Frank Blank

1 hour ago, Jorge MS said:

Hopefully sorted now. Sorry - idiot newbie here.

Yep, showing now, and you’ll fit in just right, we are all idiots here!

Pics aren’t showing, at least they aren’t for me, this is what I’m getting...

Just bought a Sire Marcus Miller from Laurence. Real easy transaction, excellent coms, deal with confidence. A gentleman and a scholar.

43 minutes ago, Twigman said:

Made from armadillo?

Which species?

Aren't they protected?

 

The Charango is made from the shell of an armadillo.

So, with six attendees is this still happening?

Shirley more than seven?

Best of all worlds, Ibanez SRC6, more addictive than crack.

On 06/09/2019 at 13:00, krispn said:

I blame Bono and The Edge!

Me too, for almost anything and everything bad.

4 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

a fair bit of the criminally underrated 23 Skidoo who old Peelie was a tad fond of . Most of their tunes had some nice bass bubbling away. This is one of my fave tunbes

 

Excellent band, saw them at Futurama 3 (1981 I believe). Burnt my leg jumping over a bonfire I seem to recall, then again I was very, very... drunk.

So much ukulele hate here, I didn’t realise ukelelism of this sort would be tolerated on this forum, moderators! Some of my best friends play the ukulele imagine their poor bare laps once we leave the EU...

😁

1 hour ago, Muzz said:

With an odd synchronicity, my 3-holder Hercules stand disintegrated over the weekend; I've not had chance to have a good look at it yet, but it's knocked my confidence in it...

Get in touch with Hercules, they will probably replace it.

I think you can get similar faults with other stands but the thing about Hercules is that they seem to acknowledge the problem and be quick to rectify it. I actually think it makes the brand worth using.

1 hour ago, lemmywinks said:

I also fixed our guitarist's double stand which had the sticky coating which got scrubbed with alcohol

19 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

So am I right in assuming that Hercules have rectified these problems with their new stands 🙂

Yes. By my experience anyway and they are pretty good at sorting it out if you do have problems.

I think there was a period during which some Hercules stands developed this problem, I have stands from before and after that period and they are fine. I bought a couple earlier this year and I checked with the salesperson that the stock was new and assured me that the newer stands were made of different materials. He knew about the this fault in particular and assured me that Hercules had taken steps to rectify it. Never had a problem with any of mine.

Is this still available?

4 hours ago, Shaggy said:

I know Joe Cockers version is generally regarded as a classic, but I absolutely cannot listen to his pained, mannered over-singing - original every time for me with Ringo's understated and endearingly slightly off-key vocals.

this is a cover I always liked, but can't think of a "worst" version -

 

That, Sir, is a thing of beauty.

Worst...

Best...

1 hour ago, Osiris said:

How about a graphic EQ pedal? Assuming that you like the fundamental sound of the Fishman on both basses and it's just a tonal change you're looking for it could potentially work out as a cheaper option than those you had proposed in your original post.

For example, set up the Fishman for the fretted bass and have the EQ pedal set up with a sad face (boosting the mids while rolling off the highs and lows) for the fretless). Could that work? 

I don’t know but it’s certainly worth a try.

55 minutes ago, Pragmatist said:

Not far from there so would definitely be up for that.

Bass Bashes are great!

Hello! It sure is a great forum.

26 minutes ago, jrixn1 said:

Your QSC has two input channels - would that work?

Looking at the manual it does have line level on both inputs, it might work, I’ll try it out tomorrow. Cheers.

It is getting close to upgrading preamp time. Despite getting a perfectly good tone from my Fishman preamp it is still only a one channel box. After looking at many options the Grace Designs Felix seems to be the best bet because I can have separate channels for my fretted and fretless basses. Thing is that unlike the Fishman the Felix does not have onboard compression so do I..?

a) run the two basses into the separate channels on the Felix and out via a single (blend) channel into a compressor and on into the QSC?

b) run the two basses into the separate channels on the Felix and out via separate channels into a dual channel compressor (if there is such a thing?) and on into the QSC?

c) save myself a lot of cash and buy another Fishman and run each bass into separate preamps and then out into something that will combine the signals so I can run into the QSC?

d) some really obvious solution that I’m too thick to have considered, a small mixing desk, a Helix, something else?

...what would you do with two basses with very different outputs and eq/compression needs that also need to go into a QSC?