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Obrienp
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Obrienp replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
Looks great. What model is that with a P/J config? I’m guessing something from Fender Japan? -
Barefaced Big Generation 3 Big Twin II (2x12)
Obrienp replied to lawriemacmillan's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
Norfolk but it may as well be Penzance (370 miles and min 7 hours, plus charging stops each way). On reflection 25.5Kg might be a little too much for me to get in and out of the car at my age. It’s an excellent price, so I doubt you will have much of a problem selling it. In fact, I’m surprised it hasn’t gone already. -
Agreed but for me they suffer from the Ibanez neck design. Typically great down round the first 5 frets but by the time you get up to the 12th fret they are far too wide. I have had 5 Ibanez basses of different scales and series and they all seem to suffer from this design approach. If you have short digits like me, it’s a killer, especially on 5 strings. There is something about wide and flat that is really hard to manage. It’s probably fine if you have proper sized hands.
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That’s good. You don’t say how many you are but standard pub pay local to me is £50 a head; even for a 3 hour gig. One of my bands has just grown from 4 to 6. It’s yet to be seen if we can get £300 locally, especially when we have our regular sound guy; inclination is to go for £350 but we often end up having to tax ourselves to pay him. I got £100 for depping in a 6 piece on New Year’s Eve but that was a special occasion premium. The sadness in all of this is that two of the guys were playing in bands in the 80s that used to regularly get £1k a gig locally but live music has been so devalued, that you are pretty well expected to play for free. There are so few venues left and people just don’t turn out. Takings for pubs are pretty poor and they can’t afford to pay proper money. It’s kind of come down to: do you want to price yourself out of the market, or do you want to play? There are some local bands that do better but they have spent decades building a reputation and following.
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Barefaced Big Generation 3 Big Twin II (2x12)
Obrienp replied to lawriemacmillan's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
My wallet’s safe; you could hardly be further away! GLWTS. -
I thought it was forbidden to smile as a bassist, let alone laugh. I’m told I look like I just heard my Mum died when I am playing but I feel quite the opposite inside. I think I need to work on my bass face!
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I have to declare myself thoroughly confused by the conflicting arguments here. If in doubt (and after reading this thread I have plenty of it) I stick to an old adage that was imparted to me when I bought my first decent gear as a teenager (early 1970s): to avoid blow outs, unwanted distortion, etc, the speaker cab(s) needs to have an RMS rating twice that of the amp. Now this may have been a shifty salesman getting a callow youth to spend more than was necessary but there may be a grain of truth in it? I am sure that speaker technology has moved on leaps and bounds since my youth but I still wouldn’t feel safe running an amp that had a higher rating than the cab, even though I would never have the master anywhere near max. I feel nervous enough running my BF Two10 with amps that have the same RMS rating. The LFSys Monza gives me a comfortable feeling because, at 600 watts AES, it has twice the rating of any of my amps @ 8 ohms. Tell me why I am wrong.
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Still a 10 hour round trip and around 500 miles for me, plus it’s the cost as much as anything else but I am sure that would be helpful for folks who don’t live in the county that time forgot. -
My thoughts exactly. 316 miles and 6 hours driving each way, if you are lucky!
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Obrienp replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
They also seem to have withdrawn the Mezzo medium scale. I’m hoping that they are working on a new finish for the EHB 4 and that something will be announced soon. I agree the lack of headstock is part of the problem, plus on the EHB the neck seems to be set very far into the body, probably caused by the exaggerated top horn and the body being the same size as the full scale, with the bridge as far back as it can go. It makes for a very short bass tip to toe. I kind of wish a manufacturer would adopt the string clamping and bridge tuning but with a decent sized headstock. I guess there would be no point as far as most people are concerned but it gives me an idea for a self build/custom. The ability to chose any string on the market is a distinct plus and cost saver over short scale strings. -
The short scale basses thread drew my attention to the Ibanez website: they have a new 5 string EHB that is a 30” and a very nice looking new take on the fan fret 32-30” multi-scale. While I was there I had a look around and the Mezzo models seem to have been dropped. Even a search of the site turned up a blank. There goes one affordable take on the 32” theme! Shame for me because medium scales with a Jazz neck seem to be the sweet spot for me.
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Obrienp replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I don’t see a short scale 4 string EHB on the Ibanez website. Has it been discontinued? If they released one in the new finishes on those 5s I would be interested. I kind of regret selling my Sea Foam 4 but I was always missing my notes on it. I kept hitting a tone too low. I had to look at the neck all the time to make sure I didn’t make a mistake. I could have done with the neck being a bit narrower too but it was manageable as is. -
Thanks. Better than I feared!
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
Obrienp replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
I think the Cort Action Junior is channeling this. Single soap bar pickup quite far back, exaggerated horns, sort scale. All for less than £170 (if you shop around). Anybody tried one? -
Good to hear. Would you mind sharing how much a replacement driver costs? Just for future reference.
