Happy Jack

An excellent evening, and some very impressive bass chops on display from Mr. Mooseblaster playing a Gibson Thunderbird (ex-Billy Apple). Very impressive tone & presence to complement the Entwistle-style lead bass. I mentioned the Entwistle style to one of his friends who was sitting next to me. Friend said: "Who?"

Trainerchat?

Will it actually sound any different from a Precision?

[quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1397045215' post='2420019'] Interesting.... strokes chin... [/quote] In all fairness, Jake, I bet that when you bought your Jazz in 1997 you already knew a little bit about basses and about your own preferences.

I was one of the chief culprits for six years, until I found exactly the bass I needed (a lightweight Mike Lull PJ5 Precision with 35" scale and 19mm string spacing at the bridge). When I started buying/selling I had absolutely no idea that was where I would end up, The only reason I know that I have now found my perfect bass is that, since buying it I have lost any urgent need to keep trading. I have NOT lost all interest in trying other basses, and I do occasionally buy/sell, but all that frantic trading was me lurching erratically towards my perfect bass. As for fags, horses and fast women, I'd settle for a woman with a fast neck ...

It probably looks better when worn: [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/11stringironingboard.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/11stringironingboard.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Oh alright then, maybe not.

Who's running the sweepstake this time?

[quote name='sirmuppet' timestamp='1396123663' post='2410249'] I've been playing a couple of times at gigs lately. The Bass I was using is a 2007 Ric 4003. I started to get a really horrible bassy vibration, like it was resonating badly. I know there's talk about changing the Pre amp valves on the Orange. [/quote] Others have already covered a lot of ground, so I thought I'd pick up on a few things not mentioned (that I noticed). When you gig, what's your band's line-up? Playing in a 3-piece sounds radically different from playing with two guitars and a keyboard. What settings do you normally have your Ric on? A horrible bassy vibration sounds like a suitable case for an Auralex Grammapad (or similar). If you know someone who has one - they ain't cheap - see if you can borrow it for a trial. Changing the valves on an OTB is all about bringing the gain under control. I can't see it having any real impact on your problem. Good luck

[u][i][b]ANY [/b][/i][/u]Peavey head?

Hmmmm ... I love my PlatPro but I use it strictly for DB. I wouldn't use it for electric bass, and certainly not to front-end an OTB500. Doesn't mean it won't do a job for you, just hadn't occurred to me to try! The very limited EQ on the OTB has frequently been a topic on Basschat and there's no denying it. IMHO the whole point of the OTB is precisely that it [u][b]IS[/b][/u] a one-trick pony - you either like it or you don't. There are loads of amps and pedals that will allow you to shape the contours and boost the Hi-Mids etc, and if that's what you like to do then you should buy another amp. If you want a classic, old-school, blues-rock sound (P-bass through a f***-off valve rig) but at a fraction of the price and a tiny fraction of the weight, then the OTB ticks the box. It's plug & play, and you can stop wasting your time twiddling knobs.

That place is an absolute temple to wood.

I always thought it was "balls to your partner" ...

Hi Jim, welcome aboard. I'm firmly in the OTB500 camp - it's a perfect match for most of the stuff you've listed, and there's plenty of them now knocking about on the 2nd-hand market. Up until a couple of years ago, these amps were shipped with horribly hi-gain valves (plus a dodgy DI-Out). In rsponse, I wrote this: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/134869-re-valving-an-orange-bass-terror/ My own OTB now sounds warmer & creamier, and has far more versatility in the balance between Gain & Volume. Later examples of the OTB come with (allegedly) better valves and (again, allegedly) a far more useable DI-Out. If you have a "tamed" OTB then it should also respond well to a Sansamp or a Catalinbread SFT - but this is drifting off into matters of personal taste. The vanilla OTB sound is absolutely bang on the money for blues-rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmmzbVM5BMw#t=110 I think the question that needs asking here is: What the hell had George been smoking? He is simultaneously as out of it as any musician I've ever seen performing on TV, BUT ALSO as tight to the music as any musician I've ever seen performing on TV. And those uber-cool backing singers in hats ... oh wow!

Sounds more to me like the output you're getting is direct from the pre-amp, and it's your power section that has failed. Obviously you shouldn't try to use a pre-amp as a power amp, but it will still produce enough output to make some sort of noise, especially with sensitive cabs. Do you have access to another power amp that you could try as an experiment? Your band's PA power amp would do.

I don't think Fender use Dremel Multis or blowtorches either ...

I'm trying to picture you in a pink blouse with red polka dots ... it's a struggle.

... and I'm drinking a very fine single malt (Mortlach) - purely as a muscle relaxant you understand - and it occurs to me that it's ages since I posted this, the single piece of YouTube I would most like to have played bass on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKprKZHYfl0

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1396548207' post='2415004'] My point exactly. I pointed to the various members of staff the nearest thing to what I wanted. Even if Rolf Harris drew it for them, they would not understand [/quote] Ray, please tell me that you didn't ask: "Can you tell what it is yet?"

Breath akimbo? [size=5][i][b]Breath akimbo???[/b][/i][/size]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1396541911' post='2414910'] That's not Maplins, that's women. *Runs away* [/quote]

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1396541107' post='2414893'] Why does a simple question have to turn into someone explaining their life story to me? [/quote] Taking that big leather couch with you everywhere you go is probably a bad idea.

The Flight Of The Double Bass? http://www.virtualsheetmusic.com/score/BumbleeBass.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1o9KKdstFQ

I thought the OP wanted a pedal to delay the onset of GAS ...