molan

Thanks for all this guys! We do get an official ban from the venue if we are caught trying to tamper with the limiter power feed or place anything over the sensor. To be honest we are unlikely to get invited back as we're playing as personal guests of the groom who's a singer in a band we've worked with in the past. However we really don't want to be worried about management having a fit on the night and/or spend all evening fiddling with stuff. I'm currently thinking of travelling very light & trying to go for a really pure stage monitor only approach. Of course - one of the reasons for initially thinking about taking my best rig was because I know there's a bass player in the audience from the singer's band & I wanted to show off

I've got a reasonably flash wedding gig tomorrow (Saturday) & the organiser has just let slip that the venue we're playing in has a number of difficult sound problems! First off it's a huge converted barn with high vaulted ceilings and a flagstone floor so it's going to be very reverby. Secondly the wedding party is only about 100 people & the venue will seat 250 so there's not going to be a lot of bodies to soak up the sound. Thirdly - and by far the biggest pain in the ass - it has a very sensitive sound limiter that trips all the power on stage if set off. I've played in venues with limiters before and it's generally been higher frequency stuff that's set them off but the organiser has said that this one is often tripped by deep bass volume. So - I'm looking for advice on general sound settings so that I get a decent out front sound without tripping the limiter all the time. I'll be going through the PA so there'll be plenty of external sound reinforcement. My options in terms of stage kit are: Epifani PS600 with an Epi UL310 Epi 600 with a pair (or one) Bergantino AE 1x12's Baby Genz-Benz Shuttle 3.0 combo with the 1x10 speaker My original plan was to use the Epi with the 3x10 because the room is large. My sound guy is suggesting maybe I try to use the Shuttle purely as a stage monitor & let him handle all foh sound. My worry with this was that the bass is going to be very thin with such a small on stage presence. My vague compromise was to take the 2 Bergs but probably only use one (with the second just being used to raise the first one higher). I have an Auralex so I'll take that for a bit of added isolation. Any advice greatly appreciated around rigs and also general sound settings. I tend to leave things pretty flat in terms of eq but it sounds like this place might need some assistance!

Great news - I love it when rehearsal gives everyone a buzz rather than simply treading over old ground

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' post='419237' date='Feb 25 2009, 01:31 PM']If you were to state your location, you might find someone nearby will let you have a go on theirs. I've just scored a Sei Flamboyant headless. I'm near Oxford, if that's any good to you. Jules[/quote] And I'm in Henley so not far from Oxford (or London) if you fancy trying a Zon like this one: outtoplayjazz has played mine briefly & could maybe give a view compared to a Status

I got to have a quick unplugged noodle on this round at Nick's recently and, to be honest, I was really unimpressed. I'm thinking of trying to persuade him to sell it as it's really not up to his high standards of playing - I thought maybe £250 would be a good price for it & I'd even offer to take it off his hands for him so he doesn't have to go through the ignominy of sticking it up on EBay & having to explain to a load of oiks that it's not some dodgy Taiwanese P bass copy. . . Ok - so it's lovely & a joy to play, damn, looks like my 'cunning plan' isn't going to work

I recently bought an Epifani can from Nick & not only was the cab in absolutely perfect, as new, condition but I had a very nice afternoon at his place nattering about bass stuff & drinking tea What an all round nice chap he is

[quote name='whizzzy' post='416509' date='Feb 22 2009, 10:01 AM']Molan, if you are planning to get over there make sure you put Memphis on your list of places to visit. It's a muso's paradise. You've got Stax, Sun Studios, Gibson factory, Gracelands, Beale Street, BB Kings, the list is endless.[/quote] We have that planned for a 2nd trip Fly into Atlanta, over to Memphis, then to Nashville, up through the Blue Ridge mountains, across to the coast, down through Myrtle Beach, Charleston and Savannah back across to Macon for the rock hall of fame & home via Atlanta Gonna take about 3 weeks though!

[quote name='Randy_Marsh' post='416365' date='Feb 21 2009, 08:54 PM']what strings do you have on that? they are gorgeous btw[/quote] Look like MTD strings to me?

I took my Kubicki in for Martin to set up once before a particularly big gig (for me anyway!). I gave him a very tight deadline as I wanted the bass back quickly to practice on beforehand as it was my only bass at the time. He called me the day after I took it in to say that he'd recommend a different gauge and make of string to the ones I'd specified as the Kubicki had a seriously narrow neck and he thought a set of DR's (can't remember which ones) would just work much better on it. He even gave them to me at the same price as the cheaper ones I'd asked for as he was convinced it would make a difference. He was 100% right and the bass came back in perfectly set up state and was sooo much nicer than when it went in. He asked me to call after the gig to let him know how I got on as well (which I did). Can't speak highly enough of him and his levels of service

I saw the Funk Brothers at the RFH when they plaed here about 4-5 years ago. Great gig all round & definitely the most celeb audience I can remember (outside of an awards show!). I'm seriously thinking of going over to Detroit to have a look at what's left over there & maybe zip down to Cleveland for the Rock museum as well.

Thanks Mark, That's pretty much what I thought. It's 'supposed' to play really nicely and the nck looks prefect with very little wear. It's currently residing in the USA so may all be a little bit too much potential risk. I could take cash on the bass I'm selling but there's maybe £100 potential gain if I went for a trade which is what got me interested, lol.

I've had a tentative trade offer of a nice looking refin '78 ash bodied Fender J bass in LP blue with maple board. It has original body, neck, tuners, bridge, bridge cover, control plate & case. Has relatively new custom wound pickups & currently fitted with an Audere pre, nice looking after market pick guard & LQ Badass bridge. Approx trade value would be about £1,200 which seems Ok to me but not sure if the refin etc. would mean that £1,200 is the max it would be worth or wether it ought to fetch more. If I go for it then I wouldn't be looking to sell just thought I might try to hang on to a nice older J for a while just to play around on at home

Playing in London at the end of March Not sure whether she's playing a lot of bass live these days? Shame it's a Monday/Tuesday pair of gigs but definitely worth a night out on the town. . .

No bids yet. . .

Damn - read the headline of this post and was about to say an NYC Spector or Sadowsky. Unfortunately both are going to 5 times your budget With £300 you're in decent Fender Jazz territory (not USA but certainly Mex & Jap) - that would give you a great standard bass with easy re-sale value if you want to go for something more expensive later

[quote name='redstriper' post='409175' date='Feb 14 2009, 12:16 AM'][url="http://myspace.com/redstriper"]You can check my band here.[/url] One Love.[/quote] Listening to you right now - Welsh dub, good stuff here, liking it a lot