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  1. JapanAxe
    Hi Jason Well I tried it, and the results were very interesting, though slightly marred by the fact that the First Fuzz picks up interference form my ethernet-over-mains connection. Using the Sandberg, operation in passive mode was as expected, with a big rise in fuzziness at the top of the bass's volume range. In active mode, the thing went nuts - there was a similar fuzz leap near full volume, but the sound was much gainier and the bass fed back easily. This was at quite a loud level for a small room, but way below gig levels. Given that active mode on the Sandberg produces a neutral/flat response (with no volume boost) when the tone knobs are centred, this was quite a surprise! When I have time I will repeat the experiment (a) with the pesky interference turned off, ( in a larger room, and (c) with my G&L, which has a very different character when active mode is engaged. Graeme
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    I guess these Bass Bashes can turn into GAS-fuelled trading floors. Well I hope so, as I'm bringing a couple of things to sell/swap/trade: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216949-nocaster-blackguard-tele-with-bare-knuckle-brown-sugar-pickups-keef-style"]Blond 'Nocaster'[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216954-akai-p1-intelliphase-analog-phaser-touch-sensitive"]Akai Intelliphase Phaser[/url] Oh, and a bit of money in my pocket too!
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    [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This is a 4-stage phaser (like the Phase 90 and Small Stone, but with more knobs), with the addition of touch sensitivity. You can set the phaser to come in on loud notes (peaks), soft notes (as the sound dies away), or just whenever the pedal is activated. The effect can add a soft swirl or a deep throb to your bass sound. I always used it with an AC adaptor (standard Boss-type, not included). It will also run off a 9V battery but is reported to be a bit thirsty![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Comes with original box and manual.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Looking for [/font][/color][color=#ff0000][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][b][s]£85[/s] [s]£70[/s] [/b][/font][/color][size=6][s][color=#ff0000][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][b][size=4]£60[/size][/b][/font][/color][/s][color=#0000cd][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][b] £50[/b][/font][/color][/size][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][b] delivered[/b] in the UK[/font][/color]. [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][/font][/color]
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    [quote name='andydye' timestamp='1379071567' post='2208336'] lovely! I miss my tele and my custom shop nocaster... [/quote] ...and here's a chance to scratch both itches!
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    I have [i]ummed[/i] and [i]aahed[/i] over this for a while, but I have to let one of my 'blond' Teles go. (The other one is an 80s Japanese Squier that I got on my 27th birthday, and I am keeping that for sentimental reasons as much as anything else.) This guitar was mainly put together by someone else - who, I do not know. I have referred to it as a 'Nocaster' because it does not say 'Telecaster' on the headstock. It features the following:[list] [*]Genuine Fender replacement neck. I guess this is what they call 'C profile' - sits beautifully in the left hand, neither a cricket bat nor a thin/flat speed neck, just a happy medium. [*]Distressed body. I am not sure of the proper name for the finish, nor am I an expert woodologist, but it's a bit like the old Gibson TV Yellow, and you can see the wood grain through it. There is a lot of lacquer cracking, and quite a few dings and scrapes, which I think were deliberate by the builder. The fitting of the string ferrules in the rear of the body is not the neatest job, but then you don't see that while you're playing! [*]Bare Knuckle Brown Sugar pickups. You can read the spec [url="https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/pickups.php?cat=teles&sub=vintage_hot&pickup=brown_sugar"]here[/url]. This is one of the older sets, with 'Bare Knuckle Pickups' engraved on the neck pickup cover. No prizes for guessing what they are supposed to sound like! (And they do.) [*]The tuners look like Kluson replicas. They are not branded but work absolutely fine. [/list] When I got the guitar I replaced the bridge saddles with compensated brass saddles and added a 1nF treble bleed capacitor to retain highs when the volume is backed off. (Blimey I feel like MDP here!) I am looking for [b]£450[/b] delivered within mainland Britain. You are welcome to come and try it through your own amp or one of mine. Price will be £25 less if picking up from me, and other delivery/meet-up options are subject to negotiation. I will also be taking this guitar to the South East Bass Bash on 21st September. Trades - Possible trade for a bass amp head, with adjustment either way if necessary. Also possibly interested in a 3-pickup SG or LP (Gibson or Epi), or a Jazzmaster - same applies, only I will probably want to meet up and try out what you have. I'm less likely to be interested in other stuff, but by all means shout out your trade offers on this thread, and my response will help others to know what might be worth a punt. Okay, first of all a video from my days in the Rolling Zones tribute band. I am the guitarist on the centre/right as you look at the stage. This video is a montage (gotta have a montage, yeah!), during which I play the Nocaster up to 6:15 (and after that a Les Paul). To be honest, the opening riff of [i]Start Me Up[/i] should tell you all you need to know! After that there are some pictures. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNrixqcpCSI[/media]
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    Did you know that 'gamba' is Spanish for prawn? Oops I've bumped your ad!
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    [quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1379059199' post='2208123'] A homburg will suffice. [/quote] Follow that advice throughout your life and you won't go far wrong.
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    [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1379002285' post='2207629'] Learn the songs properly, practice them properly, aim to play them live properly. It it goes wrong at the time, hey mistakes happen, but don`t practice for them to go wrong in the first place. [/quote] I concur.
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    IMO it's not worth using a promoter for cover band gigs in pubs. It's a slog, but you need to find out who books bands into the venue, catch them in and speak to them in person or on the phone, send them your demo, give it a fortnight, ring them again, then repeat any of these stages as often as necessary until you can negotiate a date and a fee. Once you are in it is a bit easier, but you still need to be on the ball to collar them after the gig for another date, and spend your October evenings chasing next year's bookings. It helps if you can carve up your target venues between the band members so it's not all done by one person. In my area someone has set themselves up as a 'promoter'. All the bands see for the 10% of their wedge is some colour posters at the venue. [quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1379060724' post='2208140'] I know the agents will take a cut, but surely it would be worth it if they can get us gigs on a regular basis, instead of just the odd gig hear and there. [/quote] You will just end up hassling the agent for work instead of the venues!
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    Hi Jason You heard right. In old-style 2-transistor fuzz boxes like the Fuzz Face, the guitar or bass wiring sort of becomes part of the fuzz circuit, particularly when the volume is up full. You can therefore adjust the fuzziness from the volume control of the instrument, and the effect is much more pronounced than you would expect from just varying the level of signal going into the fuzz box. Active circuits mess this up. As it happens I have 2 basses with active/passive switching, and a Fuzz Face clone (Cornell First Fuzz), and a day off today, so I shall report back later. Graeme
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    I tend to avoid anything that involves taking extra stuff to gigs, especially big heavy boxy things. Plus you'll probably need a gadget to prevent an earth loop. Is there really a plus side to this?
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    I am the main singer in my band and I have learned the words to about 80 songs. From time to time I forget the words, in which case I make something up or substitute a different line. If the audience are up dancing I will often lead the band into another verse/chorus/solo. This is much easier to do when also playing guitar (as I am) than when playing bass. Regarding the OP's situation it depends on what you are trying to achieve - perfect replicas, your spin on the song, entertainment?
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    [url="http://basschat.co.uk/user/12-obbm/"]OBBM[/url]
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    Yup - just a really nice sound (imo). It made me want to buy a SVT 7, until I read [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/ampeg-svt-7-pro-cutting-out-803241/"]this[/url]. So many demos just involve the player showing off their slapping chops, but here you can hear the bass and amp. Btw - is that Crook in County Durham by any chance?
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    Demo of some dude's newly-acquired Ampeg SVT 7 Pro - juicy finger-style playing, (quieter) mic'd sound in right speaker, DI sound in left. And no feckin' slapping! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMZZx1spEsg[/media]
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    Still seems to be happening. Was GASing after a PF500, but fixation now transferred to [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]SVT PRO7. Still light at 7kg, just need a lightweight ABS or soft fabric rack case. [/font][/color]
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    [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1378617681' post='2202396'] When I had a Classic 450 my impressions were much the same as above. Put it on 3 or 4 to even out the dynamics a bit, and just leave it there. It really didn`t sound compressed at all to me, until you turned it off and could hear then what it wasn`t doing, if that makes sense? [/quote] This. With the Spectracomp at 5, you hit the strings harder but it doesn't get louder. Good for some things, not for others. [quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1378631205' post='2202500'] It is (one of) the reason(s) I use my TC Electronics Classic 450 over my Genz Benz Streamliner 600. The other being the Tubetone, which I find much easier to control on the fly than the double gain thing on the GB. [/quote] And this! strangely I have been hankering after a Streamliner 600 since auditioning basses through one a the Gallery, but yes the joy of the Tubetone is you can just 'add it in' rather than having to juggle gain and master volume. I was practising some indie/punk stuff yesterday and the tone wasn't quite there, so I notched up the Tubetone from 3 (vintage-sounding but not noticeably driven) to 5, and there it was. I bought the Classic 450 on a bit of a whim, but I have yet to find anything with a feature set that suits me better.
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    Reading the description, 'free economy delivery' actually means 'collection, or courier at buyer's expense'. Redruth is a long way from most places in the UK', hence no feeding frenzy.
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    My bass player (yes I meant to say that!) has a large back room with a drum kit (with practice pads/dampers), about 5 amplifiers (including a lovely Torres), and studio monitors that we can sing through, so the 3 of us can just about get in there to rehearse. Setup time for drummer and me = 2 minutes, during which time the bass player makes us a brew. Oh and his neighbours through the party wall are old an deaf.
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    Everyone's missed the point here - 'Fender wooden' is pronounced 'Woolworths plywood'.
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    Wow! Thread resurrection after nearly 2 years! So how has it been for you HJ?
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    I have a pair of Rokit RP6 (version 1), and the useable bass is very good - so much so that I can play my TD3 kit through them and hear the kick drum at a reasonable level without them blowing up. I considered RP8s at the time, but for the difference in low end I decided against the extra outlay.
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    I follow guidance I got from Fender's website years ago. Install the string at the bridge, lay it flat to the tuning post, measure the following distance past that post, cut string at that point, then complete fitting in the usual way: G/D/A - 4.5in E - 4in B - 3.5in Works for me.
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    Or blank off the hole with a plug of some kind. Maplin do black plastic blanking plugs in various diameters.
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    I generally leave it set at 3/10. If you turn it up too high then obviously you lose dynamic range, but that's the case with any compressor. It's pretty much 'set and forget', which is meant as a compliment.
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