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[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1411934045' post='2564119'] Try this [url="http://www.halfords.com/motoring/paints-body-repairs/car-tape-glue-velcro/evo-stik-serious-glue-33g"]http://www.halfords....erious-glue-33g[/url] [/quote] Awesome, thank you very much

Any recommendations ?? First my Fender logo fell off the top cab which i subsequently lost....now my Hartke logo fell off my XL - tragedy i tell ya !!! Glad the speakers can take the heavy reggae dub sounds...i definitely need an endorsement testing cabs at their lowest frequencies

[quote name='randythoades' timestamp='1411736788' post='2562393'] I have ordered directly from Kent Armstrong pickups UK ([url="http://www.armstrongpickups.co.uk/"]http://www.armstrongpickups.co.uk/[/url]), Aaron from them was very helpful. £100 all in, and pickup should be here next week so I will post my experiences of it. They came recommended by another BC'er friend (Bobvbass), and his tone always been really nice so I thought I would copy! Schaller seem to be well thought of too. I went for magnetic as feedback a problem in the small rehearsal room and I am happy to sound closer to a pbass if I have to if it saves the aggravation. I tried the Fishman Plat Pro with phase cancel etc, tried a feedback buster but just got fed up in the end. Even bought a slimline bass to reduce the size of acoustic chamber. [/quote] [quote name='fatback' timestamp='1411736838' post='2562394'] Kent Armstrong. About £90, excellent. You may need to email Aaron who does the making, but i can't find the addy. Maybe someone can helop with this? You draw the profile of your fingerboard end and he makes one to fit. neat. Fixes with studs or velcro and is almost invisible. EDIT: beaten to it [/quote] Nice one guys, that's really helpful. I will give Kent Armstrong a call when i get my DB back from the rehearsal room next week.

I wonder whats going on for the keyboard player for him to act the way he is, of course the drinking appears to be the immediate issue and cannot be tolerated for the professionalism required. However I can't help but think there is most probabaly an unwell person with much more serious issues than his musical vilification.

Yes i agree about the visual element, which is largely what we're going for I think in this band, but equally experience for me in playing the DB. The mag pick up option is seeming more logical for what we're aiming for. Has anyone got any suggestions on magnetic pick ups other than the Krivo that Clarky mentioned? Have to say I am really liking the sounds of the Krivo that i've seen on youtube but wondering what else is out there too....better still anyone selling a magnetic pick up

This is the drummer's PA and its facing right at me ...rattle rattle

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1411659304' post='2561662'] .... keeping your bass away from things that will cause it to vibrate (eg, monitors, loud cabs pointing at it, a wobbly wooden floor etc) should allow you to be free of feedback. [/quote] This is a very interesting point. As previously mentioned the drummer, and also the keys player, go through our overly monstrous, and reggae sound system style, PA, .....and of course it's facing right at me - rattle rattle!!!. Hmmm, thinking about the magnetic pick up if i can get more volume and less/no feedback. Of course i'll experiment with what i've got though first. This sounds good [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXt6BE2Qk9Q"]http://www.youtube....h?v=WXt6BE2Qk9Q[/url]

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1411647728' post='2561504'] A preamp with a high pass filter (HPF) is pretty essential for cutting out low end boom. The 'rumble knob on your preamp seems to be a HPF - what did you have that set to? You're also not doing yourself any favours with three 15" speakers - double bass works better with 10" or smaller. If you haven't got a cab with 10s or 8s, then you could try unplugging the 2X15" extension and just use the Fender 1x15 - it will help to reduce some of the boom. [/quote] Thanks for your helpful response. I tried the rumble knob at both ends of the spectrum but to no avail. Also I hear what your saying about the 15'S; the reason there is 3 is that it sounds great with the electric bass for that fat dubby old school 70's sound (i've tired every cab combination under the sun and this seems to cut it best), plus the drummer goes through his own PA in our rehearsal room so it is ridiculously stage loud. I still need that fat dub sound for the EB as we plan to continue doing some classic dub stuff in our live set so i will need to switch between DB & EB accordingly. Actually come to think of it my Carvin BX1500 amp has two amps inside, an A & B, I guess i could link the single 15" to the B amp and turn A down when using the DB i.e. DB through the B amp and single 1x15" as you say...maybe an option, but i'm hoping it will be loud and deep enough. I've also been foot switching between EQ's on my amp, parametric for my EB and Graphic EQ for my DB, i'm hoping the graphic will allow me to dial out feedback frequencies quickly. I will have lots to experiment with next week. Do magnetic pick ups reduce feedback? (that may be a silly Q but i thought i'd ask).

Not such a newbie on here but fairly new to DB. My reggae playing friends have taken a new direction into trad ska/rocksteady and I'm wanting to use my cheapy G4M 1/2 DB for a few numbers. After watching some beginner youtubes, and a fatigue inducing DVD that i purchased I've learned a little about technique, holding the DB etc and hand stretches so that's coming on slowly and i feel reasonably confident with several tunes so far...well at least in the living room. The set up on the bass isn't to bad, got a fairly cheap pick up off eBay that has the pads that fit into the bridge and i have a half decent Microlynx M0070 preamp , basically a brown wooden box that has good EQ, a Rumble knob...not sure exactly what that does, a phase button, DI out etc. Sooo, with excitement i took the DB to rehearsal the other night, plugged into my trusty Carvin amp which goes into 3x15"'s (i know...but we used to do a lot of heavy dub stuff and they're just permanently at our practice place...Hartke XL 2x15" @ 400W& a Fender 1x15" @ 300W) and anyhow with the DB it was boom masses of feedback, EQ was flat on the amp and compressor on too. Tried moving around the room with the bass but no luck, when i did mildly calm the feedback by turning the amp gain down the overall volume was really disappointingly quiet...I'm aiming for a big fat bass tone which needs the volume aka Skatalites . As we were auditioning a new guitarist I didn't want to spend all night fiddling to sort the feedback so i ended up playing my elec jazz bass all evening, shame as i was excited to have finally had my DB out of the living room. I'm planning to spend sometime next week with the bass and this rig to see what i can sort out but i'd of course welcome any pointers, advice, from the experienced here, taping the 'F' holes perhaps ??? Also is the Fishman preamp the holy grail for feedback as i've read ? Would i be better off with a magnetic pick up ? Thanks for any support

Just responding to being asked about soundclips, sorry I don't have the tools to record a soundclip but just come across this on Youtube giving my Limelight Precision a good running. The overall sound is far from great, assuming a video camera mic at best, and I know we all have excuses for our dodgy playing at times but i was genuinely dying with manflu at this gig...i looked like i'd been through a car wash by the end of it (plus i'm busking on Johnny B.Good ). [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF-AMr_FKDA"]http://www.youtube....h?v=YF-AMr_FKDA[/url]

Great set list, played a lot of them tracks too, love Nightboat to Cairo...but what no Ghost town

[quote name='Mr Anthony' timestamp='1411328033' post='2558501'] Can somebody fill me in on what this is actually all about? These all look so nice. Are they custom builds, or made from parts? I'm confused! [/quote] Here: [url="http://www.classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses.htm"]http://www.classicandcoolguitars.co.uk/basses.htm[/url] although there appears to be no limelight basses there at present.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1411071130' post='2556297'] I don't know if anyone else's did, but mine didn't. Had a spare one, so I didn't mind [/quote] I had a lightweight Hiscox with mine although i barely use that particular one. Was thinking, if it would be useful i'll take a pic of the P pick ups i removed to see if anyone can identify the manufacturer

Tease!!! ...Tokai perhaps?

If you're looking at a clean sounding amp with oodles of power then look up Carvin amps at Bassgear UK - [url="http://www.bassgear.co.uk/product-category/bass-amps-and-cabs/carvin-amps/"]http://www.bassgear.co.uk/product-category/bass-amps-and-cabs/carvin-amps/[/url], amazing amps for the money and in my opinion not to dissimilar to the Markbass sound.

[quote name='bakerster135' timestamp='1411031771' post='2555681'] Some photos of the Burgundy Mist Jazz! Bit rough, but it's the first chance I've had since I got it... [url="http://s66.photobucket.com/user/albakio/media/Limelight%2064%20Jazz%20Bass/20140918_090753.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s66.photobucket.com/user/albakio/media/Limelight%2064%20Jazz%20Bass/20140918_090812.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s66.photobucket.com/user/albakio/media/Limelight%2064%20Jazz%20Bass/20140918_090903.jpg.html"][/url] It sounds and feels great! The only initial issue is that it's come with a higher action and quite a lot more relief than I'd usually like (about 0.8mm), so I need to get that neck off at some point and give the rod a tweak...Very happy with it though Mark's craftsmanship and attention to detail is astounding, i.e. slightly shrunken scratchplate, wear at the end of the neck and on pickups (as though the strings have actually been whacking and bouncing off them for 50 years!), and I have no idea how he's done such a convincing job of "yellowing" the scratchplate! ... [/quote] Proper $exy!!! Love it

[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1410978329' post='2555303'] Anyone have one in Cornwall I can try? [/quote] Whereabouts in Kernow are you? You know Mark aka Mr Limelight is in Teignmouth Devon, nice drive! I live in a small village just outside Plymouth but gig all over Devon (home of the original pastie ) and Kernow (land of strange folk law and next to claim independence ) ...these gigs are mostly with my soul/function's band where i use my Limelight...if close by could always hook up

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1410963338' post='2555096'] I'm really impressed that everyone likes their pickups, and no one seems to feel the need to change them. I'd still love to know what they are, if they really are that good [/quote] Haha, I'm the exception as per usual . I didn't dislike the stock pick ups but I thought a recent trad Wizard that i picked up sounded closer to my friends Fender 73 P when we A/B'd them....so I've stuck with the Wizard....for now!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1410899792' post='2554558'] New cab day = new photo of my Limelight day. Any excuse :-) [/quote] Gorgeous