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martthebass

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  1. martthebass
    Can’t comment due to rules, but if it had been nearer I’d have picked it up as a spare despite having 2 - a nice little bedroom speaker.
  2. martthebass
    That's a really great price on one of these. Gigged with a couple of these for years; yet to find anything as practical that sounds as good. Built like little brick poo houses too (Barefaced - take note!)
  3. martthebass
    I think when I put my LM3 in to Real a few years back they said if it was the power board it'd be about £160. I guess that would be more like £200+ now. On that basis, at 50 gigs a year I tend to look at the cost of the amp at about £2/gig which seems more than reasonable - and that's a worse case if the amp is U/S at replacement. My back up Italian LM3 is still as good as when I first got it so probably still worth a few quid.
  4. martthebass
    That's not bad. To be honest, unlike my previous old school Trace stuff I tend to look at the ICE based amps as 'consumable'. My LM3 is a 2012 Italian class AB job which I put over to back up about 3 years back. My current main is the Little Marcus which has about 3 years old and done about 130 gigs. It will get retired to back up in another couple of years if I'm still doing 50 gigs (or so) per year.
  5. martthebass
    Very nice. Had a 2eq one for a good few years and stupidly sold it a couple of years back (went to Italy as I recall). It was a thing of beauty, had an insanely low action and tone for days. Sold it as it wasn't getting used anywhere near enough and I couldn't justify it sitting in a corner.
  6. martthebass
    Ditto, apart from the previously noted problem that ended up being a smoothhound problem mine's been fairly bomb proof. I did hear that the CMD combos could suffer from overheating problems (due to insufficient ventilation in the design) which is why I went down the separates route with an LM top and 2 x NY121 but I don't know how much truth there is in this.
  7. martthebass
    I used Real in Sheffield to check out my LM3 about 3 years back. Intermittent volume loss, they bench tested and ran for a few days and found no issue. Think the charge was about £40 so no biggy. To give some security I picked up a little Marcus 500 and now run the LM3 as a back up. For interest, I eventually tracked down the problem to wifi interference on my wireless set up - nowt up with the amp. Lesson learnt.
  8. martthebass
    Ooooof, just...Oooof.
  9. martthebass
    Impossible
  10. martthebass
    That's very nice - far too nice to let somebody else borrow lol.
  11. martthebass
    Probably would've done less damage if I'd landed on me head.
  12. martthebass
    It's drive capabilities are limited but tangible.........still struggling to determine the best spot in the signal chain.
  13. martthebass
    Shot from the wings of Gig at a nice club in the centre of Barton-Upon-Humber last night. This one was an uphill battle, I’m still struggling with a dog inflicted injury (tripped on said dog and fell downstairs landing on a big toe - not broken but it’s not happy) and the singist’s voice was buggered from this persistent viral jobby that’s still doing the rounds. We got through it and the audience was appreciative but it definitely felt like a double shift. Hopefully we’ll all be in better nick next week for a return to a particularly nice club in Dronfield. Rock n roll eh? Only just spotted I’d left my mid spot banana energy booster on top of my minimalist pedal set up.
  14. martthebass
    Please.....not that again.
  15. martthebass
    Love the finishes on those 2 C
  16. martthebass
    This. everyone is different. On a 4 string I find a vintage P 1.75” nut a tad too much but a modern 1.625” fine. I’m comfortable on a 1.5” but if the neck depth is too slim somehow I can’t get comfortable. in terms of ‘speed’ neck finish is important to me, a nice wax/oil finish like on an EBMM I find faster than a gloss neck if hands are sweaty. Lots of variables here with one of the biggest variables being the bassist, one mans meat is another’s tofu. On this basis this topic is bound to be subjective rather than objective and dominated by opinion rather than dimensional facts.
  17. martthebass
    That's a bit nice. Great price for a 'double buck' too. Wish I had the funds to hand. GLWTS
  18. martthebass
    Glad you decided that way Ade, you'd have had my bank balance seriously twitching!
  19. martthebass
    Mr McCombe knows all about this aspect of 'the job' 😁
  20. martthebass
    Rare Sunday afternoon gig yesterday marked a return to gigging for us lot after a 4 week lay off. City centre pub in Huddersfield, hideous to get to (all the sat navs were defeated with aplomb) and the loading bay was a 20 minute only stay so had to go hunting for near non-existent parking. Once set up the clientele consisted of an old man (with flat cap) and a whippet so the auspices were not good. Nevermind, professional as ever we ventured into the changing room (read - unused kitchen) and got into character. 15 minutes later we emerged into a packed house full of eager punters. 2 great sets ensued. Just goes to show you can never tell.....
  21. martthebass
    Great basses these; I've had a fair few Mustangs and this is the cream of the crop (aside from a pucker '66 Mustang I guess). Use mine for the local Jam nights, never fails to give me a good sound in the mix even with 'iffy' backline. GLWTS
  22. martthebass
    First one of the new year and the last one this month as we take a little medical/rejuvenative break until February. A mid sized pub, The Royal, just outside the centre of Huddersfield; the place had been done out since the last time we played mid 2022 and what a great job they’d done. The place now houses a great stage area as they’ve knocked a few of the small rooms together and it’s made a massive difference. Surprisingly, given the time of year, the place was packed and we had an appreciative clientele from the off. Ended up doing 2 encores which made it a long night but well enjoyable. One odd thing was a couple of slightly worse for wear ladies coming up to me mid set saying I was miming the bass....I took it as a compliment that I sounded as good as a backing track.
  23. martthebass
    That surprises me on the Steinies, I thought the original basses were made primarily of Bakelite, a thermoset PF resin. This is very resistant to heat until it decomposes about 500C and shouldn’t deform dimensionally until decomposition. Worked a lot in the day on PF resins for refractory applications....
  24. martthebass
    Cheers guys, much appreciated
  25. martthebass
    Thanks Dave, just the ongoing checks for my cancer treatment, hopefully I’m still in good shape.
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