pete.young

I have a Delano jmvc5fe set in my Bass Collection 465, along with a Nordstrand Preamp. To my ears, they are not particularly hi-fi sounding. Id say they are rich and warm , particularly the neck. They are also much higher output than the originals. Using just the blend control, I can go from a deep bassy sound at the neck to clean and sparkling at the bridge. They have totally transformed the bass and it now gives my BBNE2 a good run for its money in terms of tonal variation.

[quote name='anzoid' timestamp='1459777053' post='3019473'] Sounds great though strings are a bit zingy at the moment. Plenty of tonal range with the active electronics. Any recommendationso on a good nickel would set up to .130 on the B? [/quote] I have DR Sunbeams on mine and they seem to really suit it. They are 45 - 125. The neck is very solid and with the 35" scale I don't think it needs a 130.

Super twins are very loud. You'd be wasting your money on the rumble 410.

This. I have an EBS 212 neo , it weighs 23kg and I can get a great sound out of it with my markbass head. If I were looking for one now, I would be looking at TKS and there's one at a very good price for sale on the site here at the moment.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1459428891' post='3016469'] Cool.. when are you on? We're last on the main stage on the Saturday. [/quote] Nice one. I'm not playing, I'm there as a punter and helping out one of the Morris teams.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1459360545' post='3015838'] Apart form that, I'm playing at a few of the rootsier festivals - Beverley Festival, Music on the Marr, Clennell Hall... always good fun. [/quote] I will be at Beverley, let me know when you are on and I will stock up on ripe tomatoes☺

[quote name='ped' timestamp='1459111090' post='3013656'] I unstuck it - we only really want to stick announcements and so forth. No point in sticking a forum thread, really? [/quote] I think there is a lot of point, particularly for a long running but slow moving thread packed with useful info, the kind of information that helps to give Basschat it's credibility. I also don't understand why you have picked on this thread but left the pedalboard thread in this forum, and virtually every other stickied thread in many of the other forums. There are many other threads far less worthy than this one. Another alternative would be to fix the Wiki. Please reconsider.

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1459114933' post='3013690'] It only cheeses me off because I hate seeing all this hard work and energy that my fellow musicians put in being screwed over. - Yes there are great venues out there and they deserve to thrive, but the whole live music culture is a mess and plenty of venues take advantage of that. [/quote] Nailed as usual by dood. Maybe we need to go back to promoting events on our own terms and avoiding the trade.

It seems that this thread has been unstickied. I think this is a mistake. if you agree please report it.

That sounds like a replacement preamp has been fitted. Push pull is probably an active/passive. One will be blend and one volume, the others will be some combination of treble,bass, mids, tone etc. Originally you would have had blend, vol, treble and bass.

I have the mxr which has a row of LEDs . definitely worth considering

There was a conversion by I think John Shuker for sale a couple of years ago here which used banjo tuners for the octave strings. That's quite a neat idea and would work well with most 2x2 headstocks.

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1458070122' post='3004436'] You'd be surprised how collectable some of these things have become. I'm not a fan (JapCrap got a [i]lot[/i] better) but looking at this guitar, it's a Kawai/Teisco build - the "gold foil" pickups fitted to this are particularly sought after and alone can sell for rather more than you'd expect: [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-60s-TEISCO-GOLD-FOIL-RY-COODER-NECK-PICKUP-JAPAN-SOUNDS-AMAZING-/151939046632"]http://www.ebay.co.u...G-/151939046632[/url] [/quote] Cleaned up nicely, good job. The gold foils on this guitar are not the ones that Ry Cooder uses. These have strange rubberised magnets. Ry used the ones with Alnico magnets, which have the pole piece adjusters along one edge, not in the middle like these ones.

In front of the amp is the best place for it. Loops are intended for line level voltage. Rule of thumb is if it's a 19" form factor it can safely go in the loop, otherwise it might work OK but it's not guaranteed. The other thing to think about is whether it is a parallel or serial effects loop. Serial modulates the whole of the signal. Parallel blends the effected sound with the clean signal. This means it doesn't go silent if the effects unit fails, but might not achieve the desired result for something like compression where you want to modulate the whole signal all of the time.

Any desire I might have had to go and see Limehouse Lizzy has completely evaporated. Who the hell do they think they are?

Absolutely Marbellous!

I have a PJB briefcase and it is surprising loud, but not quite enough to keep up with a not-very-loud drummer, keys, guitar and vocals at a rehearsal. It's also damn heavy, with a battery in it weighs more than my Tecamp Puma 110 and isn't anywhere near as loud. But it does sound lovely with double bass, or anything else at sensible volumes - bass guitar, acoustic, accordion, mandolin, bouzouki, even banjo.

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1456742380' post='2991799'] What bugs me too, is that I want it on the back of the headstock, but I don't want the display upsidedown! [/quote] The display automatically inverts when you turn it upside down. I had a Snark which was OK but not very sensitive. I think the TC is better.

You can't refuse PayPal even if it is collection only. What happened to the traditional method of getting the collector to sign a piece of paper saying he has collected it, or taking a photo of him?

8lbs according to bass direct. An SGC Nanyo SB 310 would be even lighter and a lot cheaper, if you were just looking for something lightweight to try out the concept.

This is awful. My thoughts are with the families and friends of the band. RIP.

I have a second-hand golf trolley which has been slightly adapted so that a bass will fit on it. Ideal for those festival gigs where the marquee is at the other end of 2 ploughed fields and up a steep hill!