King Tut

Barefaced Big Baby 2 mate. I'vr only gone 4x10 because I've joined an old school rock band. My BB2 has seen me through all my pub, club and function needs.

I have a lovely Bubinga Corvette which is just fab - although I do find the ergonomics a little awkward. I recently picked up a Fortress One which is also fab. It's incredibly comfortable, body wise, with a much toppier sound than the Corvette. Having read about both basses, I was led to believe that the Fortress had a chunkier neck than the Corvette. With this in my subconscious, I've convinced myself that, preferring the skinny neck of my Corvette, I should swap them over to create a Warwick Fortrette - a Fortress with a Corvette neck. So I got both the basses out, took the strings off the Fortress, had a quick look at the screw patterns of both basses and prepared for surgery. Just before I changed them over, I thought I'd measure both necks - and guess what . . . . . ? They both seem to measure exactly the same width at the nut and the heel. Measuring depth is awkward, but they appear to be the same. So I've made my decision on how each neck feels by a preconception brought on by reading threads on the internet rather than how they actually feel. Does anybody know if they actually have a different profile or radius or whether they're identical? The Fortress is from 95 and the Corvette from 96.

The fan in my old Trace Elliot AH 250 battleship is a bit on the noisy side. Does anyone know of anything I could get off the shelf to replace the fan?

I've been offered a musical opportunity that's too good to turn down so I'm helping my band recruit a new bass player. The band are called Isabelle and are a female fronted five piece, with a keyboard player that doubles on second guitar. They play a lot of the usual function stuff plus a bit of rock with the two guitars. They play a mix of pubs and functions. Last year they did 45 gigs. Website - www.thebandisabelle.co.uk You'll be versatile and reliable with decent gear and transport. Backing vocals an asset, and the ability to get on with the rest of the band essential. Drop me a PM if you're interested and I'll put you in touch. The successful applicant will be required to start gigging around the end of June.

@auburnwarrior bought a Barefaced Four10 from me, driving over from Norwich to Milton Keynes. Comms was good, and he was patient and understanding while I sorted a minor hiccough. Deal with confidence, he's a good 'un!

Thanks Jack, good work!

Any idea what frequencies the eq bands are set at?

Never mind the cabs - those heads are an absolute steal for an all valve head. A guitarist I worked with a couple of years ago bought a very similar looking head as an oddity and gigged it regularly - I remember it sounded pretty tasty!

Have you got a link for Lugs custom moulds please? They're not coming up on a Google search.

I've got the opposite problem. I've got an 89 Thumb with factory fitted schallers that screw into metal inserts with Allen Bolts, and I use Dunlop straplocks. No way I'm modding the thumb so I've got a separate strap just for that bass with schallers on!

Drag and drop would be good. By 'simpler' I meant something that would help those of us who aren't that competent in synth programming to tailor patches. Parameters (off the top of my head) such as wobble, thickness, wah etc would be good. I understand the basics - adsr's, vco's, vca's etc but I tend to get a bit bogged down with so many parameters. I'm absolutely not knocking what we've got, it's an amazing bit of kit, but for me a simpler way of programming to complement what we have would be fab!

I'm interested to hear there's a new editor on the horizon - any info on this? Something a bit simpler to use/understand would be a real bonus!

Nice!

The end of global warming.

Yeah I appreciate that. Second time though I definitely said 'unlicensed' and one fella jumped in without even looking at the box to say it was ok. Then the other guy checked and implied that would be ok to use without a license, even though it needed one, cos no one ever checks. That was all wrong. I can't remember my exact wording on my phone call, but a thorough and competent reply would have been "it's legal for UK use but you'll need a license".

Maybe I'm being a bit harsh. I've used them before with no problems, but feeling resentful' about this visit and experience! Just wanted to unload really!

Because I can get the same model from Thomann that runs on a different frequency and doesn't require a license.

On Saturday I rang PMT Northampton and reserved a Shure PSM200 iem set. I asked to check if they were all good for UK use and assured that they were. Took a train in from MK today to pick it up. I asked again if it was good for unlicensed UK use. One guy straight away said it's fine, but the fella serving me took some time to check. The frequency that it operated on needed a UK license. He checked by phone with another guy who said it needs a license but no one ever checks. I've got my deposit back and will buy elsewhere. Disgusted by their cavalier attitude and fuming that I've wasted a couple of hours of my day off. I had a browse while I was there and noticed that they've taken their prices off of everything - it's now 'check at til' Just wanted to get that off my chest - thanks for listening!

I'm about to buy a PSM 200 set . . . having seen your post, is there any particular reason I shouldn't?

I've just bought one of those combinations and in the process of persuading some of my band to do likewise!

Doesn't surprise me. I'm sure my rig would be fine for medium pubs without pa, but the other guys moan at me for being too loud on stage and prefer to pump me out the front. Probs going in ear soon but that's another thread!!