GreeneKing

Wondering whether it would be up to the main gigging role with the extension cab?

I bought Lee's EBS HD350 amp. Very clean unit and all seems to be good. It was great to meet up and chat. In fact buying the amp was 90% catch-up and 10 amp. We even discussed an old flame we shared. Rita.

Looking forward to using the amp and I would recommend Lee as a good un!

Peter

On 13/09/2019 at 20:20, visog said:

So, not being a negative Nancy here but isn't that minimal change/improvement? Or is this view misleading and it actually has a more dramatic effect audibly?

 

From a playing perspective, having owned a fair number of different effects pedals, a Micro Thumpinator hpf had the single most significant impact on my sound. In a loud rock band context fx pedals often (while sounding great at home) diminish bass in the mix. The simple addition of a Micro Thump gave me lots more headroom and an ability to cut through without the speakers moving alarmingly. I'd recommend that every bassist who gigs give one a try. 

In the unlikely event that an interested bassist may have some amplification for sale I'd consider a trade.

A bump from beyond the grave......

Make me an offer?

I bought the fretted 'sister' to this from Nick, also with the luthier work. I'm not in the market for a fretless but if, as I suspect this bass is as sorted as the one I've got it'll be a bit special.

Peter

Another Bump and a price reduction to £80 delivered to the UK. These units are brilliant if a little ancient nowadays. Well worth checking out the features. A bit of a bargain. I'm not using any FX so it's not getting used at all at the moment.

Bump

Bump at £500. A stunning Use, well worth checking out if you are interested.

2 hours ago, pineweasel said:

The tab is for Drop D tuning (as stated at the top) and is correct. 

Aha, thank you. That learning curve continues. 

Thank you guys. It's reassuring to know that I'm getting it right. It's also a bit sad that some folk copy the same crap onto tab sites just for the glory (?) of it....

I’ve been learning to play on old favourite ‘Brass in Pocket’ by The Pretenders. I’ve got an aged copy of Bass Tab White Pages and I’m using that.

I use the tab for fretting and the notes are good for rhythm feel.

The first four bars sound great but bars 5&6 are tabbed G# and sound plain wrong. The notes and chord notation are F# and that is sounding good. Bar 7 is tabbed open E but the chord is D/F# so I reckon I should be playing F# (the notes are dropped D).

The tab online mirrors the tab in the book. Looking at the musical notation and using chords the tab seems way out in places. It also sounds right when I ignore the tab and use the notes/chords and slash chords.

My question is, is it me or is the tab rubbish?

Peter

Another bump.....

And another one…..

I've had a bit of a bass journey over the past couple of years. After 20 plus years of bass playing, owning and fettling the whole band shenanigans finally drove me to selling my rig, several basses and a host of other gear. I was just left with my ACGs and Rita my Sterling. They haven't been touched for over a year. I'd completely lost interest.

Brilliantly, I'm at it again but with a better practice routine and I'm working on the basics as opposed to learning songs from tabs. I'm enjoying myself more than ever.

Back to this story. I was hankering for a Jazz. Back to basics again. I bought a lovely 2008 MIM Jazz from Nick Carey on here. Its playability ranked with the best I've used (speaks the man who's owned over 100 basses). The fretwork has had a professional dress and setup and it shows. I am a serial tinkerer. I fitted upgraded electrics (still passive) and saw some overwound neodynium pickups that I thought might add something. They were great, looked lovely, well made and they sounded very punchy.

Therein lies the rub. The bass was perfectly setup and I had to raise the saddles a whole turn to a turn and a half to stop fret buzz as the neo magnets were so powerful that they were bending the strings towards the board. I told myself that this was okay but yesterday I thought, no, I'm putting the old pups back in.

With exactly the same setup I lowered the saddles by the same amount I'd raised them and normal service is resumed. My Jazz is back and it actually sounds bloody wonderful. I don't know if the pickups I've put back in are originals but they are very good.

Lesson learnt.

Bump at £550

Bump

Would consider trade for Tascam GB-10 and accessories.

Bump and £580

Bumped

As the original owner, I'd buy it back in a flash if I had the funds...

I originally posted this in the Other Musically Related.....

Fully functioning and boxed with manual and PSU.

Can be viewed or collected in Kendal (near Oxenholme station)

These highly regarded half rack units include a tuner and can be used for guitar, bass, keys, vocals etc.

Needs to go. Offers considered...

I'm open to offers as something that I'd like has come up elsewhere...

Will post in effects also.

9 minutes ago, Al Krow said:

Come on then: bit of homework for the weekend for you: can we get a list of all your basses (and if you're feeling brave ranked in order of which you liked the most!)

I suspect folk will be more interested in that list than they care to admit (bit like what colour bass is actually the most popular) 😂

 

It's a subject that I addressed elsewhere so I'll look for the info. Every now and again someone will say 'remember ...... that I bought from you' and my mind will go 'kerrching, +1' 😆

To be honest, considering my abilities with the instrument, it's a little embarrassing..