pete.young

[quote name='Mikey D' post='591684' date='Sep 6 2009, 09:04 PM']Any recommendations?[/quote]
Take it to someone reputable. There are limits on what you can usefully conclude from an internet forum.

[quote name='mrcrow' post='591533' date='Sep 6 2009, 05:45 PM']this is the criteria for good music...and i paraphrase mozart

timing is critical...notes come next

the speed is in the interpretation...as you have pointed out dynamics are essential in any classical work...elsewise its a series of complicated arpeggii and modulations

finger style gives some control over dynamic and attack...hope you get it to go ok
cheers
geof[/quote]
and if that doesn't work, tune in 5ths and capo at the 12th fret.

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='591712' date='Sep 6 2009, 09:36 PM']Perhaps they should have gone to Specsavers![/quote]
Sheer class!

Ped, tell them they can make the arrangements to pick it up within 30 days otherwise you're claiming it !

[quote name='AM1' post='591641' date='Sep 6 2009, 08:13 PM'] [/quote]
For once, I was being 100% serious!

You want inspiration? It's where you find it. It's a very personal thing.

For me, in terms of elevating bass playing above the mundane, Colin Hodgkinson is 100% guaranteed, never mind that he could cheerfully tour for nowt these days on an OAP bus pass. The question is really why no-one has taken up the challenges that he posed 30 uh-oh years ago. Not that I could ever aspire to playing the way he does, but the thought that someone can keeps me going through moments of indecision.

This recently appeared on youtube - I'm tempted to say it's Colin in his prime, but he's still right there. And if there's anyone out there who thinks you can't be a proper bass player if you use a pick, think again.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKxnj5PMvU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKxnj5PMvU...feature=related[/url]

[quote name='AM1' post='591107' date='Sep 6 2009, 12:00 AM']The fact that you think one person/band defined an entire genre is quite clearly ludicrous[/quote]

Especially when it turns out that he got the wrong band.

[quote name='JTUK' post='590423' date='Sep 5 2009, 09:52 AM']If space wasn't an issue, I might think 2x12 instead of the 1x15, and have the 10's on top..[/quote]

My EBS 2x12 is the same size as a 4x10 and weighs 22 Kg. If I could run down to 2 Ohms, I'd forget 10s and 15s and buy another one. That said, I can't imagine needing much more volume than I can get with an LMII and a single 2x12 .

I think the original poster could do a lot worse than hop on a cheap flight to London on 10th October and visit the SE Bass Bass - he'd actually get to see and hear a huge selection of gear, much wider than any one dealer could ever provide. He might even find some floor space if he asks someone nicely.

Nice SB325 just went through the bay, if you like the colour.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SGC-Nanyo-Bass-Collection-SB325-5-String-Bass-Guitar_W0QQitemZ320414380825QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4a9a2f7319&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14QQautorefreshZtrue"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SGC-Nanyo-Bass-Colle...utorefreshZtrue[/url]

This shot up from £130 in the last 10 minutes - I think someone still got a nice axe for a good price. Anyone we know?

[quote name='beerdragon' post='584733' date='Aug 29 2009, 08:09 PM']Do you gig these CrazyKiwi?[/quote]
I gig mine occasionally, with an EBS 2x12 just like Kiwi's. It's plenty loud enough for the kind of venues we play, although I'd like to try it with one of Alex's Vintage cabs at some point.

The Pro 2000 guitar combo was gigged last year, and easily matched a Mesa Half Stack, until we had to carry it away! 53 Kg.

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='584537' date='Aug 29 2009, 03:13 PM']Apologies for misleading you - I do talk crap sometimes :wacko:[/quote]

Al,

My apologies for that - it was a bit strong. No offense intended.

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='584578' date='Aug 29 2009, 04:02 PM']So bizarre it's used by many a band such as alice in chains, funeral for a friend etc...[/quote]
You'd think that if all those bands were so famous and successful, they'd be able to afford proper instruments.

[quote name='Zoe_BillySheehan' post='584545' date='Aug 29 2009, 03:26 PM']but i'd like some songs that are usually played on a 5 string, or a 4 string tuned to BEAD.

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Misery Business by Paramore goes well on a 5. It's originally in something bizarre like dropped C# on a 4 string

Al is talking bollocks. It's perfectly possible to run a Line 6 DL4 and a bunch of 9V pedals using a Diago Power station and the green Diago adaptor. We have one and it works fine.

Read the FAQ on the Diago site. The Line 6 power supply is AC, but the pedal is DC - input is transformed to DC by a bridge rectifier circuit. The Diago adaptor bypassses this rectifier and puts DC directly into the pedal.

The bass big muff allows you to blend the distorted signal with the clean signal. I think this makes it a clear winner!

Matt Schofield Trio.

Mind you the keyboard player does have an excellent left hand.

Pete

[quote name='joegarcia' post='582607' date='Aug 27 2009, 04:31 PM']They are made of chip board[/quote]

Mine isn't. It's made of half-inch ply.

I priced up all the bits I'd need to make a board and it came to just under 50 quid. For that, I decided I'd rather not have the hassle and bought a second-hand one for around the same price.

Richard Bona on 'Reverence', particularly the second track Bisso Baba

Tech 21 NYC Bass Compactor. In excellent working order, with velcro on the bottom ready to go straight onto your pedal board. I don't have the original box but it will be well-packed for shipping.

£35 delivered.



More pictures on request.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='577827' date='Aug 22 2009, 08:32 PM']You have the GPA and power pak set up? Oh now I'm jealous. I think we need to see some pics and maybe a separate thread if more people have Burman stuff.[/quote]

Here is your starter for 10!

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58420"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58420[/url]

Kicking this off at the request of the CrazyKiwi.



Top: Burman Pro 4000 bass head. Bottom: Burman Pro 2000 guitar combo.



KT77s in the 4000, showing the Marshall pattern spring retainers fitted by Paul Glazebrook to stop the valves falling out at moments of stress!





Point-to-point wiring in the Pro 4000





Point to point wiring in the Pro 2000



Power valves and Partridge transformers in the Pro 2000

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='576254' date='Aug 21 2009, 12:10 AM']Many guitarists used them as boosts and sustainers, you can hear it all over the Doobie Brothers tracks.[/quote]

Thats interesting. That Pedalworx McSqueeze I got from you ended up on a guitarist's pedal board, and he often does just that with it - having a switch to turn the compressor off makes that much easier.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='577390' date='Aug 22 2009, 09:59 AM']I was talking to Greg t'other day. Nice chap.[/quote]

I hear that he hasn't been too well recently. Shame, hope he's on the mend. I have two of his amps, they're the best in the world.

We have a set of Carlsboro PM10 powered monitors, a master and slave setup rated laughably at 100W

They have a tendency to blow the internal fuses, which is frequently caused by the output transistor melting. It's only the size of a well-chewed fingernail.

Given the reliability problems, and given that Carlsboro have gone bust and the more esoteric spares are already getting hard to find, I'd recommend you find something else.

Gentlemen, start your engines!

Here:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Burman-4000-150-watt-amp-RARE_W0QQitemZ320414797117QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item4a9a35cd3d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Burman-4000-150-watt...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url]

This would originally have had the Golden Lion KT77 valves in and probably dates from 1980, that's around the time these were fitted. With EL34 the output will be 100 W. The build quality of these amps is second to none, on a par with the mil-spec Hiwatts that Dave Reeves made in the 1970s and early 80s.

I've never seen one of these on Ebay before, so it will be very interesting to see what it goes for.

I have heard of people using the Simms Watts all-valve guitar and PA heads for bass, but I've not come across this model before. It all seems to be intact but i'd be put off by the solid state pre / valve power. A s hop down this way had a guitar head and matching 4x12 but I think it's moved on long ago.

This looks identical to the Fishman unit on my Dean B2. I posted something about the electronics in another thread, but basically the Dean preamp gives you a separate volume pot for the piezo to balance the sound with the mag pickups.

The piezo on it's own sounds woody, if that makes sense. V8's description is pretty good. The upper octave sounds like the bass of a classical guitar to my jaded lugs.

It also seems to add some punch to the sound when used with the mag pickups.

I'll try and get some sound samples up once my recording engineer wakes up!