molan

I played a gig last night at a pub with an 'interesting' layout. Overall floor space is Ok but the band area is very restricted. Everyone in our, 7 piece, band agreed to try and get away with the bare minimum of kit and I thought I'd take a risk & use my baby rehearsal Shuttle 3.0 with the 1x10 cab. Bit of a risk as there was no option to got hrough the vocal only PA but I was worried my Berg's would just take up too much space. I took along a Quick-Lock guitar stool which just happens to be the perfect height/width/depth to jack the Shuttle up to above waist level without having too large a stage footprint. With the speaker firing direct at the back of my rib cage I could hear myself perfectly and my 'ears' out in the audience said the bass was perfecgtly clear in the mix with nice depth of tone. I had it set relatively flat to begin with and just hit the bass boost button part way through the evening as I could feel the band slowly getting louder as things warmed up & people were out front dancing & stuff. I didn't particularly watch my volume settings as I was easily loud enough. When we finished the set and the house lights went up I realised the master gain was set at about 11:00 so there was a fair bit of headroom to spare! It's not exactly a classic rock or hi-fi tone but I'm amazed at just how well this tiny little thing performs - even up against a live drummer & in a 7 piece band

[quote name='birdy' post='800881' date='Apr 9 2010, 02:18 PM']The cutaway on the green one looks to start higher up the fretboard presumably to allow better access to the dusty end? I am having trouble keeping up with you Barrie Steve[/quote] I have trouble keeping up with myself! Close to stopping now though

Anyone else noticed that the green one looks slightly more angular than the burgundy mist one? At first I thought it was just the body & guard colours but I have a sneaking suspicion that one or other of the images is slightly out of proportion?

[quote name='Clarky' post='799942' date='Apr 8 2010, 04:26 PM']Now that is some provenance! Nice colour too[/quote] More pics here at the [url="http://ryanowens.net/"]current owner's[/url] site (in the for sale section) I'm not sure how much Willie Weeks actually played it as I haven't ben able to find any pics of him with it - definitely confirmed as the initial owner of the bass by Jimmy C though

[quote name='molan' post='715570' date='Jan 17 2010, 01:07 PM']I'll 'fess up that this is heading my way soon: [/quote] So this bass never quite made it over to me (long story) however, by a series of coincidences it looks like the nice guy who bought it instead is now going to sell me this one: Previously owned by Willie Weeks & fresh back from a world tour with Eric Clapton

[quote name='molan' post='794748' date='Apr 3 2010, 12:02 AM']if the bloody international money exchange people get the funds transferred sometime this century - then this should be heading my way pretty soon as well:[/quote] Deal finally closed - nice trans blue baby heading my way next week

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='795446' date='Apr 4 2010, 12:13 AM']Cheers! That's an Auralex Gramma Pad - the best thing I've ever bought apart from my amp, cabs and basses...[/quote] I have one of these as well. Works really well, especially on suspended wooden floors (like a stage). Really useful at home for practice as it stops some of the lower frequencies reverberating arounf the house through the floor

[quote name='Musicman20' post='795084' date='Apr 3 2010, 02:56 PM']Sounds good! I am the same...I find my tone goals are mellowing.[/quote] What started it for me was the lovely pre-amp in my old Alleva C which had a passive tone roll off alongside the active circuit (like a Sadowsky VTC I guess). I 'discovered' how nice it was to gently roll off the top end without losing the really nice core tone.

You know I really, really want to like BGM but I find it amazing that almost every single month I spot a glaring error. If I let so many copy mistakes go out in my job I would be bounced out the door very quickly. Interesting to see that Euphonic amps now have a 12 band graphic, a dual on-board compressor and valve drive option plus pre-shapes that can all be controlled by a footswitch. I bet Trace Elliot are checking their design patents already. . .

I've pulled the trigger on one of these as well - should arrive in time for a gig next week Loving the tone on the rehearsal too - I never use flats and have always favoured a very bright tone but I'm definitely mellowing these days. Thinks to self - you have two sets of flats stored away, get them back out & try them on something

Excellent! I have an early SVTII (non-pro) that's hardly ever been used & certainly never gigged. It's in for some valve testing as it has a small intermittent fault but should be home soon

Here's mine: and - if the bloody international money exchange people get the funds transferred sometime this century - then this should be heading my way pretty soon as well:

Looks fab - hope all those valves are working OK. I'd get them checked over before gigging with it though just in case

[quote name='bubinga5' post='794221' date='Apr 2 2010, 01:00 PM']Oh i like this...[/quote] Good album - I think this is my favourite track though

[quote name='Stag' post='794167' date='Apr 2 2010, 12:13 PM']Thats a real nice Jazz they are offering... is that an OHSC with it as well?[/quote] Good point - original case def worth quite a bit in overall valuation

[quote name='bubinga5' post='793805' date='Apr 1 2010, 10:30 PM']first saw them when i won tickets on Robbie Vincents big beat show, to see Anita....i was 19 i think....when i saw that concert i knew i would always love Soul and Gospel music... bass playing is fantastic, the band are just awsome,especially the organ player... and the harmonies...!..fills me with joy when i listen to this record..[/quote] I think I was at that gig - did you get George Duke in between Perri & Anita? We had front row seats (the stage was 'in the round') and at one point Anita came right over to the front & blew a kiss at me - I nearly fainted!

[quote name='bubinga5' post='794122' date='Apr 2 2010, 11:29 AM']Oh .....ive been offered this in a straight trade......what do you think?? i will be visiting them to play it of course... [url="http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/our-catalogue/Fender/Electric-Basses/item/6740"]http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/web/o...asses/item/6740[/url][/quote] I like the white with maple neck & tort guard look Interesting that they call it a 'player's' bass - for some reason that makes me think it's not in as good condition as a 'collector's' bass? Could just be the old sceptic in me again! If the straight trade deal looks very favourable to their list price then that would raise a few doubts too. . .