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Biffy Clyro's James Johnston is a cracking player. Solid, simple, hooky bass parts, and tasty tone too. I think we can allow Chris Wolstenholme too, seen as all but one of their albums are from the 00's... he's a beast!!
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I've used one a long time ago, but it was before I had really decent gear, and before I really knew what really decent tone was, so don't read too much into my vague recollections From what I remember of it, it was pretty solidly put together for the price of it, and seemed pretty flexible, with the clean/OD/dist options, although I don't recall the attack switch adding much. It did get a bit noisy though, and fell victim to the fizzy high end that most of these things do when you chuck loads of gain on. I'd get hold of one and have a play, see if it's really for you first. If you want to try something different, I just picked up one of those new Ashdown James LoMenzo things, and I'm pretty happy with the tone I can get out of that. It did come with a dodgy footswitch though, so it had to be swapped for a new one after just two rehearsals.... don't know if that's down to poor QC or just bad luck on my part. Sounds fat though, and should be just the trick for adding some grit and weight to a metal bass sound. Hope that's some help!!
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[quote name='finnbass' post='200198' date='May 16 2008, 10:00 AM']Here's a couple of pictures of mine, which may help things along a bit.[/quote] Cheers Finn!! You're a gent. If I can dig my camera out (still in a box somewhere.... the joys of moving home) I'll try grab a couple of pics when I'm at the studio this week. Anyone local to Liverpool who's interested is more than welcome to come try it out. It lives in my rehearsal rooms in the city centre, so nice loud try-outs through the Ampeg are no problem Anyone interested, drop me a PM with a reasonable offer, and I'll get back to you soon as I can. -
Well, I paid £350 for it about 12 months ago, so I don't want lose out too much... i'm open to offers for a quick turnaround though, because I'm desperately skint
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[quote name='dangerboy' post='199106' date='May 14 2008, 10:06 PM']These are phenomenal. But heavy. But phenomenal.[/quote] I know, I can't believe i'm doing this.... It's just not in my blood to [i]get rid [/i]of basses, I feel dirty just talking about it. I'm properly skint though. I'm using the 'rays for all my live stuff at the moment, and I've pretty much finished my tarted up squier-of-doom project, I can't really justify having this many basses whilst being this poor!!
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Right-o, I've not long moved out of the 'rents house, and settled in my own place, and money is a little tight to say the least. With much heart wrenching, I've decided that maybe I should part company with a bass, and as much as I love this one, it's probably getting the least attention of any of them. Where to start..... Peavey manufactured these basses from the late 70's til the late-ish 80's (i think), and they're built like tanks. It's a big chunky (heavy) piece of wood, with a hefty bridge. The sustain is immense, and the tone circuit is pretty unique too. It's got a pair of humbuckers, but with a variable coil tap wired into the tone pots, and a phase switch too. My one is (according to Peavey) from 1980, and it's black-on-black, with a maple neck. It's all original (EDIT: except Schaller strap pins... the original ones are around somewhere tho), and all working, with no dodgy electrics anywhere. It does have some chips and scratches, but only what you'd expect from a 28 year old gigging bass. I bought it little over 12 months ago from a local bloke who trades vintage gear. It's in a hefty Yamaha-branded hard case, also showing wear and tear, and with a backstage pass from a Paul McCartney world tour stuck to the side! The only photo I have to hand is an embarassing bass-face live pic, and the bass is all reflections really, but you should get the gist. [attachment=8657:Mike_Dave.jpg] I'm in Liverpool, and although local sales are easier, I'd be prepared to travel (meet halfway?) for reasonable offers. I'll get some proper photos up if anybody is interested. Open to sensible offers, but I'm looking to move it fairly soon, got bills to pay and all that!! [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Electric%20Bass/product/Peavey/T-40/10/1"]Harmony Central[/url] reviews are on the link. Cheers guys, Mike
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Bass Player: "I've used the same stuff for 20 years"
mike257 replied to stingrayfan's topic in General Discussion
You can't sell your first bass!!!! I've still got my Squier P-Special in the cupboard, and I've finally made good on my threats to mod it into a serious weapon. I couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion when I took the neck off, and the date stamped on the end was March 1998... my little baby is ten years old! Seems appropriate that this is the month for it's long awaited renaissance! -
[quote name='Jamesemt' post='154547' date='Mar 10 2008, 02:22 PM']I'll swap all these for a vented 1u rack panel if you contribute £2 via paypal towards the postage (and obviously post the panel).[/quote] I've got a 1U vented panel somewhere in the depths of the studio, if I can find it, it's got your name on.... but I haven't seen it for a while!!
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Nice one Eude, i'll check that out! Had a play with it last night, and with the ME-50B he's lent me too, was plenty fun. I made some utterly digusting noises running it all through my Crybaby..... I'm not sure it was anything remotely useful in a musical context, but it was damn good fun
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Exactly what it says on the can.... I've been loaned an SYB-3 by an ex-bassplaying friend, and although I'm looking forward to just experimenting with it when I get home tonight, I wouldn't mind knowing what i'm actually doing. Can't find it on the Boss site, so I was just wondering if any of you fine upstanding fellows has a copy that you could email to me
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[quote name='larrikin' post='120779' date='Jan 15 2008, 01:38 PM']i'm looking for a white IV but can't find one anywhere, the distributers for the UK is a company called rossetti who are useless, they say that white IV's are only available on special order...[/quote] There's a white one for a grand in Sound Control, Nottingham. I've just spotted it looking through their clearance list. About 1/4 of the way down [url="http://clearance.soundcontrol.co.uk/index.php"]this[/url] page!
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[quote name='Forcemaster' post='152110' date='Mar 5 2008, 11:38 PM']Thanks for the advice everyone. Has really helped. Though now to choose a midi board![/quote] [quote name='crez5150' post='152160' date='Mar 6 2008, 07:20 AM']Good advice Dood..... I find the Behringer equipment a bit too noisy.... much as Alesis rack FX..... Can't go wrong with TCE also check out Lexicon for some lush fx..[/quote] No worries if it's only a MIDI board though, there'll be none of that magical Behringer hiss in his signal path.... which is more than I can say for some of the Behringer stuff I've got at home
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Having said that, back when I wasn't brave enough to dabble with my own gear, my Trace stopped making noise one day and earned a trip to our local 'reputable' amp service establishment. It came back with a 45p parts charge, and £50 labour! He'd changed a fuse, and allegedly 'thoroughly tested, given a full service and internal parts cleaned'. When it stopped working again within half an hour of switching it on, I opened it up myself, and there was more dust in there than in a used hoover bag, and not a damn thing but the fuse had been touched. You can never be quite sure what you're getting from these places, but they've had no more of my business since then.
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As far as I'm aware, if you buy a properly made mic splitter box, you should be able to send phantom power down there with no probs. It's the kind of thing that gets used all the time with tour rigs to split to a monitor desk or a multitrack recorder, so it should be cool. Don't think they come cheap though :s
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[quote]If I caught up with someone who attempted to steal one of mine I would add another ding to the beast by using it to teach the thief a lesson. Scum. The first is always the worst![/quote] After we'd safely got the bass back, we did head off to go and teach him a lesson. One of the lads from the support band had the foresight to call the police though.... and they caught up and pulled him over when we were about 5 seconds away from some tough justice. I think he had a lucky escape! [quote post='152071' date='Mar 5 2008, 10:11 PM']Which bass did he make off with, you stay very mysterious the whole way through [/quote] It was my Stingray... and at the time, the only decent bass I owned, which didn't help my heart rate one bit. As if that hadn't been enough, our van broke down, and the lead guitarist wrote his car off on the way home, all on the same night!!! Couldn't make it up if you tried
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Haven't seen it mentioned on here, but a few places stateside have started stocking pre-slotted Badass II units. As I'm far too lazy to indulge in the precision craftsmanship required to file my own saddles, I've got one of them on order at the moment. If anyone's interested, I'll let you know how it works out.... although I haven't got experience with a standard Badass to compare, so it's probably (like much of what I have to say) of questionable value
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Aren't the new American Standards shipping with fancy stackable SKB cases? I'm glad my Stingray came in a proper case, bought it in Australia, and it survived the baggage handlers best attempts from Adelaie, via Hong Kong, Heathrow and Manchester. I did see them [i]actually[/i] throw it when they were unloading at Heathrow..... I'd have ran out there and singlehandedly destroyed them all, if it hadn't been likely I'd get shot at as a potential terrorist or something
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You're kidding?? I [b]love[/b] the postie!! Today, he brought me a bass crybaby, two sets of strings, and my Wizards!!! I'm hoping he brings me a Badass II before the week is out, and then I can stop hanging round the letterbox trying to bite his hand off every morning
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Pfft, I was about to berate him, along the lines of "Hasn't even got any Ampeg", then I saw the B-15. Not that I'm remotely jealous. At all. No :wacko:
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I think I've had the luckiest escape from dings.... I was playing a show in a rock club of questionable sophistication in Warrington, we'd finished up and started loading out of the fire doors next to the stage. I'd stopped to track down my bottle of water when someone grabs me and says the words you never want to hear.... "Hey mate, some smackhead's just made off out the door with your guitar!" He'd grabbed the nearest thing off our guitar stand and legged it into the darkness. The load out stopped and we made off in after him. We eventually caught up with him, he'd dumped it in a patch of grass just off the main road, and tried to make an exit from the seven angry scousers who were in hot pursuit. Unbelievably, we got it back to the venue, and there wasn't a single scratch or dent on it. Those things are indestructible
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Browsing Thomann and came across [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/tech_21_bass_driver_deluxe.htm"]this[/url], anybody else spotted it, or is it old news and I'm just out of the loop? Looks the mutts nuts though, I feel a bout of GAS coming on
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Good lord, how have I [i]not[/i] heard about this???? I'll be downloading the very minute I get home from work, I think
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Our practice room is loud as sin, it's been crippling my poor ears for ages. Our drummer is a proper rock monster, and there's three guitarists, so I've had some hearing issues myself. Finally gone back to wearing ear plugs, and the difference it's made is incredible. Not only has my head stopped ringing after every rehearsal, but the clarity in everything is so much better. I can hear me, but I can hear exactly where the drummer is heading too (usually off on a tangent somewhere ), so it might be worth trying that!
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It sure does, it's my favourite thing to do I've actually gone on a bit of spree myself the last couple of weeks. I was going to buy 'a couple of bits' to kickstart my Squier project, and I've ended up with a P/J set of Wizards, a Badass II, a whole new tone circuit and a scratchplate, as well as a Behringer BDI21 and a sexy white Crybaby!! Not to mention an enormous eBay watch list, and a shopping list of components to start modding all my other gear.... think I'm catching the bug! Can't wait to get all my new toys out in rehearsals this week!
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+1 for the TC Electronic stuff... I haven't used it with my bass, but a guitarist I work with uses a G-Major in the loop of his delicious Laney valve head, and the effects are spot on. No discernible loss of tone either.