Beer of the Bass

Since the Behringer is a pedal tuner, what kind of pickup is on the bass? I've had good results with a cheap Harley Benton pedal tuner (the Boss TU-2 copy) with a piezo bridge wing pickup. But if you have the old style Baby Bass diaphragm pickup, it might be that the more percussive thud those put out is harder for the tuner to read. A clip-on tuner will probably work fine, but I know a pedal tuner can be handy in some live situations.

'97 would be after the third album, that certainly fits with the timeline of him disappearing up himself from most accounted I've heard.

I'd say not, the surface grain of the top looks like flatsawn maple veneer.

The carved vs ply discussion really depends what you're doing. If you're playing rootsy pizz or slap styles, there might not be a meaningful upgrade from a well setup, quality laminated bass. The situation is complicated by there being a lot of carved student basses that aren't all that wonderful either. And the laminated bass can be a useful working instrument in situations that would be rough on a carved bass even where it might not be the ultimate instrument for the style you're playing. It's in classical styles and the more articulate end of jazz pizz where great carved basses can bring something that laminated basses rarely have - otherwise, a nicely set up laminate is probably going to be fine.

For live use I just have a simple LPF on my pedalboard, and set it just above the point where I start to hear a difference in my clean tone through my tweeter-less cabs. It takes the nasty off my fuzz and drive sounds in the DI without doing any complex stuff below that.

I've played with more than one drummer who packs standard drums like this for travel. It's not great, they end up taking forever to set up and usually have badly tuned drums (or just leave one head off), but I do seem to have played with an unusual number of non-driving drummers who have to accept whatever lift they can get.

They already have a range of strings referred to as DTF - surely somebody must know!

I've kept flatwounds on fretted bass for maybe 4-5 years before I feel they're lacking something. Roundwounds I like when they're a little played-in, my last set on a regularly used bass went for 18 months. I do have a set of Status groundwounds on my fretless bass that must be 10 years old, but that bass only gets occasional use.

The bands at the top and back joint are usually referred to as external linings. They're often (but not always) associated with German made basses. I would say the scroll and tuners don't look like a Kay, the outer part of the spiral scroll is a separate glued-on piece on a Kay, and they have tuners with smaller gears than most double basses.

It's interesting, for the feature set and size of these, I feel like if they didn't have a coveted older name on them, basschat would have greeted them with a collective "meh". Just from the control set it looks fairly generic.

I feel I'm doing OK with a 50 watt Ampeg PF50T at gigs that are either small or PA reinforced, with one or two DIY 1x12" cabs. If it's a larger stage or a reasonable size room without bass in the PA the second cab makes a big difference, so I wouldn't want to wed myself to a single 12" rig. I think the Barefaced 12" is efficient, but not in a way that would be a night-and-day difference with another quality 12" in a low-powered valve amp rig. The viability will depend a lot on how much amp your guitarists use, and how the drummer works with the rest of the band too.

I'd have to check, it's the one they recommended with it, one of the SMPS800 variants. Amidst all the "heft" discussions on bass forums I liked the concept of using a more than ample power supply.

It's this one, 600 watt version, plus the recommended power supply. I'm sure it'll be fine if/when I get around to doing something with it, but a succession of house moves and band changes disrupted what projects I'd been getting up to. https://connexelectronic.com/product/irs2092-modular-amplifier/

Yeah, especially with how much the song was championed by and associated with John Peel, given how the discussion about him has moved on. (That bit isn't the Undertones' fault, but it doesn't help)

I have a Connex power amp module and power supply that I bought a few years ago and never quite got around to doing anything with. I never managed to get even a basic spec sheet for it from them, stuff like input impedance and sensitivity, cooling requirements etc. Literally the modules in a box with no info even when I emailed them asking for it. The website still says "more details soon" for that model, and it must be getting on for 10 years.

It seems to depend on the brands with electric strings. Basic rounds from D'addario, Rotosound etc seem to cost about the same numbers as they did 20 years ago from local music shops, but there are a lot more options easily available now, which might cost more.

Do pro orchestra players get some sort of stipend or expenses for instrument running costs like strings? I always wondered if that affected the pricing strategy of the string companies (or it might just be that running a manufacturing business out of places like Vienna is expensive)

I always think Charlie Haden is the prime example for "sounds great, culturally important, just don't look at his hands".

How old is this person we're stopping? If they're under 30, I reckon Davie504 might make an appearance, and probably one or two who almost no-one on basschat has heard of.

No-one's really going to notice how his voice sounds at the Oasis gigs, not over the thousands of middle-aged former Lads bellowing along.

You just can't win with the Basschat sartorial police. Short skirt, low-cut top and calf boots - disapproval. Sensible anorak- still disapproval! (this will make no sense if you haven't also been reading that other thread...)

It's not that different to Joe Dart's tone, I figured that's just a popular sound lately.

Ah, but could she hack it at the Tickled Trout?

Hmm, sounds like a less cheery Frank Sidebottom.

Your favourite Ms Kaye wasn't all that demure back in the day either, looks like her session wardrobe included short skirts with white leather calf boots, and the famous leopard print catsuit. I dunno, it does feel like people are clutching at straws for reasons to be dismissive of DeTiger in this thread.