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  1. JPJ
    Not sure what driver is in these, and it’s lightweight so postage is an option 😉
  2. JPJ
    Here we have my Ashdown Neo Series 500W 8 ohm 1x15 cab, recently purchased off of our own SharkFinger to pair with my Ashdown 1x15 combo. Truth is, the combo is more than capable of covering small gigs on its own, and for bigger gigs I have my Ashdown Head of Doom in combination with a Vanderkley 2x12 rendering this cab pretty much redundant. This is a lightweight cab with a sensibly placed handle on the top which makes loading in/out a breeze. It also has rubber feet on both the side and the bottom for maximum cab placement flexibility. All working as it should, cosmetic condition as seen in the photos is a solid 7 out of 10. I’m including a padded Hotcovers cover I bought for the cab, and I’m only seeking to recover what I paid so you’ll be getting the cover for free. Collection from Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, or postage at buyers risk/expense. Any questions, shoot me a pm.
  3. JPJ
    Oof if this is anywhere near as good as my Indonesian crafted Lakland Skyline P bass it’ll be one awesome bass. If (and I don’t imagine for one second it will be) this is still available whenever either my SWR Marcus Miller preamp, or Warwick Rockbass Alien 5 string sell, you’ll be getting a pm 😎
  4. JPJ
    So today (yesterday) I played two gigs with two different bands. First gig was a local bar with in-house PA & engineer. You play on a small corner stage and the acoustics arn’t brilliant with the drums dominating the on stage sound. Result was we made a lot of mistakes and we were well off our best. Anyway, dashed off from that gig to my second gig 30 mins later. Threw our PA and lights into an already packed pub, quick sound check, and on we went. Great gig, great on stage sound, and the punters seemed happy with my FOH mix. Thank god for the Behringer XR18 as the ability to recall saved scenes make setting up on gigs like this a breeze. Oh and we must have done something right as the landlady gave us a little extra in the pay packet 😎
  5. JPJ
    Woke up this morning to a beautiful sunrise and it got me thinking of those warm summer days that are just around the corner, sitting in the garden noodling away on an acoustic bass 😎 If this was my only acoustic bass she would be going nowhere but she’s not, and as she’s probably the more saleable of the two I own, she’s up for grabs. If you fancy playing alfresco with no hassles, this is the bass for you.
  6. JPJ
    Leave Watts to the marketing dept. What’s more important is SPL. A lot of the 12” & 15” plastic box speakers are around 128dB whereas their wooden sisters are often around 132dB. That said, my two bands use a pair of old 400W powered Peavey bass bins, combined with a pair of EV ZLX15 tops. Nominally that’s 900w per side, and we put the whole band through a Behringer XR18, then through a DriveRack PA loud speaker processor to these speakers, and we receive plenty of compliments on the sound. The rig can cover a social club concert room albeit we’re not going to be the loudest band you’ve ever heard.
  7. JPJ
    I've just strung my Overwater 35" 5 string Jazz with D'Addario XL Chromes because I've been playing a lot of fretless recently using the same strings and going back to rounds felt like playing sandpaper. I've gone with what they call their regular light gauge (45, 65, 80, 100, 132) and I'm loving them. My bass is top strung from the bridge and the standard long scale fitted fine but they would have been short on a through body strung bass.
  8. JPJ
    Wow, great result, and as I said in response to an earlier video, I actually prefer the sound of the Wal'ish. For me it has the overtones and the distortion of the Wal but it's just a little bit more open and fuller sounding to me.
  9. JPJ
    I see no lack of heft in your collection, but I imagine that the VBA will sound rather glorious. I once had the pleasure of playing a festival where the supplied back line was a VBA400 and matching Marshall 8x10.
  10. JPJ
    ….and stands, and cases etc etc
  11. JPJ
    My solution is a good hard knee compression on the guitards channels. Yes they can still turn their back line up, but it’s not going to mess with my FOH sound. Although to be fair, since all four guitards I work with across my two bands have amps with DI’s the problem of the FOH signal changing with a back line change has largely gone away.
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    Peak Wal?

    JPJ replied to W1_Pro's topic in Bass Guitars

    The bizarre thing about Overwater is, despite the quality, they do not retain their value on the used market. I own three that will probably go to the grave with me, but they were all £2k+ basses purchased secondhand for less than £1k. My main Overwater (J5) cost the original owner near £2.5k and I picked it up for £850 a year later. My original series five string has a 36” scale and a filter preamp (like the Wal) and should be worth a lot more than what I paid @BigRedX for it when I prised it out of his hands.
  13. JPJ
    D’Addario Chromes XL MEDIUM SCALE flat wound 4 string set. Brand new, the packaging has been opened but the strings have not been fitted to a bass due to them being the wrong scale length. Purchased in error recently from Strings Direct for £69.99. £35 collected from Killingworth, Newcastle upon Tyne, or £40 posted UK first class.
  14. JPJ
    To dismount the amp you need to remove the top speaker to gain access to the screws. Don’t ask me how I know this - expensive mistake involving letting all the tone escape in the form of white smoke.
  15. JPJ

    Peak Wal?

    JPJ replied to W1_Pro's topic in Bass Guitars

    Just my two’penneth but I also think they are quite niche. Probably on the aspirational list for many of us, and then sold on when you realise you have a £10k+ bass but you only play covers on the local bar circuit. Not just Wal’s mind, loads of other high end basses appear to suffer the same fate.
  16. JPJ
    TC Electronics BG250 series combos, but my personal favourite is the 208 variant with 2x8” speakers. You often see them pop up on here around the £150 mark.
  17. JPJ
    That looks like the “easier” fix
  18. JPJ
    I do like the new blue on the EVO V
  19. JPJ
    No interest in this premium rack mount preamp?
  20. JPJ
    Price drop £500 including the case.
  21. JPJ
    Not last night but earlier today. Played the new Tyneside Americana and Blues Festival this afternoon with Ten Bob Blind, our female fronted Americana/Country band. The festival was organised over three days with three stages all within a local social club. The festival was really well attended with over 400 attending each day. Lucked out with the provided back line, an Eden World Traveller head and Markbass 2x10 supplied by the PA guy who was also a bass player so I had a lush sound both on stage and FOH. Hopefully this festival will become a regular on the national calendar 🤞
  22. JPJ
    I have an old iPad I use for the X-Air and to get around the account problem, I just created a second Apple account using a different email address. The only apps on that iPad aside from the standard built-in stuff is the Behringer app which I still prefer over MS. For break music, I use my normal Apple account from my phone over Bluetooth to my Apple AirPort Express that I use for the X-Air.
  23. JPJ
    This will be me Sunday afternoon opening the Blues Matters stage with our little female fronted Americana/Country combo “Ten Bob Blind”. A bit of fretless bass and EUB tomfoolery. If you happen to be in attendance please do come and say hi (no heckling mind 😂)
  24. JPJ
    The quietest passive bass I own is the one where I shielded the pickup cavities and the control cavity with copper tape and connected all the shields together with the bridge earth and to the earth lug of the output jack. Not even a badly wired fluorescent light will affect it.
  25. JPJ
    My OCD says you have to put the same washer under the volume pot as well please 😵‍💫
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