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[quote name='dood' post='104765' date='Dec 15 2007, 08:32 PM']At least you didn't make the classic faux pas of wearing a 'clockwork orange' face mask on a visit.[/quote] No, I couldn't find one. I had to just make do with rhinestone tipped falsies and a merkin. [quote name='dood' post='104765' date='Dec 15 2007, 08:32 PM']I could only yempt the poor fella out of a darkened cupboard with chocolate hobnobs.. and then I had to promise never to wear the mask again. Aww it was like seeing a scared puppy on fireworks night.[/quote] A trained merkin can be a powerful tool in the wrong hands.

[quote name='dood' post='104724' date='Dec 15 2007, 06:21 PM']Well i did try to offer sexual favours to get the work done, but the 'phone line fell silent for some reason *confused*[/quote] He might have been thinking "Oh no, not again". I tried last month and it didn't work either. I think the sight of my fishnets and jaunty trilby might have mentally scarred him.

I've seen the bloke in Orson playing one, if that counts for anything?

[quote name='TheBrokenDoor' post='104553' date='Dec 15 2007, 12:00 AM']The default screen on my AX100 is a tuner. Very handy for tuning at the beginning of gigs, but its not really an issue seeing as how I've set the box up not to send pitch bend messages, therefore the pitches are rounded to the nearest note. This means I rarely need to tune (of course, I do!!!). The Axon box is annoying me a bit at the mo tho. Sometimes it ignores my A string and decides its some sort of midi reset, messing up my synth patches and causing me to reboot EVERYTHING (FCB, Axon, Roland pickup, Supernova). A blag in gigs unless you've got a synth player you can glare at who instinctively knows its bound to go haywire at some point, and has a suitable patch already lined up to cover you. TBH my MIDI set us is an overall blag at the mo ... I wish I was a kit player in this band (bizarre that that's the easiest compared to my midi/audio rig, the vibraphone and the racks of synths). Dan[/quote] Is your Axon a MkI or Mk II? Have you updated it with the latest firmware?

Update: Got one of these on the way care of Alex at the Bass Gallery to compliment my [url="http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/crazykiwibass/Amps%20and%20effects/?action=view&current=DSCF0990.png"]GK RB700 combo[/url]. Hopefully I should have a very tight, clean and powerful sounding set up on stage. I've decided that the Trace V8 isn't powerful to drive the Acmes in a way they need so I'm going to try and replace them with one of these: An EBS 212 neo, I'm going to be on the look out for a 210 neo to match and maybe I can take the RB700 head out of my combo if I need to use it with the cabs.

I would like to know as well, this is a concern I've had for the last 3 years.

Hi Lucy, welcome aboard

[quote name='Chopthebass' post='104086' date='Dec 13 2007, 09:17 PM']I've just bought a DB750 and in my opinion it's no way modern sounding.[/quote] Well, I'm going by the reviews I read, thats all. I've never played through one. [quote name='Chopthebass' post='104086' date='Dec 13 2007, 09:17 PM']I've got a GK1001 head also, and that most definitely is.[/quote] The GK stuff is pretty bright sounding for sure, but comparing it to a Aguilar is surely like comparing chalk and cheese? How would you compare the Aguilar to a Mesa Boogie 400+ for example?

From what I've read, the Aguilars are fairly modern sounding, which I suspect is fairly removed from the lo-fi grind that the Ampeg SVT CL I once gigged through sounded like.

Welcome jono!

schweeeeeet! I like it more than a standard P-bass.

I would really like a customised black scratch plate for my beat up strat - reason being that I don't like the 5 way selector switch. I'd much rather have three on/off switches for the pickups so I can select the bridge humbucker and neck single coil for a funky tele rhythm work AND still keep the out of phase neck and mid coil sound for funky strat soundz. Would anyone be interested in making me one?

[quote name='jakesbass' post='102915' date='Dec 11 2007, 09:19 PM']I know the very one nice sound eh? Jake[/quote] It was definitely loud and warm. I usually prefer a cleaner sounding amp for the Smith so I can hear the upper frequencies though. I can see why jazz and p-bass players like 'em.

Rascist comments aren't going to be tolerated here I'm afraid. I can tell you from personal experience of living and working in China that the issue of quality control is usually because of inadequate supervision. With the proper level of training and good communication Chinese manufacturing is as capable of high quality as much as anywhere else. Most of the circuit boards in your computer are probably chinese manufactured and thats not the end of it. Point is, you're already depending on Chinese manufacturing quality whether you're aware of it or not. FWIW Warwick have been manufacturing their Rock Basses in China for the last 4 or 5 years and the quality of them is nothing short of superb.

Loads of stuff written about this on the forum already thanks to Messers Claber and Fitzmaurice. Basic gist is loudness is subjective depending on the sensitivity of your speakers, the number of speakers, the efficiency of the cabinet, the differences in how valve amps and solid state handle transients etc. 300w RMS is 300w RMS however.

The Bedford is one of my fave venues. We can't play there now because we're not doing originals any more, but it was the first time I've played through a Markbass 121H combo (after their worn out Trace 80w 1x15" gave up on me).

[quote name='gilmour' post='102706' date='Dec 11 2007, 02:15 PM']I can't believe how much kit some of you guys take, it must take longer to set up than you are playing for? I try to keep it simple, so for most gigs: 1 Bass 1 Amp 1 Cab 1 Small Case with leads, strings, tools, FX etc. 2 trips from the car - and I'll leave the cab behind if I can borrow one. My case has everything in it for on the spot repairs, and string changes. As well as random bits of kit like DI box, spare IEC leads, batteries , pen, paper, flyers etc etc.[/quote] Dude, I can do mine in 1 trip and it takes me 10 mins to set up the amp and three basses, tops. If I have wireless units, it takes a bit longer to fit them, hook 'em up and test levels. Generally the more stuff I can do at home (like fitting transmitters to belts) the better off I am.

Pedulla don't use epoxy, they use superhard polyester. I think HG Thor do as well, but I stand to be corrected on that.

[quote name='Rich' post='102235' date='Dec 10 2007, 04:43 PM']Fretted 4 [size=1]- beaten-up long term project, really must get my arse into gear and pick it up..![/size][/quote]

[quote name='dood' post='102177' date='Dec 10 2007, 03:02 PM']Both my guitarists have Axon controllers.. I'm not sure what model they have.. I'll have to find out. But both give Axxon the thumbs up![/quote] cheers Dan, I've heard mostly good things about them and apparently there's nothing to match them for a 6 string bass. The low B string is reputedly very tricky to track because of the processing time but the neural net in the Axon does a pretty good job.

[quote name='elros' post='102133' date='Dec 10 2007, 01:39 PM']The GK standard does provide +-7VDC yes. But if you're already hooked up to a device like the Roland GR-20 or the Axon, you might as well use the tuner thats built into that.[/quote] So the Axon AX100 has an onboard tuner? I haven't bought an AX100 yet. While there were loads of them second hand on Ebay around 6 months ago (before I'd confirmed this build) the second hand market seems to have dried up in the last 3 months. I'd rather not buy new unless there's no other choice by the time the bass is ready to test.