warwickhunt

It's a strange twist that many bands would prefer to play more varied/diverse stuff BUT when you do you get criticised for not playing <insert any song in the vein of the aforementioned banned songs>! The number of times over the last 30 years that I have spoken to other bands/musicians and the topic of covering (churning out) certain 'Classics' always comes up. However, there are certain venues where the crowd is just your average punter and they want to hear that stuff and would likely walk if they heard obscure bands or songs that they weren't familiar with. Saying that there are some bands that steadfastly refuse to trot out the same old stuff and they can and do pretty well, though they do on occasion fall flat on their face when they encounter a pub/crowd that wants the 'Classics'.

Many and diverse Warwick sounds now but I'd suppose the Streamer tone of Stuart Zender (Streamer Stage I 4 string on the early Jamiroquai albums then a Stage II 5 string) or the sound of a Thumb bass would be the classic Warwick 'Sound of Wood'... in fact I might dig the camera out and do a quick recording of my SSI.

What you describe is a classic 'earthing' issue; I have two Sterlings and no such problem with either. Are you saying your bass developed this issue THEN you had it resoldered (assuming you mean you had all of the solder joints redone) or have you had a soldering job done and now it is buzzing? One point of note; has anything else changed? i.e. are you using the same amp, leads, cab and in the same location (bad earth in certain buildings can give grief). I would also add that if you are sitting with your bass in proximity to a computer, laptop, striplight etc. you can get interference.

[quote name='lee650' timestamp='1345849959' post='1782526'] I would truly love to try that hellborg system with my accugrooves ! I take it you gave the massive power amp too john? [/quote] I've got a Hellborg pre and a QSC power amp and even though the QSC is rated @ 1200w (into x2 4 ohm loads) it isn't like you can tear your cones out of their baskets even with it on full... just ensure you don't fully crank the preamp output! If you are visiting family and friends (and can hide the Accugrooves in the boot from SWMBO) and want to give it a blast just let me know.

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I'm sure they've all been mentioned but 5 off the top of my head... Fever - Peggy Lee Money - Pink Floyd The Chain - Fleetwood Mac Walk on the wild side - Lou Reed Good times - Chic

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1345453822' post='1777564'] Ah, OK. [/quote] However, if a GP doesn't curtail low end on a hollow stage, that does give you an idea of the sound from the BB's.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1345453016' post='1777554'] A GRAMMA pad might help there. [/quote] I saw Roger play the other day... he uses a GRAMMA!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1345384802' post='1776913'] Best buy...in terms of everything..IMO..goes to the G Heart-Core but I suspect the OP requires a rig rather than just the amp. And I would also suggest that he is new to this amp world so needs a bit of background to the stuff on offer. [/quote] Yes, if you are talking purely 'quality' of amplification, then my Glock would take some beating for that budget BUT I've also accepted that the OP might be talking full rig and may not have masses of experience of gig rigs.

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[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1345369566' post='1776625'] just searching the forums her e- can anybody point me in the direction of the 'idiots how to adjust your truss guide' whether on here or externally please ta muchly [/quote] I'm sure there'll be loads of others on t'interweb/youtube but this one came up recently... [url="http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/String_action_and_setup/i-3910.html?actn=100101&xst=3&xsr=205467"]http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/String_action_and_setup/i-3910.html?actn=100101&xst=3&xsr=205467[/url]

Nice to hear that another fellow bassist has overcome the 'Truss-Rod Terror'! If you are fore-armed with a bit of knowledge about what it is the truss rod does and that a little goes a long way etc. then you'd generally have to be a complete f*ckwit to break a bass/truss rod (assuming it doesn't have a fault and that is why the truss rod needs tweaking). However, it still scares the life out of most folks; I've worked with guitarists who have frankly been aghast when they have seen me tweak my truss rod at a rehearsal and they have been playing 20+ years, they still pay someone £40-£50 to fettle their guitar's truss rod! In fact I know one bassist who was going to sell his bass because the action was too high, 10 minutes with a set of allen keys and a screwdriver and he was quite frankly astonished at what could be done.

I would like to add that patently I have plugged the amp that I have for sale (as will many others ), however if the OP wanted unbiased advice re. amps for gigging and at a budget price (assuming you aren't influenced by fashion or aesthetics), I'd take a look at some of the amps from Peavey. They are bomb-proof, often stable down to 2 ohms, have a decent EQ range and tbh they sound pretty good. Gallien Krueger and Hartke also do some good quality amps that are to be had pretty cheap... but they may not be as nice as my Glock!

For your budget (assuming it is just an amp you require), you 'probably' won't get a better quality amp than the Glockenklang that I have for sale!

I'm on hols for the next 2 weeks Kev so just give me a shout and I'll stick the kettle on... in fact I had Michael B round just yesterday and we were plonking on with a few things so I have my cabs and various amps set up in the living room! Your also welcome to take the Hellborg away if you want to try it in a band environment.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1345237871' post='1775540'] I've never seen XLRs used for speaker connections before (except for powered cabs) - is this just a Trace thing? [/quote] Glockenklang and iirc Hughes & Kettner used XLR for outputs on their amps (along with TE and others I am sure); in theory they are better than 1/4" jacks as they are more secure and have a greater contact area between the male and female parts of the pins, certainly far superior contact than 1/4" jacks. The caveat being that you need to use proper speaker cable and not just a mic lead but that is exactly the same with a 1/4" jack guitar lead.