Al Krow

Looks like I could be about blow a hole in my net spend of £130 on bass gear this year then...😁

Oooh I would be very temped to set aside my embargo on getting 4 strings to get my hands on a BB1200S (particularly if the condition is v good)!

Haha OK. I'll leave you to name and shame. I certainly wouldn't entertain the idea of ever breaking or bending the law to gig in relation to Covid, although I confess to not always having kept below the speed limit on public roads!

That's very harsh to suggest bands who were playing were in breach of "the rules". Quite a slur on your fellow musicians in fact. And how come all those so called rule breakers have not played at all for a couple of months? I'm not aware of any of my fellow BC'ers who would break the law to play a gig. I certainly won't be and the publicans I deal with are very keen not to lose their licences either.

Happy to take wagers - £10 says I'll have played at least 2 gigs with my bands by mid May 2021. PM me if any Cassandras want to take me up on this. I'll donate any winnings to charity 😉

Thanks for confirming - always good to get a second opinion! Btw the selection of frequencies was not random - I found that the Tech 21 VTDI was amazingly good at "lifting the blanket" from all my rigs and particularly made a difference to my MB Combo. Its bite switch boosts in the high mids and treble (and also uses an HPF to tighten the low end). The key clue, though, was from the new range of Berg Forte amps which has a "presence" switch and very helpfully disclosed that this boosted by +6DB at 6.5KHz. It was just a case of putting it all together after that.

First vaccine approved for use this morning. Roll out should start next week. I'm sticking to by May 2021 for many of us being back to gigging.

+1^^ Ignore the one on the left, next two are: 735A, and 1025:

That's a really helpful steer. I started a similar journey on here a few years back: Best 5 string bass you've ever owned and why? - Bass Guitars - Basschat I actually ended up getting a Yamaha BB 1025, partly based on lots of positive recommendations from other BC'ers. I've ended up with several other 5ers, but despite getting regularly asked whether I might be thinking of moving it on, my 1025 is firmly entrenched in my herd. A used one in very good condition should be within your budget. The Yammy has 18mm string spacing but a very comfortable neck. It's a purely passive bass but nevertheless a just lovely PJ and will easily go toe to toe with basses costing several times as much. The other 5er I would heartily recommend, which might be just above your price bracket used, is an Ibby SR Premium with big single Nord pups. Light (< 9lbs), immensely playable fast neck - partly due to the narrower 16.5mm string spacing. The Ibby SRs are active with a very decent 3 band EQ including selectable mid centres, but with a passive switch setting too (which is always a nice back up if the battery dies mid gig!). The model I have is an Ibanez SR 1825 which is the middle one:

Socialism, social democracy, liberalism, one-nation Toryism are, indeed, all valid alternatives to a purely free market approach (and it would be ridiculous to suggest any W European nation had an unbridled free market approach). I guess your comment above implied you were completely against private commerce. (And if you were then the only model that sought to abolish private enterprise entirely was a Marxist-Leninist one - and there is perhaps only Cuba now following that model?). But if what you're saying is that utilities etc should be nationalised and the rest delivered by private enterprise - that's not communism and it would be very unfair to apply that label, totally agree. Btw your statement about large successful businesses is very inaccurate - there are plenty of businesses who pay very well indeed and are not being subsidised by the taxpayer, in fact the complete opposite - they are generating the wealth that pays for our public services (e.g. tech companies, financial services, energy, media, sport etc. and not forgetting our world leading pharmaceutical industry to tie it back into this thread!). Whilst a minority of firms that are private equity owned may siphon profits offshore, our largest public listed companies often have very significant pension fund shareholders and their profits are both subject to UK tax and, when paid up as dividends, provide many pensioners with their retirement income.

What budget should we be limiting ourselves to, and you okay buying used?

Lockdown is absolutely crushing hospitality and the national treasures that are our local pubs.

Of course there's no question there are plenty of better bands out there, but these guys are at least making music rather than sitting on their ars*es doing f-all and have managed to pull together a multi-track recording during lockdown. Which is more than a lot of us have managed - including my two bands! So if you happen to be reading this Cabana Room - good for you! Keep making music! 😎👍

Sounds like a multitude of compressors let loose on the real world 😁

Welcome - do let us know what you think?

I think it's Boris, but it could be the Battle of Hastings (Saxons 0 - France 1)...

You've certainly got one of the biggest hearts.

I know, I was thrilled to hear that from him. Have to 'fess I'm missing playing live, HUGELY!

Careful! Wasn't that dude associated with Spitfires? Apparently according to some on here that was a shameful part of our national history that should never ever be mentioned and, even better, forgotten! 😂

Yup one of my favourite BCers has 22 gigs in the diary for next year already!

Nah all fine as long as we don't mention the "B" word 😁 Absolutely! All that together with the Barnett back-of-the-fag-packet formula 😉

Blimey you do live in a sheltered world. Where do you think a big proportion of our taxes comes from to fund our public services? Perhaps start with profitable private sector companies paying the wages of millions of individuals who pay income tax and NI and VAT on stuff they buy; and the companies, themselves, pay corporation tax on their profits. The alternative is Communism where the State does everything. I think you'll find it wasn't that popular.

Very well put.

He certainly does. And last time I heard, he's no longer going to be in office after another 7 weeks.

That's a really good hack! Please do post the link to the seller you bought from. My suggestion for making a MB combo better is to add "presence" to the sound to prevent too much high end roll-off (if that's not your thing). I do that by boosting the high mids at +1.5kHz and 'usable' treble at +6.5kHz each by 6 dB. The older LM2 and LM3 heads have a considerable EQ gap between 800Hz and 10kHz so I've sorted by either using an EQ pedal, or pair with a Tech 21 VTDI which has a "bite" (= presence) button. Wished I'd discovered that particular refinement before moving on my MB AC 121 Lite combo a couple of years back, which for me is still one of the very best combos available and the only one that I'm aware of that can deliver a full 500W through its 12" speaker without need for an extension cab, but I'm putting the presence EQ boost to good use with my more modest MB 121H combo where it works a treat.