snorkie635 says, the XLR is only active when there is a jack plug in the jack socket. For live work, you just run a jack lead like normal. If you want to take the bass straight to FOH you can, but that means two cables. But having chatted with Chris May, the XLR is intended for studio work rather than live, so in the studio, you plug a jack into the jack socket and take the XLR to the desk. In this scenario, the jack lead doesn’t have to be connected to anything at the other end.
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Here we have my Trondheim Audio Skarbass One pedal for sale. Recently purchased from Basschat user @bassadder this is in as new condition save for the addition of Velcro on the bottom. Great little pedal, interesting eq options - very musical, nice ‘one knob’ compressor, and a drive that goes from subtle to gnarly. There are loads of great video reviews online by better players than me. Why am I selling? Well as good as it is, the drive isn’t going to kick the SansAmp off my small board, and I have all the tone shaping I need between the SansAmp and the EVS Stanley Clarke. Pedal comes in original box and price includes UK delivery.
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Next up in the “too much gear cull” is this beautiful Tanglewood TAB1CE acoustic bass purchased from J G Windows back in 2016. This really is a stunning instrument and the photos don’t do it justice. Currently strung with Rotosound SM77 Monel flatwounds for a nice clean tone. The bass is factory fitted with a Fishman piezo pickup and matching preamp with built-in tuner. A perfect bass for in-house (or in-garden noodling) and paired with a small amp, is great for busking along with friends. Comes with the pictured TGI gig bag. Reason for sale, I have way too much gear and I have another acoustic bass that I have defretted myself so this one has to go. Price £250 collected from Killingworth, North Tyneside.
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JPJ started following Class D bass amp recommendations? , Separate preamp/power amp question. I want more volume... , Double bass player, sound engineer and 2 others
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Separate preamp/power amp question. I want more volume...
JPJ replied to Yorkshire Bottom End's topic in Amps and Cabs
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Welcome @MarkOnTyne to the forum, and it’s good to have another northern user join the fray. However, I must call you out on your username. Berwick-upon-Tweed is a good way north of my beloved river Tyne, surely MarkOnTweed would have been more geographically appropriate 😂
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The arrangement looks identical to the EBS Stanley Clarke pre. When I opened mine to set the tuner mini switch to off, I had to align the bottom of the unit on that connector at about 45 degrees then sort of hinge it down into position. My case screw holes lined up perfectly and I could feel the connector seating correctly.
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I love my Sansamp for fretless, I start with the “Fat Tube” recommended settings from the manual and then dial the drive back until it’s just breaking up as I really dig in. Lovely tone, or at least I think so 😂 Apologies, I’m not trying to dissuade you from buying another preamp, GAS is an awful affliction
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With Mrs JPJ off out for the evening, I've had a good play around on the old GarageBand recording my bass. Tracks included: 1) the J-Tone big twin direct into my interface (Behringer UMC202HD); 2) bass recorded with an SM58 again direct into the interface; 3) the J-Tones via my EBS Stanley Clarke DI; 4) the J-Tones via the EBS and the SushiboxFX Finally DI; and er finally 5) and thanks to @Burns-bass, my bass using a Realist Copperhead via the EBS/SushiboxFX combination. Pre-gig yesterday I'd spent quite a bit of time gain staging my setup (so EBS, Sushibox, Behringer X-Air) and also eq'ing and I had a great sound last night even though I was monitoring via FOH so from behind. Some knowledgable punters commented how full my bass sounded and how it sat in the mix - no doubt down to the time spent gain staging. As I said at the outset, I wasn't totally unhappy with the sound of the J-Tones but they did lack something and could easily end up sounding like a fretless bass guitar. The Copperhead however is a huge step up. Firstly I needed to back the bass off on the EBS and use the HPF, secondly I was able to open the treble up too and still not get the nasally sound piezo's can exhibit at times. So, all is well that ends well. I'm off to do some more faffing about before Mrs JPJ gets home. Thanks all for your input and help, and for the record, I did like the SM58 recording so a microphone might well be in my future but for now, I think I'm going to be happy with the Copperhead.
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I've recorded quite a few gigs now using USB from the Behringer X-Air XR18 into an old MacBook running GarageBand. Simple no faff setup as @Owen says, but I wish there was a simple USB recorder device I could plug in and forget and still get multi-track recording. Lately, I've been recording a stereo mix using the headphone out into my Zoom H4n Pro, which is a great little device, but I'd love the opportunity to remix the audio post gig without having to carry a laptop with me.
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I was back up in deepest darkest Northumberland in the Coquet valley with our acoustic Americana trio. Lovely old pub, very cramped but packed with locals and friends of the band, and a thoroughly enjoyable night. The drive to/from the gig was challenging due to the rain, flooded roads, and fog - thank the heavens for four wheel drive. This is the sort of gig this trio was created for, and last night didn’t disappoint. Oh and my double bass fumblings received praise from a couple of audience members who are also musicians, and we were rebooked for what will be our third gig there this year. Job done 😎
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If it’s just for back up and you intend carrying it to every gig, then the ultra small form factor amps such as the TC Bam, Warwick Gnome, and Trace Elliot Elf get a lot of love on here.
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Yes it does 😎