Happy Jack

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1399560831' post='2445344'] You said it yourself Jack: More bass + more mids + more treble = louder And the tradeoff is, the name is not as good. [/quote] Come on Danny, that's not what I said. If I really believed better = more then I'd be a guitarist, wouldn't I?

[b] Why this rather than the celebrated '69er?[/b] [color=#333333][size=3] The Retro Six10 is more sensitive (six bass drivers rather than five plus the boost from the hybrid resonator enclosure), has a smoother more flattering treble response, punchier fatter mids and a bigger weightier bottom.[/size][/color] [color=#333333][size=3] [size=4]Hmmmmm.[/size][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=3] [size=4]So it's more sensitive (= louder? who needed it to be louder?), and it has better treble, better mids, and better bottom. All at once. [/size][/size][/color][color=#333333][size=3] [size=4]I thought cabs were always a trade-off? To make one thing better, something else had to be less good ...[/size][/size][/color]

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1399450676' post='2444276'] [b]I'm going to have a go at breaking the record for not posting! How long do you reckon I can keep it at 7000? [/b] [/quote] I'm guessing several hours ...

In truth, once you get past the Babelfish translation, his listings tend to be scrupulously accurate, with no attempt to fool anyone. Fair play to him. And I love this particular listing because, when I first saw the very first photograph, I actually assumed that bundle of wire was the pickup connection ...

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1399467297' post='2444496'] And boy are they good! - Mine wasn't a K series but it still had loads of power on tap with lots of weight in the lows. [/quote] It was foolish of you to sell it to me. But then it was equally foolish of me to sell it to Flanker ...

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1398791802' post='2437656'] We use a couple of these for our PA. Very impressed. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tamp_d4500.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._tamp_d4500.htm[/url] [/quote] Those are cracking amps. I used one as my band's main PA amp for four years, before selling it to Monckeyman (of this parish) before Xmas. I only sold it since I'd bought the Powersoft Digam unit that the Thomann is essentially a copy of. That design offers the opportunity to do a bewildering variety of bi-amp solutions and clever-clever pedal board nonsense.

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1398965256' post='2439549'] Barrie, I might be phoning the shop shortly! [/quote] In truth, if that bass is available at a sub-£1000 price in the UK, then it looks as if it will compare favourably with similar offerings from Alleva-Coppolo and Mike Lull, at least in terms of playability and sound. Whether it can match the A/C for quality, or the M/L for lightness (and a 35" scale), is another matter but that's the first Carvin I've looked at and thought: Hmmmmm ...

People keep telling me that Nottingham is a really big student town ... does that not translate into enthusiastic audiences?

[quote name='EliasMooseblaster' timestamp='1398852454' post='2438180'] This might actually be a great idea in this instance - would the offending band member be placated if you forced the dep to wear a cheap silver star embossed with the word "Deputy," to ensure the crowd knew they weren't a regular member? [/quote] I always felt this went a long way towards explaining Thin Lizzy ... [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/ThinLizzylizzy_zps563a179a.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Music%20and%20Musicians/ThinLizzylizzy_zps563a179a.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1398849165' post='2438133'] Short for "deputising" I guess. [/quote] Only without getting a cheap silver star to pin on your chest ...

Cheap'n'cheerful or high quality but outrageously expensive? Sadly, this http://www.djkit.com/w-audio/w-audio-horizon-800-amplifier.html is now discontinued but still turns up from time to time on eBay. The 1U version came in a variety of outputs, construction was not awe-inspiring and the fan is noisy, but for that price it was bloody good VFM. On t'other hand, http://www.thomann.de/gb/powersoft_digam_m_14_d.htm is scary expensive but By God does it deliver ...

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1398693283' post='2436598'] Living in London for a couple of years now. Haven't found one interesting band to join that made me go "Wow, I would put in the effort". Formed my own instead. Decent songwriting is almost non-existent. [/quote] That's a bit unfair, isn't it? Good song-writing has always come from frustration and deprivation, preferable experienced while living in a garret. Whatever a "garret" is. If you want good song-writing, obviously you need to live somewhere far less affluent than London ...

Hmmmm ... apart from using a sheet of "aircraft grade" aluminium to hide the alder, what exactly makes these things Alusonic or, indeed, Alutastic?

http://www.gumtree.com/p/community/bass-player-available-for-auditions-tonight/1058710252

It makes no sense IF you already have a Kala, Owen. Seeing as I sold you back your old U-Bass, that left me without one. I waited a long time for Andy's daughter's Kahuna to come up, and it is indeed very nice (and has already attracted compliments from a couple of BCers who have now played it) ... but not as nice as the Kala it copies. ps: It's worth noting that part of the high price of the Kala gets you a superb padded semi-hard case. The Kahuna comes in a flimsy unpadded plastic gigbag which offers no serious protection whatever.

One of the very few basses I still have genuine GAS for is a Dingwall Super-P. I had a Z2 once. Loved the feel and quality but hated the tone. No choice but to love that 37" B-string.

[quote name='Ktmman' timestamp='1398443558' post='2434227'] They put it up at £250 and moved it on straight away i was told .... [/quote] I paid that much for my SB320, but that was because I was really, really keen to buy another (having foolishly sold a beauty a few years back). £250 for an SB310 is no rip-off, but I certainly wouldn't have paid that much for one.

http://www.gumtree.com/p/community/bass-and-guitar-players-needed-this-sunday-unpaidexpenses-only/1058564863

Just mail order, I'm pretty sure. There's really not much call for a huge bass supplier in Bagshot. Mind you, I believe there's an outfit in Twyford so what do I know?

They haven't been made (by the original manufacturer, SGC Nanyo) for many years, so there's not really a retail price to quote. Back in the 90's the SB310 would have sold for £400 - £600 depending on exactly where and when you were buying. In the current market, an SB310 in good nick is worth (IMHO) maybe £150 - £200. YMMV.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/697-obscure-musical-backwaters/page__hl__backwaters

Yes, but apart from that ...

Steady, boy, steady ...