Woodinblack

Lots of things. P basses, J basses.. I guess fender basses. There is this whole 'you have to have one' but the P is like the Harley Davidson of the bass world, iconic, clunky and not that great The jazz is better but not that much. But yet I keep wanting a Jazz, buying it, realising it has too few strings to be useable and getting rid of it. Effects Pedals - they all basically do the same thing don't they, but they all have faults or are too expensive, or you just don't have the space for them Small mixers, like the flow 8 - too small and restrictive to do anything with, maybe unless you were keyboard players, with not many keyboards Iconic bass guitars - they are no better than the others, they just cost more and noone can tell the difference without using their eyes

Or as I did, retune it to F# (F# B E A D) - works well on my Sei!

Did exactly that a few weeks ago, much puzzled searching for the lack of sound. result, the same, receiver has red insulation tape around it. When I was looking at new wireless the other day, I noticed that the fender telepath one has different coloured rx and tx, made me wonder why that wasn't a thing!

And did they get your point or just think you were being over dramatic? I mean do you think it will actually have an effect and make them realise that there is a problem?

From the Jam in weymouth, we went and sat in the hall outside, where it was quite a good volume. In your position, seeing as I am wireless I would have probably gone and stood outside, maybe the levels were better there!

would love some of those strip lights, but I already bought all the PA and I got some PAR lights as the first gig we did was almost in dark, so I am not buying any more!

Wow - your vat is high in scotland!

Looks like your wiring has been modified. With the original wiring in passive mode the switch bypasses anything to do with the battery and routes the sound from the volume control straight to the jack socket.

One of a kind masterpiece? Well, that is reassuring and certainly some way of putting it

No it doesn't affect the VU, the Passive / Active switch makes a big difference though. I never get it high on most basses other than the bongo though, but I would think that the G&L wouldn't have an issue.

I use it on 'who knew' by pink.

As mentioned, mine produce noise if I plug them in straight, but if I plug them in to a lead that is connected to the input, the noise goes away, so I guess it needs the filter network of a guitar cable to filter out the noise. Interested to hear what the A58s are like, I looked at those (and the fender ones) as a replacement for the WS90/WS70s I use but haven't picked anything yet.

No, he had several but he had a 62 jazz bass that he used for most of zeppelin recording and gigs.

Thats been covered years ago by burns http://burnsguitars.com/apachedoublesix.php - thats the guitar, there is a bass (or was years ago), we talked about it somewhere on bc a few weeks ago ah here

I don't know - reading the posts from both sides, I don't see anyone being covered in glory here.

No, wasn't so bad

Tidied up a bit on here, I think that maybe part of this should continue as a private conversation while it is being resolved

Didn't brookes do a 15 string bass once? That would be my dream one

Seems to be reports of issues on some active basses. Not sure about systems with TRS plugs.

Both the Dwarf and the ME-90B seem to do the same, and it is hard to shield the RF on the receiver.

The musicmaster wasn't touched by most people. I remember seeing one in the shop in the late 70s, and it was basically the kids budget bass. Modifying basses was also very common back then, you just had one, you modified it how you wanted, there wasn't the fear of modding that there is now. Sure couldn't pay over a grand for a musicmaster!

Well, yes, we practice every week (mostly) and don't pay anything. We can even leave our stuff there (I don't but we leave a drum kit and PA there). Before that we used to pay for 6 months or so at another place, £10 per night. The other group I am in pay, no idea how much though, but between £10-20

Cheaper older ones are available on BC Marketplace!