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We were sitting in our local pub after rehearsal a few weeks ago and they had MTV on. A female singer came on and I said to the band that I thought she was pretty good and the bass sounded great - then I spotted Lee Sklar and looked her up. Had never heard anything from her before but thought she sounded great. Would love to see that band live, will have to check out local dates Edit: this is the TV show we saw. Love the band at around 10 minutes in: http://www.vintage.tv/catch-up/video/3769020879001/ Have bought tix for November gig in London

A friend of mine was once recruited into a band whilst standing at a bar because the lead singer mentioned he really fancied a synth player. My friend mentioned he had a real cheapo Wasp synth. He couldn't really play it but simply having one was enough and he was immediately offered the gig. Only lasted a few gigs and one album but had one really big hit single. The lead singer died years ago and my friend helped re-form the band and thy are now a staple on the post punk / 80's revival circuit. Somewhat amusingly not only can he not really play keys but he can't really sing either - he's now their lead singer

If the active treble and bass aren't obvious and the battery is running out so quickly then it sounds like there's a wiring fault somewhere. I've never really heard of a battery losing charge so quickly but I've definitely experienced tone controls that don't appear to do anything. In fact we had a, very expensive, bass in the shop recently with a balance control that was either all one pickup or the other or both in full. Effectively a pickup flick switch rather than a gradual blend. One of the pickups was really weedy and thin as well. Turned out to be a relatively simple re-wire and, I think, a pot replacement.

[quote name='basexperience' timestamp='1411894977' post='2563527'] Have you??? [/quote] Only briefly when you picked it up We've still got some screws by the way.

[quote name='basexperience' timestamp='1411813844' post='2563002'] Don't be put off: try a GR55 with a well set-up GK3B and see what you think. I run the GR55 into a Bass pos XT for other effects. I run the amp flat, only dialling in anything the venue needs at sound check. [/quote] The Tobias is still working well then I must admit that I've heard this bass working with the Roland kit and it sounded really nice. Didn't hear any glitching or tracking issues

Yep, vid is working on my iPhone and vids here often don't load properly for me

What's great about it? Looks like a fairly standard everyday Yam?

Malcolm always was the band for me

I've never heard a TH not sound good with any cab combination I was using a TH350 with a DB210 today - sounded huge with loads of low end!

[quote name='NJE' timestamp='1411240991' post='2557866'] Oh god, thats going to be extremely dangerous for my bank balance! Hopefully I can put some money aside and pop down when these come in. [/quote] They've arrived

BassGear were officially the exclusive supplier in the UK but there was little demand for them and just let the stock run out Great cabs but universally heavy and just not what the UK market seemed to want. We had to discount heavily in the end in order to sell them. Because of the weight they are sea-shipping only to get any sort of reasonable price and even then you have to order a pallet load to make them viable. We can still get them but placing an order for an individual cab would be pretty expensive I'm afraid

One thing I've noticed is how many people in bands aren't particularly musical anoraks. A lot of them 'like what they like' and aren't open to new ideas or looking beyond a very fixed and often quite limited musical genre. By definition this might mean that they aren't 'into' music per the OP even though they are competent musically and out playing public gigs Also - listening to music in the car is one of my favourite pastimes and really helps to expand my musical tastes. I put all my new music here and try things out I might not have time for at home. It's especially good travelling to and from gigs & rehearsals (minimum about 45 mins drive - equivalent to an old-fashioned album). I have a 160GB iPod wired into the car with a decent sound system that even has sub-woofers inside the seats. Adds a whole new definition to 'bowel trembling bass'. . .

[quote name='flippyfloop' timestamp='1411238193' post='2557839'] Yup, Markbass are great at discontinuing great stuff like the F series. [/quote] Alain Caron combo is discontinued as well now - best combo they made I thought

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1411201110' post='2557389'] With only 3 intonation screws, no wonder they're giving it away. Telecaster bass..? [size=4] [/size] [/quote] Isn't that a Hipshot B bridge? Has one intonation screw per string?

[quote name='xroads' timestamp='1411127423' post='2556714'] TH preamp into a good power amp. [/quote] Good shout - We've tried a TH500 pre into a Demeter Minnie power amp and it sounded great!