warwickhunt
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We had a gig in a 'brewery'! It's a brewery and an events location where they do beer tastings, Bob Ross Paint-alongs (with beer). corporate parties etc, hence they had an in-house PA that we hooked up to. Sound was a bit 'Meh' as it was a large brick warehouse with steel containers and a high tin roof but it got awfully hot and muggy as the gig progressed.
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I did look at that but they are like hen's teeth used (and expensive new) + the white/black was too limiting but the biggest decision maker was that I got to choose where to put the pups. -
IIRC these are the AG 4J HC and they are wired passive to CT 275 pots.
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Yes Aguilars and they sound sweet. Not too aggressive (my other pups sitting in my drawer were Bartolini and DiMarzio) and very balanced... not sterile.
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Indeed. I missed a trick by not having EMG type quick clik connections to swap out.
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It did but the Sandberg is actually a reduced size body, the G&L is full size (smidgen larger) P bass
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Cheers. I actually think I have a set of 'Compression Wound', might be a good compromise/starting point.
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I've hankered after a P bass body bass with JJ pups (think Willie Weeks) installed but I could never find one that had a downsized light weight body... till I got my Sandberg. It did have a pickguard but I liked it off. So I took the bass to a local(ish) guy; 'Paul Richardson Guitars' and got him to route the body and create a new pickguard that would cover the existing route. I pick the bass up tomorrow but I was so excited when he put a pic up on FB that I had to share. The body was CNC routed and the pickguard done by hand. The close ups of the guard show that he has cut it so precisely with amazing tolerances. I'll feed back tomorrow after I've collected it... and gigged it a couple hours later in the afternoon. It has flats, do I go rounds?
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I did a thing!
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My old bass from back in the 90's. The bass was finished like this back in the 90's by Dave Wilson (Hexham) and I'm pretty sure it isn't nitro. GLWTS -
Just out of interest what does the 2112 give or not give that the VT gives (or not gives)? Can one do something the other can't?
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Boils my urine when folk give you a weight in the knowledge that the lighter the better... and they knock a pound or two off to try and make a sale! I travelled from Northumberland to S Yorks to meet for a purchase and the 8lb bass (assured it was weighed on digital scales) as I lifted it from the case, it didn't even clear the case lining before I told the seller what I thought of him and his nearly 10lb bass! I've also bought sight unseen via various platforms over the last maybe 10 - 15 years and I've been stitched up several times and I don't believe for one minute that many of these spurious claims for a light bass are genuine mistakes. Fair does that weight is absolutely immaterial to some folk but when you have a bad shoulder/back and you specifically ask for an accurate weight because of this issue, folk need to be honest. Lovely bass and I know of one friend at least who is kicking himself that you didn't advertise this when he was visiting down the country. GLWTS -
Not if you use and are referring to one type of bass that has the same fixed EQ.
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I ran a set as FOH PA for our pub band for 15 years or so; when we folded I did use them as a trial for a bass rig but they were heavier/bulkier than my regular cabs so I sold them. No better or worse than many 2x15 rigs of the day.
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At the right price I'd have bought this but it requires a full strip down and sand back... not at that price though.
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It was the stains around the controls which look like someone has splashed something. Not a problem if you don't care but if I was paying £1350 I'd want it to be a bit tidier.
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Ah OK, I was reading it different as you'd easily drop a B down to A# or A with a regular extender; you'd not need to drop it twice to get from B to A.
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You need to consider the string tension on a regular E string that is expected to drop to lower than a 5 string's B string... it'll be flopping like a floppy thing!
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It sold once already by the seller... back up for sale again. Close up of the pics shows lots of strange stains, no idea how they occurred.
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Headstock clip-on tuner recommendations
warwickhunt replied to Dazm66's topic in Accessories and Misc
Korg Pitchblack/Pitchtune or some such name. Clear to read and it can be reversed. ...and it appears to be less than 50% of the TC -
Interestingly as I view it, you are simply trying to achieve a sound that you desire by the simplest means possible. I found that an active Streamer at max bass + treble (no mid control) gave me a core sound I liked and it never saturated the front end of my amp to the point of distortion. I concede that I could likely get the same result if I left bass EQ flat, turned up the input gain and boosted the same B + T frequencies that the onboard preamp was set at BUT... there's no guarantee that an amp I was plugging into had the ability to boost those same frequencies. Does that make sense?
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Vintage (80's) 2 band active Warwick Streamers... I've always played with the B & T fully whacked up and the amp EQ almost always flat. Essentially I'd have been putting in a smiley face EQ into the front end of the amp.
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Why would it be a sacrifice? Use the profit to make/buy an amp with even better tone. I've known many occasions where I thought I had the best sound I could get... till I found something better.
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I recently spent a few minutes explaining to an in-house engineer that my ampless set up inc a few pedals as I needed to replicate the sound of a 12 string bass (tribute to Cheap Trick). The first thing he did was produce a DI box and ask me to plug my (4 string) bass into it... Hmmmmm!
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TBH there's a lot of variables and unless you know the exact spec of your other speakers (not just 8 ohm 200w or whatever figure), you run the risk of having an unpredictable outcome. You can of course just bung any 8 ohm 10" driver and crossing your fingers but I'd be messaging MB or their distributor; someone on here might know the spec or you may find someone selling identical drivers!
