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[quote name='1976fenderhead' post='282458' date='Sep 12 2008, 11:13 AM']That would be interesting. Would be fun to compare it to the ODB-3 too. I have no way of doing it though. No PD7, no ODB-3 and no way of sending white noise through a pedal and back to the audio interface... [/quote] I'd be able to do it with the PD7 if someone sent me a "white noise" .wav file, or told me how to create some white noise.

oh dear

Is this the model known as the American Vintage ’62 Reissue? - [url="http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0190209806"]http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0190209806[/url] In that case, it is an alder body.

[quote name='Moody' post='282140' date='Sep 11 2008, 08:43 PM']Cracking set as well on R1![/quote] +1 They're currently rocking the sh*t out of [i]Charmer[/i] Coolest rock band around at the moment? Quite possibly

[quote name='chris_b' post='281075' date='Sep 10 2008, 01:18 PM']Series 1 cabs had B&C speakers, same make as Markbass, then Epifani switched to Eminence. I believe B&C couldn't meet the demand. Now the Series 2 cabs have had to switch from Italian poplar so the weight of the cabs has gone up by about 6llbs.[/quote] Ahh interesting… Series 1 vs Series 2?

[quote name='Clarky' post='280851' date='Sep 10 2008, 08:01 AM']Mine can be seen behind my Fireglo Rick - a Markbass R500 (8 lbs) and an Epifani UL310 (47 lbs), for a grand total of 55 lbs. [attachment=13185:clarky_basss_049.jpg] The Markbass 106HR cab on the right is for bigger gigs or where there is no decent PA. It weighs 71 lbs[/quote] Do you know what the differences are between the series 2 and the original UL cabs? Upgraded drivers I would guess?

[quote name='johnnylager' post='280853' date='Sep 10 2008, 08:04 AM']Top right - beautiful.[/quote] I’ve got to represent when I’m living so far away …and I also love the random abuse from northerners, that’s the best bit!

[quote name='Rich' post='281030' date='Sep 10 2008, 12:22 PM']Nail/head/hit, I think.[/quote] +1 I'd totally agree with that.

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='280703' date='Sep 9 2008, 09:29 PM']Hi, My Warwick did not sell even at that ridiculous price!! Agree that it certainly is the buyers market right now - if anyone is still interested that Thumb is still for sale at somewhere near that price. Thanks Mark[/quote] It's not a JD... Still an absolute stunner though, can't believe that hasn't sold at that price mate! - Give it to the Gallery to sell and you should easily get your price after commission.

Have a look at this - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23213"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23213[/url] You could probably try starting at around £600 and see what happens, but I’ve seen a really nice 1991 Thumb NT not sell on here for £750 quite recently ( [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=22641"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=22641[/url] ) so you might be pricing yourself out of a sale if you start asking for a price much higher than £600, and in all honesty, you’d do very well to get £600 for it at the moment considering it’s had the original black hardware swapped out of it for some chrome hardware at some point as well.

I recently sold a 2004 Thumb BO for £550 including shipping in a hardcase on here, and it had a few dings. I don’t know if that helps? One sold for a bit less than that not so long ago either. The market is sh*t for Warwicks at the moment if you’re selling, if you’re buying it’s happy days

[quote name='Gamble' post='280576' date='Sep 9 2008, 05:51 PM']Well..... I payed our chums in the Cellar a visit on Saturday with my good friend Peted and my sister. I was wearing either a hoody or a t-shirt and camo shorts, so I probably didn't look minted. I don't believe we were greeted immediately apon entry (which I'm not really bothered about) as I think there was at least one other person at the counter already. We got to almost a whole lap of the shop before one of the guys in there asked if we wanted any help, we declined. After a little while I asked the same guy (quite tall, ear length curly hair) if I could try out the 2 p'up OLP Stingray they had in, probably one of the cheapest basses in the shop, but he obliged with a smile and as good a service as I expect from any shop. I played it for quite a while, Pete had a go, I got it back again, shop assistant asked if everything was OK. Yep thanks, kept playing. Took it back to the front eventually, asked for the price and what the genuine MM version would set you back and had a quick chat about how good the OLP is for the money. Then I gave it the old "I'm goinna go have a think about it" which I'm sure they hate and would rather you were honest and left. Got to admit, I was happy enough with the service. Sorry for not showing solidarity guys, but maybe they have started to take notice! I did hear that as most of Denmark St is owned by the same company the staff get moved around a bit, so perhaps they've moved the surly tossers out and split them up amonst the other shops. It was 2 chaps probably around their mid to late 20's working there this weekend, does that sound like new blood to anyone who's been visiting more recently? Fingers crossed for a brighter future![/quote] Fair play, maybe my cynicism is slightly out of place and things are looking up?

[quote name='cheddatom' post='280311' date='Sep 9 2008, 12:53 PM']I think you misunderstood my post. I never said that I would have a practical knowledge of complicated jazz music - I said that I could watch it, listen to it, compare it to what I already know on the bass, and quite easily realise that it would take a lot of technical musical theoretical knowledgetical knowledge to accomplish what I am seeing and hearing. I don't have to have that knowledge to know that.[/quote] Ok I can see what your saying, but I can’t agree with you that you will “quite clearly know what you’re missing”, because you won’t. If you just look at your example about the rollercoaster in that you think what you will be missing will be the extreme speed or G force, what experience have you got to qualify that statement? How do you know that that’s what you will be missing and not something else, or how do you even know that you won’t like it? It’s like the argument for keeping battery chickens in tiny cages; they don’t know any different so it’s not cruel. When it comes to music theory you don’t know anything different than what you already know or you’ve already experienced, so you quite clearly don’t know what you’re missing. [quote name='Adrenochrome' post='280303' date='Sep 9 2008, 12:47 PM']Hmmm, I'm not sure about that one. I doubt that I'm the only one who played other instruments and learned [basic] music theory at school but didn't pick up a bass until much later. I've never had a lesson on guitar or bass so I guess I've a foot in both camps.[/quote] I’m probably exactly the same as you then. I learnt piano for about 8 years before picking up a bass, but I was very slack with music theory because I hated it. [quote name='lowhand_mike' post='280325' date='Sep 9 2008, 01:09 PM']erm not strictly true, you won't get a knife and stab yourself with it to see if it hurts would you [/quote] Again, I can see what you’re saying but I think you’re taking it slightly out of context Mike. I think I might have dug myself a bit of a hole in this thread and it will look like I’ve planted my flag solidly on the “everyone should take the time to learn some bloody music theory” side, but that’s just not where I stand at all. I agree with some of the points that the people who I’ve been responding to in this thread have made. Music theory isn’t the most essential aspect of being a good musician, and there are a hell of a lot of things that no one will be able to learn in a book such as how to lock into the groove and play with other musicians in a band. What I don’t agree with at all is comments to the effect of “it’s cool to be stupid”, or “it’s just not rock and roll man”, or as Bilbo said, the people who are trying to justify their own ignorance of music theory by advocating it and saying “I’ve done fine without it” etc…you can’t possibly understand the benefits of it if you have no experience of it. Personally I grew up with having theory pretty much forced on me via piano lessons, and then at GCSE music, and then at A Level music, and then at degree level. I don’t enjoy studying it (and in all honesty I’ve stopped studying it in my own time altogether), but I can fully appreciate the advantages it gives me as a musician. I can’t remember half the stuff I’ve learnt, but the stuff that has stuck over the years is invaluable to me as a musician. I started playing bass with no intention of taking it seriously or even bothering to apply any relevant theory to it, so I can also appreciate the benefits of finding your own way around the instrument, but no one in their right mind can advocate ignorance of information that will help them to become a fundamentally better musician. I’m not bowing out of this thread (because I think these kind of debates are really interesting and great fun), but I’m taking a step back from it because I feel that I’m just starting to repeat myself.

[quote name='Wil' post='280288' date='Sep 9 2008, 12:35 PM']In the same regard, I could say that those who have learned theory have no understanding of how to play without it. Except that would be a very small minded view and an ultimately patronising one.[/quote] Although the likelihood of it is that the majority of players started to learn bass without knowing any theory…

[quote name='cheddatom' post='280258' date='Sep 9 2008, 12:11 PM']If I don't like the idea of rollercoasters because of the extreme speed and G force involved, I won't go on rollercoasters, I will never have the experience of that extreme speed or G force, but I will know that that is what i'm missing. If I go and watch a jazz band do a load of improvisation in some weird keys that's quite obviously technically challenging, I can observe the use of the theory I don't know - so I quite clearly know what i'm missing.[/quote] I respectfully totally disagree. I think you’re way off the mark with this one. How can you have practical knowledge of something you have no experience or understanding of? You could end up living a very small and narrow minded life if you go around believing that you understand everything despite having no experience of it – no offence meant (and I’m in no way saying you “live a very small and narrow minded life, because from your other posts on the forum I know that’s just not true ), I’m just trying to make a point.

[quote name='cheddatom' post='280237' date='Sep 9 2008, 11:44 AM']I know I don't know a lot of stuff. It doesn't mean I don't know what i'm missing.[/quote] Although realistically by definition you probably don’t know what you’re missing. How can you know or appreciate what you’re missing if you don’t actually understand what you’re missing?

[quote name='brokensmile' post='280013' date='Sep 8 2008, 09:33 PM']I'm studying in Cardiff...[/quote] Do you know that bird who just won Big Brother?

am i the only one that's thinking "who gives a f***"? Fair play to the guy for telling everyone exactly what he wants rather than fobbing off people with sh*t excuses as to why they're "not right" for his band, if only everyone were so honest To the OP - Mclusky are a f***ing great band!

[quote name='tauzero' post='279907' date='Sep 8 2008, 06:43 PM']Did you check whether it was a cable for a bass amp above the level of your bass or below it? You could hit problems if you use one that's supposed to be running downhill if you use it the same way round uphill, as the uphill electrons will be trying to go the wrong way.[/quote] Ah, I think I had that problem once. I was using an Ampeg 8x10 so the input was a lot higher than my bass. I’ll have to invest in an active unidirectional rock genre 4 string bass specific instrument cable for next time, otherwise I could be f***ed…

Show us your super lightweight, compact and powerful rigs! I’m not discriminating against brands here, anything small and powerful is welcome to join the party Lax criteria; if you think your rig fits into the “lightweight, compact and powerful” category then post a pic, although anything over 100lbs isn’t lightweight I’ll start things rolling with this, my Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 and Epifani UL310 rig: Weighing in at a total of 50.75lbs (23Kg), it is unbelievably light. The Shuttle 6.0 kicks out 600W @ 4ohms, but the Epifani is a 5.3ohm cab so realistically the max output will be around 500W – 520W (complete guesstimate). The tone is unbelievable for the size and weight of the thing; a smooth and full bottom end with crisp and clear tops, possibly a tendency to exaggerate the mids and sound slightly nasal but this is easily remedied by tweaking the EQ slightly on the amp. My SSI sounds amazing through it. Nice :brow: Show us your lightweight porn...

[quote name='ben604' post='279663' date='Sep 8 2008, 01:11 PM']Do what I did, buy an SVT-CL and a 410HLF with money you dont really have and you'll be in tone heaven! (then sell it 6 months later when you're skint...)[/quote] That is almost exactly the same as what I did (except I sold it about 3 months later for lightweight gear!) Damn you Ampeg! – why can’t they make a super loud and lightweight all valve monster?!?! I do understand that “super loud and lightweight all valve Ampeg monster” is probably the epitome of an oxymoron.