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[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1453729528' post='2962167'] Me too. I get all the advantages of fives, but my brain and hands just can't get used to them [/quote] I've never got this. It's just an extra string and it's tuned to the same interval as the others. It was a long time ago (1989) but I can't remember the extra string on mu first 5-string giving me any problems when I started. Maybe I found myself on the wrong string a couple of times in the first couple of days, but that was it.

That's custom even by Teuffel standards as it's normally only available in 6 and 7 string versions. For something truly futuristic check out his [url="http://www.teuffel.com/english/guitars/birdfish/birdfish_main.htm"]Birdfish model[/url].

If it give him the sound he wants then I don't see why not. Provided that it's robustly built enough to take the knocks then studio gear is fine in a live situation. I used to play in a band that took most of our studio (suitably rack cased) out to gigs as it was the only way we could replicate our sound live.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1453744664' post='2962384'] Did you sell that to Jonny Shrimpton? If so I've played it. [/quote] TBH I can't remember who I sold it to, other than I think he came from Brighton and was going to use it in a "Royal Blood" type bass and drums band. However I can't imagine that there are many of these in existence and even fewer in the UK... What did you think of it?

[quote name='elephantgrey' timestamp='1453727127' post='2962129'] Pics please =P [/quote] OK... I don't own it anymore but this Atlansia Solitaire used to be mine: [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC02853.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC02867.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC02870.jpg[/IMG]

My Complete essential 80s albums: The Basking Sharks "Shark Island" Bow Wow Wow "Your Cassette Pet" The Comsat Angels "Waiting For A Miracle" The Dancing Did "And Did Those Feet" Freur "Doot-Doot" Freur "Get Us Out Of Here" Furniture "The Wrong People" Furniture "Food Sex & Paranoia" The Human League "Travelogue" Jesus Jones "Liquidizer" John Cooper Clarke "Snap Crackle [&] Bop" Joy Division "Closer" Medium Medium "The Glitterhouse" Modern English "Mesh And Lace" The Monochrome Set "Strange Boutique" Pop Will Eat Itself "This Is The Day… This Is The Hour… This Is This!" Shakespears Sister "Sacred Heart" Silicone Teens "Music For Parties" Simple Minds "Sons And Fascination / Sister Feelings Call" Underworld "Underneath The Radar" Underworld "Change The Weather" Edited to remove those artists that weren't from the UK

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1453725279' post='2962103'] I can add another option if anyone really has a 3,2 or 1 string bass as their main player? [/quote] When I was playing in my classic rock covers band I could quite easily have got away with a two string bass (E and A) for the majority of the songs we played. Conversely with The Terrortones despite being the most musically conventional of all my originals bands I have made the most use of my 5-string basses for both the extended range and playing positions.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1453723340' post='2962070'] Where's the option for 3? [/quote] Or 2 or 1? I'm been playing 5-strings almost exclusively since 1989. I can't see myself changing any time soon. Even if I don't always need the notes or fretting positions offered by the low B string, it puts the E and A strings in position across the width of the neck the neck that I find far more comfortable than on a 4-string

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1453645536' post='2961322'] We have a battery powered card for the slot on the D50 ,containing a dump of all our sounds, which we used to use when using hired D50s on EU flyaways. We stopped hiring D50s and started taking our own as the EU hire stock all appeared to be broken! The D50 is getting old now (1986/87) and I would be concerned as to the reliability of any hired D50....there's nothing worse than finding the keyboard has a host of non functioning keys. [/quote] I'd now be looking at a modern replacement for it. At least get a full service by one of the reputable synth repairers. Do you know how the internal memories are maintained? A lot of programmable gear from this era uses a rechargeable battery soldered to a circuit board inside. Eventually these fail and not only do the user programmed sounds get wiped, but they can leak damaging other components on the board around them. I've had several items of vintage digital gear fail on me this way.

[quote name='Bassmonkey' timestamp='1453644575' post='2961308'] Saw Vice-Versa at The Warehouse in Leeds in the early 80s. Really good - had that soul boy kinda look and vibe, Happy days. Album wise The Stone Roses for me [/quote] I went to Sheffield (I was living in Swansea at the time) especially to see them in the early 80s (at the Hallamshire?) supported by two of Clock DVA. Awesome gig. Also Mark White was responsible for most of the vocals in Vice Versa - Martin Fry just played a Wasp synth.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1453642074' post='2961280'] Does that mean our Roland D50 synth will have a problem? It doesn't have a 110V switch on it but we are looking at getting a transformer but hadn't considerd the frequency difference. [/quote] Make sure that you get a transformer with a sufficient rating to power the D50. Regarding digital gear, it's always been the older stuff that seems to cope less well with the change in AC frequency. I had a couple of US made digital delays from the mid to late 80s whose display times were always out by difference between the US and UK mains frequency. Personally I'd have a look to see if it would be possible to hire a D50 in the US and just bring a laptop loaded with a MIDI dump of the sounds that you need. If you don't want to go the 4-way extension route, then Maplins sell all the parts you need to make up your own mains leads.

Lots of love for ABC here. Personally I found them a bit of a disappointment because they were so ordinary compared with how brilliant Vice-Versa the previous band of Martin Fry, Mark White and Stephen Singleton were: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVXfUilHUIk

Buy standard 4-way extensions and fit US plugs to the leads. That way you can power all your gear without needing to change the plugs and no-one else will unplug your gear to use the sockets. Remember though that this will only work with gear that has either a 110V setting or auto switching for voltage. Also bear in mind that some digital equipment doesn't respond well to being run at a different AC frequency (50Hz in the UK, 60 in the US).

Who would want to play that sitting down? It's designed to look good on stage.

It's an ESP Japan artist signature model and new they sell for just under ¥1,000,000 which works out at around $8,000.

Either "Doot-Doot" by Freur: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doot-Freur/dp/B00004UBBF/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1453626202&sr=1-3&keywords=freur"]http://www.amazon.co...&keywords=freur[/url] Or "The Wrong People" by Furniture: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wrong-People-Furniture/dp/B0039L1J7K/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1453626294&sr=1-1&keywords=furniture+the+wrong+people"]http://www.amazon.co...he+wrong+people[/url] Both are in my all-time 10 albums.

[quote name='MilkyBarKid' timestamp='1453479446' post='2959907'] I've used UPS, probably about six times (usually because no other option) to buy stuff from the states, EVERY SINGLE item was damaged - I never managed to get a penny out of them. If there's no other option than to use UPS - I'll just not buy the product, even if I desperately wanted it. [/quote] Are you sure you mean UPS and not USPS?

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1453464030' post='2959690'] For me class-D nails "my tone", i like a clean and natural bass tone with note-to-note definition even when playing faster lines. The low-mids have all the trouser-flapping i'll ever need on stage. I must point out that i always go through PA, even in pub gigs so i don't need to fill the venue with my rig. I think this may be the prime cause for most people going for class-A, i know a lot of bands on your side of the pond only use PA for vocals. [/quote] And I would imagine that these days a lot of PAs are powered by class D amps...

The basses I use for my gigs, recordings, rehearsals and general noodling at home are by Gus, Sei and Warwick. Noe of them are inexpensive instruments, but I own them because the play, sound and look how I want my basses to look at therefore they get used. I'm careful, but not precious with them. They've all picked up the odd mark and here and there. I'm not a fan of the "road worn" or "relic" look so if any of them got too shabby looking I would have no hesitation in getting it refinished. In fact the one of the Gus basses has already gone through exactly that process as I bought it second hand and it had been poorly looked after by its previous owner. Once I'd decided that I was going to keep it, the bass went back to Gus for a full refurb and refinish.

Rack mounting kit?

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1453293589' post='2958119'] I don't know how old you are, and this is only my opinion, but originals bands are probably a waste of time if you're over 30, unless you want to do music that hardly anybody else is interested in and you only want to do a handful of unpaid gigs a year [/quote] I'm well over 30 and my originals band does pretty well in terms of popularity combined with frequency of good paying gigs. I acknowledge that I may well be the exception to the norm, but AFAIAC if I can do it anyone who wants to invest the required time and effort can as well.

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1453049167' post='2955934'] Yes, they can be a bit delicate but this is for fixed wiring in a bass so it shouldn't matter in this case. [/quote] In that case unless there are very long runs through sections where it isn't possible use either copper foil or conductive paint as shielding it really shouldn't matter if the cable is screened or not.

TBH These days unless you know exactly which synth(s) is responsible for creating the sounds you are pretty much on to a loosing battle. Back in the days when there were only subtractive analogue synths, it was fairly easy provided that your synth had roughly the same features as the one used to create the sound you were after. However there are now a multitude of synthesis methods, coupled with the fact that most electronic sounds on recordings will probably be several instruments layered up and maybe combined with samples - either preset in ROMplers or those made by the artists themselves, it's almost impossible to know where to begin.

All I would say is pick your replacement P90 carefully. Because the description has enlarged to encompass any large format single coil pickup rather than just the original spec Gibson model. IME some of the cheaper ones seem to have all the less desirable qualities of both humbuckers (less toppy sound) and single coils Hum).

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