pete.young

[quote name='tayste_2000' post='149579' date='Mar 1 2008, 07:19 PM']Here are my new babies[/quote] A shop in Ipswich had one of these for a while, and probably still has it tucked away at the back of the shop somewhere. Hopefully when you open it up you will see loads of nice point-to-point hand wiring and Partridge transformers. There are some schematics for these at www.drtube.com and www.schematicheaven.com This probably had EL34s in it. If they're original '70s ones I hope they're still OK - the KT77s in my Burman guitar combo were completely shot and had to be replaced. The JJ KT77 is a drop-in replacement for an EL34 and will give you a bit more power and IMHO a slightly nicer tone with better highs and lows. You could be taking a big chance replacing an iAmp 800 with these reliability wise though, if that's what you did. At least you've got two of them, so the odds are that at least one will be working at any given time :-)

[quote name='Bassassin' post='149580' date='Mar 1 2008, 07:23 PM']I'm aware shipping will likely be costly, I just want to try & work out if it's worth my while doing this or if I should just tell him to bung it in a skip! Jon.[/quote] I think anything that is less than $35 in value doesn't attract any customs or duty charges. (it's something like that, though that might not be the exact value).

Just bought some strings from Peter - good communications and everything arrived in good order and well packaged-up. Recommended.

[quote name='Mcgiver69' post='149505' date='Mar 1 2008, 04:19 PM']It's a synth bass[/quote] What he said. You might get somewhere near it with something like a Digitech Bass Wah or similar. I can't listen to this song without hearing the lyrics as 'Go and get stuffed' . Mondegreens, gotta love 'em.

[quote name='Mcgiver69' post='149505' date='Mar 1 2008, 04:19 PM']It's a synth bass[/quote] What he said. You might get somewhere near it with something like a Digitech Bass Wah or similar. I can't listen to this song without hearing the lyrics as 'Go and get stuffed' . Mondegreens, gotta love 'em.

Thanks guys, there are some good links there. I take the point about flats lasting longer, which is fine once you know that you're going to like them. As far as Webstrings are concerned, I've had a few sets from them now and I can't tell them from D'Addarios. Some of the websites listed in the thread have them pretty close in price too. I think they're better quality than the Roberts - the packaging is certainly nothing like the Roberts brand. Their electric strings are pretty good but i didn't like the phos-bronze acoustic guitar set, they went dead very quickly and appear to be the same as Martin, which aren't very good either. I've just found an old receipt for a set-up from 1986, where I was charged £11.99 by an expensive music shop for a set of Rotosounds, or 12 packets of fags. At roughly £4.50 a pack at todays price, that would suggest we should be paying around £54 a set for Rotosounds, and that's assuming that you get the same number of fags in a packet so Ferret has a point! But that doesn't allow for the disproportionate rise in cigarette tax or the increase in competition and sales volume. On the other hand, I think the cost of basses has fallen in real terms.

[quote name='tauzero' post='148450' date='Feb 28 2008, 03:22 PM']Think? Is that a cross between thick and thin? Or is it simply an unnatural pastime for a drummer?[/quote] Aaagh, the spelling police. It's a fair cop guvnor, you got me bang to rights. Sorry, must have been a Freudian slip.

[quote name='Higgie' post='148421' date='Feb 28 2008, 02:39 PM']Yeah, they're called brushes. The drummer I played with when we did "Fame" had to use them because he was drowing out the singers, let alone the rest of the band![/quote] No, not brushes! I meant something like this: [url="http://www.stagebeat.co.uk/index.php?page_id=418"]http://www.stagebeat.co.uk/index.php?page_id=418[/url] Underneath 'Gorilla Snot'. Indeed.

[quote name='BOD2' post='147941' date='Feb 27 2008, 04:36 PM']Try to rehearse with the volumes as low as possible (this is usually limited by the drummer who can't really turn down !).[/quote] +1 for that. Our drummer uses sticks called 'Hot Rods' or 'Lightning Rods' or somesuch, they look like a bundle of very think sticks. Apparently they give the same feel but a lot less volume.

[quote name='Col' post='147429' date='Feb 26 2008, 08:52 PM'][url="http://www.gumtree.com/london/97/18814897.html"]http://www.gumtree.com/london/97/18814897.html[/url] i recently moved to kirkwall,orkney ,if this isn't a problem for you i can send you some pictures I smell bullshit![/quote] I think you're right to be suspicious. Don't we have any basschatters resident in Orkney who could pop round and check this out? I know a few dive boat skippers but they're not renowned for their expertise in bass guitars (though they've got a highly developed nose for bullshit, to a man!)

[quote name='6stringbassist' post='120087' date='Jan 14 2008, 01:50 PM']I find it surprising that someone will pay hundreds of pounds for a bass (thousands sometimes), and hundreds for an amp etc, then stick some cheap strings on it, you can get Elites or D'adario for about £13, and Rotosounds are only £10 from Stringbusters.[/quote] Please tell me where I can get a set of 'named' flatwounds for that price! The best price I can find is £20 for a set for Elites, Rotosound and Thomastik mid-high 20s. I don't much like Elites, having had a couple of sets which both went dead in a couple of days (and I don't have sweaty hands). It makes it expensive to try things out. Has anyone tried the Webstrings flats from www.webstrings.com ? I've got some roundwounds on a couple of my basses and they seem very good. The only thing that bothers me slightly is that a 45 roundwound seems like a pretty heavy gauge set - am I right in thinking that you need a slightly thinner gauge roundwound string to get the same tension, or doesn't it make much difference?

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='144819' date='Feb 22 2008, 08:21 AM']Can't be sure that this an SGC Nanyo, but it looks like an SB310 and that BiN price is really very good: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250217982532&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...A:IT&ih=015[/url][/quote] I emailed the guy, and he says it is an SGC Nanyo. How can you tell from that picture whether it's a 310 or a 320?

[quote name='neepheid' post='145216' date='Feb 22 2008, 05:52 PM']2. Active 2 band EQ: Hated the standard wiring (2 volume (1 for each coil of the humbucker) and 1 passive tone) so installed an Artec SE-2A. New config: 1 blend pot (all rear coil > both full > all front coil), master volume, stacked treble/bass.[/quote] Very neat job. Where did you get your Artec and the stacked pot from?

[quote name='jono b' post='145023' date='Feb 22 2008, 01:26 PM']I'm looking at buying a soldering iron for my Strat project so I can do all the connections myself but I don't know what to look for. I've heard I should get a low wattage one. What sort of price is good for an iron too? I've seen them for a fiver on ebay, but I assume they'll be junk. Someone on here also bought one recently but it was bigger than he thought. What sort of size to I want it to be? Cheers[/quote] I've had one of these for a while and it seems pretty good for the money. [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?ModuleNo=35016&doy=22m2"]http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?Module...16&doy=22m2[/url]

Hamster, Another one for the list - Colin Fulton, Glemham, Suffolk IP13 0BE Phone 07913 797193 I've had work done by him - he set up my CIJ Precision and did some fretwork fettling, did an excellent job for a very reasonable price. So much so that when my prized Fylde electric got a major-league ding in the finish, that went his way and he sorted that out too.

[quote name='thedarxide' post='144283' date='Feb 21 2008, 11:39 AM']John Birch: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-John-Birch-bass-guitar-in-Sunburst-finish_W0QQitemZ320220265627QQihZ011QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-John-Birch-bass...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url][/quote] That one was up to £310 before it got pulled, and still hadn't made reserve. It's in Ipswich so I can go and have a look at it if any of you dudes are seriously interested in it.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='144271' date='Feb 21 2008, 11:07 AM']Edit: Hang on - The Badass II doesn't cater for through-body stringing, does it?[/quote] I think you need a Badass III for through-body stringing, but don't quote me!

[quote name='Perry' post='144199' date='Feb 21 2008, 08:51 AM']Hey while we are on about learning songs, don't you find it anoying when you learn a sing only to find the singer wants to change the key? Ahhh![/quote] That depends. Raising it is no problem. Lowering it so that it drops off the end of your bass is a PITA. Have to get the 5-string out, or mess about detuning.

[quote name='TimmyC' post='143787' date='Feb 20 2008, 04:10 PM']Got my grade 5 theory test coming up and one thing that has always confused me is time signatures. I know what each number means but I don't understand how to distinguish between "simple" or "complicated" and "duple", "triple" and "quadruple"[/quote] I think you mean simple and compound time. A simple rule of thumb: Simple time signatures are like 4/4 and 2/4 , where the value of the beat is a whole note (in this case a crotchet). Compound time is something like 6/8 (irish jigs) or 12/8 (My Way) , where the value of the beat is a dotted crotchet. Duple is 2 beats per bar, triple is three and quadruple is 4.

[quote name='clauster' post='143971' date='Feb 20 2008, 08:29 PM']I didn't even know until tonight that I like Linda Ronstadt??!!!!?[/quote] There's no need to be ashamed. Some of the stuff that Linda Ronstadt recorded in the '70s was outstanding at the time and still sounds good now. And her backing band weren't bad either.