pete.young

Bought an LMII from Chris. Really smooth transaction, quick responses, excellent communication and the head arrived really quickly, well packaged and in excellent condition. Recommended.

Nik bought my Aria Pro II RSB fretless. The whole transaction was as smooth as clockwork. It was a great pleasure to meet up with Nik and his son Jim, and I'm really happy that my old axe has gone to a home where it will be cherished. Absolute top bloke and a true gent.

[quote name='rmorris' post='210845' date='Jun 1 2008, 11:23 PM']I used to have a VS Bassamp Head and also a small sealed BASS BABY 15" Speaker Cab.[/quote]

I've still got one of the Bass Baby 15" extension cabs. 100W 4Ohm. I think it was supposed to be an extension cab for the 60W 15" bass baby combo. Used mine with a Yamaha guitar amp for years and it was OK for low-volume barn-dance type stuff.

Still got it if anyone is feeling nostalgic and wants to make me an offer!

[quote name='ianrunci' post='208309' date='May 28 2008, 07:32 PM']Burman Pro 4000 head & Burman 4x12 (Sold at the beginning of 81)[/quote]

Sometimes there's just no explanation for the things that people have to do!

CrazyKiwi has 2 of these heads and I aquired mine from him, so we're both big Burman fans. I only wish I could hear what it sounded like through a Burman 4x12 .

I also have a Pro 2000 guitar combo. Marvellous.

Pete

[quote name='BassBod' post='204369' date='May 22 2008, 03:55 PM']I emailed EA today with a question on my (secondhand) iamp500 - got a reply (very helpful, honest and detailed!) within about an hour - I was amazed. So anyone else with "issues"...worth a try?

BB[/quote]
Yes, the customer service from EA is second to none. They were most helpful when it came to fingering the op-amp as the source of my first problem. An email reply from the amp designer, within an hour - it doesn't get much better than that.

[quote name='lee650' post='203263' date='May 20 2008, 09:14 PM']I use the EBS octaver its absolutly fantastic, but it does jump your volume up a wee bit when you switch it on,[/quote]

I have an EBS, it's very good but doesn't track brilliantly below about bottom G on a 4-string. If you adjust the mix controls you can keep the volume consistent.

Better though, certainly from a tracking point of view is the Digitech Synth Wah. This has no issues tracking all the way down to a botttom E and the only reason I still have the EBS is that it's handy not to have to keep fiddling with knobs on the Digitech when I want to use it as an envelope filter.

This caught my eye one day, whilst doing some 'research' into decent portable guitar combos:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200223576683&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=010[/url]

An Engl Screamer 50, which went for £450 - about par for the course, and I thought no more about it. Until this turned up, using the same photo which set the alarm bells ringing:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=140234358810&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=004"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=004[/url]

Ho hum. Seller is the buyer of the first auction, both based in Lincoln - what are the odds of that? Check out the bidding from the first listing, and it looks to me like this is a classic case of shill bidding going wrong! If so, Ha ha, serves, them right. Think I'll offer him £350, what do you reckon?

If I'd been one of the serious bidders, I'd be seriously pissed off by this.

Another postscript to this - my iAmp 350 stopped working again the other day, with the same symptoms. This time it turned out to be a dry joint in between the preamp and the effects return loop board, much to the relief of my amp tech who REALLY wasn't looking forward to replacing that op amp again.

I'm glad to have it back again but somewhat bemused - I bought this as a backup for my supposedly unreliable 30 year old Burman valve head, which touch wood hasn't missed a beat since I got it, whereas the supposedly reliable solid-state iAmp has now failed twice for a variety of reasons. Hopefully this will be the end of it. In fairness, when it is working, it sounds fantastic.

Steve, manufacturers solder ribbon cables straight onto boards because it's cheap and they can get away with it. Very poor IMHO, along with other dud techniques like soldering pots onto PCBs and sticking control knobs onto the end of pot shafts, no names but it begins with 'B' and ends with 'hringer' . Maybe you'd expect this sort of thing from the low end of the market, but EA are sold at a premium price as high-quality kit.

Apologies to Dave H, who must be wondering what this twaddle is doing in his topic area. Maybe we could get one of the mods to move it into the Amps and Cabinets area?

[quote name='neepheid' post='204080' date='May 22 2008, 09:27 AM']Drilled out the two that were broken down in the hole somewhere, the drill had an existing hole to follow and drilled right into it and some metal filings later, I can fit the screw down the hole. Glue, dowel, mallet, wait, cut, sand, redrill.

Unfortunately, Peaty's prediction about the drill sliding came true with the one that was flush with the surface, but I've dowelled that mistake and will have a fresh go at it later. I'm thinking about drilling a pilot hole in the middle of the screw with the dremel first, then getting the hand drill out and taking it real easy.[/quote]

I'm wondering what a spark erosion machine is likely to do to wood. If it were metal stuck in metal, spark erosion is the way to go.

I'd be inclined to go at this with a pillar drill and a milling cutter, or use Peaty's suggestion.

I'm so glad you didn't use a screw extractor. They nearly always break, and then you are stuck with the problem of having an extremely hard broken-off stud extractor to get rid of.

[quote name='chris_pokkuri' post='203902' date='May 21 2008, 09:13 PM']i'm just trying to get an idea of what most people like to use[/quote]
4x10 + 1x15 . It's the IBM of bass rigs.

[quote name='sixshooter' post='203623' date='May 21 2008, 11:50 AM']Went into one of the shops in Denmark Street about a year ago, (may have been Hank's), looked at a 62 strat,[/quote]
Probably wasn't. Hanks only do acoustics.

[quote name='Huge Hands' post='203540' date='May 21 2008, 10:05 AM']Is because of the flatwounds on both instruments?[/quote]

I think as far as the upright is concerned the choice of string makes a big difference.

I have Lycon on my upright which are good for bowing but rip your fingers to bits in short order. There are other strings specifically recommended for finger style with lower tension, but I can't recommend any as I haven't tried any recently.

Experimenting with Upright strings is V. expensive, so good luck.

+1 to finding a good tutor. My son decided at 13 that he wanted to learn guitar, having had no joy with piano or trumpet, so we sorted out an axe, found an excellent teacher and he's never looked back - 3 years later he plays every day, is in a band with his mates from school and loves it. He's not bad on bass either!

ste_m3, many congratulations on Glastonbury. That's a great achievement.

Would anyone care to comment on how the Shuttle 3 with a FET pre-amp compares to either the Shuttle 6.0 or Mark Bass kit?

[quote name='Russ' post='201886' date='May 19 2008, 01:01 AM']Since it's 4 ohms, can it actually run an extension cab? I'd be interested, but only if it can be paired with another 2x12" cab.[/quote]
I think it runs a 4 Ohm extension in series giving an 8 Ohm load, so you don't get the full power out of the amp but you do get much more noise because you're shifting much more air.

'80s Aria Explorer. Or maybe not, but I think it looks nice whether it is or no.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Custom-Explorer-Bass-80s-build-Aria-Pro_W0QQitemZ290231719902QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Custom-Explo...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

PM'd about the LMII

[quote name='jamesf' post='198592' date='May 14 2008, 11:16 AM']i love the sound of EBS gear, but the cabs are just too heavy.[/quote]

I don't understand this comment. My EBS 2x12 Neo is about 24 Kg, which is less than half the weight of the 4x10 it replaced.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='179641' date='Apr 18 2008, 12:06 PM']You may be aware of this site, but thought i would share! its called www.cafe press.com..
Great selection of music/bass/instrument related stuff, like t shirts mugs etc. If thats your thing..[/quote]

Oh yes.

[url="http://www.cafepress.com/buy/bassworld/-/pv_design_prod/pg_1/p_storeid.4153675/pNo_4153675/id_1613075/opt_/fpt_/c_666/"]http://www.cafepress.com/buy/bassworld/-/p...pt_/fpt_/c_666/[/url]

Don't all rush at once!

[quote name='terryblyth' post='196809' date='May 11 2008, 11:15 PM']Fill yer boots [/quote]

Excellent job Terry, that is absolutely spot-on.

He's not a bad player that lad, got some nice lines.

Bump. Still available. Can ship if you don't fancy a trip to Ipswich, the jewel in the crown of the East.

[quote name='Russ' post='197546' date='May 12 2008, 09:43 PM']I must admit to being a little disappointed with the choice of Oliver as the musical for this year though, as the role of Nancy isn't hugely demanding from a vocal perspective.[/quote]

On the other hand, there are probably more good tunes in this one musical than in ALW's entire lifetime output. Composed by Lionel Bart, who deserves a namecheck.

Jim Reed is a guitar assembler based in Italy - he makes a 5-string Fender-shape with a sort-of 24 fret neck - the fingerboard extends over the end of the neck in a kind-of curve (truss rod adjustment is done at the head end).

I have a 4-string Jazz which I bought as a cheap beater. It has a really nice neck on it and Kent Armstrong pickups, so it sounds decent. There are two problems: the neck pocket is a worse fit than the panels on a Range Rover, and the curved bit over the fingerboard is pain - I keep meaning to saw mine off!

[url="http://www.jimreed.it/eng/index.php"]http://www.jimreed.it/eng/index.php[/url]

Good luck finding a UK dealer though. I think there's a guy who sells them on Ebay

[quote name='metalmaniac' post='195856' date='May 10 2008, 09:50 AM']Yup I asked the mods. Not allowed.[/quote]

So you can sell the interface, and you can sell the software, but not the bit that goes inbetween?

I understand that the forum owners don't want to open up the for sale forums to flogging general purpose computer equipment, but in a case like this where the computer is part of a package which is clearly musically related, I think that applying the policy is unreasonably draconian.

Especially considering that it has been permitted in the not-too-distant past.

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7571&hl=mac"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7571&hl=mac[/url]

Guys, I think you should reconsider this one.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='195843' date='May 10 2008, 09:09 AM']+1
Was it established with the mods that he fundamentally wasn't allowed to list the mac?[/quote]

I mustard mitt that I haven't checked, and may well have jumped to the wrong conclusions. If so, I apologise unreservedly. I expect someone will be along shortly who can explain.