King Tut
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I finally got to use this last night. We were rehearsing for our slot at The Sonic Rock Solstice Festival in Bromsgrove on Sunday. I, and the rest of the band, are extremely happy with it. It seemed really easy to get a good tone from, enough tonal variation for me and bucket loads of HEFT!! Looks great on top of my 4 x 10 and heavy enough to p**s the roadies off! Roll on Sunday!
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Peavey VB2 valve bass amp. Big enough to be loud enough, small enough to get the power valves working hard. Bought for a bargain price during lockdown #1 and not used in anger yet. Gigs start for us in July with s couple of festivals but I'll probably wait until I've got some comfortable set up time before I let it rip! -
I’ve been trying to get a replacement whizzer speaker for my EX112 cab from Marshall since the first lockdown. Well peed off when a family member who works at Marshall told me they didn’t own them anymore. I had a Nemesis combo many years ago that I loved but it packed up sadly. Still using a Nemesis 4x10 for most of the Stray gigs that I love and picked up off here for just £80!
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I watched Coldplay at Whitby Abbey on the beeb last weekend and Guy Berryman's tone was pretty blooming awesome. Looked like a Precision of some kind and I think he uses Hiwatt amplification. A mix of plectrum and finger style and flats I think? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09g9vhn/radio-1s-big-weekend-2021-coldplay
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No don’t do it. You’ll wipe a load off the value of your cab and it’s not really that much hassle to set it up as a rig is it? Madness.
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Didn’t think you were supposed to oil maple boards?
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What am I missing out on with not having a Rickenbacker?
King Tut replied to ProfJames's topic in General Discussion
Years back I had a Mapleglo 4003. Hated it. Became a Ric hater, uncomfortable, one tone bass etc etc. Some years later, a mate was selling a 77 4001. I gave it a tryout and really loved the tone - not particularly clunky but very solid. We did a good deal on it. First thing I did was bought a bezel for the bridge pickup so i had somewhere to anchor my thumb. I fell in and out of love with it, gigged it occasionally and kept it mainly as an investment. Fast forward a few years and I joined Stray who’s original bass player always used a Ric. Not wanting to take my old 77 out on tour, I bought a 2016 black 4003. I’ve gigged this bass extensively over the last couple of years and really fallen in love with it. I’ve tried to change to short scale basses as I’ve got little girl’s hands but I keep coming back to that Ric (and the 77 4001). It just feels right now - probably because I used it so much over a short period of time. So what are my thoughts on it? . . . The neck doesn’t taper very much - it’s a very consistent width all the way down. The truss rods never seem to need adjusting - it’s extremely stable. The scale length is slightly shorter than standard 34” - suits me. It’s very resonant. It looks as cool as funk. The build quality (on the later bass, not the earlier one) is extremely good. While you CAN get that classic Ric tone, it’s by no means a one trick pony. The pups sound distinctly different to each other, the tone controls are very effective and you can roll off the top without losing volume and the vintage switch on the bridge pickup brings an extra dimension of flexibility making it more versatile than a normal passive 2 pickup bass. They take a bit of setting up. The bridge on any 4001/3 more than a couple of years old is not very user friendly to say the least, and getting a good pickup balance can be a bit of a chore, however, once set up, they do the job well. The sharp angle around the edge of the body can bug you and cut into your forearm when playing sitting down - funnily enough I only really noticed this on my old mapleglo and not on my second two Rics. I would imagine this is a not issue on the ‘S’ models which don’t have the binding. The 77 is Burgundyglo which looks way cool, it has some nice roadworn charisma and the white bits have all aged to a gorgeous cream so it really looks the part. You also have the option to split the pickups to different amps using the Rick’o’Sound system. This requires a splitter box and isn’t something I’d be bothered with! Personally i think they’re massively overpriced new and I’d never buy without trying as they seem to vary so much over time - my two are completely different beast - particularly the neck profiles, and put the two side by side and even the body shapes and headstocks are different! There’s a lot of haters and that’s fair enough but you’d have to prise mine out of my dead cold hands if you wanted to take it from me! Stay safe me lovelies! X -
I’ve got the valve version. Gigged it extensively with Stray pre lockdown. Absolutely loved it. I managed to pick up a Peavey all valve head for a song during lockdown so planning on taking that out when we start gigging (Cleethorpes Rocks 4 July!!) but I’ll be taking the Bugera as back up. If it doesn’t work out with the valve head I’ll go back to the Bugera.
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I don't mind the support band using my cab. If they want to use a head too, then they'll have to make do with my spare. I don't really want to have my settings messed with after soundcheck!
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I’m itching to give my lockdown Peavey VB-2 I damn good thrashing. I’ll be honest though, if i was humping stuff in and out of pubs, there’s no way I’d consider a valve amp - small and light is the way to go. Thank God for Roadies!!
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I'm the bass player with Stray. Our main man, Del Bromham, writes a lot of bluesier less rocky stuff, so we'll often go out as Del Bromham's Blues Devils. Sometimes we'll be our own support act!
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I'm usually flat out on the bass volume wise and use a volume pedal for swells. However, my luthier (Andy Viccars) swears on rolling the volume off just a tad when gigging which he claims finds the pickup's 'sweet spot'. He has better ears than I!!
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Zoom B9 1ut multi effects. Some light signs of use, comes with power supply, instructions, paperwork. Valve preamp which warms the tone up nicely, very versatile and a cool expression pedal that not only goes up and down but side to side too. Located in Milton Keynes, able to post at cost. Here's what Zoom say: The Zoom B9.1ut bass effects console combines the most technically advanced audio engine with the warmth of a classic 12AU7 tube to produce the richest tones imaginable. The Zoom B9.1ut 's ultra fast ZFX-3 processor means all the world's famous amplifiers, cabinets and effects are modelled with stunning accuracy. Combining the raw processing power of the ZFX-3 with the 12AU7 tube accelerator produces richer harmonics and organic tone. By adjusting the mix balance, the thick characteristics of the 12AU7 tube and the striking clarity of the ZXF-3 can be adjusted so that saturation is natural and focused. Delivering high-resolution, 96kHz sampling processing with 24-bit A-to-D and D-to-A conversion, the B9.1ut rivals the processing equipment found in the finest studios. This means that the wide pitch, timbre and dynamic ranges created by modern bass styles are handled without degradation, ensuring clear, transparent sound. From Ampeg, Fender, and Marshall as well as more recent models such as Hartke, SWR, and Aguilar, a whole world of bass tone comes complete on the B9.1ut. The cabinet simulator emulates the low-frequency characteristics and sonic behavior of vintage and modern bass speaker cabinets. The Zoom B9.1ut offers a versatile collection of 112 effect types arranged in 10 modules. They are optimized for the dynamic and wide-range signal created by the modern bass. The module insert position can be specified for the preamp section and wah/filter effects, to accommodate even more advanced creativity. The Zoom B9.1ut comes preprogrammed with artist-created bass sound settings from major genres such as Rock, Jazz, and Funk. Doug Wimbish (Living Color), JD DeServio (Black Label Society) and Eric Struthers (Aaron Neville) have each provided customized preset patches. And you can save your own original patches with the enough storage capacity for another 80 patches. The built-in Z-type expression pedal developed by Zoom captures up/down and sideways movement for controlling more effect parameters with subtle changes. The Z-pedal lets you build highly complex sounds by assigning up to four parameters each in the vertical and horizontal direction. The B9.1ut has a built-in set of stereo XLR outputs that lets you establish a balanced signal path for clean sound. Go directly to a mixing console or PA system without additional gear. The USB port on the B9.1ut provides audio interface capability for recording to digital audio software. The B9.1ut comes bundled with Cubase LE 4 so you can start creating music right away. And because playback from the software application can be monitored on the B9.1ut itself, you can record and monitor with no latency.
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Pretty much all my gigs have a pro installed PA, but I still take a back up amp (ELF). If my head goes down it's a lot quicker for me to swap 3 leads over rather than faff about getting a DI and monitor mix sorted. It's also useful for when the support band ask if they can use to your rig. I don't like having to reset my amp up just before we start so I always offer to let them use the ELF. Of course there's no right or wrong here. It's all down to the individual's band and gear situation, their attitude to risk and the potential consequences of gear failure. Stay safe y'all! X
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Absolutely this
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Elf for me. Now I've bought the Peavey valve beast though, my Bugera Veyrom will be redundant so I'll prob take that as my spare. The elf is capable but only just whereas the Veyrom has volume in spades.
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Yeah I’ve got that - think I digitised it somewhere along the line!
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Here's the clip of moi from Newsnight (Repeated on Dance Britannia) after an Angelwitch gig at The Marquee. The original program was concerned with headbanging causing brain damage. I'm the one asking how many people have died from heart attacks while disco dancing.
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Ner - wobhum for me!
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What band is this Bilbo?
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Aww mate - at least she went to a loving home!!
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Well actually, it didn't disappear but the nature of what had happened became more obvious. I've tried to take a pic but it's not too clear. Unless @Paul S knows different I can't see how it could be a split that turned a corner and disappeared!
