silverfoxnik

[quote name='OldGit' post='564004' date='Aug 9 2009, 09:35 AM']A little off topic but this idea of "It's ok to not be able to hear yourself" is somewhat outdated these days. If you learn to play with decent monitoring and audibility and that goes away at a specific gig it is a serious handicap. Sure the Beatles could do it without monitors because they had to. The concept didn't exist until Watkins WEM invented it in about 1968 but we all expect to be able to hear the vocal, drums and our own instrument these days. If you can't hear things then the audio cues that many tunes depend upon dissapear and chaos ensues. So I have a lot of sympathy for your estwhile band[/quote] I know what you mean and it is a different world now so consequently, we have different expectations. But I also think there's a real tendency to get too hooked into the idea of everything having to be 'perfect' before we can make music and in my experience (both as a musician and a manager) it was far too easy to blame the gear rather than look at whether the attitude and performance is right...

UPDATED LIST: 01. Silverfoxnik: Roscoe Beck V, Wal Pro2e, BC Rich Eagle, Fender Jazz V Deluxe, plus my recently acquired Eden Metro Rig 02. Merton: Status Retroactive, Mikey's Singlecut Fanned-Fret Prototype, LH500 and Barefaced Vintage 03. OBBM: StRay5, MB F1, UL212, something else. 04. Hamster: BFM Omni15 tallboy, Barefaced Compact, Fender P with Thumper & Villex PTB 05. Alex Claber: '87 Warwick Streamer, RIM Custom 5 with 36" scale and Q-Tuners, Avalon U5/QSC PLX3002, GB Shuttle 6.0, Barefaced Compact, Big One, Midget, Midget T, maybe Big Baby. 06. Johnnylager: Spector Euro 4LX, KSD Jazz, LH-1000, Barefaced Big Juan, DHA Custom Shop VT2-Twin-EQ-Bass with Tech Tube valves & whatever other effects I have at the time. 07. Happy Jack: Lightwave Sabre VL, Hofner 500/1 (1964), Hofner 500/5 (1959), PJB Bass Buddy + headphones. 08. MacDaddy. Custom Shuker (hopefully!) and possibly Hamer Blitz or Iceni Zoot. 09. Stingrayfan: G&L Tribute L2000, Yamaha BB614, Westone Thunder 1A, Hartke LH500, Warwick 4x10 10. Chris B 11. Cetera: Pre-Kramer Spector NS-2, Wal Mk1 Fretless, Fender/AllParts 70's Jazz, Tech21 Landmark600, GenzBenzNEOX212T 12. Andyonbass. ACG Recurve, ACG J-Type, Pair of BFM Omni 10.5's 13. Waynepunkdude Fender Jazz, SX P Bass, DHA-DI-EQ & Ampeg SVT 5 Pro 14. Jakesbass Alembic MK5 Deluxe, German Blockless Wonder 1880 Double Bass (and the '78 Jazz if anyone wanted a go) 15. 51m0n (& Plux if he's not gigging): Bergantino AE410, MarkBass sa450, Focusrite Compounder, Roscoe Century Std V, (If Plux isnt gigging) Berg HT210, HT115, Hartke LH500 16. Floyd Pepper - Markbass LMK, Bergantino HT112 & EX112, Stingray '91 2eq, Lakland DJ4, Stagg EDB, Epiphone Jack Casady and a Fender '54 RI Precision 17. davidmpires - Markbass F1, Barefaced Compact, Spector Euro LX 5, T-Bass by Status 18. peted - Warwick Thumb BO 4, Hartke HA3500, BFM Omni 10, Aphex Bass Xciter, Shuker Singlecut 6 fanned fret (if it's ready by then, but I'm not holding my breath) 19. Platypus - Alleva Coppolo Jazz 5, Celinder Jazz 4 fretless, Tecamp Puma 1000 + a cab of some sort. 20. Prosebass - Current Builds at the time, Hofner S7B, Laptop , sequencing software , + amp and cab 21. Monz - Stingray 5 (la bella flats) Matamp GT200, Simms-Watt PA 100, Matamp 8x10 + Whatever else I have bought buy then 22. Alien - Schecter Stiletto 4, Peavey Grind 6, Hartke HA7000, Alien Audio 2x10 + other toys. 23. EssentialTension: Lakland Skyline Decade, Fender Tony Franklin Fretless Precision (and who knows what else) 24. silddx - Warwick Corvette $$ 4, Warwick Corvette Standard Ash active fretless 4, POD X3 Live, (I am praying I won't have it by then, but I will bring the Kopo Lina fretless 4 if I do!) 25. Phil_the_bassist: MMSR5 w/JE preamp, Sandberg Cali JM, Steinberger synapse5 w/ extra pup, various fuzz pedals and envelope filters, whatever amp I happen to own by then. 26. Stingray5 - My StingRay5, StingRay fretless and Tune TWB-6 plus any other basses in my signature pic if people let me know. I also have an Aria AMB-50B acoustic bass if anyone fancies a go? Could also bring my GT6-B. Plus ('cos it's small) a BLX-80 combo. And some cans...? 27. Urb - 1 x Sei 5 String Single Cut - 1 x Sei 4 string Jazz bass - EBS and Boss pedals 28. dave.c - Spector Rebop 4DLX EX, Spector NS2000-4, Gibson SGZ,Hartke LH500, Hartke Hydrive 410 29. WalMan - Wal Pro1/Custom conversion, G&L L2500 US, MarkBass CMD121H, Epifani 1x12 (not the neo one but I can't remember the initials just at the mo), Bass Pod xT Pro, Marshall SuperBass 100 head 30. Bottle - Ibanez ATK-305NT, Gallien-Krueger MB2-500, EBS Pro-line 4x10 31. Nancy Johnson (Paul) - Waterstone TP-12 Tom Petersson 12-String bass. Tech 21 Landmark 300/Ashdown MAG 4x10/Ashdown MAG 1x15 32. Beedster: Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender, Fender..and Markbass! 33. Moos3h 34. pete.young: Burman Pro 4000 and a Dean Bromberg B2, which has an unusual Piezo bridge pickup 35. coasterbass: Mesa 1x15 RR, Mesa 4x10, Ampeg SVP and Eden WP100 preamps 36. sixshooter: 55P bass Sonic Blue Relic, 59P bass original Sunburst, 59P bass Custom Shop relic Mary Kaye, 79P bass original but upgraded Black, Modulus 6 Oteil Burbridger 37. Jean Luc Pickguard: couple of Ashborys, an NS-design CR5M & danelectro longhorn 38. Deaver: El Maya or the Prosebass Humbucker Fretless 39. Jack London: GK1001RBII and Simnett 40. ped: Vigier S2 fretted/S3 fretless, Roland Vbass, SWR 4x8/1x15, noname 1u poweramp if it doesn't explode beforehand, phone, keys, wallet 41. bythesea: Overwater Perception 5 42. Walbassist: Wal Mk III (spalted maple) fretted 5, Rick Turner Renaissance Bass fretted 5, Veillette Archtop Bass fretless 5, Brook Otter fretted 5 ABG 43: dannybuoy: Peavey T-40 & pedalboard 44: bassace: double bass 45: barneyG42: Status Series1, and possibly me Hartke 3500 46: Johngh: Fender MIJ Jazz 75 reissue. Shuker Headless 6er and Status S2 Classic 6er headless. 47: Clarky: Shuker JJ Burnel and Mesa Walkabout Any others?? Here's a list of people who've mentioned bringing a drummer: 1. Happy Jack 2. JackLondon 3. Moos3h 4. waynepunkdude and I'll PM everyone about that this week. Workshops: Ok, so far we have offers from: 1. Alex Claber 2. Jakesbass and we've contacted but are waiting for replies from: * Paul Herman at Wal * Steve Lawson * Colin Hodgkinson We also have some other people to contact as well... As soon as there's more news, we'll let everyone know!

[quote name='MythSte' post='563911' date='Aug 9 2009, 12:26 AM']Ive been there Josh, i didnt get quite as high up the scale as you (Bongo, Bacchus and Lakland where my "high enders") And all i can say is dont fear! Whenever i got a new bass i'd sit down and fettle and toy with pre-amps and new strings and all sorts. however, I got into a band i [b]simply enjoy playing music[/b] with. This changed everything! I bought a mexican 75RI Jazz because it felt lovely. I had a grand to play with but this 450 quid beauty was it for me. The big deal for me now is that i can turn up to a gig and plug into any old piece of crap and i'll enjoy playing. Cos it feels nice and because i enjoy the music! For recording I knock the action a bit higher to round off my tone and thats about that. So i suppose what im asking is what are you doing playing bass? I dont even nearly want to put you off, but are you just sitting at home playing runs and getting frustrated that you "dont have that sizzle at 1.3k" or something? If you couldnt hear yourself on stage or couldnt get your bass to sit in a mix i'd understand, but it seems your getting frustrated over what is essentially tiny things, maybe its time for a break? I couldnt ever imagine having a bass to play to myself all the time, let alone a 3 grand one! If your happy doing this then fair play to you, but more food for thought i guess![/quote] +1 Lot of good questions asked & points raised in there! Doesn't matter how long you've been playing, what kind of music you play, what gear you have, how it's set up etc .. the whole process starts in your head. It's all about getting our thinking right when it comes to making music I suppose.. More often than not, the gear gets in the way! I used to see that situation a lot when I managed bands for a living.. The amount of times they'd complain because they couldn't hear themselves properly during a gig was untrue.. [i]"The gig was crap because i couldn't hear my self in the monitors"[/i] was the usual refrain.. And that despite the fact that the PA was usually quite decent and had a seperate mixer for the monitors.. So I always used to say to the bands that if The Beatles could play to 50,000 people at Shea Stadium in 1965 without any monitors, then they should be able to play brilliantly to 50 people at The Barfly (or wherever) with or without being able to hear themselves on stage and without complaining!

[quote name='neepheid' post='563832' date='Aug 8 2009, 10:14 PM']A bit quiet (low output), but a bright, snappy tone with quite a wide variety on the tone knob - the pickup is actually a guitar one. Good slap tone. Unfortunately the through body stringing modification didn't make the strings much tighter - was hoping for a better improvement in that respect. I ended up selling it - too many basses, not enough time. I have no sentimentality when it comes to this business - I've sold my first bass, and this was the bass I used in my first ever gig. Photos is enough - cash is king, particularly with the house sized GAS the wife and I have got at the moment EDIT: I just remembered, there's some sound clips here from when I sold it: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=47591&view=findpost&p=476545"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...st&p=476545[/url][/quote] Cheers!

[quote name='buff' post='563610' date='Aug 8 2009, 06:04 PM']Ive had mainly stuff peavey for the last 18 years other than a brief spell with a 135 fender bassman (great tone, but didnt like the distortion at volumes past 6) svt pro 3 (sold to finance other things) always rock solid re pairable and cheap on ebay, the last 2 ive had a late 70's mark 3 and late 70's musician guitar head both got for less than 80 quid. And because of that not trendy !!!!!![/quote] Never seen one like that before, i.e. with 'Musician' written on the front of it...normally it says 'Bass' there instead. Is it quite a rare model?

Good idea for a thread.. Neepheid; those changes are fantastic! What does the Bronco sound like after all that work?

Hi Folks Bit of weekend fun.. I was listening to one of the football managers waffling on in a radio interview this morning about how he couldn't compete with the bigger football clubs when it comes to buying new players. So he had to look out for the bargain players, or bring young players through, develop a scouting network etc etc.. So it made me wonder about what kind of football manager I'm like when it comes to buying gear? Well.. I haven't got the spare cash to really throw around at gear unless I sell stuff first, so I'm definitley not a Mark Hughes at Man City buying everyone that Real Madrid hasn't bought.. or even a Sir Alex at Man U who can buy a Rooney or Berbatov..and I'm definitely not Perez at Real Madrid who can spend over £200 million in one summer!! So, after mulling it over for a bit, I decided I'm somewhere between David Moyes at Everton and (though it pains me to say it as a life-long Man U fan), Arsene Wenger at Arsenal! Every now and again I'll buy something of real quality, but more often than not, I'm trawling the For Sale threads looking for that increasingly had to find bargain.. So, if you're like me and you spend a bit too much time buying & selling gear, which foootball manager are you most like in the Basschat [i]transfer market[/i]?? Nik

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='563214' date='Aug 8 2009, 12:01 AM']Good post redstriper! EDIT: Schwartz a bit idealistic though. It needs interpreting in context.[/quote] +1 Schwartz is talking about what Buddhism calls 'The Mire of Options'... i.e. too many choices is sometimes a bad thing!

[quote name='JanSpeeltBas' post='563154' date='Aug 7 2009, 10:46 PM']Here's the first part of my "Encyclopedia", covering A-G (That's AC Guitars to Gus). I've used parts of my ongoing project since 2006 of creating a worldwide list of bassmakers. Corrections and additions are welcome. If you find a picture in here that's copyrightfully yours let me know - I'll change things...[/quote] Superb! Thanks... Look forward to seeing the rest!

A lot of common sense has already been mentioned above and hopefully that will help Josh get to where he wants to go! Regarding the discussion around 'boutique basses', I think that we have quite high levels of expectation around certain well-know brands, such as MTD, Ken Smith, Sadowsky etc, etc.. But the reality is they're all going to be different instruments and some will suit some of us more than others. Understanding that we need to be able to manage our own expectations when we buy/sell gear, especially basses which are so subjective in terms of the feel, playability, sound etc, would certainly help avoid feeling overly disappointed if a new bass doesn't do what we expected it to do. And I certainly agree with 4000 when he talks about how much OCD we can develop, especially when we have more time to tinker and worry.. Isn't there some old saying about how 'the devil makes work for idle hands...'

Hi Folks There's been a few people mentioning bringing drummers & kits along which is great.. But although it's a big venue, we will need to make sure that any plans to have drums/drummers on the day are carefully worked out, otherwise, i think it could get a bit out of hand. So I'll draw up a list of people who've either offered to bring or have mentioned drummers so that we can work out how it could work beforehand.. And I'll PM everyone on the list directly - does that sound OK? Cheers Nik

+1 And to Mr.T's comment about trying to seek perfection.. there's no such thing!

[quote name='Sibob' post='561541' date='Aug 5 2009, 10:13 PM']I've got HappyJacks Big One for my 3 gigs ... Lovely stuff [/quote] Excellent 'Carry On Barefaced' quote that!

[quote name='lee650' post='562278' date='Aug 6 2009, 09:36 PM']I love that jazz, it,s beautiful and i wannntttsss it!!!- [/quote]

[quote name='steve-soar' post='558676' date='Aug 2 2009, 07:11 PM']I like Claber, he's a straight talking Mother and I like his returns policy.[/quote] As others have said, Alex's atempts to assist Mr.T here are what 'customer support/relations' should be, but very rarely is! [quote name='charic' post='562266' date='Aug 6 2009, 09:22 PM']I have to say this is one of my favourite threads [/quote] +1 Sorry that Mr.T is having such a difficult time of it with his gear, but this really has been one of the most interesting and useful threads on the Forum for ages...

[quote name='dave_bass5' post='561986' date='Aug 6 2009, 02:20 PM']Im a bit nervious at buying unseen. Normally i would do it from Thomanns knowing i can send it back but i dont have the option this time. I do feel safe in that i know the Gallery has good back up though.[/quote] When I was in The Gallery in May, they had a few Laklands in there and the DJ5 I tried out played like a dream.. Not sure if they set them up when they arrive or not, but if yours is going into the shop first (before coming onto you) it might be worth asking then to give it a quick check over?

[quote name='51m0n' post='562069' date='Aug 6 2009, 04:36 PM']To be honest I'm pretty disappointed about this.... [/quote]

Good news Dave! Look forward to seeing the pics soon...

That's fabulous! I would be happy to just have that lying around to look at, let alone use it...

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='561861' date='Aug 6 2009, 11:52 AM']I used to run through a pair of D210XLT's - awesome cabs. If it wasn't for the fact that they weigh 69lbs each, I still would![/quote] I know what you mean; this Eden stuff is heavy! But sound wise, I'm loving it...