pete.young

As new hardback copy of 'The Ox - The Last of the Great Rock Stars' by Paul Rees. Collect from Ipswich or send me a couple of quid for postage. Kind regards Pete

Just watch out that you don't get a fine @Cuzzie. I have a Presonus interface which usually comes with a version of Studio One, which is very good. +1 for Garageband though, it's a really good bit of kit for something bundled with the OS.

If it's any consolation, that's the best packaging for a musical instrument that I've ever seen, anywhere. You're up there with nuclear industry standards.

Sorry to hear that @gafbass02 I hope things improve for you soon.

This. You need to look at the pre-amp gain valves. If these are 12XA7/ECC83, you could try an ECC81 in their place. Power amp valves will probably be fine. If it's been a few years since you used it, I'd recommend getting someone to look it over, make sure it doesnt have any duff components etc.

You may not have noticed, but the thread is 11 years old and the original poster has not logged in since, so he will be long-gone. The attachment can't be opened because it was posted before the move to the current hosting site, about 3 years ago.

I too bought a great book from Mick, it arrived promptly, well packaged. Great transaction all around , recommended.

How about a set of accordion-style rocker switches? 🙂 I think it will also reduce the axial load on the thread. Proper bit of engineering design that, very nice work.

How to use a John East P-Retro: 1) Turn the mid boost to full boost 2) Adjust frequency until it sounds appalling 3) Turn mid boost to full cut.

I was thinking they're not going to shift many of those in Yorkshire.

Great job. It's good for another 35 years of earth-shaking mayhem! I really love the sound of these cabs.

Would anyone care to post some examples of Dug playing a 12-string bass? Interested to see how it gets used in a band context.

What a great band they were. Saw them at Kent University in 1975.

First I had the original V-Bass, and then a VB-99. Fortunately no clips have survived!

That's why you have a GK3B. Used that on my 19mm 5-string Bass Collection, and it can also cope with a 6-string.

I went to see him with my father in the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury (the original one, not the old Odeon where it is now). This must have been around the same time because Etheridge was on guitar then too. Wonderful evening, with hindsight I wish we'd been able to go to more gigs together. On the way out after the gig, I decided that we needed to liberate the huge concert poster in the foyer. The old man held it while I pulled out the pins, and as the last one came out 50 other posters from previous events which were underneath all came out in a tidal wave and filled the foyer floor. We ran for it! If there are any hot club fans in Kent, check out Thomas Abrahams from Ramsgate. He is a sensational guitarist who plays like Django, trio is called Manoir Manouche.

Maybe try the Zoom on batteries?

Ry Cooder.

That would be the John Miles famed for his use of the Packleader guitar?

Alex Harvey. Dolly Parton.

Obviously. Otherwise you'd be Jean-Luc Pointy. Wasn't he a fiddle player? Anyhoo it appears that the Bass Centre is using a self-signed certificate. As J-LP says this doesn't present much of a risk to you as a viewer, as long as you're confident that it's the actual Bass Centre site and not some clone. It's pretty sloppy on the part of the Bass Centre though, there's really no excuse for a commercial site to be set up like this. Pointy-head Pete.

Hi WoT, what's the story behind this? I know the song and the album well. The bass tone on that record helped put me off short scale basses for about 30 years!

Right, in that case the 'Guitar Out' jack on the GR20 will output just the signal from your conventional pickups without any of the synthy stuff , provided that you feed it down the 13-pin cable in the first place. This will work whether you have an internal or an external pickup. If you don't plug the Guitar Out jack into a separate amp, the guitar signal will get mixed into the mono or stereo 'Output'. Double-sided tape is a good alternative to the Roland clamp and takes up a lot less space, use one that won't leave a nasty residue.

The 13-pin output won't go straight to an amp. It has to go through a floor unit, either a VB99, a GR guitar unit or an SY1000. Depending on which one you pick, there may be a separate output socket for just the on-board guitar pickup signal. You could use a jack lead from the socket on the bass, but then you have the problem of 2 cables running from the bass to different locations. If I were you, I'd give it a try with an external kit first. If you buy a second-hand unit you won't lose much money and you can find out whether it works without altering the bass. The divided pickup can just be stuck on, you don't have to fix it down with screws.