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[quote name='jezzaboy' post='654516' date='Nov 14 2009, 02:46 PM']level 42, hue and cry, duruitti column, dire straits , scritti pollitti, eurthmics, bauhaus, stone roses, late police, go west , spandau, kagagoogoo, ellisbeggshoward, human league, OMD, late genisis, swing out sister, blow monkeys, lloyd cole and the commotions, the smiths, frankie, tears for fears, king, Fictionfactory, haircut100, Paul young and the royal family......oh GOD too many too mention.. 80s werent crap...(TRUE)[/quote] Just reading this list sends shudders through me. Don't get me wrong, there were some plus points to the 1980s, but none of the above. Jeez, Paul Young couldn't carry a tune if his life depended on it. Toast anyone? P
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While there's no doubting the band had talent, on a more personal level, Level 42 represented everything that was bad musically about the 80s. It was a really terrible, terrible time if you were a fan of good old guitar based rock or punk. And remember punk was only a few years old. I remember one bloke saying to me [at the time] that they were just easy listening rock for stock market traders. Slappidity dappitdy slappidity. Yawn. Twenty plus years on, the opening bars of any Level 42 track will still have me reaching for the remote control or changing the radio station. Sorry! P
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Tech21 Landmark 300 head for sale. Immaculate condition. Deal with Hartke forces sale. It's a pretty desirable and versatile amp (search basschat/talkbass for more info). Sadly now somewhat surplus to requirements...I'll take £275 collected or £285 delivered. Essentially this is the amp: ...and the full technical skinny can be found [url="http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/amps/bass/landmark300.html"]HERE[/url]. Comes with rack ears, footswitch and original packaging. Cheers Paul -
Can you connect a rack tuner (Korg DTR) to an effects out signal if your head hasn't got a dedicated tuner out socket? Cheers P
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[quote name='JTUK' post='650767' date='Nov 10 2009, 03:52 PM']I am looking for a DJ5... I will be interested to see how they replace this model....[/quote] OK two things first, even though I own a Lakland, they do have a couple of basses in their range that are essentially Fender copies and also Adam Clayton has been playing a DJ4 (albeit without the Darryl Jones signature on it) for some time. If a product is successful and clearly still in demand (as the DJ basses seem to be), then you would think they would continue to make and sell it. The big stumbling block here is that the design came from DJs original A Bass model - link [url="http://www.abasses.com/"]A Basses[/url] - who Darryl Jones has now gone back to. The question really is whether Lakland would continue to [i]copy [/i]or license the body shape and simply call it something else, or drop it completely. At the end of the day, Lakland seem to be doing OK and maybe don't need the model. P
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Anyone know of an attachment that clips to a microphone stand that will hold an effects pedal or sheet music etc.? The bassist in Weezer is using something so it just prompted the question. It would be nice not to squat down to alter footswitch settings. P
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I know this response is as obvious as it comes, but sure there may be a drop in level, but in most cases wouldn't this be solved by raising/lowering said pickup? P
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On the back of my earlier post, I've just given elements of [i]...Exit Stage Left[/i] a quick spin. Still sounds woolly and lacking clarity, so for me at least that supports what I've thought over the years. I'm in no way going to backtrack from what I wrote, but you have to realise that the dates these albums were released was somewhat of a transition period for me (and likely most music savvy teens in this country). To a degree, Rush were fast turning into the dinosaurs the whole punk thing had turned against four or five years beforehand and to tell the truth, my head was far more into London Calling! and Obscure Alternatives than songs themed around black holes and honeydew. I've just looked down the tracklisting of the dozen (or so) studio albums that followed [i]...Exit Stage Left[/i] and I reckon I know three or four of the songs; mainly the first track of a handful of the albums. P
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My Rush phase lasted about five years; started off with the first live album (All The World's A Stage), after which I naturally dug into their back catalogue - Rush/Fly By Night/Caress of Steel/2112 - and carried on through to the second live album (...Exit Stage Left) which has to have the worst production of any Rush album and kind of turned me off off them. (I don't know whether it's been remixed on subsequent reissues.) For me, the first live album has everything you would ever need to know about the guy's playing...that sound, the fluidity of the playing, the runs, the way he works/worked off Neil Peart, plus, the sleeve is great! By comparison the studio albums it draws from are very lightweight affairs and this displays the material with a completely different dynamic. For my 14 year old ears, it was all a bit mental. And drawing from that album, it has to be Bytor and The Snow Dog that's the highlight. P
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Sorry chaps but these are long gone. P
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I've had a Bongo for about three months now - an orange 5HH - and have to say I'd liked these basses (well, from a distance) from the first time I clapped my eyes on them. In reality, it's been a bit of a love/hate thing; I got the bass on a trade here and the setup wasn't really to my liking (strings buzzy/action low, pickups too high)...I took it along to a jam and actually felt well depressed after; it sounded great at home (at low volume), but in a rehearsal it was pretty awful. No sustain, little output, just horrible. I spent a couple of hours tweaking the setup it and while it's [i]better[/i], even after a handful of jams the GAS was arguably more exciting than owning the real thing. I don't want to come over as sounding too underwhelmed, it plays great now, looks sweet, balances nicely, but I'm still not wholly happy. I guess at heart I'm a simple bloke as well; I prefer volume, or volume/tone, or volume/volume/tone (as opposed to volume/select/midsx2/tonex2) and I tend to find that when I start off at a jam it sounds nice, but four hours later (after having to tweak constantly) every control on the thing seems to have moved to the 100% position and it sounds pretty terrible. I would also say that it hates strings that have been on for a while. Anyhow, I'll stick with it for now. It's back in the spare room and (for now at least) the Lakland is back on top. P
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Like it says. Two sets off the Lakland and Bongo; 40/65/80/100/130, superlong. Still some life in them (they're good as boilers). I'm not going to bother splitting these. The set off the Lakland was strung through the body BTW. First PM secures, otherwise in the bin on Monday night. P
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Waaaaaaaayne! P -
[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='637391' date='Oct 26 2009, 09:41 PM']Me GASing for a Warwick? WTF?[/quote] Wayne! Buy it and refinish it is something florescent. Do it for the sake of the group. You know you're our saviour. P
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I had a five-string streamer for a while. Honestly it was very nice and certainly a good step up from what I was playing at the time. It was however a bolt-on and it went through three necks before Warwick put a wenge one on, and after that (well for me at least) it was close to perfection. It was comfortable, great phat tone, nice B-string. A few years after I got it, we had moved house and I sold the bass on to cover some building work (something that also happened to the Aerodyne that's in my avatar). Sad time. I don't know if I'd go back to be honest, the Lakland is great and I'm kind of falling in love with my Bongo. I'd echo the words of an earlier poster...it's a sleeping classic. P
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I really like the headstocks on these models over the thinner designed ones that come on the LX and US NS five strings. They're more in keeping with the overall Spector vibe. Have a bump on me. P
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[quote name='woodyratm' post='625804' date='Oct 14 2009, 10:50 AM']I am also looking for something to boost my clean levels, since when i hit the drive and fuzz off the volume takes abit of a hit. I've tried lowering the volume on the pedals but it just doesnt seem to have the same bite then. Does anyone have a clean boost pedal that is really good. Eg something just to give me abit more volume for the cleans, and finally is there anyway/pedal that will latch on when another latches off? So i hit a pedal off (my loop) and it engages the clean boost automatically. Or something?[/quote] I've never really been a fan of pedals and such; I've always been a bass into amp/POD>amp, and I'm not about to get all loved up about moving Hartke products, but I picked up a Hartke Bass Attack pedal along with my cabinets. It's tamed my Bongo somewhat, but at the same time given me a tad more clarity and boost. To use a word that's already been used, it's transparent. Can't quite explain it. Reasonably cheap and quite cheerful. P
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I have a pair of MIM Jazz pickups...the posts on the A & D strings stand pretty proud, can I tap them in a bit or will this cock things up? Never had this before. Cheers P
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[quote name='ped' post='624247' date='Oct 12 2009, 06:48 PM']Dawsons - I hope you are reading this![/quote] Sadly, I reckon it's unlikely. P
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[quote name='MB1' post='622655' date='Oct 10 2009, 08:28 PM']MB1. Might be an idea to add an acceptable Cash Price! [/quote] I honestly have no idea. I don't want to come over as smug or anything here, but they rarely come up in the UK; US eBay prices for the two that have gone recently are $1,250 and $1,350 (and I'm [i]not [/i]letting it go for £900)...plus, you'd need to factor in shipping and duties on top of that. Th*m*nn are selling new for a shade under £2,000. There's also supposed to be an eighteen month waiting list as well (although black ones don't seem to be an issue as Thomann have the Stealth model in stock). At this stage [for instance] a straight trade against a European Spector LX 5 would be a better deal all round rather than me selling for £1,400 and then putting another £250-300 to Thomann to purchase a new one. P -
Looking to see whether there are any interesting trades against this bass. I really had the hots for a Bongo and landed this 5HH a couple of months back, but it's not for me. It's difficult to quantify exactly why this bass doesn't work for me; being 100% honest here, it's quite beautiful to look at (it's a great piece of art), monster tone, but this is the only active bass is my collection and I just find it difficult to use as a back-up bass as it's so mental compared with my DJ5. Aside from the prerequisite little-ding-at-the-end-of-the-headstock the bass is mint. Desert Gold finish, Music Man hardshell case, Dunlop Strap-loks, custom pickguard. At present I'm struggling to think what I could trade this against, I've been racking my brain most of the afternoon...Gibson Thunderbird (has to be white), a Spector 5-string NS, maybe even a Rickenbacker 4001/3 so long as it was black. Don't know. If you have anything [i]interesting[/i], let me know. Anyhow, here's some pics: P Edit: If I can make a little edit here; obviously I'm reasonably aware of what the bass is worth from a monetary perspective, so it's market value is more than a Thunderbird, and maybe on par with a Spector or Rickenbacker. I'm not going to trade this away and make a loss; I'd sooner hang onto it and punt it again in a few months if this was the case. I'd just like to thank my wife for pointing that out to me. Sorry to be blunt.
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[quote name='CJBASS' post='620825' date='Oct 8 2009, 06:12 PM']Right folks time for an October bump. This is for sale again! Top player and sounds nice as hell![/quote] Loving the current LG basses...I love that body shape, but lordy that headstock doesn't work for me. Thinking aloud; I wonder whether they'd do a replacement? P -
If it stands for anything, I teach a mates daughter and she has one of their 3/4 sized P-bass clones (...yes, in pink). I spent about an hour tweaking everything and after that it sounded schweet and played like a dream. P
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This is the exact model as my first bass, thirty-odd years ago, except mine was in white. My dad paid £35.00 for it...c.1976/77. P
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[quote name='ped' post='618050' date='Oct 5 2009, 10:27 PM']So much for that - several weeks later and a new parcel - the GUITAR VERSION AGAIN!!! I have asked for a full refund. in the meantime I have two guitar GK3 kits which I can hold onto until the refund arrives. Cheers Dawsons/Roland, 6 weeks wasted.[/quote] Been there, done that. Over the years you get a bit jaded with the service from retailers. A few years back I would just take the typically British route ('Ho-hum, things will sort themselves out in time') and not complain and seek something back. Ped, I hope, refund aside, you're hassling them for something...free strings (anything!) to restore some kind of confidence/goodwill with Dawsons. I think your quote of [i]Cheers Dawsons/Roland, 6 weeks wasted[/i] doesn't really sum up the aggro and inconvenience. Sending you the wrong unit twice isn't anything to do with Roland...it's probably someone putting the wrong SKU on it at Dawsons, putting it in the wrong picking location in their warehouse (and the picker just pulling it off the shelf) or the person doing the order not reading what's actually on the pick note. I have been there at the old company I worked at (medical goods...not good). Take them for something mate. The more people do complain, the more these companies will actually improve long term. P
