Happy Jack

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1385242396' post='2286116'] I use mine (DHA VT1 EQ) to get some valve crutch into my tone ... [/quote] I have just GOT to get me some of that valve crutch. Does it get really hot if you push it too hard?

Is there any possible logical reason (and I ask in a spirit of pure enquiry, you understand) why anyone would solder a jack-lead directly into a bass? At what stage of insanity/inebriation/hallucination ([size=2][i]delete as applicable[/i][/size]) does this seem like a good idea?

Undeniably lovely (and I say that as a non-guitarist of the highest quality) but doesn't have the here's-something-I-knocked-up-in-my-lunchhour charm of the original design.

Thanks. It's good to feel appreciated.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1385426508' post='2288276'] Obviously his dying has immortalised him ... [/quote] [Spock]That would be illogical, Captain.[/Spock]

Given the title of this thread, I was rather hoping to find that Hank Marvin had joined Basschat ...

Just sold Dave a PA power amp. Quite apart from instant payment and a pleasant, hassle-free transaction, Dave also treated me to a genuinely superb evening tucked away behind the sound desk at a major gig. Really nice guy and an absolute pleasure to deal with.

All four bands in which I'm involved rehearse in my studio space at home (which a number of Basschatters have seen). Instruments + electronic drumkit are routed through the PA which is a deliberately-weedy 100W amp and incapable of going ear-splitting. Vocals are UNamplified, no mics at all. That automatically and unavoidably sets the volume levels (low) and balance (simple) in the room. Everyone can hear everything, no one needs earplugs. As chris_b says, only an idiot confuses a rehearsal with a gig.

http://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2012/06/mccartneys-masterpiece-bass-on-the-beatles-something-by-rob-collier/

That's a possibility of course, but there's a lot else to think about first. Even if we want to do this "at cost" so that nobody is out of pocket and nobody makes a profit, Basschat and its logo actually belong to someone (Ped & Kiwi, ectually) so it's their call anyway. If Basschat wants to use this as a fund-raiser then the whole thing would need to be under their control, and it would be up to them how to deal with any risk element. Given the semi-serious comments about other Basschat-branded stuff (fleeces, scarves, etc.) and the fact that BC t-shirts have existed for ages, there could also be a case made for creating a Basschat on-line shop. Suddenly we're getting into much choppier water ...

Yes, I rather had my eye on that one too. Bizarrely, the description on the page calls that "yellow". Erm ...

The annoying thing is that we could get (say) 100 of these hats made up & embroidered with the Basschat logo for roughly £400, which is hardly the end of the world. That would be 100 of the same design, same colour, one-size-fits-all, and stop asking if we can get an XXXL with a peak in purple just for you cos we can't, OK? http://www.btcgroup.co.uk/assorted-caps-hats.html?p=1 The devil, of course, is in the detail.[list] [*]Postage & packing would damn near double the cost of each hat by the time it's delivered to the end user. [*]Not all 100 would sell, so assumptions about unsold stock would have to be factored into the pricing. [*]Someone would have to actually run the show, deal with the orders, fund the initial make-up, etc. [/list] From a purely business, bean-counting point of view, you'd be looking to sell these for £10 delivered. At that price-point I know that I'd buy one, but I wonder how many others would actually dip their hands in their pockets for this ...

A Sansamp (or any other decent preamp) is a signal booster, a powerful EQ, a DI box, a ground-loop eliminator, a source for a tuner or personal monitor, and possibly several other things too. The chances I'll need any one of those at any particular gig is (for the sake of having a number to play with) maybe one in a hundred, but if there are five different issues there then that takes the odds up to five in a hundred = one in twenty. I play maybe 30 gigs a year. I always take my Sansamp. So far, it hasn't left the gig-bag. But I'm waiting ...

Not what I meant, mate. Harness the raw, unfettered power of Basschat! There must be several hundred Basschatters sitting a tube-ride away from you, maybe thousands. [i][b]Someone [/b][/i]will have one for you to try. You just need to ask about a bit ...

Your sig says you're in London. Can you really not try before you buy?

When you listen to Gary's amp. it'll be worth remembering just how big a step-down in gain you get moving from 12AX7 to 12AY7 ... roughly a 40% reduction.

The advert mentioned that the seller had had the chromed tailpiece as some sort of upgrade, I think.

Yup, great basses anyway, and that's a particularly fine example.

[color=#b22222][i]a simple one knob does nearly all and switches the sound from one neck to the other and also acts as a volume/tone switch[/i][/color] A new definition of "simple", perhaps?

I don't understand this at all. Just to be on the safe side, have you tried A/B-ing your OTB500 against another? There must be loads of them in the Midlands.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1385033927' post='2283596'] Surprised no one has posted clips of JJ Cale songs being covered, most of which would probably be better known than the originals. But here's a favourite cover of mine: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUYo8PeO96g[/media] [/quote] Now that really IS a novelty song ...

That's excellent. I already have a 70's JapCrap Precision (a Maya) which I've upgraded to "rough pub beater" status, so I don't need another, but otherwise I'd have this like a shot. All it needs is a decent pickup.

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1384968433' post='2282943'] A lot of examples of non rock turned into rock & some I really like, but how about the other way? Any good examples of rock songs done differently, but done well? [/quote] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WGsMplGxU

Ah, but it's not a choice, is it? It's not [i]either / or[/i] ... we can have [i][b]both [/b][/i]if we want, we can have it all!