Daz39

SA Manta?

Reading the similar thread on TB, including Jim's responses; this amp is for those who don't want/like/need the clever programming and want a great amp with all the same hardware and love put into it, and by doing this 'basic' version, they get a lower price.

My word - the headstock alone's worth a Degree in Complicated Woodwork.

*sniff* it'll suffice questione - because it's been many pages and I have forgotten. Will there be a finish on the instrument? Oil, poly, cold pressed olive oil, twice baked salami etc.?

Congrats. Both of you looking very dapper too!

I think his songs are samey too but he did have 9 of the top 10 singles the week his new album came out, so I think my opinion is likely a minority one... My elder daughters like his tunes too, i think middle-aged bass players isn't his target market. Plus it has inspired countless buskers with loop pedals to hit the streets...

Shouty but top stuff: good band and the crowd love it.

He has a couple of lead vocal tracks on their last album too. I like his solo work also. Really tasteful playing, super smooth voice.

How many times did you check you hadn't made it left-handed?

PSUs for effects pedals too; there's a secret room where they all go, along with work-kitchen teaspoons.

I love Songs from the Wood and Heavy Horses - have been working my way through the catalogue: there is some lovely bass playing in pretty much any era/album.

That's cool - it looks purple on the video. I was typing quickly: I didn't really mean bitsa, but more that it looked like it had been specially configured at least. I must have been half asleep as the body looked more P than J. You also did a very good review of the ABZ6 - don't tell me you bought one of those too! I really think the B|Amp is the start of something: I know there's been a kick back against digital (;all analog or it's fake, man! and people who swear they can spot the digital effect from the analog in blind tests), but the sophistication of electronics as applied by people like Bergantino, Source Audio and others means the boundaries for what can be done are limitless.

They look very clever and I see on tb that Jim announces new patches/updates every now and then: compression and new cabs etc. Loved the review vid too: dood, what mix of shiny bass bits is the purple machine btw?

All caught up now - can't wait for next week's updates! There is an insufficiency of bees for the requisite knees for how cool this is going to end up.

Source Audio Nemesis. Pricey though!!

Nice looking basses, interesting

Broadsword and the Beast by Jethro Tull. Been on a real Tull fix lately; very eclectic.

Holy c&&p! Awful news. Loved his voice. His solo works were a bit so so but his work with Soundgarden and Audioslave was epic. What a loss! ;(

That'll be the standard 'tw*t who doesn't respect other's stuff.'

I was born in B-o-A, and lived in Market Lavington, Corsham, Trowbridge and Larkhill. Welcome btw!

Oooh

An unexpected and gratuitous NBD arrived yesterday. Briefly: a friend of my Wife is having their attic converted and this was lurking for many years, unused (unstringed!) up there. So it was FTAGH. What we have here is a well-worn (or is that high mojo factor?) Columbus P Bass. One of those budget brands from yesteryear. It's moderately heavy: 9lbs 8oz, at least compared to my Peavey Millennium, and the frets have plenty of wear. The tone and volume knobs have been replaced and don't quite fit (I think the numbers go the wrong way too!, the bridge appears to be non-original, and half the pickguard screws are missing. This also appears to be one of those with a hidden truss rod access below the neckplate. Once it's adapted to my house I might give it some bend as there is a bit of a choke at Fret 13 on a few strings and further up too. Playing wise: I cleaned it, strung it with some Rotosound 50-110s, and tried it through the amp it came with: a 10 watt Badger Piccolo (tone and volume, curly lead too!). It sounds ok, so I'll try it through my Yamaha THX amp tonight to compare it properly. Had to lower the pickups as far as they would go as I got the bridge saddles down fairly low in the end and my resting on the pickup plucking was making it pop. The neck is chunky, D shape, nut width is 42mm as expected, so it is more effort than my Ibanez-style Peavey's neck. Maple fretboard though does sound nice. If I were to decide to improve it; the heavyweight clover-leaf tuners would go, get some proper P-style knobs, get screws back in the guard and that's probably it. Overall - about what I expected from a freebie. If it works out ok, my kids can have it as a practise instrument.