Paul S

[quote name='Les' post='1204253' date='Apr 18 2011, 10:53 PM']Just learned Moondance, couldn't find a great tab so youtubed "moondance bass" and theres a few guys doing reasonable covers,[/quote] Ah, yes, I believe Bilbo has his own channel on there...

Hi from further down the Essex coast. The big question - which side of the railway line are you in Frinton?

I've done it again, had to book an evening out tonight that clashes with your nearest gig. Gary - when and where are you nearby to SE Essex again?

[quote name='urb' post='1200351' date='Apr 15 2011, 10:09 AM']A couple of vids 'in the studio' filmed at The Joint rehearsal studio of me and my funk band Groove Digger Hope you dig 'em M[/quote] I have watched most of your solo vids and, although I enjoy the technique and expertise, it isn't really my thing. But listening to your playing in this context has just blown me away completely. The apparent effortless funkiness of it is just completely infectious. Serious stuff, thank you for posting it.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1200182' date='Apr 15 2011, 01:49 AM']Another practice room camcorder job: One of our oldest & heaviest songs, nothing fancy bass-wise, but a tune and a half, in my unreliable opinion. Jon.[/quote] A tune and three quarters, even. I like it a lot. How do you get that growl on the bass - is it the bass itself, the amp, an effect, your fingers, or all of the above?

An attempt to deal with neck dive? Not really a problem with these anyway, as the body is so f&%ing heavy anyway.

Yes, I'd spotted those - the bass versions get some love on here, don't they. No reason why the guitar versions shouldn't be decent. But maybe Alex can sort him out - I have no firm idea what the differences are between bass and guitar cabs, tbh.

I've passed on Alex's details to him - as long as it doesn't delay him working on mine!

If it were mine I'd put Kent Armstrong pups in it.

Thanks for the replies. He is thinking of something sub-20kg for ease of handling in and out of the car, so castors don't help a great deal. So far the only ones I have seen 'off the shelf' are the Purple Chili neo range. Ah well, it's his problem so let him find out what's out there!

I have one and although ok-ish for symmetrical basses it wasn't any use for my Fender Jaguar, which had an assymetric shape a bit like a Jazz. It has never struck me as being particularly secure, though, and I have pretty well stopped using it.

I just had a Artec SE2 put in my Bass Collection and it has done the business - a real improvement over the original one. Not expensive, either.

I think I am pretty well GAS free at the moment. I am gradually finding out what I like and don't like and the only bass I was very curious about (Fender Precision Lyte) I have just bought for a reasonable price (although it isn't in my dirty mitts yet). I'll probably be trading my exisiting Hohner B2A to a B2AD at some point but that doesn't count...

Must be someone out there in a band with guitarists who have lightweight gear to recommend?

I recently (last couple of weeks) 'traded up' from heavy Trace Elliot gear to a lightweight amp. Best decision I ever made - I was scared I wouldn't get a tone or sound that I liked but that was blasted away as soon as I went into the shop and started trying out. I would say the very best thing you can do is allocate an afternoon, go somewhere like Bass Merchants (I did, they were soooo helpful) or wherever your nearest large bass gear stockist is and play everything. Genz Benz, various Mark Bass, various TC Electronics, Promethean, Orange, WHY. I started with the intention of buying the Orange Terror - thought I wanted a tube preamp and I liked the price. But in the end the tone didn't do it for me - and it was only by going somewhere and trying it all that I could actually make that decision. For me in the end it was close call between the Genz Benz shuttle 6 and the TC Electronic Classic 450, which eventually won. Had I just read stuff on here I wouldn't even have tried a Genz Benz as on paper it didn't seem to fit the bill. I wish I could have afforded both as they both do slightly different things which are equally nice! It is only by listening that you get an idea. BTW I expect everyone knows this already but the guy in Bass Merchants pointed out that one of those cheapo generic aluminium briefcases you can buy for next to nowt actually fits the Classic 450 (and so I guess most of the others) a treat. I had one kicking around unused, so recycled the packaging from the box and, hey presto, secure flight case.

I was explaining to one of my bands' guitarists about the lightweight cab I have coming - the Barefaced Compact. He is also not getting any younger and is now also keen to go lightweight for his gear and ditch the Marshall half stack. So - does anyone know if there is decent quality guitar cabs out there? I know about Purple Chili - is that good stuff? Anything else? ta!

And remember, folks, we watched them grow on here. Nice one. I think this is going to run and run.

Mine has 'Made in Japan' written on the cavity cover just underneath where it says 'Produced by SGC Nanyo'. I guess that is the main clue - despite that sounding facetious it isn't meant to be

Ta. On mine it is blend and (I think) bass cut/boost that are backwards. As you say, not a huge issue. Other than the exotic wood tops, what else would distinguish the 400/600 series - are the electrics/hardware still all the same, do you know? I don't mean to hijack the thread but while we are all here....

[quote name='pete.young' post='1191223' date='Apr 6 2011, 11:01 PM']Heh. Sold by another idiot who doesn't know how to put the strings on properly. It's not the highest spec either, there were 460 series and 660 series which had paduak and zebrano tops. But as you say, a tidy guitar.[/quote] Pete - where do these 400 and 600 series models come in the hierarchy - were they a bit later in the history but still MIJ? When I was looking for one I poured over [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=697&hl=nanyo"]The Definitive Bass Collection[/url] thread, plus everything else I could find on the 'net, but still can't see a definite family tree emerging. So far as I could see the earlier ones were the 300 series, with 4 string, 5 string, fretless and Sen bodied/gold hardware models. Then these others appear! Anyway - as per recommendation I put an Artec preamp in mine - the SE2 to keep it simple - and it has done the business -taken that plasticy edge off the tone and opened up the expression. Although the rotation is reversed in nearly everything, which threw me at first.