Alien

Dropped into my local pound shop to pick up some batteries this afternoon, and as I walked past the DVDs I spotted a right bargain. George Clinton Parliament/Funkadelic 'Mothership Connection'. Not my usual cuppa tea, but I do like to get a bit funky once in a while, and for a quid I'm not complaining. I've watched a couple of tracks, and I can tell you that the camera work is a bit iffy, but the music is KICKING! 15 songs, 83 minutes runtime, loads of genuine 70's funk lunacy. Well worth looking out for if you have a pound shop near you. Andy

I'll chuck in a prototype Alien Audio looper, provided I can get it quieted down by then... Andy Edit: It's now quiet enough, so it's going in the pot!

[quote name='Davetbass' post='126476' date='Jan 23 2008, 09:51 PM']I cant help but notice that there is no beer on the table!![/quote] I'd already drunk it all. (see pic 1) Andy

[quote name='ped' post='122804' date='Jan 18 2008, 12:53 PM']HI Jamie, There is a bash being planned with Mike @ Bassdirect somewhere around Leamington Spa at the moment. I have however just asked for the contact details for the usual Northampton venue because it seemed a hit with everyone, so I will book it in due course for around March/April time to give everyone plenty of notice.... Does that sound OK with everyone? Cheers ped[/quote] Here's the details for the place we used the last couple of times: The Turnpike, Harpole Turn, Weedon Road, Harpole, Northamptonshire, NN7 4DD Tel: 01604 832340 Andy

Sting seems to lose his place at one point during 'So Lonely', where he plays the wrong change and cuts it short - I think it's during the lead break IIRC. Andy

The output is mono - the third pole of the jack (along with the screen) is used to switch the instrument on when a plug is inserted. Andy

Bought an EH Dr Q from him. Arrived in great condition, and very well packed, and all for a decent price too. Andy

Yes, this will work fine. Overall impedance would be 3.2 Ohms, with each of the 5 drivers receiving an equal share of the power (which would be around 600 Watts). Andy

Good guy to do business with. Bought a Wobo Looper off him, which he sent before the cheque had even cleared! Andy

[quote name='mikeh' post='111220' date='Dec 30 2007, 11:37 PM']I think Dan has the model up[/quote] You could be right sir. Model up is a G-Force IIRC. Andy

Dood's got one / had one - I'm fairly sure you would have heard it at one of the BW bashes. Great quality, Dan certainly rates the sounds for bass use. I'm sure he'll chime in soon enough Andy

What about buying a big leather belt, cutting it in the appropriate place, and punching holes for strap buttons? Mate of mine had a strap that started life as a belt. Andy

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As far as I'm concerned, the answer is the same whoever you are. You need the amount of amp power and speakers that gets you heard. That amount could be anything from a 20 Watt practice amp to a full-on concert rig running 3000 Watts through speaker stacks the size of a house. Horses for courses really. Andy

I had a similar problem on a Fender copy a few years back. The 'key' part of the machine was loose in the shaft, where it's slotted and pinned in. I took the tuner off, pulled the shaft, and clamped it in a vice to squeeze the shaft back into a tight fit. Wicking a drop of superglue along the joint between the key and the shaft would probably work OK too. The Allen screw holds the shaft into the body of the tuning machine - don't undo it while the string is tensioned, as it'll launch half the mechanism across the room! Andy

Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor. To the layman, the only important word is the last one As to why they're preferred over valves, well, price and weight are the obvious answers. Andy

Tricky subject, because it's so subjective. One mans meat is another mans poison, YMMV etc. Andy

Bought an EBS Octabass off him. A great pedal in near perfect nick, for a good price, well packaged and delivered promptly. What more can a bloke ask for? Andy

Yeah, sounds cool. I daresay there'll end up being a lot of cliches on a lot of discs, but the chance of the odd gem far outweighs having to trawl through everything else I reckon. Andy

I can do you a better price on a Microbass [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1487&st=0&p=15354&#entry15354"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...amp;#entry15354[/url] PM me if you're interested Andy

[quote name='DHA' post='96153' date='Nov 29 2007, 02:37 PM']The problem is output valves need output transformers and high voltage supplies which means another large transformer. Some have used pre-amp valves generating sub-watt levels into a load but this is not the same as having an output transformer and dummy load.[/quote] Does the output transformer make a difference? I thought that a good transformer worked fairly evenly across all frequencies. Wouldn't it be possible to leave it out and simply use a higher resistance in the dummy load (obviously with the same power rating), since the transformer is used to match the high output impedance of the valve to the low impedance of the speaker. It's just matching the dummy load to the valve impedance. Andy

Ed Alleyne-Johnson's solo stuff blows me away - just him, an electric violin and some effects. Andy