JapanAxe

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1395486043' post='2402922'] It sounds like she's agreed some fairly rigorous anti-scalping measures with the promoters. [/quote] Excellent! I abhor the current state of the event tickets market - perhaps that showed a little? [quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1395486184' post='2402924'] Yep, ID to be shown by original purchaser prior to entry. [/quote] I just hope they actually do this when faced with a mahoosive queue of people all anxious to enter the venue.

Sadly, whatever the face value of the tickets, many of us will end up paying double to professional scalpers who scoop them all up the moment they are issued. The lucky ones just pay the face value plus booking fee plus secure delivery. [/micro-rant]

[quote name='dand666' timestamp='1395321195' post='2401046'] I've got these to do by the end of April. [color=#141823]27. Oasis - Wonderwall[/color] [color=#141823]28. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'[/color] [color=#141823]29. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven[/color] [color=#141823]30. Jessie J - Price Tag [b]24/3 - 30/3:[/b] 31. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way 32. Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer 33. Daft Punk - Get Lucky 34. Queen - We Will Rock You [b]31/3 - 6/4:[/b] 35. Cee Lo Green - Forget You 36. Elvis Presley - All Shook Up 37. Olly Murs - Heart Skips A Beat 38. Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines [b]7/4 - 13/4:[/b] 39. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 40. Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun 41. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill 42. The Monkees - I'm A Believer [b]14/4 - 20/4:[/b] 43. Stevie Wonder - Superstition 44. Elvis Presley - Hound Dog 45. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine 46. Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart [b]21/4 - 27/4:[/b] 47. Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 48. Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69 49. Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only 50. Beyonce - Crazy In Love[/color] [/quote] To me that would be do-able, and a fun challenge (although I already know some of them), but a lot depends on how much time and what learning methods you have available to you.

Get in the shed(TM)?

Excellent right-hand playing position. Just saying

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1395351015' post='2401563'] I honestly don't think there's any sound rationale for shops to store basses in this way... [/quote] They do this with guitars too. I always thought it was to make them seem easier to play!

[quote name='chaypup' timestamp='1395319740' post='2401016'] Samba whistle, monkey head. [/quote] What, the actual head of a dead monkey? Respect!

I'm sure that, in addition to instrument(s) and amp(s), we all take a sensible selection of items to gigs - things like cables, strings, and batteries (unless you're a guitarist). But what about bizarre, unusual or odd items? I'll kick off with a couple:[list] [*]Head torch (for pack-ups on dark stages, especially in marquees) [*]Clean (and more importantly, [u]dry[/u]) socks for the drive back [/list] No points for saying 'the missus' or 'the drummer' btw! Off you go BC-ers...

Why the excessive reverb!?

Currently at £3.20 - 'reserve not met'. I'd love to know what the reserve is!

Tried the amp through both BF cabs. Quite hard to tell how loud it really is. There is a point at which break-up suddenly happens, so unless I use a compressor or limiter of some kind, digging in produces very grunty tones indeed. IIRC this is because the amp uses negative feedback. None of my valve guitar amps have this, so they get gradually fat before they become obviously overdriven. Also there is a 300mV DC offset across the input on the Bass channel. Not sure whether I should worry about that but it does make a click whenever I switch the preamp in on the G&L.

Looks and sounds great. I found myself thinking, 'Sounds like Scott Devine' - then I realised why

No options for fretless or matching headstock face. Meh.

Looks brilliant to me, although I would probably never buy it!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1394923811' post='2396853'] I totally agree. But it's no secret that I've never been a fan of the bass guitar played as a virtuoso instrument. Unfortunately, slapping lends itself quite well to those players who do what I call 'showing off' and IMO the bass is not, or at least shouldn't be, a solo instrument. [/quote] Pretty much my view, although you can be a virtuoso accompanist bass player - as many of our heroes are or were. I wouldn't want to forbid anyone following the solo/lead bass route, but who buys their music? Other bass players who aspire to solo/lead virtuosity. To misquote someone else, my job as bass player is to make the band sound good.

[quote name='Kirky' timestamp='1394874536' post='2396130'] I saw the Eagulls at their album release gig at the Brudenell recently and their bass player was using one of these (I think) through an old Trace 15". Sounded solid. [/quote] Might have been the 100W version - they look identical apart from the number on the front!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1394838962' post='2395960'] Good work! I love seeing valve gear brought back to life. [/quote] Yes, this would be a great [s]way to spend even more time away from my family and burn through huge wads of cash[/s] hobby.

Treble pot replaced and all is well! I shall be encouraging Mrs Axe to indulge in some (restrained) shopping tomorrow morning while I fire up this baby through: (1) Laney 2x10 for guitar mayhem; (2) BF Compact and Midget connected via OBBM serialiser (to give 16ohm load - no 4ohm tapping on transformer).

Nearly three months on and I have (1) resolved the problems sourcing the right caps, (2) finally secured an uninterrupted couple of days to work through the fixes on this amp - and it's up and running! I have replaced all the filter caps, plus the electrolytic in the EL34 bias circuit. I have noticed there are 3 more 22uF electrolytics in the 12AX7 bias circuits, but they don't seem to be causing any bother. I'll probably replace them too though. There's still some scratchiness and loss of contact on the Normal channel's treble pot, but I have just located an exact replacement (CTS 100k LIN) in my bits box. Otherwise I can report that the amp is bloody loud, yet fairly easy to drive into distortion using my PS Mustang. Initially I wrote off the Bass channel as being - well, too bassy; then I jumpered it across to the spare input on the normal channel, and hey presto, mix and match! Here's the new filter caps in place: And here is the mains switch, now free of nasty chemical deposits. I have fitted an IEC male connector on a short trailing lead for the time being. I need to work out the feasibility of fitting an IEC inlet socket (problems: 1.6mm sheet steel, restricted space between mains transformer and rear of chassis).

Erm.. wouldn't that weigh about the same as an ocean-going yacht?.

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1394702657' post='2394108'] JapanAxe, you're quite advanced, pedagogically. ("Say what you're going to say, then say it, then say what you have said.") [/quote] How did that happen!?

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1394748065' post='2394873'] I'm just so sick of watching demo videos of basses and/or amps and having nothing but a slap-fest racket going on. That's when the video become more of a bit of w**kery for the player than a demo of the instrument. Beside, IMO, all basses sound the same when slapped - like they're just been thrown down the stairs. [/quote] This. Once the demo descends into slappery, I stop it and look for the next one. Tells you nothing about the kit being demoed. OTOH I rather wish I [i]could[/i] slap. Just a bit, for those songs where it's needed, like the riff in Car Wash

I would leave it. Except - do you not think the D string tuner has got knocked slightly out of alignment?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1394532897' post='2392239'] Now from a [i][b]buyer's[/b][/i] point of view, of course ... [/quote] Mwah-hah-hah=hah! Sorry, I meant to say 'I concur'. [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1394563663' post='2392805'] One way of selling an expensive instrument is to give it to a shop to sell for you (commission sales). I did that with one of my Regenerates a couple of years ago. [/quote] I did that with a Schecter Robert De Leo once and the shop went bust. The receivers contacted me for the details but it turned out they had already sold it so I got nothing back. That was an expensive lesson! [quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1394608960' post='2393172'] I actually think it's the opposite problem and a lot of the issue is overpricing... Not with the cheaper end but with top end gear. There are a couple of lovely sixers on the BC marketplace at the moment which I think are way overpriced and hence have no interest in buying. I see a lot of basses advertised with the RRP in the listing. This is all well and good but these basses are never sold at the RRP. If I see a bass up for £2200 and a quick google search reveals the same bass going new for £2500 Its not going to raise my interest. [/quote] So go in with an offer of £1750?