Frank Blank

We all inserted our own terms when we got to this bit.

I saw a partial tit in the garden this morning, it was missing its 4th knob.

It wouldn’t... I think the majority of the component parts are made abroad then shipped to Germany for assembly with the minimum amount of German made components to legally allow it to be sold as a ‘German’ product. i think everyone is on the right track, they look lovely but that’s it, certainly the case at their price point.

I have been led to believe that the components are made cheaply outside of Germany, imported in and then assembled there allowing it to be classed as a German product. I know a few people who have them and are non-plussed considering the price.

I am all for cats, very pro cat indeed, airborne or in a vice, obv.

Get in!

Fascinating. I’m just about to change preamp from one with on board compression to one without so I’ll need a separate compressor, so this is really interesting and extremely useful, thank you.

Remotely controlled, imagine a furry drone...

*takes Siamese out of vice*

I only need enough to swing quite a small cat.

Most people, in most of their endeavours, in most fields feel imposter syndrome in one form or another, I think people that don’t are perhaps at best insensitive and at worst arrogant. Don’t let it stop you is the most important it to remember, just keep doing yo’ thang.

Everyone brings their own amplification, I suppose it depends how much room there is!

Indeed so, I’m a great admirer of his playing.

Excellent, he’s superb.

The very acme of good bass playing for me, simple and song-serving, a far more important skill than virtuosity, for me.

I concur, a Jazz. This reminds me of the great bass tone on early Public Image Ltd recordings, especially Metal Box, Jah Wobble with the Ovation Magnum Bass. Allegedly he played through an Ampeg rig that faced the wall of the studio and had a microphone behind. I wish I knew which basses and rigs were used by Floyd Lawson and Vivian Weathers on Linton Kwesi Johnson’s second and third albums Forces of Victory and Bass Culture, my very favourite bass on any reggae album. I’m putting the Samsara video up (again) but only because I’m not sure what bass he’s playing..?

Excellent!

QSC K12.2 and a Fishman Platinum Pro preamp.

Just try my 12.2, you'll buy one the next day.

*waves*

I’m in Southend but I can come to you, I’m never comfortable in a shop to really put a piece of kit through it’s paces, if you’d feel more comfortable at your gaff then it’s no problem, I’d be very happy to help out.

Why not bring your bass over and try it through my QSC K12.2? The only real way to settle this is to try one, surely?

Luckily for me my basses are used in a form of music that’s crying out for the tone of the bass alone, I sometimes think I’d like to try out a Helix just for a gas but I’m actually rather glad I don’t have to use effects in my band. Also I wonder if the reason I struggled for years to get the tone I wanted was simply because I had never heard my basses uncoloured so I had no real fundamental ‘starting’ tone from which to build. If you have never heard your bass amplified without ‘colour’ how can you really effectively alter the tone? I am attracted to the amp and cab sims, like I say, just for the fun of it really but yes, bass -> (colourless FRFR) gives me the pure tone of the instrument, I add a touch of mid, a touch of bass and a little compression on the preamp and I am totally happy. I have played both basses straight into the QSC without the preamp and it still sounds better to me than any dedicated bass amp I’ve ever heard and I’d be perfectly happy to gig plugged directly into the QSC and DI from it directly into the desk.