Shaggy

[quote name='alexclaber' post='396000' date='Jan 31 2009, 10:36 AM']Nice work! And I would put good money on the power that amp can put out being significantly greater than any similarly rated bass amp, plus the highpass filtering and quality clip limiters will allow you to make better use of it without causing speakers to complain. I look forward to hearing how it works for you. Alex[/quote] Those QSC's are an amazing amount of amp for the money - the features you mentioned, allows unbalanced jack inputs which quite a few don't, and many possible bi-amping / mono bridging configurations. I'd actually been bidding on a much higher specced QSC, got outbid at £230, in frustration bid on the next QSC amp with 42 mins to go that I knew absolutely nothing about (the RMX-850) and won it, also turned out to be close to where I work so saved £15 postage. Lucky that time, but could've been a lemon! [quote name='ped' post='396011' date='Jan 31 2009, 10:55 AM']Sounds awesome Shaggy. Nice work. Cheers ped[/quote] Thanks Ped, I'd been about to start looking for one of those BK's of yours - having used a Yamaha BBT-500H I'm a big fan of digital [quote name='synaesthesia' post='396017' date='Jan 31 2009, 11:02 AM']Glad you are happy with the Trace V. Overall weight is relative when you have a roller rack a la the Gator ones. Roller Gator's can be had for little more than cost at CPC, and if you are not brand conscious you can find cheapo Stagg roller racks from Music King. Their designs are stupidly miscalculated, their 4U racks lose 1U due to the roller mechanism, but then it becomes a perfect 3U roller rack. I still have one which I use and can't say that other than design stupidity that there is anything wrong with how it functions. Except for a 2U rack, all my racks are rollers now and my back is not complaining.[/quote] Cheers synaethesia, I'll check those out! The Trace pre is lush, like my old Bassman but far clearer and louder.

Just put together my "lightweight" rig; Trace-Elliot V-type all-valve pre-amp - £150 (thanks synthaesthsia!) QSC RMX-850 power amp - £90 on ebay (obliged to The Funk for words of wisdom) 3u rack case - hopefully £30-ish boutique tone and 600W power for £270

Slick deal with Pete, traded my Jazz p/up for his DR strings + cash - top bloke, great communicator, the faster payer / sender in the West (or even the North), what more can I say.

I always wanted a big semi-acoustic bass, ever since as a skint and spotty 16 year old I tried to trade my Kalmazoo KB for a glossy Antoria EB2 copy. Guy in the shop looked at it, sucked his teeth in the way they do, and said “No”. 31 years on, recently got this 1984 Gordon Smith Galaxy on the ‘bay (only got the crappy ebay pics, it’s much nicer in the flesh). Like most of the above, really a semi-solid with a solid centre section, and long scale, so it sounds not dissimilar to a nice Fender J – going to put some flats on it next time to get closer to that plummy thuddy semi sound. Wish I’d got one earlier now. Some cracking basses above, especially that big Dean pyscho-billy Cabbie thingy , and the honeybursrt G&L in the sale section

Saw them year before last at Pontardawe Art Centre, awesomely good, best blues harp playing you'll ever hear

First bass was : Kalamazoo KB (2nd hand, from late '60's) From : private ad in 1977 It cost : £25 Which today is : £125 Still miss 'er!

[quote name='jake_tenfloors' post='373839' date='Jan 8 2009, 09:54 AM']find a car with the colour you want, get the colour code and then go to halfords and get a tin mixed up These are proper car paints aswel, not some cheap nock off paint Jake[/quote] +1 I was looking for the much the same thing when I re-spayed my Vox guitar – the most subtle I found was a very pale pearlescent cream which is a factory Audi colour you can get in aerosol cans from Halfords, labelled Magnolia (pearlescent) although it’s virtually white. As with all pearlescents / metallics it needs a clear acrylic topcoat too. For an even funkier finish you can get pots of tiny iridescent flakes in a liquid base from craft shops – brush over a base colour (like white) and top-coat with clear acrylic lacquer.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='371845' date='Jan 6 2009, 12:04 PM']Well...?[/quote] Cool avatar! Who is she? back to topic, never been a sound issue for me as much as a playability one.

Ultra-smooth deal with Synaesthesia, just bought a Trace V-type preamp off him. Top guy, deal with in confidence.

Love 'em Phil Lynott always reckoned they were the "Yardbirds" of their day, they had so many top guitarists in temporaray residency. Did Lorne sell that ex-Thin Lizzy Mockingbird after?

Had an original Musitronics Mu-tron III and PS-1 off Higgie - great bloke, knows his vintage effects! Real pleasure to deal and commicate with.

Forwarded your message to a guy I know, Swansea based Best of luck whatever - been there!

I've avoided putting my pennyworth in thus far, so as not to make moral judgements - although I was within a whisker of being scammed for a Wal Mk 1 Custom on ebay a couple of years back and well annoyed about it. But having met and traded with Rob twice, I can say that the integrity and compassion for fellow bassists he's shown here comes as no surprise to me. Nice one man! NB; I'm sure there's material for an episode of "Spooks" here - just need to find a Russian angle somehow..........

[quote name='markytbass' post='330341' date='Nov 16 2008, 11:08 PM']I had a 10 year break while my lad was growing up. I bought a book of bass scales and got into a local band. Several bands later and I'm still learning.[/quote] Ditto for me - except fpr the scales!