silverfoxnik

Just bought an SWR Triad cab from Andrew who very kindly delivered it in person to me whilst at the South East Bash last Saturday...all the way from Newcastle!! Actually, he was down here on business, but nevertheless, suffice to say that Andrew's a very honest person to deal, his communication is first-rate and the deal was nice and easy...The cab's great too - in really good condition! So - deal with Andrew in complete confidence Folks. Thanks Andrew - look forward to the next one! Nik

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1443527340' post='2875506'] The sound quality is perfectly respectable. I'd be very interested in hearing the whole vid if that's at all possible. [/quote] +1 I agree - sound was pretty good I thought.

Hamster has it.. PM me your number and I'll text you Hamster's details.

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1443372028' post='2874193'] I have just uploaded three short videos from the cab shootout. Normal test in the first video, cheap cab tested in the second video, mini cab tested in the third. The camera's automatic sound compression makes it impossible to hear any difference between the cabs - just watch it to get a rough idea of the proceedings. Vid No 1 [url="https://youtu.be/-j3sFD6yXLQ"]https://youtu.be/-j3sFD6yXLQ[/url] Vid No 2 [url="https://youtu.be/uZisOrr4a4s"]https://youtu.be/uZisOrr4a4s[/url] Vid No 3 [url="https://youtu.be/TP1ncRrZbWw"]https://youtu.be/TP1ncRrZbWw[/url] [/quote] Thanks Silvia! That Prosound cab from Maplins sounds pretty good to me...

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1443365096' post='2874128'] So, yesterday being a great day and all, below are the results form the cab shoot-out. I`ll also copy this to a post in Amps/Cabs so that others who might not click onto this one - how very dare they - can see what happened. So, the idea was, following on from last years amp shootout, to use the same bass and amp into a variety of cabs, and see if there was a particular theme/overall winner. As such, using my 2015 US Precision into a fairly neutral sounding Tecamp Puma 900 with all eq set at midday (in the hope it would be a flat setting), the cabs below were investigated. We did a section on 2x12s which seems to be a very poular cab nowadays, 1x15s, 1x12s, and then a very small misc section. For the purposes of the test if the cabs had tweeters I set them to be full on. I`ll list each cab, and the amount of votes it got from the audience as to whether it was their fave. So the 2x12 section, starting with my very own cab: Barefaced Super12T - 1 Schroeder 212 - 8 Bergantino CN212 - 9 EBS Neo 212 - 2 EAD 2x12 - 5 So a winner for the Bergantino, and pretty fed up that I made my own cab come last! Onto the 1x15s Markbass Traveller 115 - 3 Barefaced Compact (Gen2) - 8 Schroeder 115 - 11 Barefaced Compact (Gen 1) - 3 So a winner for Schroeder Onto the 1x12s Barefaced Super Midget (Gen 3) - 3 Schroeder 112 - 3 Fearless 112 (with mid speaker, think a 6?) - 13 Barefaced Big Baby2 (Gen 3) - 7 Prosound PA Cab - 2 A runaway victory for the Fearless then. The misc section was very small, being OBBMs Phil Jones 4x5 - so it won that section hands down (well done Dave). So onto the overall faves then, putting the winners from each section above: Fearless 112 - 4 Schroeder 115 - 5 Bergantino CN212 - 20 So overall the Berg tops it, but it was interesting that over the range of cabs that Schroeder, given the lack of presence of their cabs over here, did so well in all sections. I`m sure a lot of it is to do with the cabs fitting my attack-based playing style, but overall the Schros did very well. Many thanks to Brian (Oldman) for bringing them along. So, what were my impressions of the cabs used? Well my fave for the type of music I currently play was the Schroeder 212, as it really adds a cutting presence, a hi-mid bias I would say. For bands I`ve been in previously it would have been the Berg. But there were four real revelations for me: 1. The Barefaced Super Midget Gen 3 - such an amazing amount of sound from such a little cab. And quality sound too, not just volume. 2. Likewise with the Phil Jones 4x5, real presence and quality sound. 3. The Prosound PA Speaker - apparently £60 from Maplins. Did the job fine, and wasn`t lacking in any way. 4. I managed, yet again, to get my own gear to come last. This is a pattern that seems to be repeating itself. But the main thing was, given the variety of cab brands, sizes, configurations, was that I would have been happy to use any of them at a gig. Sure there were nuances to each cab, but overall this shootout showed me that gear is gear, and sure, we all like to get our own sounds if possible, but workable sounds can be gotten from an array of different speaker cabs. Maybe we all obsess just that bit too much (I`ve certainly established that I do from this). Lastly I`d like to thank Nik and Colin for asking me to do this, it was great fun, and to get to play through such an amazing range of cabs was just amazing. [/quote] Great work Lozz! Thanks... Quite how you managed to play those 2 bass lines so well so many times over, in a room full of bass players, I'll never know? You obviously have nerves of steel!

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1443362513' post='2874103'] I asked him to do my Miller fretless, and he said he didn't have the right Allen keys with him! [/quote] He didn't bring then with him Jack, but then borrowed a set...

Did anyone else have a bass set up by Robert yesterday? He did my Yamaha TRB5 and it's absolutely brilliant!

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1443297552' post='2873722'] Had great fun today chatting to the assembled at the SE Bass BAsh about Wal basses. For anyone interested here are the slides I used today to illustrate the talk... Plus a few Wal bebsites including a video playlist just for fun... •Official Wal Basses website [url="http://www.walbasses.co.uk/"]http://www.walbasses.co.uk[/url][url="http://www.walbasses.co.uk/"]/[/url] •Official Facebook page [url="http://tinyurl.com/o79rugx"]http://[/url][url="http://tinyurl.com/o79rugx"]tinyurl.com/o79rugx[/url] •My Wal History Blog [url="http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/"]http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk[/url][url="http://walbasshistory.blogspot.co.uk/"]/[/url] •Facebook group [url="http://tinyurl.com/pw8ba9z"]http://tinyurl.com/pw8ba9z[/url] •My Youtube video playlist •[url="http://tinyurl.com/oxzpdxy"]http://[/url][url="http://tinyurl.com/oxzpdxy"]tinyurl.com/oxzpdxy[/url] And a Wal listening list for you to check out for yourself... Everyday I Write The Book Bruce Thomas / Custom Elvis Costello & The Attractions King For A Day Colin Moulding / Pro XTC Prime Mover Geddy Lee / Custom Rush Give It Away Flea / Custom Red Hot Chili Peppers Too Shy Nick Beggs / Pro Kajagoogoo I Want Candy Leigh Gorman / Pro Bow Wow Wow Stuck on You Greg Edwards / Custom Failure Special Way Dave Snell / Passive Pro reissue River City People Black Moon Greg Lake / Custom Emerson, Lake & Palmer Abstract Logic Jonas Hellborg / Custom builds Jonas Hellborg The Interview Jim Crichton / Custom Saga Heartsong John G Perry / W1111 Gordon Giltrap Earth Dance Percy Jones / Pro Brand X Plaster the Magic Tongue Mick Karn / Custom Mick Karn Long Goodbyes Colin Bass / Pro Camel Only When You Leave Martin Kemp / Custom Spandau Ballet Dance Away Alan Spenner / JG Roxy Music Love Is The Drug John Gustafson / Custom built precision hybrid Roxy Music Twin Exhausted John Gustafson / JG Ian Gillan Band Heartsong (Live at Oxford) John Gustafson / JG Gordon Giltrap Wal to Wal Percy Jones and John Giblin / Pro Brand X Enjoy [/quote] Brilliant Trevor! Thanks

Home now, have unloaded the car and just have time to watch a bit of the Rugby before going out to see a band. Got to say that I thought it was a great day today and thanks to everyone for coming and getting involved and supporting! We've raised quite a few quid according to Hamster ( Colin), but more about that later.. I'd really want to thank Andrew from D'Addario UK, Robert van den Linden from Blade/Levinson guitars, Roger ('bassace), Lozz (Lozz196) and Trevor (TrevorR) for giving their time and expertise in the various talks and workshops today, and also to Paul from the Junkyard Dogs for keeping the groove going in the Jam Room. And a huge thanks to Mrs Hamster (Sarah) for taking care of us all so well with the refreshments!! Certainly kept me going through the day, that's for sure. Big thanks also to bluejay (Silvia) for keeping the thread up to date and taking care of the social media side of things, including recording everything today.. It really makes a difference! Lastly, thanks to Colin for sorting out the venue and Happy Jack and obbm (Dave) for all their input in the planning stages.. Here's to the 10th SE Bash next year!

Morning!

Right.. That's it - stuff sorted for tomorrow.. Time for some kip. See you all at the Bash!

Thanks Nick; a fine addition to the Raffle indeed!

[quote name='Oldman' timestamp='1443199440' post='2873091'] I put up two small items for the raffle, unopened set of Elites (5ivers) and a new short Speakon cable. As well as these two items I will put up my surplus EBS ( non DI ) Valve Drive pedal. But as an alternative to popping it in the raffle I will sell it for £50.00 on the day and put the proceeds to whatever charity we are supporting... [/quote] Thanks - much appreciated!

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1443177560' post='2872819'] Donating a extra large Stagg Pedalcase for raffle [/quote] Thanks - absolutely brilliant!

Hi Folks I'm bringing some amps for sale.. if anyone's interested and wants to try them out on the day, let me know: 1982 Peavey MkIV amp & footswitch - £75 o.no. Tech Soundsystems TVM 350 in 3u Stagg Rack case- £125 o.n.o. Cheers Nik

Is anyone bringing a guitar / guitar amp for the jam room?