JohnFitzgerald

In Spector Q6 Pro Trace Elliot 2102 Trace Elliot 1153 OLP MM2 Westfield Electro Acoustic SR383 Alesis ADAT Out Peavey 410TX Squier Jazz Bass Deluxe Active Err OLP MM2 Alesis ADAT. I think that's it.

Many of you have commented on the bedroom sound not translating well to a live setting. Couldn't agree more. It's all about the mid, not the scooped mid deep and trebly sound. WIth the current Spector, I get on well with both pickups. I roll off the neck until it sound slightly thinner. Then boost the volume to get the bottom end back. Bingo, just as fat but with more mid by biasing a tad to the bridge pickup. Having said that, I have some video from summer's End and it sounds big beefy and fat. Not that I'm complaining. A good engineer rules.

I have a Westfield bowlback worth about two bob that I got off Gumtree. It was no more than 'all right' when I first got it. Then I had a bit of a fiddle with the truss rod and bridge and now everyone who plays it comments on just how easy it is to play. I do really like it now. It's a cracking guitar. When I'm slouched on the sofa, it works just fine.

Crown XLS602s, I have two of. I'd never say that they were light by any manner of means. Our two are in a flightcase and when all the gear is being lifted, that's the last case to get lifted every time. Every walks around it. The Peavey IPR1600 weighs half of nothing. It weighs less than the gator plastic flightcase that the Crowns live in. Not aware of the reliability of the Peavey, but if it's reliable I could easily buy into one or two of those with no problems.

IColour 4 here x two. Previously did the par cans route, but it was all lots of carrying and setting up. I'm sure we draw more than the 13 amps that we're often provided via a single socket. Just checked, our Crown XLS602 amps each draw 6.5 amps apparently, which is convenient into a 13 amp socket. It just so happens though that everything else is often into that same circuit. How on earth the lights stay on, I don't know.

And my torty is wondering why her nice new scratching post was taken from her so suddenly and stored carefully in a cupboard out of her furry reach.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1355998581' post='1905393'] Overkill in a pub. (before I learnt just the littl'un would be enough) [attachment=125509:2012-11-24 20.32.25.jpg] [/quote] Nonsense. Too much is just enough :-) See my pic for similarly stupid pub rig. We're only here once, enjoy

I'm good to go now with a full rig pic. SWMBO was going out to the shops earlier, so I took the opportunity of asking her to stay out for a bit whilst I fire up the old Trace and see what this baby can do. Snapped a couple of pics whilst I was at it. It's not what you'd call an ideal practice amp. [attachment=125534:Trace n Bass.jpg]

And it's wearing a badge now. As is the 1153 beneath it. Colour printer, laminator, sticky pads out of the pound shop. Job jobbed.

We carry Marshall 4x12s lighting rig a decent sized drum kit and a Logic System PA. The way I look at it, there's already a van carrying the stuff to the gig anyway, my bass cabs being a bit heavier doesn't make much difference. Thankfully, we've lucked into a very amenable local chap who loves getting involved and carrying the gear in his van, so it's win win really. JF

Regarding £500 being an insultingly lowball offer on an old Rick 4003. Maybe to some. To me ? I dislike them sufficiently that I'm unlikely to think of any good reason to offer that much.

Pete. To a degree, I would have to err slightly disagree with you here. If the parts on your Squier are indeed worth that then of course you're 100% correct that you could sell them on for that. And yes indeed, you'd have a standard bass provided it came with all the stock bits to screw back on again. All I'm saying is that to many people, the premium, especially if you're not getting the stock bits chucked in, isn't really that strong. You know what, even I haven't a clue if I'm talking bollocks or not here, so maybe best I leave it at that. I'm as tight as a camel's a**ehole in a sandstorm so maybe I'm no fair guide. As you were

That'll be the pub band yes. Also play with a Prog band called Comedy Of Errors and have an acoustic project on the go too which goes under the dubious name of Shrink Freud. Yes, The Skulls have played in The Corbies many times.

Yeah, I think I know what you're talking about there. An upgraded Squier is still a Squier. If you want to pay top dollar, fill your boots, but not for me. It's still a Squier - just like the one in my Avatar, of which I'm still fond. But S/H is usually less than new, you'd think. Regardless of upgrades.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1355691497' post='1901486'] Well... if you hear of anything I'm pushing 50 and have no ambition beyond enjoying myself and getting (hopefully) an bit better with people I get along with. [/quote] Go onto that Feckbook thing, find AM Rehearsals in Cumbernauld. They're regularly posting ads for bass players wanted. I'll see if I can make the necessary link. If it helps, I'm not exactly difficult to find on there. Nothing wrong with pushing 50. In all 3 of my bands, everyone is best described as "trans 50" to varying degrees, but that's certainly the mean age across all of the bands.

If there's a gig where a Trace 1048 isn't capable of moving enough air to be loud enough, I don't want to go. That's far too loud for my old ears. Similarly, I don't have any doubts whatsoever that the 150 watts of my old Trace AH150 into my 1x15" and my 2x10" cabs will move enough air to get me into serious volume trouble should I choose to. Which I don't. Mr Foxen is right.

If you recognise all of this and the rest of them don't then I'm afraid you're far too good to stay there. Bands work best when the members are approaching being equals. Your band doesn't sound at all like that. As I said up the thread, you're not a million miles down the road from me being in Carluke and there are plenty of bands in this area looking for decent players.

£64 that TNT sold for That buys a brand new cardboard box combo thingy which is no use to anyone. What a bargain that was.

We appear to be in the same part of the world. Ish. I'm in Cumbernauld. There's certainly more gigs than there are players in this area for pub bands. AM Rehearsals in cumbernauld are forever posting 'bass player wanted' ads. Incidentally, we seem to have mutual friends according to FB. It's not that bad, get out and into a gigging band that's up to scratch.

[quote name='bob_pickard' timestamp='1355491829' post='1899129'] I've just bought a new Hartke head so will be moving my Ashdown ABM Evo II 500W on when I can be bothered if you're interested? [/quote] Pukka amp there. Plenty meaty enough for the job paired with a nice matching Ashdown cab.

I would have called that cab an 1818x. Am I wrong ?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1355478185' post='1898805'] Its you is it! [/quote] Guilty. Let me flip it round though. I've recently sold 3 items, all on BIN with offers. All of them I set to automatically accept offers within £20 of the BIN price and sell. Two of the items, I got very quick offers within a tenner of asking price and they sold at that point. The third item, the offer was £20 less than the asking price so accepted too. Had they all offered a wee bit less, they'd probably have been accepted. It's a strange world is buying and selling and I think you have to somewhat turn off normal sensibility before entering.

I had mine about 5 years. Cost me £45, sold for £45. Karma and all that. Weighed slightly more than the moon, but just worked. Occasionally needed a bit of a warm up after a cold night, like an old diesel engine, but always got there. Nobody buys them because they're cool, but nobody ever regretted buying one either.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1355477559' post='1898793'] You are never going to lose on that little baby, looks good too. Could be a collectable rig one day, you know how these things are with nostalgia and many of us either having similar when new or sometimes more importantly wishing they could of then but can afford as a toy later in life. Look after it I say [/quote] Well it is a matching set from 'back in the day'.... Does this mean I should keep it at home and gig with an old TNT130 ? I do get your point about keeping it nice.